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1997 • R • 2h 24m • Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller • Warner Bros.

The newest attorney at the world's most powerful law firm has never lost a case. But he's about to lose his soul.

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60

3.65

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$61.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$153.00M

$92.00M international

Domestic legs5.0x

Budget$57M

1997 rank#29

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Cast & crew

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Taylor Hackford

Taylor Hackford Director

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves Starring

Al Pacino

Al Pacino Starring

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron Starring

Jeffrey Jones

Jeffrey Jones Starring

Craig T. Nelson

Craig T. Nelson Starring

ScreenplayJonathan Lemkin, Tony Gilroy Produced byArnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson, Arnon Milchan CinematographyAndrzej Bartkowiak Music byJames Newton Howard StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 17-19 2 $12.2M — 2,161 $5,632 $12.2M

2 Oct 24-26 2 $10.2M −16.0% 2,351 $4,347 $26.6M

3 Oct 31-Nov 2 3 $7.4M −27.9% 2,404 $3,065 $37.3M

4 Nov 7-9 4 $5.1M −31.1% 2,207 $2,301 $45.0M

5 Nov 14-16 7 $3.5M −31.0% 2,016 $1,737 $50.5M

6 Nov 21-23 11 $2.2M −36.0% 1,763 $1,271 $53.7M

7 Nov 28-30 15 $1.3M −44.1% 850 $1,474 $56.1M

8 Dec 5-7 11 $986.8K −21.2% 825 $1,196 $57.3M

9 Dec 12-14 12 $685.7K −30.5% 775 $885 $58.3M

10 Dec 19-21 16 $276.1K −59.7% 586 $471 $58.8M

11 Dec 26-28 34 $97.8K −64.6% 470 $208 $59.0M

12 Jan 2-4 47 $66.0K −32.5% 470 $140 $59.1M

13 Jan 9-11 52 $21.3K −67.7% 28 $761 $59.1M

14 Jan 16-18 26 $723.7K +3,295.1% 802 $902 $59.8M

15 Jan 23-25 27 $312.5K −56.8% 650 $481 $60.3M

16 Jan 30-Feb 1 33 $204.3K −34.6% 305 $670 $60.7M

17 Feb 6-8 45 $104.1K −49.1% 193 $539 $60.9M

18 Feb 13-15 59 $39.4K −62.2% 49 $803 $61.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 17 #2 $3.8M — $3.8M 2,161 $1,738 1

Sat Oct 18 #2 $5.0M +34% $8.8M 2,161 $2,321 2

Sun Oct 19 #2 $3.4M −33% $12.2M 2,161 $1,561 3

Mon Oct 20 #2 $1.1M −69% $13.2M 2,161 $489 4

Tue Oct 21 #2 $1.2M +12% $14.4M 2,161 $547 5

Wed Oct 22 #2 $1.0M −15% $15.4M 2,161 $463 6

Thu Oct 23 #2 $1.0M +1% $16.4M 2,161 $467 7

Fri Oct 24 #2 $3.1M +202% −19% $19.5M 2,351 $1,299 8

Sat Oct 25 #2 $4.5M +46% −11% $23.9M 2,351 $1,899 9

Sun Oct 26 #2 $2.7M −39% −20% $26.6M 2,351 $1,152 10

Mon Oct 27 #1 $773.5K −71% −27% $27.4M 2,351 $329 11

Tue Oct 28 #1 $1.0M +30% −15% $28.4M 2,351 $426 12

Wed Oct 29 #1 $777.1K −22% −22% $29.2M 2,351 $331 13

Thu Oct 30 #2 $729.8K −6% −28% $29.9M 2,351 $310 14

Fri Oct 31 #3 $1.6M +112% −49% $31.5M 2,404 $645 15

Sat Nov 1 #2 $3.7M +142% −16% $35.2M 2,404 $1,558 16

Sun Nov 2 #2 $2.1M −44% −23% $37.3M 2,404 $871 17

Mon Nov 3 #3 $606.0K −71% −22% $37.9M 2,404 $252 18

Tue Nov 4 #1 $803.4K +33% −20% $38.7M 2,404 $334 19

Wed Nov 5 #1 $605.0K −25% −22% $39.3M 2,404 $252 20

Thu Nov 6 #1 $605.9K — −17% $39.9M 2,404 $252 21

Fri Nov 7 #4 $1.5M +148% −3% $41.4M 2,207 $682 22

Sat Nov 8 #5 $2.1M +42% −43% $43.5M 2,207 $970 23

Sun Nov 9 #3 $1.4M −33% −32% $45.0M 2,207 $650 24

Mon Nov 10 #4 $557.7K −61% −8% $45.5M 2,207 $253 25

Tue Nov 11 #4 $722.1K +29% −10% $46.3M 2,207 $327 26

Wed Nov 12 #3 $368.6K −49% −39% $46.6M 2,207 $167 27

Thu Nov 13 #3 $392.2K +6% −35% $47.0M 2,207 $178 28

Fri Nov 14 #7 $1.1M +183% −26% $48.1M 2,016 $551 29

Sat Nov 15 #7 $1.6M +46% −24% $49.7M 2,016 $804 30

Sun Nov 16 #7 $869.0K −46% −39% $50.5M 2,016 $431 31

Mon Nov 17 #6 $221.2K −75% −60% $50.7M 2,016 $110 32

Tue Nov 18 #6 $273.2K +24% −62% $51.0M 2,016 $136 33

Wed Nov 19 #6 $225.8K −17% −39% $51.2M 2,016 $112 34

Thu Nov 20 #6 $226.9K — −42% $51.5M 2,016 $113 35

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

Cumulative total$51.5M

Oct 17Oct 26Nov 3Nov 12Nov 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $276.1K

$12.2M

$10.2M

$7.4M

$5.1M

$3.5M

$2.2M

$1.3M

$986.8K

$685.7K

$276.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,404 → 2,016 −16.1%

2,161 open2,016 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −59.7%

−16.0%

W1→2

−27.9%

W2→3

−31.1%

W3→4

−31.0%

W4→5

−36.0%

W5→6

−44.1%

W6→7

−21.2%

W7→8

−30.5%

W8→9

−59.7%

W9→10

Steepest −59.7%Best hold −16.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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