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Lake Placid

1999 • R • 1h 22m • Action, Comedy, Horror • 20th Century Fox

You'll never know what bit you.

🍅 47% 37%

34

2.78

5.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$11.0M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$31.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$56.9M

$25.1M international

Domestic Legs2.9x

Budget$27M

1999 Rank#65

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Cast & Crew

Bill Pullman Starring

Bridget Fonda Starring

Oliver Platt Starring

Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Starring

Betty White Starring

ScreenplayDavid E. Kelley Produced byDavid E. Kelley, Michael Pressman CinematographyDaryn Okada MusicJohn Ottman Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 16-18 3 $11.0M — 2,095 $5,238 $11.0M

2 Jul 23-25 6 $5.6M −49.0% 2,102 $2,661 $21.4M

3 Jul 30-Aug 1 11 $2.7M −52.1% 1,798 $1,490 $26.6M

4 Aug 6-8 18 $866.5K −67.7% 815 $1,063 $28.7M

5 Aug 13-15 25 $405.4K −53.2% 434 $934 $29.6M

6 Aug 20-22 21 $415.4K +2.5% 465 $893 $30.1M

7 Aug 27-29 27 $303.9K −26.8% 389 $781 $30.6M

8 Sep 3-6 31 $360.3K +18.6% 308 $1,170 $31.1M

9 Sep 10-12 35 $186.4K −48.2% 271 $688 $31.3M

10 Sep 17-19 45 $110.9K −40.5% 189 $587 $31.5M

11 Sep 24-26 62 $47.4K −57.3% 128 $370 $31.6M

12 Oct 1-3 55 $47.6K +0.6% 98 $486 $31.7M

13 Oct 8-10 61 $39.3K −17.6% 47 $835 $31.7M

14 Oct 15-17 63 $22.2K −43.5% 31 $715 $31.7M

15 Oct 22-24 81 $11.1K −50.1% 19 $583 $31.8M

16 Oct 29-31 87 $6.2K −43.7% 15 $416 $31.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 16 #3 $3.5M — $3.5M 2,095 $1,673 1

Sat Jul 17 #5 $4.1M +17.1% $7.6M 2,095 $1,959 2

Sun Jul 18 #3 $3.2M −20.9% $11.0M 2,095 $1,550 3

Mon Jul 19 #4 $1.3M −59.0% $12.3M 2,096 $636 4

Tue Jul 20 #4 $1.3M −2.3% $13.6M 2,096 $621 5

Wed Jul 21 #6 $1.1M −15.7% $14.7M 2,096 $524 6

Thu Jul 22 #6 $1.1M −2.4% $15.8M 2,096 $511 7

Fri Jul 23 #6 $1.6M +52.5% −53.4% $17.4M 2,102 $778 8

Sat Jul 24 #7 $2.2M +36.7% −45.6% $19.6M 2,102 $1,063 9

Sun Jul 25 #6 $1.6M −26.6% −49.5% $21.4M 2,101 $781 10

Mon Jul 26 #6 $718.0K −56.2% −46.1% $22.1M 2,101 $342 11

Tue Jul 27 #6 $768.6K +7.0% −41.0% $22.9M 2,101 $366 12

Wed Jul 28 #9 $541.1K −29.6% −50.7% $23.4M 2,101 $258 13

Thu Jul 29 #10 $529.5K −2.1% −50.6% $23.9M 2,101 $252 14

Fri Jul 30 #12 $710.0K +34.1% −56.6% $24.6M 1,796 $395 15

Sat Jul 31 #13 $1.0M +43.7% −54.4% $25.7M 1,796 $568 16

Mon Aug 2 #11 $338.9K — −52.8% $26.9M 1,798 $188 18

Tue Aug 3 #11 $349.6K +3.2% −54.5% $27.3M 1,798 $194 19

Wed Aug 4 #12 $300.0K −14.2% −44.5% $27.6M 1,798 $167 20

Thu Aug 5 #12 $287.6K −4.1% −45.7% $27.9M 1,798 $160 21

Sun Aug 8 #18 $267.0K — $28.7M 815 $328 24

Mon Aug 9 #18 $107.2K −59.8% −68.4% $28.9M 815 $132 25

Tue Aug 10 #19 $106.8K −0.4% −69.5% $29.0M 815 $131 26

Wed Aug 11 #19 $93.3K −12.6% −68.9% $29.1M 815 $115 27

Thu Aug 12 #19 $98.4K +5.4% −65.8% $29.2M 815 $121 28

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

Cumulative total$29.2M

Jul 16Jul 22Jul 28Aug 4Aug 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $110.9K

$11.0M

$5.6M

$2.7M

$866.5K

$405.4K

$415.4K

$303.9K

$360.3K

$186.4K

$110.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,102 → 815 −61.2%

2,095 open815 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.5%

−49.0%

W1→2

−52.1%

W2→3

−67.7%

W3→4

−53.2%

W4→5

+2.5%

W5→6

−26.8%

W6→7

+18.6%

W7→8

−48.2%

W8→9

−40.5%

W9→10

Steepest −67.7%Biggest gain +18.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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