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My Big Fat Greek Wedding

2002 PG 1h 35m Comedy, Drama, Romance IFC Films

Love is here to stay... so is her family.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$241M
Final
Opening Weekend
$5.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
42.4x
Opening → Total
Budget
$5.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$369M
$127M international
2002 Rank
#5
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Apr 19-21 20 $597K $597K 108 $6K 1
Apr 26-28 16 $805K +34.7% $1.6M 141 $6K 2
May 3-5 16 $666K -17.2% $2.6M 147 $5K 3
May 10-12 11 $1.3M +89.5% $4.1M 247 $5K 4
May 17-19 10 $1.1M -10.1% $5.7M 275 $4K 5
May 24-26 11 $1.2M +9.8% $7.3M 260 $5K 6
May 31-Jun 2 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 11 $911K -27.0% $8.9M 236 $4K 7
Jun 7-9 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 12 $1.7M +85.4% $11.0M 443 $4K 8
Jun 14-16 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 12 $1.8M +3.9% $13.6M 455 $4K 9
Jun 21-23 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 14 $1.8M +1.2% $16.3M 444 $4K 10
Jun 28-30 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 13 $2.0M +12.7% $19.3M 493 $4K 11
Jul 5-7 11 $2.5M +25.3% $23.6M 499 $5K 12
Jul 12-14 12 $2.2M -11.1% $27.0M 495 $5K 13
Jul 19-21 14 $2.5M +12.0% $30.9M 530 $5K 14
Jul 26-28 10 $3.0M +20.3% $35.4M 569 $5K 15
Aug 2-4 9 $3.0M -0.1% $40.2M 657 $5K 16
Aug 9-11 8 $3.1M +4.4% $45.1M 723 $4K 17
Aug 16-18 6 $5.7M +81.9% $52.8M 1,064 $5K 18
Aug 23-25 4 $7.3M +27.4% $63.7M 1,329 $5K 19
Aug 30-Sep 1 2 $11.1M +52.9% $78.8M 1,619 $7K 20
Oct 11-14 Indig. Peoples' Day 12 $1.2M -89.5% $160.1M 2,016 $577 21
Dec 13-15 12 $1.7M +46.4% $215.6M 1,230 $1K 22
Dec 20-22 13 $1.5M -14.2% $217.8M 973 $2K 23
Dec 27-29 12 $2.8M +88.9% $222.5M 951 $3K 24
Jan 3-5 13 $2.7M -3.6% $227.9M 1,194 $2K 25
Jan 17-20 15 $2.6M -2.3% $234.3M 1,171 $2K 26
Feb 14-16 24 $475K -81.7% $240.7M 533 $891 27
Feb 21-23 29 $215K -54.8% $241.1M 353 $608 28
Feb 28-Mar 2 40 $131K -39.0% $241.3M 260 $503 29
Mar 7-9 49 $71K -45.5% $241.4M 170 $419 30

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Cumulative Total

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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJoel Zwick
ScreenplayNia Vardalos
StarringNia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Andrea Martin, Joey Fatone
StudioIFC Films