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Urban Legend

1998 • R • 1h 40m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Sony Pictures Releasing

What you don't believe can kill you.

🍅 31% 38% MC 35 LB 2.85 IMDb 5.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$10.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$38.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$72.6M
$34.5M international
Domestic Legs3.6x
Budget$14M
1998 Rank#55
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Cast & Crew

Alicia Witt Alicia Witt Starring Jared Leto Jared Leto Starring Loretta Devine Loretta Devine Starring Tara Reid Tara Reid Starring
ScreenplaySilvio Horta Produced byNeal H. Moritz, Gina Matthews, Michael McDonnell CinematographyJames Chressanthis MusicChristopher Young StudioSony Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 25-27 3 $10.5M — 2,257 $4,659 $10.5M
2 Oct 2-4 6 $6.7M −36.2% 2,257 $2,972 $20.1M
3 Oct 9-11 6 $4.8M −28.9% 2,257 $2,114 $26.5M
4 Oct 16-19 8 $2.9M −39.5% 2,063 $1,400 $30.9M
5 Oct 23-25 11 $1.6M −43.3% 1,524 $1,074 $33.3M
6 Oct 30-Nov 1 11 $1.2M −24.7% 1,395 $883 $35.0M
7 Nov 6-8 19 $645.7K −47.6% 776 $832 $36.0M
8 Nov 13-15 28 $185.4K −71.3% 369 $503 $36.4M
9 Nov 20-22 45 $68.9K −62.8% 125 $551 $36.5M
10 Nov 27-29 62 $15.2K −78.0% 41 $370 $36.5M
14 Dec 25-27 20 $531.7K — 541 $983 $37.1M
15 Jan 1-3 25 $350.9K −34.0% 541 $649 $37.9M
16 Jan 8-10 39 $79.1K −77.5% 302 $262 $38.0M
17 Jan 15-18 49 $30.2K −61.9% 134 $225 $38.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $15.2K
$10.5M
$6.7M
$4.8M
$2.9M
$1.6M
$1.2M
$645.7K
$185.4K
$68.9K
$15.2K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −78.0%
−36.2%
W1→2
−28.9%
W2→3
−39.5%
W3→4
−43.3%
W4→5
−24.7%
W5→6
−47.6%
W6→7
−71.3%
W7→8
−62.8%
W8→9
−78.0%
W9→10
Steepest −78.0%Best hold −24.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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