Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $16,007,718Details
International Box Office $17,006,087Details
Worldwide Box Office $33,013,805
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$87,199 (0.5% of total gross)
Legs:2.74 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:48.5% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$29,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/1,776 max. theaters, 3.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $30,036,759

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 31st, 2002 (Limited) by Miramax
International Releases: March 14th, 2003 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
Video Release: September 9th, 2003 by Miramax Video
MPA Rating: R for language, sexual content and violence
Running Time: 113 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Breaking the Fourth Wall, Directing Yourself, Gratuitous Cameos, Same Role, Multiple Actors, Voiceover/Narration
Plot point: Biography, Hitmen, Non-Chronological, Performing Arts, Secret Agent
Social setting: Film Noir, TV Industry
Source material: Based on an UNTRUE Story
Subgenre: Biographical Drama
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Mad Chance
Production Countries: United States, Canada
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 3, 2003 45 $87,199   4 $21,800   $169,714 1
Jan 10, 2003 43 $81,812 -6% 5 $16,362   $308,027 2
Jan 17, 2003 44 $76,913 -6% 5 $15,383   $461,916 3
Jan 24, 2003 8 $5,833,052 +7,484% 1,769 $3,297   $6,332,676 4
Jan 31, 2003 12 $4,300,162 -26% 1,776 $2,421   $12,390,990 5
Feb 7, 2003 16 $1,343,778 -69% 1,376 $977   $14,443,590 6
Feb 14, 2003 21 $511,421 -62% 577 $886   $15,432,398 7
Feb 21, 2003 36 $145,220 -72% 175 $830   $15,733,147 8
Feb 28, 2003 44 $82,808 -43% 92 $900   $15,878,598 9
Mar 7, 2003 59 $24,425 -71% 29 $842   $15,938,738 10
Aug 15, 2003 75 $12,537   2 $6,269   $15,962,786 33
Aug 22, 2003 82 $10,093 -19% 2 $5,047   $15,980,378 34
Aug 29, 2003 80 $11,581 +15% 2 $5,791   $15,998,104 35
Sep 5, 2003 113 $2,763 -76% 2 $1,382   $16,003,576 36

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jan 24, 2003 7 $1,878,000     1,769 $1,062   $2,378,500 25
Jan 25, 2003 8 $2,906,000 +55%   1,769 $1,643   $5,284,500 26
Jan 26, 2003 6 $1,019,000 -65%   1,769 $576   $6,303,500 27
Jan 27, 2003 7 $443,000 -57%   1,769 $250   $6,776,000 28
Jan 28, 2003 7 $443,000 n/c   1,769 $250   $7,219,000 29
Jan 29, 2003 7 $413,000 -7%   1,769 $233   $7,632,000 30
Jan 30, 2003 8 $422,000 +2%   1,769 $239   $8,091,000 31

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 3, 2003 44 $143,700   4 $35,925   $226,215 2
Jan 10, 2003 39 $158,788 +10% 5 $31,758   $385,003 3
Jan 17, 2003 44 $114,621 -28% 5 $22,924   $499,624 4
Jan 24, 2003 8 $7,591,204 +6,523% 1,769 $4,291   $8,090,828 5
Jan 31, 2003 12 $5,008,984 -34% 1,776 $2,820   $13,099,812 6
Feb 7, 2003 16 $1,821,165 -64% 1,376 $1,324   $14,920,977 7
Feb 14, 2003 23 $666,950 -63% 577 $1,156   $15,587,927 8
Feb 21, 2003 37 $207,863 -69% 175 $1,188   $15,795,790 9
Feb 28, 2003 44 $118,523 -43% 92 $1,288   $15,914,313 10
Mar 7, 2003 60 $35,936 -70% 29 $1,239   $15,950,249 11
Aug 15, 2003 75 $20,036   2 $10,018   $15,970,285 34
Aug 22, 2003 74 $16,238 -19% 2 $8,119   $15,986,523 35
Aug 29, 2003 90 $14,290 -12% 2 $7,145   $16,000,813 36

