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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.

🍅 97% 94%

71

4.39

8.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$273K

Limited · 7 theaters

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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Cast & Crew

Full Sant filmography

Gus Van Sant Director

Matt Damon Starring

Robin Williams Starring

Ben Affleck Starring

Minnie Driver Starring

Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård Starring

ScreenplayMatt Damon, Ben Affleck Produced byLawrence Bender CinematographyJean-Yves Escoffier Music byDanny Elfman StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 5-7 19 $272.9K — 7 $38,987 $272.9K

2 Dec 12-14 25 $229.8K −15.8% 10 $22,982 $629.5K

3 Dec 19-21 22 $198.4K −13.7% 11 $18,037 $937.9K

4 Dec 26-28 15 $1.7M +767.2% 157 $10,959 $3.2M

5 Jan 2-4 14 $2.3M +35.9% 164 $14,259 $7.5M

6 Jan 9-11 2 $10.3M +338.8% 1,787 $5,742 $19.0M

7 Jan 16-18 2 $11.8M +14.6% 1,819 $6,464 $35.4M

8 Jan 23-25 3 $8.5M −27.6% 1,831 $4,647 $48.4M

9 Jan 30-Feb 1 3 $8.4M −0.9% 1,831 $4,605 $59.5M

10 Feb 6-8 3 $6.8M −19.0% 2,157 $3,166 $68.3M

11 Feb 13-15 4 $9.3M +35.5% 2,172 $4,261 $79.7M

12 Feb 20-22 4 $6.5M −30.1% 2,185 $2,962 $88.0M

13 Feb 27-Mar 1 3 $6.6M +2.6% 2,203 $3,013 $96.4M

14 Mar 6-8 7 $5.2M −22.0% 2,049 $2,526 $103.4M

15 Mar 13-15 4 $4.8M −6.4% 1,899 $2,551 $109.8M

16 Mar 20-22 7 $4.0M −16.9% 1,805 $2,231 $115.6M

17 Mar 27-29 7 $4.1M +2.2% 1,642 $2,507 $121.6M

18 Apr 3-5 9 $3.2M −23.0% 1,576 $2,011 $126.0M

19 Apr 10-12 12 $2.0M −36.8% 1,301 $1,539 $129.2M

20 Apr 17-19 15 $1.5M −26.8% 1,069 $1,371 $131.6M

21 Apr 24-26 14 $1.0M −29.5% 927 $1,115 $133.0M

22 May 1-3 15 $825.2K −20.2% 869 $950 $134.2M

23 May 8-10 17 $600.9K −27.2% 697 $862 $135.1M

24 May 15-17 20 $389.8K −35.1% 574 $679 $135.6M

25 May 22-24 24 $319.4K −18.1% 326 $980 $136.1M

26 May 29-31 28 $165.9K −48.1% 299 $555 $136.3M

27 Jun 5-7 30 $127.1K −23.4% 238 $534 $136.5M

28 Jun 12-14 36 $92.2K −27.5% 191 $483 $136.7M

29 Jun 19-21 17 $319.7K +246.9% 664 $481 $137.1M

30 Jun 26-28 23 $211.7K −33.8% 517 $409 $137.5M

31 Jul 3-5 24 $172.1K −18.7% 439 $392 $137.9M

32 Jul 10-12 31 $107.1K −37.8% 342 $313 $138.1M

33 Jul 17-19 38 $66.2K −38.2% 253 $262 $138.2M

34 Jul 24-26 42 $46.1K −30.4% 170 $271 $138.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Mon Jan 5 #9 $284.6K — $7.8M 164 $1,736 32

