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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.

🍅 99% 94%

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4.10

8.2

Box office summary

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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Cast & Crew

Full Hanson filmography

Curtis Hanson Director

Kevin Spacey Starring

Russell Crowe Starring

Guy Pearce Starring

James Cromwell Starring

Kim Basinger Starring

ScreenplayBrian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson Produced byArnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson, Michael G. Nathanson CinematographyDante Spinotti Music byJerry Goldsmith StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 19-21 4 $5.2M — 769 $6,777 $5.2M

2 Sep 26-28 6 $4.4M −15.1% 824 $5,367 $11.6M

3 Oct 3-5 6 $4.7M +6.4% 1,625 $2,897 $17.8M

4 Oct 10-12 7 $3.7M −22.1% 1,625 $2,256 $23.0M

5 Oct 17-19 9 $2.5M −30.6% 1,345 $1,891 $26.9M

6 Oct 24-26 10 $2.0M −21.2% 1,151 $1,741 $29.6M

7 Oct 31-Nov 2 13 $1.3M −36.3% 1,003 $1,273 $31.5M

8 Nov 7-9 16 $911.6K −28.6% 883 $1,032 $32.9M

9 Nov 14-16 21 $609.0K −33.2% 701 $869 $33.9M

10 Nov 21-23 26 $273.5K −55.1% 473 $578 $34.3M

11 Nov 28-30 19 $484.8K +77.2% 203 $2,388 $35.0M

12 Dec 5-7 18 $329.1K −32.1% 243 $1,354 $35.4M

13 Dec 12-14 19 $342.1K +3.9% 240 $1,425 $35.8M

14 Dec 19-21 13 $506.6K +48.1% 416 $1,218 $36.5M

15 Dec 26-28 20 $476.1K −6.0% 302 $1,577 $37.3M

16 Jan 2-4 18 $578.0K +21.4% 302 $1,914 $38.3M

17 Jan 9-11 20 $538.9K −6.8% 304 $1,773 $39.0M

18 Jan 16-18 25 $764.8K +41.9% 294 $2,601 $40.0M

19 Jan 23-25 22 $527.5K −31.0% 290 $1,819 $40.7M

20 Jan 30-Feb 1 18 $602.7K +14.2% 292 $2,064 $41.5M

21 Feb 6-8 22 $422.3K −29.9% 242 $1,745 $42.1M

22 Feb 13-15 10 $3.3M +676.7% 814 $4,030 $45.5M

23 Feb 20-22 10 $2.4M −27.6% 814 $2,919 $48.5M

24 Feb 27-Mar 1 13 $2.2M −9.4% 859 $2,505 $51.4M

25 Mar 6-8 13 $1.4M −33.9% 826 $1,721 $53.5M

26 Mar 13-15 11 $1.4M +0.2% 793 $1,796 $55.4M

27 Mar 20-22 12 $1.5M +5.0% 723 $2,070 $57.5M

28 Mar 27-29 14 $1.5M −1.3% 680 $2,172 $59.7M

29 Apr 3-5 15 $1.1M −28.0% 643 $1,654 $61.2M

30 Apr 10-12 20 $478.0K −55.1% 433 $1,104 $62.0M

31 Apr 17-19 20 $744.0K +55.6% 853 $872 $63.0M

32 Apr 24-26 25 $447.4K −39.9% 630 $710 $63.7M

33 May 1-3 26 $274.1K −38.7% 482 $569 $64.1M

34 May 8-10 34 $139.8K −49.0% 278 $503 $64.4M

35 May 15-17 43 $68.9K −50.7% 140 $492 $64.5M

36 May 22-24 40 $79.6K +15.6% 60 $1,327 $64.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 19 #4 $1.5M — $1.5M 769 $1,898 1

