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Antz (1998)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $90,757,863Details
International Box Office $61,700,000Details
Worldwide Box Office $152,457,863
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  1. Summary
  2. News
  3. Box Office
  4. International
  5. Video Sales
  6. Cast & Crew
  7. Trailer

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$17,195,160 (18.9% of total gross)
Legs:5.28 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:59.5% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$60,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.5 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,449 opening theaters/2,929 max. theaters, 9.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $176,077,278

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 801-900) 839 $90,757,863
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,489 $61,700,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,127 $152,457,863
All Time Domestic Box Office for Digital Animation Movies 96 $90,757,863
All Time International Box Office for Digital Animation Movies (Rank 101-200) 149 $61,700,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Digital Animation Movies (Rank 101-200) 117 $152,457,863

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 2nd, 1998 (Wide) by Dreamworks SKG
MPAA Rating: PG for mild language and menacing action
Running Time: 83 minutes
Comparisons: vs. A Bug's Life
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Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Digital Animation
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production Companies: DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks Animation
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Veterans Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 170 $7,733,725 Nov 13, 1998 45
Biggest 6th Wednesday 48 $1,181,977 Nov 11, 1998 41
Halloween (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 54 $8,687,023 Oct 30, 1998 31
Columbus Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 68 $11,215,721 Oct 16, 1998 17
Columbus Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 43 $21,594,450 Oct 16, 1998 17
Leggiest Opening Weekend 61 4.09 Oct 2, 1998 3

Supporting Cast

Woody Allen    Z-4195
Dan Aykroyd    Chip
Anne Bancroft    Queen
Jane Curtin    Muffy
Danny Glover    Barbatus
Gene Hackman    General Mandible
Jennifer Lopez    Azteca
John Mahoney    Drunk Scout
Paul Mazursky    Psychologist
Grant Shaud    Foreman
Sylvester Stallone    Weaver
Sharon Stone    Bala
Christopher Walken    Colonel Cutter

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Eric Darnell    Director
Tim Johnson    Director
Lawrence Guterman    Additional Sequences
Todd Alcott    Screenwriter
Chris Weitz    Screenwriter
Paul Weitz    Screenwriter
Brad Lewis    Producer
Aron Warner    Producer
Patty Wooton    Producer
Penney Finkelman Cox    Executive Producer
Sandra Rabins    Executive Producer
Carl Rosendahl    Executive Producer
John Bell    Production Designer
Harry Gregson-Williams    Composer
John Powell    Composer
Patty Bonfilio    Production Manager
Jane Hartwell    Production Manager
Denise Minter    Production Manager
Kendal Cronkhite*    Art Director
Curtis Freilich    Additional Editor
Steve Maslow    Re-recording Mixer
Gregg Landaker    Re-recording Mixer
Richard L. Anderson    Supervising Sound Editor
Elliott L. Koretz    Supervising Sound Editor
Julia Evershade    Sound Editor
Eric Lindemann    Sound Editor
Marvin Walowitz    Sound Editor
Brian Richards    Music Editor
Leslee Feldman    Casting Director

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Animated Box Office (Rank 101-200) 115 $90,757,863
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 801-900) 839 $90,757,863
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 601-700) 605 $176,077,278
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 601-700) 606 $90,757,863
Top 1998 Movies at the Domestic Box Office 21 $90,757,863
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 301-400) 361 $90,757,863
All Time Domestic Box Office for Digital Animation Movies 96 $90,757,863
All Time Domestic Box Office for Kids Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200) 127 $90,757,863
All Time Domestic Box Office for Adventure Movies (Rank 201-300) 256 $90,757,863
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 201-300) 225 $90,757,863
All Time Domestic Box Office for Dreamworks SKG Movies 16 $90,757,863

