Tea with Mussolini (1999)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $14,395,874Details
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$1,633,183 (11.3% of total gross)
Legs:8.81 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$14,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.0 times production budget)
Theater counts:270 opening theaters/284 max. theaters, 14.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $29,840,261

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,501-4,600) 4,580 $14,395,874
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 6,401-6,500) 6,451 $14,395,874
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 101-200) 179 $14,395,874

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 14th, 1999 (Limited) by MGM
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic elements, language, brief nudity and some mild violence
Comparisons: vs. Infamous
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Keywords: Biographical Drama, Autobiographical, 1930s, 1940s, Set in Italy, World War II, LGBTQ+, Jewish, Bigotry, Fascism, Dysfunctional Family, Romance, Relationships Gone Wrong
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 27th Weekend Limited Release 99 $12,253 Nov 12, 1999 185
Theater Average 10th Weekend 29 $9,138 Jul 16, 1999 66
Never Wide Domestic 59 $14,395,874 May 14, 1999 0

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 14, 1999 10 $1,633,183   270 $6,049   $1,633,183 1
May 21, 1999 12 $1,280,862 -22% 273 $4,692   $3,596,320 2
May 28, 1999 13 $1,249,776 -2% 266 $4,698   $5,429,094 3
Jun 4, 1999 13 $766,966 -39% 271 $2,830   $6,498,184 4
Jun 11, 1999 9 $789,786 +3% 275 $2,872   $7,682,969 5
Jun 18, 1999 10 $614,000 -22% 283 $2,170   $8,693,336 6
Jun 25, 1999 13 $641,530 +4% 283 $2,267   $9,709,993 7
Jul 2, 1999 15 $755,594 +18% 284 $2,661   $10,846,181 8
Jul 9, 1999 18 $441,750 -42% 281 $1,572   $11,537,869 9
Jul 16, 1999 24 $319,843 -28% 35 $9,138   $12,152,746 10
Jul 23, 1999 27 $310,175 -3% 213 $1,456   $12,660,964 11
Jul 30, 1999 30 $208,133 -33% 194 $1,073   $13,038,687 12
Aug 6, 1999 37 $145,424 -30% 167 $871   $13,301,729 13
Aug 13, 1999 44 $125,358 -14% 161 $779   $13,520,278 14
Aug 20, 1999 48 $99,027 -21% 150 $660   $13,695,635 15
Aug 27, 1999 55 $66,339 -33% 109 $609   $13,827,452 16
Sep 3, 1999 58 $89,718 +35% 88 $1,020   $13,956,499 17
Sep 10, 1999 51 $64,265 -28% 100 $643   $14,045,483 18
Sep 17, 1999 50 $57,073 -11% 108 $528   $14,140,279 19
Sep 24, 1999 65 $40,550 -29% 84 $483   $14,213,781 20
Oct 1, 1999 68 $24,077 -41% 49 $491   $14,263,344 21
Oct 15, 1999 65 $20,071   42 $478   $14,327,685 23
Oct 22, 1999 68 $19,004 -5% 41 $464   $14,348,123 24
Nov 5, 1999 79 $12,253   33 $371   $14,381,584 26
Nov 12, 1999 71 $12,253 n/c 33 $371   $14,388,329 27

