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Liar Liar

1997 • PG-13 • 1h 27m • Comedy, Fantasy • Universal Pictures

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🍅 83% 75% MC 70 LB 3.34 IMDb 6.9

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$31.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$181.4M
Final
Worldwide Total
$302.7M
$121.3M international
Domestic Legs5.8x
Budget$45M
1997 Rank#3
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Cast & Crew

Full Shadyac filmography
Tom Shadyac Tom Shadyac Director Jim Carrey Jim Carrey Starring Maura Tierney Maura Tierney Starring Cary Elwes Cary Elwes Starring Jennifer Tilly Jennifer Tilly Starring
ScreenplayPaul Guay, Stephen Mazur Produced byBrian Grazer CinematographyRussell Boyd EditingDon Zimmerman Music byJohn Debney StudioUniversal Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 21-23 1 $31.4M — 2,845 $11,045 $31.4M
2 Mar 28-30 1 $25.4M −19.2% 2,853 $8,895 $71.0M
3 Apr 4-6 1 $18.3M −28.0% 2,878 $6,350 $100.7M
4 Apr 11-13 2 $14.5M −20.7% 2,880 $5,030 $120.0M
5 Apr 18-20 2 $10.1M −30.0% 2,909 $3,485 $133.5M
6 Apr 25-27 4 $7.2M −29.1% 2,863 $2,510 $143.8M
7 May 2-4 4 $5.9M −18.5% 2,675 $2,190 $151.5M
8 May 9-11 6 $3.6M −38.2% 2,312 $1,565 $156.5M
9 May 16-18 6 $3.2M −11.5% 2,100 $1,525 $160.6M
10 May 23-25 7 $3.0M −5.3% 1,644 $1,845 $164.6M
11 May 30-Jun 1 8 $1.6M −46.7% 1,320 $1,225 $166.7M
12 Jun 6-8 10 $1.2M −26.4% 1,035 $1,150 $168.5M
13 Jun 13-15 11 $1.0M −15.4% 937 $1,075 $170.0M
14 Jun 20-22 12 $648.9K −35.6% 717 $905 $171.3M
15 Jun 27-29 8 $1.3M +100.9% 980 $1,330 $172.9M
16 Jul 4-6 11 $1.0M −23.1% 839 $1,195 $174.8M
17 Jul 11-13 13 $803.6K −19.9% 708 $1,135 $176.3M
18 Jul 18-20 16 $607.0K −24.5% 595 $1,020 $177.4M
19 Jul 25-27 16 $517.6K −14.7% 493 $1,050 $178.3M
20 Aug 1-3 21 $381.0K −26.4% 443 $860 $179.0M
21 Aug 8-10 24 $294.5K −22.7% 329 $895 $179.5M
22 Aug 15-17 26 $258.5K −12.2% 275 $940 $179.9M
23 Aug 22-24 34 $176.5K −31.7% 214 $825 $180.3M
24 Aug 29-31 36 $228.7K +29.5% 189 $1,210 $180.6M
25 Sep 5-7 34 $122.3K −46.5% 176 $695 $180.7M
26 Sep 12-14 34 $126.2K +3.2% 179 $705 $180.9M
27 Sep 19-21 35 $125.2K −0.8% 168 $745 $181.0M
28 Sep 26-28 31 $126.3K +0.9% 146 $865 $181.2M
29 Oct 3-5 35 $87.9K −30.4% 118 $745 $181.3M
30 Oct 10-12 42 $55.7K −36.6% 96 $580 $181.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.0M
$31.4M
$25.4M
$18.3M
$14.5M
$10.1M
$7.2M
$5.9M
$3.6M
$3.2M
$3.0M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −5.3%
−19.2%
W1→2
−28.0%
W2→3
−20.7%
W3→4
−30.0%
W4→5
−29.1%
W5→6
−18.5%
W6→7
−38.2%
W7→8
−11.5%
W8→9
−5.3%
W9→10
Steepest −38.2%Best hold −5.3%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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