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Fatal AttractionFollow

1987 • R • 1h 59m • Thriller, Drama, Romance • Paramount Pictures

A look that led to an evening. A mistake he'll regret... FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

🍅 74% 72% MC 67 LB 3.47 IMDb 6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.60M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$156.60M
Final
Worldwide total
$320.10M
$163.50M international
Domestic legs20.6x
Budget$14M
1987 rank#2
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Cast & crew

Michael Douglas Michael Douglas Starring Glenn Close Glenn Close Starring Anne Archer Anne Archer Starring Fred Gwynne Fred Gwynne Starring
ScreenplayJames Dearden Produced byStanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing CinematographyHoward Atherton Music byMaurice Jarre StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 18-20 1 $7.6M — 758 $10,030 $7.6M
2 Sep 25-27 1 $7.7M +1.4% 777 $9,920 $18.7M
3 Oct 2-4 1 $9.3M +21.3% 1,297 $7,207 $31.2M
4 Oct 9-11 1 $10.6M +12.9% 1,321 $7,990 $45.4M
5 Oct 16-18 1 $7.7M −27.2% 1,324 $5,807 $55.5M
6 Oct 23-25 1 $8.0M +4.7% 1,340 $6,005 $66.6M
7 Oct 30-Nov 1 1 $6.4M −20.4% 1,347 $4,757 $75.9M
8 Nov 6-8 1 $7.1M +10.6% 1,351 $5,248 $85.7M
9 Nov 13-15 2 $6.3M −10.8% 1,386 $4,563 $94.6M
10 Nov 20-22 4 $4.9M −22.1% 1,398 $3,524 $101.4M
11 Nov 27-29 4 $5.6M +13.0% 1,398 $3,981 $110.0M
12 Dec 4-6 3 $3.0M −45.3% 1,401 $2,173 $114.3M
13 Dec 11-13 5 $2.0M −33.7% 1,340 $1,505 $117.2M
14 Dec 18-20 8 $1.5M −25.1% 1,173 $1,288 $119.4M
15 Dec 25-27 8 $3.1M +104.3% 1,234 $2,501 $123.5M
16 Jan 1-3 9 $3.4M +10.6% 1,288 $2,651 $129.4M
17 Jan 8-10 9 $2.6M −22.8% 1,273 $2,071 $133.0M
18 Jan 15-17 11 $2.0M −22.3% 1,054 $1,944 $136.1M
19 Jan 22-24 10 $1.8M −13.8% 1,021 $1,730 $138.6M
20 Jan 29-31 7 $1.5M −17.4% 1,002 $1,456 $140.6M
21 Feb 5-7 8 $1.2M −19.1% 878 $1,345 $142.2M
22 Feb 12-14 11 $968.7K −17.9% 702 $1,380 $143.5M
23 Feb 19-21 10 $1.3M +37.2% 928 $1,432 $145.1M
24 Feb 26-28 11 $888.4K −33.1% 718 $1,237 $146.5M
25 Mar 4-6 10 $768.4K −13.5% 534 $1,439 $147.6M
26 Mar 11-13 13 $565.0K −26.5% 445 $1,270 $148.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $4.9M
$7.6M
$7.7M
$9.3M
$10.6M
$7.7M
$8.0M
$6.4M
$7.1M
$6.3M
$4.9M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −22.1%
+1.4%
W1→2
+21.3%
W2→3
+12.9%
W3→4
−27.2%
W4→5
+4.7%
W5→6
−20.4%
W6→7
+10.6%
W7→8
−10.8%
W8→9
−22.1%
W9→10
Steepest −27.2%Biggest gain +21.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records
#10 Most weeks at #1All-time 8 weeks #12 Most weekends in the top 10All-time 22 weekends

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