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The Parent Trap

1998 • PG • 2h 8m • Comedy • Walt Disney

Twice the Fun, Double the Trouble.

🍅 86% 71%

63

3.82

6.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$11.1M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$66.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$84M

$17.7M international

Domestic Legs5.9x

1998 Rank#28

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Cast & Crew

Full Meyers filmography

Nancy Meyers Director

Dennis Quaid Starring

Natasha Richardson

Natasha Richardson Starring

Lindsay Lohan Starring

Lisa Ann Walter

Lisa Ann Walter Starring

ScreenplayDavid Swift, Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer Produced byCharles Shyer CinematographyDean Cundey Music byAlan Silvestri StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 31-Aug 2 2 $11.1M — 2,247 $4,962 $16.2M

2 Aug 7-9 5 $8.1M −27.1% 2,402 $3,383 $32.4M

3 Aug 14-16 8 $5.7M −30.3% 2,407 $2,354 $43.6M

4 Aug 21-23 9 $3.9M −31.4% 2,169 $1,792 $51.1M

5 Aug 28-30 9 $2.9M −24.5% 2,041 $1,438 $56.2M

6 Sep 4-6 9 $3.2M +9.1% 2,045 $1,566 $60.4M

7 Sep 11-13 13 $1.3M −60.8% 1,671 $752 $62.0M

8 Sep 18-20 11 $894.2K −28.8% 1,409 $635 $63.1M

9 Sep 25-27 13 $648.5K −27.5% 1,120 $579 $63.9M

10 Oct 2-4 23 $272.0K −58.1% 665 $409 $64.4M

11 Oct 9-11 19 $433.3K +59.3% 751 $577 $64.9M

12 Oct 16-18 22 $328.0K −24.3% 554 $592 $65.3M

13 Oct 23-25 26 $223.8K −31.7% 455 $492 $65.6M

14 Oct 30-Nov 1 30 $145.1K −35.2% 375 $387 $65.8M

15 Nov 6-8 34 $130.0K −10.4% 267 $487 $66.0M

16 Nov 13-15 38 $102.5K −21.1% 211 $486 $66.1M

17 Nov 20-22 47 $53.5K −47.9% 164 $326 $66.2M

18 Nov 27-29 53 $43.1K −19.5% 113 $381 $66.3M

19 Dec 4-6 60 $15.8K −63.3% 89 $177 $66.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jul 29 #2 $2.5M — $2.5M 2,103 $1,199 1

Thu Jul 30 #2 $2.5M +1% $5.1M 2,103 $1,209 2

Fri Jul 31 #2 $3.8M +50% $8.9M 2,247 $1,702 3

Sat Aug 1 #3 $4.2M +9% $13.1M 2,247 $1,858 4

Sun Aug 2 #4 $3.0M −27% $16.2M 2,247 $1,354 5

Mon Aug 3 #2 $1.9M −38% $18.1M 2,145 $878 6

Tue Aug 4 #2 $2.1M +12% $20.2M 2,247 $941 7

Wed Aug 5 #3 $2.1M −2% −18% $22.3M 2,247 $922 8

Thu Aug 6 #3 $1.9M −6% −24% $24.2M 2,247 $865 9

Fri Aug 7 #5 $2.7M +39% −29% $26.9M 2,402 $1,126 10

Sat Aug 8 #5 $3.1M +16% −25% $30.1M 2,402 $1,301 11

Sun Aug 9 #6 $2.3M −26% −23% $32.4M 2,402 $969 12

Mon Aug 10 #5 $1.4M −38% −23% $33.8M 2,402 $601 13

Tue Aug 11 #4 $1.6M +13% −23% $35.4M 2,402 $679 14

Wed Aug 12 #5 $1.3M −19% −36% $36.7M 2,402 $550 15

Thu Aug 13 #6 $1.2M −8% −38% $38.0M 2,402 $505 16

Fri Aug 14 #8 $1.7M +44% −35% $39.7M 2,407 $725 17

Sat Aug 15 #8 $2.3M +32% −26% $42.0M 2,407 $956 18

Sun Aug 16 #8 $1.6M −30% −30% $43.6M 2,407 $673 19

Mon Aug 17 #6 $1.0M −37% −29% $44.6M 2,407 $423 20

Tue Aug 18 #8 $1.0M +2% −37% $45.7M 2,407 $429 21

Wed Aug 19 #7 $833.2K −19% −37% $46.5M 2,407 $346 22

Thu Aug 20 #6 $746.2K −10% −39% $47.3M 2,407 $310 23

Sat Aug 22 #9 $1.6M — −31% $51.0M 2,169 $731 25

Sun Aug 23 #9 $1.2M −26% −27% $52.1M 2,169 $542 26

Mon Aug 24 #7 $530.5K −55% −48% $51.7M 2,169 $245 27

Tue Aug 25 #7 $561.0K +6% −46% $52.2M 2,642 $212 28

Wed Aug 26 #5 $528.9K −6% −37% $52.8M 2,169 $244 29

Thu Aug 27 #6 $491.2K −7% −34% $53.3M 2,169 $226 30

Fri Aug 28 #10 $825.0K +68% $54.1M 2,041 $404 31

Sat Aug 29 #9 $1.3M +52% −21% $55.4M 2,041 $612 32

Sun Aug 30 #10 $802.0K −36% −32% $56.2M 2,041 $393 33

Mon Aug 31 #7 $293.0K −63% −45% $56.5M 2,041 $144 34

Wed Sep 2 #9 $250.3K — −53% $57.0M 2,041 $123 36

Thu Sep 3 #10 $219.4K −12% −55% $57.2M 2,041 $108 37

Fri Sep 4 #10 $530.0K +142% −36% $57.8M 2,045 $259 38

Sat Sep 5 #10 $875.0K +65% −30% $58.6M 2,045 $428 39

Sun Sep 6 #10 $780.0K −11% −3% $59.4M 2,045 $381 40

Mon Sep 7 #6 $869.0K +11% +197% $60.4M 2,045 $425 41

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

Cumulative total$60.4M

Jul 29Aug 8Aug 17Aug 28Sep 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $272.0K

$11.1M

$8.1M

$5.7M

$3.9M

$2.9M

$3.2M

$1.3M

$894.2K

$648.5K

$272.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,642 → 2,045 −22.6%

2,103 open2,045 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −58.1%

−27.1%

W1→2

−30.3%

W2→3

−31.4%

W3→4

−24.5%

W4→5

+9.1%

W5→6

−60.8%

W6→7

−28.8%

W7→8

−27.5%

W8→9

−58.1%

W9→10

Steepest −60.8%Biggest gain +9.1%

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