Blow Out

Name: Blow Out
Director: Brian De Palma
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1981
Cast: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, Peter Boyden

1981 • R • 1h 48m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Filmways Pictures

Murder has a sound all of its own.

🍅 88% 81%

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$3.0M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$13.7M

Final

Domestic Legs4.6x

Budget$18M

1981 Rank#56

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Cast & Crew

Full Palma filmography

Brian De Palma Director

John Travolta Starring

John Lithgow Starring

Dennis Franz Starring

ScreenplayBrian De Palma, Bill Mesce Jr. Produced byGeorge Litto CinematographyVilmos Zsigmond MusicPino Donaggio Prod. DesignPaul Sylbert StudioFilmways Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 24-26 8 $3.0M — 708 $4,237 $3.0M

2 Jul 31-Aug 2 10 $2.2M −26.7% 650 $3,385 $6.2M

3 Aug 7-9 8 $2.0M −9.1% 500 $4,000 $7.8M

4 Aug 14-16 11 $1.4M −27.5% 428 $3,388 $10.0M

6 Aug 28-30 13 $522.0K — 242 $2,157 $13.7M

Weekend grossWk 6 · $522.0K

$3.0M

$2.2M

$2.0M

$1.4M

$522.0K

W1W2W3W4W6

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −27.5%

−26.7%

W1→2

−9.1%

W2→3

−27.5%

W3→4

Steepest −27.5%Best hold −9.1%

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