Lake Placid (1999)

Lake Placid
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $31,770,413Details
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $950,320 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $950,320
OpusData ID: 17880100
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Synopsis

When a mysterious creature violently kills a man in a Maine lake, Jack Wells, the local game warden, looks into the bizarre case, along with Sheriff Hank Keough and visiting paleontologist Kelly Scott. Looking for clues in a tooth that the beast left behind, Kelly and the others eventually locate the monster, a massive and vicious reptile eager to devour anything in its path. Can the crocodile-like creature be stopped?

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$10,974,145 (34.5% of total gross)
Legs:2.90 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$27,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.2 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,095 opening theaters/2,102 max. theaters, 4.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $70,732,944

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000) 2,934 $31,770,413
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,301-4,400) 4,382 $31,770,413
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 969 $31,770,413
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,363 $31,770,413

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 16th, 1999 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: July 8th, 2014 by Shout Factory
MPAA Rating: R for violent creature attacks and related gore, and for language
Running Time: 82 minutes
Franchise: Lake Placid
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Keywords: Animals Gone Bad, Nature Horror, Death of a Spouse or Fiancée / Fiancé, Epilogue
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Fox 2000 Pictures, Rocking Chair Productions, Phoenix Pictures
Production Countries: Canada
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000) 2,934 $31,770,413
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 2,501-2,600) 2,528 $70,732,944
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 2,301-2,400) 2,350 $31,770,413
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 1999 65 $31,770,413
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,491 $31,770,413
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,501-2,600) 2,520 $31,770,413
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,489 $31,770,413
All Time Domestic Box Office for Horror Movies (Rank 201-300) 217 $31,770,413
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 969 $31,770,413
All Time Domestic Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 301-400) 307 $31,770,413

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 16, 1999 3 $10,974,145   2,095 $5,238   $10,974,145 1
Jul 23, 1999 6 $5,592,716 -49% 2,102 $2,661   $21,370,207 2
Jul 30, 1999 11 $2,679,079 -52% 1,798 $1,490   $26,606,388 3
Aug 6, 1999 18 $866,541 -68% 815 $1,063   $28,749,158 4
Aug 13, 1999 25 $405,420 -53% 434 $934   $29,560,304 5
Aug 20, 1999 21 $415,384 +2% 465 $893   $30,133,865 6
Aug 27, 1999 27 $303,875 -27% 389 $781   $30,617,693 7
Sep 3, 1999 31 $360,251 +19% 308 $1,170   $31,091,658 8
Sep 10, 1999 35 $186,441 -48% 271 $688   $31,330,504 9
Sep 17, 1999 45 $110,855 -41% 189 $587   $31,497,268 10
Sep 24, 1999 62 $47,366 -57% 128 $370   $31,580,852 11
Oct 1, 1999 55 $47,640 +1% 98 $486   $31,652,145 12
Oct 8, 1999 61 $39,266 -18% 47 $835   $31,708,369 13
Oct 15, 1999 63 $22,170 -44% 31 $715   $31,741,852 14
Oct 22, 1999 81 $11,072 -50% 19 $583   $31,758,907 15
Oct 29, 1999 87 $6,236 -44% 15 $416   $31,768,374 16

