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Primal FearFollow

1996 • R • 2h 9m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Paramount Pictures

Sooner or later, a man who wears two faces forgets which one is real.

🍅 77% 89% MC 47 LB 4.01 IMDb 7.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$9.90M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$56.10M
Final
Worldwide total
$102.60M
$46.50M international
Domestic legs5.7x
1996 rank#25
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Cast & crew

Richard Gere Richard Gere Starring Laura Linney Laura Linney Starring Edward Norton Edward Norton Starring John Mahoney John Mahoney Starring Alfre Woodard Alfre Woodard Starring Frances McDormand Frances McDormand Starring
ScreenplaySteve Shagan, Ann Biderman Produced byGary Lucchesi CinematographyMichael Chapman Music byJames Newton Howard StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 5-7 1 $9.9M — 1,983 $4,978 $11.9M
2 Apr 12-14 1 $8.1M −17.9% 1,983 $4,089 $23.8M
3 Apr 19-21 1 $6.6M −18.8% 1,983 $3,321 $33.1M
4 Apr 26-28 4 $4.7M −28.6% 1,955 $2,406 $39.8M
5 May 3-5 4 $3.6M −23.3% 1,983 $1,819 $44.9M
6 May 10-12 4 $2.4M −33.3% 1,887 $1,275 $48.4M
7 May 17-19 6 $2.0M −18.7% 1,728 $1,132 $51.1M
8 May 24-26 8 $1.4M −26.9% 1,176 $1,216 $53.0M
9 May 31-Jun 2 12 $592.4K −58.6% 789 $751 $53.9M
10 Jun 7-9 18 $286.4K −51.7% 463 $619 $54.4M
11 Jun 14-16 26 $134.9K −52.9% 277 $487 $54.6M
12 Jun 21-23 35 $75.1K −44.3% 149 $504 $54.8M
13 Jun 28-30 41 $61.6K −18.0% 115 $535 $54.9M
14 Jul 5-7 18 $386.2K +527.2% 523 $738 $55.3M
15 Jul 12-14 25 $167.0K −56.8% 415 $402 $55.6M
16 Jul 19-21 33 $86.2K −48.4% 242 $356 $55.8M
17 Jul 26-28 45 $50.9K −41.0% 161 $316 $55.9M
18 Aug 2-4 40 $50.4K −0.9% 116 $434 $55.9M
19 Aug 9-11 48 $36.9K −26.8% 68 $542 $56.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $286.4K
$9.9M
$8.1M
$6.6M
$4.7M
$3.6M
$2.4M
$2.0M
$1.4M
$592.4K
$286.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.7%
−17.9%
W1→2
−18.8%
W2→3
−28.6%
W3→4
−23.3%
W4→5
−33.3%
W5→6
−18.7%
W6→7
−26.9%
W7→8
−58.6%
W8→9
−51.7%
W9→10
Steepest −58.6%Best hold −17.9%

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