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Good Will Hunting

1997 R 2h 7m Drama Miramax

Some people can never believe in themselves, until someone believes in them.

Good Will Hunting Box Office

Opening Weekend
$10.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$138.4M
Final
Worldwide Total
$225.9M
$87.5M international
Domestic Legs13.5x
Budget$10.0M
1998 Rank#10
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 5-7 19 $273K $273K 7 $39.0K 1
Dec 12-14 25 $230K -15.8% $629K 10 $23.0K 2
Dec 19-21 22 $198K -13.7% $938K 11 $18.0K 3
Dec 26-28 15 $1.72M +767.2% $3.17M 157 $11.0K 4
Jan 2-4 14 $2.34M +35.9% $7.51M 164 $14.3K 5
Jan 9-11 2 $10.26M +338.8% $19.01M 1,787 $5.7K 6
Jan 16-18 2 $11.76M +14.6% $35.35M 1,819 $6.5K 7
Jan 23-25 3 $8.51M -27.6% $48.37M 1,831 $4.6K 8
Jan 30-Feb 1 3 $8.43M -0.9% $59.51M 1,831 $4.6K 9
Feb 6-8 3 $6.83M -19.0% $68.30M 2,157 $3.2K 10
Feb 13-15 4 $9.25M +35.5% $79.67M 2,172 $4.3K 11
Feb 20-22 4 $6.47M -30.1% $87.96M 2,185 $3.0K 12
Feb 27-Mar 1 3 $6.64M +2.6% $96.39M 2,203 $3.0K 13
Mar 6-8 7 $5.18M -22.0% $103.43M 2,049 $2.5K 14
Mar 13-15 4 $4.84M -6.4% $109.84M 1,899 $2.6K 15
Mar 20-22 7 $4.03M -16.9% $115.60M 1,805 $2.2K 16
Mar 27-29 7 $4.12M +2.2% $121.57M 1,642 $2.5K 17
Apr 3-5 9 $3.17M -23.0% $126.00M 1,576 $2.0K 18
Apr 10-12 12 $2.00M -36.8% $129.22M 1,301 $1.5K 19
Apr 17-19 15 $1.47M -26.8% $131.56M 1,069 $1.4K 20
Apr 24-26 14 $1.03M -29.5% $133.04M 927 $1.1K 21
May 1-3 15 $825K -20.2% $134.18M 869 $950 22
May 8-10 17 $601K -27.2% $135.06M 697 $862 23
May 15-17 20 $390K -35.1% $135.64M 574 $679 24
May 22-24 24 $319K -18.1% $136.08M 326 $980 25
May 29-31 28 $166K -48.1% $136.32M 299 $555 26
Jun 5-7 30 $127K -23.4% $136.53M 238 $534 27
Jun 12-14 36 $92K -27.5% $136.70M 191 $483 28
Jun 19-21 17 $320K +246.9% $137.08M 664 $481 29
Jun 26-28 23 $212K -33.8% $137.53M 517 $409 30
Jul 3-5 24 $172K -18.7% $137.87M 439 $392 31
Jul 10-12 31 $107K -37.8% $138.10M 342 $313 32
Jul 17-19 38 $66K -38.2% $138.24M 253 $262 33
Jul 24-26 42 $46K -30.4% $138.34M 170 $271 34

Performance Charts

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

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byGus Van Sant
ScreenplayMatt Damon, Ben Affleck
Produced byLawrence Bender
CinematographyJean-Yves Escoffier
Music byDanny Elfman
StarringMatt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, Stellan Skarsgård, Casey Affleck
StudioMiramax

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