The Wedding Singer (1998)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $80,245,725Details
International Box Office $43,100,000
Worldwide Box Office $123,345,725
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$21,917,127 (27.3% of total gross)
Legs:3.66 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:65.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2,821 opening theaters/2,837 max. theaters, 8.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $193,513,670

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 13th, 1998 (Wide) by New Line
International Releases: April 16th, 1998 (Wide) (Australia)
Video Release: August 25th, 1998 by New Line Home Video
MPA Rating: PG-13 for sex-related material and language
Running Time: 97 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Fictionalized Version of Yourself
Plot point: Relationships Gone Wrong, Romance, Singers, Wedding Day Disasters
Subgenre: Romantic Comedy
Time period setting: 1980s
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Romantic Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Robert Simonds Company, Brad Grey
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 13, 1998 2 $21,917,127   2,821 $7,769   $21,917,127 1
Feb 20, 1998 2 $12,228,970 -44% 2,837 $4,311   $37,652,488 2
Feb 27, 1998 2 $8,719,890 -29% 2,826 $3,086   $48,833,850 3
Mar 6, 1998 3 $6,198,896 -29% 2,826 $2,194   $57,076,673 4
Mar 13, 1998 5 $4,666,969 -25% 2,550 $1,830   $63,482,769 5
Mar 20, 1998 9 $3,254,479 -30% 2,065 $1,576   $68,391,968 6
Mar 27, 1998 13 $1,821,287 -44% 1,686 $1,080   $71,164,169 7
Apr 3, 1998 14 $1,178,282 -35% 1,026 $1,148   $72,880,931 8
Apr 10, 1998 19 $601,711 -49% 772 $779   $73,996,535 9
Apr 17, 1998 24 $397,838 -34% 407 $977   $74,662,893 10
Apr 24, 1998 28 $287,759 -28% 325 $885   $75,070,741 11
May 1, 1998 27 $258,826 -10% 279 $928   $75,406,211 12
May 8, 1998 27 $244,887 -5% 261 $938   $75,737,016 13
May 15, 1998 27 $206,668 -16% 217 $952   $76,001,620 14
May 22, 1998 15 $813,013 +293% 653 $1,245   $76,868,604 15
May 29, 1998 17 $436,343 -46% 599 $728   $77,515,681 16
Jun 5, 1998 16 $394,235 -10% 523 $754   $78,159,383 17
Jun 12, 1998 19 $286,386 -27% 435 $658   $78,706,378 18
Jun 19, 1998 21 $201,378 -30% 345 $584   $79,112,042 19
Jun 26, 1998 28 $144,136 -28% 248 $581   $79,410,776 20
Jul 3, 1998 35 $109,407 -24% 235 $466   $79,631,716 21
Jul 10, 1998 36 $81,192 -26% 226 $359   $79,811,125 22
Jul 17, 1998 37 $67,799 -16% 114 $595   $79,953,898 23
Jul 24, 1998 38 $60,129 -11% 98 $614   $80,071,563 24
Jul 31, 1998 49 $39,109 -35% 68 $575   $80,157,601 25
Aug 7, 1998 51 $29,708 -24% 50 $594   $80,224,502 26

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Feb 13, 1998 2 $5,200,000     2,812 $1,849   $5,200,000 1
