Name: Pleasantville
Director: Gary Ross
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1998
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Oct 23	#2	$2.74M		—	$2.74M	1,636	$1.7K	1
Sat Oct 24	#2	$3.83M	+39.6%	—	$6.57M	1,636	$2.3K	2
Sun Oct 25	#2	$2.22M	-42.0%	—	$8.86M	1,636	$1.4K	3
Mon Oct 26	#1	$584K	-73.7%	—	$9.44M	1,636	$357	4
Tue Oct 27	#2	$700K	+20.0%	—	$10.14M	1,636	$428	5
Wed Oct 28	#1	$613K	-12.4%	—	$10.75M	1,636	$375	6
Sun Nov 1	#2	$2.18M		-1.6%	$18.30M	1,761	$1.2K	10
Mon Nov 2	#2	$531K	-75.7%	-9.0%	$18.83M	1,761	$301	11
Tue Nov 3	#2	$664K	+25.0%	-5.2%	$19.49M	1,761	$377	12
Wed Nov 4	#3	$496K	-25.2%	-19.1%	$19.99M	1,761	$282	13
Thu Nov 5	#1	$521K	+5.0%	—	$20.51M	1,761	$296	14
Fri Nov 6	#3	$1.69M	+223.2%	—	$22.27M	1,761	$957	15
Sat Nov 7	#3	$2.63M	+56.4%	—	$24.91M	1,761	$1.5K	16
Sun Nov 8	#5	$1.26M	-52.0%	-42.0%	$26.18M	1,761	$718	17
Mon Nov 9	#4	$267K	-78.8%	-49.6%	$26.45M	1,761	$152	18
Tue Nov 10	#3	$487K	+82.2%	-26.6%	$26.94M	1,761	$277	19
Wed Nov 11	#5	$714K	+46.6%	+43.9%	$27.65M	1,761	$406	20
Thu Nov 12	#4	$311K	-56.5%	-40.3%	$27.96M	1,761	$177	21
Fri Nov 13	#5	$1.11M	+258.5%	-33.8%	$29.09M	1,773	$629	22
Sat Nov 14	#7	$1.75M	+57.0%	-33.6%	$30.84M	1,773	$987	23
Sun Nov 15	#8	$820K	-53.1%	-35.1%	$31.65M	1,773	$462	24
Mon Nov 16	#5	$186K	-77.4%	-30.6%	$31.83M	1,773	$105	25
Tue Nov 17	#5	$232K	+25.2%	-52.3%	$32.07M	1,773	$131	26
Wed Nov 18	#5	$199K	-14.4%	-72.1%	$32.26M	1,773	$112	27
Thu Nov 19	#5	$199K	+0.3%	-35.9%	$32.45M	1,773	$113	28
Fri Nov 20	#7	$705K	+253.4%	-36.8%	$33.18M	1,715	$411	29
Sat Nov 21	#8	$1.12M	+58.9%	-36.0%	$34.30M	1,776	$631	30
Sun Nov 22	#9	$476K	-57.5%	-42.0%	$34.72M	1,715	$278	31
Mon Nov 23	#7	$152K	-68.2%	-18.3%	$34.87M	1,715	$88	32
Tue Nov 24	#7	$215K	+41.8%	-7.5%	$35.07M	1,715	$125	33

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Oct 23-25	1	$8.86M	—	$8.86M	1,636	$5.4K	1
Oct 30-Nov 1	2	$6.88M	-22.3%	$18.29M	1,761	$3.9K	2
Nov 6-8	3	$5.59M	-18.7%	$26.18M	1,761	$3.2K	3
Nov 13-15	7	$3.68M	-34.3%	$31.65M	1,773	$2.1K	4
Nov 20-22	9	$2.25M	-38.9%	$34.72M	1,715	$1.3K	5
Nov 27-29	14	$1.20M	-46.4%	$36.72M	1,089	$1.1K	6
Dec 4-6	18	$501K	-58.4%	$37.44M	831	$603	7
Dec 11-13	18	$461K	-8.0%	$38.06M	801	$576	8
Dec 18-20	29	$217K	-52.9%	$38.41M	602	$361	9
Dec 25-27	39	$94K	-56.7%	$38.67M	159	$590	10
Jan 1-3	38	$106K	+13.4%	$38.87M	25	$4.3K	11
Jan 8-10	38	$84K	-21.3%	$39.00M	148	$566	12
Jan 15-17	44	$85K	+1.7%	$39.12M	112	$760	13
Jan 22-24	49	$53K	-37.2%	$39.19M	95	$563	14
Jan 29-31	50	$43K	-19.5%	$39.25M	80	$538	15
Feb 5-7	51	$35K	-17.9%	$39.30M	59	$599	16
Feb 12-14	55	$34K	-4.4%	$39.35M	36	$938	17
Feb 19-21	58	$34K	+1.0%	$39.39M	33	$1.0K	18
Feb 26-28	34	$276K	+708.3%	$39.69M	335	$823	19
Mar 5-7	32	$238K	-13.7%	$40.02M	386	$616	20
Mar 12-14	39	$181K	-23.8%	$40.29M	314	$577	21
Mar 19-21	43	$117K	-35.2%	$40.47M	215	$546	22
Mar 26-28	53	$42K	-64.6%	$40.57M	87	$478	23

Performance Charts

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byGary Ross

ScreenplayGary Ross

Produced byJon Kilik, Robert J. Degus, Steven Soderbergh, Gary Ross

CinematographyJohn Lindley

Music byRandy Newman

StarringTobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J.T. Walsh, Don Knotts

StudioNew Line Cinema

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