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1995 • R • 2h 12m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Columbia Pictures

Sometimes, an accident can be an unhappy woman's best friend.

🍅 87% 82% MC 62 LB 3.77 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$5.70M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$24.30M
Final
Domestic legs4.2x
1995 rank#69
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Cast & crew

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Taylor Hackford Taylor Hackford Director Kathy Bates Kathy Bates Starring Jennifer Jason Leigh Jennifer Jason Leigh Starring Christopher Plummer Christopher Plummer Starring David Strathairn David Strathairn Starring Eric Bogosian Eric Bogosian Starring
ScreenplayTony Gilroy Produced byTaylor Hackford, Charles Mulvehill CinematographyGabriel Beristain Music byDanny Elfman StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 24-26 3 $5.7M — 1,216 $4,706 $5.7M
2 Mar 31-Apr 2 4 $4.5M −21.3% 1,249 $3,605 $11.9M
3 Apr 7-9 7 $3.0M −33.2% 1,256 $2,394 $15.2M
4 Apr 14-16 9 $2.0M −33.2% 1,256 $1,600 $19.3M
5 Apr 21-23 14 $1.2M −40.0% 1,232 $978 $21.4M
6 Apr 28-30 16 $640.2K −46.9% 682 $939 $22.3M
7 May 5-7 21 $323.4K −49.5% 586 $552 $22.8M
8 May 12-14 29 $175.6K −45.7% 450 $390 $23.1M
9 May 19-21 44 $55.7K −68.3% 240 $232 $23.2M
11 Jun 2-4 25 $163.2K — 400 $408 $23.4M
12 Jun 9-11 28 $137.9K −15.5% 227 $608 $23.7M
13 Jun 16-18 30 $106.5K −22.8% 139 $767 $23.9M
14 Jun 23-25 35 $86.2K −19.1% 123 $700 $24.0M
15 Jun 30-Jul 2 50 $28.0K −67.4% 51 $550 $24.1M
16 Jul 7-9 43 $41.9K +49.4% 47 $892 $24.1M
17 Jul 14-16 46 $32.1K −23.5% 41 $782 $24.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 9 · $55.7K
$5.7M
$4.5M
$3.0M
$2.0M
$1.2M
$640.2K
$323.4K
$175.6K
$55.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −68.3%
−21.3%
W1→2
−33.2%
W2→3
−33.2%
W3→4
−40.0%
W4→5
−46.9%
W5→6
−49.5%
W6→7
−45.7%
W7→8
−68.3%
W8→9
Steepest −68.3%Best hold −21.3%

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