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1998 • R • 2h 1m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

Sometimes good people do evil things.

🍅 91% 81%

81

3.89

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$391K

Limited · 31 theaters

Domestic total

$16.30M

Final

Domestic legs4.8x from $3.4M first wide weekend

Budget$17M

1998 rank#98

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Cast & crew

Full Raimi filmography

Sam Raimi

Sam Raimi Director

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton Starring

Bill Paxton

Bill Paxton Starring

Bridget Fonda

Bridget Fonda Starring

Gary Cole

Gary Cole Starring

ScreenplayScott B. Smith Produced byJames Jacks, Adam Schroeder CinematographyAlar Kivilo MusicDanny Elfman StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 11-13 20 $390.6K — 31 $12,599 $390.6K

2 Dec 18-20 18 $406.0K +4.0% 72 $5,639 $960.1K

3 Dec 25-27 22 $444.0K +9.4% 80 $5,550 $1.6M

4 Jan 1-3 20 $512.1K +15.3% 80 $6,401 $2.5M

5 Jan 8-10 23 $308.9K −39.7% 80 $3,861 $3.0M

6 Jan 15-18 24 $401.5K +30.0% 80 $5,019 $3.5M

7 Jan 22-24 10 $3.4M +752.3% 660 $5,185 $7.1M

8 Jan 29-31 11 $2.1M −38.4% 673 $3,131 $10.1M

9 Feb 5-7 16 $1.4M −35.1% 673 $2,031 $12.1M

10 Feb 12-15 18 $1.2M −10.6% 675 $1,810 $13.7M

11 Feb 19-21 21 $703.8K −42.4% 625 $1,126 $14.7M

12 Feb 26-28 28 $379.2K −46.1% 514 $738 $15.2M

13 Mar 5-7 34 $207.1K −45.4% 325 $637 $15.6M

14 Mar 12-14 43 $113.3K −45.3% 220 $515 $15.7M

15 Mar 19-21 49 $59.4K −47.6% 117 $508 $15.8M

16 Mar 26-28 56 $37.6K −36.7% 75 $501 $15.9M

17 Apr 2-4 64 $27.8K −26.0% 57 $488 $16.0M

18 Apr 9-11 65 $20.7K −25.4% 33 $629 $16.0M

19 Apr 16-18 76 $14.0K −32.4% 25 $561 $16.0M

20 Apr 23-25 44 $113.3K +708.2% 322 $352 $16.1M

21 Apr 30-May 2 56 $59.4K −47.6% 226 $263 $16.2M

22 May 7-9 74 $21.9K −63.2% 110 $199 $16.3M

23 May 14-16 80 $13.6K −37.9% 36 $377 $16.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 22 #9 $935.0K — $4.6M 660 $1,417 1

Sat Jan 23 #10 $1.6M +72.2% $6.2M 660 $2,439 2

Sun Jan 24 #11 $885.0K −45.0% $7.1M 660 $1,341 3

Mon Jan 25 #10 $225.6K −74.5% $7.3M 660 $342 4

Tue Jan 26 #9 $244.6K +8.4% $7.5M 660 $371 5

Wed Jan 27 #10 $204.6K −16.3% $7.7M 660 $310 6

Thu Jan 28 #9 $217.4K +6.3% $8.0M 660 $329 7

Fri Jan 29 #10 $660.0K +203.5% −29.4% $8.6M 673 $981 8

Sun Jan 31 #11 — — −100.0% $10.1M — — 10

Mon Feb 1 #10 $168.2K — −25.5% $10.2M 673 $250 11

Tue Feb 2 #10 $194.0K +15.4% −20.7% $10.4M 673 $288 12

Wed Feb 3 #10 $162.1K −16.5% −20.8% $10.6M 673 $241 13

Sun Feb 7 #16 — — $12.1M — — 17

Mon Feb 8 #16 $81.2K — −51.7% $12.2M 673 $121 18

Tue Feb 9 #15 $106.1K +30.6% −45.3% $12.3M 673 $158 19

Wed Feb 10 #17 $91.2K −14.1% −43.8% $12.4M 673 $135 20

Thu Feb 11 #17 $95.7K +5.0% $12.5M 673 $142 21

Mon Feb 15 #20 $163.3K — +101.0% $13.7M 675 $242 25

Tue Feb 16 #18 $83.0K −49.2% −21.8% $13.8M 675 $123 26

Wed Feb 17 #19 $72.8K −12.3% −20.2% $13.9M 675 $108 27

Thu Feb 18 #19 $77.9K +7.0% −18.7% $14.0M 675 $115 28

Sun Feb 21 #20 $190.0K — $14.7M 625 $304 31

Mon Feb 22 #19 $48.7K −74.4% −70.2% $14.7M 625 $78 32

Thu Feb 25 #19 $52.7K — −32.3% $14.9M 625 $84 35

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

Cumulative total$14.9M

Jan 22Jan 28Feb 7Feb 15Feb 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.2M

$390.6K

$406.0K

$444.0K

$512.1K

$308.9K

$401.5K

$3.4M

$2.1M

$1.4M

$1.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 675 → 625 −7.4%

660 open625 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −10.6%

+4.0%

W1→2

+9.4%

W2→3

+15.3%

W3→4

−39.7%

W4→5

+30.0%

W5→6

+752.3%

W6→7

−38.4%

W7→8

−35.1%

W8→9

−10.6%

W9→10

Steepest −39.7%Biggest gain +752.3%

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