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Enemy of the State (1998) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Enemy of the State(1998)
Released
1998 · FILM

Enemy of the State

Congressman Phil Hammersley battles to stop a sweeping surveillance bill, but when a covert NSA hit team murders him and a wildlife biologist captures the crime on camera, both men become embroiled in a lethal fight for truth and liberty.

“It's not paranoia if they're really after you.”

Directed by
Tony Scott, Charles Simmers
Written by
David Marconi, Jamie Rama
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
132 min
ActionThriller

Synopsis

When a videotape capturing the murder of a congressman falls into the hands of labor lawyer and devoted family man Robert Clayton Dean, he becomes the target of a framing plot. With the assistance of the enigmatic Brill, Dean works to evade the NSA and clear his name.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 667+ 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 Chris LebenzonShot by Dan MindelScored by Harry Gregson WilliamsDesigned by Benjamin FernandezSound by Christopher BoyesCostumes by Marlene StewartStunts by Chuck Picerni JrVFX by Robin Griffin

Box Office

1998 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.8× 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

$250.6M

Budget$90.0M
Worldwide gross$250.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $111.5M — 45% of worldwide · International: $139.1M (55%)

Opening weekend: $20.0M — 18% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $31.2M — 28% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,393 theaters

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Versions & cuts

  • extended· 140 min

Also known as

  • Der Staatsfeind Nr. 1de
  • Enemigo públicoes
  • Ennemi d'Étatfr
  • (cable TV title)Inimigo Público
  • Nemico pubblicoit
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesNov 18, 1998
  • SingaporeNov 20, 1998
  • CanadaNov 25, 1998

Production & Distribution

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Touchstone PicturesJerry Bruckheimer FilmsDon Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films

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