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The Big Hit

1998 • R • 1h 31m • Action, Comedy, Crime • Sony Pictures Releasing

Nothing's more dangerous than some nice guys... with a little time to kill.

🍅 41% 57% MC 31 LB 2.91 IMDb 6.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$10.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$27.1M
Final
Domestic Legs2.5x
Budget$13M
1998 Rank#70
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Cast & Crew

Mark Wahlberg Mark Wahlberg Starring Lou Diamond Phillips Lou Diamond Phillips Starring Christina Applegate Christina Applegate Starring Bokeem Woodbine Bokeem Woodbine Starring
ScreenplayBen Ramsey Produced byWesley Snipes, Warren Zide, John M. Eckert CinematographyDanny Nowak MusicGraeme Revell StudioSony Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 24-26 1 $10.8M — 2,149 $5,030 $10.8M
2 May 1-3 3 $5.8M −46.8% 2,149 $2,676 $19.4M
3 May 8-10 8 $2.3M −59.4% 2,149 $1,085 $23.2M
4 May 15-17 10 $1.4M −39.1% 1,510 $941 $25.4M
5 May 22-25 19 $522.0K −63.3% 525 $994 $26.3M
6 May 29-31 27 $185.7K −64.4% 259 $717 $26.6M
7 Jun 5-7 40 $63.9K −65.6% 141 $453 $26.7M
8 Jun 12-14 54 $31.0K −51.5% 80 $388 $26.7M
9 Jun 19-21 34 $85.3K +175.0% 456 $187 $26.8M
10 Jun 26-28 44 $38.0K −55.4% 193 $197 $26.9M
11 Jul 3-5 49 $32.4K −14.8% 47 $690 $26.9M
14 Jul 24-26 57 $20.8K — 15 $1,387 $27.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $38.0K
$10.8M
$5.8M
$2.3M
$1.4M
$522.0K
$185.7K
$63.9K
$31.0K
$85.3K
$38.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −55.4%
−46.8%
W1→2
−59.4%
W2→3
−39.1%
W3→4
−63.3%
W4→5
−64.4%
W5→6
−65.6%
W6→7
−51.5%
W7→8
+175.0%
W8→9
−55.4%
W9→10
Steepest −65.6%Biggest gain +175.0%

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