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Election

1999 • R • 1h 43m • Comedy, Romance • Paramount Pictures

Reading. Writing. Revenge.

🍅 92% 79%

83

3.78

7.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$119K

Limited · 6 theaters

Domestic Total

$14.9M

Final

Worldwide Total

$17.2M

$2.3M international

Domestic Legs4.7x

Budget$8.5M

1999 Rank#100

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAlexander Payne ScreenplayAlexander Payne, Jim Taylor Produced byKeith Samples, Albert Berger, David Gale, Ron Yerxa CinematographyJames Glennon MusicRolfe Kent StarringMatthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik, Phil Reeves StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 23-25 37 $119.1K — 6 $19,847 $119.1K

2 Apr 30-May 2 26 $245.6K +106.2% 14 $17,542 $419.1K

3 May 7-9 5 $3.2M +1187.8% 827 $3,824 $3.7M

4 May 14-16 9 $2.3M −28.3% 827 $2,741 $7.0M

5 May 21-23 10 $1.5M −35.0% 827 $1,783 $9.2M

6 May 28-31 11 $1.4M −7.9% 827 $1,642 $11.1M

7 Jun 4-6 10 $854.7K −37.1% 827 $1,033 $12.3M

8 Jun 11-13 12 $602.4K −29.5% 827 $728 $13.2M

9 Jun 18-20 19 $269.1K −55.3% 509 $529 $13.8M

10 Jun 25-27 25 $178.9K −33.5% 337 $531 $14.1M

11 Jul 2-4 33 $131.0K −26.8% 222 $590 $14.4M

12 Jul 9-11 45 $58.5K −55.4% 135 $433 $14.5M

13 Jul 16-18 57 $38.2K −34.6% 62 $616 $14.5M

14 Jul 23-25 35 $134.2K +251.2% 362 $371 $14.7M

15 Jul 30-Aug 1 48 $58.8K −56.2% 157 $375 $14.8M

16 Aug 6-8 56 $35.4K −39.8% 82 $432 $14.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Mon May 3 #20 $27.6K — $446.7K 14 $1,973 -4

Thu May 6 #20 $32.9K — $534.0K 14 $2,347 -1

Fri May 7 #4 $1.0M +3019.7% $1.6M 827 $1,239 1

Sat May 8 #5 $1.4M +39.5% $3.0M 827 $1,729 2

Sun May 9 #5 $709.0K −50.4% $3.7M 827 $857 3

Mon May 10 #4 $267.0K −62.3% $4.0M 827 $323 4

Tue May 11 #4 $274.2K +2.7% $4.2M 827 $332 5

Wed May 12 #5 $254.5K −7.2% $4.5M 827 $308 6

Thu May 13 #5 $255.8K +0.5% $4.7M 827 $309 7

Fri May 14 #7 $760.0K +197.2% −25.9% $5.5M 827 $919 8

Sat May 15 #9 $1.0M +32.9% −29.4% $6.5M 827 $1,221 9

Sun May 16 #9 $539.0K −46.6% −24.0% $7.0M 827 $652 10

Mon May 17 #6 $197.5K −63.3% −26.0% $7.2M 827 $239 11

Tue May 18 #7 $193.2K −2.2% −29.5% $7.4M 827 $234 12

Wed May 19 #8 $144.5K −25.2% −43.2% $7.6M 827 $175 13

Thu May 20 #9 $132.5K −8.3% −48.2% $7.7M 827 $160 14

Fri May 21 #9 $410.0K +209.4% −46.1% $8.1M 827 $496 15

Sat May 22 #11 $635.0K +54.9% −37.1% $8.7M 827 $768 16

Sun May 23 #10 $427.0K −32.8% −20.8% $9.2M 827 $516 17

Mon May 24 #10 $149.6K −65.0% −24.3% $9.3M 827 $181 18

Tue May 25 #9 $140.1K −6.3% −27.5% $9.4M 827 $169 19

Wed May 26 #10 $132.3K −5.6% −8.4% $9.6M 827 $160 20

Mon May 31 #13 $282.1K — +88.6% $11.1M 827 $341 25

Tue Jun 1 #11 $109.3K −61.2% −22.0% $11.2M 827 $132 26

Wed Jun 2 #12 $108.7K −0.6% −17.9% $11.3M 827 $131 27

Thu Jun 3 #11 $108.1K −0.6% $11.4M 827 $131 28

Mon Jun 7 #10 $98.6K — −65.1% $12.4M 827 $119 32

Tue Jun 8 #10 $111.6K +13.2% +2.1% $12.5M 827 $135 33

Wed Jun 9 #12 $98.2K −12.0% −9.6% $12.6M 827 $119 34

Thu Jun 10 #15 $77.6K −21.0% −28.2% $12.6M 827 $94 35

Sun Jun 13 #12 $173.0K — $13.2M 827 $209 38

Mon Jun 14 #12 $72.8K −57.9% −26.1% $13.3M 827 $88 39

Tue Jun 15 #14 $71.4K −2.0% −36.1% $13.4M 827 $86 40

Wed Jun 16 #14 $68.9K −3.5% −29.9% $13.5M 827 $83 41

Thu Jun 17 #13 $76.1K +10.5% −1.9% $13.5M 827 $92 42

Sun Jun 20 #16 $79.0K — −54.3% $13.8M 509 $155 45

Mon Jun 21 #15 $38.7K −51.0% −46.8% $13.8M 509 $76 46

Tue Jun 22 #15 $41.3K +6.8% −42.1% $13.9M 509 $81 47

Wed Jun 23 #16 $37.6K −8.9% −45.3% $13.9M 509 $74 48

Thu Jun 24 #16 $42.5K +12.8% −44.2% $14.0M 509 $83 49

Sun Jun 27 #18 $55.0K — −30.4% $14.1M 337 $163 52

Mon Jun 28 #19 $21.5K −61.0% −44.5% $14.2M 337 $64 53

Tue Jun 29 #19 $22.9K +6.6% −44.6% $14.2M 337 $68 54

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$14.2M

May 3May 16May 26Jun 15Jun 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $178.9K

$119.1K

$245.6K

$3.2M

$2.3M

$1.5M

$1.4M

$854.7K

$602.4K

$269.1K

$178.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 827 → 337 −59.3%

14 open337 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.5%

+106.2%

W1→2

+1187.8%

W2→3

−28.3%

W3→4

−35.0%

W4→5

−7.9%

W5→6

−37.1%

W6→7

−29.5%

W7→8

−55.3%

W8→9

−33.5%

W9→10

Steepest −55.3%Biggest gain +1187.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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