The Black Dahlia
“Inspired by the most notorious unsolved murder in California history.”
In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer of an aspiring young actress.
Genres
Crime, Thriller, Drama
Studio
Linson Entertainment
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Black Dahlia performed
Budget
$50.0M
Worldwide Gross
$49.3M
Gross Profit
−$667,308
Return
1.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$8M
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
Bucky Bleichert
Josh Hartnett
Bucky Bleichert
Kay Lake
Scarlett Johansson
Kay Lake
Lee Blanchard
Aaron Eckhart
Lee Blanchard
Madeleine Linscott
Hilary Swank
Madeleine Linscott
Elizabeth Short
Mia Kirshner
Elizabeth Short
Det. Russ Millard
Mike Starr
Det. Russ Millard
Ramona Linscott
Fiona Shaw
Ramona Linscott
Deputy DA Ellis Loew
Patrick Fischler
Deputy DA Ellis Loew
Dolph Bleichert
James Otis
Dolph Bleichert
Emmett Linscott
John Kavanagh
Emmett Linscott
Chief Ted Green
Troy Evans
Chief Ted Green
Morrie Friedman
Anthony Russell
Morrie Friedman
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