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1997 • R • 2h 0m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Warner Bros.

Welcome to Savannah, Georgia. A city of hot nights and cold blooded murder.

🍅 50% 65%

56

3.29

6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$25.10M

Final

Domestic legs4.8x

Budget$35M

1997 rank#79

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Cast & crew

Full Eastwood filmography

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood Director

John Cusack

John Cusack Starring

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey Starring

Jude Law

Jude Law Starring

ScreenplayJohn Lee Hancock Produced byClint Eastwood, Arnold Stiefel CinematographyJack N. Green MusicLennie Niehaus Prod. DesignHenry Bumstead StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 21-23 6 $5.2M — 824 $6,352 $5.2M

2 Nov 28-30 7 $5.3M +1.8% 1,080 $4,933 $13.5M

3 Dec 5-7 6 $2.9M −44.7% 1,262 $2,335 $17.8M

4 Dec 12-14 10 $1.6M −44.1% 1,312 $1,255 $20.4M

5 Dec 19-21 12 $738.8K −55.1% 1,016 $727 $21.8M

6 Dec 26-28 19 $540.5K −26.8% 556 $972 $22.8M

7 Jan 2-4 20 $493.6K −8.7% 556 $888 $23.6M

8 Jan 9-11 30 $127.2K −74.2% 222 $573 $23.9M

9 Jan 16-19 47 $56.8K −55.3% 64 $887 $24.0M

10 Jan 23-25 56 $28.1K −50.6% 47 $597 $24.0M

11 Jan 30-Feb 1 22 $476.4K +1597.4% 668 $713 $24.5M

12 Feb 6-8 28 $253.1K −46.9% 505 $501 $24.9M

13 Feb 13-16 49 $83.3K −67.1% 119 $700 $25.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 21 #5 $1.6M — $1.6M 824 $1,893 1

Sat Nov 22 #6 $2.2M +41.3% $3.8M 824 $2,676 2

Sun Nov 23 #6 $1.4M −36.4% $5.2M 824 $1,701 3

Mon Nov 24 #5 $426.0K −69.6% $5.7M 824 $517 4

Tue Nov 25 #6 $493.9K +15.9% $6.2M 824 $599 5

Wed Nov 26 #7 $805.4K +63.1% $7.0M 1,080 $746 6

Thu Nov 27 #7 $1.3M +55.8% $8.2M 1,080 $1,162 7

Fri Nov 28 #7 $2.0M +59.8% +28.5% $10.2M 1,080 $1,856 8

Sat Nov 29 #7 $2.1M +7.2% −2.5% $12.4M 1,080 $1,991 9

Sun Nov 30 #8 $1.2M −45.4% −16.3% $13.5M 1,080 $1,086 10

Mon Dec 1 #6 $307.9K −73.7% −27.7% $13.8M 1,080 $285 11

Tue Dec 2 #6 $361.1K +17.3% −26.9% $14.2M 1,080 $334 12

Wed Dec 3 #6 $322.0K −10.8% −60.0% $14.5M 1,080 $298 13

Thu Dec 4 #6 $324.9K +0.9% −74.1% $14.9M 1,080 $301 14

Fri Dec 5 #6 $870.0K +167.8% −56.6% $15.7M 1,262 $689 15

Sat Dec 6 #6 $1.3M +53.7% −37.8% $17.1M 1,262 $1,059 16

Sun Dec 7 #7 $740.0K −44.7% −36.9% $17.8M 1,262 $586 17

Mon Dec 8 #6 $231.2K −68.8% −24.9% $18.0M 1,262 $183 18

Tue Dec 9 #5 $273.1K +18.2% −24.4% $18.3M 1,262 $216 19

Wed Dec 10 #5 $238.0K −12.9% −26.1% $18.5M 1,262 $189 20

Thu Dec 11 #6 $239.9K +0.8% −26.2% $18.8M 1,262 $190 21

Fri Dec 12 #10 $485.0K +102.2% −44.3% $19.3M 1,312 $370 22

Sat Dec 13 #10 $725.0K +49.5% −45.8% $20.0M 1,312 $553 23

Sun Dec 14 #10 $433.0K −40.3% −41.5% $20.4M 1,312 $330 24

Mon Dec 15 #10 $146.2K −66.2% −36.8% $20.6M 1,312 $111 25

Tue Dec 16 #9 $187.2K +28.1% −31.4% $20.8M 1,312 $143 26

Wed Dec 17 #10 $156.4K −16.5% −34.3% $20.9M 1,312 $119 27

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

Cumulative total$20.9M

Nov 21Nov 28Dec 4Dec 11Dec 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $28.1K

$5.2M

$5.3M

$2.9M

$1.6M

$738.8K

$540.5K

$493.6K

$127.2K

$56.8K

$28.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,312 → 1,312 +0.0%

824 open1,312 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −50.6%

+1.8%

W1→2

−44.7%

W2→3

−44.1%

W3→4

−55.1%

W4→5

−26.8%

W5→6

−8.7%

W6→7

−74.2%

W7→8

−55.3%

W8→9

−50.6%

W9→10

Steepest −74.2%Biggest gain +1.8%

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