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1985 • PG-13 • 1h 44m • Comedy, Drama • Orion Pictures

Every man is desperate to have her. One woman is desperate to be her. But someone is desperate to kill her. If they can figure out who she is.

🍅 86% 63% MC 71 LB 3.41 IMDb 6.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$1.50M
Limited · 268 theaters
Domestic total
$27.40M
Final
Domestic legs10.2x from $2.7M first wide weekend
1985 rank#31
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Cast & crew

Rosanna Arquette Rosanna Arquette Starring Madonna Madonna Starring Aidan Quinn Aidan Quinn Starring Robert Joy Robert Joy Starring Laurie Metcalf Laurie Metcalf Starring Will Patton Will Patton Starring
ScreenplayLeora Barish Produced byMidge Sanford, Sarah Pillsbury CinematographyEdward Lachman MusicThomas Newman Prod. DesignSanto Loquasto StudioOrion Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 29-31 14 $1.5M — 268 $5,694 $1.5M
2 Apr 5-7 13 $1.6M +7.6% 326 $5,037 $4.0M
3 Apr 12-14 5 $2.7M +63.4% 760 $3,531 $7.6M
4 Apr 19-21 5 $2.7M +0.3% 1,180 $2,281 $11.2M
5 Apr 26-28 7 $2.1M −23.0% 1,008 $2,057 $14.1M
6 May 3-5 9 $1.5M −26.0% 824 $1,861 $16.3M
7 May 10-12 10 $1.2M −25.0% 693 $1,660 $17.9M
8 May 17-19 7 $1.3M +11.5% 713 $1,800 $19.7M
9 May 24-27 8 $1.2M −8.0% 597 $1,977 $21.4M
10 May 31-Jun 2 8 $802.8K −32.0% 618 $1,299 $22.4M
11 Jun 7-9 10 $642.0K −20.0% 530 $1,211 $23.5M
12 Jun 14-16 12 $527.6K −17.8% 453 $1,165 $24.4M
13 Jun 21-23 16 $419.5K −20.5% 357 $1,175 $25.2M
14 Jun 28-30 16 $355.7K −15.2% 314 $1,133 $25.9M
15 Jul 5-7 18 $223.5K −37.2% 225 $993 $26.2M
16 Jul 12-14 19 $183.4K −18.0% 183 $1,002 $26.5M
17 Jul 19-21 21 $179.5K −2.1% 179 $1,003 $26.8M
18 Jul 26-28 20 $117.5K −34.5% 135 $871 $27.1M
19 Aug 2-4 20 $99.5K −15.3% 119 $836 $27.3M
20 Aug 9-11 26 $60.6K −39.1% 78 $777 $27.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $802.8K
$1.5M
$1.6M
$2.7M
$2.7M
$2.1M
$1.5M
$1.2M
$1.3M
$1.2M
$802.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.0%
+7.6%
W1→2
+63.4%
W2→3
+0.3%
W3→4
−23.0%
W4→5
−26.0%
W5→6
−25.0%
W6→7
+11.5%
W7→8
−8.0%
W8→9
−32.0%
W9→10
Steepest −32.0%Biggest gain +63.4%

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