L.I.E.

L.I.E.

September 7, 2001NR1h 37mTMDB ★ 6.7

With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary spend their time burglarizing their neighbors' homes — until they make the mistake of robbing the house of Big John, a macho former Marine who is also an unrepentant pedophile. He propositions Howie, who declines, but the two eventually develop an unlikely and dangerous friendship.

Genres

Drama, Crime

Studio

Alter Ego Entertainment

Language

en

Status

Released

Box Office

How L.I.E. performed

Budget

$700,000

Worldwide Gross

$1.7M

Gross Profit

$967,192

Return

2.4× budget

Opening Wknd (est.)

$240K

Domestic (est.)
International (est.)
$800K$867K

Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) 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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