Mighty Joe Young

A legendary fifteen-foot tall mountain gorilla named Joe is taken to an animal sanctuary in California by zoologist Gregg O'Hara (Bill Paxton) and Jill Young (Charlize Theron), with whom he grew up. Poacher Strasser (Rade Serbedzija) returns from the past to seek vengeance on Joe.

Grosses

Domestic (100%)
$50,632,037
Summary Details
DistributorWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
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Opening$10,602,042
2,502 theaters
Budget$90,000,000
Release DateDec 25, 1998
MPAAPG
Running Time1 hr 54 min
GenresAction Adventure Family Thriller
In Release372 days/53 weeks
Widest Release2,559 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Dec 25-276$10,602,042-2,502-$4,237$10,602,0421
Jan 1-36$8,119,749-23.4%2,544+42$3,191$28,148,1052
Jan 8-106$5,041,684-37.9%2,559+15$1,970$34,833,6163
Jan 15-18
MLK wknd
12$4,565,278-2,087-$2,187$40,358,246-
Jan 22-2414$2,575,283-1,773-$1,452$43,401,3805
Jan 29-3113$1,689,748-34.4%1,621-152$1,042$45,529,2816
Feb 5-718$1,083,576-35.9%1,247-374$868$46,938,6177
Feb 12-15
Presidents' Day wknd
24$717,883-802-$895$47,841,489-
Feb 19-2125$562,241-719-$781$48,549,4249
Feb 26-2826$433,257-22.9%627-92$691$49,121,34110
Mar 5-725$366,593-15.4%563-64$651$49,620,75411
Mar 12-1426$301,860-17.7%516-47$585$50,001,19812
Mar 19-2135$217,399-28%358-158$607$50,342,33013
Mar 26-2844$93,372-57.1%225-133$414$50,500,53014
Apr 2-460$44,493-52.3%108-117$411$50,582,63415