In the Line of Fire (1993)

In the Line of Fire
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $102,243,874Details
International Box Office $85,100,000Details
Worldwide Box Office $187,343,874
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Secret service agent Frank Horrigan was on duty the day president Kennedy was assassinated, a fact that still haunts him. The story picks up with Frank Horrigan when the current president is running for re-election and the psychotic Mitch Leary taunts Horrigan by sharing his plans to kill the president. Frank Horrigan again goes on presidential protection duty determined not to lose another president.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$15,269,388 (14.9% of total gross)
Legs:6.70 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:54.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1,903 opening theaters/2,129 max. theaters, 8.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $266,229,208

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 701-800) 789 $102,243,874
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,309 $85,100,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,011 $187,343,874
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 101-200) 161 $102,243,874
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 201-300) 274 $85,100,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 201-300) 209 $187,343,874

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 9th, 1993 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
Video Release: April 30th, 1997 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for violence and language.
Running Time: 123 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Basic Instinct
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Keywords: Political Thriller, Political Assassination, Assassination, Political, Secret Service Agent
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 248 $8,506,238 Sep 3, 1993 59

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 701-800) 789 $102,243,874
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 401-500) 405 $266,229,208
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 501-600) 525 $102,243,874
Top 1993 Movies at the Domestic Box Office 7 $102,243,874
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 301-400) 336 $102,243,874
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 501-600) 555 $102,243,874
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 201-300) 285 $102,243,874
All Time Domestic Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies 40 $102,243,874
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 101-200) 161 $102,243,874
All Time Domestic Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies 98 $102,243,874

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 9, 1993 3 $15,269,388   1,903 $8,024   $15,269,388 1
Jul 16, 1993 2 $13,056,252 -14% 2,089 $6,250   $36,058,993 2
Jul 23, 1993 2 $11,214,003 -14% 2,129 $5,267   $54,119,247 3
Jul 30, 1993 2 $8,006,617 -29% 2,129 $3,761   $67,751,737 4
Aug 6, 1993 3 $5,810,389 -27% 1,925 $3,018   $77,351,000 5
Aug 13, 1993 5 $4,461,092 -23% 1,808 $2,467   $84,205,291 6
Aug 20, 1993 6 $3,419,070 -23% 1,683 $2,032   $89,640,352 7
Aug 27, 1993 8 $2,609,808 -24% 1,472 $1,773   $93,706,011 8
Sep 3, 1993 8 $3,204,352 +23% 1,274 $2,515   $97,875,022 9
Sep 10, 1993 8 $1,611,515 -50% 1,127 $1,430   $100,013,224 10

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 9, 1993 3 $23,002,741   1,903 $12,088   $23,002,741 1
Jul 16, 1993 2 $19,902,503 -13% 2,089 $9,527   $42,905,244 2
Jul 23, 1993 1 $16,839,876 -15% 2,129 $7,910   $59,745,120 3
Jul 30, 1993 2 $11,795,491 -30% 2,129 $5,540   $71,540,611 4
Aug 6, 1993 5 $8,203,588 -30% 1,925 $4,262   $79,744,199 5
Aug 13, 1993 7 $6,477,083 -21% 1,808 $3,582   $86,221,282 6
Aug 20, 1993 7 $4,874,921 -25% 1,683 $2,897   $91,096,203 7
Aug 27, 1993 8 $3,574,467 -27% 1,472 $2,428   $94,670,670 8
Sep 3, 1993 7 $3,731,039 +4% 1,274 $2,929   $98,401,709 9

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,309 $85,100,000
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 901-1,000) 907 $85,100,000
Top 1993 Movies at the International Box Office 16 $85,100,000
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 501-600) 592 $85,100,000
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 967 $85,100,000
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 501-600) 506 $85,100,000
All Time International Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies 86 $85,100,000
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 201-300) 274 $85,100,000
All Time International Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200) 156 $85,100,000

