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Mrs. Doubtfire

1993 • PG-13 • 2h 5m • Comedy, Drama, Family • 20th Century Fox

She makes dinner. She does windows. She reads bedtime stories. She's a blessing... in disguise.

🍅 71% 77% MC 54 LB 3.73 IMDb 7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$20.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$219.2M
Final
Worldwide Total
$441.3M
$222.1M international
Domestic Legs10.7x
Budget$25M
1993 Rank#5
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Cast & Crew

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Chris Columbus Chris Columbus Director Robin Williams Robin Williams Starring Sally Field Sally Field Starring Pierce Brosnan Pierce Brosnan Starring Harvey Fierstein Harvey Fierstein Starring Robert Prosky Robert Prosky Starring
ScreenplayRandi Mayem Singer, Leslie Dixon Produced byMarsha Garces Williams, Robin Williams, Mark Radcliffe CinematographyDonald McAlpine Music byHoward Shore Studio20th Century Fox
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 26-28 1 $20.5M — 1,605 $12,753 $27.6M
2 Dec 3-5 1 $14.7M −28.0% 1,678 $8,782 $46.7M
3 Dec 10-12 2 $10.2M −31.1% 1,959 $5,185 $60.6M
4 Dec 17-19 2 $9.1M −10.8% 2,290 $3,955 $72.6M
5 Dec 24-26 2 $9.4M +3.5% 2,305 $4,065 $89.2M
6 Dec 31-Jan 2 1 $16.3M +74.5% 2,325 $7,031 $122.3M
7 Jan 7-9 1 $11.5M −29.4% 2,345 $4,919 $138.1M
8 Jan 14-16 2 $10.3M −10.9% 2,354 $4,368 $151.5M
9 Jan 21-23 2 $8.8M −14.4% 2,290 $3,842 $162.3M
10 Jan 28-30 1 $7.7M −12.0% 2,249 $3,442 $172.3M
11 Feb 4-6 2 $6.9M −10.7% 2,138 $3,235 $181.3M
12 Feb 11-13 6 $4.4M −36.3% 1,916 $2,300 $187.1M
13 Feb 18-20 8 $4.5M +3.0% 1,380 $3,288 $193.1M
14 Feb 25-27 9 $2.8M −38.6% 1,336 $2,085 $196.7M
15 Mar 4-6 11 $2.6M −6.1% 1,626 $1,608 $200.1M
16 Mar 11-13 8 $2.3M −11.3% 1,456 $1,594 $203.3M
17 Mar 18-20 8 $1.7M −24.6% 1,244 $1,406 $205.9M
18 Mar 25-27 10 $1.9M +8.1% 1,153 $1,640 $208.5M
19 Apr 1-3 11 $1.7M −11.4% 1,150 $1,457 $211.0M
20 Apr 8-10 11 $1.7M +1.4% 1,084 $1,568 $213.7M
21 Apr 15-17 12 $1.3M −22.6% 962 $1,368 $215.5M
22 Apr 22-24 12 $1.0M −22.6% 868 $1,173 $216.9M
23 Apr 29-May 1 12 $737.1K −27.6% 692 $1,065 $217.9M
24 May 6-8 11 $363.4K −50.7% 514 $707 $218.4M
25 May 13-15 14 $189.4K −47.9% 305 $621 $218.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $7.7M
$20.5M
$14.7M
$10.2M
$9.1M
$9.4M
$16.3M
$11.5M
$10.3M
$8.8M
$7.7M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −12.0%
−28.0%
W1→2
−31.1%
W2→3
−10.8%
W3→4
+3.5%
W4→5
+74.5%
W5→6
−29.4%
W6→7
−10.9%
W7→8
−14.4%
W8→9
−12.0%
W9→10
Steepest −31.1%Biggest gain +74.5%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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