Name: George of the Jungle
Director: Sam Weisman
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Released: 1997
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Holland Taylor, Richard Roundtree

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Wed Jul 16	#1	$3.28M		—	$3.28M	2,506	$1.3K	-2
Thu Jul 17	#1	$3.06M	-6.6%	—	$6.34M	2,506	$1.2K	-1
Fri Jul 18	#2	$4.92M	+60.7%	—	$11.26M	2,506	$2.0K	1
Sat Jul 19	#2	$6.61M	+34.4%	—	$17.87M	2,506	$2.6K	2
Sun Jul 20	#2	$5.01M	-24.1%	—	$22.88M	2,506	$2.0K	3
Mon Jul 21	#1	$2.74M	-45.3%	—	$25.62M	2,506	$1.1K	4
Tue Jul 22	#1	$3.12M	+13.6%	—	$28.74M	2,506	$1.2K	5
Wed Jul 23	#1	$3.00M	-3.6%	—	$31.74M	2,506	$1.2K	6
Thu Jul 24	#1	$3.14M	+4.7%	—	$34.89M	2,506	$1.3K	7
Fri Jul 25	#2	$4.01M	+27.6%	-18.4%	$38.90M	2,554	$1.6K	8
Sat Jul 26	#2	$5.15M	+28.3%	-22.1%	$44.05M	2,554	$2.0K	9
Sun Jul 27	#2	$4.04M	-21.6%	-19.5%	$48.08M	2,554	$1.6K	10
Mon Jul 28	#2	$1.90M	-53.0%	-30.8%	$49.98M	2,554	$743	11
Tue Jul 29	#2	$1.98M	+4.3%	-36.5%	$51.96M	2,554	$775	12
Wed Jul 30	#2	$1.76M	-11.0%	-41.4%	$53.72M	2,554	$689	13
Thu Jul 31	#2	$1.73M	-1.7%	-44.9%	$55.45M	2,554	$678	14
Fri Aug 1	#4	$2.59M	+49.5%	-35.5%	$58.04M	2,605	$994	15
Sat Aug 2	#3	$3.55M	+37.2%	-31.0%	$61.59M	2,605	$1.4K	16
Sun Aug 3	#3	$2.74M	-23.0%	-32.2%	$64.33M	2,605	$1.1K	17
Mon Aug 4	#3	$1.32M	-51.6%	-30.2%	$65.65M	2,605	$508	18
Tue Aug 5	#3	$1.50M	+13.0%	-24.4%	$67.15M	2,605	$574	19
Wed Aug 6	#3	$1.29M	-13.6%	-26.6%	$68.44M	2,605	$496	20
Thu Aug 7	#3	$1.17M	-9.8%	-32.7%	$69.61M	2,605	$448	21
Fri Aug 8	#4	$1.82M	+55.9%	-29.8%	$71.42M	2,616	$695	22
Sat Aug 9	#4	$2.61M	+43.3%	-26.7%	$74.03M	2,616	$996	23
Sun Aug 10	#4	$1.89M	-27.3%	-30.8%	$75.92M	2,616	$724	24
Mon Aug 11	#4	$906K	-52.2%	-31.6%	$76.83M	2,616	$346	25
Tue Aug 12	#4	$1.04M	+14.4%	-30.8%	$77.86M	2,616	$396	26
Wed Aug 13	#3	$1.10M	+6.0%	-15.1%	$78.96M	2,616	$419	27
Thu Aug 14	#3	$806K	-26.6%	-30.9%	$79.77M	2,616	$308	28
Fri Aug 15	#6	$1.34M	+66.5%	-26.2%	$81.11M	2,431	$552	29
Sat Aug 16	#6	$2.02M	+50.2%	-22.6%	$83.13M	2,431	$829	30
Sun Aug 17	#6	$1.46M	-27.8%	-23.1%	$84.58M	2,431	$599	31
Mon Aug 18	#5	$644K	-55.8%	-28.9%	$85.22M	2,431	$265	32
Tue Aug 19	#5	$665K	+3.2%	-35.8%	$85.89M	2,431	$273	33
Wed Aug 20	#5	$766K	+15.2%	-30.2%	$86.65M	2,431	$315	34
Thu Aug 21	#5	$732K	-4.3%	-9.1%	$87.39M	2,431	$301	35
Fri Aug 22	#9	$935K	+27.7%	-30.3%	$88.32M	1,909	$490	36
Sat Aug 23	#8	$1.30M	+38.9%	-35.6%	$89.62M	1,909	$680	37
Sun Aug 24	#8	$911K	-29.9%	-37.4%	$90.53M	1,909	$477	38
Mon Aug 25	#9	$337K	-63.0%	-47.6%	$90.87M	1,909	$177	39
Tue Aug 26	#8	$400K	+18.7%	-39.8%	$91.27M	1,909	$210	40
Wed Aug 27	#10	$324K	-19.0%	-57.6%	$91.59M	1,909	$170	41
Thu Aug 28	#10	$351K	+8.1%	-52.1%	$91.94M	1,909	$184	42
Fri Aug 29	#13	$573K	+63.3%	-38.8%	$92.52M	1,907	$300	43
Sat Aug 30	#12	$911K	+59.2%	-29.8%	$93.43M	1,907	$478	44
Sun Aug 31	#12	$851K	-6.6%	-6.5%	$94.28M	1,907	$446	45
Mon Sep 1	#12	$695K	-18.3%	+106.2%	$94.97M	1,907	$364	46
Tue Sep 2	#14	$150K	-78.5%	-62.6%	$95.12M	1,907	$78	47
Wed Sep 3	#13	$114K	-23.5%	-64.7%	$95.24M	1,907	$60	48
Thu Sep 4	#14	$90K	-21.0%	-74.2%	$95.33M	1,907	$47	49
Fri Sep 5	#14	$272K	+201.0%	-52.5%	$95.60M	1,319	$206	50
Sat Sep 6	#12	$596K	+119.1%	-34.6%	$96.20M	1,319	$452	51
Sun Sep 7	#11	$410K	-31.3%	-51.9%	$96.61M	1,319	$311	52
Mon Sep 8	#-	$60K	-85.4%	-91.4%	$96.67M	1,319	$45	53
Tue Sep 9	#-	$69K	+16.1%	-53.6%	$96.74M	1,319	$53	54
Wed Sep 10	#-	$59K	-15.3%	-48.7%	$96.79M	1,319	$45	55
Thu Sep 11	#-	$58K	-1.6%	-36.1%	$96.85M	1,319	$44	56
Fri Sep 12	#-	$346K	+498.4%	+27.1%	$97.20M	2,046	$169	57
Sat Sep 13	#10	$831K	+140.2%	+39.4%	$98.03M	2,046	$406	58
Sun Sep 14	#8	$587K	-29.3%	+43.4%	$98.62M	2,046	$287	59
Mon Sep 15	#-	$78K	-86.7%	+30.4%	$98.69M	2,046	$38	60
Tue Sep 16	#-	$86K	+10.6%	+24.2%	$98.78M	2,046	$42	61
Wed Sep 17	#-	$80K	-7.7%	+35.5%	$98.86M	2,046	$39	62
Thu Sep 18	#-	$82K	+3.6%	+42.6%	$98.94M	2,046	$40	63
Fri Sep 19	#-	$188K	+127.7%	-45.7%	$99.13M	1,404	$134	64
Sat Sep 20	#-	$534K	+184.7%	-35.7%	$99.66M	1,404	$381	65
Sun Sep 21	#-	$351K	-34.3%	-40.2%	$100.02M	1,404	$250	66
Mon Sep 22	#-	$42K	-88.1%	-46.2%	$100.06M	1,404	$30	67
Tue Sep 23	#-	$42K	+1.1%	-50.8%	$100.10M	1,404	$30	68
Wed Sep 24	#-	$39K	-8.3%	-51.1%	$100.14M	1,404	$28	69
Thu Sep 25	#-	$42K	+8.8%	-48.7%	$100.18M	1,404	$30	70

