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Conspiracy TheoryFollow

1997 • R • 2h 15m • Action, Mystery, Thriller • Warner Bros.

What if your most paranoid nightmares had just come true?

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50

3.18

6.7

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$76.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$142.80M

$66.70M international

Domestic legs3.9x

Budget$80M

1997 rank#18

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Cast & crew

Full Donner filmography

Richard Donner

Richard Donner Director

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson Starring

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts Starring

Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart Starring

ScreenplayBrian Helgeland Produced byJoel Silver, Richard Donner CinematographyJohn Schwartzman Music byCarter Burwell StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 8-10 1 $19.3M — 2,806 $6,883 $19.3M

2 Aug 15-17 3 $12.3M −36.3% 2,806 $4,387 $40.7M

3 Aug 22-24 5 $7.4M −40.2% 2,707 $2,717 $53.5M

4 Aug 29-Sep 1 5 $6.9M −6.8% 2,460 $2,786 $63.0M

5 Sep 5-7 6 $3.3M −51.4% 2,204 $1,513 $67.4M

6 Sep 12-14 8 $2.3M −30.9% 1,972 $1,169 $70.7M

7 Sep 19-21 12 $1.2M −47.1% 1,512 $806 $72.6M

8 Sep 26-28 16 $631.3K −48.2% 1,212 $521 $73.6M

9 Oct 3-5 22 $293.7K −53.5% 675 $435 $74.2M

10 Oct 10-12 28 $181.1K −38.4% 312 $580 $74.4M

11 Oct 17-19 42 $67.4K −62.8% 75 $899 $74.5M

12 Oct 24-26 19 $504.1K +647.5% 888 $568 $75.1M

13 Oct 31-Nov 2 23 $307.0K −39.1% 504 $609 $75.6M

14 Nov 7-9 28 $213.2K −30.6% 350 $609 $75.9M

16 Nov 21-23 52 $37.8K — 64 $591 $76.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 8 #1 $5.9M — $5.9M 2,806 $2,114 1

