Follows the adventure of Chili Palmer, a shylock from Miami as he enters the Movie and Music industries, based on the Elmore Leonard novels.
Combined theatrical financials and commercial performance across all 2 installments.
Total Worldwide Gross
$210.3M
Cumulative box office receipts
Total Production Budget
$83.3M
Combined studio investments
Average Gross / Film
$105.2M
Average theatrical return
Commercial Multiple
2.53x
Worldwide Gross vs Budget
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Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.
Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music executive along the way.