Kill the Messenger

Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contra insurgents in Nicaragua.

Grosses

Domestic (47%)
$2,450,846
Summary Details
DistributorFocus Features
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Opening$941,809
374 theaters
MPAAR
Running Time1 hr 52 min
GenresBiography Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
In Release84 days/12 weeks
Widest Release427 theaters
DateDOW RankDaily %± YD %± LW TheatersAvgTo DateDay
Oct 10Friday15$304,374--374$813$304,3741
Oct 11Saturday16$396,599+30.3%-374$1,060$700,9732
Oct 12Sunday14$240,836-39.3%-374$643$941,8093
Oct 13
Indig. Peoples' Day
Monday15$137,703-42.8%-374$368$1,079,5124
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Oct 15Wednesday14$96,157-9%-374$257$1,281,3016
Oct 16Thursday14$83,332-13.3%-374$222$1,364,6337
Oct 17Friday18$144,087+72.9%-52.7%427$337$1,508,7208
Oct 18Saturday19$212,272+47.3%-46.5%427$497$1,720,9929
Oct 19Sunday18$125,425-40.9%-47.9%427$293$1,846,41710
Oct 20Monday17$55,003-56.1%-60.1%427$128$1,901,42011
Oct 21Tuesday17$65,405+18.9%-38.1%427$153$1,966,82512
Oct 22Wednesday17$57,837-11.6%-39.9%427$135$2,024,66213
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Oct 26Sunday21$43,921-31.9%-65%211$208$2,223,56317
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Oct 30Thursday22$17,520+2.2%-65.1%211$83$2,294,90421
Oct 31
Halloween
Friday37$13,158-24.9%-67.3%75$175$2,308,06222
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Nov 23Sunday45$625-53.1%-73.3%11$56$2,433,60945
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Nov 25Tuesday46$334-34.8%-72.9%11$30$2,434,45547
Nov 26Wednesday47$660+97.6%-46.1%10$66$2,435,11548
Nov 27
Thanksgiving
Thursday48$76-88.5%-94.1%10$7$2,435,19149
Nov 28Friday47$372+389.5%-67%8$46$2,435,56350
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Dec 11Thursday39$1,546+28.8%+496.9%27$57$2,450,84663