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,011 $187,343,874
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 601-700) 683 $187,343,874
Top 1993 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 11 $187,343,874
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 401-500) 434 $187,343,874
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 701-800) 711 $187,343,874
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 301-400) 361 $187,343,874
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies 64 $187,343,874
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 201-300) 209 $187,343,874
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200) 134 $187,343,874

Leading Cast

Clint Eastwood    Frank Horrigan

Supporting Cast

John Malkovich    Mitch Leary
Rene Russo    Secret Service Agent Lilly Raines
Dylan McDermott    Al D'Andrea
Gary Cole    Bill Watts
Fred Dalton Thompson    White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent
John Mahoney    Secret Service Director Sam Campagna
Gregory Alan Williams    Matt Wilder
Jim Curley    President
Sally Hughes    First Lady
Clyde Kusatsu    Jack Okura
Steve Hytner    Tony Carducci
Tobin Bell    Mendoza
Bob Schott    Jimmy Hendrickson
Juan A. Riojas    Raul
Elsa Raven    Booth's Landlady
Arthur Senzy    Paramedic
Patrika Darbo    Pam Magnus
Mary Van Arsdel    Sally
Ryan Cutrona    LAPD Brass
Lawrence Lowe    FBI Technician
Brian Libby    FBI Supervisor
Eric Bruskotter    Young Agent
Patrick Caddell    Political Speaker
John Heard    Professor Riger
Alan Toy    Walter Wickland
Carl Ciarfalio    CIA Agent Collins
Walt MacPherson    Hunter
Robert Peters    Hunter
Tyde Kierney    Police Captain Howard
Anthony Peck    FBI Official
Rick Hurst    Bartender
Doris E. McMillon    DC News Anchor
Robert Sandoval    Bellboy
Joshua Malina    Agent Chavez
William G. Schilling    Sanford Riggs
Michael Kirk    Computer Technician/Bates
Richard Camphuis    Party Fat Cat
Marlan Clarke    Marge
Robert Alan Beuth    Man at Bank
Susan Lee Hoffman    Woman at Bank
Donna Hamilton    Reporter at Dulles
Bob Jimenez    Reporter at Hotel
Cylk Cozart    Agent Cozart
Michael Zurich    Agent Zurich
Rich DiDonato    Undercover Agent
Jeffrey Kurt Miller    Undercover Agent
Kirk Jordan    Agent

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

Production and Technical Credits

Wolfgang Petersen    Director
Jeff Maguire    Screenwriter
Jeff Apple    Producer
Wolfgang Petersen    Executive Producer
Gail Katz    Executive Producer
David Valdes    Executive Producer
Lilly Kilvert    Production Designer
Anne V. Coates    Editor
Ennio Morricone    Composer
John Bailey    Director of Photography
Bob Rosenthal    Co-Producer
Peter Kohn    Assistant Director
David Lester    Unit Production Manager
John Warnke    Art Director
Kara Lindstrom    Set Decorator
A. Charles Carnaggio    Set Decorator
Mark Vargo    Second Unit Photography
John Nelson    Visual Effects Supervisor
Scott Gershin    Special Effects Supervisor
Erica Edell Phillips    Costume Designer
Amy Stofsky    Costume Supervisor
Steven Kemper    Additional Editor
Willie Burton    Sound Mixer
Kevin O'Connell    Re-recording Mixer
Rick Kline    Re-recording Mixer
Wylie Stateman    Supervising Sound Editor
Gregg Baxter    Supervising Sound Editor
Scott Gershin    Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Randy Kelley    Sound Effects Editor
Frank Smathers    Sound Effects Editor
Jay B. Richardson    Sound Effects Editor
Dino DiMuro    Sound Effects Editor
Dan Rich    Dialogue Editor
Christopher Assells    Dialogue Editor
Chris Hogan    Dialogue Editor
Bill Abbott    Music Editor
James Lee McCoy    Makeup
Werner Keppler    Makeup
Carol O'Connell    Hairstylist
Bridgett Cook    Hairstylist
Janet Hirshenson    Casting Director
Jane Jenkins    Casting Director
Buddy Van Horn    Stunt Coordinator
Lee Cleary    Assistant Director

