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Sleeping with the EnemyFollow

1991 • R • 1h 39m • Drama, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

She is a stranger in a small town. She changed her name. Her looks. Her life. All to escape the most dangerous man she's ever met. Her husband.

🍅 24% 60% MC 48 LB 3.12 IMDb 6.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$13.80M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$101.60M
Final
Worldwide total
$175.00M
$73.40M international
Domestic legs7.4x
1991 rank#8
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Cast & crew

Directed byJoseph Ruben ScreenplayRonald Bass Produced byLeonard Goldberg CinematographyJohn Lindley Music byJerry Goldsmith StarringJulia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson, Elizabeth Lawrence, Kyle Secor, Tony Abatemarco Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Feb 8-10 1 $13.8M — 1,406 $9,799 $13.8M
2 Feb 15-17 2 $12.8M −6.9% 1,467 $8,743 $31.1M
3 Feb 22-24 2 $9.2M −28.1% 1,488 $6,194 $42.9M
4 Mar 1-3 3 $8.1M −11.7% 1,516 $5,365 $53.5M
5 Mar 8-10 4 $6.1M −25.2% 1,522 $3,995 $61.8M
6 Mar 15-17 3 $4.7M −22.5% 1,545 $3,050 $68.4M
7 Mar 22-24 5 $4.0M −15.0% 1,517 $2,640 $73.9M
8 Mar 29-31 6 $3.2M −19.3% 1,478 $2,186 $78.9M
9 Apr 5-7 7 $2.5M −21.6% 1,510 $1,677 $82.9M
10 Apr 12-14 7 $2.4M −6.5% 1,443 $1,640 $86.1M
11 Apr 19-21 7 $2.1M −10.5% 1,447 $1,464 $89.0M
12 Apr 26-28 10 $1.4M −34.4% 1,279 $1,087 $91.1M
13 May 3-5 11 $1.1M −20.8% 1,079 $1,021 $92.7M
14 May 10-12 12 $833.1K −24.4% 977 $853 $93.8M
15 May 17-19 17 $630.0K −24.4% 657 $959 $94.7M
16 May 24-26 18 $593.8K −5.7% 670 $886 $95.5M
17 May 31-Jun 2 18 $566.6K −4.6% 658 $861 $96.3M
19 Jun 14-16 14 $554.4K — 557 $995 $97.7M
20 Jun 21-23 16 $521.8K −5.9% 460 $1,134 $98.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.4M
$13.8M
$12.8M
$9.2M
$8.1M
$6.1M
$4.7M
$4.0M
$3.2M
$2.5M
$2.4M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −6.5%
−6.9%
W1→2
−28.1%
W2→3
−11.7%
W3→4
−25.2%
W4→5
−22.5%
W5→6
−15.0%
W6→7
−19.3%
W7→8
−21.6%
W8→9
−6.5%
W9→10
Steepest −28.1%Best hold −6.5%

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