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To Die ForFollow

1995 • R • 1h 46m • Comedy, Crime, Drama • Columbia Pictures

All she wanted was a little attention.

🍅 88% 66% MC 86 LB 3.64 IMDb 6.8
CS C+

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$386.6K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$21.30M
Final
Worldwide total
$27.70M
$6.40M international
Domestic legs3.4x from $6.2M first wide weekend
Budget$20M
1995 rank#79
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Cast & crew

Full Sant filmography
Gus Van Sant Gus Van Sant Director Nicole Kidman Nicole Kidman Starring Matt Dillon Matt Dillon Starring Joaquin Phoenix Joaquin Phoenix Starring Casey Affleck Casey Affleck Starring Illeana Douglas Illeana Douglas Starring
ScreenplayBuck Henry Produced byLaura Ziskin CinematographyEric Alan Edwards Music byDanny Elfman StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 29-Oct 1 25 $386.6K — 11 $35,146 $478.6K
2 Oct 6-8 4 $6.2M +1511.8% 928 $6,715 $6.9M
3 Oct 13-15 7 $4.0M −35.5% 954 $4,215 $12.8M
4 Oct 20-22 9 $2.0M −49.3% 954 $2,135 $15.9M
5 Oct 27-29 10 $1.2M −38.9% 954 $1,306 $17.7M
6 Nov 3-5 12 $954.1K −23.4% 954 $1,000 $19.0M
7 Nov 10-12 15 $603.4K −36.8% 752 $802 $19.8M
8 Nov 17-19 32 $126.9K −79.0% 306 $415 $20.1M
9 Nov 24-26 46 $45.0K −64.6% 117 $384 $20.2M
10 Dec 1-3 36 $67.0K +49.1% 90 $745 $20.3M
11 Dec 8-10 37 $33.4K −50.2% 60 $556 $20.3M
12 Dec 15-17 18 $202.6K +506.8% 540 $375 $20.5M
13 Dec 22-24 27 $120.1K −40.7% 135 $889 $20.7M
14 Dec 29-31 46 $60.2K −49.8% 75 $803 $20.9M
15 Jan 5-7 47 $44.2K −26.6% 55 $804 $21.0M
16 Jan 12-14 55 $41.3K −6.6% 46 $898 $21.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $67.0K
$386.6K
$6.2M
$4.0M
$2.0M
$1.2M
$954.1K
$603.4K
$126.9K
$45.0K
$67.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +49.1%
+1511.8%
W1→2
−35.5%
W2→3
−49.3%
W3→4
−38.9%
W4→5
−23.4%
W5→6
−36.8%
W6→7
−79.0%
W7→8
−64.6%
W8→9
+49.1%
W9→10
Steepest −79.0%Biggest gain +1511.8%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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