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Summer of SamFollow

1999 • R • 2h 22m • Crime, Drama, Romance • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

No one is safe from Son of Sam.

🍅 50% 60% MC 67 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.99M
4-day holiday opening
Domestic total
$19.29M
Final
Budget$22M
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Cast & crew

Full Lee filmography
Spike Lee Spike Lee Director John Leguizamo John Leguizamo Starring Adrien Brody Adrien Brody Starring Mira Sorvino Mira Sorvino Starring Jennifer Esposito Jennifer Esposito Starring Michael Rispoli Michael Rispoli Starring
ScreenplayMichael Imperioli, Spike Lee, Victor Colicchio Produced bySpike Lee, Jon Kilik CinematographyEllen Kuras MusicTerence Blanchard Prod. DesignThérèse DePrez StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 2-4 8 $8.0M — 1,536 $5,203 $8.0M
2 Jul 9-11 10 $3.5M −56.6% 1,536 $2,257 $14.1M
3 Jul 16-18 17 $1.5M −57.7% 1,068 $1,373 $17.2M
4 Jul 23-25 21 $469.9K −68.0% 364 $1,291 $18.5M
5 Jul 30-Aug 1 33 $153.0K −67.4% 119 $1,285 $18.8M
6 Aug 6-8 54 $38.6K −74.8% 32 $1,207 $19.0M
7 Aug 13-15 63 $23.2K −39.8% 25 $929 $19.0M
8 Aug 20-22 73 $11.5K −50.5% 13 $884 $19.0M
9 Aug 27-29 50 $88.9K +673.5% 185 $481 $19.1M
10 Sep 3-5 61 $62.5K −29.6% 79 $792 $19.2M
11 Sep 10-12 79 $13.3K −78.8% 23 $576 $19.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $62.5K
$8.0M
$3.5M
$1.5M
$469.9K
$153.0K
$38.6K
$23.2K
$11.5K
$88.9K
$62.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.6%
−56.6%
W1→2
−57.7%
W2→3
−68.0%
W3→4
−67.4%
W4→5
−74.8%
W5→6
−39.8%
W6→7
−50.5%
W7→8
+673.5%
W8→9
−29.6%
W9→10
Steepest −74.8%Biggest gain +673.5%

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