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 16, 1999 10 $475,000     270 $1,759   $1,633,000 3
May 17, 1999 9 $169,941 -64%   270 $629   $1,803,124 4
May 18, 1999 9 $183,777 +8%   270 $681   $1,986,901 5
May 19, 1999 7 $173,649 -6%   270 $643   $2,160,550 6
May 23, 1999 11 $419,000   -12% 273 $1,535   $3,596,320 10
May 24, 1999 9 $168,261 -60% -1% 273 $616   $3,764,581 11
May 25, 1999 10 $136,881 -19% -26% 273 $501   $3,901,462 12
May 26, 1999 9 $139,992 +2% -19% 273 $513   $4,041,454 13
May 27, 1999 8 $137,883 -2%   273 $505   $4,179,337 14
May 28, 1999 10 $201,300 +46%   240 $839   $4,380,637 15
May 31, 1999 11 $312,220   +86% 266 $1,174   $5,429,094 18
Jun 1, 1999 13 $95,813 -69% -30% 266 $360   $5,524,907 19
Jun 2, 1999 13 $102,951 +7% -26% 266 $387   $5,627,858 20
Jun 3, 1999 13 $103,360 n/c -25% 266 $389   $5,731,218 21
Jun 7, 1999 12 $92,694   -70% 271 $342   $6,590,878 25
Jun 8, 1999 12 $110,212 +19% +15% 271 $407   $6,701,090 26
Jun 9, 1999 11 $98,473 -11% -4% 271 $363   $6,799,563 27
Jun 10, 1999 11 $93,620 -5% -9% 271 $345   $6,893,183 28
Jun 13, 1999 9 $252,000     275 $916   $7,682,969 31
Jun 14, 1999 10 $91,353 -64% -1% 275 $332   $7,774,322 32
Jun 15, 1999 10 $105,043 +15% -5% 275 $382   $7,879,365 33
Jun 16, 1999 11 $96,213 -8% -2% 275 $350   $7,975,578 34
Jun 17, 1999 10 $103,758 +8% +11% 275 $377   $8,079,336 35
Jun 20, 1999 10 $181,000   -28% 283 $640   $8,693,336 38
Jun 21, 1999 10 $84,747 -53% -7% 283 $299   $8,778,083 39
Jun 22, 1999 10 $99,404 +17% -5% 283 $351   $8,877,487 40
Jun 23, 1999 10 $93,681 -6% -3% 283 $331   $8,971,168 41
Jun 24, 1999 10 $97,295 +4% -6% 283 $344   $9,068,463 42
Jun 27, 1999 12 $201,000   +11% 283 $710   $9,709,993 45
Jun 28, 1999 12 $90,306 -55% +7% 283 $319   $9,800,299 46
Jun 29, 1999 12 $104,668 +16% +5% 283 $370   $9,904,967 47
Jun 30, 1999 13 $87,071 -17% -7% 283 $308   $9,992,038 48
Jul 1, 1999 13 $98,549 +13% +1% 283 $348   $10,090,587 49
Jul 5, 1999 13 $215,700   +139% 284 $760   $10,846,181 53
Jul 6, 1999 13 $91,730 -57% -12% 284 $323   $10,937,911 54
Jul 7, 1999 13 $77,480 -16% -11% 284 $273   $11,015,391 55
Jul 8, 1999 13 $81,000 +5% -18% 284 $285   $11,096,391 56
Jul 11, 1999 16 $129,000     281 $459   $11,537,869 59
Jul 12, 1999 14 $58,499 -55% -73% 281 $208   $11,596,368 60
Jul 14, 1999 15 $69,346   -10% 281 $247   $11,740,221 62
Jul 15, 1999 15 $66,883 -4% -17% 281 $238   $11,807,104 63
Jul 18, 1999 20 $107,000   -17% 246 $435   $12,153,000 66
Jul 19, 1999 19 $44,913 -58% -23% 246 $183   $12,197,659 67
Jul 20, 1999 19 $51,389 +14%   246 $209   $12,249,048 68
Jul 21, 1999 19 $49,389 -4% -29% 246 $201   $12,298,437 69
Jul 22, 1999 19 $52,352 +6% -22% 246 $213   $12,350,789 70

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 14, 1999 11 $2,315,458   270 $8,576   $2,315,458 1
May 21, 1999 11 $1,863,860 -20% 273 $6,827   $4,179,318 2
May 28, 1999 12 $1,551,900 -17% 266 $5,834   $5,731,218 3
Jun 4, 1999 14 $1,161,965 -25% 271 $4,288   $6,893,183 4
Jun 11, 1999 9 $1,186,153 +2% 275 $4,313   $8,079,336 5
Jun 18, 1999 10 $989,127 -17% 283 $3,495   $9,068,463 6
Jun 25, 1999 15 $1,022,124 +3% 283 $3,612   $10,090,587 7
Jul 2, 1999 16 $1,005,532 -2% 284 $3,541   $11,096,119 8
Jul 9, 1999 19 $736,784 -27% 281 $2,622   $11,832,903 9
Jul 16, 1999 25 $517,886 -30% 35 $14,797   $12,350,789 10
Jul 23, 1999 29 $479,765 -7% 213 $2,252   $12,830,554 11
Jul 30, 1999 30 $325,751 -32% 194 $1,679   $13,156,305 12
Aug 6, 1999 38 $238,615 -27% 167 $1,429   $13,394,920 13
Aug 13, 1999 45 $201,688 -15% 161 $1,253   $13,596,608 14
Aug 20, 1999 44 $164,505 -18% 150 $1,097   $13,761,113 15
Aug 27, 1999 54 $105,668 -36% 109 $969   $13,866,781 16
Sep 3, 1999 56 $114,437 +8% 88 $1,300   $13,981,218 17
Sep 10, 1999 47 $101,988 -11% 100 $1,020   $14,083,206 18
Sep 17, 1999 50 $90,025 -12% 108 $834   $14,173,231 19
Sep 24, 1999 61 $66,036 -27% 84 $786   $14,239,267 20
Oct 15, 1999 70 $21,505   42 $512   $14,329,119 23
Nov 5, 1999 87 $6,745   33 $204   $14,376,076 26
Nov 12, 1999 72 $19,798 +194% 33 $600   $14,395,874 27

