Get ShortyFollow

Name: Get Shorty
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1995
Cast: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina

1995 • R • 1h 45m • Comedy, Crime, Thriller • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Attitude plays a part.

🍅 89% 70%

3.47

6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$72.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$115.00M

$43.00M international

Domestic legs5.7x

Budget$30.3M

1995 rank#19

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Cast & crew

Full Sonnenfeld filmography

Barry Sonnenfeld Director

John Travolta Starring

Gene Hackman Starring

Rene Russo Starring

Danny DeVito Starring

Dennis Farina Starring

ScreenplayScott Frank Produced byDanny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher CinematographyDonald Peterman Music byJohn Lurie StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 20-22 1 $12.7M — 1,612 $7,878 $12.7M

2 Oct 27-29 1 $10.2M −19.7% 2,007 $5,083 $27.0M

3 Nov 3-5 1 $9.7M −4.9% 2,103 $4,612 $40.1M

4 Nov 10-12 2 $7.6M −21.6% 2,103 $3,614 $50.6M

5 Nov 17-19 5 $4.3M −43.0% 2,103 $2,061 $56.9M

6 Nov 24-26 8 $3.4M −21.8% 1,522 $2,226 $62.0M

7 Dec 1-3 9 $1.7M −49.0% 1,366 $1,265 $64.4M

8 Dec 8-10 8 $1.1M −38.8% 1,147 $922 $66.0M

9 Dec 15-17 12 $481.5K −54.5% 751 $641 $66.9M

Weekend grossWk 9 · $481.5K

$12.7M

$10.2M

$9.7M

$7.6M

$4.3M

$3.4M

$1.7M

$1.1M

$481.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −54.5%

−19.7%

W1→2

−4.9%

W2→3

−21.6%

W3→4

−43.0%

W4→5

−21.8%

W5→6

−49.0%

W6→7

−38.8%

W7→8

−54.5%

W8→9

Steepest −54.5%Best hold −4.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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