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


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Synopsis

Secret service agent Frank Horrigan was on duty the day president Kennedy was assassinated, a fact that still haunts him. The story picks up with Frank Horrigan when the current president is running for re-election and the psychotic Mitch Leary taunts Horrigan by sharing his plans to kill the president. Frank Horrigan again goes on presidential protection duty determined not to lose another president.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$15,269,388 (14.9% of total gross)
Legs:6.70 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:54.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1,903 opening theaters/2,129 max. theaters, 8.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $266,229,208

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 701-800) 789 $102,243,874
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,309 $85,100,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,011 $187,343,874
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 101-200) 161 $102,243,874
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 201-300) 274 $85,100,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 201-300) 209 $187,343,874

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Watch Now On

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Netflix:Netflix, Netflix

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 9th, 1993 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
Video Release: April 30th, 1997 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for violence and language.
Running Time: 123 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Basic Instinct
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Political Thriller, Political Assassination, Assassination, Political, Secret Service Agent
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 248 $8,506,238 Sep 3, 1993 59

Leading Cast

Clint Eastwood    Frank Horrigan

Supporting Cast

John Malkovich    Mitch Leary
Rene Russo    Secret Service Agent Lilly Raines
Dylan McDermott    Al D'Andrea
Gary Cole    Bill Watts
Fred Dalton Thompson    White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent
John Mahoney    Secret Service Director Sam Campagna
Gregory Alan Williams    Matt Wilder
Jim Curley    President
Sally Hughes    First Lady
Clyde Kusatsu    Jack Okura
Steve Hytner    Tony Carducci
Tobin Bell    Mendoza
Bob Schott    Jimmy Hendrickson
Juan A. Riojas    Raul
Elsa Raven    Booth's Landlady
Arthur Senzy    Paramedic
Patrika Darbo    Pam Magnus
Mary Van Arsdel    Sally
Ryan Cutrona    LAPD Brass
Lawrence Lowe    FBI Technician
Brian Libby    FBI Supervisor
Eric Bruskotter    Young Agent
Patrick Caddell    Political Speaker
John Heard    Professor Riger
Alan Toy    Walter Wickland
Carl Ciarfalio    CIA Agent Collins
Walt MacPherson    Hunter
Robert Peters    Hunter
Tyde Kierney    Police Captain Howard
Anthony Peck    FBI Official
Rick Hurst    Bartender
Doris E. McMillon    DC News Anchor
Robert Sandoval    Bellboy
Joshua Malina    Agent Chavez
William G. Schilling    Sanford Riggs
Michael Kirk    Computer Technician/Bates
Richard Camphuis    Party Fat Cat
Marlan Clarke    Marge
Robert Alan Beuth    Man at Bank
Susan Lee Hoffman    Woman at Bank
Donna Hamilton    Reporter at Dulles
Bob Jimenez    Reporter at Hotel
Cylk Cozart    Agent Cozart
Michael Zurich    Agent Zurich
Rich DiDonato    Undercover Agent
Jeffrey Kurt Miller    Undercover Agent
Kirk Jordan    Agent

