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The Devil's Own

1997 • R • 1h 47m • Action, Crime, Thriller • Columbia Pictures

They come from different worlds. They fight for different causes. Now, two men from opposite sides of the law are about to go to war.

🍅 34% 41% MC 52 LB 2.95 IMDb 6.2
CS B-

The Devil's Own Box Office

Opening Weekend
$14.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$42.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$140.9M
$98.0M international
Domestic Legs3.0x
Budget$90M
1997 Rank#50
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Mar 28-30 2 $14.27M — $14.27M 2,504 $5.7K 1
Apr 4-6 3 $7.01M -50.9% $29.59M 2,504 $2.8K 2
Apr 11-13 5 $4.18M -40.4% $35.55M 2,355 $1.8K 3
Apr 18-20 6 $2.41M -42.4% $39.12M 2,004 $1.2K 4
Apr 25-27 9 $1.15M -52.0% $41.02M 1,270 $909 5
May 2-4 14 $512K -55.7% $41.87M 700 $732 6
May 9-11 23 $182K -64.4% $42.20M 440 $414 7
May 16-18 24 $158K -13.4% $42.42M 377 $418 8
May 23-25 40 $86K -45.2% $42.54M 191 $452 9
May 30-Jun 1 44 $49K -43.6% $42.60M 146 $334 10
Jun 6-8 55 $27K -44.1% $42.64M 90 $303 11
Jun 20-22 35 $108K — $42.78M 495 $218 13
Jun 27-29 46 $29K -73.5% $42.85M 214 $133 14
Jul 4-6 52 $20K -31.2% $42.88M 54 $363 15

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byAlan J. Pakula
ScreenplayDavid Aaron Cohen, Vincent Patrick, Kevin Jarre
Produced byLawrence Gordon, Robert F. Colesberry
CinematographyGordon Willis
Music byJames Horner
StarringHarrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Rubén Blades, Treat Williams, George Hearn, Mitchell Ryan, Natascha McElhone
StudioColumbia Pictures

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