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Rushmore

1998 • R • 1h 33m • Comedy, Drama • Touchstone Pictures

Love. Expulsion. Revolution.

🍅 90% 91% MC 87 LB 3.89 IMDb 7.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$44K
Limited · 2 theaters
Domestic Total
$17.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$19.1M
$2M international
Domestic Legs4.6x
Budget$10M
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Cast & Crew

Full Anderson filmography
Wes Anderson Wes Anderson Director Jason Schwartzman Jason Schwartzman Starring Olivia Williams Olivia Williams Starring Bill Murray Bill Murray Starring Brian Cox Brian Cox Starring Seymour Cassel Seymour Cassel Starring
ScreenplayWes Anderson, Owen Wilson Produced byBarry Mendel, Paul Schiff CinematographyRobert Yeoman Music byMark Mothersbaugh StudioTouchstone Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 11-13 46 $43.7K — 2 $21,833 $43.7K
9 Feb 5-7 13 $1.8M — 103 $17,881 $1.9M
10 Feb 12-14 8 $3.7M +103.0% 573 $6,526 $6.3M
11 Feb 19-21 9 $2.8M −25.0% 764 $3,671 $9.8M
12 Feb 26-28 12 $2.0M −29.6% 790 $2,499 $12.5M
13 Mar 5-7 15 $1.1M −42.9% 830 $1,358 $14.2M
14 Mar 12-14 18 $646.3K −42.7% 446 $1,449 $15.2M
15 Mar 19-21 28 $319.0K −50.6% 225 $1,418 $15.8M
16 Mar 26-28 36 $177.4K −44.4% 131 $1,354 $16.1M
17 Apr 2-4 38 $150.4K −15.2% 108 $1,393 $16.3M
18 Apr 9-11 44 $110.2K −26.7% 99 $1,113 $16.5M
19 Apr 16-18 49 $67.0K −39.2% 85 $788 $16.6M
20 Apr 23-25 47 $100.8K +50.5% 167 $604 $16.7M
21 Apr 30-May 2 47 $74.4K −26.2% 135 $551 $16.8M
22 May 7-9 51 $55.2K −25.7% 80 $690 $16.9M
23 May 14-16 60 $40.5K −26.6% 53 $765 $17.0M
24 May 21-23 67 $24.8K −38.9% 43 $576 $17.0M
25 May 28-30 68 $26.0K +4.9% 36 $721 $17.0M
26 Jun 4-6 65 $23.4K −9.9% 35 $668 $17.1M
27 Jun 11-13 71 $13.8K −40.9% 17 $813 $17.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$7.0M
Feb 7Feb 10Feb 13Feb 15Feb 18
Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.7M
$43.7K
$1.8M
$3.7M
W1W9W10
Theater countPeak 573 → 573 +0.0%
103 open573 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +103.0%
+103.0%
W9→10
Smallest gain +103.0%Biggest gain +103.0%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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