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Dying YoungFollow

1991 • R • 1h 51m • Drama, Romance • 20th Century Fox

She's given him something nobody else could. A reason to live.

🍅 25% 65% LB 2.94 IMDb 6.0
CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$9.70M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$32.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$81.30M
$48.60M international
Domestic legs3.4x
1991 rank#43
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Cast & crew

Full Schumacher filmography
Joel Schumacher Joel Schumacher Director Julia Roberts Julia Roberts Starring Campbell Scott Campbell Scott Starring Vincent D'Onofrio Vincent D'Onofrio Starring Ellen Burstyn Ellen Burstyn Starring
ScreenplayRichard Friedenberg Produced bySally Field, Kevin McCormick CinematographyJuan Ruiz Anchía Music byJames Newton Howard Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 21-23 3 $9.7M — 1,552 $6,267 $9.7M
2 Jun 28-30 5 $4.7M −51.8% 1,552 $3,019 $18.6M
3 Jul 5-7 7 $3.2M −32.2% 1,522 $2,087 $24.5M
Weekend grossWk 3 · $3.2M
$9.7M
$4.7M
$3.2M
W1W2W3
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 3 · −32.2%
−51.8%
W1→2
−32.2%
W2→3
Steepest −51.8%Best hold −32.2%

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