Shakespeare in Love
The world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
DistributorMiramax
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Opening$224,012
8 theaters
8 theaters
Budget$25,000,000
Release Date
(Wide)Dec 11, 1998 (Jan 8, 1999)
MPAAR
Running Time2 hr 3 min
GenresComedy
Drama
History
Romance
In Release386 days/55 weeks
Widest Release2,030 theaters
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| Date | Rank | Weekly | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Avg | To Date | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23-29 | 46 | $132,791 | -70% | 212 | -227 | $626 | $100,291,009 | 33 |
| Jul 16-22 | 25 | $442,127 | -45.3% | 439 | -133 | $1,007 | $100,158,218 | 32 |
| Jul 9-15 | 15 | $808,915 | -1.8% | 572 | -46 | $1,414 | $99,716,091 | 31 |
| Jul 2-8 | 15 | $824,130 | +155.1% | 618 | +442 | $1,333 | $98,907,176 | 30 |
| Jun 25-Jul 1 | 30 | $323,084 | +100.9% | 176 | -70 | $1,835 | $98,083,046 | 29 |
| Jun 18-24 | 40 | $160,845 | -46.2% | 246 | -167 | $653 | $97,759,962 | 28 |
| Jun 11-17 | 28 | $298,783 | -24.5% | 413 | -173 | $723 | $97,599,117 | 27 |
| Jun 4-10 | 22 | $395,866 | -41.4% | 586 | -209 | $675 | $97,300,334 | 26 |
| May 28-Jun 3 | 16 | $675,834 | -34.6% | 795 | -428 | $850 | $96,904,468 | 25 |
| May 21-27 | 13 | $1,033,661 | +9% | 1,223 | +320 | $845 | $96,228,634 | 24 |
| May 14-20 | 14 | $948,481 | -11.1% | 903 | - | $1,050 | $95,194,973 | 23 |
| May 7-13 | 11 | $1,066,359 | -4.6% | 903 | -114 | $1,180 | $94,246,492 | 22 |
| Apr 30-May 6 | 15 | $1,118,313 | -32.5% | 1,017 | -164 | $1,099 | $93,180,133 | 21 |
| Apr 23-29 | 12 | $1,657,070 | -27.9% | 1,181 | -262 | $1,403 | $92,061,820 | 20 |
| Apr 16-22 | 10 | $2,298,982 | -17.2% | 1,443 | -171 | $1,593 | $90,404,750 | 19 |
| Apr 9-15 | 9 | $2,777,149 | -36% | 1,614 | -121 | $1,720 | $88,105,768 | 18 |
| Apr 2-8 | 8 | $4,337,932 | -27.6% | 1,735 | -196 | $2,500 | $85,328,619 | 17 |
| Mar 26-Apr 1 | 7 | $5,988,581 | +25.2% | 1,931 | +665 | $3,101 | $80,990,687 | 16 |
| Mar 19-25 | 7 | $4,784,859 | +14.5% | 1,266 | -139 | $3,779 | $75,002,106 | 15 |
| Mar 12-18 | 10 | $4,179,165 | -7.5% | 1,405 | -316 | $2,974 | $70,217,247 | 14 |
| Mar 5-11 | 8 | $4,518,457 | -21.4% | 1,721 | -199 | $2,625 | $66,038,082 | 13 |
| Feb 26-Mar 4 | 6 | $5,748,644 | -23.1% | 1,920 | -110 | $2,994 | $61,519,625 | 12 |
| Feb 19-25 | 4 | $7,470,837 | -30.1% | 2,030 | +74 | $3,680 | $55,770,981 | 11 |
| Feb 12-18 | 5 | $10,687,051 | +117.3% | 1,956 | +1,123 | $5,463 | $48,300,144 | 10 |
| Feb 5-11 | 5 | $4,918,405 | -6.9% | 833 | +74 | $5,904 | $37,613,093 | 9 |
| Jan 29-Feb 4 | 5 | $5,285,303 | +2.5% | 759 | +104 | $6,963 | $32,694,688 | 8 |
| Jan 22-28 | 7 | $5,156,318 | -9.5% | 655 | +7 | $7,872 | $27,409,385 | 7 |
| Jan 15-21 | 10 | $5,695,807 | -1.2% | 648 | +16 | $8,789 | $22,253,067 | 6 |
| Jan 8-14 | 7 | $5,763,444 | +26.6% | 632 | +333 | $9,119 | $16,557,260 | 5 |
| Jan 1-7 | 10 | $4,554,247 | -13.4% | 299 | +4 | $15,231 | $10,793,816 | 4 |
| Dec 25-31 | 12 | $5,259,721 | - | 295 | +276 | $17,829 | $6,239,569 | 3 |
