Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $25,078,937Details
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$5,233,658 (20.9% of total gross)
Legs:4.71 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$35,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:824 opening theaters/1,312 max. theaters, 6.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $61,718,964

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 21st, 1997 (Wide) by Warner Bros.
MPA Rating: R for language and brief violence
Running Time: 120 minutes
Plot point: Closeted Homosexual, Death of a Girlfriend / Boyfriend, LGBTQ+, Writing and Writers
Social setting: Southern Gothic
Subgenre: Crime Thriller
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Warner Bros.
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 21, 1997 6 $5,233,658   824 $6,352   $5,233,658 1
Nov 28, 1997 7 $5,327,105 +2% 1,080 $4,933   $13,540,439 2
Dec 5, 1997 6 $2,946,639 -45% 1,262 $2,335   $17,803,033 3
Dec 12, 1997 10 $1,646,217 -44% 1,312 $1,255   $20,431,431 4
Dec 19, 1997 12 $738,754 -55% 1,016 $727   $21,819,011 5
Dec 26, 1997 19 $540,526 -27% 556 $972   $22,769,192 6
Jan 2, 1998 20 $493,621 -9% 556 $888   $23,616,463 7
Jan 9, 1998 30 $127,164 -74% 222 $573   $23,881,224 8
Jan 16, 1998 47 $56,787 -55% 64 $887   $23,979,419 9
Jan 23, 1998 56 $28,064 -51% 47 $597   $24,021,049 10
Jan 30, 1998 22 $476,367 +1,597% 668 $713   $24,511,944 11
Feb 6, 1998 28 $253,092 -47% 505 $501   $24,932,457 12
Feb 13, 1998 49 $83,308 -67% 119 $700   $25,078,937 13

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 21, 1997 5 $1,560,000     824 $1,893   $1,560,000 1
Nov 22, 1997 6 $2,205,000 +41%   824 $2,676   $3,765,000 2
Nov 23, 1997 6 $1,402,000 -36%   824 $1,701   $5,234,000 3
Nov 24, 1997 5 $426,024 -70%   824 $517   $5,659,682 4
Nov 25, 1997 6 $493,936 +16%   824 $599   $6,153,618 5
Nov 26, 1997 7 $805,382 +63%   1,080 $746   $6,959,000 6
Nov 27, 1997 7 $1,255,000 +56%   1,080 $1,162   $8,214,000 7
Nov 28, 1997 7 $2,005,000 +60% +29% 1,080 $1,856   $10,219,000 8
Nov 29, 1997 7 $2,150,000 +7% -2% 1,080 $1,991   $12,369,000 9
Nov 30, 1997 8 $1,173,000 -45% -16% 1,080 $1,086   $13,540,439 10
Dec 1, 1997 6 $307,935 -74% -28% 1,080 $285   $13,848,374 11
Dec 2, 1997 6 $361,118 +17% -27% 1,080 $334   $14,209,492 12
Dec 3, 1997 6 $321,999 -11% -60% 1,080 $298   $14,531,491 13
Dec 4, 1997 6 $324,903 +1% -74% 1,080 $301   $14,856,394 14
Dec 5, 1997 6 $870,000 +168% -57% 1,262 $689   $15,726,000 15
Dec 6, 1997 6 $1,337,000 +54% -38% 1,262 $1,059   $17,063,000 16
Dec 7, 1997 7 $740,000 -45% -37% 1,262 $586   $17,803,033 17
Dec 8, 1997 6 $231,156 -69% -25% 1,262 $183   $18,034,189 18
Dec 9, 1997 5 $273,140 +18% -24% 1,262 $216   $18,307,329 19
Dec 10, 1997 5 $238,022 -13% -26% 1,262 $189   $18,545,351 20
Dec 11, 1997 6 $239,863 +1% -26% 1,262 $190   $18,785,214 21
Dec 12, 1997 10 $485,000 +102% -44% 1,312 $370   $19,270,000 22
Dec 13, 1997 10 $725,000 +49% -46% 1,312 $553   $19,995,000 23
Dec 14, 1997 10 $433,000 -40% -41% 1,312 $330   $20,431,000 24
Dec 15, 1997 10 $146,174 -66% -37% 1,312 $111   $20,577,605 25
Dec 16, 1997 9 $187,248 +28% -31% 1,312 $143   $20,764,738 26
Dec 17, 1997 10 $156,440 -16% -34% 1,312 $119   $20,921,178 27

