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Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle
1998

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Directed by

Starring

Eddie Murphy · Ossie Davis · Oliver Platt · Peter Boyle · Richard Schiff · Kristen Wilson

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 31st Jul '98
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: £3 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 14

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 3rd Jul '98
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: $19.7 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 9

Chart position history

UK box office

31 Jul, 1998
2
7 Aug, 1998
2
14 Aug, 1998
2
21 Aug, 1998
3
28 Aug, 1998
5
4 Sep, 1998
5
11 Sep, 1998
4
18 Sep, 1998
6
25 Sep, 1998
5
2 Oct, 1998
7
9 Oct, 1998
9
16 Oct, 1998
11
23 Oct, 1998
14
30 Oct, 1998
13

US box office

3 Jul, 1998
2
10 Jul, 1998
4
17 Jul, 1998
5
24 Jul, 1998
6
31 Jul, 1998
9
7 Aug, 1998
11
14 Aug, 1998
15

Global box office

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Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £19.9 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $144.2 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $294.5 Million

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Returning 17 years after their last teaming Will Smith and Martin Lawrence team up as Bad Boys again in Bad Boys For Life and hit the top with a far better than expected debut while Robert Downey Jr. limps into number 2 with Dolittle.

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With a change of director from Micheal Bay to Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence sequel vehicle hits the top of the US box office with ease taking a surprising $59.1 Million.

The last time we had a Bad Boys movie was 17 years ago in July 2003 when Bad Boys II made its debut at the top with $46.5 Million, so the love for this franchise has not demished at all.

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Robert Downey Jr. first movie since the mega smash hit Avengers: Endgame which went on to be the highest grossing movie of all time limps into the box offie with a debut gross of $22.5 Million.

This will be worrying for the studio and it could end up as one of the stars lowest grossing movies.

To put this into perspective the debut gross is even lower that the $29 Million debut of the 1998 Eddie Murphy Doctor Dolittle, without adjusting for inflation.

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Parasite

The much praised South Korea movie is the longest running film on the US box office this week with 15 weeks and a total gross of $27.7 Million.

The movie has got a name change from The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle to simply Dolittle and Universal have treated us to the first poster and trailer for the man who can walk with the animals as well as talk to them.

The movies stars Robert Downey Jr. as the title character but the likes of Rami Malek, Tom Holland and Micheal Sheen are lending their voices for the many animals.

The trailer shows the film is set in the past and there is plenty of CGI goodness on display as the animals get a good showing, and its clear than Downey Jr. is more Rex Harrison and less Eddie Murphy.

The movie is set for release on January 17th 2020 and you an check out the trailer below.