Feb 14, 1998 2 $7,750,000 +49%   2,812 $2,756   $12,950,000 2
Feb 15, 1998 2 $9,250,000 +19%   2,812 $3,289   $18,812,156 3
Feb 16, 1998 2 $3,104,971 -66%   2,821 $1,101   $21,917,127 4
Feb 17, 1998 2 $1,462,101 -53%   2,821 $518   $23,379,228 5
Feb 18, 1998 2 $1,197,915 -18%   2,821 $425   $24,577,143 6
Feb 19, 1998 2 $1,266,860 +6%   2,821 $449   $25,844,003 7
Feb 20, 1998 2 $3,885,000 +207% -25% 2,837 $1,369   $29,309,000 8
Feb 21, 1998 2 $5,635,000 +45% -27% 2,837 $1,986   $34,944,000 9
Feb 22, 1998 2 $3,305,000 -41% -64% 2,837 $1,165   $38,249,000 10
Feb 23, 1998 2 $744,877 -77% -76% 2,837 $263   $38,397,365 11
Feb 24, 1998 2 $810,252 +9% -45% 2,837 $286   $39,128,451 12
Feb 25, 1998 2 $650,536 -20% -46% 2,837 $229   $39,953,976 13
Feb 26, 1998 2 $680,000 +5% -46% 2,837 $240   $40,388,000 14
Feb 27, 1998 2 $2,601,000 +283% -33% 2,836 $917   $42,989,000 15
Feb 28, 1998 2 $4,250,000 +63% -25% 2,836 $1,499   $47,239,000 16
Mar 1, 1998 2 $2,077,000 -51% -37% 2,826 $735   $48,834,000 17
Mar 2, 1998 2 $579,427 -72% -22% 2,826 $205   $49,418,277 18
Mar 3, 1998 2 $721,976 +25% -11% 2,826 $255   $50,135,253 19
Mar 4, 1998 2 $554,904 -23% -15% 2,826 $196   $50,690,157 20
Mar 5, 1998 2 $598,352 +8% -12% 2,826 $212   $51,288,509 21
Mar 6, 1998 4 $1,810,000 +202% -30% 2,826 $640   $52,688,000 22
Mar 7, 1998 3 $2,675,000 +48% -37% 2,826 $947   $55,363,000 23
Mar 8, 1998 3 $1,527,000 -43% -26% 2,826 $540   $57,076,673 24
Mar 9, 1998 3 $461,228 -70% -20% 2,826 $163   $57,537,901 25
Mar 10, 1998 5 $430,000 -7% -40% 2,826 $152   $57,892,000 26
Mar 11, 1998 3 $447,044 +4% -19% 2,826 $158   $58,535,364 27
Mar 12, 1998 3 $511,842 +14% -14% 2,826 $181   $59,047,206 28
Mar 13, 1998 5 $1,365,000 +167% -25% 2,550 $535   $60,368,000 29
Mar 14, 1998 5 $2,125,000 +56% -21% 2,550 $833   $62,306,000 30
Mar 15, 1998 5 $1,161,000 -45% -24% 2,550 $455   $63,482,769 31
Mar 16, 1998 4 $451,093 -61% -2% 2,550 $177   $63,933,862 32
Mar 17, 1998 4 $495,375 +10% +15% 2,550 $194   $64,429,237 33
Mar 18, 1998 5 $464,101 -6% +4% 2,550 $182   $64,893,338 34
Mar 19, 1998 5 $495,684 +7% -3% 2,550 $194   $65,389,022 35
Mar 20, 1998 8 $990,000 +100% -27% 2,065 $479   $66,127,000 36
Mar 21, 1998 9 $1,470,000 +48% -31% 2,065 $712   $67,597,000 37
Mar 22, 1998 9 $774,000 -47% -33% 2,065 $375   $68,391,968 38
Mar 23, 1998 8 $206,006 -73% -54% 2,065 $100   $68,597,974 39
Mar 24, 1998 9 $235,000 +14% -53% 2,065 $114   $68,832,974 40
Mar 25, 1998 9 $258,896 +10% -44% 2,065 $125   $69,138,946 41
Mar 26, 1998 8 $280,730 +8% -43% 2,065 $136   $69,419,676 42
Apr 1, 1998 10 $170,440   -34% 1,686 $101   $71,660,287 48
Apr 2, 1998 10 $174,578 +2% -38% 1,686 $104   $71,834,865 49

