Thelma & Louise

Name: Thelma & Louise
Director: Ridley Scott
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Released: 1991
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald

1991 • R • 2h 10m • Adventure, Crime, Drama • MGM

Somebody said get a life...so they did.

🍅 87% 82%

4.22

7.6

Box office summary

Domestic Total

$45.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$45.6M

$0.2M international

Budget$16.5M

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Cast & Crew

Full Scott filmography

Ridley Scott Director

Susan Sarandon Starring

Geena Davis Starring

Harvey Keitel Starring

Michael Madsen Starring

Christopher McDonald Starring

ScreenplayCallie Khouri Produced byRidley Scott, Mimi Polk Gitlin CinematographyAdrian Biddle Music byHans Zimmer StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 24-27 Memorial Day 4 $6.1M — 1,179 $5,174 $6.1M

2 May 31-Jun 2 4 $4.2M — 1,180 $3,525 $11.9M

3 Jun 7-9 7 $3.0M −27.4% 1,180 $2,559 $17.0M

4 Jun 14-16 8 $2.5M −17.6% 1,180 $2,109 $21.1M

5 Jun 21-23 10 $2.6M +5.6% 1,166 $2,253 $25.4M

6 Jun 28-30 8 $2.2M −15.5% 1,081 $2,054 $29.1M

7 Jul 5-7 10 $2.0M −7.9% 907 $2,255 $32.5M

8 Jul 12-14 13 $1.3M −36.8% 816 $1,583 $34.8M

9 Jul 19-21 14 $1.1M −15.1% 743 $1,475 $36.6M

Weekend grossWk 9 · $1.1M

$6.1M

$4.2M

$3.0M

$2.5M

$2.6M

$2.2M

$2.0M

$1.3M

$1.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −15.1%

−27.4%

W2→3

−17.6%

W3→4

+5.6%

W4→5

−15.5%

W5→6

−7.9%

W6→7

−36.8%

W7→8

−15.1%

W8→9

Steepest −36.8%Biggest gain +5.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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