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1998 • R • 1h 38m • Crime, Mystery, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

Believe everything except your eyes.

🍅 42% 36% MC 52 LB 3.46 IMDb 6.2
CS C+

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$16.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$55.60M
Final
Worldwide total
$103.90M
$48.30M international
Domestic legs3.4x
Budget$73M
1998 rank#39
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Cast & crew

Full Palma filmography
Brian De Palma Brian De Palma Director Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage Starring Gary Sinise Gary Sinise Starring Carla Gugino Carla Gugino Starring John Heard John Heard Starring Kevin Dunn Kevin Dunn Starring
ScreenplayDavid Koepp Produced byBrian De Palma CinematographyStephen H. Burum Music byRyuichi Sakamoto StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 7-9 2 $16.3M — 2,713 $6,012 $16.3M
2 Aug 14-16 5 $8.6M −47.0% 2,718 $3,178 $31.6M
3 Aug 21-23 5 $5.0M −41.6% 2,642 $1,910 $40.5M
4 Aug 28-30 8 $3.6M −29.2% 2,243 $1,594 $46.0M
5 Sep 4-7 8 $3.3M −6.8% 1,912 $1,743 $50.5M
6 Sep 11-13 8 $1.6M −52.5% 1,681 $942 $52.5M
7 Sep 18-20 10 $920.2K −41.9% 1,291 $713 $53.9M
8 Sep 25-27 19 $414.6K −54.9% 880 $471 $54.6M
9 Oct 2-4 33 $129.7K −68.7% 512 $253 $54.8M
10 Oct 9-11 40 $86.6K −33.2% 302 $287 $55.0M
11 Oct 16-18 57 $32.9K −62.0% 195 $169 $55.0M
13 Oct 30-Nov 1 63 $15.2K — 47 $324 $55.1M
14 Nov 6-8 75 $5.3K −65.5% 21 $250 $55.1M
15 Nov 13-15 82 $3.3K −37.2% 14 $236 $55.1M
16 Nov 20-22 83 $2.4K −26.4% 10 $243 $55.1M
17 Nov 27-29 30 $187.7K +7625.6% 507 $370 $55.4M
18 Dec 4-6 39 $71.5K −61.9% 406 $176 $55.5M
19 Dec 11-13 50 $34.2K −52.2% 261 $131 $55.6M
20 Dec 18-20 57 $10.3K −70.0% 78 $131 $55.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $86.6K
$16.3M
$8.6M
$5.0M
$3.6M
$3.3M
$1.6M
$920.2K
$414.6K
$129.7K
$86.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.2%
−47.0%
W1→2
−41.6%
W2→3
−29.2%
W3→4
−6.8%
W4→5
−52.5%
W5→6
−41.9%
W6→7
−54.9%
W7→8
−68.7%
W8→9
−33.2%
W9→10
Steepest −68.7%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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