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Released
1998 · FILM

Stepmom

A terminally ill mother fights to keep her children’s world intact while clashing with their charismatic stepfather’s new partner, forcing both women into a race against time to set aside their differences before it’s too late.

“Be there for the joy. Be there for the tears. Be there for each other.”

Directed by
Chris Columbus, Kenneth G Brown
Written by
Gigi Levangie, Jessie Nelson
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
125 min
ComedyDrama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career-focused girlfriend of Jackie's ex-husband, Luke, and finds herself in the reluctant position of stepmother to his children. However, when Jackie learns that she is seriously ill, both women recognize the need to set aside their disagreements and find common ground, striving to make the most of the time they have left.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 209+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Neil TravisShot by Donald McalpineScored by John WilliamsDesigned by Stuart WurtzelSound by Tod A MaitlandCostumes by Joseph G AulisiStunts by Phil NelsonVFX by Theresa Ellis Rygiel

Box Office

1998 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.2× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$159.7M

Budget$50.0M
Worldwide gross$159.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $91.1M — 57% of worldwide · International: $68.6M (43%)

Opening weekend: $19.1M — 21% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $35.4M — 39% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,358 theaters

Also known as

  • Seite an Seitede
  • Ma meilleure ennemiefr
  • Nemiche amicheit
  • (French)Ma meilleure ennemie
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesDec 15, 1998
  • NorwayDec 24, 1998
  • CanadaDec 25, 1998
  • PhilippinesDec 25, 1998

Companies

ProductionTriStar Pictures, 1492 Pictures, Columbia Pictures
DistributionSony Pictures Releasing, Columbia TriStar Films, Prooptiki, Prooptiki Video
Special effectsRhythm & Hues Studios
Other companiesAnimal Actors, By Dawn's Early Light, Cinema Research, Dolby, EastWest Recording Studios

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