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 2, 1998 1 $17,195,160   2,449 $7,021   $17,195,160 1
Oct 9, 1998 1 $14,713,918 -14% 2,813 $5,231   $35,621,609 2
Oct 16, 1998 3 $11,215,721 -24% 2,903 $3,863   $51,448,556 3
Oct 23, 1998 3 $8,114,334 -28% 2,929 $2,770   $61,732,909 4
Oct 30, 1998 4 $4,511,865 -44% 2,929 $1,540   $67,794,867 5
Nov 6, 1998 4 $5,564,148 +23% 2,604 $2,137   $75,000,988 6
Nov 13, 1998 5 $4,016,741 -28% 2,351 $1,709   $81,102,917 7
Nov 20, 1998 8 $2,326,903 -42% 2,002 $1,162   $84,175,780 8
Nov 27, 1998 17 $952,899 -59% 1,280 $744   $85,695,084 9
Dec 4, 1998 22 $300,555 -68% 920 $327   $86,162,869 10
Dec 11, 1998 28 $180,804 -40% 575 $314   $86,449,718 11
Dec 18, 1998 16 $487,292 +170% 902 $540   $87,016,039 12
Dec 25, 1998 19 $552,428 +13% 853 $648   $87,988,302 13
Jan 1, 1999 19 $546,012 -1% 775 $705   $89,214,361 14
Jan 8, 1999 21 $332,023 -39% 565 $588   $89,684,944 15
Jan 15, 1999 29 $315,900 -5% 424 $745   $90,089,521 16
Jan 22, 1999 33 $174,713 -45% 382 $457   $90,304,070 17
Jan 29, 1999 36 $144,529 -17% 345 $419   $90,484,950 18
Feb 5, 1999 37 $126,943 -12% 282 $450   $90,646,554 19

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Oct 2, 1998 2 $4,205,000     2,449 $1,717   $4,205,000 1
Oct 3, 1998 1 $7,540,000 +79%   2,449 $3,079   $11,745,000 2
Oct 4, 1998 1 $5,452,000 -28%   2,449 $2,226   $17,195,000 3
Oct 5, 1998 2 $958,076 -82%   2,449 $391   $18,153,236 4
Oct 6, 1998 2 $954,682 n/c   2,449 $390   $19,107,918 5
Oct 7, 1998 2 $854,275 -11%   2,449 $349   $19,962,193 6
Oct 8, 1998 2 $945,498 +11%   2,449 $386   $20,907,691 7
Oct 9, 1998 1 $3,405,000 +260% -19% 2,813 $1,210   $24,313,000 8
Oct 10, 1998 1 $6,375,000 +87% -15% 2,813 $2,266   $30,688,000 9
Oct 11, 1998 1 $4,933,609 -23% -10% 2,813 $1,754   $35,621,609 10
Oct 12, 1998 1 $2,402,168 -51% +151% 2,813 $854   $38,023,777 11
Oct 13, 1998 2 $770,326 -68% -19% 2,813 $274   $38,794,103 12
Oct 14, 1998 2 $681,403 -12% -20% 2,813 $242   $39,475,506 13
Oct 15, 1998 1 $757,329 +11% -20% 2,813 $269   $40,232,835 14
Oct 16, 1998 3 $2,710,000 +258% -20% 2,903 $934   $42,943,000 15
Oct 17, 1998 2 $5,085,000 +88% -20% 2,903 $1,752   $48,028,000 16
Oct 18, 1998 1 $3,418,000 -33% -31% 2,411 $1,418   $51,449,000 17
Oct 19, 1998 4 $555,601 -84% -77% 2,903 $191   $52,004,157 18
Oct 20, 1998 4 $566,802 +2% -26% 2,903 $195   $52,570,959 19
Oct 21, 1998 4 $486,194 -14% -29% 2,903 $167   $53,057,153 20
Oct 22, 1998 2 $561,422 +15% -26% 2,903 $193   $53,618,575 21
Oct 23, 1998 5 $1,950,000 +247% -28% 2,929 $666   $55,569,000 22
Oct 24, 1998 3 $3,740,000 +92% -26% 2,929 $1,277   $59,309,000 23
Oct 25, 1998 1 $2,349,000 -37% -31% 2,929 $802   $61,732,909 24
Oct 26, 1998 4 $405,691 -83% -27% 2,929 $139   $62,135,600 25
Oct 27, 1998 4 $410,208 +1% -28% 2,929 $140   $62,548,808 26
Oct 28, 1998 4 $353,918 -14% -27% 2,929 $121   $62,902,726 27
Nov 1, 1998 3 $1,929,000   -18% 2,929 $659   $67,795,000 31
Nov 2, 1998 4 $362,117 -81% -11% 2,929 $124   $68,156,984 32
Nov 3, 1998 3 $579,864 +60% +41% 2,929 $198   $68,736,848 33
Nov 4, 1998 5 $327,411 -44% -7% 2,929 $112   $69,064,259 34
Nov 5, 1998 5 $372,581 +14%   2,929 $127   $69,436,850 35
Nov 6, 1998 8 $1,200,000 +222%   2,604 $461   $70,637,000 36
Nov 7, 1998 4 $2,440,000 +103%   2,604 $937   $73,077,000 37
Nov 8, 1998 3 $1,737,000 -29% -10% 2,604 $667   $75,000,988 38
Nov 9, 1998 6 $253,079 -85% -30% 2,604 $97   $75,254,037 39
Nov 10, 1998 8 $346,600 +37% -40% 2,604 $133   $75,600,637 40
Nov 11, 1998 3 $1,181,977 +241% +261% 2,604 $454   $76,782,614 41
Nov 12, 1998 5 $303,562 -74% -19% 2,604 $117   $77,086,176 42
Nov 13, 1998 7 $915,000 +201% -24% 2,351 $389   $78,001,000 43
Nov 14, 1998 5 $1,855,000 +103% -24% 2,351 $789   $79,856,000 44
Nov 15, 1998 5 $1,211,000 -35% -30% 2,351 $515   $81,103,000 45
Nov 16, 1998 6 $170,613 -86% -33% 2,351 $73   $81,273,539 46
Nov 17, 1998 7 $189,265 +11% -45% 2,351 $81   $81,462,795 47
Nov 18, 1998 6 $192,314 +2% -84% 2,351 $82   $81,655,109 48
Nov 19, 1998 6 $193,768 +1% -36% 2,351 $82   $81,848,877 49
Nov 20, 1998 10 $470,000 +143% -49% 2,002 $235   $82,319,000 50
Nov 21, 1998 9 $1,050,000 +123% -43% 2,002 $524   $83,369,000 51
Nov 22, 1998 7 $721,000 -31% -40% 2,002 $360   $84,176,000 52
Nov 23, 1998 8 $138,746 -81% -19% 2,002 $69   $84,314,526 53
Nov 24, 1998 8 $185,000 +33% -2% 2,002 $92   $84,500,000 54

