Escape from L.A.

Name: Escape from L.A.
Director: John Carpenter
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Released: 1996
Cast: Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, A. J. Langer, Cliff Robertson

1996 • R • 1h 40m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Paramount Pictures

Snake is back.

🍅 45% 39%

5.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$8.9M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$25.4M

Final

Domestic Legs2.9x

Budget$50M

1996 Rank#63

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Cast & Crew

Full Carpenter filmography

John Carpenter Director

Kurt Russell Starring

Stacy Keach Starring

Steve Buscemi Starring

Cliff Robertson Starring

Bruce Campbell Starring

ScreenplayKurt Russell, John Carpenter, Debra Hill Produced byKurt Russell, Debra Hill CinematographyGary B. Kibbe MusicJohn Carpenter StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 9-11 3 $8.9M — 2,312 $3,855 $8.9M

2 Aug 16-18 6 $4.2M −52.3% 2,312 $1,837 $17.1M

3 Aug 23-25 10 $2.1M −50.3% 2,172 $972 $21.3M

4 Aug 30-Sep 2 16 $1.5M −27.1% 1,472 $1,045 $23.7M

5 Sep 6-8 29 $352.2K −77.1% 708 $498 $24.3M

6 Sep 13-15 27 $313.1K −11.1% 452 $693 $24.7M

7 Sep 20-22 47 $56.2K −82.0% 253 $222 $24.8M

8 Sep 27-29 49 $48.4K −13.8% 189 $256 $24.9M

12 Oct 25-27 25 $188.3K — 355 $530 $25.2M

13 Nov 1-3 38 $81.4K −56.8% 165 $493 $25.3M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 8 · $48.4K

$8.9M

$4.2M

$2.1M

$1.5M

$352.2K

$313.1K

$56.2K

$48.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −13.8%

−52.3%

W1→2

−50.3%

W2→3

−27.1%

W3→4

−77.1%

W4→5

−11.1%

W5→6

−82.0%

W6→7

−13.8%

W7→8

Steepest −82.0%Best hold −11.1%

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