Uncategorized

Tessa Pritchard    Connie
Lily Tomlin    Georgie
Mino Bellei    Cesare
Baird Wallace    Luca
Claudio Spadaro    Mussolini
Charlie Lucas    Luca
Cher    Elsa
Rizia Ortolani    Lady in the Coach
Massimo Ghini    Paolo
Judi Dench    Arabella
Paolo Seganti    Vittorio
Joan Plowright    Mary
Paul Chequer    Wilfred
Maggie Smith    Hester

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Franco Zeffirelli    Director
John Mortimer    Screenwriter
Franco Zeffirelli    Screenwriter

2010 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part II

December 2nd, 2010

Christmas shopping season is in full swing and this week we have the second part of our Holiday Gift Guide. Last week, Part I talked about big first run releases, while this week we look at box sets and TV on DVD releases. When it comes to the latter, this list is limited to Full Series Megasets and the first season of shows that made their home market debut this year, mostly. This is because when it comes to full season sets from the middle of a show's run, they don't really make good gifts, unless the person is already collecting the series. "Here's season three of a great show. You'll have to buy the first two yourself and get caught up before watching this one." Anyhoo, there are still plenty of releases worth giving as gifts this season, starting with... More...


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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$1,633,183 (11.3% of total gross)
Legs:8.81 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$14,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.0 times production budget)
Theater counts:270 opening theaters/284 max. theaters, 14.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $29,840,261

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,501-4,600) 4,580 $14,395,874
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 6,401-6,500) 6,451 $14,395,874
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 101-200) 179 $14,395,874

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 14th, 1999 (Limited) by MGM
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic elements, language, brief nudity and some mild violence
Comparisons: vs. Infamous
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Biographical Drama, Autobiographical, 1930s, 1940s, Set in Italy, World War II, LGBTQ+, Jewish, Bigotry, Fascism, Dysfunctional Family, Romance, Relationships Gone Wrong
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 27th Weekend Limited Release 99 $12,253 Nov 12, 1999 185
Theater Average 10th Weekend 29 $9,138 Jul 16, 1999 66
Never Wide Domestic 59 $14,395,874 May 14, 1999 0

Uncategorized

Tessa Pritchard    Connie
Lily Tomlin    Georgie
Mino Bellei    Cesare
Baird Wallace    Luca
Claudio Spadaro    Mussolini
Charlie Lucas    Luca
Cher    Elsa
Rizia Ortolani    Lady in the Coach
Massimo Ghini    Paolo
Judi Dench    Arabella
Paolo Seganti    Vittorio
Joan Plowright    Mary
Paul Chequer    Wilfred
Maggie Smith    Hester

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Franco Zeffirelli    Director
John Mortimer    Screenwriter
Franco Zeffirelli    Screenwriter

