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Sling Blade

1996 • R • 2h 15m • Drama • Miramax

A simple man. A difficult choice.

🍅 96% 92% MC 85 LB 3.94 IMDb 8.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$3.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$24.4M
Final
Domestic Legs8.1x
Budget$1.0M
1997 Rank#82
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Cast & Crew

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Billy Bob Thornton Billy Bob Thornton Director John Ritter John Ritter Starring Lucas Black Lucas Black Starring Robert Duvall Robert Duvall Starring
ScreenplayBilly Bob Thornton Produced byDavid L. Bushell, Brandon Rosser CinematographyBarry Markowitz Music byDaniel Lanois StudioMiramax
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 29-Dec 1 15 $28.1K — 3 $9,379 $36.6K
12 Feb 14-17 Presidents' Day 23 $559.5K — 63 $8,881 $1.1M
13 Feb 21-23 17 $752.1K — 122 $6,165 $2.0M
14 Feb 28-Mar 2 17 $880.9K +17.1% 154 $5,719 $3.2M
15 Mar 7-9 16 $1.3M +44.3% 268 $4,741 $4.8M
16 Mar 14-16 7 $3.0M +138.2% 951 $3,183 $8.4M
17 Mar 21-23 7 $3.0M −0.3% 1,020 $2,957 $12.5M
18 Mar 28-30 11 $2.2M −28.0% 992 $2,189 $15.9M
19 Apr 4-6 14 $1.5M −29.9% 905 $1,682 $18.3M
20 Apr 11-13 15 $1.1M −28.4% 763 $1,429 $19.8M

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