Buena Vista Social Club

Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.

Grosses

Domestic (30.4%)
$7,002,182
Summary Details
DistributorArtisan Entertainment
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Opening$127,370
15 theaters
Release DateJun 4, 1999
Running Time1 hr 45 min
GenresDocumentary Music
In Release217 days/31 weeks
Widest Release74 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jun 4-632$127,370-15-$8,491$127,3701
Jun 11-1334$132,502+4%16+1$8,281$338,2852
Jun 18-2026$187,298+41.4%25+9$7,491$607,9893
Jun 25-2721$234,308+25.1%29+4$8,079$963,4764
Jul 2-420$284,516+21.4%50+21$5,690$1,524,4325
Jul 9-1124$254,339-10.6%51+1$4,987$1,912,8386
Jul 16-1827$235,113-7.6%55+4$4,274$2,296,1597
Jul 23-2530$213,510-9.2%50-5$4,270$2,635,4448
Jul 30-Aug 131$191,033-10.5%50-$3,820$2,938,7089
Aug 6-836$158,291-17.1%51+1$3,103$3,200,08210
Aug 13-1534$187,669+18.6%60+9$3,127$3,479,35011
Aug 20-2235$183,047-2.5%61+1$3,000$3,769,17312
Aug 27-2936$184,776+0.9%66+5$2,799$4,060,94013
Sep 3-538$224,715+21.6%69+3$3,256$4,455,15714
Sep 10-1238$170,014-24.3%69-$2,463$4,692,68915
Sep 17-1937$148,234-12.8%69-$2,148$4,927,85516
Sep 24-2632$161,883+9.2%69-$2,346$5,163,49317
Oct 1-329$151,180-6.6%74+5$2,042$5,411,99118
Oct 8-1031$149,818-0.9%74-$2,024$5,639,04319
Oct 15-1731$133,275-11%73-1$1,825$5,867,96820
Oct 22-2437$132,767-0.4%74+1$1,794$6,052,56321
Oct 29-3141$99,028-25.4%66-8$1,500$6,230,44022
Nov 5-743$90,158-9%63-3$1,431$6,367,67323
Nov 12-1448$70,088-22.3%50-13$1,401$6,496,68324
Nov 19-2156$52,961-24.4%40-10$1,324$6,580,92425
Nov 26-28
Thanksgiving 3-Day
53$59,361+12.1%47+7$1,263$6,663,43726
Dec 3-5
Post-Thanksgiving
52$52,161-12.1%40-7$1,304$6,740,75927
Dec 10-1256$37,631-27.9%30-10$1,254$6,800,29028
Dec 24-2659$18,802-18-$1,044$6,867,99730