2010 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part II

December 2nd, 2010

Christmas shopping season is in full swing and this week we have the second part of our Holiday Gift Guide. Last week, Part I talked about big first run releases, while this week we look at box sets and TV on DVD releases. When it comes to the latter, this list is limited to Full Series Megasets and the first season of shows that made their home market debut this year, mostly. This is because when it comes to full season sets from the middle of a show's run, they don't really make good gifts, unless the person is already collecting the series. "Here's season three of a great show. You'll have to buy the first two yourself and get caught up before watching this one." Anyhoo, there are still plenty of releases worth giving as gifts this season, starting with... More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 14, 1999 10 $1,633,183   270 $6,049   $1,633,183 1
May 21, 1999 12 $1,280,862 -22% 273 $4,692   $3,596,320 2
May 28, 1999 13 $1,249,776 -2% 266 $4,698   $5,429,094 3
Jun 4, 1999 13 $766,966 -39% 271 $2,830   $6,498,184 4
Jun 11, 1999 9 $789,786 +3% 275 $2,872   $7,682,969 5
Jun 18, 1999 10 $614,000 -22% 283 $2,170   $8,693,336 6
Jun 25, 1999 13 $641,530 +4% 283 $2,267   $9,709,993 7
Jul 2, 1999 15 $755,594 +18% 284 $2,661   $10,846,181 8
Jul 9, 1999 18 $441,750 -42% 281 $1,572   $11,537,869 9
Jul 16, 1999 24 $319,843 -28% 35 $9,138   $12,152,746 10
Jul 23, 1999 27 $310,175 -3% 213 $1,456   $12,660,964 11
Jul 30, 1999 30 $208,133 -33% 194 $1,073   $13,038,687 12
Aug 6, 1999 37 $145,424 -30% 167 $871   $13,301,729 13
Aug 13, 1999 44 $125,358 -14% 161 $779   $13,520,278 14
Aug 20, 1999 48 $99,027 -21% 150 $660   $13,695,635 15
Aug 27, 1999 55 $66,339 -33% 109 $609   $13,827,452 16
Sep 3, 1999 58 $89,718 +35% 88 $1,020   $13,956,499 17
Sep 10, 1999 51 $64,265 -28% 100 $643   $14,045,483 18
Sep 17, 1999 50 $57,073 -11% 108 $528   $14,140,279 19
Sep 24, 1999 65 $40,550 -29% 84 $483   $14,213,781 20
Oct 1, 1999 68 $24,077 -41% 49 $491   $14,263,344 21
Oct 15, 1999 65 $20,071   42 $478   $14,327,685 23
Oct 22, 1999 68 $19,004 -5% 41 $464   $14,348,123 24
Nov 5, 1999 79 $12,253   33 $371   $14,381,584 26
Nov 12, 1999 71 $12,253 n/c 33 $371   $14,388,329 27

