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Mystery Men

1999 • PG-13 • 2h 1m • Action, Comedy, Fantasy • Universal Pictures

Not your classic superheroes...they're the other guys.

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3.11

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$10.0M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$29.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$33.5M

$3.7M international

Domestic Legs3.0x

Budget$68M

1999 Rank#69

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Cast & Crew

Ben Stiller Starring

Hank Azaria Starring

William H. Macy

William H. Macy Starring

Greg Kinnear Starring

Paul Reubens Starring

Janeane Garofalo

Janeane Garofalo Starring

ScreenplayNeil Cuthbert Produced byLawrence Gordon, Mike Richardson, Lloyd Levin CinematographyStephen H. Burum MusicStephen Warbeck Prod. DesignKirk M. Petruccelli StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 6-8 6 $10.0M — 2,136 $4,690 $10.0M

2 Aug 13-15 8 $4.7M −53.0% 2,142 $2,200 $19.3M

3 Aug 20-22 11 $2.7M −42.4% 1,954 $1,390 $24.5M

4 Aug 27-29 19 $1.0M −62.7% 983 $1,030 $26.9M

5 Sep 3-6 22 $1.1M +7.2% 759 $1,430 $28.7M

6 Sep 10-12 24 $403.1K −62.9% 502 $803 $28.9M

7 Sep 17-19 31 $219.7K −45.5% 382 $575 $29.2M

8 Sep 24-26 28 $187.0K −14.8% 337 $555 $29.5M

9 Oct 1-3 34 $126.0K −32.6% 240 $525 $29.7M

10 Oct 8-10 48 $60.5K −52.0% 106 $571 $29.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 6 #5 $3.3M — $3.3M 2,132 $1,564 1

Sat Aug 7 #6 $3.7M +10.3% $7.0M 2,132 $1,726 2

Sun Aug 8 #7 $3.0M −18.8% $10.0M 2,136 $1,400 3

Mon Aug 9 #6 $1.2M −59.3% $11.2M 2,136 $570 4

Tue Aug 10 #7 $1.2M +2.6% $12.5M 2,136 $585 5

Wed Aug 11 #7 $1.1M −12.0% $13.6M 2,136 $515 6

Thu Aug 12 #7 $1.0M −6.8% $14.6M 2,136 $480 7

Fri Aug 13 #8 $1.5M +42.4% −56.2% $16.1M 2,140 $682 8

Sat Aug 14 #8 $1.9M +29.1% −48.8% $18.0M 2,140 $881 9

Sun Aug 15 #8 $1.4M −26.2% −53.4% $19.3M 2,142 $650 10

Mon Aug 16 #8 $610.5K −56.1% −49.9% $19.9M 2,142 $285 11

Tue Aug 17 #8 $664.0K +8.8% −46.9% $20.6M 2,142 $310 12

Wed Aug 18 #8 $599.8K −9.7% −45.5% $21.2M 2,142 $280 13

Thu Aug 19 #8 $546.2K −8.9% −46.7% $21.7M 2,142 $255 14

Fri Aug 20 #11 $803.0K +47.0% −45.0% $22.5M 1,954 $411 15

Sat Aug 21 #11 $1.1M +39.7% −40.5% $23.7M 1,954 $574 16

Sun Aug 22 #11 $791.0K −29.5% −43.2% $24.5M 1,954 $405 17

Mon Aug 23 #11 $351.7K −55.5% −42.4% $24.8M 1,954 $180 18

Tue Aug 24 #11 $381.0K +8.3% −42.6% $25.2M 1,954 $195 19

Wed Aug 25 #11 $341.9K −10.3% −43.0% $25.5M 1,954 $175 20

Thu Aug 26 #11 $322.4K −5.7% −41.0% $25.9M 1,954 $165 21

Fri Aug 27 #18 $292.0K −9.4% −63.6% $26.1M 730 $400 22

Sat Aug 28 #18 $427.0K +46.2% −61.9% $26.6M 730 $585 23

Sun Aug 29 #18 $295.0K −30.9% −62.7% $26.9M 983 $300 24

Mon Aug 30 #18 $113.0K −61.7% −67.9% $27.0M 983 $115 25

Tue Aug 31 #19 $118.0K +4.3% −69.0% $27.1M 983 $120 26

Wed Sep 1 #20 $98.3K −16.7% −71.3% $27.2M 983 $100 27

Thu Sep 2 #20 $93.9K −4.5% −70.9% $27.3M 983 $95 28

Mon Sep 6 #20 $258.1K — +128.3% $28.4M 759 $340 32

Cumulative total$28.4M

Aug 6Aug 13Aug 20Aug 27Sep 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $60.5K

$10.0M

$4.7M

$2.7M

$1.0M

$1.1M

$403.1K

$219.7K

$187.0K

$126.0K

$60.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,142 → 759 −64.6%

2,132 open759 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −52.0%

−53.0%

W1→2

−42.4%

W2→3

−62.7%

W3→4

+7.2%

W4→5

−62.9%

W5→6

−45.5%

W6→7

−14.8%

W7→8

−32.6%

W8→9

−52.0%

W9→10

Steepest −62.9%Biggest gain +7.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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