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Released
2002 · FILM

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

A charismatic game‑show producer discovers his wildly successful television career may be a cover for covert CIA assassinations, forcing him to juggle fame and lethal secrecy before his two worlds collide.

“Some things are better left top secret.”

Directed by
George Clooney, Anne Alloucherie
Written by
Chuck Barris, Charlie Kaufman
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
113 min
BiographyComedyCrime
Streaming on
  • MGM+

Synopsis

Television brought Chuck Barris fame, but his most notable successes occurred outside the realm of broadcasting. By day, he worked as a television producer; by night, he claimed to serve as an assassin for the CIA. According to Barris, he was recruited by the agency at the peak of his television career and underwent training to become a covert operative.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 447+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Stephen MirrioneShot by Newton Thomas SigelScored by Alex WurmanDesigned by Jim BissellSound by Aaron GlascockCostumes by Renee AprilStunts by Brad MartinVFX by Louis Morin

Box Office

2002 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.1× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$33.0M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$33.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $16.0M — 48% of worldwide · International: $17.0M (52%)

Opening weekend: $83K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $83K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4 theaters

Also known as

  • Geständnisse - Confessions of a Dangerous Mindde
  • Confesiones de una mente peligrosaes
  • Confessions d'un homme dangereuxfr
  • Confessioni di una mente pericolosait
  • (Bulgarian)Самопризнанията на един опасен ум
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesDec 11, 2002
  • CanadaJan 24, 2003
  • TürkiyeFeb 7, 2003

Production & Distribution

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MiramaxMad ChanceSection Eight

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