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Mystic PizzaFollow

1988 • R • 1h 44m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Samuel Goldwyn Films

A romantic comedy with the works.

🍅 77% 55% MC 59 IMDb 6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$1.16M
Limited · 401 theaters
Domestic total
$12.79M
Final
Domestic legs9.1x from $1.4M biggest weekend
Budget$6M
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Cast & crew

Full Petrie filmography
Donald Petrie Donald Petrie Director Julia Roberts Julia Roberts Starring Lili Taylor Lili Taylor Starring Vincent D'Onofrio Vincent D'Onofrio Starring
ScreenplayAlfred Uhry, Amy Holden Jones, Perry Howze, Randy Howze Produced byMark Levinson, Scott M. Rosenfelt CinematographyTim Suhrstedt MusicDavid McHugh Prod. DesignDavid Chapman StudioSamuel Goldwyn Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 21-23 7 $1.2M — 401 $2,903 $1.2M
2 Oct 28-30 7 $1.3M +13.8% 386 $3,432 $2.9M
3 Nov 4-6 7 $1.4M +6.3% 386 $3,647 $4.7M
4 Nov 11-13 9 $1.4M −1.9% 440 $3,139 $6.6M
6 Nov 25-27 10 $1.4M — 400 $3,394 $9.5M
15 Jan 27-29 33 $89.3K — 112 $798 $12.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 6 · $1.4M
$1.2M
$1.3M
$1.4M
$1.4M
$1.4M
W1W2W3W4W6
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −1.9%
+13.8%
W1→2
+6.3%
W2→3
−1.9%
W3→4
Steepest −1.9%Biggest gain +13.8%

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