The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

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Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $15,432,314Details
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$4,216,063 (27.3% of total gross)
Legs:3.66 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1,373 opening theaters/1,373 max. theaters, 1.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $38,507,641

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 19th, 1990 (Wide) by Warner Bros.
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 125 minutes
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Keywords: Car Accident, Infidelity, Hit and Run, African Americans, Addiction, Investigative Journalist, Development Hell, Famously Bad, Satire, Satirical Comedy
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Warner Bros.
Production Countries: United States

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 21, 1990 7 $4,216,063   1,373 $3,071   $4,216,063 1

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Weekly Box Office Performance

Leading Cast

Tom Hanks    Sherman McCoy
Bruce Willis    Peter Fallow
Melanie Griffith    Maria Ruskin

Supporting Cast

Morgan Freeman    Judge Leonard White
Kim Cattrall    Judy McCoy
Saul Rubinek    Jed Kramer
John Hancock    Reverend Bacon
Kevin Dunn    Tom Killian
Clifton James    Albert Fox
Louis Giambalvo    Ray Andruitti
Barton Heyman    Det. Martin
Norman Parker    Det. Goldberg
Donald Moffat    Mr. McCoy
Alan King    Arthur Ruskin
Beth Broderick    Caroline Heftshank
Kurt Fuller    Pollard Browning
Adam LeFevre    Rawlie Thorpe
Richard Libertini    Ed Rifkin
Andre Gregory    Aubrey Buffing
Mary Alice    Annie Lamb
Robert Stephens    Sir Gerald Moore
Marjorie Monaghan    Evelyn Moore
Rita Wilson    PR Woman
Kirsten Dunst    Campbell McCoy
Troy Windbush    Roland Auburn
Patrick Malone    Henry Lamb
Emmanuel Xuereb    Filippo Chirazzi
Scotty Bloch    Sally Rawthrote
Hansford Rowe    Leon Bavardage
Elizabeth Owens    Inez Bavardage
Malachy McCourt    Tony-Doorman
John Bentley    Bill-Doorman
William Clark    Eddie Doorman
Jeff Brooks    Bondsman
T.J. Coan    Bondsman
Don McManus    Bondsman
James Lally    Bondsman
Marcia Mitzman    Bondsman
William Woodson    Gene Lopwitz/V.O.
Nelson Vasquez    Pimp
Fanni Green    Prostitute
Roy Milton Davis    Latino
Shiek Mahmud-Bey    Lockwood
Stewart J. Zully    Court Clerk
Helen Stenborg    Mrs. McCoy
Timothy Jenkins    Billy Cortez
Sam Jenkins    Fox's Assistant
Vito D'Ambrosio    Intercom Man
Paul Bates    Buck
Camryn Manheim    Poe Picketer
J.D. Wyatt    Poe Picketer
Edye Byrde    Poe Picketer
David Lipman    Poe Picketer
George Merritt    Poe Picketer
Kirk Taylor    Aide
O. Laron Clark    Cecil Hayden
Louis P. Lebherz    The Commandatori
Walker Joyce    Bobby Shalfet/Don Giovanni
Anatoly Davydov    Boris Karlevskov
Nancy McDonald    Media Jackel
Ray Iannicelli    Media Jackel
Daniel Hagen    Media Jackel
Kimberleigh Aarn    Media Jackel
Walter Flanagan    Media Jackel
Mike Hodge    Media Jackel
Ernestine Jackson    Media Jackel
Nicholas Levitin    Media Jackel
Novella Nelson    Media Jackel
Noble Lee Lester    Media Jackel
Adina Winston    Female Guest
Richard Belzer    TV Producer
Cynthia Mason    Maid
Ermal Williamson    Butler
W.M. Hunt    Nunnally Voyd
Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi    Maitre d"
Jon Rashad Kamal    French Waiter
Channing Chase    Shocked Woman
Hal England    French Restaurant Patron
Joy Claussen    French Restaurant Patron
John Fink    French Restaurant Patron
Judith Burke    French Restaurant Patron
Barry Michlin    Funeral Director
Connie Sawyer    Ruskin Family Member
Johnny Crear    Manny Leerman
Sherri Paysinger    Anchorwoman
Kathryn Danielle    P.R. Assistant
Oliver Dixon    Diplomat
Jennifer Bassey    Diplomat's Wife
Katrina Braque    Diplomat's Daughter
Richard Gilbert-Hill    Weiss Aide
Marie Chambers    Weiss Aide
Virginia Morris    Weiss Aide
George Plimpton    Well Wisher
Susan Forristal    Well Wisher