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 21, 1997 5 $8,213,334   824 $9,968   $8,213,334 1
Nov 28, 1997 7 $6,643,060 -19% 1,080 $6,151   $14,856,394 2
Dec 5, 1997 7 $3,928,820 -41% 1,262 $3,113   $18,785,214 3
Dec 12, 1997 10 $2,295,043 -42% 1,312 $1,749   $21,080,257 4
Dec 19, 1997 19 $1,148,409 -50% 1,016 $1,130   $22,228,666 5
Dec 26, 1997 20 $894,176 -22% 556 $1,608   $23,122,842 6
Jan 2, 1998 23 $631,218 -29% 556 $1,135   $23,754,060 7
Jan 9, 1998 30 $168,572 -73% 222 $759   $23,922,632 8
Jan 16, 1998 48 $70,353 -58% 64 $1,099   $23,992,985 9
Jan 23, 1998 54 $42,592 -39% 47 $906   $24,035,577 10
Jan 30, 1998 22 $643,788 +1,412% 668 $964   $24,679,365 11
Feb 6, 1998 29 $316,264 -51% 505 $626   $24,995,629 12

Lead Ensemble Member

Kevin Spacey    Jim Williams
John Cusack    John Kelso
Irma P. Hall    Minerva
Alison Eastwood    Mandy Nichols
The Lady Chablis    Chablis Deveau

Supporting

Jack Thompson    Sonny Seiler
Jude Law    Billy Hanson
Geoffrey Lewis    Luther Driggers
Paul Hipp    Joe Odom
Dorothy Loudon    Serena Dawes
Anne Haney    Margaret Williams
Kim Hunter    Betty Harty
Richard Herd    Henry Skerridge
Leon Rippy    Detective Boone
Bob Gunton    Finley Largent
Michael O'Hagan    Geza Von Habsburg
Gary Anthony Williams    Bus Driver
Tim Black    Jeff Braswell
Muriel Moore    Mrs. Baxter
Sonny Seiler    Judge White
Terry Rhoads    Assistant D.A.
Victor Brandt    Baliff
Patricia Herd    Juror
Nick Gillie    Juror
Patrika Darbo    Sara Warren
J. Patrick McCormack    Doctor

Cameo

Emma Kelly    Herself

Supporting

Tyrone Lee Weaver    Ellis
Gregory Goosen*    Prison Cell Lunatic
Shannon Eubanks    Mrs. Hamilton
Virginia Duncan    Card Club Woman
Rhoda Griffis    Card Club Woman
Judith Robinson    Card Club Woman
Jo Ann Pflug    Cynthia Vaughn
James Moody    Mr. Glover
John Duncan    Gentleman in Park
Bess S. Thompson    Pretty Girl
Jin Hi Soucy    Receptionist
Michael Rosenbaum    George Tucker
Dan Biggers    Harry Cram
Georgia Allen    Lucille Wright
Collin Wilcox Paxton    Woman at Party
Charles Black    Alpha
Aleta Mitchell    Alphabette
Michael Kevin Harry    Phillip
Dorothy Kingery    Jim Williams' Sister
Amanda Kingery    Jim Williams' Niece Amanda
Susan Kingery    Jim Williams' Niece Susan
Ted Manson    Passer-by
Margaret R. Davis    Ruth
Danny Nelson    Senator
Bree Luck    Woman at Club
Ann Cusack    Delivery Woman
Jerry Spence    Hairdresser