Top International Territories

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens/Theaters
Maximum
Screens/Theaters
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
United Kingdom 3/14/2003 $0 0 17 30 $2,323,312 4/21/2020
  
Rest of World $14,682,775
  
International Total $17,006,087 4/21/2020

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Supporting

Drew Barrymore    Penny
George Clooney    CIA Agent Jim Byrd
Julia Roberts    Patricia Watson

Leading

Sam Rockwell    Chuck Barris

Supporting

Rutger Hauer    Keeler
Maggie Gyllenhaal    Debbie
Robert John Burke    Instructor Jenks
Jennifer Hall    Georgia
Kristen Wilson    Loretta
John Todd Anderson    Stud Bachelor
Carlos Carrasco    Brazioni
Emilio Rivera    Benitez
Daniel Zacapa    Renda
Krista Allen    Pretty Woman
Michael Ensign    Oliver
James Urbaniak    Rod Flexner

Cameo

Dick Clark    Himself

Supporting

Michelle Sweeney    Housekeeper
Chelsea Ceci    Tuvia, 8 Years
Michael Cera    Chuck, Age 8 and 11
Aimee Rose Ambroziak    Chuck's Date #1
Isabelle Blais    Chuck's Date #2
Melissa Carter    Chuck's Date #3
Ilona Elkin    Georgia's Girlfriend
Sean Tucker    Barfly

Cameo

Jaye P. Morgan    Herself

Supporting

David Hirsch    Freddie Cannon
Jerry Weintraub    Larry Goldberg
Frank Fontaine    ABC Executive
Rachelle Lefevre    Tuvia, 25 Years
Gene Gene Patton    Actual Gene Gene
Barbara Bacci    Woman in Veil
Janet Lane    Blonde Bachelorette
Shaun Balbar    Beanpole Bachelor
Jeff Lefebvre    Frizzy Hair Bachelor
Christian Paul    Black Bachelor
Michael Filipowich    Handsome Bachelor
Samantha Banton    Black Bachelorette

Cameo

Jim Lange    Himself

Supporting

Steve Adams    Dating Game Director
Maria Bertrand    Stud Bachelorette

Cameo

Brad Pitt    Bachelor Brad
Matt Damon    Bachelor Matt

Supporting

Murray Langston    Actual Unknown Comic

Cameo

Marlida Ferreira    Woman in Pub

Supporting

Jerome Tiberghien    Englishman
Martin Kevan    Chuck's Father
Claudia Besso    Chuck's Mother
Isabelle Juneau    Amana Girl
Nathalie Morin    Bachelorette Winner
Tony Zanca    Bachelor Winner
Sergei Prisselkov    Shaving Man
Norman Roy    Colbert
Marlene Fisher    Casting Executive
Richard Kind    Casting Executive
Suyun Kim    Asian Folksinger #1
Shulan Noma    Asian Folksinger #2
Andre Minicozzi    Gong Show Band Member
Richard Beaudet    Gong Show Band Member
Ron Di Lauro    Gong Show Band Member
Peter N. Wilson    Gong Show Band Member
Bruce Pepper    Gong Show Band Member
Francois St. Pierre    Gong Show Band Member
Cheryl Murphy    Little Person
George Randolph    Gene Gene
Pasquale De Vigne    Critic
Carlo Berardinucci    Waiter
Tanya Anthony    Prostitute
Andree-Anne Quesnel    Gong Show Model
Keshav Patel    Elvis Singer
Leslie Cottle    L.A. Bar Woman
Dino Tosques    L.A. Bartender
Joe Cobden    Unknown Comic
Ethan Thomas C. Dempster    Chuck, 3 Years
Tommy Hinkley    Hambone Man
Bill Corday    Justice of the Peace
Chuck Barris    Actual Barris

