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Waking Ned Devine (1998) - Financial Information

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office	$24,793,251	Details
International Box Office	$30,400,000	Details
Worldwide Box Office	$55,193,251
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:	$148,971 (0.6% of total gross)
Legs:	11.20 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:	44.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:	$3,000,000 (worldwide box office is 18.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:	9 opening theaters/540 max. theaters, 12.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO	$53,840,430

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

Record	Rank	Amount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,401-3,500)	3,422	$24,793,251
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,801-2,900)	2,855	$30,400,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000)	2,945	$55,193,251
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies	90	$24,793,251
All Time Domestic Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 601-700)	691	$24,793,251
All Time International Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 301-400)	380	$30,400,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 401-500)	491	$55,193,251

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:	November 20th, 1998 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release:	June 1st, 1999 by Searchlight Pictures
MPAA Rating:	PG for nudity, language and thematic elements
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Keywords:	Farcical / Slapstick Comedy, Rags to Riches, Romance, Relationships Gone Wrong, Love Triangle, Lottery, Life in a Small Town
Source:	Original Screenplay
Genre:	Comedy
Production Method:	Live Action
Creative Type:	Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies:	Fox Searchlight Pictures, Tomboy Films, The Gruber Brothers, Mainstream S.A., Bonaparte Films, Canal Plus, Isle of Man Film Comission, Overseas Film Group
Production Countries:	France, United Kingdom
Languages:	English, Gaelic, Latin

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

Record	Rank	Amount	Chart Date	Days In Release
Biggest 31st Weekend Limited Release	82	$5,889	Jun 18, 1999	213
Biggest 30th Weekend Limited Release	84	$7,516	Jun 11, 1999	206
Biggest 29th Weekend Limited Release	59	$19,029	Jun 4, 1999	199
Biggest 28th Weekend Limited Release	50	$32,353	May 28, 1999	192
Biggest 27th Weekend Limited Release	42	$47,268	May 21, 1999	185
Biggest 26th Weekend Limited Release	35	$62,171	May 14, 1999	178
Biggest 25th Weekend Limited Release	38	$78,285	May 7, 1999	171
Biggest 24th Weekend Limited Release	46	$72,106	Apr 30, 1999	164
Biggest 23rd Weekend Limited Release	40	$130,044	Apr 23, 1999	157
Biggest 22nd Weekend Limited Release	46	$137,066	Apr 16, 1999	150
Biggest 21st Weekend Limited Release	71	$95,233	Apr 9, 1999	143
Biggest 20th Weekend Limited Release	85	$97,049	Apr 2, 1999	136
Biggest 19th Weekend Limited Release	73	$149,632	Mar 26, 1999	129
Biggest 18th Weekend Limited Release	78	$178,633	Mar 19, 1999	122
Biggest 17th Weekend Limited Release	69	$252,730	Mar 12, 1999	115
Biggest 16th Weekend Limited Release	59	$366,081	Mar 5, 1999	108
Biggest 15th Weekend Limited Release	56	$572,729	Feb 26, 1999	101
Biggest 14th Weekend Limited Release	51	$787,254	Feb 19, 1999	94
Biggest 13th Weekend Limited Release	37	$1,278,004	Feb 12, 1999	87
Biggest 12th Weekend Limited Release	33	$1,340,020	Feb 5, 1999	80
Biggest 11th Weekend Limited Release	39	$1,508,487	Jan 29, 1999	73
Biggest 10th Weekend Limited Release	30	$1,862,298	Jan 22, 1999	66
Biggest 9th Weekend Limited Release	28	$2,214,290	Jan 15, 1999	59
Biggest 8th Weekend Limited Release	46	$1,953,320	Jan 8, 1999	52
Biggest 7th Weekend Limited Release	71	$1,619,160	Jan 1, 1999	45
Top 1998 Theater Average	35	$21,974	Nov 27, 1998	10
Never Wide Domestic	19	$24,793,251	Nov 20, 1998	0

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,401-3,500)	3,422	$24,793,251
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100)	3,026	$53,840,430
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 2,801-2,900)	2,806	$24,793,251
Top 1998 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	75	$24,793,251
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies	90	$24,793,251
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies	70	$53,840,430
Top 1998 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office	3	$24,793,251
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700)	1,689	$24,793,251
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,901-3,000)	2,980	$24,793,251
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800)	1,784	$24,793,251
All Time Domestic Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 601-700)	691	$24,793,251
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 701-800)	769	$24,793,251
All Time Domestic Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 301-400)	353	$24,793,251

