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Sea of LoveFollow

1989 • R • 1h 53m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Universal Pictures

Deception is dangerous. Desire is deadly.

🍅 76% 67% MC 66 LB 3.42 IMDb 6.8
CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$10.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$58.60M
Final
Worldwide total
$110.90M
$52.30M international
Domestic legs5.8x
Budget$19M
1989 rank#22
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Cast & crew

Al Pacino Al Pacino Starring Ellen Barkin Ellen Barkin Starring John Goodman John Goodman Starring Michael Rooker Michael Rooker Starring Richard Jenkins Richard Jenkins Starring
ScreenplayRichard Price Produced byMartin Bregman, Louis A. Stroller CinematographyRonnie Taylor Music byTrevor Jones StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 15-17 1 $10.0M — 1,246 $8,040 $10.0M
2 Sep 22-24 2 $7.8M −22.3% 1,313 $5,925 $21.4M
3 Sep 29-Oct 1 2 $6.2M −20.8% 1,323 $4,655 $30.0M
4 Oct 6-8 3 $5.9M −4.7% 1,331 $4,410 $37.7M
5 Oct 13-15 3 $3.6M −38.5% 1,439 $2,510 $42.4M
6 Oct 20-22 3 $3.0M −18.3% 1,419 $2,080 $46.4M
7 Oct 27-29 5 $1.8M −37.6% 1,152 $1,600 $49.0M
8 Nov 3-5 8 $1.8M −4.2% 1,128 $1,565 $51.3M
9 Nov 10-12 8 $1.4M −19.5% 950 $1,495 $53.4M
Weekend grossWk 9 · $1.4M
$10.0M
$7.8M
$6.2M
$5.9M
$3.6M
$3.0M
$1.8M
$1.8M
$1.4M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −19.5%
−22.3%
W1→2
−20.8%
W2→3
−4.7%
W3→4
−38.5%
W4→5
−18.3%
W5→6
−37.6%
W6→7
−4.2%
W7→8
−19.5%
W8→9
Steepest −38.5%Best hold −4.2%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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