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.

Grosses

Domestic (34.7%)
$100,317,794
Summary Details
Opening$224,012
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
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Dec 25-3112$5,259,721-295+276$17,829$6,239,5693
Jan 1-710$4,554,247-13.4%299+4$15,231$10,793,8164
Jan 8-147$5,763,444+26.6%632+333$9,119$16,557,2605
Jan 15-2110$5,695,807-1.2%648+16$8,789$22,253,0676
Jan 22-287$5,156,318-9.5%655+7$7,872$27,409,3857
Jan 29-Feb 45$5,285,303+2.5%759+104$6,963$32,694,6888
Feb 5-115$4,918,405-6.9%833+74$5,904$37,613,0939
Feb 12-185$10,687,051+117.3%1,956+1,123$5,463$48,300,14410
Feb 19-254$7,470,837-30.1%2,030+74$3,680$55,770,98111
Feb 26-Mar 46$5,748,644-23.1%1,920-110$2,994$61,519,62512
Mar 5-118$4,518,457-21.4%1,721-199$2,625$66,038,08213
Mar 12-1810$4,179,165-7.5%1,405-316$2,974$70,217,24714
Mar 19-257$4,784,859+14.5%1,266-139$3,779$75,002,10615
Mar 26-Apr 17$5,988,581+25.2%1,931+665$3,101$80,990,68716
Apr 2-88$4,337,932-27.6%1,735-196$2,500$85,328,61917
Apr 9-159$2,777,149-36%1,614-121$1,720$88,105,76818
Apr 16-2210$2,298,982-17.2%1,443-171$1,593$90,404,75019
Apr 23-2912$1,657,070-27.9%1,181-262$1,403$92,061,82020
Apr 30-May 615$1,118,313-32.5%1,017-164$1,099$93,180,13321
May 7-1311$1,066,359-4.6%903-114$1,180$94,246,49222
May 14-2014$948,481-11.1%903-$1,050$95,194,97323
May 21-2713$1,033,661+9%1,223+320$845$96,228,63424
May 28-Jun 316$675,834-34.6%795-428$850$96,904,46825
Jun 4-1022$395,866-41.4%586-209$675$97,300,33426
Jun 11-1728$298,783-24.5%413-173$723$97,599,11727
Jun 18-2440$160,845-46.2%246-167$653$97,759,96228
Jun 25-Jul 130$323,084+100.9%176-70$1,835$98,083,04629
Jul 2-815$824,130+155.1%618+442$1,333$98,907,17630
Jul 9-1515$808,915-1.8%572-46$1,414$99,716,09131
Jul 16-2225$442,127-45.3%439-133$1,007$100,158,21832
Jul 23-2946$132,791-70%212-227$626$100,291,00933