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Father of the BrideFollow

1991 • PG • 1h 45m • Comedy, Family, Romance • Touchstone Pictures

Love is wonderful. Until it happens to your only daughter.

🍅 73% 70% MC 51 LB 3.41 IMDb 6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$89.30M
Final
Domestic legs12.7x
1991 rank#9
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Cast & crew

Full Shyer filmography
Charles Shyer Charles Shyer Director Steve Martin Steve Martin Starring Diane Keaton Diane Keaton Starring Kieran Culkin Kieran Culkin Starring Martin Short Martin Short Starring BD Wong BD Wong Starring
ScreenplayFrances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer Produced byCarol Baum, Nancy Meyers, Howard Rosenman CinematographyJohn Lindley Music byAlan Silvestri StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 20-22 2 $7.0M — 1,561 $4,504 $7.0M
2 Dec 27-29 3 $10.5M +49.4% 1,579 $6,654 $25.0M
3 Jan 3-5 2 $9.0M −14.2% 1,588 $5,679 $43.2M
4 Jan 10-12 4 $5.8M −35.9% 1,647 $3,509 $51.3M
5 Jan 17-19 5 $6.4M +10.8% 1,689 $3,791 $59.1M
6 Jan 24-26 3 $3.8M −41.0% 1,712 $2,207 $63.8M
7 Jan 31-Feb 2 4 $3.8M +1.1% 1,694 $2,255 $68.7M
8 Feb 7-9 6 $2.8M −27.1% 1,645 $1,694 $72.4M
9 Feb 14-16 7 $3.3M +17.7% 1,574 $2,084 $76.3M
Weekend grossWk 9 · $3.3M
$7.0M
$10.5M
$9.0M
$5.8M
$6.4M
$3.8M
$3.8M
$2.8M
$3.3M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · +17.7%
+49.4%
W1→2
−14.2%
W2→3
−35.9%
W3→4
+10.8%
W4→5
−41.0%
W5→6
+1.1%
W6→7
−27.1%
W7→8
+17.7%
W8→9
Steepest −41.0%Biggest gain +49.4%

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