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The Full Monty

1997 • R • 1h 31m • Comedy, Drama • Fox Searchlight

The year's most revealing comedy.

🍅 96% 79%

75

3.73

7.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$176.6K

Limited · 6 theaters

Domestic Total

$46.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$261.2M

$215.3M international

Budget$3.5M

1997 Rank#61

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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 Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 15-17 30 $176.6K — 6 $29,431 $244.4K

2 Aug 22-24 30 $244.8K +38.6% 10 $24,477 $612.3K

3 Aug 29-Sep 1 Labor Day 21 $912.4K +272.8% 36 $25,344 $1.7M

4 Sep 5-7 17 $770.0K −15.6% 45 $17,110 $2.7M

5 Sep 12-14 5 $2.9M +278.5% 387 $7,530 $6.0M

6 Sep 19-21 5 $3.0M +3.7% 650 $4,649 $10.3M

7 Sep 26-28 8 $2.8M −8.9% 783 $3,516 $14.0M

8 Oct 3-5 9 $2.3M −18.1% 762 $2,957 $17.2M

9 Oct 10-12 12 $1.9M −15.6% 670 $2,837 $19.9M

10 Oct 17-19 12 $1.7M −8.8% 644 $2,693 $22.4M

11 Oct 24-26 14 $1.7M −4.5% 721 $2,298 $24.7M

12 Oct 31-Nov 2 12 $1.4M −16.4% 721 $1,920 $26.7M

13 Nov 7-9 14 $1.3M −6.4% 591 $2,192 $28.5M

14 Nov 14-16 17 $1.1M −17.3% 508 $2,110 $30.1M

15 Nov 21-23 16 $803.5K −25.1% 431 $1,864 $31.3M

16 Nov 28-30 17 $883.0K +9.9% 354 $2,494 $32.6M

17 Dec 5-7 16 $602.2K −31.8% 448 $1,344 $33.4M

18 Dec 12-14 16 $424.9K −29.4% 347 $1,225 $34.0M

19 Dec 19-21 19 $230.5K −45.8% 201 $1,147 $34.4M

20 Dec 26-28 26 $242.3K +5.1% 119 $2,036 $34.8M

21 Jan 2-4 27 $263.6K +8.8% 111 $2,375 $35.3M

22 Jan 9-11 24 $250.9K −4.8% 110 $2,281 $35.7M

23 Jan 16-18 19 $1.0M +312.1% 469 $2,205 $36.8M

24 Jan 23-25 20 $581.5K −43.8% 407 $1,429 $37.7M

25 Jan 30-Feb 1 26 $446.9K −23.1% 307 $1,456 $38.3M

26 Feb 6-8 25 $329.1K −26.4% 263 $1,251 $38.8M

27 Feb 13-15 17 $849.7K +158.2% 341 $2,492 $39.8M

28 Feb 20-22 15 $977.6K +15.1% 585 $1,671 $41.0M

29 Feb 27-Mar 1 16 $828.5K −15.3% 561 $1,477 $42.2M

30 Mar 6-8 19 $552.1K −33.4% 408 $1,353 $43.0M

31 Mar 13-15 22 $462.7K −16.2% 346 $1,337 $43.7M

32 Mar 20-22 19 $364.7K −21.2% 285 $1,280 $44.3M

33 Mar 27-29 21 $357.3K −2.0% 284 $1,258 $44.8M

34 Apr 3-5 23 $274.7K −23.1% 286 $960 $45.2M

35 Apr 10-12 29 $177.1K −35.5% 237 $747 $45.5M

36 Apr 17-19 40 $125.6K −29.1% 154 $816 $45.7M

37 Apr 24-26 51 $62.4K −50.3% 123 $508 $45.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Aug 13 — $35.4K — $35.4K 6 $5,894 1