Production and Technical Credits

Clint Eastwood    Director
John Lee Hancock    Screenwriter
John Berendt    Based on the Book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" By
Clint Eastwood    Producer
Arnold Stiefel    Producer
Anita Zuckerman    Executive Producer
Henry Bumstead    Production Designer
Joel Cox    Editor
Lennie Niehaus    Composer
Jack N. Green    Director of Photography
Tom Rooker    Co-Producer
Michael Maurer    Associate Producer
Robert Lorenz    Assistant Director
Michael Maurer    Production Manager
Jack G. Taylor, Jr    Art Director
James J. Murakami    Art Director
Richard Goddard    Set Decorator
John Anderson    Set Decorator
Joe Pancake    Special Effects Coordinator
Steve Riley    Special Effects Coordinator
Ken Ebert    Special Effects
Jim Jolley    Special Effects
Tim Moran    Special Effects
Francis Pennington    Special Effects
Deborah Hopper    Costume Supervisor
Willie Burton    Sound Mixer
Jeffrey J. Haboush    Re-recording Mixer
Kevin E. Carpenter    Re-recording Mixer
David Campbell    Re-recording Mixer
Alan Robert Murray    Supervising Sound Editor
Bub Asman    Supervising Sound Editor
Mike Dobie    Sound Effects Editor
Gary Krivacek    Sound Effects Editor
Doug Jackson    Sound Effects Editor
Jay Wilkinson    Sound Effects Editor
Adam Johnston    Sound Effects Editor
Jayme Parker    Sound Effects Editor
Lucy Coldsnow-Smith*    Supervising Dialogue Editor
Constance A. Kazmer    Dialogue Editor
Samuel C. Crutcher    Dialogue Editor
Karen Spangenberg    Dialogue Editor
Bruce Richardson    Dialogue Editor
John F. Reynolds    Dialogue Editor
Patrick Foley    Dialogue Editor
Don Harris    Music Editor
Tania McComas    Make up
Carol A. O'Connell    Hairstylist
Phyllis Huffman    Casting Director

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.


Metrics

Opening Weekend:$5,233,658 (20.9% of total gross)
Legs:4.71 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$35,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:824 opening theaters/1,312 max. theaters, 6.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $61,718,964

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 21st, 1997 (Wide) by Warner Bros.
MPA Rating: R for language and brief violence
Running Time: 120 minutes
Plot point: Closeted Homosexual, Death of a Girlfriend / Boyfriend, LGBTQ+, Writing and Writers
Social setting: Southern Gothic
Subgenre: Crime Thriller
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Warner Bros.
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 21, 1997 6 $5,233,658   824 $6,352   $5,233,658 1
Nov 28, 1997 7 $5,327,105 +2% 1,080 $4,933   $13,540,439 2
Dec 5, 1997 6 $2,946,639 -45% 1,262 $2,335   $17,803,033 3
Dec 12, 1997 10 $1,646,217 -44% 1,312 $1,255   $20,431,431 4
Dec 19, 1997 12 $738,754 -55% 1,016 $727   $21,819,011 5
Dec 26, 1997 19 $540,526 -27% 556 $972   $22,769,192 6
Jan 2, 1998 20 $493,621 -9% 556 $888   $23,616,463 7
Jan 9, 1998 30 $127,164 -74% 222 $573   $23,881,224 8
Jan 16, 1998 47 $56,787 -55% 64 $887   $23,979,419 9
Jan 23, 1998 56 $28,064 -51% 47 $597   $24,021,049 10
Jan 30, 1998 22 $476,367 +1,597% 668 $713   $24,511,944 11
Feb 6, 1998 28 $253,092 -47% 505 $501   $24,932,457 12
Feb 13, 1998 49 $83,308 -67% 119 $700   $25,078,937 13

