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True Lies

1994 • R • 2h 21m • Action, Comedy, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

When he said I do, he never said what he did.

🍅 77% 76% MC 63 LB 3.60 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$25.9M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$146.3M
Final
Worldwide Total
$365.3M
$219M international
Domestic Legs5.7x
Budget$100M
1994 Rank#3
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Cast & Crew

Full Cameron filmography
James Cameron James Cameron Director Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Schwarzenegger Starring Jamie Lee Curtis Jamie Lee Curtis Starring Bill Paxton Bill Paxton Starring Tia Carrere Tia Carrere Starring
ScreenplayJames Cameron Based onLa Totale! by Claude Zidi, Simon Michaël, Didier Kaminka Produced byJames Cameron, Stephanie Austin CinematographyRussell Carpenter Music byBrad Fiedel Studio20th Century Fox
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 15-17 1 $25.9M — 2,369 $10,920 $25.9M
2 Jul 22-24 2 $20.7M −20.0% 2,561 $8,081 $61.5M
3 Jul 29-31 3 $13.7M −33.6% 2,510 $5,475 $85.2M
4 Aug 5-7 5 $9.2M −33.1% 2,340 $3,927 $100.8M
5 Aug 12-14 5 $7.0M −23.7% 2,156 $3,251 $112.3M
6 Aug 19-21 5 $5.2M −25.6% 1,860 $2,806 $121.0M
7 Aug 26-28 7 $3.4M −34.4% 1,530 $2,239 $126.7M
8 Sep 2-4 6 $4.1M +20.6% 1,691 $2,443 $132.2M
9 Sep 9-11 8 $2.2M −47.8% 1,547 $1,392 $135.1M
10 Sep 16-18 10 $1.6M −27.8% 1,309 $1,189 $137.4M
11 Sep 23-25 9 $1.5M −5.8% 1,251 $1,171 $139.4M
12 Sep 30-Oct 2 11 $975.8K −33.4% 1,000 $976 $140.8M
14 Oct 14-16 13 $544.4K — 588 $926 $142.5M
15 Oct 21-23 13 $561.9K +3.2% 566 $993 $143.2M
16 Oct 28-30 18 $542.6K −3.4% 595 $912 $144.0M
17 Nov 4-6 22 $507.9K −6.4% 491 $1,034 $144.7M
18 Nov 11-13 23 $387.5K −23.7% 389 $996 $145.3M
19 Nov 18-20 25 $245.4K −36.7% 311 $789 $145.7M
22 Dec 9-11 38 $53.1K — 121 $439 $146.1M
23 Dec 16-18 45 $36.1K −31.9% 84 $430 $146.2M
25 Dec 30-Jan 1 59 $25.9K — 24 $1,080 $146.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.6M
$25.9M
$20.7M
$13.7M
$9.2M
$7.0M
$5.2M
$3.4M
$4.1M
$2.2M
$1.6M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.8%
−20.0%
W1→2
−33.6%
W2→3
−33.1%
W3→4
−23.7%
W4→5
−25.6%
W5→6
−34.4%
W6→7
+20.6%
W7→8
−47.8%
W8→9
−27.8%
W9→10
Steepest −47.8%Biggest gain +20.6%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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