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jul 16, 1999 3 $3,505,000     2,095 $1,673   $3,505,000 1
Jul 17, 1999 5 $4,105,000 +17%   2,095 $1,959   $7,610,000 2
Jul 18, 1999 3 $3,247,000 -21%   2,095 $1,550   $10,974,000 3
Jul 19, 1999 4 $1,332,067 -59%   2,096 $636   $12,306,212 4
Jul 20, 1999 4 $1,301,544 -2%   2,096 $621   $13,607,756 5
Jul 21, 1999 6 $1,097,824 -16%   2,096 $524   $14,705,580 6
Jul 22, 1999 6 $1,071,911 -2%   2,096 $511   $15,777,491 7
Jul 23, 1999 6 $1,635,000 +53% -53% 2,102 $778   $17,412,000 8
Jul 24, 1999 7 $2,235,000 +37% -46% 2,102 $1,063   $19,647,000 9
Jul 25, 1999 6 $1,641,000 -27% -49% 2,101 $781   $21,370,207 10
Jul 26, 1999 6 $718,006 -56% -46% 2,101 $342   $22,088,213 11
Jul 27, 1999 6 $768,558 +7% -41% 2,101 $366   $22,856,771 12
Jul 28, 1999 9 $541,054 -30% -51% 2,101 $258   $23,397,825 13
Jul 29, 1999 10 $529,484 -2% -51% 2,101 $252   $23,927,309 14
Jul 30, 1999 12 $710,000 +34% -57% 1,796 $395   $24,637,000 15
Jul 31, 1999 13 $1,020,000 +44% -54% 1,796 $568   $25,657,000 16
Aug 2, 1999 11 $338,909   -53% 1,798 $188   $26,945,297 18
Aug 3, 1999 11 $349,644 +3% -55% 1,798 $194   $27,294,941 19
Aug 4, 1999 12 $300,047 -14% -45% 1,798 $167   $27,594,988 20
Aug 5, 1999 12 $287,629 -4% -46% 1,798 $160   $27,882,617 21
Aug 8, 1999 18 $267,000     815 $328   $28,749,158 24
Aug 9, 1999 18 $107,220 -60% -68% 815 $132   $28,856,378 25
Aug 10, 1999 19 $106,815 n/c -69% 815 $131   $28,963,193 26
Aug 11, 1999 19 $93,340 -13% -69% 815 $115   $29,056,533 27
Aug 12, 1999 19 $98,351 +5% -66% 815 $121   $29,154,884 28

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 16, 1999 4 $15,777,491   2,095 $7,531   $15,777,491 1
Jul 23, 1999 6 $8,149,818 -48% 2,102 $3,877   $23,927,309 2
Jul 30, 1999 11 $3,955,308 -51% 1,798 $2,200   $27,882,617 3
Aug 6, 1999 18 $1,272,267 -68% 815 $1,561   $29,154,884 4
Aug 13, 1999 27 $563,597 -56% 434 $1,299   $29,718,481 5
Aug 20, 1999 22 $595,337 +6% 465 $1,280   $30,313,818 6
Aug 27, 1999 28 $417,589 -30% 389 $1,073   $30,731,407 7
Sep 3, 1999 32 $412,656 -1% 308 $1,340   $31,144,063 8
Sep 10, 1999 39 $242,350 -41% 271 $894   $31,386,413 9
Sep 17, 1999 44 $147,073 -39% 189 $778   $31,533,486 10
Sep 24, 1999 57 $71,019 -52% 128 $555   $31,604,505 11
Oct 1, 1999 51 $64,598 -9% 98 $659   $31,669,103 12
Oct 8, 1999 60 $50,579 -22% 47 $1,076   $31,719,682 13
Oct 15, 1999 65 $28,153 -44% 31 $908   $31,747,835 14
Oct 22, 1999 77 $14,303 -49% 19 $753   $31,762,138 15
Oct 29, 1999 83 $8,275 -42% 15 $552   $31,770,413 16

Leading Cast

Bill Pullman    Jack Wells
Bridget Fonda    Kelly Scott
Oliver Platt    Hector Cyr

Supporting Cast

Brendan Gleeson    Sheriff Hank Keough
Betty White    Mrs. Dolores Bickerman
David Lewis    Walt Lawson
Tim Dixon    Stephen Daniels
Mariska Hargitay    Myra Okubo
Meredith Salenger    Deputy Sharon Gare
Ty Olsson    State Trooper
Natassia Malthe    Janine

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

Production and Technical Credits

Steve Miner    Director
John Ottman    Composer
Paul Barry    Second Assistant Director

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


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Synopsis

When a mysterious creature violently kills a man in a Maine lake, Jack Wells, the local game warden, looks into the bizarre case, along with Sheriff Hank Keough and visiting paleontologist Kelly Scott. Looking for clues in a tooth that the beast left behind, Kelly and the others eventually locate the monster, a massive and vicious reptile eager to devour anything in its path. Can the crocodile-like creature be stopped?

