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The Crying GameFollow

1992 • R • 1h 52m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Miramax

...play it at your own risk.

🍅 95% 78% MC 90 LB 3.63 IMDb 7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$101K
Limited · 6 theaters
Domestic total
$62.50M
Final
Domestic legs12.0x from $5.2M first wide weekend
Budget$4.0M
1993 rank#17
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Cast & crew

Full Jordan filmography
Neil Jordan Neil Jordan Director Stephen Rea Stephen Rea Starring Miranda Richardson Miranda Richardson Starring Forest Whitaker Forest Whitaker Starring
ScreenplayNeil Jordan Produced byStephen Woolley CinematographyIan Wilson Music byAnne Dudley StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 27-29 14 $101.1K — 6 $16,851 $101.1K
2 Dec 4-6 13 $157.5K +55.8% 9 $17,504 $353.0K
3 Dec 11-13 13 $120.2K −23.7% 9 $13,353 $537.8K
4 Dec 18-20 13 $601.1K +400.2% 88 $6,830 $1.2M
5 Dec 25-27 13 $887.5K +47.6% 121 $7,335 $2.6M
6 Jan 1-3 13 $1.2M +40% 118 $10,531 $4.4M
7 Jan 8-10 13 $1.2M −1% 135 $9,110 $6.2M
8 Jan 15-18 MLK Day 11 $1.8M — 171 $10,588 $8.6M
9 Jan 22-24 14 $1.4M — 192 $7,460 $10.4M
10 Jan 29-31 13 $1.3M −8.1% 217 $6,068 $12.2M
11 Feb 5-7 14 $1.1M −14.3% 217 $5,200 $13.8M
12 Feb 12-15 Presidents' Day 15 $1.3M — 239 $5,251 $15.8M
13 Feb 19-21 4 $5.2M — 735 $7,089 $21.5M
14 Feb 26-28 4 $4.9M −5.6% 985 $4,992 $28.0M
15 Mar 5-7 3 $4.3M −12.7% 1,097 $3,913 $33.8M
16 Mar 12-14 6 $3.3M −22.3% 1,093 $3,051 $38.6M
17 Mar 19-21 7 $3.3M +0.4% 1,044 $3,206 $43.0M
18 Mar 26-28 4 $3.4M +1.5% 1,001 $3,395 $47.3M
19 Apr 2-4 7 $2.8M −18.2% 940 $2,957 $51.2M
20 Apr 9-11 7 $2.2M −20.9% 921 $2,387 $54.4M
21 Apr 16-18 8 $1.9M −11.7% 974 $1,992 $57.1M
22 Apr 23-25 11 $1.2M −37.8% 860 $1,403 $58.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.3M
$101.1K
$157.5K
$120.2K
$601.1K
$887.5K
$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.8M
$1.4M
$1.3M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −8.1%
+55.8%
W1→2
−23.7%
W2→3
+400.2%
W3→4
+47.6%
W4→5
+40%
W5→6
−1%
W6→7
−8.1%
W9→10
Steepest −23.7%Biggest gain +400.2%

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