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1987 • R • 1h 54m • Thriller, Drama • Orion Pictures

Is it a crime of passion, or an act of treason?

🍅 92% 73% MC 77 LB 3.47 IMDb 7.1
CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$4.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$35.50M
Final
Domestic legs8.3x
1987 rank#31
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Cast & crew

Full Donaldson filmography
Roger Donaldson Roger Donaldson Director Kevin Costner Kevin Costner Starring Gene Hackman Gene Hackman Starring Sean Young Sean Young Starring Will Patton Will Patton Starring George Dzundza George Dzundza Starring
ScreenplayRobert Garland Produced byLaura Ziskin, Robert Garland CinematographyJohn Alcott Music byMaurice Jarre StudioOrion Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 14-16 4 $4.3M — 806 $5,285 $4.3M
2 Aug 21-23 5 $3.8M −10.4% 817 $4,672 $10.2M
3 Aug 28-30 2 $3.8M +0.5% 1,128 $3,401 $16.1M
4 Sep 4-6 3 $4.4M +14.8% 1,130 $3,896 $22.2M
5 Sep 11-13 3 $2.6M −40.3% 1,118 $2,350 $25.7M
6 Sep 18-20 7 $1.8M −31.1% 1,068 $1,694 $28.4M
7 Sep 25-27 8 $1.3M −25.5% 939 $1,436 $30.4M
8 Oct 2-4 10 $997.5K −26.0% 758 $1,316 $31.7M
10 Oct 16-18 14 $603.4K — 573 $1,053 $33.6M
13 Nov 6-8 24 $162.7K — 238 $683 $34.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $603.4K
$4.3M
$3.8M
$3.8M
$4.4M
$2.6M
$1.8M
$1.3M
$997.5K
$603.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.0%
−10.4%
W1→2
+0.5%
W2→3
+14.8%
W3→4
−40.3%
W4→5
−31.1%
W5→6
−25.5%
W6→7
−26.0%
W7→8
Steepest −40.3%Biggest gain +14.8%

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