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The Usual SuspectsFollow

1995 • R • 1h 46m • Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller • Gramercy Pictures

Five criminals. One line up. No coincidence.

🍅 87% 96% MC 76 LB 4.09 IMDb 8.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$645.4K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$23.30M
Final
Worldwide total
$34.40M
$11.10M international
Budget$6.0M
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Cast & crew

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Bryan Singer Bryan Singer Director Gabriel Byrne Gabriel Byrne Starring Chazz Palminteri Chazz Palminteri Starring Kevin Pollak Kevin Pollak Starring Pete Postlethwaite Pete Postlethwaite Starring Kevin Spacey Kevin Spacey Starring
ScreenplayChristopher McQuarrie Produced byBryan Singer, Michael McDonnell CinematographyNewton Thomas Sigel Music byJohn Ottman Film EditingJohn Ottman StudioGramercy Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 18-20 18 $645.4K — 42 $15,366 $730.2K
2 Aug 25-27 24 $548.0K −15.1% 43 $12,745 $1.7M
3 Sep 1-4 Labor Day 8 $3.7M +580.1% 506 $7,367 $5.7M
4 Sep 8-10 10 $2.2M −42.0% 517 $4,181 $8.6M
5 Sep 15-17 5 $3.0M +39.6% 874 $3,452 $12.4M
6 Sep 22-24 7 $2.0M −34.6% 876 $2,252 $15.4M
7 Sep 29-Oct 1 10 $1.5M −23.5% 803 $1,878 $17.6M
8 Oct 6-8 13 $944.1K −37.4% 593 $1,592 $19.2M
9 Oct 13-15 17 $664.0K −29.7% 382 $1,738 $20.2M
10 Oct 20-22 22 $389.1K −41.4% 247 $1,575 $20.9M
11 Oct 27-29 29 $239.2K −38.5% 160 $1,495 $21.3M
12 Nov 3-5 29 $252.7K +5.6% 164 $1,541 $21.6M
13 Nov 10-12 27 $237.7K −5.9% 148 $1,606 $22.0M
14 Nov 17-19 30 $136.0K −42.8% 113 $1,203 $22.2M
15 Nov 24-26 29 $122.8K −9.7% 84 $1,462 $22.4M
16 Dec 1-3 32 $95.5K −22.2% 124 $770 $22.5M
17 Dec 8-10 31 $77.4K −19.0% 84 $921 $22.6M
18 Dec 15-17 33 $63.7K −17.7% 95 $670 $22.7M
19 Dec 22-25 Christmas 44 $33.2K −47.8% 52 $639 $22.8M
20 Dec 29-Jan 1 New Year's 53 $47.3K +42.2% 48 $984 $22.9M
21 Jan 5-7 44 $50.0K +5.8% 60 $834 $23.0M
22 Jan 12-15 MLK Day 53 $57.4K +14.7% 60 $956 $23.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $389.1K
$645.4K
$548.0K
$3.7M
$2.2M
$3.0M
$2.0M
$1.5M
$944.1K
$664.0K
$389.1K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.4%
−15.1%
W1→2
+580.1%
W2→3
−42.0%
W3→4
+39.6%
W4→5
−34.6%
W5→6
−23.5%
W6→7
−37.4%
W7→8
−29.7%
W8→9
−41.4%
W9→10
Steepest −42.0%Biggest gain +580.1%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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