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In the Line of Fire

1993 • R • 2h 8m • Action, Crime, Thriller • Columbia Pictures

An assassin on the loose. A president in danger. Only one man stands between them…

🍅 96% 79% MC 74 LB 3.54 IMDb 7.2

In the Line of Fire Box Office

Opening Weekend
$15.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$102.2M
Final
Worldwide Total
$187.3M
$85.1M international
Domestic Legs6.7x
1993 Rank#7
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 9-11 3 $15.27M — $15.27M 1,903 $8.0K 1
Jul 16-18 2 $13.06M -14.5% $36.06M 2,089 $6.3K 2
Jul 23-25 2 $11.21M -14.1% $54.12M 2,129 $5.3K 3
Jul 30-Aug 1 2 $8.01M -28.6% $67.75M 2,129 $3.8K 4
Aug 6-8 3 $5.81M -27.4% $77.35M 1,925 $3.0K 5
Aug 13-15 5 $4.46M -23.2% $84.21M 1,808 $2.5K 6
Aug 20-22 6 $3.42M -23.4% $89.64M 1,683 $2.0K 7
Aug 27-29 8 $2.61M -23.7% $93.71M 1,472 $1.8K 8
Sep 3-5 8 $3.20M +22.8% $97.88M 1,274 $2.5K 9
Sep 10-12 8 $1.61M -49.7% $100.01M 1,127 $1.4K 10

Cast & Crew

Directed byWolfgang Petersen
ScreenplayJeff Maguire
Produced byJeff Apple
CinematographyJohn Bailey
Music byEnnio Morricone
StarringClint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole, Fred Dalton Thompson, John Mahoney
StudioColumbia Pictures

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