Name: Small Soldiers
Director: Joe Dante
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Released: 1998
Cast: Gregory Smith, Kirsten Dunst, Jay Mohr, Phil Hartman, Kevin Dunn

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jul 10	#3	$4.79M		—	$4.79M	2,539	$1.9K	1
Sat Jul 11	#3	$5.06M	+5.7%	—	$9.85M	2,539	$2.0K	2
Sun Jul 12	#3	$3.96M	-21.7%	—	$14.05M	2,539	$1.6K	3
Mon Jul 13	#3	$1.96M	-50.5%	—	$16.01M	2,539	$772	4
Tue Jul 14	#3	$2.04M	+3.9%	—	$18.04M	2,539	$802	5
Wed Jul 15	#4	$1.85M	-9.4%	—	$19.89M	2,539	$727	6
Thu Jul 16	#4	$1.78M	-3.6%	—	$21.67M	2,539	$701	7
Fri Jul 17	#6	$2.55M	+43.3%	-46.7%	$24.22M	2,613	$976	8
Sat Jul 18	#6	$3.38M	+32.5%	-33.2%	$27.60M	2,613	$1.3K	9
Sun Jul 19	#6	$2.68M	-20.8%	-32.4%	$30.32M	2,613	$1.0K	10
Mon Jul 20	#6	$1.24M	-53.6%	-36.6%	$31.56M	2,613	$476	11
Tue Jul 21	#6	$1.27M	+2.0%	-37.7%	$32.83M	2,613	$485	12
Wed Jul 22	#6	$1.17M	-7.7%	-36.5%	$34.00M	2,613	$448	13
Thu Jul 23	#6	$1.17M	+0.2%	-34.0%	$35.17M	2,613	$449	14
Fri Jul 24	#9	$1.48M	+25.7%	-42.2%	$36.65M	2,512	$587	15
Sat Jul 25	#9	$2.10M	+42.4%	-37.9%	$38.75M	2,512	$836	16
Sun Jul 26	#9	$1.63M	-22.6%	-39.3%	$40.49M	2,512	$647	17
Mon Jul 27	#9	$730K	-55.1%	-41.3%	$41.22M	2,512	$291	18
Tue Jul 28	#9	$773K	+5.9%	-39.1%	$41.99M	2,512	$308	19
Thu Jul 30	#10	$682K		-41.9%	$43.37M	2,512	$272	21

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jul 10-12	3	$14.05M	—	$14.05M	2,539	$5.5K	1
Jul 17-19	6	$8.65M	-38.4%	$30.32M	2,613	$3.3K	2
Jul 24-26	9	$5.32M	-38.5%	$40.49M	2,512	$2.1K	3
Jul 31-Aug 2	13	$2.84M	-46.6%	$46.20M	1,701	$1.7K	4
Aug 7-9	12	$1.55M	-45.4%	$49.38M	1,249	$1.2K	5
Aug 14-16	16	$921K	-40.6%	$51.20M	925	$996	6
Aug 21-23	23	$432K	-53.1%	$52.09M	607	$711	7
Aug 28-30	33	$335K	-22.3%	$52.64M	535	$627	8
Sep 4-6	29	$625K	+86.2%	$52.75M	1,004	$622	9
Sep 11-13	35	$210K	-66.5%	$53.65M	534	$392	10
Sep 18-20	38	$124K	-41.0%	$53.81M	—	—	11
Sep 25-27	44	$111K	-10.0%	$53.96M	—	—	12
Oct 9-11	50	$46K	—	$54.10M	—	—	14
Oct 16-18	36	$104K	+127.4%	$54.35M	—	—	15
Oct 23-25	43	$76K	-27.0%	$54.45M	205	$370	16

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 byJoe Dante

ScreenplayGavin Scott, Adam Rifkin, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio

Produced byMichael Finnell, Colin Wilson

CinematographyJamie Anderson

Music byJerry Goldsmith

StarringGregory Smith, Kirsten Dunst, Jay Mohr, Phil Hartman, Kevin Dunn, Denis Leary, David Cross, Tommy Lee Jones

StudioDreamWorks

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