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The Insider

1999 • R • 2h 38m • Drama, Thriller • Touchstone Pictures

Two men driven to tell the truth … whatever the cost.

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$6.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$29.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$60.3M

$31.3M international

Domestic Legs4.3x

Budget$68.0M

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Cast & Crew

Full Mann filmography

Michael Mann Director

Al Pacino Starring

Russell Crowe Starring

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer Starring

Philip Baker Hall

Philip Baker Hall Starring

Debi Mazar Starring

ScreenplayEric Roth, Michael Mann Produced byMichael Mann, Pieter Jan Brugge CinematographyDante Spinotti Music byPieter Bourke, Lisa Gerrard StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 5-7 4 $6.7M — 1,809 $3,711 $6.7M

2 Nov 12-14 6 $5.0M −25.3% 1,833 $2,735 $14.1M

3 Nov 19-21 7 $2.8M −43.5% 1,844 $1,535 $18.3M

4 Nov 26-28 9 $2.5M −12.3% 1,672 $1,483 $22.1M

5 Dec 3-5 9 $1.3M −46.4% 1,483 $896 $23.9M

6 Dec 10-12 14 $569.3K −57.2% 823 $692 $24.9M

7 Dec 17-19 16 $364.8K −35.9% 433 $842 $25.5M

8 Dec 24-26 32 $122.4K −66.5% 249 $491 $25.9M

9 Dec 31-Jan 2 36 $121.7K −0.6% 166 $733 $26.1M

10 Jan 7-9 40 $115.1K −5.4% 115 $1,001 $26.3M

11 Jan 14-17 MLK 45 $90.5K — 76 $1,191 $26.6M

12 Jan 21-23 53 $49.9K — 55 $907 $26.6M

13 Jan 28-30 55 $41.5K −16.9% 43 $964 $26.6M

14 Feb 4-6 63 $38.3K −7.6% 36 $1,064 $26.7M

15 Feb 11-13 67 $36.8K −3.9% 36 $1,022 $26.7M

16 Feb 18-21 Presidents' Day 33 $241.3K — 132 $1,828 $27.0M

17 Feb 25-27 20 $521.3K — 651 $801 $27.5M

18 Mar 3-5 30 $215.4K −58.7% 200 $1,077 $27.9M

19 Mar 10-12 37 $126.3K −41.4% 95 $1,330 $28.2M

20 Mar 17-19 41 $107.2K −15.1% 83 $1,292 $28.3M

21 Mar 24-26 41 $110.7K +3.2% 76 $1,456 $28.5M

22 Mar 31-Apr 2 29 $182.7K +65.1% 310 $589 $28.7M

23 Apr 7-9 36 $93.2K −49.0% 183 $509 $28.9M

24 Apr 14-16 67 $25.1K −73.1% 57 $440 $28.9M

25 Apr 21-23 103 $6.7K −73.2% 16 $419 $29.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 5 #4 $2.0M — $2.0M 1,810 $1,106 1

