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Secrets & LiesFollow

1996 • R • 2h 22m • Comedy, Drama • October Films

Roxanne drives her mother crazy. Maurice never speaks to his niece. Cynthia has a shock for her family. Monica can’t talk to her husband. Hortense has never met her mother.

🍅 95% 91% MC 92 LB 4.29 IMDb 8.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$60.8K
Limited · 4 theaters
Domestic total
$13.40M
Final
Budget$4.5M
1997 rank#116
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Cast & crew

Directed byMike Leigh ScreenplayMike Leigh Produced bySimon Channing Williams CinematographyDick Pope Music byAndrew Dickson StarringBrenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook, Lesley Manville StudioOctober Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 27-29 17 $60.8K — 4 $15,203 $60.8K
2 Oct 4-6 17 $189.1K +210.9% 17 $11,120 $294.7K
21 Feb 14-17 Presidents' Day 24 $551.0K — 162 $3,401 $8.1M
22 Feb 21-23 20 $610.5K — 272 $2,244 $8.9M
23 Feb 28-Mar 2 20 $539.5K −11.6% 296 $1,822 $9.7M
24 Mar 7-9 22 $487.5K −9.6% 229 $2,128 $10.4M
25 Mar 14-16 23 $418.6K −14.1% 212 $1,974 $11.0M
26 Mar 21-23 23 $569.0K +35.9% 240 $2,370 $11.8M
27 Mar 28-30 23 $369.5K −35.1% 177 $2,087 $12.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 2 · $189.1K
$60.8K
$189.1K
W1W2
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 2 · +210.9%
+210.9%
W1→2
Smallest gain +210.9%Biggest gain +210.9%

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