A Bug's Life

A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.

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Title Summary

Grosses

Domestic (44.8%)
$162,798,565

International (55.2%)
$200,460,294

Worldwide
$363,258,859

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Summary Details

DistributorWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
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Opening$291,121
1 theaters

Budget$120,000,000

Release Date (Wide)Nov 20, 1998 (Nov 25, 1998) - May 20, 1999

Running Time1 hr 35 min

GenresAdventure Animation Comedy Family

In Release407 days/58 weeks

Widest Release2,773 theaters

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Date	DOW	Rank	Daily	%± YD	%± LW	Theaters	Avg	To Date	Day	Estimated
Nov 20	Friday	2	$93,038	-	-	1	$93,038	$93,038	1	false
Nov 21	Saturday	2	$107,727	+15.8%	-	1	$107,727	$200,765	2	false
Nov 22	Sunday	2	$90,356	-16.1%	-	1	$90,356	$291,121	3	false
Nov 23	Monday	2	$40,724	-54.9%	-	1	$40,724	$331,845	4	false
Nov 24	Tuesday	2	$40,095	-1.5%	-	1	$40,095	$371,940	5	false
Nov 25	Wednesday	1	$5,154,129	+12,754.8%	-	2,686	$1,918	$5,526,069	6	false
Nov 26 Thanksgiving	Thursday	1	$7,327,335	+42.2%	-	2,686	$2,727	$12,853,404	7	false
Nov 27	Friday	1	$13,096,936	+78.7%	+13,977%	2,686	$4,876	$25,950,340	8	false
Nov 28	Saturday	1	$12,471,098	-4.8%	+11,476.6%	2,686	$4,643	$38,421,438	9	false
Nov 29	Sunday	1	$7,690,018	-38.3%	+8,410.8%	2,686	$2,863	$46,111,456	10	false
Nov 30	Monday	1	$1,524,407	-80.2%	+3,643.3%	2,686	$567	$47,635,863	11	false
Dec 1	Tuesday	1	$1,416,383	-7.1%	+3,432.6%	2,686	$527	$49,052,246	12	false
Dec 2	Wednesday	1	$1,219,650	-13.9%	-76.3%	2,686	$454	$50,271,896	13	false
Dec 3	Thursday	1	$1,231,892	+1%	-83.2%	2,686	$458	$51,503,788	14	false
Dec 4	Friday	1	$4,006,751	+225.3%	-69.4%	2,701	$1,483	$55,510,539	15	false
Dec 5	Saturday	1	$7,928,279	+97.9%	-36.4%	2,701	$2,935	$63,438,818	16	false
Dec 6	Sunday	1	$5,239,188	-33.9%	-31.9%	2,701	$1,939	$68,678,006	17	false
Dec 7	Monday	1	$881,231	-83.2%	-42.2%	2,701	$326	$69,559,237	18	false
Dec 8	Tuesday	1	$1,024,578	+16.3%	-27.7%	2,701	$379	$70,583,815	19	false
Dec 9	Wednesday	1	$840,516	-18%	-31.1%	2,701	$311	$71,424,331	20	false
Dec 10	Thursday	1	$869,464	+3.4%	-29.4%	2,701	$321	$72,293,795	21	false
Dec 11	Friday	1	$2,538,090	+191.9%	-36.7%	2,748	$923	$74,831,885	22	false
Dec 12	Saturday	1	$5,151,662	+103%	-35%	2,748	$1,874	$79,983,547	23	false
Dec 13	Sunday	1	$3,503,923	-32%	-33.1%	2,748	$1,275	$83,487,470	24	false
