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Flubber

1997 • PG • 1h 33m • Comedy, Family, Science Fiction • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Catch it if you can!

🍅 24% 33% MC 38 LB 2.66 IMDb 5.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$26.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$93.0M
Final
Worldwide Total
$178.0M
$85.0M international
Domestic Legs3.5x
Budget$80M
1997 Rank#17
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Cast & Crew

Robin Williams Robin Williams Starring Marcia Gay Harden Marcia Gay Harden Starring Christopher McDonald Christopher McDonald Starring Raymond J. Barry Raymond J. Barry Starring Clancy Brown Clancy Brown Starring Ted Levine Ted Levine Starring
ScreenplayJohn Hughes, Bill Walsh Produced byJohn Hughes, Ricardo Mestres CinematographyDean Cundey Music byDanny Elfman StudioWalt Disney Studios
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 28-30 1 $26.7M — 2,641 $10,119 $35.9M
2 Dec 5-7 1 $11.3M −57.7% 2,653 $4,257 $50.0M
3 Dec 12-14 2 $6.8M −40.0% 2,679 $2,530 $58.7M
4 Dec 19-21 6 $4.3M −36.9% 2,612 $1,638 $64.3M
5 Dec 26-28 8 $5.4M +26.4% 2,008 $2,693 $73.1M
6 Jan 2-4 9 $4.4M −18.6% 1,957 $2,250 $83.1M
7 Jan 9-11 12 $2.0M −54.8% 1,624 $1,225 $85.6M
8 Jan 16-18 17 $1.2M −38.4% 1,052 $1,165 $87.2M
9 Jan 23-25 24 $417.3K −66.0% 627 $666 $87.7M
10 Jan 30-Feb 1 30 $307.8K −26.2% 411 $749 $88.1M
11 Feb 6-8 31 $211.1K −31.4% 321 $658 $88.3M
12 Feb 13-15 16 $1.0M +375.4% 722 $1,390 $89.4M
13 Feb 20-22 17 $701.5K −30.1% 698 $1,005 $90.3M
14 Feb 27-Mar 1 19 $531.7K −24.2% 647 $822 $90.9M
15 Mar 6-8 20 $422.4K −20.5% 558 $757 $91.5M
16 Mar 13-15 25 $349.4K −17.3% 501 $697 $91.9M
17 Mar 20-22 24 $295.3K −15.5% 446 $662 $92.3M
18 Mar 27-29 28 $157.4K −46.7% 401 $392 $92.5M
19 Apr 3-5 36 $111.7K −29.0% 297 $376 $92.7M
20 Apr 10-12 44 $71.7K −35.8% 207 $346 $92.8M
21 Apr 17-19 51 $65.3K −8.9% 125 $523 $92.9M
22 Apr 24-26 59 $35.2K −46.1% 98 $359 $93.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $307.8K
$26.7M
$11.3M
$6.8M
$4.3M
$5.4M
$4.4M
$2.0M
$1.2M
$417.3K
$307.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.2%
−57.7%
W1→2
−40.0%
W2→3
−36.9%
W3→4
+26.4%
W4→5
−18.6%
W5→6
−54.8%
W6→7
−38.4%
W7→8
−66.0%
W8→9
−26.2%
W9→10
Steepest −66.0%Biggest gain +26.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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