Name: A Civil Action
Director: Steven Zaillian
Genre: Drama
Released: 1998
Cast: John Travolta, Robert Duvall, James Gandolfini, Dan Hedaya, John Lithgow

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jan 8	#1	$4.29M		—	$4.58M	1,802	$2.4K	15
Sat Jan 9	#1	$6.99M	+62.9%	—	$11.57M	1,802	$3.9K	16
Sun Jan 10	#1	$3.88M	-44.4%	—	$15.45M	1,802	$2.2K	17
Mon Jan 11	#1	$1.05M	-73.1%	—	$16.50M	1,802	$581	18
Tue Jan 12	#1	$1.18M	+13.0%	—	$17.68M	1,802	$656	19
Wed Jan 13	#1	$961K	-18.7%	—	$18.64M	1,802	$533	20
Thu Jan 14	#1	$898K	-6.6%	—	$19.54M	1,802	$498	21
Fri Jan 15	#2	$2.81M	+213.4%	-34.4%	$22.36M	2,001	$1.4K	22
Sat Jan 16	#2	$4.77M	+69.5%	-31.8%	$27.13M	2,001	$2.4K	23
Sun Jan 17	#4	$2.58M	-45.8%	-33.4%	$29.71M	2,001	$1.3K	24
Mon Jan 18	#5	$1.47M	-43.1%	+40.5%	$31.30M	2,001	$735	25
Tue Jan 19	#3	$666K	-54.7%	-43.7%	$31.97M	2,001	$333	26
Wed Jan 20	#3	$593K	-10.9%	-38.3%	$32.56M	2,001	$296	27
Thu Jan 21	#3	$578K	-2.5%	-35.6%	$33.14M	2,001	$289	28
Fri Jan 22	#3	$2.00M	+246.1%	-28.9%	$35.14M	2,026	$987	29
Sat Jan 23	#3	$4.00M	+100.0%	-16.1%	$39.14M	2,026	$2.0K	30
Sun Jan 24	#3	$1.83M	-54.2%	-29.1%	$40.79M	2,026	$904	31
Mon Jan 25	#4	$384K	-79.1%	-73.9%	$41.17M	2,026	$189	32
Tue Jan 26	#3	$476K	+24.0%	-28.5%	$41.65M	2,026	$235	33
Wed Jan 27	#3	$402K	-15.5%	-32.1%	$42.05M	2,026	$199	34
Thu Jan 28	#3	$404K	+0.4%	-30.1%	$42.46M	2,026	$199	35
Fri Jan 29	#4	$1.43M	+254.0%	-28.5%	$43.88M	2,069	$691	36
Sat Jan 30	#4	$2.67M	+86.4%	-33.4%	$46.55M	2,069	$1.3K	37
Sun Jan 31	#7	$707K	-73.5%	-61.4%	$47.25M	2,069	$342	38
Mon Feb 1	#5	$301K	-57.5%	-21.7%	$47.55M	2,069	$145	39
Tue Feb 2	#4	$372K	+23.7%	-21.9%	$47.93M	2,069	$180	40
Wed Feb 3	#3	$318K	-14.5%	-21.0%	$48.24M	2,069	$154	41
Thu Feb 4	#4	$313K	-1.5%	-22.4%	$48.56M	2,069	$151	42
Fri Feb 5	#7	$800K	+155.3%	-44.1%	$49.36M	2,069	$387	43
Sat Feb 6	#7	$1.58M	+98.1%	-40.5%	$50.94M	2,031	$780	44
Sun Feb 7	#7	$680K	-57.1%	-3.8%	$51.63M	2,031	$335	45
Mon Feb 8	#7	$157K	-76.9%	-47.8%	$51.79M	2,031	$77	46
Tue Feb 9	#8	$195K	+24.2%	-47.6%	$51.98M	2,031	$96	47
Wed Feb 10	#8	$169K	-13.3%	-46.8%	$52.15M	2,031	$83	48
Thu Feb 11	#9	$171K	+1.2%	-45.4%	$52.32M	2,031	$84	49
Fri Feb 12	#12	$310K	+81.1%	-61.3%	$52.63M	1,403	$221	50
Sat Feb 13	#12	$630K	+103.2%	-60.3%	$53.27M	1,403	$449	51
Sun Feb 14	#12	$495K	-21.4%	-27.2%	$53.76M	1,403	$353	52
Mon Feb 15	#15	$194K	-60.8%	+23.6%	$54.09M	1,403	$138	53
Tue Feb 16	#15	$103K	-46.8%	-47.1%	$54.19M	1,403	$74	54
Wed Feb 17	#14	$93K	-10.1%	-45.2%	$54.29M	1,403	$66	55
Thu Feb 18	#14	$93K	+0.8%	-45.4%	$54.38M	1,403	$67	56
Thu Feb 25	#20	$48K		-48.8%	$55.33M	890	$54	63

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Dec 25-27	41	$70K	—	$70K	2	$35.0K	1
Jan 1-3	42	$71K	+1.1%	$226K	2	$35.4K	2
Jan 8-10	1	$15.16M	+21296.5%	$15.45M	1,802	$8.4K	3
Jan 15-18	3	$11.76M	-22.4%	$31.30M	2,001	$5.9K	4
Jan 22-24	3	$7.65M	-35.0%	$40.79M	2,026	$3.8K	5
Jan 29-31	4	$4.80M	-37.3%	$47.25M	2,069	$2.3K	6
Feb 5-7	7	$3.08M	-35.9%	$51.63M	2,031	$1.5K	7
Feb 12-15	13	$1.77M	-42.6%	$54.09M	1,403	$1.3K	8
Feb 19-21	20	$771K	-56.3%	$55.15M	890	$866	9
Feb 26-28	35	$261K	-66.1%	$55.59M	426	$613	10
Mar 5-7	40	$132K	-49.6%	$55.80M	262	$502	11
Mar 12-14	47	$74K	-43.9%	$55.92M	126	$586	12
Mar 19-21	54	$38K	-48.8%	$55.99M	76	$497	13
Mar 26-28	62	$20K	-48.0%	$56.02M	48	$409	14
Apr 2-4	34	$198K	+908.9%	$56.23M	348	$569	15
Apr 9-11	38	$154K	-22.3%	$56.48M	280	$550	16
Apr 16-18	44	$86K	-44.0%	$56.62M	152	$567	17
Apr 23-25	68	$31K	-63.7%	$56.67M	58	$539	18
Apr 30-May 2	77	$19K	-40.8%	$56.70M	43	$431	19

Performance Charts

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySteven Zaillian

ScreenplaySteven Zaillian

Produced byScott Rudin, Robert Redford, Rachel Pfeffer

CinematographyConrad L. Hall

Music byDanny Elfman

StarringJohn Travolta, Robert Duvall, James Gandolfini, Dan Hedaya, John Lithgow, William H. Macy, Kathleen Quinlan, Tony Shalhoub

StudioTouchstone Pictures

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