Weekend Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Nov 20, 1998	33	$148,971		9	$16,552	$148,971	1
Nov 27, 1998	29	$197,767	+33%	9	$21,974	$442,150	2
Dec 4, 1998	27	$150,975	-24%	9	$16,775	$653,793	3
Dec 11, 1998	17	$554,922	+268%	49	$11,325	$1,267,520	4
Dec 18, 1998	17	$432,364	-22%	53	$8,158	$1,900,573	5
Dec 25, 1998	14	$1,664,179	+285%	259	$6,425	$3,875,646	6
Jan 1, 1999	14	$1,619,160	-3%	269	$6,019	$6,954,620	7
Jan 8, 1999	12	$1,953,320	+21%	502	$3,891	$9,440,874	8
Jan 15, 1999	15	$2,214,290	+13%	504	$4,393	$12,358,017	9
Jan 22, 1999	16	$1,862,298	-16%	506	$3,680	$14,675,667	10
Jan 29, 1999	14	$1,508,487	-19%	526	$2,868	$16,735,964	11
Feb 5, 1999	17	$1,340,020	-11%	540	$2,482	$18,590,457	12
Feb 12, 1999	15	$1,278,004	-5%	482	$2,651	$20,257,348	13
Feb 19, 1999	19	$787,254	-38%	429	$1,835	$21,319,104	14
Feb 26, 1999	21	$572,729	-27%	358	$1,600	$22,140,899	15
Mar 5, 1999	26	$366,081	-36%	306	$1,196	$22,692,162	16
Mar 12, 1999	32	$252,730	-31%	226	$1,118	$23,099,378	17
Mar 19, 1999	36	$178,633	-29%	186	$960	$23,391,197	18
Mar 26, 1999	39	$149,632	-16%	118	$1,268	$23,622,762	19
Apr 2, 1999	45	$97,049	-35%	97	$1,001	$23,767,364	20
Apr 9, 1999	46	$95,233	-2%	112	$850	$23,904,993	21
Apr 16, 1999	36	$137,066	+44%	170	$806	$24,074,909	22
Apr 23, 1999	34	$130,044	-5%	143	$909	$24,265,889	23
Apr 30, 1999	50	$72,106	-45%	129	$559	$24,394,059	24
May 7, 1999	41	$78,285	+9%	124	$631	$24,505,152	25
May 14, 1999	49	$62,171	-21%	114	$545	$24,600,529	26
May 21, 1999	51	$47,268	-24%	94	$503	$24,678,267	27
May 28, 1999	63	$32,353	-32%	59	$548	$24,737,610	28
Jun 4, 1999	68	$19,029	-41%	53	$359	$24,761,101	29
Jun 11, 1999	77	$7,516	-61%	21	$358	$24,778,954	30
Jun 18, 1999	76	$5,889	-22%	18	$327	$24,788,807	31

Daily Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Feb 7, 1999	17	$0			0		$18,590,457	80
Feb 8, 1999	15	$87,159			540	$161	$18,677,616	81
Feb 9, 1999	16	$104,938	+20%		540	$194	$18,782,554	82
Feb 10, 1999	15	$98,493	-6%		540	$182	$18,881,047	83
Feb 11, 1999	16	$98,297	n/c		540	$182	$18,979,344	84
Feb 15, 1999	16	$183,824		+111%	482	$381	$20,257,348	88
Feb 16, 1999	16	$97,759	-47%	-7%	482	$203	$20,355,107	89
Feb 17, 1999	17	$84,868	-13%	-14%	482	$176	$20,439,975	90
Feb 18, 1999	16	$91,875	+8%	-7%	482	$191	$20,531,850	91
Feb 21, 1999	19	$202,000			429	$471	$21,319,104	94
Feb 22, 1999	18	$59,646	-70%	-68%	429	$139	$21,378,760	95
Feb 25, 1999	18	$62,726		-32%	429	$146	$21,568,170	98
Mar 2, 1999	19	$49,811			358	$139	$22,232,173	103
Mar 3, 1999	17	$45,208	-9%		358	$126	$22,277,381	104
Mar 4, 1999	19	$48,700	+8%	-22%	358	$136	$22,326,081	105
Mar 7, 1999	20	$98,000			306	$320	$22,692,162	108
Mar 8, 1999	18	$35,306	-64%		306	$115	$22,727,468	109
Mar 9, 1999	18	$39,712	+12%	-20%	306	$130	$22,767,180	110
Mar 10, 1999	18	$39,145	-1%	-13%	306	$128	$22,806,625	111
Mar 11, 1999	19	$40,323	+3%	-17%	306	$132	$22,846,648	112

