Name: Message in a Bottle
Director: Luis Mandoki
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1999
Cast: Kevin Costner, Robin Wright, Paul Newman, John Savage, Illeana Douglas

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Feb 12	#1	$4.22M		—	$4.22M	2,538	$1.7K	1
Sat Feb 13	#1	$6.38M	+51.1%	—	$10.60M	2,538	$2.5K	2
Sun Feb 14	#1	$6.12M	-4.1%	—	$16.75M	2,538	$2.4K	3
Mon Feb 15	#2	$2.10M	-65.6%	—	$18.85M	2,538	$828	4
Tue Feb 16	#1	$1.21M	-42.4%	—	$20.06M	2,538	$477	5
Wed Feb 17	#1	$1.02M	-15.9%	—	$21.06M	2,538	$401	6
Thu Feb 18	#1	$1.01M	-1.0%	—	$22.09M	2,538	$397	7
Fri Feb 19	#1	$2.83M	+181.6%	-32.8%	$24.92M	2,545	$1.1K	8
Sat Feb 20	#2	$4.76M	+68.1%	-25.3%	$29.69M	2,545	$1.9K	9
Sun Feb 21	#2	$2.42M	-49.2%	-60.4%	$32.13M	2,545	$952	10
Mon Feb 22	#2	$655K	-73.0%	-68.8%	$32.78M	2,545	$257	11
Tue Feb 23	#1	$803K	+22.6%	-33.6%	$33.59M	2,545	$315	12
Wed Feb 24	#1	$656K	-18.3%	-35.5%	$34.24M	2,545	$258	13
Thu Feb 25	#1	$661K	+0.8%	-34.3%	$34.90M	2,545	$260	14
Fri Feb 26	#4	$1.71M	+158.7%	-39.7%	$36.61M	2,545	$672	15
Sat Feb 27	#3	$3.27M	+91.5%	-31.3%	$39.89M	2,545	$1.3K	16
Sun Feb 28	#5	$1.44M	-56.0%	-40.5%	$41.32M	2,545	$566	17
Mon Mar 1	#4	$368K	-74.5%	-43.9%	$41.68M	2,545	$144	18
Tue Mar 2	#3	$477K	+29.8%	-40.6%	$42.16M	2,545	$187	19
Wed Mar 3	#3	$385K	-19.3%	-41.3%	$42.55M	2,545	$151	20
Thu Mar 4	#3	$431K	+11.9%	-34.8%	$42.98M	2,545	$169	21
Fri Mar 5	#6	$1.01M	+133.3%	-41.2%	$43.98M	2,545	$395	22
Sat Mar 6	#8	$1.56M	+55.2%	-52.4%	$45.54M	2,489	$627	23
Sun Mar 7	#9	$848K	-45.6%	-41.2%	$46.39M	2,489	$341	24
Mon Mar 8	#7	$236K	-72.1%	-35.7%	$46.62M	2,489	$95	25
Tue Mar 9	#7	$307K	+29.8%	-35.7%	$46.93M	2,489	$123	26
Wed Mar 10	#6	$281K	-8.3%	-26.9%	$47.21M	2,489	$113	27
Thu Mar 11	#6	$303K	+7.8%	-29.6%	$47.52M	2,489	$122	28
Fri Mar 12	#13	$535K	+76.4%	-46.8%	$48.05M	1,876	$285	29
Sat Mar 13	#13	$855K	+59.8%	-45.2%	$48.91M	1,876	$456	30
Sun Mar 14	#15	$444K	-48.1%	-47.6%	$49.35M	1,876	$237	31
Mon Mar 15	#15	$172K	-61.3%	-27.3%	$49.53M	1,876	$92	32
Tue Mar 16	#15	$197K	+14.8%	-35.7%	$49.72M	1,876	$105	33
Wed Mar 17	#15	$163K	-17.4%	-42.0%	$49.89M	1,876	$87	34
Thu Mar 18	#15	$185K	+13.7%	-38.9%	$50.07M	1,876	$99	35
Fri Mar 19	#17	$205K	+10.6%	-61.7%	$50.28M	1,014	$202	36
Sat Mar 20	#17	$310K	+51.2%	-63.7%	$50.59M	1,014	$306	37

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Feb 12-15	1	$18.85M	—	$18.85M	2,538	$7.4K	1
Feb 19-21	2	$10.04M	-46.7%	$32.13M	2,545	$3.9K	2
Feb 26-28	4	$6.41M	-36.1%	$41.32M	2,545	$2.5K	3
Mar 5-7	8	$3.41M	-46.8%	$46.39M	2,489	$1.4K	4
Mar 12-14	15	$1.84M	-46.1%	$49.35M	1,876	$980	5
Mar 19-21	20	$643K	-65.0%	$50.71M	1,014	$634	6
Mar 26-28	31	$287K	-55.4%	$51.23M	410	$700	7
Apr 2-4	39	$141K	-50.7%	$51.48M	269	$526	8
Apr 9-11	25	$338K	+139.2%	$51.89M	603	$561	9
Apr 16-18	28	$251K	-25.9%	$52.28M	455	$551	10
Apr 23-25	33	$163K	-34.9%	$52.54M	299	$546	11
Apr 30-May 2	37	$105K	-35.4%	$52.70M	223	$473	12
May 7-9	44	$66K	-37.5%	$52.80M	164	$401	13

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byLuis Mandoki

ScreenplayGerald Di Pego

Produced byDenise Di Novi, Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner

CinematographyCaleb Deschanel

Music byGabriel Yared

StarringKevin Costner, Robin Wright, Paul Newman, John Savage, Illeana Douglas, Robbie Coltrane

StudioWarner Bros.

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