Pulp Fiction Case Study


Cast

 All cast memebers were paid equal wages. All of the main cast were paid $20,000 a week.
  • Tim Roth
  • Uma Thurman
  • Samuel L Jackson
  • John Travolta (Paid $140,000 to play Vincet Vega)
  • Bruce Willis 
  • Christopher Walken

Locations
  • Hawthorne Grill, California (Coffee shop)
  • 5800 Harold Way, Los Angeles ( Jules and Vincent assassinate Brett and Roger)
  • 1435 Flower Street, Glendale, California 
  • 20933 Roscoe Blvd, Los Angeles (Zed's Pawn Shop)
  • 11813 Runnymede Street, North Hollywood (Butch's apartment)
Budget and Gross income
  • The budget is estimated to be $8,000,000
  • Opening weekend Gross in the US- $9,311,882 (14th October 1994)
  • Opening weekend Gross in the UK- £4,243,233 (11th November 1994)
  • The worldwide Gross for the film worldwide was $213,928,762
Crew
  • Director- Quentin Tarantino
  • Writing Credits- Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary
  • Producer- Lawrence Bender
  • Cinematography- Andrzej Sekuła
  • Editor- Sally Menke
Production Companies and Distributors
  • A Band Apart
  • Jersey Films
  • Miramax Films (Distributors)

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