The Waterboy (1998) - Box Office Mojo

The Waterboy

Domestic Total Gross: $161,491,646
Distributor: Buena Vista	Release Date: November 6, 1998
Genre: Sports Comedy	Runtime: 1 hrs. 30 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13	Production Budget: $23 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$161,491,646	86.8%
+ Foreign:	$24,500,000	13.2%

= Worldwide:	$185,991,646

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$39,414,071
(#1 rank, 2,664 theaters, $14,795 average)
% of Total Gross:	24.4%
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Widest Release:

2,782 theaters

The Players

Director:	Frank Coraci
Writer:	Adam Sandler
Actors:	Adam Sandler Kathy Bates Fairuza Balk Rob Schneider* (Cameo)
Producers:	Jack Giarraputo Adam Sandler (executive) Robert Simonds
* Denotes minor role

Genres

Genre	Rank
Sports - Football	2
Sports Comedy	1
Travelogue - New Orleans	2

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	213
Yearly 1998	5
Yearly Opening Weekends 1998	3
Yearly PG-13 Rated 1998	2
Worldwide Yearly 1998	22
Opening Weeks	222
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends	74
Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Biggest Drops	169
Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Best Holds	164
Single Day Gross	611
Single Day Saturday Gross	245
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	163
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	144
Opening Weekends	220
Opening Weekends - November	28
Opening Weekends - Holiday	43
Ninth Weekends	166
Tenth Weekends	160
Twelfth Weekends	174
Twelfth Weekends	181
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	187
Consecutive Weekends At #1	180
Second Weekends	170
Third Weekends	154
Fourth Weekends	75
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	354
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	548
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	1,564
Rated PG-13	116
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	135
Fastest to $100 million	219
Slowest to $100 million	290
BOM Users' Grades	553
BOM Users' Grades (1998 Releases)	76
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on February 21, 1999)	50
Yearly (Wide) 1998	5
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1998	3
Opening Weeks Adjusted	127
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends Adjusted	66
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	147
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	107
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	102
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	89
Opening Weekends Adjusted - November	20
Opening Weekends Adjusted	114
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	26
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	185
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	180
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	176
Second Weekends Adjusted	81
Third Weekends Adjusted	83
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	38
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	167
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	71
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	79