Name: 8MM
Director: Joel Schumacher
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Released: 1999
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare, Anthony Heald

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Feb 26	#1	$4.57M		—	$4.57M	2,370	$1.9K	1
Sat Feb 27	#1	$5.88M	+28.7%	—	$10.44M	2,370	$2.5K	2
Sun Feb 28	#1	$3.80M	-35.3%	—	$14.25M	2,370	$1.6K	3
Mon Mar 1	#1	$1.07M	-71.9%	—	$15.32M	2,370	$451	4
Tue Mar 2	#1	$1.22M	+13.9%	—	$16.54M	2,370	$513	5
Wed Mar 3	#1	$871K	-28.4%	—	$17.41M	2,370	$368	6
Thu Mar 4	#1	$907K	+4.2%	—	$18.32M	2,370	$383	7
Fri Mar 5	#3	$2.01M	+121.6%	-56.0%	$20.33M	2,370	$848	8
Sat Mar 6	#3	$3.02M	+50.5%	-48.5%	$23.35M	2,370	$1.3K	9
Sun Mar 7	#3	$1.98M	-34.7%	-48.0%	$25.33M	2,370	$833	10
Mon Mar 8	#3	$518K	-73.8%	-51.5%	$25.84M	2,370	$219	11
Tue Mar 9	#3	$628K	+21.1%	-48.4%	$26.47M	2,370	$265	12
Wed Mar 10	#3	$503K	-19.9%	-42.3%	$26.97M	2,370	$212	13
Thu Mar 11	#3	$475K	-5.5%	-47.6%	$27.45M	2,370	$200	14
Fri Mar 12	#9	$1.07M	+125.2%	-46.8%	$28.52M	2,241	$477	15
Sat Mar 13	#9	$1.54M	+44.4%	-48.9%	$30.07M	2,241	$689	16
Sun Mar 14	#8	$1.03M	-33.1%	-47.6%	$30.97M	2,241	$461	17
Mon Mar 15	#9	$359K	-65.3%	-30.7%	$31.33M	2,241	$160	18
Tue Mar 16	#9	$394K	+9.8%	-37.2%	$31.72M	2,241	$176	19
Wed Mar 17	#10	$288K	-26.9%	-42.7%	$32.01M	2,241	$129	20
Thu Mar 18	#10	$319K	+10.7%	-32.9%	$32.33M	2,241	$142	21
Fri Mar 19	#15	$450K	+41.1%	-57.9%	$32.78M	1,324	$340	22
Sat Mar 20	#15	$705K	+56.7%	-54.4%	$33.49M	1,324	$532	23
Sun Mar 21	#14	$415K	-41.1%	-59.9%	$34.01M	1,324	$313	24
Mon Mar 22	#14	$142K	-65.7%	-60.4%	$34.15M	1,324	$107	25
Tue Mar 23	#13	$174K	+22.3%	-55.9%	$34.32M	1,324	$131	26
Wed Mar 24	#14	$143K	-17.7%	-50.4%	$34.47M	1,324	$108	27
Thu Mar 25	#15	$145K	+1.6%	-54.4%	$34.61M	1,324	$110	28

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Feb 26-28	1	$14.25M	—	$14.25M	2,370	$6.0K	1
Mar 5-7	3	$7.01M	-50.8%	$25.33M	2,370	$3.0K	2
Mar 12-14	9	$3.52M	-49.8%	$30.97M	2,241	$1.6K	3
Mar 19-21	15	$1.68M	-52.4%	$34.01M	1,324	$1.3K	4
Mar 26-28	19	$714K	-57.4%	$35.33M	727	$982	5
Apr 2-4	30	$285K	-60.1%	$35.75M	407	$700	6
Apr 9-11	43	$114K	-60.1%	$35.92M	253	$449	7
Apr 16-18	47	$76K	-33.2%	$36.01M	182	$417	8
Apr 23-25	59	$50K	-34.1%	$36.08M	121	$414	9
Apr 30-May 2	36	$111K	+121.2%	$36.20M	422	$262	10
May 7-9	47	$62K	-44.1%	$36.28M	297	$208	11

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJoel Schumacher

ScreenplayAndrew Kevin Walker

Produced byGavin Polone, Judy Hofflund, Joel Schumacher

CinematographyRobert Elswit

Music byMychael Danna

StarringNicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare, Anthony Heald, Chris Bauer, Catherine Keener

StudioColumbia Pictures

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