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1998 • R • 1h 57m • Comedy, Crime • Gramercy Pictures

Times like these call for a Big Lebowski.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$19.10M

Incl. re-releases

Worldwide total

$47.80M

$28.70M international

Budget$15M

1998 rank#96

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Cast & crew

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Joel Coen

Joel Coen Director

Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges Starring

John Goodman

John Goodman Starring

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore Starring

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi Starring

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman Starring Gramercy Pictures Studio

ScreenplayJoel Coen, Ethan Coen Produced byEthan Coen CinematographyRoger Deakins Music byCarter Burwell StudioGramercy Pictures

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 6-8 6 $5.5M — 1,207 $4,585 $5.5M

2 Mar 13-15 6 $3.5M −36.8% 1,235 $2,832 $10.7M

3 Mar 20-22 10 $1.8M −47.7% 1,123 $1,630 $13.8M

4 Mar 27-29 15 $833.9K −54.4% 643 $1,297 $15.2M

5 Apr 3-5 20 $485.7K −41.7% 356 $1,364 $16.0M

6 Apr 10-12 24 $269.1K −44.6% 201 $1,339 $16.5M

7 Apr 17-19 29 $197.5K −26.6% 158 $1,250 $16.8M

8 Apr 24-26 36 $151.2K −23.4% 197 $768 $17.0M

9 May 1-3 38 $99.1K −34.5% 208 $476 $17.2M

10 May 8-10 40 $70.1K −29.2% 140 $501 $17.3M

11 May 15-17 49 $43.0K −38.7% 66 $651 $17.4M

12 May 22-24 51 $45.1K +5.1% 64 $705 $17.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 6 #5 $1.7M — $1.7M 1,207 $1,384 1

Sat Mar 7 #7 $2.3M +40% $4.0M 1,207 $1,939 2

Sun Mar 8 #4 $1.5M −37% $5.5M 1,207 $1,229 3

Mon Mar 9 #4 $455.0K −69% $6.0M 1,207 $377 4

Tue Mar 10 #3 $475.0K +4% $6.5M 1,207 $394 5

Wed Mar 11 #5 $385.2K −19% $6.8M 1,207 $319 6

Thu Mar 12 #5 $372.4K −3% $7.2M 1,207 $309 7

Fri Mar 13 #7 $980.0K +163% −41% $8.2M 1,235 $794 8

Sat Mar 14 #7 $1.6M +63% −32% $9.8M 1,235 $1,291 9

Sun Mar 15 #6 $951.0K −40% −36% $10.7M 1,235 $770 10

Mon Mar 16 #6 $313.4K −67% −31% $11.0M 1,235 $254 11

Tue Mar 17 #6 $306.3K −2% −36% $11.3M 1,235 $248 12

Wed Mar 18 #6 $318.9K +4% −17% $11.7M 1,235 $258 13

Thu Mar 19 #7 $282.7K −11% −24% $11.9M 1,235 $229 14

Fri Mar 20 #10 $505.0K +79% −48% $12.4M 1,123 $450 15

Sat Mar 21 #10 $815.0K +61% −49% $13.3M 1,123 $726 16

Sun Mar 22 #10 $493.0K −40% −48% $13.8M 1,123 $439 17

Mon Mar 23 #10 $125.3K −75% −60% $13.9M 1,123 $112 18

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$13.9M

Mar 6Mar 10Mar 15Mar 19Mar 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $70.1K

$5.5M

$3.5M

$1.8M

$833.9K

$485.7K

$269.1K

$197.5K

$151.2K

$99.1K

$70.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,235 → 1,123 −9.1%

1,207 open1,123 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.2%

−36.8%

W1→2

−47.7%

W2→3

−54.4%

W3→4

−41.7%

W4→5

−44.6%

W5→6

−26.6%

W6→7

−23.4%

W7→8

−34.5%

W8→9

−29.2%

W9→10

Steepest −54.4%Best hold −23.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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