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The Cider House Rules

1999 PG-13 2h 6m Drama Miramax

A story about how far we must travel to find the place where we belong.

The Cider House Rules Box Office

Opening Weekend
$3.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$57.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$88.5M
$31.0M international
Domestic Legs18.7x
Budget$24.0M
2000 Rank#45
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 10-12 33 $110K $110K 8 $13.8K 1
Dec 17-19 17 $332K +201.4% $491K 36 $9.2K 2
Dec 24-26 14 $712K +114.6% $1.38M 328 $2.2K 3
Dec 31-Jan 2 14 $1.55M +117.4% $4.20M 332 $4.7K 4
Jan 7-9 13 $3.08M +98.8% $8.22M 816 $3.8K 5
Jan 14-17 MLK Day 14 $3.35M +8.9% $12.62M 817 $4.1K 6
Jan 21-23 14 $2.26M -32.7% $15.53M 823 $2.7K 7
Jan 28-30 13 $1.75M -22.4% $18.01M 843 $2.1K 8
Feb 4-6 12 $1.93M +10.4% $20.59M 834 $2.3K 9
Feb 11-13 13 $1.53M -20.9% $22.65M 802 $1.9K 10
Feb 18-21 Presidents' Day 10 $3.41M +122.9% $26.96M 857 $4.0K 11
Feb 25-27 10 $4.07M +19.3% $31.91M 1,346 $3.0K 12
Mar 3-5 10 $4.02M -1.2% $37.22M 1,496 $2.7K 13
Mar 10-12 6 $3.50M -12.8% $41.96M 1,704 $2.1K 14
Mar 17-19 8 $2.48M -29.3% $45.78M 1,738 $1.4K 15
Mar 24-26 9 $2.80M +13.0% $49.64M 1,671 $1.7K 16
Mar 31-Apr 2 11 $2.05M -26.7% $52.98M 1,468 $1.4K 17
Apr 7-9 14 $1.11M -46.0% $54.78M 1,021 $1.1K 18
Apr 14-16 19 $547K -50.7% $55.69M 644 $849 19
Apr 21-23 22 $354K -35.2% $56.28M 422 $839 20
Apr 28-30 30 $159K -55.1% $56.58M 263 $605 21
May 5-7 40 $82K -48.4% $56.71M 179 $459 22
May 12-14 41 $67K -18.3% $56.82M 135 $497 23
May 19-21 49 $53K -20.3% $56.90M 102 $524 24
May 26-29 Memorial Day 34 $233K +336.2% $57.16M 264 $883 25
Jun 2-4 31 $129K -44.7% $57.39M 257 $502 26
Jun 9-11 50 $63K -51.0% $57.49M 198 $319 27

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byLasse Hallström
ScreenplayJohn Irving
Produced byRichard N. Gladstein
CinematographyOliver Stapleton
Music byRachel Portman
StarringTobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd, Jane Alexander, Kathy Baker, Erykah Badu
StudioMiramax

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