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$10,974,145 (34.5% of total gross)
Legs:2.90 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$27,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.2 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,095 opening theaters/2,102 max. theaters, 4.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $70,732,944

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000) 2,934 $31,770,413
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,301-4,400) 4,382 $31,770,413
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 969 $31,770,413
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,363 $31,770,413

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 16th, 1999 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: July 8th, 2014 by Shout Factory
MPAA Rating: R for violent creature attacks and related gore, and for language
Running Time: 82 minutes
Franchise: Lake Placid
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Animals Gone Bad, Nature Horror, Death of a Spouse or Fiancée / Fiancé, Epilogue
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Fox 2000 Pictures, Rocking Chair Productions, Phoenix Pictures
Production Countries: Canada
Languages: English

Leading Cast

Bill Pullman    Jack Wells
Bridget Fonda    Kelly Scott
Oliver Platt    Hector Cyr

Supporting Cast

Brendan Gleeson    Sheriff Hank Keough
Betty White    Mrs. Dolores Bickerman
David Lewis    Walt Lawson
Tim Dixon    Stephen Daniels
Mariska Hargitay    Myra Okubo
Meredith Salenger    Deputy Sharon Gare
Ty Olsson    State Trooper
Natassia Malthe    Janine

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

Production and Technical Credits

Steve Miner    Director
John Ottman    Composer
Paul Barry    Second Assistant 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 Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000) 2,934 $31,770,413
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 2,501-2,600) 2,528 $70,732,944
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 2,301-2,400) 2,350 $31,770,413
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 1999 65 $31,770,413
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,491 $31,770,413
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,501-2,600) 2,520 $31,770,413
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,489 $31,770,413
All Time Domestic Box Office for Horror Movies (Rank 201-300) 217 $31,770,413
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 969 $31,770,413
All Time Domestic Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 301-400) 307 $31,770,413

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 16, 1999 3 $10,974,145   2,095 $5,238   $10,974,145 1
Jul 23, 1999 6 $5,592,716 -49% 2,102 $2,661   $21,370,207 2
Jul 30, 1999 11 $2,679,079 -52% 1,798 $1,490   $26,606,388 3
Aug 6, 1999 18 $866,541 -68% 815 $1,063   $28,749,158 4
Aug 13, 1999 25 $405,420 -53% 434 $934   $29,560,304 5
Aug 20, 1999 21 $415,384 +2% 465 $893   $30,133,865 6
Aug 27, 1999 27 $303,875 -27% 389 $781   $30,617,693 7
Sep 3, 1999 31 $360,251 +19% 308 $1,170   $31,091,658 8
Sep 10, 1999 35 $186,441 -48% 271 $688   $31,330,504 9
Sep 17, 1999 45 $110,855 -41% 189 $587   $31,497,268 10
Sep 24, 1999 62 $47,366 -57% 128 $370   $31,580,852 11
Oct 1, 1999 55 $47,640 +1% 98 $486   $31,652,145 12
Oct 8, 1999 61 $39,266 -18% 47 $835   $31,708,369 13
Oct 15, 1999 63 $22,170 -44% 31 $715   $31,741,852 14
Oct 22, 1999 81 $11,072 -50% 19 $583   $31,758,907 15
Oct 29, 1999 87 $6,236 -44% 15 $416   $31,768,374 16