Narrator(s)

Barry Neikrug    Weiss Aide

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Brian De Palma    Director
Michael Christofer    Screenwriter
Tom Wolfe    Story Creator
Peter Guber    Executive Producer
Jon Peters    Executive Producer
Fred Caruso    Co-Producer
Vilmos Zsigmond    Director of Photography
Richard Sylbert    Production Designer
David Ray    Editor
Bill Pankow    Editor
Dave Grusin    Composer
Monica Goldstein    Associate Producer
Chris Soldo    Assistant Director
Eric Schwab    Second Unit Director
Robert Anderson    Unit Production Manager
Peter A. Runfolo    Unit Production Manager
Peter Lansdown Smith    Art Director
Greg Bolton    Art Director
Joe D. Mitchell    Set Decorator
Justin Scoppa Jr.    Set Decorator
Ann Roth    Costume Designer
Les Lazarowitz    Sound Mixer
Jim Tanenbaum    Sound Mixer
Andy Nelson    Re-recording Mixer
Steve Pederson    Re-recording Mixer
Don Digirolamo    Re-recording Mixer
Maurice Schell    Supervising Sound Editor
Richard P. Cirincione    Sound Editor
Lou Cerborino    Sound Editor
Mark Rathaus    Sound Editor
Harry Peck Bolles    Sound Editor
Laura Civiello    Sound Editor
Stan Bochner    Sound Editor
Magdaline Volaitis    Sound Editor
Bunny Andrews    Sound Editor
Thomas R. Burman    Special Make-up Effects
Bari Dreiband-Burman    Special Make-up Effects
Lynn Stalmaster    Casting Director
Gary Hymes    Stunt Coordinator
Phil Neilson    Stunt Coordinator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.


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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$4,216,063 (27.3% of total gross)
Legs:3.66 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1,373 opening theaters/1,373 max. theaters, 1.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $38,507,641

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 19th, 1990 (Wide) by Warner Bros.
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 125 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Radio Flyer
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Car Accident, Infidelity, Hit and Run, African Americans, Addiction, Investigative Journalist, Development Hell, Famously Bad, Satire, Satirical Comedy
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Warner Bros.
Production Countries: United States

Leading Cast

Tom Hanks    Sherman McCoy
Bruce Willis    Peter Fallow
Melanie Griffith    Maria Ruskin

