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Bulworth

1998 • R • 1h 48m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • 20th Century Fox

Brace yourself. This politician is about to tell the truth!

🍅 76% 68% MC 75 LB 3.4 IMDb 6.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$142K
Limited · 2 theaters
Domestic Total
$26.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$29.2M
$2.7M international
Domestic Legs5.5x
Budget$30M
1998 Rank#71
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Cast & Crew

Directed byWarren Beatty ScreenplayWarren Beatty, Jeremy Pikser Produced byWarren Beatty, Pieter Jan Brugge CinematographyVittorio Storaro MusicEnnio Morricone Prod. DesignDean Tavoularis StarringWarren Beatty, Halle Berry, Kimberly Deauna Adams, Vinny Argiro, Sean Astin, Kirk Baltz Studio20th Century Fox
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 15-17 31 $141.8K — 2 $70,908 $141.8K
2 May 22-25 4 $10.5M +7315.1% 2,047 $5,137 $10.7M
3 May 29-31 5 $4.8M −54.1% 2,051 $2,354 $17.5M
4 Jun 5-7 7 $2.2M −54.7% 1,794 $1,218 $21.6M
5 Jun 12-14 11 $1.2M −45.0% 1,061 $1,132 $23.8M
6 Jun 19-21 16 $453.2K −62.3% 425 $1,066 $24.9M
7 Jun 26-28 21 $240.8K −46.9% 209 $1,152 $25.4M
8 Jul 3-5 33 $118.2K −50.9% 111 $1,065 $25.6M
9 Jul 10-12 42 $59.0K −50.1% 72 $819 $25.7M
10 Jul 17-19 25 $136.3K +131.2% 256 $532 $25.9M
11 Jul 24-26 28 $124.5K −8.6% 288 $432 $26.1M
12 Jul 31-Aug 2 44 $48.2K −61.3% 131 $368 $26.2M
13 Aug 7-9 50 $34.9K −27.5% 66 $529 $26.3M
14 Aug 14-16 54 $28.1K −19.6% 51 $550 $26.3M
30 Dec 4-6 71 $4.2K — 2 $2,104 $26.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $136.3K
$141.8K
$10.5M
$4.8M
$2.2M
$1.2M
$453.2K
$240.8K
$118.2K
$59.0K
$136.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +131.2%
+7315.1%
W1→2
−54.1%
W2→3
−54.7%
W3→4
−45.0%
W4→5
−62.3%
W5→6
−46.9%
W6→7
−50.9%
W7→8
−50.1%
W8→9
+131.2%
W9→10
Steepest −62.3%Biggest gain +7315.1%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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