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A Civil ActionFollow

1998 • PG-13 • 1h 55m • Drama • Touchstone Pictures

Justice has its price.

🍅 65% 55%

68

3.23

6.6

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$70.1K

Limited · 2 theaters

Domestic total

$56.70M

Final

Domestic legs3.7x from $15.2M first wide weekend

Budget$60M

1998 rank#38

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Cast & crew

John Travolta

John Travolta Starring

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall Starring

James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini Starring

Dan Hedaya

Dan Hedaya Starring

John Lithgow

John Lithgow Starring

William H. Macy

William H. Macy Starring

ScreenplaySteven Zaillian Produced byScott Rudin, Robert Redford, Rachel Pfeffer CinematographyConrad L. Hall Music byDanny Elfman StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 25-27 41 $70.1K — 2 $35,040 $70.1K

2 Jan 1-3 42 $70.9K +1.1% 2 $35,435 $226.5K

3 Jan 8-10 1 $15.2M +21296.5% 1,802 $8,415 $15.5M

4 Jan 15-18 3 $11.8M −22.4% 2,001 $5,878 $31.3M

5 Jan 22-24 3 $7.6M −35.0% 2,026 $3,775 $40.8M

6 Jan 29-31 4 $4.8M −37.3% 2,069 $2,319 $47.3M

7 Feb 5-7 7 $3.1M −35.9% 2,031 $1,514 $51.6M

8 Feb 12-15 13 $1.8M −42.6% 1,403 $1,258 $54.1M

9 Feb 19-21 20 $770.8K −56.3% 890 $866 $55.2M

10 Feb 26-28 35 $261.1K −66.1% 426 $613 $55.6M

11 Mar 5-7 40 $131.5K −49.6% 262 $502 $55.8M

12 Mar 12-14 47 $73.8K −43.9% 126 $586 $55.9M

13 Mar 19-21 54 $37.8K −48.8% 76 $497 $56.0M

14 Mar 26-28 62 $19.6K −48.0% 48 $409 $56.0M

15 Apr 2-4 34 $198.1K +908.9% 348 $569 $56.2M

16 Apr 9-11 38 $154.0K −22.3% 280 $550 $56.5M

17 Apr 16-18 44 $86.2K −44.0% 152 $567 $56.6M

18 Apr 23-25 68 $31.3K −63.7% 58 $539 $56.7M

19 Apr 30-May 2 77 $18.5K −40.8% 43 $431 $56.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 8 #1 $4.3M — $4.6M 1,802 $2,381 15

Sat Jan 9 #1 $7.0M +62.9% $11.6M 1,802 $3,879 16

Sun Jan 10 #1 $3.9M −44.4% $15.5M 1,802 $2,155 17

Mon Jan 11 #1 $1.0M −73.1% $16.5M 1,802 $581 18

Tue Jan 12 #1 $1.2M +13.0% $17.7M 1,802 $656 19

Wed Jan 13 #1 $961.1K −18.7% $18.6M 1,802 $533 20

Thu Jan 14 #1 $898.0K −6.6% $19.5M 1,802 $498 21

Fri Jan 15 #2 $2.8M +213.4% −34.4% $22.4M 2,001 $1,407 22

Sat Jan 16 #2 $4.8M +69.5% −31.8% $27.1M 2,001 $2,384 23

Sun Jan 17 #4 $2.6M −45.8% −33.4% $29.7M 2,001 $1,292 24

Mon Jan 18 #5 $1.5M −43.1% +40.5% $31.3M 2,001 $735 25

Tue Jan 19 #3 $665.5K −54.7% −43.7% $32.0M 2,001 $333 26

Wed Jan 20 #3 $593.0K −10.9% −38.3% $32.6M 2,001 $296 27

Thu Jan 21 #3 $577.9K −2.5% −35.6% $33.1M 2,001 $289 28

Fri Jan 22 #3 $2.0M +246.1% −28.9% $35.1M 2,026 $987 29

Sat Jan 23 #3 $4.0M +100.0% −16.1% $39.1M 2,026 $1,974 30

Sun Jan 24 #3 $1.8M −54.2% −29.1% $40.8M 2,026 $904 31

Mon Jan 25 #4 $383.7K −79.1% −73.9% $41.2M 2,026 $189 32

Tue Jan 26 #3 $476.0K +24.0% −28.5% $41.6M 2,026 $235 33

Wed Jan 27 #3 $402.4K −15.5% −32.1% $42.1M 2,026 $199 34

Thu Jan 28 #3 $404.0K +0.4% −30.1% $42.5M 2,026 $199 35

Fri Jan 29 #4 $1.4M +254.0% −28.5% $43.9M 2,069 $691 36

Sat Jan 30 #4 $2.7M +86.4% −33.4% $46.5M 2,069 $1,288 37

Sun Jan 31 #7 $707.0K −73.5% −61.4% $47.3M 2,069 $342 38

Mon Feb 1 #5 $300.5K −57.5% −21.7% $47.6M 2,069 $145 39

Tue Feb 2 #4 $371.9K +23.7% −21.9% $47.9M 2,069 $180 40

Wed Feb 3 #3 $318.0K −14.5% −21.0% $48.2M 2,069 $154 41

Thu Feb 4 #4 $313.3K −1.5% −22.4% $48.6M 2,069 $151 42

Fri Feb 5 #7 $800.0K +155.3% −44.1% $49.4M 2,069 $387 43

Sat Feb 6 #7 $1.6M +98.1% −40.5% $50.9M 2,031 $780 44

Sun Feb 7 #7 $680.0K −57.1% −3.8% $51.6M 2,031 $335 45

Mon Feb 8 #7 $157.0K −76.9% −47.8% $51.8M 2,031 $77 46

Tue Feb 9 #8 $194.9K +24.2% −47.6% $52.0M 2,031 $96 47

Wed Feb 10 #8 $169.1K −13.3% −46.8% $52.2M 2,031 $83 48

Thu Feb 11 #9 $171.1K +1.2% −45.4% $52.3M 2,031 $84 49

Fri Feb 12 #12 $310.0K +81.1% −61.3% $52.6M 1,403 $221 50

Sat Feb 13 #12 $630.0K +103.2% −60.3% $53.3M 1,403 $449 51

Sun Feb 14 #12 $495.0K −21.4% −27.2% $53.8M 1,403 $353 52

Mon Feb 15 #15 $194.0K −60.8% +23.6% $54.1M 1,403 $138 53

Tue Feb 16 #15 $103.2K −46.8% −47.1% $54.2M 1,403 $74 54

Wed Feb 17 #14 $92.7K −10.1% −45.2% $54.3M 1,403 $66 55

Thu Feb 18 #14 $93.5K +0.8% −45.4% $54.4M 1,403 $67 56

Thu Feb 25 #20 $47.9K — −48.8% $55.3M 890 $54 63

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$55.3M

Jan 8Jan 19Jan 29Feb 9Feb 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $261.1K

$70.1K

$70.9K

$15.2M

$11.8M

$7.6M

$4.8M

$3.1M

$1.8M

$770.8K

$261.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,069 → 890 −57.0%

1,802 open890 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −66.1%

+1.1%

W1→2

+21296.5%

W2→3

−22.4%

W3→4

−35.0%

W4→5

−37.3%

W5→6

−35.9%

W6→7

−42.6%

W7→8

−56.3%

W8→9

−66.1%

W9→10

Steepest −66.1%Biggest gain +21296.5%

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