Vanity Fair (1999)

Vanity Fair
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $16,123,851Details
International Box Office $3,000,000Details
Worldwide Box Office $19,123,851
Further financial details...

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$4,833,900 (30.0% of total gross)
Legs:3.34 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:84.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$23,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.8 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,051 opening theaters/1,054 max. theaters, 4.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $27,989,548

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,301-4,400) 4,327 $16,123,851
All Time International Box Office (Rank 7,701-7,800) 7,710 $3,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,501-5,600) 5,585 $19,123,851

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


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 1st, 2004 (Wide) by Focus Features
International Releases: September 30th, 2004 (Wide) (Australia)
Video Release: November 30th, 1999 by A & E Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sensuality/partial nudity and a brief violent image
Running Time: 141 minutes
Comparisons: vs. The Constant Gardener
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Keywords: Historical Drama
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Focus Features, Tempesta, Granada Productions
Production Countries: India, United Kingdom, United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 244 $8,795,988 Sep 3, 2004 5
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 172 $6,268,900 Sep 3, 2004 5
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 135 $11,407,181 Sep 3, 2004 5
Labor Day (Opening, 3-Day) 47 $4,833,900 Sep 3, 2004 5
Labor Day (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 50 $8,795,988 Sep 3, 2004 5
Labor Day (Opening, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 40 $6,268,900 Sep 3, 2004 5
Labor Day (Opening, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 38 $11,407,181 Sep 3, 2004 5

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 3, 2004 9 $4,833,900   1,051 $4,599   $5,971,635 1
Sep 10, 2004 9 $2,613,777 -46% 1,054 $2,480   $11,096,102 2
Sep 17, 2004 14 $1,564,804 -40% 995 $1,573   $13,581,384 3
Sep 24, 2004 16 $795,466 -49% 835 $953   $14,912,826 4
Oct 1, 2004 22 $317,088 -60% 331 $958   $15,547,161 5
Oct 8, 2004 26 $151,860 -52% 188 $808   $15,822,159 6
Oct 15, 2004 36 $85,875 -43% 142 $605   $15,979,885 7
Oct 22, 2004 55 $35,685 -58% 70 $510   $16,052,032 8
Oct 29, 2004 56 $22,930 -36% 56 $409   $16,088,813 9
Nov 5, 2004 57 $23,003 n/c 57 $404   $16,123,851 10

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 1, 2004 5 $607,000     1,001 $606   $607,000 1
Sep 2, 2004 5 $538,000 -11%   1,001 $537   $1,138,000 2
Sep 3, 2004 7 $1,400,000 +160%   1,051 $1,332   $2,500,000 3
Sep 4, 2004 9 $1,810,000 +29%   1,051 $1,722   $4,298,000 4
Sep 5, 2004 8 $1,674,000 -8%   1,051 $1,593   $5,971,636 5
Sep 6, 2004 7 $1,435,000 -14%   1,051 $1,365   $7,407,000 6
Sep 7, 2004 7 $359,000 -75%   1,051 $342   $7,766,000 7
Sep 8, 2004 6 $353,000 -2% -42% 1,051 $336   $8,119,000 8
Sep 9, 2004 3 $340,000 -4% -37% 1,051 $324   $8,482,000 9
Sep 10, 2004 7 $800,000 +135% -43% 1,051 $761   $9,300,000 10
Sep 11, 2004 9 $1,180,000 +48% -35% 1,054 $1,120   $10,435,000 11
Sep 12, 2004 9 $661,000 -44% -61% 1,054 $627   $11,096,102 12
Sep 13, 2004 7 $199,000 -70% -86% 1,054 $189   $11,295,000 13
Sep 14, 2004 7 $225,000 +13% -37% 1,054 $213   $11,520,000 14
Sep 15, 2004 8 $233,000 +4% -34% 1,054 $221   $11,753,000 15
Sep 16, 2004 8 $248,000 +6% -27% 1,054 $235   $12,017,000 16

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 3, 2004 8 $7,344,590   1,051 $6,988   $8,482,325 2
Sep 10, 2004 8 $3,534,255 -52% 1,054 $3,353   $12,016,580 3
Sep 17, 2004 13 $2,100,780 -41% 995 $2,111   $14,117,360 4
Sep 24, 2004 16 $1,112,713 -47% 835 $1,333   $15,230,073 5
Oct 1, 2004 21 $440,226 -60% 331 $1,330   $15,670,299 6
Oct 8, 2004 26 $223,711 -49% 188 $1,190   $15,894,010 7
Oct 15, 2004 35 $122,337 -45% 142 $862   $16,016,347 8
Oct 22, 2004 52 $49,536 -60% 70 $708   $16,065,883 9
Oct 29, 2004 53 $34,965 -29% 56 $624   $16,100,848 10
Nov 5, 2004 61 $23,003 -34% 57 $404   $16,123,851 11

