Enemy of the State
“It's not paranoia if they're really after you.”
When the videotape of the murder of a congressman unknowingly ends up in the hands of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert Clayton Dean, he is framed for the murder. With the help of the mysterious Brill, Dean attempts to throw the NSA off his trail and prove his innocence.
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller
Studio
Touchstone Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Enemy of the State performed
Budget
$90.0M
Worldwide Gross
$250.6M
Gross Profit
$160.6M
Return
2.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$33M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) 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
Robert Clayton Dean
Will Smith
Robert Clayton Dean
Brill
Gene Hackman
Brill
Reynolds
Jon Voight
Reynolds
Carla Dean
Regina King
Carla Dean
Hicks
Loren Dean
Hicks
Krug
Jake Busey
Krug
Pratt
Barry Pepper
Pratt
Daniel Zavitz
Jason Lee
Daniel Zavitz
'Brill'
Gabriel Byrne
'Brill'
Rachel Banks
Lisa Bonet
Rachel Banks
Congressman Albert
Stuart Wilson
Congressman Albert
Christa Hawkins
Laura Cayouette
Christa Hawkins
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