Name: Primary Colors
Director: Mike Nichols
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1998
Cast: John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Adrian Lester

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Mar 20	#2	$3.63M		—	$3.63M	1,966	$1.8K	1
Sat Mar 21	#2	$5.47M	+50.7%	—	$9.10M	1,966	$2.8K	2
Sun Mar 22	#2	$3.03M	-44.7%	—	$12.05M	1,966	$1.5K	3
Mon Mar 23	#3	$619K	-79.5%	—	$12.66M	1,965	$315	4
Tue Mar 24	#3	$880K	+42.2%	—	$13.54M	1,966	$448	5
Wed Mar 25	#2	$865K	-1.7%	—	$14.40M	1,965	$440	6
Thu Mar 26	#2	$835K	-3.4%	—	$15.24M	1,965	$425	7
Fri Mar 27	#3	$2.16M	+158.6%	-40.5%	$17.40M	1,969	$1.1K	8
Sat Mar 28	#3	$3.35M	+55.1%	-38.8%	$20.75M	1,969	$1.7K	9
Sun Mar 29	#3	$1.66M	-50.4%	-45.0%	$22.24M	1,969	$845	10
Mon Mar 30	#3	$413K	-75.1%	-33.2%	$22.66M	1,968	$210	11
Tue Mar 31	#3	$561K	+35.7%	-36.3%	$23.22M	1,968	$285	12
Wed Apr 1	#2	$522K	-7.0%	-39.7%	$23.74M	1,968	$265	13
Thu Apr 2	#2	$502K	-3.8%	-39.9%	$24.24M	1,968	$255	14
Fri Apr 3	#6	$1.25M	+148.1%	-42.4%	$25.49M	1,975	$630	15
Sat Apr 4	#5	$2.29M	+83.9%	-31.6%	$27.78M	1,975	$1.2K	16
Sun Apr 5	#5	$1.06M	-53.8%	-36.4%	$28.94M	1,976	$535	17
Mon Apr 6	#7	$306K	-71.1%	-26.0%	$29.25M	1,976	$155	18
Tue Apr 7	#7	$345K	+12.9%	-38.4%	$29.60M	1,976	$175	19
Wed Apr 8	#7	$345K	-0.1%	-33.9%	$29.94M	1,976	$175	20
Thu Apr 9	#6	$395K	+14.6%	-21.2%	$30.34M	1,976	$200	21
Fri Apr 10	#10	$775K	+96.1%	-37.8%	$31.11M	1,775	$437	22
Sat Apr 11	#9	$1.00M	+29.7%	-56.1%	$32.12M	1,775	$566	23
Sun Apr 12	#9	$551K	-45.2%	-47.9%	$32.73M	1,779	$310	24

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Mar 20-22	2	$12.05M	—	$12.05M	1,965	$6.1K	1
Mar 27-29	3	$7.01M	-41.8%	$22.24M	1,968	$3.6K	2
Apr 3-5	5	$4.70M	-32.9%	$28.94M	1,976	$2.4K	3
Apr 10-12	10	$2.41M	-48.7%	$32.74M	1,779	$1.4K	4
Apr 17-19	12	$1.53M	-36.4%	$35.16M	1,317	$1.2K	5
Apr 24-26	18	$833K	-45.7%	$36.38M	926	$900	6
May 1-3	21	$551K	-33.9%	$37.15M	734	$750	7
May 8-10	22	$313K	-43.1%	$37.61M	457	$685	8
May 15-17	25	$238K	-24.1%	$37.94M	347	$685	9
May 22-24	27	$243K	+2.2%	$38.28M	267	$910	10
May 29-31	31	$154K	-36.7%	$38.49M	277	$555	11
Jun 5-7	29	$140K	-8.8%	$38.71M	246	$570	12
Jun 12-14	38	$86K	-38.7%	$38.86M	179	$480	13
Jun 19-21	39	$62K	-28.0%	$38.97M	104	$595	14

Performance Charts

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

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byMike Nichols

ScreenplayElaine May

Produced byMike Nichols, Jonathan Krane, Neil Machlis

CinematographyMichael Ballhaus

Music byRy Cooder

StarringJohn Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Adrian Lester, Maura Tierney, Paul Guilfoyle, Larry Hagman

StudioUniversal Pictures

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