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jul 18-20	2	$16.54M	—	$22.88M	2,506	$6.6K	1
Jul 25-27	2	$13.20M	-20.2%	$48.08M	2,554	$5.2K	2
Aug 1-3	3	$8.88M	-32.7%	$64.33M	2,605	$3.4K	3
Aug 8-10	4	$6.32M	-28.8%	$75.92M	2,616	$2.4K	4
Aug 15-17	6	$4.81M	-23.8%	$84.58M	2,431	$2.0K	5
Aug 22-24	9	$3.14M	-34.7%	$90.53M	1,909	$1.6K	6
Aug 29-Sep 1	12	$3.03M	-3.6%	$94.97M	1,907	$1.6K	7
Sep 5-7	12	$1.28M	-57.8%	$96.61M	1,319	$969	8
Sep 12-14	10	$1.76M	+38.0%	$98.62M	2,046	$862	9
Sep 19-21	14	$1.07M	-39.2%	$100.02M	1,404	$764	10
Sep 26-28	15	$668K	-37.7%	$100.85M	1,007	$664	11
Oct 3-5	20	$457K	-31.6%	$101.42M	757	$604	12
Oct 10-12	25	$238K	-48.0%	$101.74M	442	$538	13
Oct 17-19	35	$121K	-49.3%	$101.93M	236	$511	14
Oct 24-26	38	$104K	-13.8%	$102.05M	218	$477	15
Oct 31-Nov 2	40	$82K	-21.4%	$102.15M	150	$545	16
Nov 7-9	18	$782K	+857.0%	$102.95M	707	$1.1K	17
Nov 14-16	23	$522K	-33.2%	$103.68M	644	$811	18
Nov 21-23	23	$393K	-24.7%	$104.17M	604	$651	19
Nov 28-30	20	$430K	+9.3%	$104.76M	582	$739	20
Dec 5-7	24	$161K	-62.7%	$104.97M	464	$346	21
Dec 12-14	31	$97K	-39.4%	$105.10M	312	$312	22
Dec 19-21	38	$53K	-45.3%	$105.18M	198	$269	23
Dec 26-28	56	$24K	-55.0%	$105.22M	70	$343	24

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed bySam Weisman

ScreenplayDana Olsen, Audrey Wells

Produced byDavid Hoberman, Jordan Kerner, Jon Avnet

CinematographyThomas E. Ackerman

Music byMarc Shaiman

StarringBrendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Holland Taylor, Richard Roundtree, John Cleese

StudioWalt Disney Studios

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