Tue Jan 6 #8 $320.4K +12.6% $8.1M 164 $1,954 33

Wed Jan 7 #7 $310.7K −3.0% $8.4M 164 $1,894 34

Thu Jan 8 #7 $317.4K +2.2% $8.7M 164 $1,935 35

Fri Jan 9 #2 $3.1M +887.8% $11.9M 1,787 $1,754 36

Sat Jan 10 #2 $4.7M +49.1% $16.6M 1,787 $2,616 37

Sun Jan 11 #2 $2.5M −46.2% $19.0M 1,787 $1,408 38

Mon Jan 12 #2 $1.1M −57.8% +272.9% $20.1M 1,787 $594 39

Tue Jan 13 #2 $1.3M +23.8% +310.3% $21.4M 1,787 $736 40

Wed Jan 14 #2 $1.1M −18.2% +246.0% $22.5M 1,787 $601 41

Thu Jan 15 #2 $1.1M +0.9% +241.7% $23.5M 1,787 $607 42

Fri Jan 16 #2 $3.3M +200.2% +3.8% $26.8M 1,819 $1,789 43

Sat Jan 17 #2 $4.9M +50.8% +5.0% $31.8M 1,819 $2,699 44

Sun Jan 18 #2 $3.7M −25.5% +45.5% $35.4M 1,819 $2,012 45

Mon Jan 19 #2 $2.0M −46.7% +83.7% $37.3M 1,819 $1,072 46

Tue Jan 20 #2 $955.7K −51.0% −27.3% $38.4M 1,819 $525 47

Wed Jan 21 #2 $796.3K −16.7% −25.9% $39.2M 1,819 $438 48

Thu Jan 22 #4 $710.0K −10.8% −34.5% $39.9M 1,819 $390 49

Fri Jan 23 #3 $2.6M +267.6% −19.8% $42.5M 1,831 $1,425 50

Sat Jan 24 #3 $4.4M +69.5% −9.9% $46.9M 1,831 $2,417 51

Sun Jan 25 #3 $1.5M −67.1% −60.3% $48.4M 1,331 $1,092 52

Mon Jan 26 #2 $631.8K −56.5% −67.6% $49.0M 1,831 $345 53

Tue Jan 27 #2 $769.1K +21.7% −19.5% $49.8M 1,331 $578 54

Wed Jan 28 #2 $666.9K −13.3% −16.3% $50.4M 1,331 $501 55

Thu Jan 29 #2 $740.8K +11.1% +4.3% $51.2M 1,331 $557 56

Fri Jan 30 #3 $2.3M +212.5% −11.3% $53.4M 1,831 $1,264 57

Sat Jan 31 #3 $3.9M +69.3% −11.4% $57.3M 1,831 $2,141 58

Sun Feb 1 #3 $2.1M −45.4% +47.2% $59.5M 1,831 $1,169 59

Mon Feb 2 #3 $413.8K −80.7% −34.5% $59.9M 1,831 $226 60

Tue Feb 3 #3 $629.4K +52.1% −18.2% $60.6M 1,831 $344 61

Wed Feb 4 #2 $499.2K −20.7% −25.1% $61.1M 1,831 $273 62

Thu Feb 5 #3 $480.1K −3.8% −35.2% $61.6M 1,831 $262 63

Fri Feb 6 #4 $2.0M +308.3% −15.3% $63.6M 2,157 $909 64

Sat Feb 7 #2 $3.4M +70.9% −14.5% $66.9M 2,157 $1,553 65

Sun Feb 8 #3 $1.7M −48.0% −18.6% $68.6M 2,157 $808 66

Mon Feb 9 #3 $421.2K −75.8% +1.8% $68.7M 2,157 $195 67

Tue Feb 10 #3 $578.1K +37.3% −8.2% $69.3M 2,157 $268 68

Wed Feb 11 #2 $585.5K +1.3% +17.3% $69.9M 2,157 $271 69

Thu Feb 12 #2 $630.0K +7.6% +31.2% $70.6M 2,157 $292 70

Fri Feb 13 #4 $1.7M +173.0% −12.2% $72.3M 2,172 $792 71

Sat Feb 14 #4 $3.8M +123.0% +14.5% $76.1M 2,172 $1,766 72

Sun Feb 15 #4 $3.7M −2.3% +114.9% $79.9M 2,172 $1,724 73

Tue Feb 17 #4 $618.7K — +7.0% $80.3M 2,172 $285 75

Wed Feb 18 #4 $585.1K −5.4% −0.1% $80.9M 2,172 $269 76

Thu Feb 19 #4 $682.1K +16.6% +8.3% $81.6M 2,172 $314 77

Fri Feb 20 #4 $1.9M +172.0% +7.8% $83.3M 2,185 $849 78

Sat Feb 21 #4 $3.2M +74.1% −15.8% $86.6M 2,185 $1,478 79

Sun Feb 22 #4 $1.8M −45.8% −53.3% $88.3M 2,185 $801 80

Mon Feb 23 #4 $411.5K −76.5% $88.4M 2,185 $188 81

Tue Feb 24 #4 $495.0K +20.3% −20.0% $88.8M 2,185 $227 82

Wed Feb 25 #3 $447.9K −9.5% −23.4% $89.4M 2,185 $205 83

Thu Feb 26 #3 $520.0K +16.1% −23.8% $89.8M 2,185 $238 84

Fri Feb 27 #4 $1.8M +244.6% −3.4% $91.6M 2,203 $813 85

Sat Feb 28 #3 $3.0M +68.0% −6.8% $94.6M 2,203 $1,366 86

Sun Mar 1 #3 $1.7M −43.8% −3.3% $96.4M 2,203 $768 87

Mon Mar 2 #4 $427.0K −74.8% +3.8% $96.8M 2,203 $194 88

