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Dangerous LiaisonsFollow

1988 • R • 1h 59m • Drama, Romance • Warner Bros.

Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The game as you've never seen it played before.

🍅 91% 83% MC 74 LB 3.78 IMDb 7.5

Box office summary

Domestic total
$34.70M
Final
Budget$14M
1988 rank#31
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Cast & crew

Full Frears filmography
Stephen Frears Stephen Frears Director Glenn Close Glenn Close Starring John Malkovich John Malkovich Starring Michelle Pfeiffer Michelle Pfeiffer Starring Uma Thurman Uma Thurman Starring Swoosie Kurtz Swoosie Kurtz Starring
ScreenplayChristopher Hampton Produced byNorma Heyman, Hank Moonjean CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot Music byGeorge Fenton StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
6 Jan 27-29 11 $1.3M — 119 $10,926 $4.9M
9 Feb 17-19 8 $3.1M — 347 $9,009 $12.1M
10 Feb 24-26 4 $2.8M −9.2% 762 $3,727 $15.5M
11 Mar 3-5 8 $2.3M −20.3% 762 $2,971 $18.7M
12 Mar 10-12 9 $1.7M −26.0% 762 $2,199 $21.2M
15 Mar 31-Apr 2 10 $1.7M — 597 $2,815 $27.5M
16 Apr 7-9 10 $1.1M −33.8% 713 $1,560 $29.1M
18 Apr 21-23 17 $522.5K — 540 $968 $31.2M
21 May 12-14 20 $262.5K — 306 $858 $32.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.8M
$1.3M
$3.1M
$2.8M
W6W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −9.2%
−9.2%
W9→10
Steepest −9.2%Best hold −9.2%

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