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Il Postino: The Postman

1995 • PG • 1h 48m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Miramax

Dreams do come true.

🍅 92% 94% MC 81 LB 3.99 IMDb 7.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$95.3K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$21.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$21.8M
$31K international
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Cast & Crew

Directed byMichael Radford ScreenplayMichael Radford, Massimo Troisi Produced byMario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gaetano Daniele CinematographyFranco Di Giacomo Music byLuis Bacalov StarringMassimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Renato Scarpa, Linda Moretti StudioMiramax
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 16-18 33 $95.3K — 10 $9,531 $123.8K
2 Jun 23-25 16 $302.8K +217.7% 34 $8,907 $482.6K
3 Jun 30-Jul 2 16 $489.7K +61.7% 80 $6,122 $1.1M
4 Jul 7-9 17 $502.8K +2.7% 95 $5,292 $2.0M
5 Jul 14-16 17 $525.9K +4.6% 98 $5,366 $2.7M
6 Jul 21-23 21 $475.5K −9.6% 96 $4,953 $3.4M
7 Jul 28-30 19 $418.6K −12.0% 91 $4,601 $4.0M
8 Aug 4-6 24 $380.2K −9.2% 86 $4,421 $4.6M
9 Aug 11-13 25 $333.9K −12.2% 90 $3,710 $5.1M
10 Aug 18-20 30 $289.6K −13.3% 87 $3,329 $5.6M
11 Aug 25-27 33 $260.1K −10.2% 81 $3,211 $6.0M
12 Sep 1-4 Labor Day 31 $454.2K +74.6% 121 $3,754 $6.5M
13 Sep 8-10 30 $243.3K −46.4% 112 $2,172 $6.9M
14 Sep 15-17 29 $257.8K +6.0% 146 $1,766 $7.2M
15 Sep 22-24 28 $265.8K +3.1% 184 $1,444 $7.6M
16 Sep 29-Oct 1 33 $201.4K −24.2% 162 $1,243 $7.8M
17 Oct 6-8 33 $137.5K −31.7% 11 $12,503 $8.0M
18 Oct 13-15 34 $113.4K −17.5% 88 $1,289 $8.2M
19 Oct 20-22 37 $109.4K −3.5% 66 $1,658 $8.4M
20 Oct 27-29 44 $77.8K −28.9% 67 $1,162 $8.5M
21 Nov 3-5 50 $65.2K −16.3% 48 $1,358 $8.6M
22 Nov 10-12 45 $70.6K +8.3% 47 $1,502 $8.7M
23 Nov 17-19 45 $56.8K −19.5% 38 $1,496 $8.7M
24 Nov 24-26 36 $81.3K +43.0% 31 $2,623 $8.9M
25 Dec 1-3 45 $36.8K −54.7% 22 $1,675 $8.9M
26 Dec 8-10 41 $30.9K −16.2% 28 $1,103 $9.0M
27 Dec 15-17 48 $19.8K −36.0% 20 $988 $9.0M
29 Dec 29-31 56 $19.5K — 23 $847 $9.0M
30 Jan 5-7 23 $313.1K +1,507.9% 250 $1,252 $9.3M
31 Jan 12-14 27 $415.9K +32.8% 250 $1,664 $9.9M
32 Jan 19-21 32 $188.1K −54.8% 110 $1,710 $10.2M
33 Jan 26-28 34 $169.2K −10.0% 103 $1,643 $10.4M
34 Feb 2-4 39 $125.6K −25.8% 96 $1,308 $10.5M
35 Feb 9-11 43 $94.8K −24.5% 72 $1,317 $10.7M
36 Feb 16-18 24 $607.6K +541.0% 147 $4,133 $11.3M
37 Feb 23-25 19 $675.1K +11.1% 260 $2,597 $12.2M
38 Mar 1-3 19 $759.8K +12.5% 311 $2,443 $13.2M
39 Mar 8-10 17 $707.0K −7.0% 300 $2,357 $14.2M
40 Mar 15-17 16 $729.5K +3.2% 347 $2,102 $15.3M
41 Mar 22-24 18 $804.6K +10.3% 430 $1,871 $16.3M
42 Mar 29-31 23 $446.3K −44.5% 313 $1,426 $17.1M
43 Apr 5-7 25 $352.1K −21.1% 234 $1,505 $17.6M
44 Apr 12-14 31 $180.2K −48.8% — — —
45 Apr 19-21 33 $125.4K −30.4% 95 $1,320 $18.1M
46 Apr 26-28 37 $73.6K −41.3% 62 $1,187 $18.2M
47 May 3-5 44 $60.5K −17.8% 46 $1,315 $18.3M
48 May 10-12 47 $56.4K −6.8% 43 $1,311 $18.4M
49 May 17-19 53 $43.3K −23.2% 34 $1,273 $18.5M
50 May 24-26 20 $387.6K +795.9% 356 $1,089 $18.9M
51 May 31-Jun 2 26 $188.2K −51.5% 216 $871 $19.1M
52 Jun 7-9 31 $113.8K −39.5% 133 $856 $19.3M
53 Jun 14-16 39 $60.7K −46.7% 73 $831 $20.6M
54 Jun 21-23 37 $57.5K −5.2% 52 $1,105 $20.7M
55 Jun 28-30 42 $51.9K −9.7% 53 $979 $20.7M
56 Jul 5-7 43 $47.5K −8.6% 27 $1,758 $20.8M
57 Jul 12-14 42 $29.0K −38.9% 30 $966 $20.8M
66 Sep 13-15 36 $170.2K — 205 $830 $21.2M
67 Sep 20-22 31 $176.5K +3.7% 194 $910 $21.4M
68 Sep 27-29 36 $122.3K −30.7% 142 $861 —
69 Oct 4-6 39 $88.9K −27.3% 104 $855 $21.7M
70 Oct 11-13 48 $52.6K −40.8% 75 $701 $21.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $289.6K
$95.3K
$302.8K
$489.7K
$502.8K
$525.9K
$475.5K
$418.6K
$380.2K
$333.9K
$289.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −13.3%
+217.7%
W1→2
+61.7%
W2→3
+2.7%
W3→4
+4.6%
W4→5
−9.6%
W5→6
−12.0%
W6→7
−9.2%
W7→8
−12.2%
W8→9
−13.3%
W9→10
Steepest −13.3%Biggest gain +217.7%

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