Thu Aug 14 — $32.4K −8.3% $67.8K 6 $5,405 2

Fri Aug 15 — $49.4K +52.5% $117.2K 6 $8,240 3

Sat Aug 16 — $67.7K +37.0% $185.0K 6 $11,289 4

Sun Aug 17 — $59.4K −12.3% $244.4K 6 $9,902 5

Mon Aug 18 — $29.6K −50.2% $274.0K 6 $4,933 6

Tue Aug 19 — $29.4K −0.7% $303.4K 6 $4,899 7

Wed Aug 20 — $32.3K +9.9% −8.6% $335.7K 6 $5,386 8

Thu Aug 21 — $31.9K −1.4% −1.7% $367.5K 6 $5,311 9

Fri Aug 22 — $68.0K +113.3% +37.5% $435.5K 10 $6,796 10

Sat Aug 23 — $94.0K +38.4% +38.8% $529.5K 10 $9,405 11

Sun Aug 24 — $82.8K −12.0% +39.3% $612.3K 10 $8,276 12

Mon Aug 25 — $38.2K −53.9% +29.0% $650.5K 10 $3,817 13

Tue Aug 26 — $40.5K +6.1% +37.8% $691.0K 10 $4,050 14

Wed Aug 27 — $63.2K +56.1% +95.6% $754.2K 10 $6,319 15

Thu Aug 28 — $67.6K +7.0% +112.2% $821.8K 10 $6,763 16

Fri Aug 29 — $188.1K +178.1% +176.8% $1.0M 36 $5,224 17

Sat Aug 30 — $261.1K +38.8% +177.7% $1.3M 36 $7,254 18

Sun Aug 31 — $245.2K −6.1% +196.3% $1.5M 36 $6,812 19

Mon Sep 1 — $217.9K −11.1% +471.0% $1.7M 36 $6,054 20

Tue Sep 2 — $66.0K −69.7% +63.0% $1.8M 36 $1,834 21

Wed Sep 3 — $77.3K +17.1% +22.4% $1.9M 36 $2,148 22

Thu Sep 4 — $76.3K −1.3% +12.9% $2.0M 36 $2,120 23

Fri Sep 5 #16 $199.6K +161.5% +6.1% $2.2M 45 $4,435 24

Sat Sep 6 #17 $333.0K +66.8% +27.5% $2.5M 45 $7,399 25

Sun Sep 7 #16 $237.4K −28.7% −3.2% $2.7M 45 $5,275 26

Mon Sep 8 #14 $71.9K −69.7% −67.0% $2.8M 45 $1,597 27

Tue Sep 9 #14 $90.0K +25.2% +36.3% $2.9M 45 $2,000 28

Wed Sep 10 #12 $101.5K +12.7% +31.2% $3.0M 45 $2,254 29

Thu Sep 11 #13 $111.6K +10.0% +46.3% $3.1M 45 $2,481 30

Fri Sep 12 #5 $851.5K +662.6% +326.6% $4.0M 387 $2,200 31

Sat Sep 13 #6 $1.3M +52.7% +290.4% $5.3M 387 $3,359 32

Sun Sep 14 #5 $762.9K −41.3% +221.4% $6.0M 387 $1,971 33

Mon Sep 15 #2 $266.2K −65.1% +270.5% $6.3M 387 $688 34

Tue Sep 16 #3 $320.0K +20.2% +255.6% $6.6M 386 $829 35

Wed Sep 17 #2 $315.3K −1.5% +210.8% $6.9M 387 $815 36

Thu Sep 18 #2 $317.5K +0.7% +184.4% $7.2M 387 $820 37

Fri Sep 19 #6 $874.4K +175.4% +2.7% $8.1M 650 $1,345 38

Sat Sep 20 #5 $1.4M +61.0% +8.3% $9.5M 650 $2,166 39

Sun Sep 21 #6 $739.7K −47.5% −3.0% $10.3M 650 $1,138 40

Mon Sep 22 #6 $222.2K −70.0% −16.6% $10.5M 650 $342 41

Tue Sep 23 #6 $282.3K +27.1% −11.8% $10.8M 650 $434 42

Wed Sep 24 #5 $257.3K −8.9% −18.4% $11.0M 650 $396 43

Thu Sep 25 #5 $230.4K −10.4% −27.4% $11.2M 650 $355 44

Fri Sep 26 #8 $803.1K +248.5% −8.2% $12.0M 783 $1,026 45

Sat Sep 27 #8 $1.3M +56.1% −11.0% $13.3M 783 $1,601 46

Sun Sep 28 #8 $696.4K −44.4% −5.9% $14.0M 783 $889 47

Mon Sep 29 #8 $209.0K −70.0% −5.9% $14.2M 783 $267 48

Tue Sep 30 #7 $266.0K +27.2% −5.8% $14.5M 783 $340 49

Wed Oct 1 #7 $242.8K −8.7% −5.6% $14.7M 783 $310 50

Thu Oct 2 #7 $259.1K +6.7% +12.4% $15.0M 783 $331 51

Fri Oct 3 #9 $681.7K +163.1% −15.1% $15.7M 762 $895 52

Sat Oct 4 #8 $1.1M +54.4% −16.0% $16.7M 762 $1,381 53

Sun Oct 5 #9 $519.4K −50.6% −25.4% $17.2M 762 $682 54

Mon Oct 6 #9 $147.8K −71.5% −29.3% $17.4M 762 $194 55

Tue Oct 7 #9 $213.8K +44.6% −19.6% $17.6M 762 $281 56

Wed Oct 8 #10 $192.7K −9.9% −20.6% $17.8M 762 $253 57

Thu Oct 9 #10 $193.3K +0.3% −25.4% $18.0M 762 $254 58

Fri Oct 10 #12 $546.6K +182.8% −19.8% $18.5M 670 $816 59

Tue Oct 14 #9 $182.3K — −14.7% $20.3M 570 $320 63

Wed Oct 15 #9 $173.7K −4.8% −9.9% $20.5M 670 $259 64

Thu Oct 16 #10 $185.0K +6.5% −4.3% $20.7M 670 $276 65

Fri Oct 17 #11 $515.0K +178.4% −5.8% $21.2M 651 $791 66

Sat Oct 18 #10 $820.0K +59.2% $22.0M 651 $1,260 67

Tue Oct 28 #9 $177.0K — $25.0M 721 $246 77

Wed Oct 29 #9 $161.5K −8.8% $25.1M 721 $224 78

Thu Oct 30 #8 $148.3K −8.1% $25.3M 721 $206 79

Fri Oct 31 #11 $260.0K +75.3% $25.5M 0 — 80

Mon Nov 3 #10 $113.0K — $26.8M 708 $160 83

Tue Nov 4 #10 $150.7K +33.3% −14.9% $26.9M 703 $214 84

Wed Nov 5 #10 $124.6K −17.3% −22.8% $27.0M 703 $177 85

Thu Nov 6 #10 $132.1K +6.0% −11.0% $27.2M 703 $188 86

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

Cumulative total$22.0M

Aug 13Aug 29Sep 14Sep 29Oct 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.7M

$176.6K

$244.8K

$912.4K

$770.0K

$2.9M

$3.0M

$2.8M

$2.3M

$1.9M

$1.7M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 783 → 651 −16.9%

6 open651 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −8.8%

+38.6%

W1→2

+272.8%

W2→3

−15.6%

W3→4

+278.5%

W4→5

+3.7%

W5→6

−8.9%

W6→7

−18.1%

W7→8

−15.6%

W8→9

−8.8%

W9→10

Steepest −18.1%Biggest gain +278.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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