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Space Jam

1996 PG 1h 28m Animation, Adventure, Comedy Warner Bros.

Get ready to jam.

Space Jam Box Office

Opening Weekend
$27.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$90.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$250.2M
$159.7M international
Domestic Legs3.3x
Budget$80M
1996 Rank#15
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 15-17 1 $27.53M $27.53M 2,650 $10.4K 1
Nov 22-24 2 $16.22M -41.1% $48.28M 2,650 $6.1K 2
Nov 29-Dec 1 3 $17.44M +7.5% $67.44M 2,650 $6.6K 3
Dec 6-8 6 $4.54M -74.0% $73.36M 2,650 $1.7K 4
Dec 13-15 9 $2.35M -48.3% $76.54M 2,232 $1.1K 5
Dec 20-22 14 $1.27M -45.9% $78.33M 1,579 $804 6
Dec 27-29 16 $2.12M +66.7% $81.93M 1,379 $1.5K 7
Jan 3-5 18 $1.38M -34.9% $85.42M 1,201 $1.1K 8
Jan 10-12 25 $446K -67.6% $86.03M 714 $625 9
Jan 17-19 26 $453K +1.6% $86.57M 375 $1.2K 10
Jan 24-26 29 $219K -51.6% $86.83M 333 $658 11
Jan 31-Feb 2 35 $162K -26.2% $87.03M 234 $691 12
Feb 7-9 19 $856K +429.4% $87.90M 827 $1.0K 13
Feb 14-16 20 $772K -9.8% $88.86M 786 $982 14
Feb 21-23 21 $456K -41.0% $89.41M 680 $670 15
Feb 28-Mar 2 22 $343K -24.7% $89.84M 608 $564 16
Mar 7-9 27 $267K -22.3% $90.17M 563 $474 17
Mar 14-16 34 $155K -41.7% $90.38M 473 $329 18
Mar 21-23 52 $25K -83.8% $90.44M 103 $245 19

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byJoe Pytka
ScreenplayLeo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick, Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod
Produced byIvan Reitman, Joe Medjuck, Daniel Goldberg
Music byJames Newton Howard
StarringMichael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle, Billy West, Danny DeVito
StudioWarner Bros.

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