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You've Got Mail

1998 • PG • 1h 59m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Warner Bros.

Someone you pass on the street may already be the love of your life.

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$18.4M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$115.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$250.8M

$135M international

Domestic Legs6.3x

Budget$65M

1998 Rank#30

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Cast & Crew

Full Ephron filmography

Nora Ephron Director

Tom Hanks Starring

Meg Ryan Starring

Greg Kinnear Starring

Parker Posey Starring

Heather Burns Starring

ScreenplayNora Ephron, Delia Ephron Based onParfumerie by Miklós László Produced byLauren Shuler Donner, Nora Ephron CinematographyJohn Lindley Music byGeorge Fenton StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 18-20 1 $18.4M — 2,691 $6,848 $18.4M

2 Dec 25-27 3 $18.1M −1.8% 2,756 $6,568 $47.4M

3 Jan 1-3 3 $14.2M −21.7% 2,776 $5,107 $77.9M

4 Jan 8-10 3 $8.1M −42.8% 2,358 $3,436 $90.1M

5 Jan 15-17 7 $6.6M −18.3% 2,554 $2,593 $98.9M

6 Jan 22-24 7 $4.1M −37.9% 2,331 $1,764 $104.1M

7 Jan 29-31 8 $3.0M −26.5% 2,096 $1,442 $108.2M

8 Feb 5-7 10 $2.2M −27.6% 2,016 $1,086 $111.1M

9 Feb 12-14 19 $1.2M −46.5% 1,601 $731 $112.8M

10 Feb 19-21 27 $489.2K −58.2% 931 $525 $113.4M

11 Feb 26-28 38 $216.6K −55.7% 310 $699 $113.8M

12 Mar 5-7 42 $110.7K −48.9% 191 $580 $113.9M

13 Mar 12-14 50 $54.4K −50.8% 91 $598 $114.0M

14 Mar 19-21 61 $26.6K −51.2% 49 $542 $114.1M

15 Mar 26-28 24 $416.3K +1,467.2% 551 $756 $114.5M

16 Apr 2-4 29 $300.5K −27.8% 491 $612 $115.0M

17 Apr 9-11 33 $206.9K −31.1% 363 $570 $115.4M

18 Apr 16-18 38 $125.0K −39.6% 229 $546 $115.6M

19 Apr 23-25 48 $91.5K −26.8% 154 $594 $115.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 18 #1 $6.0M — $6.0M 2,691 $2,237 1