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 2, 1998 1 $20,907,691   2,449 $8,537   $20,907,691 1
Oct 9, 1998 1 $19,325,144 -8% 2,813 $6,870   $40,232,835 2
Oct 16, 1998 3 $13,385,740 -31% 2,903 $4,611   $53,618,575 3
Oct 23, 1998 3 $9,664,427 -28% 2,929 $3,300   $63,283,002 4
Oct 30, 1998 4 $6,153,838 -36% 2,929 $2,101   $69,436,840 5
Nov 6, 1998 3 $7,649,336 +24% 2,604 $2,938   $77,086,176 6
Nov 13, 1998 5 $4,762,701 -38% 2,351 $2,026   $81,848,877 7
Nov 20, 1998 10 $2,893,308 -39% 2,002 $1,445   $84,742,185 8
Nov 27, 1998 17 $1,120,129 -61% 1,280 $875   $85,862,314 9
Dec 4, 1998 22 $406,600 -64% 920 $442   $86,268,914 10
Dec 11, 1998 28 $259,833 -36% 575 $452   $86,528,747 11
Dec 18, 1998 14 $907,127 +249% 902 $1,006   $87,435,874 12
Dec 25, 1998 19 $1,232,475 +36% 853 $1,445   $88,668,349 13
Jan 1, 1999 21 $684,572 -44% 775 $883   $89,352,921 14
Jan 8, 1999 23 $420,700 -39% 565 $745   $89,773,621 15
Jan 15, 1999 30 $355,736 -15% 424 $839   $90,129,357 16
Jan 22, 1999 33 $211,064 -41% 382 $553   $90,340,421 17
Jan 29, 1999 37 $179,190 -15% 345 $519   $90,519,611 18

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Animated Box Office (Rank 101-200) 180 $61,700,000
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,489 $61,700,000
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,104 $61,700,000
Top 1998 Movies at the International Box Office 26 $61,700,000
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 601-700) 677 $61,700,000
All Time International Box Office for Digital Animation Movies (Rank 101-200) 149 $61,700,000
All Time International Box Office for Kids Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200) 182 $61,700,000
All Time International Box Office for Adventure Movies (Rank 301-400) 393 $61,700,000
All Time International Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 201-300) 294 $61,700,000
All Time International Box Office for Dreamworks SKG Movies 22 $61,700,000

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Animated Box Office (Rank 101-200) 142 $152,457,863
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,127 $152,457,863
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 801-900) 805 $152,457,863
Top 1998 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 25 $152,457,863
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 401-500) 497 $152,457,863
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Digital Animation Movies (Rank 101-200) 117 $152,457,863
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Kids Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200) 157 $152,457,863
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Adventure Movies (Rank 301-400) 334 $152,457,863
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 201-300) 266 $152,457,863
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Dreamworks SKG Movies 20 $152,457,863