Production and Technical Credits

George Clooney    Director
Charlie Kaufman    Screenwriter
Chuck Barris    Story Creator
Andrew Lazar    Producer
Steven Soderbergh    Executive Producer
Rand Ravich    Executive Producer
Bob Weinstein    Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein    Executive Producer
Jonathan Gordon    Executive Producer
Stephen Evans    Executive Producer
Jeffrey Sudzin    Co-Producer
Far Shariat    Co-Executive Producer
Amy Minda Cohen    Associate Producer
Gym Hinderer    Associate Producer
Newton Thomas Sigel    Director of Photography
James D. Bissell    Production Designer
Stephen Mirrione    Editor
Alex Wurman    Composer
Renee April    Costume Designer
Ellen Chenoweth    Casting Director
David Webb    Assistant Director
Josette Perrotta    Unit Production Manager
Jeffrey Sudzin    Unit Production Manager
Isabelle Guay    Supervising Art Director
Nicholas Lepage    Art Director
Jean-Pierre Paquet    Art Director
Anne Galea    Set Decorator
Louis Dandonneau    Set Decorator
Daniel Hamelin    Set Decorator
Francois Senecal    Set Decorator
Norman Robitaille    Set Decorator
Blanche Boileau    Costume Supervisor
Edward Tise    Sound Mixer
Michael Minkler    Re-recording Mixer
Myron Nettinga    Re-recording Mixer
Curt Schulkey    Supervising Sound Editor
Aaron Glascock    Supervising Sound Editor
Marvin Walowitz    Sound Effects Editor
Mike Chock    Sound Effects Editor
Julie Feiner    Sound Effects Editor
George Simpson    Sound Effects Editor
Curt Schulkey    Sound Designer
Mary Ruth Smith    Dialogue Editor
Aaron Glascock    Sound Designer
Andrew Silver    Music Editor
Stephen Lotwis    Music Editor
Steve Durkee    Score Mixer
Stephan Dupuis    Make up
Micheline Trepanier    Make up
Rejean Forget    Hairstylist
Joe Rangel    Music Supervisor
Mike Scherer    Stunt Coordinator
Brad Martin    Stunt Coordinator

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.


Metrics

Opening Weekend:$87,199 (0.5% of total gross)
Legs:2.74 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:48.5% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$29,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/1,776 max. theaters, 3.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $30,036,759

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 31st, 2002 (Limited) by Miramax
International Releases: March 14th, 2003 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
Video Release: September 9th, 2003 by Miramax Video
MPA Rating: R for language, sexual content and violence
Running Time: 113 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Breaking the Fourth Wall, Directing Yourself, Gratuitous Cameos, Same Role, Multiple Actors, Voiceover/Narration
Plot point: Biography, Hitmen, Non-Chronological, Performing Arts, Secret Agent
Social setting: Film Noir, TV Industry
Source material: Based on an UNTRUE Story
Subgenre: Biographical Drama
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Mad Chance
Production Countries: United States, Canada
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 3, 2003 45 $87,199   4 $21,800   $169,714 1
Jan 10, 2003 43 $81,812 -6% 5 $16,362   $308,027 2
Jan 17, 2003 44 $76,913 -6% 5 $15,383   $461,916 3
Jan 24, 2003 8 $5,833,052 +7,484% 1,769 $3,297   $6,332,676 4
Jan 31, 2003 12 $4,300,162 -26% 1,776 $2,421   $12,390,990 5
Feb 7, 2003 16 $1,343,778 -69% 1,376 $977   $14,443,590 6
Feb 14, 2003 21 $511,421 -62% 577 $886   $15,432,398 7
Feb 21, 2003 36 $145,220 -72% 175 $830   $15,733,147 8
Feb 28, 2003 44 $82,808 -43% 92 $900   $15,878,598 9
Mar 7, 2003 59 $24,425 -71% 29 $842   $15,938,738 10
Aug 15, 2003 75 $12,537   2 $6,269   $15,962,786 33
Aug 22, 2003 82 $10,093 -19% 2 $5,047   $15,980,378 34
Aug 29, 2003 80 $11,581 +15% 2 $5,791   $15,998,104 35
Sep 5, 2003 113 $2,763 -76% 2 $1,382   $16,003,576 36