Dec 14	Monday	1	$626,991	-82.1%	-28.9%	2,748	$228	$84,114,461	25	false
Dec 15	Tuesday	1	$747,259	+19.2%	-27.1%	2,748	$271	$84,861,720	26	false
Dec 16	Wednesday	1	$715,067	-4.3%	-14.9%	2,748	$260	$85,576,787	27	false
Dec 17	Thursday	1	$777,941	+8.8%	-10.5%	2,748	$283	$86,354,728	28	false
Dec 18	Friday	3	$2,141,288	+175.3%	-15.6%	2,773	$772	$88,496,016	29	false
Dec 19	Saturday	3	$4,386,421	+104.8%	-14.9%	2,773	$1,581	$92,882,437	30	false
Dec 20	Sunday	3	$3,460,223	-21.1%	-1.2%	2,773	$1,247	$96,342,660	31	false
Dec 21	Monday	3	$1,917,846	-44.6%	+205.9%	2,773	$691	$98,260,506	32	false
Dec 22	Tuesday	3	$2,327,080	+21.3%	+211.4%	2,773	$839	$100,587,586	33	false
Dec 23	Wednesday	3	$2,282,393	-1.9%	+219.2%	2,773	$823	$102,869,979	34	false
Dec 24	Thursday	3	$1,495,720	-34.5%	+92.3%	2,773	$539	$104,365,699	35	false
Dec 25 Christmas Day	Friday	7	$2,053,715	+37.3%	-4.1%	2,456	$836	$106,419,414	36	false
Dec 26	Saturday	5	$4,338,976	+111.3%	-1.1%	2,456	$1,766	$110,758,390	37	false
Dec 27	Sunday	5	$3,733,764	-13.9%	+7.9%	2,456	$1,520	$114,492,154	38	false
Dec 28	Monday	5	$3,319,339	-11.1%	+73.1%	2,456	$1,351	$117,811,493	39	false
Dec 29	Tuesday	5	$3,565,152	+7.4%	+53.2%	2,456	$1,451	$121,376,645	40	false
Dec 30	Wednesday	5	$3,304,679	-7.3%	+44.8%	2,456	$1,345	$124,681,324	41	false
Dec 31 New Year's Eve	Thursday	5	$2,908,240	-12%	+94.4%	2,456	$1,184	$127,589,564	42	false
Jan 1 New Year's Day	Friday	5	$3,647,410	+25.4%	+77.6%	2,551	$1,429	$131,236,974	43	false
Jan 2	Saturday	5	$3,144,959	-13.8%	-27.5%	2,551	$1,232	$134,381,933	44	false
Jan 3	Sunday	5	$2,038,513	-35.2%	-45.4%	2,551	$799	$136,420,446	45	false
Jan 4	Monday	5	$566,942	-72.2%	-82.9%	2,551	$222	$136,987,388	46	false
Jan 5	Tuesday	5	$501,404	-11.6%	-85.9%	2,551	$196	$137,488,792	47	false
Jan 6	Wednesday	5	$363,047	-27.6%	-89%	2,551	$142	$137,851,839	48	false
Jan 7	Thursday	5	$379,419	+4.5%	-87%	2,551	$148	$138,231,258	49	false
Jan 8	Friday	4	$852,583	+124.7%	-76.6%	2,500	$341	$139,083,841	50	false
Jan 9	Saturday	4	$2,253,721	+164.3%	-28.3%	2,500	$901	$141,337,562	51	false
Jan 10	Sunday	4	$1,617,647	-28.2%	-20.6%	2,500	$647	$142,955,209	52	false
Jan 11	Monday	4	$244,962	-84.9%	-56.8%	2,500	$97	$143,200,171	53	false
Jan 12	Tuesday	4	$270,589	+10.5%	-46%	2,500	$108	$143,470,760	54	false
Jan 13	Wednesday	4	$232,268	-14.2%	-36%	2,500	$92	$143,703,028	55	false
Jan 14	Thursday	4	$251,640	+8.3%	-33.7%	2,500	$100	$143,954,668	56	false
Jan 15	Friday	5	$662,207	+163.2%	-22.3%	1,815	$364	$144,616,875	57	false
