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A Perfect MurderFollow

1998 • R • 1h 47m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Warner Bros.

A powerful husband. An unfaithful wife. A jealous lover. All of them have a motive. Each of them has a plan.

🍅 55% 51%

50

3.22

6.6

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$67.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$128.10M

$60.40M international

Domestic legs4.1x

1998 rank#31

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Cast & crew

Full Davis filmography

Andrew Davis

Andrew Davis Director

Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas Starring

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow Starring

Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen Starring

David Suchet

David Suchet Starring

ScreenplayPatrick Smith Kelly Produced byArnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson, Peter MacGregor-Scott, Christopher Mankiewicz CinematographyDariusz Wolski Music byJames Newton Howard StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 5-7 2 $16.6M — 2,845 $5,840 $16.6M

2 Jun 12-14 3 $11.3M −32.1% 2,845 $3,964 $34.4M

3 Jun 19-21 5 $7.4M −34.5% 2,755 $2,680 $46.5M

4 Jun 26-28 7 $5.3M −28.6% 2,438 $2,163 $55.2M

5 Jul 3-5 8 $3.3M −36.7% 2,076 $1,607 $61.1M

6 Jul 10-12 11 $1.6M −50.8% 1,401 $1,172 $64.4M

7 Jul 17-19 15 $848.4K −48.3% 947 $896 $66.0M

8 Jul 24-26 19 $391.0K −53.9% 353 $1,108 $66.7M

9 Jul 31-Aug 2 30 $180.1K −54.0% 201 $896 $67.1M

10 Aug 7-9 38 $80.1K −55.5% 82 $976 $67.2M

11 Aug 14-16 40 $100.4K +25.4% 526 $191 $67.4M

12 Aug 21-23 47 $68.8K −31.5% 447 $154 $67.5M

13 Aug 28-30 57 $41.1K −40.3% 314 $131 $67.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 5 #2 $4.8M — $4.8M 2,845 $1,689 1

Sat Jun 6 #2 $7.4M +54.5% $12.2M 2,845 $2,610 2

Sun Jun 7 #2 $4.4M −40.7% $16.6M 2,845 $1,547 3

Mon Jun 8 #2 $1.7M −61.7% $18.3M 2,845 $592 4

Tue Jun 9 #2 $1.8M +7.4% $20.1M 2,845 $636 5

Wed Jun 10 #2 $1.3M −26.9% $21.4M 2,845 $465 6

Thu Jun 11 #2 $1.7M +25.9% $23.1M 2,845 $585 7

Fri Jun 12 #4 $3.1M +83.9% −36.3% $26.2M 2,845 $1,076 8

Sat Jun 13 #3 $5.3M +71.9% −29.2% $31.4M 2,845 $1,849 9

Sun Jun 14 #3 $3.0M −43.7% −32.8% $34.4M 2,845 $1,040 10

Mon Jun 15 #3 $1.2M −59.2% −28.4% $35.6M 2,845 $424 11

Tue Jun 16 #3 $1.3M +8.5% −27.7% $36.9M 2,845 $460 12

Wed Jun 17 #3 $1.1M −13.6% −14.5% $38.0M 2,845 $397 13

Thu Jun 18 #3 $1.1M −3.4% −34.3% $39.1M 2,845 $384 14

Fri Jun 19 #5 $2.3M +107.7% −25.8% $41.4M 2,755 $824 15

Sat Jun 20 #5 $3.1M +35.0% −41.7% $44.4M 2,755 $1,113 16

Sun Jun 21 #5 $2.3M −26.0% −23.3% $46.5M 2,755 $824 17

Mon Jun 22 #5 $837.4K −63.1% −30.6% $47.3M 2,755 $304 18

Tue Jun 23 #5 $969.5K +15.8% −25.9% $48.3M 2,755 $352 19

Wed Jun 24 #5 $851.7K −12.1% −24.7% $49.1M 2,755 $309 20

Thu Jun 25 #5 $831.6K −2.4% −23.9% $50.0M 2,755 $302 21

Fri Jun 26 #7 $1.4M +73.8% −36.3% $51.4M 2,438 $593 22

Sat Jun 27 #7 $2.3M +60.9% −24.1% $53.7M 2,438 $954 23

Sun Jun 28 #7 $1.4M −39.1% −37.6% $55.2M 2,438 $581 24

Mon Jun 29 #8 $418.2K −70.5% −50.1% $55.7M 2,438 $172 25

Tue Jun 30 #7 $742.6K +77.6% −23.4% $56.4M 2,438 $305 26

Wed Jul 1 #8 $503.4K −32.2% −40.9% $57.1M 2,438 $206 27

Thu Jul 2 #8 $620.0K +23.2% −25.4% $57.7M 2,438 $254 28

Fri Jul 3 #8 $1.2M +98.4% −14.9% $59.0M 2,076 $592 29

Sat Jul 4 #8 $1.1M −11.9% −53.4% $60.0M 2,076 $522 30

Sun Jul 5 #8 $1.0M −6.3% −28.2% $61.1M 2,076 $489 31

Mon Jul 6 #8 $404.2K −60.2% −3.3% $61.5M 2,076 $195 32

Tue Jul 7 #8 $434.7K +7.5% −41.5% $61.9M 2,076 $209 33

Wed Jul 8 #8 $468.7K +7.8% −6.9% $62.4M 2,076 $226 34

Thu Jul 9 #8 $404.3K −13.7% −34.8% $62.8M 2,076 $195 35

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$62.8M

Jun 5Jun 14Jun 22Jul 1Jul 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $80.1K

$16.6M

$11.3M

$7.4M

$5.3M

$3.3M

$1.6M

$848.4K

$391.0K

$180.1K

$80.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,845 → 2,076 −27.0%

2,845 open2,076 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −55.5%

−32.1%

W1→2

−34.5%

W2→3

−28.6%

W3→4

−36.7%

W4→5

−50.8%

W5→6

−48.3%

W6→7

−53.9%

W7→8

−54.0%

W8→9

−55.5%

W9→10

Steepest −55.5%Best hold −28.6%

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