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jan 24, 2003 7 $1,878,000     1,769 $1,062   $2,378,500 25
Jan 25, 2003 8 $2,906,000 +55%   1,769 $1,643   $5,284,500 26
Jan 26, 2003 6 $1,019,000 -65%   1,769 $576   $6,303,500 27
Jan 27, 2003 7 $443,000 -57%   1,769 $250   $6,776,000 28
Jan 28, 2003 7 $443,000 n/c   1,769 $250   $7,219,000 29
Jan 29, 2003 7 $413,000 -7%   1,769 $233   $7,632,000 30
Jan 30, 2003 8 $422,000 +2%   1,769 $239   $8,091,000 31

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 3, 2003 44 $143,700   4 $35,925   $226,215 2
Jan 10, 2003 39 $158,788 +10% 5 $31,758   $385,003 3
Jan 17, 2003 44 $114,621 -28% 5 $22,924   $499,624 4
Jan 24, 2003 8 $7,591,204 +6,523% 1,769 $4,291   $8,090,828 5
Jan 31, 2003 12 $5,008,984 -34% 1,776 $2,820   $13,099,812 6
Feb 7, 2003 16 $1,821,165 -64% 1,376 $1,324   $14,920,977 7
Feb 14, 2003 23 $666,950 -63% 577 $1,156   $15,587,927 8
Feb 21, 2003 37 $207,863 -69% 175 $1,188   $15,795,790 9
Feb 28, 2003 44 $118,523 -43% 92 $1,288   $15,914,313 10
Mar 7, 2003 60 $35,936 -70% 29 $1,239   $15,950,249 11
Aug 15, 2003 75 $20,036   2 $10,018   $15,970,285 34
Aug 22, 2003 74 $16,238 -19% 2 $8,119   $15,986,523 35
Aug 29, 2003 90 $14,290 -12% 2 $7,145   $16,000,813 36

Top International Territories

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens/Theaters
Maximum
Screens/Theaters
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
United Kingdom 3/14/2003 $0 0 17 30 $2,323,312 4/21/2020
  
Rest of World $14,682,775
  
International Total $17,006,087 4/21/2020

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Supporting

Drew Barrymore    Penny
George Clooney    CIA Agent Jim Byrd
Julia Roberts    Patricia Watson

Leading

Sam Rockwell    Chuck Barris

Supporting

Rutger Hauer    Keeler
Maggie Gyllenhaal    Debbie
Robert John Burke    Instructor Jenks
Jennifer Hall    Georgia
Kristen Wilson    Loretta
John Todd Anderson    Stud Bachelor
Carlos Carrasco    Brazioni
Emilio Rivera    Benitez
Daniel Zacapa    Renda
Krista Allen    Pretty Woman
Michael Ensign    Oliver
James Urbaniak    Rod Flexner

Cameo

Dick Clark    Himself

Supporting

Michelle Sweeney    Housekeeper
Chelsea Ceci    Tuvia, 8 Years
Michael Cera    Chuck, Age 8 and 11
Aimee Rose Ambroziak    Chuck's Date #1
Isabelle Blais    Chuck's Date #2
Melissa Carter    Chuck's Date #3
Ilona Elkin    Georgia's Girlfriend
Sean Tucker    Barfly

Cameo

Jaye P. Morgan    Herself

Supporting

David Hirsch    Freddie Cannon
Jerry Weintraub    Larry Goldberg
Frank Fontaine    ABC Executive
Rachelle Lefevre    Tuvia, 25 Years
Gene Gene Patton    Actual Gene Gene
Barbara Bacci    Woman in Veil
Janet Lane    Blonde Bachelorette
Shaun Balbar    Beanpole Bachelor
Jeff Lefebvre    Frizzy Hair Bachelor
Christian Paul    Black Bachelor
Michael Filipowich    Handsome Bachelor
Samantha Banton    Black Bachelorette

