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Reversal of FortuneFollow

1990 • R • 1h 51m • Biography, Drama, Mystery • Warner Bros.

The Case of Claus Von Bulow. An American Saga of Money and Mystery.

🍅 92% 78% MC 93 LB 3.55 IMDb 7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$177K
Limited · 7 theaters
Domestic total
$15.40M
Final
Worldwide total
$15.40M
Domestic only
Domestic legs6.1x from $2.5M first wide weekend
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Cast & crew

Full Schroeder filmography
Barbet Schroeder Barbet Schroeder Director Glenn Close Glenn Close Starring Jeremy Irons Jeremy Irons Starring Annabella Sciorra Annabella Sciorra Starring Fisher Stevens Fisher Stevens Starring
ScreenplayNicholas Kazan Produced byEdward R. Pressman, Oliver Stone CinematographyLuciano Tovoli Music byMark Isham StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 19-21 16 $177.0K — 7 $25,283 $177.0K
2 Oct 26-28 16 $461.1K +160.5% 77 $5,988 $808.7K
3 Nov 2-4 14 $790.0K +71.3% 146 $5,410 $1.8M
4 Nov 9-11 5 $2.5M +219.3% 661 $3,816 $4.6M
5 Nov 16-18 7 $1.7M −31.6% 649 $2,660 $7.1M
6 Nov 23-25 Thanksgiving 10 $1.1M −35.2% 436 $2,567 $8.8M
7 Nov 30-Dec 2 11 $624.4K −44.2% 475 $1,314 $9.7M
8 Dec 7-9 12 $401.6K −35.7% 434 $925 $10.2M
Weekend grossWk 8 · $401.6K
$177.0K
$461.1K
$790.0K
$2.5M
$1.7M
$1.1M
$624.4K
$401.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −35.7%
+160.5%
W1→2
+71.3%
W2→3
+219.3%
W3→4
−31.6%
W4→5
−35.2%
W5→6
−44.2%
W6→7
−35.7%
W7→8
Steepest −44.2%Biggest gain +219.3%

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