Supporting Cast

Morgan Freeman    Judge Leonard White
Kim Cattrall    Judy McCoy
Saul Rubinek    Jed Kramer
John Hancock    Reverend Bacon
Kevin Dunn    Tom Killian
Clifton James    Albert Fox
Louis Giambalvo    Ray Andruitti
Barton Heyman    Det. Martin
Norman Parker    Det. Goldberg
Donald Moffat    Mr. McCoy
Alan King    Arthur Ruskin
Beth Broderick    Caroline Heftshank
Kurt Fuller    Pollard Browning
Adam LeFevre    Rawlie Thorpe
Richard Libertini    Ed Rifkin
Andre Gregory    Aubrey Buffing
Mary Alice    Annie Lamb
Robert Stephens    Sir Gerald Moore
Marjorie Monaghan    Evelyn Moore
Rita Wilson    PR Woman
Kirsten Dunst    Campbell McCoy
Troy Windbush    Roland Auburn
Patrick Malone    Henry Lamb
Emmanuel Xuereb    Filippo Chirazzi
Scotty Bloch    Sally Rawthrote
Hansford Rowe    Leon Bavardage
Elizabeth Owens    Inez Bavardage
Malachy McCourt    Tony-Doorman
John Bentley    Bill-Doorman
William Clark    Eddie Doorman
Jeff Brooks    Bondsman
T.J. Coan    Bondsman
Don McManus    Bondsman
James Lally    Bondsman
Marcia Mitzman    Bondsman
William Woodson    Gene Lopwitz/V.O.
Nelson Vasquez    Pimp
Fanni Green    Prostitute
Roy Milton Davis    Latino
Shiek Mahmud-Bey    Lockwood
Stewart J. Zully    Court Clerk
Helen Stenborg    Mrs. McCoy
Timothy Jenkins    Billy Cortez
Sam Jenkins    Fox's Assistant
Vito D'Ambrosio    Intercom Man
Paul Bates    Buck
Camryn Manheim    Poe Picketer
J.D. Wyatt    Poe Picketer
Edye Byrde    Poe Picketer
David Lipman    Poe Picketer
George Merritt    Poe Picketer
Kirk Taylor    Aide
O. Laron Clark    Cecil Hayden
Louis P. Lebherz    The Commandatori
Walker Joyce    Bobby Shalfet/Don Giovanni
Anatoly Davydov    Boris Karlevskov
Nancy McDonald    Media Jackel
Ray Iannicelli    Media Jackel
Daniel Hagen    Media Jackel
Kimberleigh Aarn    Media Jackel
Walter Flanagan    Media Jackel
Mike Hodge    Media Jackel
Ernestine Jackson    Media Jackel
Nicholas Levitin    Media Jackel
Novella Nelson    Media Jackel
Noble Lee Lester    Media Jackel
Adina Winston    Female Guest
Richard Belzer    TV Producer
Cynthia Mason    Maid
Ermal Williamson    Butler
W.M. Hunt    Nunnally Voyd
Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi    Maitre d"
Jon Rashad Kamal    French Waiter
Channing Chase    Shocked Woman
Hal England    French Restaurant Patron
Joy Claussen    French Restaurant Patron
John Fink    French Restaurant Patron
Judith Burke    French Restaurant Patron
Barry Michlin    Funeral Director
Connie Sawyer    Ruskin Family Member
Johnny Crear    Manny Leerman
Sherri Paysinger    Anchorwoman
Kathryn Danielle    P.R. Assistant
Oliver Dixon    Diplomat
Jennifer Bassey    Diplomat's Wife
Katrina Braque    Diplomat's Daughter
Richard Gilbert-Hill    Weiss Aide
Marie Chambers    Weiss Aide
Virginia Morris    Weiss Aide
George Plimpton    Well Wisher
Susan Forristal    Well Wisher

Narrator(s)

Barry Neikrug    Weiss Aide

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Brian De Palma    Director
Michael Christofer    Screenwriter
Tom Wolfe    Story Creator
Peter Guber    Executive Producer
Jon Peters    Executive Producer
Fred Caruso    Co-Producer
Vilmos Zsigmond    Director of Photography
Richard Sylbert    Production Designer
David Ray    Editor
Bill Pankow    Editor
Dave Grusin    Composer
Monica Goldstein    Associate Producer
Chris Soldo    Assistant Director
Eric Schwab    Second Unit Director
Robert Anderson    Unit Production Manager
Peter A. Runfolo    Unit Production Manager
Peter Lansdown Smith    Art Director
Greg Bolton    Art Director
Joe D. Mitchell    Set Decorator
Justin Scoppa Jr.    Set Decorator
Ann Roth    Costume Designer
Les Lazarowitz    Sound Mixer
Jim Tanenbaum    Sound Mixer
Andy Nelson    Re-recording Mixer
Steve Pederson    Re-recording Mixer
Don Digirolamo    Re-recording Mixer
Maurice Schell    Supervising Sound Editor
Richard P. Cirincione    Sound Editor
Lou Cerborino    Sound Editor
Mark Rathaus    Sound Editor
Harry Peck Bolles    Sound Editor
Laura Civiello    Sound Editor
Stan Bochner    Sound Editor
Magdaline Volaitis    Sound Editor
Bunny Andrews    Sound Editor
Thomas R. Burman    Special Make-up Effects
Bari Dreiband-Burman    Special Make-up Effects
Lynn Stalmaster    Casting Director
Gary Hymes    Stunt Coordinator
Phil Neilson    Stunt Coordinator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 21, 1990 7 $4,216,063   1,373 $3,071   $4,216,063 1

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance