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L.A. Confidential

1997 R 2h 18m Crime, Mystery, Thriller Warner Bros.

Everything is suspect... Everyone is for sale... And nothing is what it seems.

L.A. Confidential Box Office

Opening Weekend
$5.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$64.6M
Final
Worldwide Total
$126.2M
$61.6M international
Domestic Legs12.4x
Budget$35.0M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Sep 19-21 4 $5.21M $5.21M 769 $6.8K 1
Sep 26-28 6 $4.42M -15.1% $11.57M 824 $5.4K 2
Oct 3-5 6 $4.71M +6.4% $17.84M 1,625 $2.9K 3
Oct 10-12 7 $3.67M -22.1% $22.98M 1,625 $2.3K 4
Oct 17-19 9 $2.54M -30.6% $26.86M 1,345 $1.9K 5
Oct 24-26 10 $2.00M -21.2% $29.64M 1,151 $1.7K 6
Oct 31-Nov 2 13 $1.28M -36.3% $31.51M 1,003 $1.3K 7
Nov 7-9 16 $912K -28.6% $32.86M 883 $1.0K 8
Nov 14-16 21 $609K -33.2% $33.87M 701 $869 9
Nov 21-23 26 $274K -55.1% $34.33M 473 $578 10
Nov 28-30 19 $485K +77.2% $34.97M 203 $2.4K 11
Dec 5-7 18 $329K -32.1% $35.37M 243 $1.4K 12
Dec 12-14 19 $342K +3.9% $35.82M 240 $1.4K 13
Dec 19-21 13 $507K +48.1% $36.47M 416 $1.2K 14
Dec 26-28 20 $476K -6.0% $37.29M 302 $1.6K 15
Jan 2-4 18 $578K +21.4% $38.30M 302 $1.9K 16
Jan 9-11 20 $539K -6.8% $39.05M 304 $1.8K 17
Jan 16-18 25 $765K +41.9% $39.97M 294 $2.6K 18
Jan 23-25 22 $528K -31.0% $40.68M 290 $1.8K 19
Jan 30-Feb 1 18 $603K +14.2% $41.47M 292 $2.1K 20
Feb 6-8 22 $422K -29.9% $42.05M 242 $1.7K 21
Feb 13-15 10 $3.28M +676.7% $45.48M 814 $4.0K 22
Feb 20-22 10 $2.38M -27.6% $48.55M 814 $2.9K 23
Feb 27-Mar 1 13 $2.15M -9.4% $51.41M 859 $2.5K 24
Mar 6-8 13 $1.42M -33.9% $53.49M 826 $1.7K 25
Mar 13-15 11 $1.42M +0.2% $55.43M 793 $1.8K 26
Mar 20-22 12 $1.50M +5.0% $57.51M 723 $2.1K 27
Mar 27-29 14 $1.48M -1.3% $59.66M 680 $2.2K 28
Apr 3-5 15 $1.06M -28.0% $61.18M 643 $1.7K 29
Apr 10-12 20 $478K -55.1% $62.01M 433 $1.1K 30
Apr 17-19 20 $744K +55.6% $62.96M 853 $872 31
Apr 24-26 25 $447K -39.9% $63.69M 630 $710 32
May 1-3 26 $274K -38.7% $64.13M 482 $569 33
May 8-10 34 $140K -49.0% $64.38M 278 $503 34
May 15-17 43 $69K -50.7% $64.50M 140 $492 35
May 22-24 40 $80K +15.6% $64.60M 60 $1.3K 36

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 byCurtis Hanson
ScreenplayBrian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson
Produced byArnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson, Michael G. Nathanson
CinematographyDante Spinotti
Music byJerry Goldsmith
StarringKevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito
StudioWarner Bros.

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