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The Full Monty

1997 R 1h 31m Comedy, Drama Fox Searchlight

The year's most revealing comedy.

The Full Monty Box Office

Opening Weekend
$176.6K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$46.0M
Final
Worldwide Total
$261.2M
$215.3M international
Budget$3.5M
1997 Rank#61
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Aug 15-17 30 $177K $244K 6 $29.4K 1
Aug 22-24 30 $245K +38.6% $612K 10 $24.5K 2
Aug 29-Sep 1 Labor Day 21 $912K +272.8% $1.73M 36 $25.3K 3
Sep 5-7 17 $770K -15.6% $2.72M 45 $17.1K 4
Sep 12-14 5 $2.91M +278.5% $6.01M 387 $7.5K 5
Sep 19-21 5 $3.02M +3.7% $10.25M 650 $4.6K 6
Sep 26-28 8 $2.75M -8.9% $14.00M 783 $3.5K 7
Oct 3-5 9 $2.25M -18.1% $17.23M 762 $3.0K 8
Oct 10-12 12 $1.90M -15.6% $19.88M 670 $2.8K 9
Oct 17-19 12 $1.73M -8.8% $22.39M 644 $2.7K 10
Oct 24-26 14 $1.66M -4.5% $24.66M 721 $2.3K 11
Oct 31-Nov 2 12 $1.38M -16.4% $26.66M 721 $1.9K 12
Nov 7-9 14 $1.30M -6.4% $28.48M 591 $2.2K 13
Nov 14-16 17 $1.07M -17.3% $30.10M 508 $2.1K 14
Nov 21-23 16 $803K -25.1% $31.26M 431 $1.9K 15
Nov 28-30 17 $883K +9.9% $32.56M 354 $2.5K 16
Dec 5-7 16 $602K -31.8% $33.37M 448 $1.3K 17
Dec 12-14 16 $425K -29.4% $34.02M 347 $1.2K 18
Dec 19-21 19 $230K -45.8% $34.45M 201 $1.1K 19
Dec 26-28 26 $242K +5.1% $34.83M 119 $2.0K 20
Jan 2-4 27 $264K +8.8% $35.34M 111 $2.4K 21
Jan 9-11 24 $251K -4.8% $35.69M 110 $2.3K 22
Jan 16-18 19 $1.03M +312.1% $36.85M 469 $2.2K 23
Jan 23-25 20 $581K -43.8% $37.67M 407 $1.4K 24
Jan 30-Feb 1 26 $447K -23.1% $38.34M 307 $1.5K 25
Feb 6-8 25 $329K -26.4% $38.81M 263 $1.3K 26
Feb 13-15 17 $850K +158.2% $39.84M 341 $2.5K 27
Feb 20-22 15 $978K +15.1% $41.01M 585 $1.7K 28
Feb 27-Mar 1 16 $829K -15.3% $42.17M 561 $1.5K 29
Mar 6-8 19 $552K -33.4% $43.03M 408 $1.4K 30
Mar 13-15 22 $463K -16.2% $43.72M 346 $1.3K 31
Mar 20-22 19 $365K -21.2% $44.29M 285 $1.3K 32
Mar 27-29 21 $357K -2.0% $44.83M 284 $1.3K 33
Apr 3-5 23 $275K -23.1% $45.24M 286 $960 34
Apr 10-12 29 $177K -35.5% $45.53M 237 $747 35
Apr 17-19 40 $126K -29.1% $45.74M 154 $816 36
Apr 24-26 51 $62K -50.3% $45.86M 123 $508 37

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byPeter Cattaneo
ScreenplaySimon Beaufoy
Produced byUberto Pasolini
CinematographyJohn de Borman
Music byAnne Dudley
StarringRobert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Tom Wilkinson, Steve Huison, Paul Barber, Hugo Speer, Lesley Sharp
StudioFox Searchlight

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