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 16, 1999 10 $475,000     270 $1,759   $1,633,000 3
May 17, 1999 9 $169,941 -64%   270 $629   $1,803,124 4
May 18, 1999 9 $183,777 +8%   270 $681   $1,986,901 5
May 19, 1999 7 $173,649 -6%   270 $643   $2,160,550 6
May 23, 1999 11 $419,000   -12% 273 $1,535   $3,596,320 10
May 24, 1999 9 $168,261 -60% -1% 273 $616   $3,764,581 11
May 25, 1999 10 $136,881 -19% -26% 273 $501   $3,901,462 12
May 26, 1999 9 $139,992 +2% -19% 273 $513   $4,041,454 13
May 27, 1999 8 $137,883 -2%   273 $505   $4,179,337 14
May 28, 1999 10 $201,300 +46%   240 $839   $4,380,637 15
May 31, 1999 11 $312,220   +86% 266 $1,174   $5,429,094 18
Jun 1, 1999 13 $95,813 -69% -30% 266 $360   $5,524,907 19
Jun 2, 1999 13 $102,951 +7% -26% 266 $387   $5,627,858 20
Jun 3, 1999 13 $103,360 n/c -25% 266 $389   $5,731,218 21
Jun 7, 1999 12 $92,694   -70% 271 $342   $6,590,878 25
Jun 8, 1999 12 $110,212 +19% +15% 271 $407   $6,701,090 26
Jun 9, 1999 11 $98,473 -11% -4% 271 $363   $6,799,563 27
Jun 10, 1999 11 $93,620 -5% -9% 271 $345   $6,893,183 28
Jun 13, 1999 9 $252,000     275 $916   $7,682,969 31
Jun 14, 1999 10 $91,353 -64% -1% 275 $332   $7,774,322 32
Jun 15, 1999 10 $105,043 +15% -5% 275 $382   $7,879,365 33
Jun 16, 1999 11 $96,213 -8% -2% 275 $350   $7,975,578 34
Jun 17, 1999 10 $103,758 +8% +11% 275 $377   $8,079,336 35
Jun 20, 1999 10 $181,000   -28% 283 $640   $8,693,336 38
Jun 21, 1999 10 $84,747 -53% -7% 283 $299   $8,778,083 39
Jun 22, 1999 10 $99,404 +17% -5% 283 $351   $8,877,487 40
Jun 23, 1999 10 $93,681 -6% -3% 283 $331   $8,971,168 41
Jun 24, 1999 10 $97,295 +4% -6% 283 $344   $9,068,463 42
Jun 27, 1999 12 $201,000   +11% 283 $710   $9,709,993 45
Jun 28, 1999 12 $90,306 -55% +7% 283 $319   $9,800,299 46
Jun 29, 1999 12 $104,668 +16% +5% 283 $370   $9,904,967 47
Jun 30, 1999 13 $87,071 -17% -7% 283 $308   $9,992,038 48
Jul 1, 1999 13 $98,549 +13% +1% 283 $348   $10,090,587 49
Jul 5, 1999 13 $215,700   +139% 284 $760   $10,846,181 53
Jul 6, 1999 13 $91,730 -57% -12% 284 $323   $10,937,911 54
Jul 7, 1999 13 $77,480 -16% -11% 284 $273   $11,015,391 55
Jul 8, 1999 13 $81,000 +5% -18% 284 $285   $11,096,391 56
Jul 11, 1999 16 $129,000     281 $459   $11,537,869 59
Jul 12, 1999 14 $58,499 -55% -73% 281 $208   $11,596,368 60
Jul 14, 1999 15 $69,346   -10% 281 $247   $11,740,221 62
Jul 15, 1999 15 $66,883 -4% -17% 281 $238   $11,807,104 63
Jul 18, 1999 20 $107,000   -17% 246 $435   $12,153,000 66
Jul 19, 1999 19 $44,913 -58% -23% 246 $183   $12,197,659 67
Jul 20, 1999 19 $51,389 +14%   246 $209   $12,249,048 68
Jul 21, 1999 19 $49,389 -4% -29% 246 $201   $12,298,437 69
Jul 22, 1999 19 $52,352 +6% -22% 246 $213   $12,350,789 70

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 14, 1999 11 $2,315,458   270 $8,576   $2,315,458 1
May 21, 1999 11 $1,863,860 -20% 273 $6,827   $4,179,318 2
May 28, 1999 12 $1,551,900 -17% 266 $5,834   $5,731,218 3
Jun 4, 1999 14 $1,161,965 -25% 271 $4,288   $6,893,183 4
Jun 11, 1999 9 $1,186,153 +2% 275 $4,313   $8,079,336 5
Jun 18, 1999 10 $989,127 -17% 283 $3,495   $9,068,463 6
Jun 25, 1999 15 $1,022,124 +3% 283 $3,612   $10,090,587 7
Jul 2, 1999 16 $1,005,532 -2% 284 $3,541   $11,096,119 8
Jul 9, 1999 19 $736,784 -27% 281 $2,622   $11,832,903 9
Jul 16, 1999 25 $517,886 -30% 35 $14,797   $12,350,789 10
Jul 23, 1999 29 $479,765 -7% 213 $2,252   $12,830,554 11
Jul 30, 1999 30 $325,751 -32% 194 $1,679   $13,156,305 12
Aug 6, 1999 38 $238,615 -27% 167 $1,429   $13,394,920 13
Aug 13, 1999 45 $201,688 -15% 161 $1,253   $13,596,608 14
Aug 20, 1999 44 $164,505 -18% 150 $1,097   $13,761,113 15
Aug 27, 1999 54 $105,668 -36% 109 $969   $13,866,781 16
Sep 3, 1999 56 $114,437 +8% 88 $1,300   $13,981,218 17
Sep 10, 1999 47 $101,988 -11% 100 $1,020   $14,083,206 18
Sep 17, 1999 50 $90,025 -12% 108 $834   $14,173,231 19
Sep 24, 1999 61 $66,036 -27% 84 $786   $14,239,267 20
Oct 15, 1999 70 $21,505   42 $512   $14,329,119 23
Nov 5, 1999 87 $6,745   33 $204   $14,376,076 26
Nov 12, 1999 72 $19,798 +194% 33 $600   $14,395,874 27