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1996 • PG • 1h 34m • Comedy • Universal Pictures

All he ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work.

🍅 31% 47% MC 47 LB 2.83 IMDb 5.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$8.10M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$30.40M
Final
Worldwide total
$38.00M
$7.60M international
Domestic legs3.7x
Budget$39M
1996 rank#53
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Cast & crew

Steve Martin Steve Martin Starring Dan Aykroyd Dan Aykroyd Starring Phil Hartman Phil Hartman Starring Glenne Headly Glenne Headly Starring Max Casella Max Casella Starring
ScreenplayAndy Breckman Produced byBrian Grazer CinematographyPeter Sova MusicAlan Silvestri Prod. DesignLawrence G. Paull StudioUniversal Pictures

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 29-31 2 $8.1M — 2,304 $3,520 $8.1M
2 Apr 5-7 4 $6.1M −25.0% 2,309 $2,635 $16.7M
3 Apr 12-14 6 $3.9M −35.8% 2,326 $1,680 $23.1M
4 Apr 19-21 9 $2.2M −43.1% 2,190 $1,015 $26.3M
5 Apr 26-28 16 $784.0K −64.7% 1,153 $680 $27.6M
6 May 3-5 24 $332.5K −57.6% 532 $625 $28.1M
7 May 10-12 30 $185.4K −44.2% 334 $555 $28.3M
8 May 17-19 17 $503.7K +171.7% 769 $655 $28.9M
9 May 24-27 16 $488.4K −3.0% 555 $880 $29.5M
10 May 31-Jun 2 21 $225.7K −53.8% 373 $605 $29.8M
11 Jun 7-9 30 $126.4K −44.0% 216 $585 $30.0M
12 Jun 14-16 37 $72.5K −42.6% 116 $625 $30.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $225.7K
$8.1M
$6.1M
$3.9M
$2.2M
$784.0K
$332.5K
$185.4K
$503.7K
$488.4K
$225.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −53.8%
−25.0%
W1→2
−35.8%
W2→3
−43.1%
W3→4
−64.7%
W4→5
−57.6%
W5→6
−44.2%
W6→7
+171.7%
W7→8
−3.0%
W8→9
−53.8%
W9→10
Steepest −64.7%Biggest gain +171.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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