Dead Man's Wire
“His revolution was televised.”
In 1977, former real estate developer Tony Kiritsis puts a dead man's switch on himself and the mortgage banker who did him wrong, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Studio
Elevated Films
Language
en
Status
Released
How Dead Man's Wire performed
Budget
$13.0M
Worldwide Gross
$2.2M
Gross Profit
−$10.8M
Return
0.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$378K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Tony Kiritsis
Bill Skarsgård
Tony Kiritsis
Richard 'Dick' Hall
Dacre Montgomery
Richard 'Dick' Hall
Michael Grable
Cary Elwes
Michael Grable
Linda Page
Myha'la
Linda Page
Fred Temple
Colman Domingo
Fred Temple
M.L. Hall
Al Pacino
M.L. Hall
Mabel Hall
Kelly Lynch
Mabel Hall
Doreen
Jordan Claire Robbins
Doreen
Cameraman
John Robinson
Cameraman
Ibby Hall
Katie Kinman
Ibby Hall
Frank Love
Mark Helms
Frank Love
Rookie Cop
Kyle Rankin
Rookie Cop
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