both employees with PG&E Hinkley. Heartbroken, he tells her his cousin has just died, dying painfully from the poison he interacted with at PG&E. He goes on to explain that PG&E tasked him with destroying documents, but, "as it turns out, [he] wasn't a very good employee". Embry gives Erin the documents, including a 1966 memo proving corporate headquarters knew the water was contaminated with hexavalent chromium, and advised PG&E Hinkley to keep this secret. The judge orders PG&E to pay a settlement amount of $333 million to be distributed among the plaintiffs, $5 million of which goes to the Jensens. Erin brings her boyfriend with her when she tells them about it, and he is happy when he understands what it was all for. In the aftermath, Ed hands Erin her bonus payment for the case, but warns her he has changed the amount. She assumes that he has decreased it, begins complaining loudly that she deserves more respect, but is astonished to find that he has increased the amount and paid her 2 million dollars. Cast Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich Albert Finney as Edward L. Masry Aaron Eckhart as George, Erin's biker boyfriend Marg Helgenberger as Donna Jensen Tracey Walter as Charles Embry Peter Coyote as Kurt Potter Cherry Jones as Pamela Duncan Scarlett Pomers as Shanna Jensen Conchata Ferrell as Brenda, Mr. Masry's secretary Erin Brockovich as Waitress Julia Michael Harney as Pete Jensen Veanne Cox as Theresa Dallavale Scotty Leavenworth as Matthew Brown Gemmenne de la Peña as Katie Brown Gina Gallego as Ms. Sanchez, a PG & E attorney T. J. Thyne as David Foil Valente Rodriguez as Donald Jamie Harrold as Scott Edward L. Masry as Diner Patron (uncredited) Manning Bailey as Party Extra (uncredited) Production The film was shot over eleven weeks, five weeks of that taking place in Ventura, California. Erin Brockovich performed well with test audiences but executives at Universal Studios were worried that audiences would be turned off by the title character's use of profane language. Reception Box office Erin Brockovich was released on March 17, 2000, in 2,848 theaters and grossed $28.1 million on its opening weekend. It had the second-highest March opening weekend upon release, after Liar Liar. This was also the second-highest opening weekend for a Julia Roberts film, behind Runaway Bride. The film went on to make $125.6 million in North America and $130.7 million