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PhiladelphiaFollow

1993 • PG-13 • 2h 5m • Drama • TriStar Pictures

No one would take on his case... until one man was willing to take on the system.

🍅 81% 89% MC 66 LB 3.95 IMDb 7.7

Box office summary

Domestic total
$77.40M
Final
Worldwide total
$207.00M
$129.00M international
Budget$26.0M
1994 rank#14
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Cast & crew

Full Demme filmography
Jonathan Demme Jonathan Demme Director Tom Hanks Tom Hanks Starring Denzel Washington Denzel Washington Starring Jason Robards Jason Robards Starring Mary Steenburgen Mary Steenburgen Starring Antonio Banderas Antonio Banderas Starring TriStar Pictures Studio
ScreenplayRon Nyswaner Produced byEdward Saxon, Jonathan Demme CinematographyTak Fujimoto Music byHoward Shore StudioTriStar Pictures

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 24-26 20 $143.4K — 4 $35,858 $143.4K
2 Dec 31-Jan 2 20 $153.9K +7.3% 4 $38,469 $555.6K
3 Jan 7-9 19 $141.0K −8.4% 4 $35,253 $838.7K
4 Jan 14-17 MLK Day 1 $13.8M — 1,245 $11,098 $14.8M
5 Jan 21-23 1 $8.8M — 1,295 $6,819 $26.5M
6 Jan 28-30 2 $7.3M −17.1% 1,562 $4,684 $36.6M
7 Feb 4-6 3 $5.8M −20.5% 1,594 $3,651 $44.8M
8 Feb 11-13 7 $4.2M −27.4% 1,604 $2,633 $50.5M
9 Feb 18-21 Presidents' Day 10 $4.0M — 1,449 $2,775 $55.9M
10 Feb 25-27 12 $2.2M — 1,336 $1,666 $58.8M
11 Mar 4-6 16 $1.5M −31.8% 968 $1,569 $61.0M
12 Mar 11-13 18 $1.1M −27.8% 708 $1,548 $62.6M
13 Mar 18-20 15 $1.1M +4.1% 673 $1,696 $64.2M
14 Mar 25-27 8 $1.9M +70.1% 888 $2,186 $66.8M
15 Apr 1-3 15 $1.3M −31.5% 795 $1,672 $68.2M
16 Apr 8-10 13 $1.2M −8.1% 809 $1,509 $70.2M
17 Apr 15-17 15 $791.1K −35.2% 637 $1,241 $71.6M
18 Apr 22-24 17 $620.9K −21.5% 590 $1,052 $72.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.2M
$143.4K
$153.9K
$141.0K
$13.8M
$8.8M
$7.3M
$5.8M
$4.2M
$4.0M
$2.2M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.4%
+7.3%
W1→2
−8.4%
W2→3
−17.1%
W5→6
−20.5%
W6→7
−27.4%
W7→8
Steepest −27.4%Biggest gain +7.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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