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Riding in Cars with Boys

2001 • PG-13 • 2h 11m • Biography, Comedy, Drama • Sony Pictures Releasing

She did everything wrong, but got everything right.

🍅 48% 66% MC 43 LB 3.53 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$10.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$29.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$35.4M
$5.6M international
Domestic Legs2.9x
Budget$47M
2001 Rank#80
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Cast & Crew

Full Marshall filmography
Penny Marshall Penny Marshall Director Drew Barrymore Drew Barrymore Starring Steve Zahn Steve Zahn Starring Brittany Murphy Brittany Murphy Starring James Woods James Woods Starring Lorraine Bracco Lorraine Bracco Starring
ScreenplayMorgan Ward Produced byJames L. Brooks, Sara Colleton, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai CinematographyMiroslav Ondříček MusicHans Zimmer StudioSony Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 19-21 2 $10.4M — 2,770 $3,756 $10.4M
2 Oct 26-28 4 $6.0M −42.2% 2,770 $2,170 $19.1M
3 Nov 2-4 6 $4.1M −32.5% 2,554 $1,588 $24.6M
4 Nov 9-11 9 $2.1M −48.1% 2,182 $965 $27.8M
5 Nov 16-18 16 $715.3K −66.0% 962 $744 $29.2M
6 Nov 23-25 26 $208.8K −70.8% 267 $782 $29.6M
7 Nov 30-Dec 2 35 $89.2K −57.3% 196 $455 $29.7M
8 Dec 7-9 42 $41.6K −53.4% 114 $365 $29.8M
Weekend grossWk 8 · $41.6K
$10.4M
$6.0M
$4.1M
$2.1M
$715.3K
$208.8K
$89.2K
$41.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −53.4%
−42.2%
W1→2
−32.5%
W2→3
−48.1%
W3→4
−66.0%
W4→5
−70.8%
W5→6
−57.3%
W6→7
−53.4%
W7→8
Steepest −70.8%Best hold −32.5%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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