Killer Joe
“A Totally Deep-Fried Texas Redneck Trailer Park Murder Story.”
A cop who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister.
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Cast
15 people
Matthew McConaughey
Killer Joe Cooper
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Emile Hirsch
Chris Smith
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Into the Wild
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Juno Temple
Dottie Smith
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Ted Lasso
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Thomas Haden Church
Ansel Smith
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Gina Gershon
Sharla Smith
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Marc Macaulay
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Monster
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Gralen Bryant Banks
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Carol Sutton
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The Last Exorcism
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Danny Epper
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Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown
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Jeff Galpin
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Scott A. Martin
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Gregory C. Bachaud
Filpatrick
No other roles listed
William Friedkin Director · Tracy Letts Screenplay Tyler Bates Composer
Worldwide gross $4.6M · Budget $10M · United States release July 27, 2012
Box office
Budget
$10,000,000
Worldwide gross
$4,633,668
Gross vs. budget
0.5×
Production
ANA Media
Production
Worldview Entertainment
Production
Voltage Pictures
Production
Picture Perfect Corporation
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · September 8, 2011
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · July 27, 2012
Theatrical
United States · December 21, 2012
Physical · DVD
United States
March 10, 2012 · Premiere · South by Southwest Film Festival
Australia
June 7, 2012 · Theatrical
Belgium
September 26, 2012 · Theatrical
Brazil
March 8, 2013 · Theatrical
Canada
September 11, 2011 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
August 10, 2012 · Theatrical
Denmark
November 6, 2012 · Theatrical
Egypt
April 21, 2021 · Physical · DVD
Finland
August 10, 2012 · Theatrical
France
September 5, 2012 · Theatrical
Germany
July 1, 2012 · Theatrical
Greece
September 20, 2012 · Theatrical
October 25, 2012 · Physical · DVD,Blu-ray
Hungary
February 21, 2013 · Theatrical
Iceland
August 1, 2012 · Theatrical
Ireland
June 29, 2012 · Theatrical
Italy
October 11, 2012 · Theatrical
Japan
January 11, 2013 · Theatrical
Kazakhstan
February 7, 2013 · Theatrical
Mexico
December 21, 2012 · Physical · DVD
Netherlands
April 28, 2012 · Premiere · Imagine Film Festival
October 25, 2012 · Theatrical
Poland
November 22, 2012 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
December 27, 2012 · Theatrical
Russia
August 23, 2012 · Theatrical
Serbia
October 29, 2012 · Premiere · Cinemania
South Africa
July 5, 2013 · Theatrical
South Korea
March 7, 2013 · Theatrical
Spain
October 15, 2011 · Premiere · Sitges Film Festival
February 21, 2013 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 7, 2012 · Physical · DVD
Taiwan
March 8, 2013 · Theatrical
Türkiye
November 9, 2012 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
February 6, 2014 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 29, 2012 · Theatrical
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