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Name: Primal Fear
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1996
Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard

1996 • R • 2h 9m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Paramount Pictures

Sooner or later, a man who wears two faces forgets which one is real.

🍅 77% 89%

4.01

7.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$56.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$102.60M

$46.50M international

Domestic legs5.7x

1996 rank#25

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Cast & crew

Richard Gere Starring

Laura Linney Starring

Edward Norton Starring

John Mahoney Starring

Alfre Woodard Starring

Frances McDormand Starring Paramount Pictures Studio

ScreenplaySteve Shagan, Ann Biderman Produced byGary Lucchesi CinematographyMichael Chapman Music byJames Newton Howard StudioParamount Pictures

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 5-7 1 $9.9M — 1,983 $4,978 $11.9M

2 Apr 12-14 1 $8.1M −17.9% 1,983 $4,089 $23.8M

3 Apr 19-21 1 $6.6M −18.8% 1,983 $3,321 $33.1M

4 Apr 26-28 4 $4.7M −28.6% 1,955 $2,406 $39.8M

5 May 3-5 4 $3.6M −23.3% 1,983 $1,819 $44.9M

6 May 10-12 4 $2.4M −33.3% 1,887 $1,275 $48.4M

7 May 17-19 6 $2.0M −18.7% 1,728 $1,132 $51.1M

8 May 24-26 8 $1.4M −26.9% 1,176 $1,216 $53.0M

9 May 31-Jun 2 12 $592.4K −58.6% 789 $751 $53.9M

10 Jun 7-9 18 $286.4K −51.7% 463 $619 $54.4M

11 Jun 14-16 26 $134.9K −52.9% 277 $487 $54.6M

12 Jun 21-23 35 $75.1K −44.3% 149 $504 $54.8M

13 Jun 28-30 41 $61.6K −18.0% 115 $535 $54.9M

14 Jul 5-7 18 $386.2K +527.2% 523 $738 $55.3M

15 Jul 12-14 25 $167.0K −56.8% 415 $402 $55.6M

16 Jul 19-21 33 $86.2K −48.4% 242 $356 $55.8M

17 Jul 26-28 45 $50.9K −41.0% 161 $316 $55.9M

18 Aug 2-4 40 $50.4K −0.9% 116 $434 $55.9M

19 Aug 9-11 48 $36.9K −26.8% 68 $542 $56.0M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $286.4K

$9.9M

$8.1M

$6.6M

$4.7M

$3.6M

$2.4M

$2.0M

$1.4M

$592.4K

$286.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.7%

−17.9%

W1→2

−18.8%

W2→3

−28.6%

W3→4

−23.3%

W4→5

−33.3%

W5→6

−18.7%

W6→7

−26.9%

W7→8

−58.6%

W8→9

−51.7%

W9→10

Steepest −58.6%Best hold −17.9%

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