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The People vs. Larry FlyntFollow

1996 • R • 2h 9m • Biography, Drama • Columbia Pictures

You may not like what he does, but are you prepared to give up his right to do it?

🍅 88% 80% MC 79 LB 3.61 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$523.3K
Limited · 16 theaters
Domestic total
$20.20M
Final
Domestic legs3.8x from $5.3M first wide weekend
1996 rank#81
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Cast & crew

Full Forman filmography
Miloš Forman Miloš Forman Director Woody Harrelson Woody Harrelson Starring Edward Norton Edward Norton Starring James Cromwell James Cromwell Starring Crispin Glover Crispin Glover Starring
ScreenplayScott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski Produced byOliver Stone, Janet Yang, Michael Hausman CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot Music byThomas Newman StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 27-29 20 $523.3K — 16 $32,706 $523.3K
2 Jan 3-5 22 $597.7K +14.2% 16 $37,356 $1.7M
3 Jan 10-12 7 $5.3M +789.3% 1,233 $4,311 $7.4M
4 Jan 17-19 8 $3.8M −28.3% 1,233 $3,091 $13.0M
5 Jan 24-26 12 $2.1M −44.8% 1,233 $1,705 $15.9M
6 Jan 31-Feb 2 19 $1.2M −44.5% 966 $1,207 $17.8M
7 Feb 7-9 21 $600.3K −48.5% 500 $1,201 $18.8M
8 Feb 14-16 28 $417.0K −30.5% 226 $1,845 $19.4M
9 Feb 21-23 27 $281.1K −32.6% 484 $581 $19.8M
10 Feb 28-Mar 2 44 $80.8K −71.3% 142 $569 $19.9M
11 Mar 7-9 59 $26.6K −67.1% 66 $403 $20.0M
13 Mar 21-23 54 $24.8K — 61 $407 $20.0M
17 Apr 18-20 50 $58.9K — 127 $464 $20.1M
18 Apr 25-27 56 $33.1K −43.8% 66 $502 $20.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $80.8K
$523.3K
$597.7K
$5.3M
$3.8M
$2.1M
$1.2M
$600.3K
$417.0K
$281.1K
$80.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −71.3%
+14.2%
W1→2
+789.3%
W2→3
−28.3%
W3→4
−44.8%
W4→5
−44.5%
W5→6
−48.5%
W6→7
−30.5%
W7→8
−32.6%
W8→9
−71.3%
W9→10
Steepest −71.3%Biggest gain +789.3%

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