Cameo

Jim Lange    Himself

Supporting

Steve Adams    Dating Game Director
Maria Bertrand    Stud Bachelorette

Cameo

Brad Pitt    Bachelor Brad
Matt Damon    Bachelor Matt

Supporting

Murray Langston    Actual Unknown Comic

Cameo

Marlida Ferreira    Woman in Pub

Supporting

Jerome Tiberghien    Englishman
Martin Kevan    Chuck's Father
Claudia Besso    Chuck's Mother
Isabelle Juneau    Amana Girl
Nathalie Morin    Bachelorette Winner
Tony Zanca    Bachelor Winner
Sergei Prisselkov    Shaving Man
Norman Roy    Colbert
Marlene Fisher    Casting Executive
Richard Kind    Casting Executive
Suyun Kim    Asian Folksinger #1
Shulan Noma    Asian Folksinger #2
Andre Minicozzi    Gong Show Band Member
Richard Beaudet    Gong Show Band Member
Ron Di Lauro    Gong Show Band Member
Peter N. Wilson    Gong Show Band Member
Bruce Pepper    Gong Show Band Member
Francois St. Pierre    Gong Show Band Member
Cheryl Murphy    Little Person
George Randolph    Gene Gene
Pasquale De Vigne    Critic
Carlo Berardinucci    Waiter
Tanya Anthony    Prostitute
Andree-Anne Quesnel    Gong Show Model
Keshav Patel    Elvis Singer
Leslie Cottle    L.A. Bar Woman
Dino Tosques    L.A. Bartender
Joe Cobden    Unknown Comic
Ethan Thomas C. Dempster    Chuck, 3 Years
Tommy Hinkley    Hambone Man
Bill Corday    Justice of the Peace
Chuck Barris    Actual Barris

Production and Technical Credits

George Clooney    Director
Charlie Kaufman    Screenwriter
Chuck Barris    Story Creator
Andrew Lazar    Producer
Steven Soderbergh    Executive Producer
Rand Ravich    Executive Producer
Bob Weinstein    Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein    Executive Producer
Jonathan Gordon    Executive Producer
Stephen Evans    Executive Producer
Jeffrey Sudzin    Co-Producer
Far Shariat    Co-Executive Producer
Amy Minda Cohen    Associate Producer
Gym Hinderer    Associate Producer
Newton Thomas Sigel    Director of Photography
James D. Bissell    Production Designer
Stephen Mirrione    Editor
Alex Wurman    Composer
Renee April    Costume Designer
Ellen Chenoweth    Casting Director
David Webb    Assistant Director
Josette Perrotta    Unit Production Manager
Jeffrey Sudzin    Unit Production Manager
Isabelle Guay    Supervising Art Director
Nicholas Lepage    Art Director
Jean-Pierre Paquet    Art Director
Anne Galea    Set Decorator
Louis Dandonneau    Set Decorator
Daniel Hamelin    Set Decorator
Francois Senecal    Set Decorator
Norman Robitaille    Set Decorator
Blanche Boileau    Costume Supervisor
Edward Tise    Sound Mixer
Michael Minkler    Re-recording Mixer
Myron Nettinga    Re-recording Mixer
Curt Schulkey    Supervising Sound Editor
Aaron Glascock    Supervising Sound Editor
Marvin Walowitz    Sound Effects Editor
Mike Chock    Sound Effects Editor
Julie Feiner    Sound Effects Editor
George Simpson    Sound Effects Editor
Curt Schulkey    Sound Designer
Mary Ruth Smith    Dialogue Editor
Aaron Glascock    Sound Designer
Andrew Silver    Music Editor
Stephen Lotwis    Music Editor
Steve Durkee    Score Mixer
Stephan Dupuis    Make up
Micheline Trepanier    Make up
Rejean Forget    Hairstylist
Joe Rangel    Music Supervisor
Mike Scherer    Stunt Coordinator
Brad Martin    Stunt Coordinator

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.