Romeo + Juliet
Box office
### Box office

The film [premiered](/wiki/Film_premiere "Film premiere") on November 1, 1996, in the United States and Canada, in 1,276 theaters, and grossed $11\.1 million its opening weekend, ranking [number one at the US box office](/wiki/List_of_1996_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States "List of 1996 box office number-one films in the United States"). It went on to gross $46\.3 million in the United States and Canada.

In Australia, the film opened on [Boxing Day](/wiki/Boxing_Day "Boxing Day") and was [number one at the Australian box office](/wiki/List_of_1997_box_office_number-one_films_in_Australia "List of 1997 box office number-one films in Australia") with a gross of A$3\.3 million (US$2\.6 million) for the week. It remained number one for a second week and returned to the top in its fourth week. It was the ninth highest\-grossing film in Australia for 1997 with a calendar year gross of A$12\.9 million. Overall, it has grossed US$12\.6 million in Australia and US$147,554,998 worldwide.


What was the worldwide opening weekend gross of the film?