Joe Eszterhas

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43 titles

Films in Production (1 title)	Budget	Status
Untitled Basic Instinct Reboot Project Writer Writer See fewer		Pre-Prod

Past Film & Video (24 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
The Impact (2022) Writer Writer See fewer	£200K
Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven (2011) Characters (uncredited), Very Special Thanks Characters (uncredited), Very Special Thanks See fewer	$30K
Koniec/Poczatek (2009) (Short) - Based In Part On The Book By Based In Part On The Book By See fewer
Szabadság, szerelem (2006) Screenplay, Story Screenplay, Story See fewer				$71K
Basic Instinct 2 (2006) Based On Characters Created By Based On Characters Created By See fewer	$70MM	$3.2MM	$6MM	$39MM
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997) Written By, Producer (uncredited), Joe Eszterhas, Writer: "I Wanna Be Mike Ovitz" Written By, Producer (uncredited), Joe Eszterhas, Writer: "I Wanna Be Mike Ovitz" See fewer	$10MM	$29K	$46K	$60K
One Night Stand (1997) Idea Idea See fewer	$24MM	$979K	$2.6MM	$2.6MM
Telling Lies in America (1997) Written By, Presenter Written By, Presenter See fewer	$4MM	$11K	$319K	$319K
Jade (1995) Written By, Executive Producer (uncredited) Written By, Executive Producer (uncredited) See fewer	$50MM	$4.3MM	$9.9MM	$9.9MM
Showgirls (1995) Written By Written By See fewer	$45MM	$8.1MM	$20MM	$20MM
Sliver: Alternate Ending (1993) (Video) - Writer Writer See fewer
Sliver: Alternate Opening (1993) (Video) - Writer Writer See fewer
Sliver (1993) Screenplay, Executive Producer Screenplay, Executive Producer See fewer	$40MM	$12MM	$36MM	$116MM
Nowhere to Run (1993) Story, Screenplay Story, Screenplay See fewer	$15MM	$8.2MM	$22MM	$22MM
Basic Instinct (1992) Written By Written By See fewer	$49MM	$15MM	$118MM	$353MM
Music Box (1989) Written By, Executive Producer Written By, Executive Producer See fewer	$18MM	$19K	$6.3MM	$6.3MM
Checking Out (1988) Written By Written By See fewer	$6MM	$13K	$31K	$31K
Betrayed (1988) Written By, Executive Producer Written By, Executive Producer See fewer	$19MM	$5.5MM	$26MM	$26MM
Hearts of Fire (1987) Screenplay Screenplay See fewer	$17MM
Big Shots (1987) Written By Written By See fewer		$1.4MM	$3.4MM	$3.4MM
Jagged Edge (1985) Written By Written By See fewer	$10MM	$4.1MM	$40MM	$40MM
Flashdance (1983) Screenplay Screenplay See fewer	$7.5MM	$4.1MM	$93MM	$93MM
Blue Thunder (1983) Script Revisions (uncredited) Script Revisions (uncredited) See fewer	$22MM	$8.3MM	$42MM	$42MM
F.I.S.T. (1978) Story, Screenplay Story, Screenplay See fewer	$11MM		$20MM	$20MM

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Self (16 titles)
Eszterhas, Friedkin and 'Jade' (2025) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Taking Chances on 'Sliver' with Joe Eszterhas (2024) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Sly (2023) Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer
Life Imitates Tragedy: Joe Eszterhas on 'Music Box' (2023) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
You Gotta Gamble If You're Gonna Win: Joe Eszterhas on 'Showgirls' (2023) (Music Video) - Self Self See fewer
Killer Business: Joe Eszterhas on 'Jagged Edge' (2021) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone (2020) (TV Movie) - Self Self See fewer
Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven (2016) Self - Screenwriter 'Basic Instinct' Self - Screenwriter 'Basic Instinct' See fewer
The First Film (2015) Self - Screenwriter (as Joe Estzerhas) Self - Screenwriter (as Joe Estzerhas) See fewer
The Fight for F.I.S.T. (2015) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Tabac, retenez votre souffle! (2006) (TV Movie) - Self Self See fewer
The Daily Show (2000) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2000) Self (1 episode, 2000) See fewer Joe Eszterhas (Jul 25, 2000) Season 5, Episode 10 - Self Self See fewer
Jackie Chan: My Story (1998) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
The Making of 'Showgirls' (1995) (TV Short) - Self Self See fewer
The 55th Annual Golden Apple Awards (1995) (TV Special) - Self Self See fewer
Moving Pictures (1990–1992) (TV Series) - Self - Writer Jagged Edge (2 episodes, 1990) Self - Writer Jagged Edge (2 episodes, 1990) See fewer Episode #2.6 (Jan 11, 1992) Season 2, Episode 6 - Self Self See fewer Screenwriters and Money (Sep 29, 1990) Season 1, Episode 1 - Self - Writer Jagged Edge Self - Writer Jagged Edge See fewer

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Archive Footage (2 titles)
Les Chroniques du Mea (2019) (TV Series) - Self (archive footage) (1 episode, 2019) Self (archive footage) (1 episode, 2019) See fewer L'Île aux Pirates (1995) (May 5, 2019) Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
You Don't Nomi (2019) Self / Self - Screenwriter 'Showgirls' (archive footage) Self / Self - Screenwriter 'Showgirls' (archive footage) See fewer

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