Sat Sep 20 #4 $2.2M +53.9% $3.7M 769 $2,922 2

Sun Sep 21 #4 $1.5M −33.1% $5.2M 769 $1,956 3

Mon Sep 22 #3 $467.7K −68.9% $5.7M 769 $608 4

Tue Sep 23 #3 $556.4K +19.0% $6.2M 769 $724 5

Wed Sep 24 #3 $487.6K −12.4% $6.7M 769 $634 6

Thu Sep 25 #3 $429.5K −11.9% $7.2M 769 $559 7

Fri Sep 26 #6 $1.2M +179.5% −17.8% $8.4M 824 $1,457 8

Sat Sep 27 #6 $2.0M +67.2% −10.7% $10.4M 824 $2,436 9

Sun Sep 28 #6 $1.2M −39.5% −19.2% $11.6M 824 $1,474 10

Mon Sep 29 #5 $352.6K −71.0% −24.6% $11.9M 824 $428 11

Tue Sep 30 #6 $412.5K +17.0% −25.9% $12.3M 824 $501 12

Wed Oct 1 #5 $370.4K −10.2% −24.0% $12.7M 824 $449 13

Thu Oct 2 #5 $424.7K +14.7% −1.1% $13.1M 824 $515 14

Fri Oct 3 #6 $1.4M +223.7% +14.5% $14.5M 1,625 $846 15

Sat Oct 4 #6 $2.2M +60.1% +9.7% $16.7M 1,625 $1,354 16

Sun Oct 5 #6 $1.1M −48.6% −6.8% $17.8M 1,625 $697 17

Mon Oct 6 #6 $311.4K −72.5% −11.7% $18.2M 1,625 $192 18

Tue Oct 7 #6 $422.1K +35.5% +2.3% $18.6M 1,625 $260 19

Wed Oct 8 #7 $381.9K −9.5% +3.1% $19.0M 1,625 $235 20

Thu Oct 9 #6 $353.1K −7.5% −16.9% $19.3M 1,625 $217 21

Fri Oct 10 #7 $1.0M +186.9% −26.3% $20.3M 1,625 $623 22

Sun Oct 12 #6 $1.1M — −2.4% $23.0M 1,625 $680 24

Mon Oct 13 #7 $439.9K −60.2% +41.3% $23.4M 1,625 $271 25

Tue Oct 14 #6 $312.4K −29.0% −26.0% $23.7M 1,625 $192 26

Wed Oct 15 #5 $296.6K −5.1% −22.3% $24.0M 1,625 $182 27

Thu Oct 16 #6 $294.5K −0.7% −16.6% $24.3M 1,625 $181 28

Fri Oct 17 #9 $720.0K +144.4% −28.9% $25.0M 1,345 $535 29

Sat Oct 18 #9 $1.2M +64.6% $26.2M 1,345 $881 30

Sun Oct 19 #9 $636.0K −46.3% −42.4% $26.9M 1,345 $473 31

Mon Oct 20 #7 $183.6K −71.1% −58.3% $27.0M 1,345 $137 32

Tue Oct 21 #8 $207.1K +12.8% −33.7% $27.3M 1,345 $154 33

Fri Oct 24 #9 $565.0K — −21.5% $28.2M 1,151 $491 36

Sat Oct 25 #9 $960.0K +69.9% −19.0% $29.2M 1,151 $834 37

Sun Oct 26 #10 $499.0K −48.0% −21.5% $29.6M 1,203 $415 38

Mon Oct 27 #10 $137.3K −72.5% −25.2% $29.8M 1,151 $119 39

Fri Feb 13 #10 $550.0K — $42.7M 814 $676 148

Sat Feb 14 #10 $1.3M +128.2% $44.0M 814 $1,542 149

Sun Feb 15 #8 $1.5M +19.1% $45.5M 814 $1,837 150

Tue Feb 17 #8 $261.8K — $45.7M 814 $322 152

Wed Feb 18 #8 $211.0K −19.4% $46.0M 814 $259 153

Thu Feb 19 #8 $222.6K +5.5% $46.2M 814 $273 154

Fri Feb 20 #10 $590.0K +165.1% +7.3% $46.8M 814 $725 155

Sat Feb 21 #10 $1.1M +91.5% −10.0% $47.9M 814 $1,388 156

Sun Feb 22 #10 $655.0K −42.0% −56.2% $48.5M 814 $805 157

Mon Feb 23 #9 $169.8K −74.1% $48.7M 814 $209 158

Tue Feb 24 #8 $205.7K +21.1% −21.4% $48.9M 814 $253 159

Wed Feb 25 #8 $161.3K −21.6% −23.5% $49.1M 814 $198 160

Thu Feb 26 #9 $165.0K +2.3% −25.9% $49.3M 814 $203 161

Mon Mar 2 #12 $141.4K — −16.7% $51.5M 859 $165 165

Tue Mar 3 #9 $190.0K +34.4% −7.6% $51.7M 859 $221 166

Wed Mar 4 #8 $168.3K −11.4% +4.4% $51.9M 859 $196 167

Thu Mar 5 #9 $165.1K −1.9% +0.1% $52.1M 859 $192 168

Mon Mar 9 #10 $121.0K — −14.5% $53.6M 826 $146 172

Tue Mar 10 #10 $115.0K −4.9% −39.5% $53.8M 826 $139 173

Wed Mar 11 #10 $130.5K +13.5% −22.5% $53.9M 826 $158 174

Sat Mar 14 #10 $690.0K — $55.0M 1,514 $456 177

Wed Mar 18 #10 $152.7K — +17.1% $55.9M 793 $193 181

Thu Mar 19 #10 $157.6K +3.2% $56.0M 793 $199 182

Tue Mar 24 #10 $205.0K — $57.8M 723 $284 187

Wed Mar 25 #10 $183.9K −10.3% +20.4% $58.0M 723 $254 188

Thu Mar 26 #10 $177.4K −3.6% +12.6% $58.2M 723 $245 189

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

Cumulative total$29.8M

Sep 19Sep 28Oct 7Oct 16Oct 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $273.5K

$5.2M

$4.4M

$4.7M

$3.7M

$2.5M

$2.0M

$1.3M

$911.6K

$609.0K

$273.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,625 → 1,151 −29.2%

769 open1,151 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −55.1%

−15.1%

W1→2

+6.4%

W2→3

−22.1%

W3→4

−30.6%

W4→5

−21.2%

W5→6

−36.3%

W6→7

−28.6%

W7→8

−33.2%

W8→9

−55.1%

W9→10

Steepest −55.1%Biggest gain +6.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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