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A BUG'S LIFE

Domestic Total Gross: $162,798,565
Distributor: Buena VistaRelease Date: November 20, 1998
Genre: AnimationRunning Time: 1 hrs. 36 min.
MPAA Rating: GProduction Budget: $120 million
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TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
Domestic:  $162,798,565    44.8%
Foreign:  $200,600,000    55.2%

= Worldwide:  $363,398,565  

DOMESTIC SUMMARY
Release Dates:  November 20, 1998 (limited)
 November 27, 1998 (wide)
Limited Opening Weekend: $291,121
(#16 rank, 1 theaters, $291,121 average)
Wide Opening Weekend: $33,258,052
(#1 rank, 2,686 theaters, $12,382 average)
% of Total Gross: 20.4%
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Widest Release:  2,773 theaters
Close Date:  May 20, 1999
In Release:  182 days / 26 weeks

1998 ACADEMY AWARDS®
Nominated for 1 Oscar. CLICK TO VIEW FULL BREAKDOWN...


GENRES (click to view) Rank
Animation 27
Animation - Computer 22

FRANCHISES (click to view) Rank
Brand: Pixar 10

CHARTS (click to view) Rank
All Time Domestic 164
All Time Adjusted 198
All Time Worldwide 148
Yearly 1998 4
Yearly G Rated 1998 1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1998 153
Worldwide Yearly 1998 5
Opening Weeks 300
Thanksgiving 3-day Openings 4
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends 10
Thanksgiving 5-day Openings 5
Thanksgiving 5-day Weekends 13
Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Biggest Drops 196
Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Best Holds 108
Longest Time To #1 55
Theater Averages - All Time Adjusted 7
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends 5
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends 179
Friday Share of Opening Weekends 189
Opening Weekends 215
Opening Weekends - November 32
Opening Weekends - Holiday 48
Eleventh Weekends 116
Ninth Weekends 101
Tenth Weekends 118
Twelfth Weekends 162
Twelfth Weekends 162
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) 172
Consecutive Weekends At #1 159
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends 192
Fourth Weekends 147
Fifth Weekends 55
Sixth Weekends 34
Seventh Weekends 111
Eighth Weekends 116
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) 560
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) 890
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases 2,271
Rated G 15
Rated G and PG 61
Rated G, Opening Weekends 13
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends 55
Widest G Rated Openings 41
Widest G Rated Releases 40
Slowest to $100 million 152
BOM Users' Grades 174
BOM Users' Grades (1998 Releases) 5
CHARTS (Premier Pass Users Only)Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on April 8, 1999) 50
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THE PLAYERS (click name to view)
Director:John Lasseter
Writers:John Lasseter (story)
Andrew Stanton
Actors:Kevin Spacey (Voice)
Denis Leary
Bonnie Hunt (Voice)
Producer:Darla K. Anderson
Composer:Randy Newman
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GRADE BREAKDOWN
As: 930 34.2%
Bs: 1,426 52.4%
Cs: 272 10.0%
Ds: 41 1.5%
Fs: 50 1.8%

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MERCHANDISE LINKS
• DVD: A Bug's Life, Disney / Pixar Ultimate 8-Movie Collection
• Blu-ray: A Bug's Life


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