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Space Jam

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

Get ready to jam.

🍅 46% 63% MC 57 LB 3.33 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

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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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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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 15-17 1 $27.5M — 2,650 $10,388 $27.5M
2 Nov 22-24 2 $16.2M −41.1% 2,650 $6,120 $48.3M
3 Nov 29-Dec 1 3 $17.4M +7.5% 2,650 $6,581 $67.4M
4 Dec 6-8 6 $4.5M −74.0% 2,650 $1,713 $73.4M
5 Dec 13-15 9 $2.3M −48.3% 2,232 $1,052 $76.5M
6 Dec 20-22 14 $1.3M −45.9% 1,579 $804 $78.3M
7 Dec 27-29 16 $2.1M +66.7% 1,379 $1,535 $81.9M
8 Jan 3-5 18 $1.4M −34.9% 1,201 $1,148 $85.4M
9 Jan 10-12 25 $446.1K −67.6% 714 $625 $86.0M
10 Jan 17-19 26 $453.1K +1.6% 375 $1,208 $86.6M
11 Jan 24-26 29 $219.1K −51.6% 333 $658 $86.8M
12 Jan 31-Feb 2 35 $161.7K −26.2% 234 $691 $87.0M
13 Feb 7-9 19 $855.9K +429.4% 827 $1,035 $87.9M
14 Feb 14-16 20 $771.7K −9.8% 786 $982 $88.9M
15 Feb 21-23 21 $455.6K −41.0% 680 $670 $89.4M
16 Feb 28-Mar 2 22 $343.2K −24.7% 608 $564 $89.8M
17 Mar 7-9 27 $266.7K −22.3% 563 $474 $90.2M
18 Mar 14-16 34 $155.5K −41.7% 473 $329 $90.4M
19 Mar 21-23 52 $25.3K −83.8% 103 $245 $90.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $453.1K
$27.5M
$16.2M
$17.4M
$4.5M
$2.3M
$1.3M
$2.1M
$1.4M
$446.1K
$453.1K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +1.6%
−41.1%
W1→2
+7.5%
W2→3
−74.0%
W3→4
−48.3%
W4→5
−45.9%
W5→6
+66.7%
W6→7
−34.9%
W7→8
−67.6%
W8→9
+1.6%
W9→10
Steepest −74.0%Biggest gain +66.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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