Sat Aug 9 #2 $7.6M +27.7% $13.5M 2,806 $2,700 2

Sun Aug 10 #1 $5.8M −23.4% $19.3M 2,806 $2,069 3

Mon Aug 11 #1 $2.4M −58.2% $21.7M 2,806 $865 4

Tue Aug 12 #1 $2.6M +5.5% $24.3M 2,806 $912 5

Wed Aug 13 #1 $2.2M −13.9% $26.5M 2,806 $785 6

Thu Aug 14 #1 $1.9M −15.7% $28.4M 2,806 $662 7

Fri Aug 15 #2 $3.6M +95.0% −38.9% $32.0M 2,806 $1,291 8

Sat Aug 16 #2 $5.1M +39.4% −33.3% $37.0M 2,806 $1,800 9

Sun Aug 17 #2 $3.6M −28.0% −37.4% $40.7M 2,806 $1,296 10

Mon Aug 18 #2 $1.3M −64.0% −46.1% $42.0M 2,806 $466 11

Tue Aug 19 #2 $1.5M +14.8% −41.3% $43.5M 2,806 $535 12

Wed Aug 20 #2 $1.4M −9.7% −38.4% $44.8M 2,806 $484 13

Thu Aug 21 #2 $1.3M −6.4% −31.7% $46.1M 2,806 $452 14

Fri Aug 22 #5 $2.2M +72.2% −39.7% $48.3M 2,707 $808 15

Sat Aug 23 #4 $3.2M +45.9% −36.8% $51.5M 2,707 $1,179 16

Sun Aug 24 #6 $2.0M −38.0% −45.6% $53.5M 2,707 $731 17

Mon Aug 25 #6 $634.5K −67.9% −51.5% $54.1M 2,707 $234 18

Tue Aug 26 #5 $778.6K +22.7% −48.2% $54.9M 2,707 $288 19

Wed Aug 27 #6 $615.3K −21.0% −54.7% $55.5M 2,707 $227 20

Thu Aug 28 #7 $627.2K +1.9% −50.6% $56.1M 2,707 $232 21

Fri Aug 29 #6 $1.4M +125.0% −35.4% $57.5M 2,460 $574 22

Sat Aug 30 #5 $2.2M +53.0% −32.3% $59.7M 2,460 $878 23

Sun Aug 31 #5 $1.9M −10.5% −2.4% $61.6M 2,460 $785 24

Mon Sep 1 #5 $1.4M −30.1% +112.9% $63.0M 2,460 $549 25

Tue Sep 2 #8 $388.0K −71.3% −50.2% $63.4M 2,460 $158 26

Wed Sep 3 #7 $334.7K −13.7% −45.6% $63.7M 2,460 $136 27

Thu Sep 4 #5 $328.2K −1.9% −47.7% $64.0M 2,460 $133 28

Fri Sep 5 #6 $978.4K +198.1% −30.7% $65.0M 2,204 $444 29

Sat Sep 6 #6 $1.6M +61.8% −26.7% $66.6M 2,204 $718 30

Sun Sep 7 #7 $772.1K −51.2% −60.0% $67.4M 2,204 $350 31

Mon Sep 8 #7 $212.2K −72.5% −84.3% $67.6M 2,204 $96 32

Tue Sep 9 #7 $305.8K +44.1% −21.2% $67.9M 2,204 $139 33

Wed Sep 10 #5 $264.6K −13.5% −21.0% $68.1M 2,204 $120 34

Thu Sep 11 #5 $271.2K +2.5% −17.4% $68.4M 2,204 $123 35

Fri Sep 12 #8 $669.2K +146.7% −31.6% $69.1M 1,972 $339 36

Sat Sep 13 #7 $1.1M +71.0% −27.8% $70.2M 1,972 $580 37

Sun Sep 14 #9 $491.3K −57.1% −36.4% $70.7M 1,972 $249 38

Mon Sep 15 #8 $141.7K −71.2% −33.2% $70.9M 1,972 $72 39

Tue Sep 16 #8 $210.7K +48.7% −31.1% $71.1M 1,972 $107 40

Wed Sep 17 #8 $171.6K −18.6% −35.2% $71.2M 1,972 $87 41

Thu Sep 18 #8 $168.9K −1.6% −37.7% $71.4M 1,972 $86 42

Fri Sep 19 — $356.6K +111.1% −46.7% $71.8M 1,512 $236 43

Sat Sep 20 — $586.6K +64.5% −48.7% $72.3M 1,512 $388 44

Sun Sep 21 — $275.1K −53.1% −44.0% $72.6M 1,512 $182 45

Mon Sep 22 — $79.8K −71.0% −43.7% $72.7M 1,512 $53 46

Tue Sep 23 — $113.8K +42.6% −46.0% $72.8M 1,512 $75 47

Wed Sep 24 — $91.3K −19.8% −46.8% $72.9M 1,512 $60 48

Thu Sep 25 — $91.6K +0.4% −45.7% $73.0M 1,512 $61 49

Fri Sep 26 — $178.2K +94.4% −50.0% $73.2M 1,212 $147 50

Sat Sep 27 — $312.5K +75.4% −46.7% $73.5M 1,212 $258 51

Sun Sep 28 — $140.6K −55.0% −48.9% $73.6M 1,212 $116 52

Mon Sep 29 — $44.9K −68.1% −43.8% $73.7M 1,212 $37 53

Tue Sep 30 — $57.6K +28.4% −49.4% $73.7M 1,212 $48 54

Wed Oct 1 — $48.1K −16.5% −47.3% $73.8M 1,212 $40 55

Thu Oct 2 — $49.5K +3.0% −46.0% $73.8M 1,212 $41 56

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

Cumulative total$73.8M

Aug 8Aug 22Sep 5Sep 18Oct 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $181.1K

$19.3M

$12.3M

$7.4M

$6.9M

$3.3M

$2.3M

$1.2M

$631.3K

$293.7K

$181.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,806 → 1,212 −56.8%

2,806 open1,212 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −38.4%

−36.3%

W1→2

−40.2%

W2→3

−6.8%

W3→4

−51.4%

W4→5

−30.9%

W5→6

−47.1%

W6→7

−48.2%

W7→8

−53.5%

W8→9

−38.4%

W9→10

Steepest −53.5%Best hold −6.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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