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 13, 1998 2 $25,423,518   2,821 $9,012   $25,423,518 1
Feb 20, 1998 2 $14,690,442 -42% 2,837 $5,178   $40,113,960 2
Feb 27, 1998 2 $10,763,817 -27% 2,826 $3,809   $50,877,777 3
Mar 6, 1998 3 $7,938,023 -26% 2,826 $2,809   $58,815,800 4
Mar 13, 1998 5 $6,321,689 -20% 2,550 $2,479   $65,137,489 5
Mar 20, 1998 9 $4,205,393 -33% 2,065 $2,037   $69,342,882 6
Mar 27, 1998 13 $2,359,767 -44% 1,686 $1,400   $71,702,649 7
Apr 3, 1998 14 $1,692,175 -28% 1,026 $1,649   $73,394,824 8
Apr 10, 1998 19 $870,231 -49% 772 $1,127   $74,265,055 9
Apr 17, 1998 24 $517,927 -40% 407 $1,273   $74,782,982 10
Apr 24, 1998 28 $364,403 -30% 325 $1,121   $75,147,385 11
May 1, 1998 27 $344,744 -5% 279 $1,236   $75,492,129 12
May 8, 1998 28 $302,823 -12% 261 $1,160   $75,794,952 13
May 15, 1998 28 $260,639 -14% 217 $1,201   $76,055,591 14
May 22, 1998 15 $1,023,747 +293% 653 $1,568   $77,079,338 15
May 29, 1998 17 $685,810 -33% 599 $1,145   $77,765,148 16
Jun 5, 1998 17 $654,844 -5% 523 $1,252   $78,419,992 17
Jun 12, 1998 19 $490,672 -25% 435 $1,128   $78,910,664 18
Jun 19, 1998 21 $355,976 -27% 345 $1,032   $79,266,640 19
Jun 26, 1998 29 $255,669 -28% 248 $1,031   $79,522,309 20
Jul 3, 1998 31 $207,624 -19% 235 $884   $79,729,933 21
Jul 10, 1998 34 $156,166 -25% 226 $691   $79,886,099 22
Jul 17, 1998 34 $125,335 -20% 114 $1,099   $80,011,434 23
Jul 24, 1998 36 $107,058 -15% 98 $1,092   $80,118,492 24
Jul 31, 1998 46 $76,302 -29% 68 $1,122   $80,194,794 25

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$21,917,127 (27.3% of total gross)
Legs:3.66 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:65.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2,821 opening theaters/2,837 max. theaters, 8.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $193,513,670

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 13th, 1998 (Wide) by New Line
International Releases: April 16th, 1998 (Wide) (Australia)
Video Release: August 25th, 1998 by New Line Home Video
MPA Rating: PG-13 for sex-related material and language
Running Time: 97 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Fictionalized Version of Yourself
Plot point: Relationships Gone Wrong, Romance, Singers, Wedding Day Disasters
Subgenre: Romantic Comedy
Time period setting: 1980s
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Romantic Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Robert Simonds Company, Brad Grey
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 13, 1998 2 $21,917,127   2,821 $7,769   $21,917,127 1
Feb 20, 1998 2 $12,228,970 -44% 2,837 $4,311   $37,652,488 2
Feb 27, 1998 2 $8,719,890 -29% 2,826 $3,086   $48,833,850 3
Mar 6, 1998 3 $6,198,896 -29% 2,826 $2,194   $57,076,673 4
Mar 13, 1998 5 $4,666,969 -25% 2,550 $1,830   $63,482,769 5