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jul 16, 1999 3 $3,505,000     2,095 $1,673   $3,505,000 1
Jul 17, 1999 5 $4,105,000 +17%   2,095 $1,959   $7,610,000 2
Jul 18, 1999 3 $3,247,000 -21%   2,095 $1,550   $10,974,000 3
Jul 19, 1999 4 $1,332,067 -59%   2,096 $636   $12,306,212 4
Jul 20, 1999 4 $1,301,544 -2%   2,096 $621   $13,607,756 5
Jul 21, 1999 6 $1,097,824 -16%   2,096 $524   $14,705,580 6
Jul 22, 1999 6 $1,071,911 -2%   2,096 $511   $15,777,491 7
Jul 23, 1999 6 $1,635,000 +53% -53% 2,102 $778   $17,412,000 8
Jul 24, 1999 7 $2,235,000 +37% -46% 2,102 $1,063   $19,647,000 9
Jul 25, 1999 6 $1,641,000 -27% -49% 2,101 $781   $21,370,207 10
Jul 26, 1999 6 $718,006 -56% -46% 2,101 $342   $22,088,213 11
Jul 27, 1999 6 $768,558 +7% -41% 2,101 $366   $22,856,771 12
Jul 28, 1999 9 $541,054 -30% -51% 2,101 $258   $23,397,825 13
Jul 29, 1999 10 $529,484 -2% -51% 2,101 $252   $23,927,309 14
Jul 30, 1999 12 $710,000 +34% -57% 1,796 $395   $24,637,000 15
Jul 31, 1999 13 $1,020,000 +44% -54% 1,796 $568   $25,657,000 16
Aug 2, 1999 11 $338,909   -53% 1,798 $188   $26,945,297 18
Aug 3, 1999 11 $349,644 +3% -55% 1,798 $194   $27,294,941 19
Aug 4, 1999 12 $300,047 -14% -45% 1,798 $167   $27,594,988 20
Aug 5, 1999 12 $287,629 -4% -46% 1,798 $160   $27,882,617 21
Aug 8, 1999 18 $267,000     815 $328   $28,749,158 24
Aug 9, 1999 18 $107,220 -60% -68% 815 $132   $28,856,378 25
Aug 10, 1999 19 $106,815 n/c -69% 815 $131   $28,963,193 26
Aug 11, 1999 19 $93,340 -13% -69% 815 $115   $29,056,533 27
Aug 12, 1999 19 $98,351 +5% -66% 815 $121   $29,154,884 28

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 16, 1999 4 $15,777,491   2,095 $7,531   $15,777,491 1
Jul 23, 1999 6 $8,149,818 -48% 2,102 $3,877   $23,927,309 2
Jul 30, 1999 11 $3,955,308 -51% 1,798 $2,200   $27,882,617 3
Aug 6, 1999 18 $1,272,267 -68% 815 $1,561   $29,154,884 4
Aug 13, 1999 27 $563,597 -56% 434 $1,299   $29,718,481 5
Aug 20, 1999 22 $595,337 +6% 465 $1,280   $30,313,818 6
Aug 27, 1999 28 $417,589 -30% 389 $1,073   $30,731,407 7
Sep 3, 1999 32 $412,656 -1% 308 $1,340   $31,144,063 8
Sep 10, 1999 39 $242,350 -41% 271 $894   $31,386,413 9
Sep 17, 1999 44 $147,073 -39% 189 $778   $31,533,486 10
Sep 24, 1999 57 $71,019 -52% 128 $555   $31,604,505 11
Oct 1, 1999 51 $64,598 -9% 98 $659   $31,669,103 12
Oct 8, 1999 60 $50,579 -22% 47 $1,076   $31,719,682 13
Oct 15, 1999 65 $28,153 -44% 31 $908   $31,747,835 14
Oct 22, 1999 77 $14,303 -49% 19 $753   $31,762,138 15
Oct 29, 1999 83 $8,275 -42% 15 $552   $31,770,413 16

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,301-4,400) 4,382 $31,770,413
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 3,501-3,600) 3,589 $31,770,413
Top 1999 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 77 $31,770,413
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 2,301-2,400) 2,346 $31,770,413
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 3,701-3,800) 3,800 $31,770,413
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,283 $31,770,413
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Horror Movies (Rank 301-400) 322 $31,770,413
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,363 $31,770,413
All Time Worldwide Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 301-400) 361 $31,770,413