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1989 • R • 1h 40m • Drama • Miramax

the husband. the wife. her sister. his friend.

🍅 96% 79% MC 86 LB 3.88 IMDb 7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$156.0K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$24.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$36.70M
$12.00M international
Domestic legs158.6x
Budget$1.2M
1989 rank#46
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Cast & crew

Full Soderbergh filmography
Steven Soderbergh Steven Soderbergh Director James Spader James Spader Starring Andie MacDowell Andie MacDowell Starring Peter Gallagher Peter Gallagher Starring Laura San Giacomo Laura San Giacomo Starring
ScreenplaySteven Soderbergh Produced byRobert Newmyer, John Hardy CinematographyWalt Lloyd Music byCliff Martinez StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
5 Sep 1-4 7 $3.4M — 347 $9,847 $8.1M
6 Sep 8-10 7 $2.1M −37.5% 363 $5,882 $10.8M
7 Sep 15-17 8 $1.9M −13.3% 423 $4,377 $13.4M
8 Sep 22-24 6 $1.8M −2.7% 521 $3,458 $15.7M
9 Sep 29-Oct 1 8 $1.4M −24.1% 534 $2,563 $17.2M
10 Oct 6-8 8 $1.2M −12.5% 497 $2,408 $18.9M
21 Dec 22-24 36 $63.9K — 93 $687 $23.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.2M
$3.4M
$2.1M
$1.9M
$1.8M
$1.4M
$1.2M
W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −12.5%
−37.5%
W5→6
−13.3%
W6→7
−2.7%
W7→8
−24.1%
W8→9
−12.5%
W9→10
Steepest −37.5%Best hold −2.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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