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My Best Friend's Wedding

1997 PG-13 1h 45m Comedy, Romance, Drama TriStar Pictures

Julianne fell in love with her best friend the day he decided to marry someone else.

My Best Friend's Wedding Box Office

Opening Weekend
$21.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$126.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$298.9M
$172.1M international
Domestic Legs5.8x
Budget$46M
1997 Rank#8
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 20-22 2 $21.68M $21.68M 2,134 $10.2K 1
Jun 27-29 4 $15.02M -30.7% $49.22M 2,134 $7.0K 2
Jul 4-6 4 $10.82M -28.0% $69.28M 2,233 $4.8K 3
Jul 11-13 5 $8.32M -23.1% $83.50M 2,343 $3.6K 4
Jul 18-20 6 $6.52M -21.6% $94.73M 2,376 $2.7K 5
Jul 25-27 8 $4.51M -30.8% $103.09M 2,146 $2.1K 6
Aug 1-3 11 $3.12M -30.8% $108.93M 1,747 $1.8K 7
Aug 8-10 11 $2.21M -29.3% $113.11M 1,462 $1.5K 8
Aug 15-17 13 $1.62M -26.8% $116.09M 1,232 $1.3K 9
Aug 22-24 16 $1.03M -36.3% $118.01M 801 $1.3K 10
Aug 29-31 18 $1.01M -1.4% $119.45M 629 $1.6K 11
Sep 5-7 18 $653K -35.7% $120.30M 703 $928 12
Sep 12-14 18 $603K -7.6% $121.10M 700 $861 13
Sep 19-21 21 $379K -37.2% $121.67M 607 $624 14
Sep 26-28 14 $727K +91.9% $122.51M 902 $805 15
Oct 3-5 19 $471K -35.2% $123.15M 771 $611 16
Oct 10-12 19 $424K -10.1% $123.72M 551 $769 17
Oct 17-19 20 $365K -13.8% $124.20M 461 $792 18
Oct 24-26 24 $293K -19.8% $124.60M 380 $771 19
Oct 31-Nov 2 26 $216K -26.4% $124.90M 300 $719 20
Nov 7-9 32 $179K -17.0% $125.15M 203 $881 21
Nov 14-16 25 $476K +166.1% $125.69M 488 $975 22
Nov 21-23 30 $208K -56.4% $126.02M 279 $744 23
Nov 28-30 36 $153K -26.4% $126.26M 196 $779 24
Dec 5-7 43 $63K -58.6% $126.36M 80 $791 25
Dec 12-14 38 $59K -7.0% $126.44M 79 $745 26
Dec 19-21 32 $92K +56.2% $126.56M 134 $686 27
Dec 26-28 47 $56K -38.7% $126.68M 66 $853 28
Jan 2-4 50 $41K -27.5% $126.77M 53 $771 29
Jan 9-11 50 $26K -36.5% $126.81M 37 $701 30

Performance Charts

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

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byP.J. Hogan
ScreenplayRonald Bass
Produced byJerry Zucker, Ronald Bass
CinematographyLászló Kovács
Music byJames Newton Howard
StarringJulia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett, Philip Bosco, M. Emmet Walsh, Rachel Griffiths

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