R · 135 min
Sling Blade
Directed by Billy Bob Thornton
Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam
Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly...
Release
Aug 30, 1996
Type
Limited
Budget
$1.2M
Breakeven
$3M(2.5x)
Gross
$34,100,000
Profit
$31,100,000
A simple man. A difficult choice.
Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
Release
Aug 30, 1996
Type
Limited
Budget
$1.2M
Breakeven
$3M(2.5x)
Gross
$34,100,000
Profit
$31,100,000
R · 135 min