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Meet the Parents

2000 PG-13 1h 48m Comedy, Romance Universal Pictures

First comes love. Then comes the interrogation.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$166M
Final
Opening Weekend
$28.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
5.81x
Opening → Total
Budget
$55.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$330M
$164M international
2000 Rank
#7
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 6-8 1 $28.6M $28.6M 2,614 $11K 1
Oct 13-15 1 $21.2M -26.0% $58.8M 2,615 $8K 2
Oct 20-22 1 $16.0M -24.3% $80.7M 2,619 $6K 3
Oct 27-29 1 $15.0M -6.0% $100.0M 2,647 $6K 4
Nov 3-5 2 $12.6M -16.0% $116.5M 2,672 $5K 5
Nov 10-12 4 $10.3M -18.2% $130.0M 2,697 $4K 6
Nov 17-19 8 $6.4M -38.4% $138.5M 2,412 $3K 7
Nov 24-26 9 $6.5M +1.9% $148.4M 2,159 $3K 8
Dec 1-3 9 $3.8M -41.1% $153.2M 2,317 $2K 9
Dec 8-10 8 $3.0M -20.8% $157.1M 1,934 $2K 10
Dec 15-17 11 $1.2M -60.3% $159.0M 1,380 $870 11
Dec 22-24 9 $343K -71.4% $160.0M 602 $569 12
Dec 29-31 13 $600K +74.9% $161.1M 569 $1K 13
Jan 5-7 21 $605K +0.9% $162.2M 558 $1K 14
Jan 12-14 9 $461K -23.9% $162.8M 415 $1K 15
Jan 19-21 23 $421K -8.7% $163.4M 414 $1K 16
Jan 26-28 22 $387K -7.9% $164.0M 378 $1K 17
Feb 2-4 25 $360K -7.0% $164.5M 326 $1K 18
Feb 9-11 26 $295K -18.2% $164.8M 289 $1K 19
Feb 16-18 9 $250K -15.1% $165.2M 242 $1K 20
Feb 23-25 34 $210K -16.0% $165.5M 219 $959 21
Mar 2-4 33 $205K -2.3% $165.8M 185 $1K 22
Mar 9-11 37 $162K -21.2% $166.0M 161 $1K 23
Mar 16-18 41 $104K -36.0% $166.1M 138 $750 24
Mar 23-25 54 $54K -47.7% $166.2M 119 $455 25

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJay Roach
ScreenplayJim Herzfeld, John Hamburg
StarringBen Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Nicole DeHuff, Jon Abrahams
StudioUniversal Pictures