Jan 16	Saturday	4	$1,605,085	+142.4%	-28.8%	1,815	$884	$146,221,960	58	false
Jan 17	Sunday	5	$1,175,914	-26.7%	-27.3%	1,815	$647	$147,397,874	59	false
Jan 18 MLK Day	Monday	5	$1,108,933	-5.7%	+352.7%	1,815	$610	$148,506,807	60	false
Jan 19	Tuesday	5	$196,614	-82.3%	-27.3%	1,815	$108	$148,703,421	61	false
Jan 20	Wednesday	5	$153,141	-22.1%	-34.1%	1,815	$84	$148,856,562	62	false
Jan 21	Thursday	5	$157,650	+2.9%	-37.4%	1,815	$86	$149,034,212	63	false
Jan 22	Friday	5	$456,665	+189.7%	-31%	1,521	$300	$149,490,877	64	false
Jan 23	Saturday	4	$1,293,785	+183.3%	-19.4%	1,521	$850	$150,784,662	65	false
Jan 24	Sunday	4	$970,166	-25%	-17.5%	1,521	$637	$151,734,828	66	false
Jan 25	Monday	5	$131,831	-86.4%	-88.1%	1,521	$86	$151,866,659	67	false
Jan 26	Tuesday	5	$123,644	-6.2%	-37.1%	1,521	$81	$151,990,303	68	false
Jan 27	Wednesday	5	$115,635	-6.5%	-24.5%	1,521	$76	$152,105,938	69	false
Jan 28	Thursday	5	$123,995	+7.2%	-21.3%	1,521	$81	$152,229,933	70	false
Jan 29	Friday	5	$388,505	+213.3%	-14.9%	1,510	$257	$152,618,438	71	false
Jan 30	Saturday	4	$994,993	+156.1%	-23.1%	1,510	$658	$153,613,431	72	false
Jan 31	Sunday	4	$538,572	-45.9%	-44.5%	1,510	$356	$154,152,003	73	false
Feb 1	Monday	5	$105,287	-80.5%	-20.1%	1,510	$69	$154,257,290	74	false
Feb 2	Tuesday	5	$98,851	-6.1%	-20.1%	1,510	$65	$154,356,141	75	false
Feb 3	Wednesday	5	$90,590	-8.4%	-21.7%	1,510	$59	$154,446,731	76	false
Feb 4	Thursday	5	$95,983	+6%	-22.6%	1,510	$63	$154,542,714	77	false
Feb 5	Friday	5	$217,159	+126.2%	-44.1%	1,286	$168	$154,759,873	78	false
Feb 6	Saturday	5	$690,846	+218.1%	-30.6%	1,286	$537	$155,450,719	79	false
Feb 7	Sunday	5	$509,166	-26.3%	-5.5%	1,286	$395	$155,959,885	80	false
Feb 8	Monday	5	$70,293	-86.2%	-33.2%	1,286	$54	$156,030,178	81	false
Feb 9	Tuesday	5	$54,998	-21.8%	-44.4%	1,286	$42	$156,085,176	82	false
Feb 10	Wednesday	5	$56,019	+1.9%	-38.2%	1,286	$43	$156,141,195	83	false
Feb 11	Thursday	5	$57,590	+2.8%	-40%	1,286	$44	$156,198,785	84	false
Feb 12	Friday	5	$119,922	+108.2%	-44.8%	979	$122	$156,318,707	85	false
Feb 13	Saturday	5	$340,108	+183.6%	-50.8%	979	$347	$156,658,815	86	false
Feb 14	Sunday	5	$343,074	+0.9%	-32.6%	979	$350	$157,001,889	87	false
Feb 15 Presidents' Day	Monday	4	$265,908	-22.5%	+278.3%	979	$271	$157,267,797	88	false
Feb 16	Tuesday	5	$75,946	-71.4%	+38.1%	979	$77	$157,343,743	89	false
Feb 17	Wednesday	5	$76,766	+1.1%	+37%	979	$78	$157,420,509	90	false
Feb 18	Thursday	5	$85,409	+11.3%	+48.3%	979	$87	$157,505,918	91	false