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 9/30/2004 $207,001 71 71 315 $770,409 8/28/2020
 
Rest of World $2,229,591
 
International Total$3,000,000 8/28/2020

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Leading Cast

Reese Witherspoon    Becky Sharp

Supporting Cast

William Melling    Young Rawdy Crawley

Uncategorized

Gabriel Byrne    Steyne
Jim Broadbent    Joseph 'Jos' Sedley
Bob Hoskins    Pitt the elder
Rhys Ifans    Dobbins
Romola Garai    Amelia
Eileen Atkins    Miss Matilda Crawley
James Purefoy    Rawdon Crawley
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers    George Osborne

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

Production and Technical Credits

Mira Nair    Director
Julian Fellowes    Screenwriter
Mychael Danna    Composer
Mark Holt    Special Effects Supervisor

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Baby Takes Fifth in Close Race

March 20th, 2005

After gathering in all the data the winner for the race for fifth place is Million Dollar Baby, I think. It would need to lost more than 40% from last week's total and that's not taking into account its openings in South Korea at $1,515,672 and second place, its $110,000, third place debut in Finland, $86,000 in Russia, $50,000, second place debut in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, exact weekend totals are unknown but it is estimated at $6 million raising its international total to $43 million so far. More...

Twelve Tops the Best of the Rest

February 27th, 2005

Ocean's Twelve may have dropped out of the top five, but it is still going strong with $4.5 million on 1400 screens in 35 markets for an international box office of $225.8 million so far. No new openings means the heist film had to rely on holdovers likes its $2.5 million during its third weekend in the U.K. and $1.4 million during its fifth week of release in Japan, finishing second in both those markets. More...

DVD Releases for February 1, 2005

January 31st, 2005

Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. Here is a list of wide releases, limited releases and a few from the growing TV on DVD section including this week's winner Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 2 - Buy from Amazon and Sealab 2021 - Season 2 - Buy from Amazon and Wonderfalls - The Complete Season - Buy from Amazon and Degrassi Junior High - Season 1 - Buy from Amazon. Wow - busy week. More...

Beating the Odds

September 10th, 2004

Historically speaking, the weekend after the Labor Day long weekend tends to be the slowest weekend of the year. But this year looks to buck the odds, as we should see a slight bounce from last weekend. And this increase should be thanks entirely to one movie, while this week's other new release will have to settle for a distant second place. The rest of the top five, and indeed the top ten, will finish way back but within a couple million of each other. More...

Box Office Struggles over Labor Day Weekend

September 7th, 2004

Labor Day Weekend is generally the second slowest weekend of the year (the slowest weekend of the year is usually the weekend after Labor Day). This year we saw more films open than usually do, but none of them opened well enough to be considered a real success. This resulted in a serious drop-off from last weekend of 14.4%. The year-to-year comparisons are a little off since Labor Day occurred a week earlier last year. Compared to Labor Day 2003, 2004 was off 13.5% for the 3-day frame and 14.4% for the 4-days. More...

Busy Labor Day Long Weekend

September 3rd, 2004

It's another weekend with lots of movies, but again the average theatre count is under 2000. But unlike last weekend when three of the four films were brutally attacked by critics, this week we have a perfect record, all four films are being brutally attacked by critics. At least the ones the critics got to see. I figure this weekend one film will do enough to be considered a success, or sorts, two will fail, and one will fail spectacularly. More...

Movie Websites Launches for August 27 - September 2

September 2nd, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates including the winner for the week, The Spongebob Squarepants Movie - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

How Well Will Vanity Fair?

September 1st, 2004

Getting ahead start on the weekend box office is Vanity Fair, which opens tonight. For this film success or failure will be measured more by awards than box office, but Focus Features is hoping to earn a bit of both. More...

2004 Preview: September

September 1st, 2004

Yikes. September has historically been a dumping ground for bad films and this year looks no different. September is also a very hard month to write a preview for; there are more than a dozen films, but very few of them have received any advanced buzz, good or bad, making predicting their chances very hard indeed. More...

