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Blood Simple

1984 • R • 1h 39m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Circle Films

Passion led to Adultery. Adultery led to Murder. It all seemed so simple...

🍅 94% 88% MC 84 LB 3.89 IMDb 7.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$42K
2000 re-release opening
Domestic Total
$3.9M
All releases
Worldwide Total
$4.3M
$411.1K international
Budget$1.5M
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Cast & Crew

Full Coen filmography
Joel Coen Joel Coen Director John Getz John Getz Starring Frances McDormand Frances McDormand Starring Dan Hedaya Dan Hedaya Starring M. Emmet Walsh M. Emmet Walsh Starring
ScreenplayJoel Coen, Ethan Coen Produced byEthan Coen CinematographyBarry Sonnenfeld Music byCarter Burwell StudioRiver Road Productions, Circle Films
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 7-9 56 $42.0K — 3 $13,990 $43.0K
2 Jul 14-16 24 $181.6K +332.6% 32 $5,674 $248.4K
3 Jul 21-23 24 $170.5K −6.1% 56 $3,044 $499.9K
4 Jul 28-30 26 $181.8K +6.7% 68 $2,674 $770.8K
5 Aug 4-6 33 $145.6K −19.9% 66 $2,206 $1.0M
6 Aug 11-13 41 $112.4K −22.8% 67 $1,678 $1.2M
7 Aug 18-20 45 $85.0K −24.4% 61 $1,394 $1.3M
8 Aug 25-27 49 $74.6K −12.2% 63 $1,185 $1.5M
9 Sep 1-3 55 $76.5K +2.5% 54 $1,418 $1.6M
10 Sep 8-10 72 $20.4K −73.3% 40 $511 $1.6M
11 Sep 15-17 77 $22.4K +9.6% 39 $574 $1.6M
12 Sep 22-24 88 $16.5K −26.5% 32 $514 $1.6M
13 Sep 29-Oct 1 98 $11.3K −31.5% 20 $563 $1.7M
14 Oct 6-8 91 $9.1K −19.0% 20 $456 $1.7M
15 Oct 13-15 110 $2.0K −77.7% 18 $113 $1.7M
16 Oct 20-22 114 $1.3K −36.1% 4 $325 $1.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $20.4K
$42.0K
$181.6K
$170.5K
$181.8K
$145.6K
$112.4K
$85.0K
$74.6K
$76.5K
$20.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −73.3%
+332.6%
W1→2
−6.1%
W2→3
+6.7%
W3→4
−19.9%
W4→5
−22.8%
W5→6
−24.4%
W6→7
−12.2%
W7→8
+2.5%
W8→9
−73.3%
W9→10
Steepest −73.3%Biggest gain +332.6%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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