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

Production and Technical Credits

Wolfgang Petersen    Director
Jeff Maguire    Screenwriter
Jeff Apple    Producer
Wolfgang Petersen    Executive Producer
Gail Katz    Executive Producer
David Valdes    Executive Producer
Lilly Kilvert    Production Designer
Anne V. Coates    Editor
Ennio Morricone    Composer
John Bailey    Director of Photography
Bob Rosenthal    Co-Producer
Peter Kohn    Assistant Director
David Lester    Unit Production Manager
John Warnke    Art Director
Kara Lindstrom    Set Decorator
A. Charles Carnaggio    Set Decorator
Mark Vargo    Second Unit Photography
John Nelson    Visual Effects Supervisor
Scott Gershin    Special Effects Supervisor
Erica Edell Phillips    Costume Designer
Amy Stofsky    Costume Supervisor
Steven Kemper    Additional Editor
Willie Burton    Sound Mixer
Kevin O'Connell    Re-recording Mixer
Rick Kline    Re-recording Mixer
Wylie Stateman    Supervising Sound Editor
Gregg Baxter    Supervising Sound Editor
Scott Gershin    Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Randy Kelley    Sound Effects Editor
Frank Smathers    Sound Effects Editor
Jay B. Richardson    Sound Effects Editor
Dino DiMuro    Sound Effects Editor
Dan Rich    Dialogue Editor
Christopher Assells    Dialogue Editor
Chris Hogan    Dialogue Editor
Bill Abbott    Music Editor
James Lee McCoy    Makeup
Werner Keppler    Makeup
Carol O'Connell    Hairstylist
Bridgett Cook    Hairstylist
Janet Hirshenson    Casting Director
Jane Jenkins    Casting Director
Buddy Van Horn    Stunt Coordinator
Lee Cleary    Assistant Director

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

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 701-800) 789 $102,243,874
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 401-500) 405 $266,229,208
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 501-600) 525 $102,243,874
Top 1993 Movies at the Domestic Box Office 7 $102,243,874
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 301-400) 336 $102,243,874
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 501-600) 555 $102,243,874
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 201-300) 285 $102,243,874
All Time Domestic Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies 40 $102,243,874
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 101-200) 161 $102,243,874
All Time Domestic Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies 98 $102,243,874

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 9, 1993 3 $15,269,388   1,903 $8,024   $15,269,388 1
Jul 16, 1993 2 $13,056,252 -14% 2,089 $6,250   $36,058,993 2
Jul 23, 1993 2 $11,214,003 -14% 2,129 $5,267   $54,119,247 3
Jul 30, 1993 2 $8,006,617 -29% 2,129 $3,761   $67,751,737 4
Aug 6, 1993 3 $5,810,389 -27% 1,925 $3,018   $77,351,000 5
Aug 13, 1993 5 $4,461,092 -23% 1,808 $2,467   $84,205,291 6
Aug 20, 1993 6 $3,419,070 -23% 1,683 $2,032   $89,640,352 7
Aug 27, 1993 8 $2,609,808 -24% 1,472 $1,773   $93,706,011 8
Sep 3, 1993 8 $3,204,352 +23% 1,274 $2,515   $97,875,022 9
Sep 10, 1993 8 $1,611,515 -50% 1,127 $1,430   $100,013,224 10

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 9, 1993 3 $23,002,741   1,903 $12,088   $23,002,741 1
Jul 16, 1993 2 $19,902,503 -13% 2,089 $9,527   $42,905,244 2
Jul 23, 1993 1 $16,839,876 -15% 2,129 $7,910   $59,745,120 3
Jul 30, 1993 2 $11,795,491 -30% 2,129 $5,540   $71,540,611 4
Aug 6, 1993 5 $8,203,588 -30% 1,925 $4,262   $79,744,199 5
Aug 13, 1993 7 $6,477,083 -21% 1,808 $3,582   $86,221,282 6
Aug 20, 1993 7 $4,874,921 -25% 1,683 $2,897   $91,096,203 7
Aug 27, 1993 8 $3,574,467 -27% 1,472 $2,428   $94,670,670 8
Sep 3, 1993 7 $3,731,039 +4% 1,274 $2,929   $98,401,709 9

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,309 $85,100,000
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 901-1,000) 907 $85,100,000
Top 1993 Movies at the International Box Office 16 $85,100,000
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 501-600) 592 $85,100,000
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 967 $85,100,000
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 501-600) 506 $85,100,000
All Time International Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies 86 $85,100,000
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 201-300) 274 $85,100,000
All Time International Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200) 156 $85,100,000

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,011 $187,343,874
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 601-700) 683 $187,343,874
Top 1993 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 11 $187,343,874
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 401-500) 434 $187,343,874
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 701-800) 711 $187,343,874
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 301-400) 361 $187,343,874
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies 64 $187,343,874
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 201-300) 209 $187,343,874
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200) 134 $187,343,874