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The Truman Show

1998 • PG • 1h 43m • Comedy, Drama • Paramount Pictures

On the air. Unaware.

🍅 94% 89%

90

4.22

8.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$31.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$125.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$264.1M

$138.5M international

Domestic Legs4.0x

Budget$60M

1998 Rank#13

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Cast & Crew

Full Weir filmography

Peter Weir Director

Jim Carrey Starring

Laura Linney Starring

Natascha McElhone

Natascha McElhone Starring

Holland Taylor Starring

Ed Harris Starring

Written byAndrew Niccol Produced byScott Rudin, Andrew Niccol, Edward S. Feldman, Adam Schroeder CinematographyPeter Biziou Music byBurkhard Dallwitz StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 5-7 1 $31.5M — 2,315 $13,625 $31.5M

2 Jun 12-14 1 $20.0M −36.6% 2,862 $6,992 $64.5M

3 Jun 19-21 3 $12.4M −37.9% 2,911 $4,266 $85.2M

4 Jun 26-28 5 $8.5M −31.5% 2,911 $2,922 $99.5M

5 Jul 3-5 6 $6.0M −29.4% 2,756 $2,180 $109.8M

6 Jul 10-12 10 $3.6M −40.5% 2,186 $1,636 $116.2M

7 Jul 17-19 9 $2.2M −39.3% 1,540 $1,411 $120.0M

8 Jul 24-26 14 $1.0M −53.2% 1,155 $881 $122.0M

9 Jul 31-Aug 2 21 $390.2K −61.7% 611 $639 $122.8M

10 Aug 7-9 29 $193.0K −50.5% 406 $475 $123.2M

11 Aug 14-16 37 $122.6K −36.5% 303 $405 $123.4M

12 Aug 21-23 42 $108.9K −11.1% 240 $454 $123.6M

13 Aug 28-30 24 $547.9K +402.9% 677 $809 $124.2M

14 Sep 4-6 31 $470.4K −14.1% 646 $728 $124.9M

15 Sep 11-13 36 $206.9K −56.0% 561 $369 $125.1M

16 Sep 18-20 40 $117.7K −43.1% 366 $322 $125.3M

17 Sep 25-27 46 $89.6K −23.9% 299 $300 $125.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 5 #1 $10.1M — $10.1M 2,315 $4,343 1

Sat Jun 6 #1 $12.5M +25% $22.6M 2,315 $5,410 2

Sun Jun 7 #1 $8.3M −34% $31.5M 2,315 $3,595 3

Mon Jun 8 #1 $3.6M −56% $35.2M 2,315 $1,569 4

Tue Jun 9 #1 $3.5M −3% $38.7M 2,315 $1,516 5

Wed Jun 10 #1 $2.7M −24% $41.4M 2,315 $1,152 6

Thu Jun 11 #1 $3.2M +19% $44.5M 2,315 $1,370 7

Fri Jun 12 #1 $5.7M +81% −43% $50.3M 2,862 $2,007 8

Sat Jun 13 #1 $9.0M +56% −28% $59.2M 2,862 $3,134 9

Sun Jun 14 #1 $5.2M −42% −38% $64.5M 2,862 $1,803 10

Mon Jun 15 #1 $2.2M −57% −39% $66.7M 2,862 $774 11

Tue Jun 16 #1 $2.2M +1% −36% $69.0M 2,862 $785 12

Wed Jun 17 #1 $1.9M −14% −28% $70.9M 2,862 $671 13

Thu Jun 18 #1 $1.9M — −40% $72.8M 2,862 $669 14

Fri Jun 19 #3 $4.0M +108% −31% $76.8M 2,911 $1,367 15

Sat Jun 20 #3 $5.0M +27% −44% $81.8M 2,911 $1,731 16

Sun Jun 21 #3 $3.2M −36% −38% $85.2M 2,911 $1,104 17

Mon Jun 22 #3 $1.4M −55% −35% $86.7M 2,911 $495 18

Tue Jun 23 #3 $1.6M +11% −29% $88.3M 2,911 $551 19

Wed Jun 24 #3 $1.3M −16% −30% $89.6M 2,911 $462 20

Thu Jun 25 #3 $1.4M +1% −29% $91.0M 2,911 $465 21

Fri Jun 26 #5 $2.7M +103% −31% $93.7M 2,911 $941 22

Sat Jun 27 #5 $3.7M +36% −26% $97.5M 2,911 $1,285 23

Sun Jun 28 #5 $2.1M −44% −35% $99.5M 2,911 $717 24

Mon Jun 29 #5 $1.0M −51% −29% $100.5M 2,911 $352 25

Tue Jun 30 #5 $1.2M +21% −23% $101.8M 2,911 $425 26

Wed Jul 1 #6 $874.3K −29% −35% $102.6M 2,756 $317 27

Thu Jul 2 #7 $1.0M +15% −26% $103.6M 2,756 $365 28

Fri Jul 3 #6 $2.4M +136% −14% $106.0M 2,756 $860 29

Sat Jul 4 #4 $2.2M −9% −42% $108.2M 2,756 $784 30

Sun Jul 5 #7 $1.6M −25% −22% $109.8M 2,756 $589 31

Mon Jul 6 #7 $688.3K −58% −33% $110.5M 2,756 $250 32

Tue Jul 7 #7 $759.4K +10% −39% $111.2M 2,756 $276 33

Wed Jul 8 #7 $755.2K −1% −14% $112.0M 2,756 $274 34

Thu Jul 9 #7 $647.8K −14% −36% $112.6M 2,756 $235 35

Fri Jul 10 #8 $1.2M +79% −51% $113.8M 2,186 $531 36

Sat Jul 11 #7 $1.6M +37% −27% $115.4M 2,186 $725 37

Sun Jul 12 #10 $776.0K −51% −52% $116.2M 2,186 $355 38

Mon Jul 13 #10 $368.0K −53% −47% $116.6M 2,186 $168 39

Tue Jul 14 #10 $468.4K +27% −38% $117.1M 2,186 $214 40

Wed Jul 15 #9 $407.6K −13% −46% $117.5M 2,186 $186 41

Thu Jul 16 #9 $393.2K −4% −39% $117.9M 2,186 $180 42

Fri Jul 17 #9 $720.0K +83% −38% $118.6M 1,540 $468 43

Sat Jul 18 #9 $965.0K +34% −39% $119.5M 1,540 $627 44

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

Cumulative total$119.5M

Jun 5Jun 16Jun 27Jul 7Jul 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $193.0K

$31.5M

$20.0M

$12.4M

$8.5M

$6.0M

$3.6M

$2.2M

$1.0M

$390.2K

$193.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,911 → 1,540 −47.1%

2,315 open1,540 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −50.5%

−36.6%

W1→2

−37.9%

W2→3

−31.5%

W3→4

−29.4%

W4→5

−40.5%

W5→6

−39.3%

W6→7

−53.2%

W7→8

−61.7%

W8→9

−50.5%

W9→10

Steepest −61.7%Best hold −29.4%

Run milestones

$100M in 25 days

$100M

Day 25

Jun 29

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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