Tue Mar 3 #3 $568.3K +33.1% +14.8% $97.4M 2,203 $258 89

Wed Mar 4 #3 $492.1K −13.4% +9.9% $97.9M 2,203 $223 90

Thu Mar 5 #3 $527.3K +7.2% +1.4% $98.4M 2,203 $239 91

Fri Mar 6 #7 $1.4M +167.4% −21.3% $99.7M 2,049 $688 92

Sat Mar 7 #6 $2.4M +69.1% −20.8% $102.1M 2,049 $1,164 93

Sun Mar 8 #7 $1.3M −44.1% −21.2% $103.4M 2,049 $651 94

Mon Mar 9 #5 $393.6K −70.5% −7.8% $103.8M 2,049 $192 95

Tue Mar 10 #4 $445.0K +13.0% −21.7% $104.3M 2,049 $217 96

Wed Mar 11 #4 $435.6K −2.1% −11.5% $104.7M 2,049 $213 97

Thu Mar 12 #4 $474.1K +8.9% −10.1% $105.2M 2,049 $231 98

Fri Mar 13 #4 $1.4M +188.9% −2.8% $106.4M 1,899 $721 99

Sat Mar 14 #4 $2.4M +73.7% −0.2% $108.7M 1,899 $1,253 100

Sun Mar 15 #4 $1.3M −44.0% −0.1% $109.8M 1,899 $701 101

Mon Mar 16 #5 $435.9K −67.3% +10.7% $110.3M 1,899 $230 102

Tue Mar 17 #5 $491.3K +12.7% +10.4% $110.8M 1,899 $259 103

Wed Mar 18 #4 $506.1K +3.0% +16.2% $111.3M 1,899 $266 104

Thu Mar 19 #4 $580.7K +14.7% +22.5% $111.9M 1,899 $306 105

Fri Mar 20 #7 $1.1M +86.0% −21.2% $112.7M 1,805 $598 106

Sat Mar 21 #7 $1.9M +71.8% −22.1% $114.5M 1,805 $1,028 107

Sun Mar 22 #7 $1.1M −40.3% −16.8% $115.6M 1,805 $614 108

Mon Mar 23 #7 $309.9K −72.0% −28.9% $115.9M 1,805 $172 109

Tue Mar 24 #5 $585.0K +88.8% +19.1% $116.5M 1,805 $324 110

Wed Mar 25 #5 $586.2K +0.2% +15.8% $117.1M 1,805 $325 111

Thu Mar 26 #5 $556.7K −5.0% −4.1% $117.7M 1,805 $308 112

Fri Mar 27 #8 $1.2M +121.8% +14.4% $118.7M 1,642 $752 113

Sat Mar 28 #8 $1.8M +49.4% −0.5% $120.5M 1,642 $1,124 114

Sun Mar 29 #9 $909.0K −50.7% −18.0% $121.6M 1,642 $554 115

Mon Mar 30 #7 $286.2K −68.5% −7.6% $121.9M 1,642 $174 116

Tue Mar 31 #6 $406.5K +42.0% −30.5% $122.3M 1,542 $264 117

Wed Apr 1 #6 $364.6K −10.3% −37.8% $122.6M 1,642 $222 118

Thu Apr 2 #6 $372.5K +2.2% −33.1% $123.0M 1,642 $227 119

Fri Apr 3 #9 $920.0K +147.0% −25.5% $123.9M 1,576 $584 120

Sat Apr 4 #8 $1.5M +65.8% −17.3% $125.4M 1,576 $968 121

Sun Apr 5 #10 $660.0K −56.7% −27.4% $126.0M 1,576 $419 122

Mon Apr 6 #8 $273.8K −58.5% −4.3% $126.3M 1,576 $174 123

Tue Apr 7 #8 $339.6K +24.0% −16.4% $126.6M 1,576 $216 124

Wed Apr 8 #9 $327.6K −3.5% −10.1% $126.9M 1,576 $208 125

Tue Apr 14 #10 $255.5K — −24.8% $129.7M 1,301 $196 131

Mon Apr 20 #10 $120.6K — $131.7M 1,069 $113 137

Tue Apr 21 #10 $146.7K +21.6% −42.6% $131.8M 1,069 $137 138

Wed Apr 22 #10 $114.2K −22.1% $131.9M 1,069 $107 139

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

Cumulative total$70.6M

Jan 5Jan 15Jan 24Feb 3Feb 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $6.8M

$272.9K

$229.8K

$198.4K

$1.7M

$2.3M

$10.3M

$11.8M

$8.5M

$8.4M

$6.8M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,157 → 2,157 +0.0%

164 open2,157 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −19.0%

−15.8%

W1→2

−13.7%

W2→3

+767.2%

W3→4

+35.9%

W4→5

+338.8%

W5→6

+14.6%

W6→7

−27.6%

W7→8

−0.9%

W8→9

−19.0%

W9→10

Steepest −27.6%Biggest gain +767.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 93 days

$100M

Day 93

Mar 7

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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