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Life Is Beautiful

1998 PG-13 1h 56m Comedy, Drama, War Miramax

An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.

Life Is Beautiful Box Office

Opening Weekend
$3.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$57.6M
Final
Worldwide Total
$229.3M
$171.7M international
Domestic Legs17.8x
Budget$20.0M
1999 Rank#48
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 23-25 37 $119K $119K 6 $19.8K 1
Oct 30-Nov 1 18 $460K +286.5% $652K 38 $12.1K 2
Nov 6-8 16 $837K +82.1% $1.70M 110 $7.6K 3
Nov 13-15 14 $852K +1.8% $2.93M 116 $7.3K 4
Nov 20-22 17 $755K -11.5% $4.00M 124 $6.1K 5
Nov 27-29 18 $871K +15.4% $5.25M 124 $7.0K 6
Dec 4-6 14 $721K -17.2% $6.21M 134 $5.4K 7
Dec 11-13 14 $682K -5.4% $7.16M 145 $4.7K 8
Dec 18-20 12 $616K -9.7% $8.04M 170 $3.6K 9
Dec 25-27 17 $988K +60.4% $9.43M 224 $4.4K 10
Jan 1-3 17 $1.07M +8.6% $11.41M 225 $4.8K 11
Jan 8-10 17 $905K -15.7% $12.76M 228 $4.0K 12
Jan 15-18 MLK Day 19 $1.26M $14.44M 218 $5.8K 13
Jan 22-24 20 $1.06M $15.84M 213 $5.0K 14
Jan 29-31 17 $926K -12.3% $17.18M 215 $4.3K 15
Feb 5-7 20 $838K -9.6% $18.37M 221 $3.8K 16
Feb 12-15 Presidents' Day 11 $2.83M $21.63M 644 $4.4K 17
Feb 19-21 11 $2.35M $24.67M 685 $3.4K 18
Feb 26-28 13 $1.92M -18.5% $27.34M 681 $2.8K 19
Mar 5-7 11 $1.93M +0.5% $30.13M 672 $2.9K 20
Mar 12-14 14 $1.87M -3.1% $32.80M 646 $2.9K 21
Mar 19-21 12 $2.23M +19.8% $35.99M 647 $3.5K 22
Mar 26-28 8 $3.24M +45.2% $40.69M 1,121 $2.9K 23
Apr 2-4 9 $2.67M -17.7% $44.72M 1,130 $2.4K 24
Apr 9-11 13 $1.91M -28.4% $47.74M 1,136 $1.7K 25
Apr 16-18 11 $1.64M -14.3% $50.01M 1,113 $1.5K 26
Apr 23-25 13 $1.22M -25.3% $51.81M 1,019 $1.2K 27
Apr 30-May 2 14 $832K -32.0% $53.07M 914 $910 28
May 7-9 12 $768K -7.7% $54.17M 812 $945 29
May 14-16 14 $627K -18.4% $55.10M 836 $750 30
May 21-23 17 $415K -33.8% $55.79M 579 $716 31
May 28-31 Memorial Day 20 $355K $56.37M 408 $869 32
Jun 4-6 23 $214K $56.69M 339 $631 33
Jun 11-13 31 $138K -35.6% $56.95M 251 $550 34
Jun 18-20 40 $86K -37.9% $57.12M 163 $526 35
Jun 25-27 55 $36K -58.0% $57.22M 48 $750 36
Aug 27-29 56 $64K $57.31M 15 $4.3K 45
Sep 3-6 Labor Day 57 $93K $57.43M 15 $6.2K 46
Sep 10-12 52 $63K $57.51M 31 $2.0K 47
Sep 17-19 65 $33K -48.3% $57.56M 26 $1.3K 48
Sep 24-26 76 $12K -63.9% $57.59M 19 $620 49
Oct 1-3 88 $6K -47.3% $57.60M 12 $518 50

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byRoberto Benigni
ScreenplayVincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni
Produced byElda Ferri, Gianluigi Braschi
CinematographyTonino Delli Colli
Music byNicola Piovani
StarringRoberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric, Horst Buchholz
StudioMiramax

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