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 21, 1997 5 $1,560,000     824 $1,893   $1,560,000 1
Nov 22, 1997 6 $2,205,000 +41%   824 $2,676   $3,765,000 2
Nov 23, 1997 6 $1,402,000 -36%   824 $1,701   $5,234,000 3
Nov 24, 1997 5 $426,024 -70%   824 $517   $5,659,682 4
Nov 25, 1997 6 $493,936 +16%   824 $599   $6,153,618 5
Nov 26, 1997 7 $805,382 +63%   1,080 $746   $6,959,000 6
Nov 27, 1997 7 $1,255,000 +56%   1,080 $1,162   $8,214,000 7
Nov 28, 1997 7 $2,005,000 +60% +29% 1,080 $1,856   $10,219,000 8
Nov 29, 1997 7 $2,150,000 +7% -2% 1,080 $1,991   $12,369,000 9
Nov 30, 1997 8 $1,173,000 -45% -16% 1,080 $1,086   $13,540,439 10
Dec 1, 1997 6 $307,935 -74% -28% 1,080 $285   $13,848,374 11
Dec 2, 1997 6 $361,118 +17% -27% 1,080 $334   $14,209,492 12
Dec 3, 1997 6 $321,999 -11% -60% 1,080 $298   $14,531,491 13
Dec 4, 1997 6 $324,903 +1% -74% 1,080 $301   $14,856,394 14
Dec 5, 1997 6 $870,000 +168% -57% 1,262 $689   $15,726,000 15
Dec 6, 1997 6 $1,337,000 +54% -38% 1,262 $1,059   $17,063,000 16
Dec 7, 1997 7 $740,000 -45% -37% 1,262 $586   $17,803,033 17
Dec 8, 1997 6 $231,156 -69% -25% 1,262 $183   $18,034,189 18
Dec 9, 1997 5 $273,140 +18% -24% 1,262 $216   $18,307,329 19
Dec 10, 1997 5 $238,022 -13% -26% 1,262 $189   $18,545,351 20
Dec 11, 1997 6 $239,863 +1% -26% 1,262 $190   $18,785,214 21
Dec 12, 1997 10 $485,000 +102% -44% 1,312 $370   $19,270,000 22
Dec 13, 1997 10 $725,000 +49% -46% 1,312 $553   $19,995,000 23
Dec 14, 1997 10 $433,000 -40% -41% 1,312 $330   $20,431,000 24
Dec 15, 1997 10 $146,174 -66% -37% 1,312 $111   $20,577,605 25
Dec 16, 1997 9 $187,248 +28% -31% 1,312 $143   $20,764,738 26
Dec 17, 1997 10 $156,440 -16% -34% 1,312 $119   $20,921,178 27

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 21, 1997 5 $8,213,334   824 $9,968   $8,213,334 1
Nov 28, 1997 7 $6,643,060 -19% 1,080 $6,151   $14,856,394 2
Dec 5, 1997 7 $3,928,820 -41% 1,262 $3,113   $18,785,214 3
Dec 12, 1997 10 $2,295,043 -42% 1,312 $1,749   $21,080,257 4
Dec 19, 1997 19 $1,148,409 -50% 1,016 $1,130   $22,228,666 5
Dec 26, 1997 20 $894,176 -22% 556 $1,608   $23,122,842 6
Jan 2, 1998 23 $631,218 -29% 556 $1,135   $23,754,060 7
Jan 9, 1998 30 $168,572 -73% 222 $759   $23,922,632 8
Jan 16, 1998 48 $70,353 -58% 64 $1,099   $23,992,985 9
Jan 23, 1998 54 $42,592 -39% 47 $906   $24,035,577 10
Jan 30, 1998 22 $643,788 +1,412% 668 $964   $24,679,365 11
Feb 6, 1998 29 $316,264 -51% 505 $626   $24,995,629 12

Lead Ensemble Member

Kevin Spacey    Jim Williams
John Cusack    John Kelso
Irma P. Hall    Minerva
Alison Eastwood    Mandy Nichols
The Lady Chablis    Chablis Deveau

