Name: Conspiracy Theory
Director: Richard Donner
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1997
Cast: Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart, Cylk Cozart, Steve Kahan

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Aug 8	#1	$5.93M		—	$5.93M	2,806	$2.1K	1
Sat Aug 9	#2	$7.58M	+27.7%	—	$13.51M	2,806	$2.7K	2
Sun Aug 10	#1	$5.81M	-23.4%	—	$19.31M	2,806	$2.1K	3
Mon Aug 11	#1	$2.43M	-58.2%	—	$21.74M	2,806	$865	4
Tue Aug 12	#1	$2.56M	+5.5%	—	$24.30M	2,806	$912	5
Wed Aug 13	#1	$2.20M	-13.9%	—	$26.50M	2,806	$785	6
Thu Aug 14	#1	$1.86M	-15.7%	—	$28.36M	2,806	$662	7
Fri Aug 15	#2	$3.62M	+95.0%	-38.9%	$31.98M	2,806	$1.3K	8
Sat Aug 16	#2	$5.05M	+39.4%	-33.3%	$37.03M	2,806	$1.8K	9
Sun Aug 17	#2	$3.64M	-28.0%	-37.4%	$40.67M	2,806	$1.3K	10
Mon Aug 18	#2	$1.31M	-64.0%	-46.1%	$41.98M	2,806	$466	11
Tue Aug 19	#2	$1.50M	+14.8%	-41.3%	$43.48M	2,806	$535	12
Wed Aug 20	#2	$1.36M	-9.7%	-38.4%	$44.84M	2,806	$484	13
Thu Aug 21	#2	$1.27M	-6.4%	-31.7%	$46.11M	2,806	$452	14
Fri Aug 22	#5	$2.19M	+72.2%	-39.7%	$48.29M	2,707	$808	15
Sat Aug 23	#4	$3.19M	+45.9%	-36.8%	$51.48M	2,707	$1.2K	16
Sun Aug 24	#6	$1.98M	-38.0%	-45.6%	$53.46M	2,707	$731	17
Mon Aug 25	#6	$634K	-67.9%	-51.5%	$54.10M	2,707	$234	18
Tue Aug 26	#5	$779K	+22.7%	-48.2%	$54.87M	2,707	$288	19
Wed Aug 27	#6	$615K	-21.0%	-54.7%	$55.49M	2,707	$227	20
Thu Aug 28	#7	$627K	+1.9%	-50.6%	$56.12M	2,707	$232	21
Fri Aug 29	#6	$1.41M	+125.0%	-35.4%	$57.53M	2,460	$574	22
Sat Aug 30	#5	$2.16M	+53.0%	-32.3%	$59.69M	2,460	$878	23
Sun Aug 31	#5	$1.93M	-10.5%	-2.4%	$61.62M	2,460	$785	24
Mon Sep 1	#5	$1.35M	-30.1%	+112.9%	$62.97M	2,460	$549	25
Tue Sep 2	#8	$388K	-71.3%	-50.2%	$63.36M	2,460	$158	26
Wed Sep 3	#7	$335K	-13.7%	-45.6%	$63.69M	2,460	$136	27
Thu Sep 4	#5	$328K	-1.9%	-47.7%	$64.02M	2,460	$133	28
Fri Sep 5	#6	$978K	+198.1%	-30.7%	$65.00M	2,204	$444	29
Sat Sep 6	#6	$1.58M	+61.8%	-26.7%	$66.58M	2,204	$718	30
Sun Sep 7	#7	$772K	-51.2%	-60.0%	$67.35M	2,204	$350	31
Mon Sep 8	#7	$212K	-72.5%	-84.3%	$67.57M	2,204	$96	32
Tue Sep 9	#7	$306K	+44.1%	-21.2%	$67.87M	2,204	$139	33
Wed Sep 10	#5	$265K	-13.5%	-21.0%	$68.14M	2,204	$120	34
Thu Sep 11	#5	$271K	+2.5%	-17.4%	$68.41M	2,204	$123	35
Fri Sep 12	#8	$669K	+146.7%	-31.6%	$69.08M	1,972	$339	36
Sat Sep 13	#7	$1.14M	+71.0%	-27.8%	$70.22M	1,972	$580	37
Sun Sep 14	#9	$491K	-57.1%	-36.4%	$70.71M	1,972	$249	38
Mon Sep 15	#8	$142K	-71.2%	-33.2%	$70.85M	1,972	$72	39
Tue Sep 16	#8	$211K	+48.7%	-31.1%	$71.07M	1,972	$107	40
Wed Sep 17	#8	$172K	-18.6%	-35.2%	$71.24M	1,972	$87	41
Thu Sep 18	#8	$169K	-1.6%	-37.7%	$71.41M	1,972	$86	42
Fri Sep 19	—	$357K	+111.1%	-46.7%	$71.76M	1,512	$236	43
Sat Sep 20	—	$587K	+64.5%	-48.7%	$72.35M	1,512	$388	44
Sun Sep 21	—	$275K	-53.1%	-44.0%	$72.62M	1,512	$182	45
Mon Sep 22	—	$80K	-71.0%	-43.7%	$72.70M	1,512	$53	46
Tue Sep 23	—	$114K	+42.6%	-46.0%	$72.82M	1,512	$75	47
Wed Sep 24	—	$91K	-19.8%	-46.8%	$72.91M	1,512	$60	48
Thu Sep 25	—	$92K	+0.4%	-45.7%	$73.00M	1,512	$61	49
Fri Sep 26	—	$178K	+94.4%	-50.0%	$73.18M	1,212	$147	50
Sat Sep 27	—	$313K	+75.4%	-46.7%	$73.49M	1,212	$258	51
Sun Sep 28	—	$141K	-55.0%	-48.9%	$73.63M	1,212	$116	52
Mon Sep 29	—	$45K	-68.1%	-43.8%	$73.68M	1,212	$37	53
Tue Sep 30	—	$58K	+28.4%	-49.4%	$73.73M	1,212	$48	54
Wed Oct 1	—	$48K	-16.5%	-47.3%	$73.78M	1,212	$40	55
Thu Oct 2	—	$50K	+3.0%	-46.0%	$73.83M	1,212	$41	56