Weekly Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Nov 20, 1998	31	$244,383		9	$27,154	$244,383	1
Nov 27, 1998	29	$258,435	+6%	9	$28,715	$502,818	2
Dec 4, 1998	27	$209,780	-19%	9	$23,309	$712,598	3
Dec 11, 1998	17	$755,611	+260%	49	$15,421	$1,468,209	4
Dec 18, 1998	17	$743,258	-2%	53	$14,024	$2,211,467	5
Dec 25, 1998	14	$3,123,993	+320%	259	$12,062	$5,335,460	6
Jan 1, 1999	14	$2,152,094	-31%	269	$8,000	$7,487,554	7
Jan 8, 1999	12	$2,656,173	+23%	502	$5,291	$10,143,727	8
Jan 15, 1999	15	$2,669,642	+1%	504	$5,297	$12,813,369	9
Jan 22, 1999	16	$2,414,108	-10%	506	$4,771	$15,227,477	10
Jan 29, 1999	13	$2,022,960	-16%	526	$3,846	$17,250,437	11
Feb 5, 1999	16	$1,728,907	-15%	540	$3,202	$18,979,344	12
Feb 12, 1999	17	$1,552,506	-10%	482	$3,221	$20,531,850	13
Feb 19, 1999	18	$1,036,320	-33%	429	$2,416	$21,568,170	14
Feb 26, 1999	22	$757,911	-27%	358	$2,117	$22,326,081	15
Mar 5, 1999	25	$520,567	-31%	306	$1,701	$22,846,648	16
Mar 12, 1999	32	$365,916	-30%	226	$1,619	$23,212,564	17
Mar 19, 1999	36	$260,566	-29%	186	$1,401	$23,473,130	18
Mar 26, 1999	40	$197,185	-24%	118	$1,671	$23,670,315	19
Apr 2, 1999	46	$139,445	-29%	97	$1,438	$23,809,760	20
Apr 9, 1999	44	$128,083	-8%	112	$1,144	$23,937,843	21
Apr 16, 1999	39	$198,002	+55%	170	$1,165	$24,135,845	22
Apr 23, 1999	35	$186,108	-6%	143	$1,301	$24,321,953	23
Apr 30, 1999	48	$104,914	-44%	129	$813	$24,426,867	24
May 7, 1999	44	$111,491	+6%	124	$899	$24,538,358	25
May 14, 1999	48	$92,641	-17%	114	$813	$24,630,999	26
May 21, 1999	52	$74,258	-20%	94	$790	$24,705,257	27
May 28, 1999	63	$36,815	-50%	59	$624	$24,742,072	28
Jun 4, 1999	67	$29,366	-20%	53	$554	$24,771,438	29
Jun 11, 1999	76	$11,480	-61%	21	$547	$24,782,918	30

International Cumulative Box Office Records

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,801-2,900)	2,855	$30,400,000
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300)	2,228	$30,400,000
Top 1998 Movies at the International Box Office	42	$30,400,000
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500)	1,402	$30,400,000
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,301-2,400)	2,323	$30,400,000
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400)	1,354	$30,400,000
All Time International Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 301-400)	380	$30,400,000
All Time International Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 401-500)	467	$30,400,000
All Time International Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 201-300)	238	$30,400,000

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000)	2,945	$55,193,251
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 2,301-2,400)	2,325	$55,193,251
Top 1998 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	56	$55,193,251
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500)	1,434	$55,193,251
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,401-2,500)	2,464	$55,193,251
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500)	1,435	$55,193,251
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 401-500)	491	$55,193,251
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 501-600)	571	$55,193,251
All Time Worldwide Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 201-300)	278	$55,193,251

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