Sat Nov 6 #4 $2.9M +47.2% $4.9M 1,810 $1,628 2

Sun Nov 7 #4 $1.6M −44.8% $6.7M 1,809 $900 3

Mon Nov 8 #3 $451.8K −72.2% $7.2M 1,809 $250 4

Tue Nov 9 #2 $544.5K +20.5% $7.7M 1,809 $301 5

Wed Nov 10 #5 $580.1K +6.5% $8.3M 1,809 $321 6

Thu Nov 11 #5 $798.6K +37.7% $9.1M 1,809 $441 7

Fri Nov 12 #7 $1.5M +92.2% −23.3% $10.6M 1,833 $837 8

Sat Nov 13 #6 $2.3M +49.8% −22.0% $12.9M 1,833 $1,255 9

Sun Nov 14 #6 $1.2M −46.1% −23.8% $14.1M 1,833 $676 10

Mon Nov 15 #5 $322.9K −74.0% −28.5% $14.4M 1,833 $176 11

Tue Nov 16 #5 $392.1K +21.4% −28.0% $14.8M 1,833 $214 12

Wed Nov 17 #5 $349.1K −11.0% −39.8% $15.2M 1,833 $190 13

Thu Nov 18 #5 $326.3K −6.5% −59.1% $15.5M 1,833 $178 14

Fri Nov 19 #7 $806.0K +147.0% −47.5% $16.3M 1,846 $437 15

Sat Nov 20 #7 $1.4M +73.6% −39.2% $17.7M 1,846 $758 16

Sun Nov 21 #7 $689.0K −50.8% −44.4% $18.3M 1,844 $374 17

Mon Nov 22 #7 $204.0K −70.4% −36.8% $18.5M 1,844 $111 18

Tue Nov 23 #8 $276.8K +35.7% −29.4% $18.8M 1,844 $150 19

Wed Nov 24 #9 $343.0K +23.9% −1.7% $19.1M 1,689 $203 20

Thu Nov 25 #9 $441.0K +28.6% +35.1% $19.6M 1,689 $261 21

Fri Nov 26 #9 $919.0K +108.4% +14.0% $20.5M 1,689 $544 22

Sat Nov 27 #9 $1.1M +15.7% −24.0% $21.6M 1,675 $635 23

Sun Nov 28 #9 $469.0K −55.9% −31.9% $22.1M 1,672 $281 24

Mon Nov 29 #8 $127.6K −72.8% −37.5% $22.2M 1,672 $76 25

Tue Nov 30 #8 $154.3K +21.0% −44.3% $22.3M 1,672 $92 26

Wed Dec 1 #8 $132.7K −14.0% −61.3% $22.5M 1,672 $79 27

Thu Dec 2 #9 $132.0K −0.5% −70.1% $22.6M 1,672 $79 28

Fri Dec 3 #10 $368.0K +178.8% −60.0% $23.0M 1,485 $248 29

Sat Dec 4 #8 $644.0K +75.0% −39.4% $23.6M 1,485 $434 30

Sun Dec 5 #10 $313.0K −51.4% −33.3% $23.9M 1,483 $211 31

Mon Dec 6 #10 $97.0K −69.0% −24.0% $24.0M 1,483 $65 32

Tue Dec 7 #9 $120.9K +24.7% −21.6% $24.1M 1,483 $82 33

Wed Dec 8 #9 $108.8K −10.0% −18.0% $24.3M 1,483 $73 34

Thu Dec 9 #9 $107.4K −1.3% −18.6% $24.4M 1,483 $72 35

Sun Dec 12 #12 $143.0K — −54.3% $24.9M 823 $174 38

Mon Dec 13 #12 $53.7K −62.5% −44.6% $25.0M 823 $65 39

Tue Dec 14 #11 $66.6K +24.0% −44.9% $25.1M 823 $81 40

Wed Dec 15 #10 $61.2K −8.1% −43.7% $25.1M 823 $74 41

Thu Dec 16 #12 $58.4K −4.6% −45.6% $25.2M 823 $71 42

Sun Dec 19 #17 $103.0K — −28.0% $25.5M 433 $238 45

Mon Dec 20 #16 $48.7K −52.7% −9.2% $25.6M 433 $113 46

Tue Dec 21 #16 $64.9K +33.1% −2.6% $25.6M 433 $150 47

Mon Jan 17 #42 $14.0K — $26.6M 76 $184 74

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

Cumulative total$25.6M

Nov 5Nov 16Nov 26Dec 7Dec 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $115.1K

$6.7M

$5.0M

$2.8M

$2.5M

$1.3M

$569.3K

$364.8K

$122.4K

$121.7K

$115.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,846 → 433 −76.5%

1,810 open433 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −5.4%

−25.3%

W1→2

−43.5%

W2→3

−12.3%

W3→4

−46.4%

W4→5

−57.2%

W5→6

−35.9%

W6→7

−66.5%

W7→8

−0.6%

W8→9

−5.4%

W9→10

Steepest −66.5%Best hold −0.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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