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Aug 8-10	1	$19.31M	—	$19.31M	2,806	$6.9K	1
Aug 15-17	3	$12.31M	-36.3%	$40.67M	2,806	$4.4K	2
Aug 22-24	5	$7.36M	-40.2%	$53.46M	2,707	$2.7K	3
Aug 29-Sep 1	5	$6.85M	-6.8%	$62.97M	2,460	$2.8K	4
Sep 5-7	6	$3.33M	-51.4%	$67.35M	2,204	$1.5K	5
Sep 12-14	8	$2.30M	-30.9%	$70.71M	1,972	$1.2K	6
Sep 19-21	12	$1.22M	-47.1%	$72.62M	1,512	$806	7
Sep 26-28	16	$631K	-48.2%	$73.63M	1,212	$521	8
Oct 3-5	22	$294K	-53.5%	$74.20M	675	$435	9
Oct 10-12	28	$181K	-38.4%	$74.41M	312	$580	10
Oct 17-19	42	$67K	-62.8%	$74.53M	75	$899	11
Oct 24-26	19	$504K	+647.5%	$75.06M	888	$568	12
Oct 31-Nov 2	23	$307K	-39.1%	$75.57M	504	$609	13
Nov 7-9	28	$213K	-30.6%	$75.91M	350	$609	14
Nov 21-23	52	$38K	—	$76.08M	64	$591	16

Performance Charts

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

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRichard Donner

ScreenplayBrian Helgeland

Produced byJoel Silver, Richard Donner

CinematographyJohn Schwartzman

Music byCarter Burwell

StarringMel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart, Cylk Cozart, Steve Kahan, Terry Alexander

StudioWarner Bros.

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