Mar 20, 1998 9 $3,254,479 -30% 2,065 $1,576   $68,391,968 6
Mar 27, 1998 13 $1,821,287 -44% 1,686 $1,080   $71,164,169 7
Apr 3, 1998 14 $1,178,282 -35% 1,026 $1,148   $72,880,931 8
Apr 10, 1998 19 $601,711 -49% 772 $779   $73,996,535 9
Apr 17, 1998 24 $397,838 -34% 407 $977   $74,662,893 10
Apr 24, 1998 28 $287,759 -28% 325 $885   $75,070,741 11
May 1, 1998 27 $258,826 -10% 279 $928   $75,406,211 12
May 8, 1998 27 $244,887 -5% 261 $938   $75,737,016 13
May 15, 1998 27 $206,668 -16% 217 $952   $76,001,620 14
May 22, 1998 15 $813,013 +293% 653 $1,245   $76,868,604 15
May 29, 1998 17 $436,343 -46% 599 $728   $77,515,681 16
Jun 5, 1998 16 $394,235 -10% 523 $754   $78,159,383 17
Jun 12, 1998 19 $286,386 -27% 435 $658   $78,706,378 18
Jun 19, 1998 21 $201,378 -30% 345 $584   $79,112,042 19
Jun 26, 1998 28 $144,136 -28% 248 $581   $79,410,776 20
Jul 3, 1998 35 $109,407 -24% 235 $466   $79,631,716 21
Jul 10, 1998 36 $81,192 -26% 226 $359   $79,811,125 22
Jul 17, 1998 37 $67,799 -16% 114 $595   $79,953,898 23
Jul 24, 1998 38 $60,129 -11% 98 $614   $80,071,563 24
Jul 31, 1998 49 $39,109 -35% 68 $575   $80,157,601 25
Aug 7, 1998 51 $29,708 -24% 50 $594   $80,224,502 26

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Feb 13, 1998 2 $5,200,000     2,812 $1,849   $5,200,000 1
Feb 14, 1998 2 $7,750,000 +49%   2,812 $2,756   $12,950,000 2
Feb 15, 1998 2 $9,250,000 +19%   2,812 $3,289   $18,812,156 3
Feb 16, 1998 2 $3,104,971 -66%   2,821 $1,101   $21,917,127 4
Feb 17, 1998 2 $1,462,101 -53%   2,821 $518   $23,379,228 5
Feb 18, 1998 2 $1,197,915 -18%   2,821 $425   $24,577,143 6
Feb 19, 1998 2 $1,266,860 +6%   2,821 $449   $25,844,003 7
Feb 20, 1998 2 $3,885,000 +207% -25% 2,837 $1,369   $29,309,000 8
Feb 21, 1998 2 $5,635,000 +45% -27% 2,837 $1,986   $34,944,000 9
Feb 22, 1998 2 $3,305,000 -41% -64% 2,837 $1,165   $38,249,000 10
Feb 23, 1998 2 $744,877 -77% -76% 2,837 $263   $38,397,365 11
Feb 24, 1998 2 $810,252 +9% -45% 2,837 $286   $39,128,451 12
Feb 25, 1998 2 $650,536 -20% -46% 2,837 $229   $39,953,976 13
Feb 26, 1998 2 $680,000 +5% -46% 2,837 $240   $40,388,000 14
Feb 27, 1998 2 $2,601,000 +283% -33% 2,836 $917   $42,989,000 15
Feb 28, 1998 2 $4,250,000 +63% -25% 2,836 $1,499   $47,239,000 16
Mar 1, 1998 2 $2,077,000 -51% -37% 2,826 $735   $48,834,000 17
Mar 2, 1998 2 $579,427 -72% -22% 2,826 $205   $49,418,277 18
Mar 3, 1998 2 $721,976 +25% -11% 2,826 $255   $50,135,253 19
Mar 4, 1998 2 $554,904 -23% -15% 2,826 $196   $50,690,157 20
Mar 5, 1998 2 $598,352 +8% -12% 2,826 $212   $51,288,509 21
Mar 6, 1998 4 $1,810,000 +202% -30% 2,826 $640   $52,688,000 22
Mar 7, 1998 3 $2,675,000 +48% -37% 2,826 $947   $55,363,000 23
Mar 8, 1998 3 $1,527,000 -43% -26% 2,826 $540   $57,076,673 24
