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The Devil's OwnFollow

1997 • R • 1h 47m • Action, Crime, Thriller • Columbia Pictures

They come from different worlds. They fight for different causes. Now, two men from opposite sides of the law are about to go to war.

🍅 34% 41% MC 52 LB 2.95 IMDb 6.2
CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$14.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$42.90M
Final
Worldwide total
$140.90M
$98.00M international
Domestic legs3.0x
Budget$90M
1997 rank#50
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Cast & crew

Full Pakula filmography
Alan J. Pakula Alan J. Pakula Director Harrison Ford Harrison Ford Starring Brad Pitt Brad Pitt Starring Treat Williams Treat Williams Starring Mitchell Ryan Mitchell Ryan Starring Natascha McElhone Natascha McElhone Starring
ScreenplayDavid Aaron Cohen, Vincent Patrick, Kevin Jarre Produced byLawrence Gordon, Robert F. Colesberry CinematographyGordon Willis Music byJames Horner StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 28-30 2 $14.3M — 2,504 $5,701 $14.3M
2 Apr 4-6 3 $7.0M −50.9% 2,504 $2,801 $29.6M
3 Apr 11-13 5 $4.2M −40.4% 2,355 $1,775 $35.6M
4 Apr 18-20 6 $2.4M −42.4% 2,004 $1,201 $39.1M
5 Apr 25-27 9 $1.2M −52.0% 1,270 $909 $41.0M
6 May 2-4 14 $512.1K −55.7% 700 $732 $41.9M
7 May 9-11 23 $182.1K −64.4% 440 $414 $42.2M
8 May 16-18 24 $157.8K −13.4% 377 $418 $42.4M
9 May 23-25 40 $86.4K −45.2% 191 $452 $42.5M
10 May 30-Jun 1 44 $48.8K −43.6% 146 $334 $42.6M
11 Jun 6-8 55 $27.3K −44.1% 90 $303 $42.6M
13 Jun 20-22 35 $107.7K — 495 $218 $42.8M
14 Jun 27-29 46 $28.5K −73.5% 214 $133 $42.8M
15 Jul 4-6 52 $19.6K −31.2% 54 $363 $42.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $48.8K
$14.3M
$7.0M
$4.2M
$2.4M
$1.2M
$512.1K
$182.1K
$157.8K
$86.4K
$48.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43.6%
−50.9%
W1→2
−40.4%
W2→3
−42.4%
W3→4
−52.0%
W4→5
−55.7%
W5→6
−64.4%
W6→7
−13.4%
W7→8
−45.2%
W8→9
−43.6%
W9→10
Steepest −64.4%Best hold −13.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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