Sat Dec 19 #1 $7.2M +20% $13.2M 2,691 $2,681 2

Sun Dec 20 #1 $5.2M −28% $18.4M 2,691 $1,923 3

Mon Dec 21 #1 $2.7M −48% $21.0M 2,691 $991 4

Tue Dec 22 #2 $3.2M +18% $24.1M 2,691 $1,172 5

Wed Dec 23 #1 $3.1M −1% $27.3M 2,961 $1,052 6

Thu Dec 24 #1 $2.3M −26% $29.5M 2,961 $778 7

Fri Dec 25 #3 $5.0M +118% −17% $34.6M 2,961 $1,696 8

Sat Dec 26 #2 $7.5M +49% +4% $42.0M 2,756 $2,712 9

Sun Dec 27 #3 $5.6M −25% +8% $47.6M 2,756 $2,026 10

Mon Dec 28 #4 $3.7M −33% +40% $51.4M 2,756 $1,353 11

Tue Dec 29 #4 $4.0M +7% +26% $55.3M 2,756 $1,444 12

Wed Dec 30 #3 $3.7M −7% +18% $59.0M 2,756 $1,337 13

Thu Dec 31 #2 $4.8M +29% +107% $63.8M 2,756 $1,727 14

Fri Jan 1 #2 $6.0M +26% +19% $69.8M 2,776 $2,152 15

Sat Jan 2 #2 $5.1M −15% −32% $74.9M 2,776 $1,832 16

Sun Jan 3 #3 $3.0M −42% −47% $77.9M 2,776 $1,067 17

Mon Jan 4 #3 $1.0M −66% −73% $78.9M 2,776 $362 18

Tue Jan 5 #2 $1.2M +17% −70% $80.1M 2,776 $425 19

Wed Jan 6 #3 $921.7K −22% −75% $81.0M 2,776 $332 20

Thu Jan 7 #2 $958.3K +4% −80% $82.0M 2,776 $345 21

Fri Jan 8 #3 $2.1M +124% −64% $84.1M 2,749 $780 22

Sat Jan 9 #3 $3.9M +83% −23% $88.1M 2,749 $1,428 23

Sun Jan 10 #5 $2.0M −48% −31% $90.1M 2,749 $740 24

Mon Jan 11 #3 $503.8K −75% −50% $90.6M 2,749 $183 25

Tue Jan 12 #4 $632.6K +26% −46% $91.2M 2,749 $230 26

Wed Jan 13 #4 $512.8K −19% −44% $91.8M 2,749 $187 27

Thu Jan 14 #4 $529.0K +3% −45% $92.3M 2,749 $192 28

Fri Jan 15 #7 $1.6M +198% −27% $93.9M 2,554 $617 29

Sat Jan 16 #7 $2.7M +70% −32% $96.5M 2,554 $1,047 30

Sun Jan 17 #8 $1.6M −41% −23% $98.1M 2,554 $617 31

Mon Jan 18 #10 $938.6K −40% +86% $98.9M 2,554 $368 32

Tue Jan 19 #7 $400.6K −57% −37% $99.3M 2,554 $157 33

Wed Jan 20 #7 $354.2K −12% −31% $99.7M 2,554 $139 34

Thu Jan 21 #7 $366.4K +3% −31% $100.0M 2,554 $143 35

Fri Jan 22 #7 $1.1M +211% −28% $101.2M 2,331 $489 36

Sat Jan 23 #7 $2.0M +78% −24% $103.2M 2,331 $871 37

Sun Jan 24 #8 $976.0K −52% −38% $104.1M 2,331 $419 38

Mon Jan 25 #8 $247.2K −75% −74% $104.4M 2,331 $106 39

Tue Jan 26 #8 $275.8K +12% −31% $104.7M 2,331 $118 40

Wed Jan 27 #8 $233.4K −15% −34% $104.9M 2,331 $100 41

Thu Jan 28 #8 $256.3K +10% −30% $105.2M 2,331 $110 42

Fri Jan 29 #9 $830.0K +224% −27% $106.0M 2,096 $396 43

Sat Jan 30 #6 $1.8M +113% −13% $107.7M 2,096 $842 44

Sun Jan 31 #10 $447.0K −75% −54% $108.2M 2,096 $213 45

Mon Feb 1 #9 $172.9K −61% −30% $108.3M 2,096 $83 46

Tue Feb 2 #9 $201.8K +17% −27% $108.5M 2,096 $96 47

Wed Feb 3 #9 $175.4K −13% −25% $108.7M 2,096 $84 48

Thu Feb 4 #9 $197.8K +13% −23% $108.9M 2,096 $94 49

Fri Feb 5 #10 $527.0K +166% −37% $109.5M 2,096 $251 50

Sat Feb 6 #8 $1.3M +141% −28% $110.7M 2,016 $630 51

Mon Feb 8 #13 $106.9K — −38% $111.2M 2,016 $53 53

Tue Feb 9 #13 $121.1K +13% −40% $111.3M 2,016 $60 54

Wed Feb 10 #12 $119.6K −1% −32% $111.5M 2,016 $59 55

Thu Feb 11 #11 $126.1K +5% −36% $111.6M 2,016 $63 56

Fri Feb 12 #14 $220.0K +74% −58% $111.8M 1,601 $137 57

Sat Feb 13 #13 $440.0K +100% −65% $112.3M 1,601 $275 58

Sun Feb 14 #13 $385.0K −13% $112.6M 1,601 $240 59

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

Cumulative total$112.6M

Dec 18Jan 1Jan 16Jan 30Feb 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $489.2K

$18.4M

$18.1M

$14.2M

$8.1M

$6.6M

$4.1M

$3.0M

$2.2M

$1.2M

$489.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,961 → 1,601 −45.9%

2,691 open1,601 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −58.2%

−1.8%

W1→2

−21.7%

W2→3

−42.8%

W3→4

−18.3%

W4→5

−37.9%

W5→6

−26.5%

W6→7

−27.6%

W7→8

−46.5%

W8→9

−58.2%

W9→10

Steepest −58.2%Best hold −1.8%

Run milestones

$100M in 35 days

$100M

Day 35

Jan 21

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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