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Released
1997 · FILM

Conspiracy Theory

A paranoid New York City taxi driver with a knack for conspiracy theories uncovers a government cover-up tied to a murdered judge, forcing him to confront shadowy agents and his own fractured mind to expose the truth before he's silenced for good.

“What if your most paranoid nightmares had just come true?”

Directed by
Richard Donner, John G Scotti
Written by
Brian Helgeland
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
135 min
ActionCrimeDrama

Synopsis

A man who is deeply engrossed in conspiracy theories finds himself in danger when one of his theories proves to be accurate. To save himself, he must determine which of his theories is the true one.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 287+ 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 Kevin StittShot by John SchwartzmanScored by Carter BurwellDesigned by Paul SylbertSound by Todd BassmanCostumes by Ha NguyenVFX by Theresa Ellis Rygiel

Box Office

1997 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.8× 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

$137.0M

Budget$75.0M
Worldwide gross$137.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $76.0M — 55% of worldwide · International: $61.0M (45%)

Opening weekend: $19.3M — 25% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $28.4M — 37% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,806 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Fletcher's Visionende
  • Fletchers Visionende
  • Conspiraciónes
  • Complotsfr
  • Ipotesi di complottoit
  • (Bulgarian)Теория на конспирацията
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesAug 4, 1997
  • AustraliaAug 7, 1997
  • CanadaAug 8, 1997
  • SwedenAug 8, 1997

Companies

ProductionWarner Bros., Silver Pictures, Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions

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