A Bug's Life (1998) - Box Office Mojo

A Bug's Life

Domestic Total Gross: $162,798,565
Distributor: Buena Vista	Release Date: November 20, 1998
Genre: Animation	Runtime: 1 hrs. 36 min.
MPAA Rating: G	Production Budget: $120 million

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

The Players

Director:	John Lasseter
Writers:	John Lasseter (story) Andrew Stanton
Actors:	Kevin Spacey* (Voice) Hayden Panettiere* (Voice) Denis Leary* (Voice) Bonnie Hunt* (Voice)
Producer:	Darla K. Anderson
Composer:	Randy Newman
* Denotes minor role

1998 Academy Awards®

Nominated for One Oscar.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Animation	39
Animation - Computer	34

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Brand: Pixar	13
Showdown: Pixar Vs. Pixar (Holiday Edition)	5

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	211
All Time Worldwide	202
Yearly 1998	4
Yearly G Rated 1998	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1998	153
Worldwide Yearly 1998	5
Opening Weeks	400
Thanksgiving 3-day Openings	5
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends	15
Thanksgiving 5-day Openings	6
Thanksgiving 5-day Weekends	18
Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Best Holds	122
Longest Time To #1	58
Theater Averages - All Time Adjusted	7
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends	5
Opening Weekends	296
Opening Weekends - November	39
Opening Weekends - Holiday	58
Eleventh Weekends	127
Ninth Weekends	113
Tenth Weekends	130
Twelfth Weekends	178
Twelfth Weekends	178
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	188
Consecutive Weekends At #1	181
Fourth Weekends	186
Fifth Weekends	62
Sixth Weekends	40
Seventh Weekends	124
Eighth Weekends	129
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	726
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	1,080
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	2,502
Rated G	17
Rated G and PG	77
Rated G, Opening Weekends	16
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends	80
Widest G Rated Openings	49
Widest G Rated Releases	47
Slowest to $100 million	169
BOM Users' Grades	181
BOM Users' Grades (1998 Releases)	6
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on April 8, 1999)	50
Yearly (Wide) 1998	4
Yearly Opening Weekends (Limited) 1998	25
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1998	6
Opening Weeks Adjusted	267
Thanksgiving 3-day Openings Adjusted	3
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends Adjusted	6
Thanksgiving 5-day Openings Adjusted	4
Thanksgiving 5-day Weekends Adjusted	7
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	39
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	52
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	76
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	140
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	215
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	63
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	123
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	180
Theater Averages - All Time Adjusted	4
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends Adjusted	3
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	148
Opening Weekends Adjusted - November	28
Opening Weekends Adjusted	182
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	39
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	145
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	135
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	148
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	175
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	114
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	48
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	44
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	126
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	139
Rated G Adjusted	33
Rated G and PG Adjusted	94
Rated G, Opening Weekends Adjusted	10
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	49