Supporting

Jack Thompson    Sonny Seiler
Jude Law    Billy Hanson
Geoffrey Lewis    Luther Driggers
Paul Hipp    Joe Odom
Dorothy Loudon    Serena Dawes
Anne Haney    Margaret Williams
Kim Hunter    Betty Harty
Richard Herd    Henry Skerridge
Leon Rippy    Detective Boone
Bob Gunton    Finley Largent
Michael O'Hagan    Geza Von Habsburg
Gary Anthony Williams    Bus Driver
Tim Black    Jeff Braswell
Muriel Moore    Mrs. Baxter
Sonny Seiler    Judge White
Terry Rhoads    Assistant D.A.
Victor Brandt    Baliff
Patricia Herd    Juror
Nick Gillie    Juror
Patrika Darbo    Sara Warren
J. Patrick McCormack    Doctor

Cameo

Emma Kelly    Herself

Supporting

Tyrone Lee Weaver    Ellis
Gregory Goosen*    Prison Cell Lunatic
Shannon Eubanks    Mrs. Hamilton
Virginia Duncan    Card Club Woman
Rhoda Griffis    Card Club Woman
Judith Robinson    Card Club Woman
Jo Ann Pflug    Cynthia Vaughn
James Moody    Mr. Glover
John Duncan    Gentleman in Park
Bess S. Thompson    Pretty Girl
Jin Hi Soucy    Receptionist
Michael Rosenbaum    George Tucker
Dan Biggers    Harry Cram
Georgia Allen    Lucille Wright
Collin Wilcox Paxton    Woman at Party
Charles Black    Alpha
Aleta Mitchell    Alphabette
Michael Kevin Harry    Phillip
Dorothy Kingery    Jim Williams' Sister
Amanda Kingery    Jim Williams' Niece Amanda
Susan Kingery    Jim Williams' Niece Susan
Ted Manson    Passer-by
Margaret R. Davis    Ruth
Danny Nelson    Senator
Bree Luck    Woman at Club
Ann Cusack    Delivery Woman
Jerry Spence    Hairdresser

Production and Technical Credits

Clint Eastwood    Director
John Lee Hancock    Screenwriter
John Berendt    Based on the Book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" By
Clint Eastwood    Producer
Arnold Stiefel    Producer
Anita Zuckerman    Executive Producer
Henry Bumstead    Production Designer
Joel Cox    Editor
Lennie Niehaus    Composer
Jack N. Green    Director of Photography
Tom Rooker    Co-Producer
Michael Maurer    Associate Producer
Robert Lorenz    Assistant Director
Michael Maurer    Production Manager
Jack G. Taylor, Jr    Art Director
James J. Murakami    Art Director
Richard Goddard    Set Decorator
John Anderson    Set Decorator
Joe Pancake    Special Effects Coordinator
Steve Riley    Special Effects Coordinator
Ken Ebert    Special Effects
Jim Jolley    Special Effects
Tim Moran    Special Effects
Francis Pennington    Special Effects
Deborah Hopper    Costume Supervisor
Willie Burton    Sound Mixer
Jeffrey J. Haboush    Re-recording Mixer
Kevin E. Carpenter    Re-recording Mixer
David Campbell    Re-recording Mixer
Alan Robert Murray    Supervising Sound Editor
Bub Asman    Supervising Sound Editor
Mike Dobie    Sound Effects Editor
Gary Krivacek    Sound Effects Editor
Doug Jackson    Sound Effects Editor
Jay Wilkinson    Sound Effects Editor
Adam Johnston    Sound Effects Editor
Jayme Parker    Sound Effects Editor
Lucy Coldsnow-Smith*    Supervising Dialogue Editor
Constance A. Kazmer    Dialogue Editor
Samuel C. Crutcher    Dialogue Editor
Karen Spangenberg    Dialogue Editor
Bruce Richardson    Dialogue Editor
John F. Reynolds    Dialogue Editor
Patrick Foley    Dialogue Editor
Don Harris    Music Editor
Tania McComas    Make up
Carol A. O'Connell    Hairstylist
Phyllis Huffman    Casting Director

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.