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I Know What You Did Last Summer

1997 • R • 1h 41m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Columbia Pictures

If you're going to bury the truth, make sure it stays buried.

🍅 47% 41% MC 52 LB 3.01 IMDb 5.9

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$15.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$72.3M
Final
Worldwide Total
$125.3M
$53M international
Domestic Legs4.6x
Budget$17M
1997 Rank#19
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Cast & Crew

Jennifer Love Hewitt Jennifer Love Hewitt Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar Sarah Michelle Gellar Starring Ryan Phillippe Ryan Phillippe Starring Freddie Prinze Jr. Freddie Prinze Jr. Starring Bridgette Wilson Bridgette Wilson Starring
ScreenplayKevin Williamson Produced byNeal H. Moritz, Erik Feig, Stokely Chaffin CinematographyDenis Crossan Music byJohn Debney StudioColumbia Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 17-19 1 $15.8M — 2,524 $6,267 $15.8M
2 Oct 24-26 1 $12.5M −20.9% 2,524 $4,956 $32.8M
3 Oct 31-Nov 2 1 $9.4M −24.8% 2,524 $3,727 $45.3M
4 Nov 7-9 3 $6.5M −30.8% 2,524 $2,580 $54.2M
5 Nov 14-16 6 $4.1M −37.6% 2,430 $1,672 $60.4M
6 Nov 21-23 10 $2.6M −36.4% 1,860 $1,388 $63.8M
7 Nov 28-30 11 $1.9M −26.1% 1,365 $1,397 $67.0M
8 Dec 5-7 8 $1.3M −29.4% 1,319 $1,021 $68.8M
9 Dec 12-14 13 $586.2K −56.5% 936 $626 $69.7M
10 Dec 19-21 21 $203.8K −65.2% 421 $484 $70.1M
11 Dec 26-28 37 $90.0K −55.8% 150 $600 $70.2M
12 Jan 2-4 38 $86.2K −4.2% 144 $599 $70.4M
13 Jan 9-11 43 $50.4K −41.5% 130 $388 $70.5M
14 Jan 16-18 53 $32.1K −36.4% 91 $353 $70.5M
15 Jan 23-25 59 $21.5K −32.9% 68 $317 $70.5M
16 Jan 30-Feb 1 68 $12.0K −44.2% 39 $308 $70.5M
18 Feb 13-15 27 $323.9K — 458 $707 $70.9M
19 Feb 20-22 34 $161.5K −50.1% 400 $404 $71.1M
20 Feb 27-Mar 1 34 $152.4K −5.6% 357 $427 $71.3M
21 Mar 6-8 34 $137.5K −9.7% 290 $474 $71.5M
22 Mar 13-15 34 $134.6K −2.1% 202 $666 $71.7M
23 Mar 20-22 36 $123.9K −7.9% 170 $729 $71.9M
24 Mar 27-29 35 $100.2K −19.2% 143 $700 $72.0M
25 Apr 3-5 43 $73.1K −27.0% 107 $683 $72.1M
26 Apr 10-12 53 $37.3K −49.0% 52 $717 $72.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $203.8K
$15.8M
$12.5M
$9.4M
$6.5M
$4.1M
$2.6M
$1.9M
$1.3M
$586.2K
$203.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −65.2%
−20.9%
W1→2
−24.8%
W2→3
−30.8%
W3→4
−37.6%
W4→5
−36.4%
W5→6
−26.1%
W6→7
−29.4%
W7→8
−56.5%
W8→9
−65.2%
W9→10
Steepest −65.2%Best hold −20.9%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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