Movie Websites Launches for August 13 - August 19

August 19th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates including the winner for the week, Vanity Fair - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Movie Websites Launches for July 23 - July 29

July 29th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates including the winner for the week, The Manchurian Candidate - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

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  7. Trailer

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$4,833,900 (30.0% of total gross)
Legs:3.34 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:84.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$23,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.8 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,051 opening theaters/1,054 max. theaters, 4.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $27,989,548

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,301-4,400) 4,327 $16,123,851
All Time International Box Office (Rank 7,701-7,800) 7,710 $3,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,501-5,600) 5,585 $19,123,851

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


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 1st, 2004 (Wide) by Focus Features
International Releases: September 30th, 2004 (Wide) (Australia)
Video Release: November 30th, 1999 by A & E Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sensuality/partial nudity and a brief violent image
Running Time: 141 minutes
Comparisons: vs. The Constant Gardener
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Historical Drama
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Focus Features, Tempesta, Granada Productions
Production Countries: India, United Kingdom, United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 244 $8,795,988 Sep 3, 2004 5
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 172 $6,268,900 Sep 3, 2004 5
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 135 $11,407,181 Sep 3, 2004 5
Labor Day (Opening, 3-Day) 47 $4,833,900 Sep 3, 2004 5
Labor Day (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 50 $8,795,988 Sep 3, 2004 5
Labor Day (Opening, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 40 $6,268,900 Sep 3, 2004 5
Labor Day (Opening, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 38 $11,407,181 Sep 3, 2004 5

Leading Cast

Reese Witherspoon    Becky Sharp

Supporting Cast

William Melling    Young Rawdy Crawley

Uncategorized

Gabriel Byrne    Steyne
Jim Broadbent    Joseph 'Jos' Sedley
Bob Hoskins    Pitt the elder
Rhys Ifans    Dobbins
Romola Garai    Amelia
Eileen Atkins    Miss Matilda Crawley
James Purefoy    Rawdon Crawley
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers    George Osborne

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

Production and Technical Credits

Mira Nair    Director
Julian Fellowes    Screenwriter
Mychael Danna    Composer
Mark Holt    Special Effects Supervisor

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Baby Takes Fifth in Close Race

March 20th, 2005

After gathering in all the data the winner for the race for fifth place is Million Dollar Baby, I think. It would need to lost more than 40% from last week's total and that's not taking into account its openings in South Korea at $1,515,672 and second place, its $110,000, third place debut in Finland, $86,000 in Russia, $50,000, second place debut in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, exact weekend totals are unknown but it is estimated at $6 million raising its international total to $43 million so far. More...

Twelve Tops the Best of the Rest

February 27th, 2005

Ocean's Twelve may have dropped out of the top five, but it is still going strong with $4.5 million on 1400 screens in 35 markets for an international box office of $225.8 million so far. No new openings means the heist film had to rely on holdovers likes its $2.5 million during its third weekend in the U.K. and $1.4 million during its fifth week of release in Japan, finishing second in both those markets. More...

DVD Releases for February 1, 2005

January 31st, 2005

Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. Here is a list of wide releases, limited releases and a few from the growing TV on DVD section including this week's winner Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 2 - Buy from Amazon and Sealab 2021 - Season 2 - Buy from Amazon and Wonderfalls - The Complete Season - Buy from Amazon and Degrassi Junior High - Season 1 - Buy from Amazon. Wow - busy week. More...

Beating the Odds

September 10th, 2004

Historically speaking, the weekend after the Labor Day long weekend tends to be the slowest weekend of the year. But this year looks to buck the odds, as we should see a slight bounce from last weekend. And this increase should be thanks entirely to one movie, while this week's other new release will have to settle for a distant second place. The rest of the top five, and indeed the top ten, will finish way back but within a couple million of each other. More...

Box Office Struggles over Labor Day Weekend

September 7th, 2004

Labor Day Weekend is generally the second slowest weekend of the year (the slowest weekend of the year is usually the weekend after Labor Day). This year we saw more films open than usually do, but none of them opened well enough to be considered a real success. This resulted in a serious drop-off from last weekend of 14.4%. The year-to-year comparisons are a little off since Labor Day occurred a week earlier last year. Compared to Labor Day 2003, 2004 was off 13.5% for the 3-day frame and 14.4% for the 4-days. More...

Busy Labor Day Long Weekend

September 3rd, 2004

It's another weekend with lots of movies, but again the average theatre count is under 2000. But unlike last weekend when three of the four films were brutally attacked by critics, this week we have a perfect record, all four films are being brutally attacked by critics. At least the ones the critics got to see. I figure this weekend one film will do enough to be considered a success, or sorts, two will fail, and one will fail spectacularly. More...