Mar 9, 1998 3 $461,228 -70% -20% 2,826 $163   $57,537,901 25
Mar 10, 1998 5 $430,000 -7% -40% 2,826 $152   $57,892,000 26
Mar 11, 1998 3 $447,044 +4% -19% 2,826 $158   $58,535,364 27
Mar 12, 1998 3 $511,842 +14% -14% 2,826 $181   $59,047,206 28
Mar 13, 1998 5 $1,365,000 +167% -25% 2,550 $535   $60,368,000 29
Mar 14, 1998 5 $2,125,000 +56% -21% 2,550 $833   $62,306,000 30
Mar 15, 1998 5 $1,161,000 -45% -24% 2,550 $455   $63,482,769 31
Mar 16, 1998 4 $451,093 -61% -2% 2,550 $177   $63,933,862 32
Mar 17, 1998 4 $495,375 +10% +15% 2,550 $194   $64,429,237 33
Mar 18, 1998 5 $464,101 -6% +4% 2,550 $182   $64,893,338 34
Mar 19, 1998 5 $495,684 +7% -3% 2,550 $194   $65,389,022 35
Mar 20, 1998 8 $990,000 +100% -27% 2,065 $479   $66,127,000 36
Mar 21, 1998 9 $1,470,000 +48% -31% 2,065 $712   $67,597,000 37
Mar 22, 1998 9 $774,000 -47% -33% 2,065 $375   $68,391,968 38
Mar 23, 1998 8 $206,006 -73% -54% 2,065 $100   $68,597,974 39
Mar 24, 1998 9 $235,000 +14% -53% 2,065 $114   $68,832,974 40
Mar 25, 1998 9 $258,896 +10% -44% 2,065 $125   $69,138,946 41
Mar 26, 1998 8 $280,730 +8% -43% 2,065 $136   $69,419,676 42
Apr 1, 1998 10 $170,440   -34% 1,686 $101   $71,660,287 48
Apr 2, 1998 10 $174,578 +2% -38% 1,686 $104   $71,834,865 49

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 13, 1998 2 $25,423,518   2,821 $9,012   $25,423,518 1
Feb 20, 1998 2 $14,690,442 -42% 2,837 $5,178   $40,113,960 2
Feb 27, 1998 2 $10,763,817 -27% 2,826 $3,809   $50,877,777 3
Mar 6, 1998 3 $7,938,023 -26% 2,826 $2,809   $58,815,800 4
Mar 13, 1998 5 $6,321,689 -20% 2,550 $2,479   $65,137,489 5
Mar 20, 1998 9 $4,205,393 -33% 2,065 $2,037   $69,342,882 6
Mar 27, 1998 13 $2,359,767 -44% 1,686 $1,400   $71,702,649 7
Apr 3, 1998 14 $1,692,175 -28% 1,026 $1,649   $73,394,824 8
Apr 10, 1998 19 $870,231 -49% 772 $1,127   $74,265,055 9
Apr 17, 1998 24 $517,927 -40% 407 $1,273   $74,782,982 10
Apr 24, 1998 28 $364,403 -30% 325 $1,121   $75,147,385 11
May 1, 1998 27 $344,744 -5% 279 $1,236   $75,492,129 12
May 8, 1998 28 $302,823 -12% 261 $1,160   $75,794,952 13
May 15, 1998 28 $260,639 -14% 217 $1,201   $76,055,591 14
May 22, 1998 15 $1,023,747 +293% 653 $1,568   $77,079,338 15
May 29, 1998 17 $685,810 -33% 599 $1,145   $77,765,148 16
Jun 5, 1998 17 $654,844 -5% 523 $1,252   $78,419,992 17
Jun 12, 1998 19 $490,672 -25% 435 $1,128   $78,910,664 18
Jun 19, 1998 21 $355,976 -27% 345 $1,032   $79,266,640 19
Jun 26, 1998 29 $255,669 -28% 248 $1,031   $79,522,309 20
Jul 3, 1998 31 $207,624 -19% 235 $884   $79,729,933 21
Jul 10, 1998 34 $156,166 -25% 226 $691   $79,886,099 22
Jul 17, 1998 34 $125,335 -20% 114 $1,099   $80,011,434 23
Jul 24, 1998 36 $107,058 -15% 98 $1,092   $80,118,492 24
Jul 31, 1998 46 $76,302 -29% 68 $1,122   $80,194,794 25