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Bringing Out the Dead

1999 • R • 2h 1m • Drama, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

Any call can be murder, any stop can be suicide, any night can be the last.

🍅 74% 70% MC 72 LB 3.73 IMDb 6.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$6.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$16.6M
Final
Domestic Legs2.7x
Budget$32M
1999 Rank#96
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Cast & Crew

Full Scorsese filmography
Martin Scorsese Martin Scorsese Director Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage Starring Patricia Arquette Patricia Arquette Starring John Goodman John Goodman Starring Ving Rhames Ving Rhames Starring Tom Sizemore Tom Sizemore Starring
ScreenplayPaul Schrader Produced byScott Rudin, Barbara De Fina CinematographyRobert Richardson MusicElmer Bernstein Prod. DesignDante Ferretti StudioParamount Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 22-25 4 $6.2M — 1,936 $3,199 $6.2M
2 Oct 29-31 6 $3.4M −45.4% 1,947 $1,738 $11.4M
3 Nov 5-7 13 $1.9M −43.7% 1,967 $969 $14.6M
4 Nov 12-14 19 $615.1K −67.7% 1,181 $521 $15.9M
5 Nov 19-21 29 $156.6K −74.5% 496 $316 $16.3M
6 Nov 26-28 56 $54.9K −65.0% 110 $499 $16.4M
7 Dec 3-5 60 $35.2K −35.9% 98 $359 $16.4M
8 Dec 10-12 63 $24.3K −31.0% 74 $328 $16.4M
9 Dec 17-19 69 $13.8K −43.3% 34 $405 $16.5M
12 Jan 7-9 32 $158.8K — 394 $403 $16.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 9 · $13.8K
$6.2M
$3.4M
$1.9M
$615.1K
$156.6K
$54.9K
$35.2K
$24.3K
$13.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −43.3%
−45.4%
W1→2
−43.7%
W2→3
−67.7%
W3→4
−74.5%
W4→5
−65.0%
W5→6
−35.9%
W6→7
−31.0%
W7→8
−43.3%
W8→9
Steepest −74.5%Best hold −31.0%

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