Movie Websites Launches for August 27 - September 2

September 2nd, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates including the winner for the week, The Spongebob Squarepants Movie - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

How Well Will Vanity Fair?

September 1st, 2004

Getting ahead start on the weekend box office is Vanity Fair, which opens tonight. For this film success or failure will be measured more by awards than box office, but Focus Features is hoping to earn a bit of both. More...

2004 Preview: September

September 1st, 2004

Yikes. September has historically been a dumping ground for bad films and this year looks no different. September is also a very hard month to write a preview for; there are more than a dozen films, but very few of them have received any advanced buzz, good or bad, making predicting their chances very hard indeed. More...

Movie Websites Launches for August 13 - August 19

August 19th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates including the winner for the week, Vanity Fair - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Movie Websites Launches for July 23 - July 29

July 29th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates including the winner for the week, The Manchurian Candidate - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 3, 2004 9 $4,833,900   1,051 $4,599   $5,971,635 1
Sep 10, 2004 9 $2,613,777 -46% 1,054 $2,480   $11,096,102 2
Sep 17, 2004 14 $1,564,804 -40% 995 $1,573   $13,581,384 3
Sep 24, 2004 16 $795,466 -49% 835 $953   $14,912,826 4
Oct 1, 2004 22 $317,088 -60% 331 $958   $15,547,161 5
Oct 8, 2004 26 $151,860 -52% 188 $808   $15,822,159 6
Oct 15, 2004 36 $85,875 -43% 142 $605   $15,979,885 7
Oct 22, 2004 55 $35,685 -58% 70 $510   $16,052,032 8
Oct 29, 2004 56 $22,930 -36% 56 $409   $16,088,813 9
Nov 5, 2004 57 $23,003 n/c 57 $404   $16,123,851 10

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 1, 2004 5 $607,000     1,001 $606   $607,000 1
Sep 2, 2004 5 $538,000 -11%   1,001 $537   $1,138,000 2
Sep 3, 2004 7 $1,400,000 +160%   1,051 $1,332   $2,500,000 3
Sep 4, 2004 9 $1,810,000 +29%   1,051 $1,722   $4,298,000 4
Sep 5, 2004 8 $1,674,000 -8%   1,051 $1,593   $5,971,636 5
Sep 6, 2004 7 $1,435,000 -14%   1,051 $1,365   $7,407,000 6
Sep 7, 2004 7 $359,000 -75%   1,051 $342   $7,766,000 7
Sep 8, 2004 6 $353,000 -2% -42% 1,051 $336   $8,119,000 8
Sep 9, 2004 3 $340,000 -4% -37% 1,051 $324   $8,482,000 9
Sep 10, 2004 7 $800,000 +135% -43% 1,051 $761   $9,300,000 10
Sep 11, 2004 9 $1,180,000 +48% -35% 1,054 $1,120   $10,435,000 11
Sep 12, 2004 9 $661,000 -44% -61% 1,054 $627   $11,096,102 12
Sep 13, 2004 7 $199,000 -70% -86% 1,054 $189   $11,295,000 13
Sep 14, 2004 7 $225,000 +13% -37% 1,054 $213   $11,520,000 14
Sep 15, 2004 8 $233,000 +4% -34% 1,054 $221   $11,753,000 15
Sep 16, 2004 8 $248,000 +6% -27% 1,054 $235   $12,017,000 16

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 3, 2004 8 $7,344,590   1,051 $6,988   $8,482,325 2
Sep 10, 2004 8 $3,534,255 -52% 1,054 $3,353   $12,016,580 3
Sep 17, 2004 13 $2,100,780 -41% 995 $2,111   $14,117,360 4
Sep 24, 2004 16 $1,112,713 -47% 835 $1,333   $15,230,073 5
Oct 1, 2004 21 $440,226 -60% 331 $1,330   $15,670,299 6
Oct 8, 2004 26 $223,711 -49% 188 $1,190   $15,894,010 7
Oct 15, 2004 35 $122,337 -45% 142 $862   $16,016,347 8
Oct 22, 2004 52 $49,536 -60% 70 $708   $16,065,883 9
Oct 29, 2004 53 $34,965 -29% 56 $624   $16,100,848 10
Nov 5, 2004 61 $23,003 -34% 57 $404   $16,123,851 11

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 9/30/2004 $207,001 71 71 315 $770,409 8/28/2020
 
Rest of World $2,229,591
 
International Total$3,000,000 8/28/2020

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records