Name: Mighty Joe Young
Director: Ron Underwood
Genre: Adventure, Family, Action
Released: 1998
Cast: Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Šerbedžija, Peter Firth, David Paymer

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Dec 25	#6	$3.14M		—	$3.14M	2,502	$1.3K	1
Sat Dec 26	#6	$4.08M	+30.1%	—	$7.22M	2,502	$1.6K	2
Sun Dec 27	#6	$3.22M	-21.2%	—	$10.45M	2,502	$1.3K	3
Mon Dec 28	#6	$2.42M	-25.0%	—	$12.86M	2,502	$965	4
Tue Dec 29	#6	$2.49M	+3.1%	—	$15.35M	2,502	$996	5
Wed Dec 30	#6	$2.33M	-6.3%	—	$17.69M	2,502	$933	6
Thu Dec 31	#6	$2.44M	+4.3%	—	$20.12M	2,502	$973	7
Fri Jan 1	#6	$3.38M	+38.6%	+7.5%	$23.49M	2,544	$1.3K	8
Sat Jan 2	#6	$2.90M	-14.1%	-29.0%	$26.39M	2,544	$1.1K	9
Sun Jan 3	#6	$1.91M	-34.2%	-40.8%	$28.15M	2,544	$750	10
Mon Jan 4	#7	$502K	-73.7%	-79.2%	$28.65M	2,544	$197	11
Tue Jan 5	#7	$441K	-12.2%	-82.3%	$29.09M	2,544	$173	12
Wed Jan 6	#9	$337K	-23.5%	-85.6%	$29.43M	2,544	$133	13
Thu Jan 7	#7	$364K	+7.9%	-85.1%	$29.79M	2,544	$143	14
Fri Jan 8	#8	$945K	+159.8%	-72.0%	$30.74M	2,559	$369	15
Sat Jan 9	#6	$2.31M	+145.0%	-20.2%	$33.05M	2,559	$905	16
Sun Jan 10	#6	$1.78M	-23.0%	-6.6%	$34.83M	2,559	$696	17
Mon Jan 11	#9	$234K	-86.9%	-53.4%	$35.07M	2,559	$91	18
Tue Jan 12	#10	$251K	+7.1%	-43.1%	$35.32M	2,559	$98	19
Wed Jan 13	#10	$224K	-10.6%	-33.5%	$35.54M	2,559	$88	20
Thu Jan 14	#9	$250K	+11.6%	-31.2%	$35.79M	2,559	$98	21
Mon Jan 18	#9	$1.03M		+338.0%	$40.36M	2,087	$491	25

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Dec 25-27	6	$10.60M	—	$10.60M	2,502	$4.2K	1
Jan 1-3	6	$8.12M	-23.4%	$28.15M	2,544	$3.2K	2
Jan 8-10	6	$5.04M	-37.9%	$34.83M	2,559	$2.0K	3
Jan 15-18	12	$4.57M	-9.4%	$40.36M	2,087	$2.2K	4
Jan 22-24	14	$2.58M	-43.6%	$43.40M	1,773	$1.5K	5
Jan 29-31	13	$1.69M	-34.4%	$45.53M	1,621	$1.0K	6
Feb 5-7	18	$1.08M	-35.9%	$46.94M	1,247	$869	7
Feb 12-15	24	$718K	-33.7%	$47.84M	802	$895	8
Feb 19-21	25	$562K	-21.7%	$48.55M	719	$782	9
Feb 26-28	26	$433K	-22.9%	$49.12M	627	$691	10
Mar 5-7	25	$367K	-15.4%	$49.62M	563	$651	11
Mar 12-14	26	$302K	-17.7%	$50.00M	516	$585	12
Mar 19-21	35	$217K	-28.0%	$50.34M	391	$556	13
Mar 26-28	43	$93K	-57.1%	$50.50M	225	$415	14
Apr 2-4	58	$44K	-52.3%	$50.58M	108	$412	15
Apr 9-11	66	$20K	-55.4%	$50.63M	53	$374	16

Performance Charts

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRon Underwood

ScreenplayMark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner

Produced byTed Hartley, Tom Jacobson

CinematographyDonald Peterman, Oliver Wood

Music byJames Horner

StarringCharlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Šerbedžija, Peter Firth, David Paymer, Regina King, Naveen Andrews

StudioWalt Disney Studios

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