L.A. Story

Name: L.A. Story
Director: Mick Jackson
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1991
Cast: Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant, Marilu Henner, Sarah Jessica Parker

1991 • PG-13 • 1h 38m • Comedy, Drama, Fantasy • Sony Pictures Releasing

Something funny is happening in L.A.

🍅 91% 75%

3.44

6.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$6.6M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$28.9M

Final

Domestic Legs4.4x

1991 Rank#47

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Cast & Crew

Steve Martin Starring

Richard E. Grant Starring

Sarah Jessica Parker Starring

Kevin Pollak Starring

ScreenplaySteve Martin Produced byDaniel Melnick, Michael I. Rachmil CinematographyAndrew Dunn MusicPeter Rodgers Melnick Prod. DesignLawrence Miller StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 8-10 2 $6.6M — 1,091 $6,065 $6.6M

2 Feb 15-18 6 $5.2M −21.5% 1,120 $4,640 $13.8M

3 Feb 22-24 8 $2.8M −46.8% 1,122 $2,462 $17.5M

4 Mar 1-3 8 $2.3M −16.5% 1,068 $2,161 $20.6M

5 Mar 8-10 10 $1.6M −32.1% 929 $1,687 $22.8M

9 Apr 5-7 23 $398.4K — 373 $1,068 $26.5M

10 Apr 12-14 19 $389.1K −2.3% 357 $1,090 $27.0M

11 Apr 19-21 24 $318.4K −18.2% 345 $923 $27.4M

12 Apr 26-28 24 $214.9K −32.5% 242 $888 $27.8M

13 May 3-5 25 $216.3K +0.6% 267 $810 $28.1M

15 May 17-19 33 $111.7K — 154 $725 $28.5M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $389.1K

$6.6M

$5.2M

$2.8M

$2.3M

$1.6M

$398.4K

$389.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −2.3%

−21.5%

W1→2

−46.8%

W2→3

−16.5%

W3→4

−32.1%

W4→5

−2.3%

W9→10

Steepest −46.8%Best hold −2.3%

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