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The Hand That Rocks the CradleFollow

1992 • R • 1h 50m • Drama, Thriller • Hollywood Pictures

Trust is her weapon. Innocence her opportunity. Revenge her only desire.

🍅 67% 62% MC 64 LB 3.40 IMDb 6.7
CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.70M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$88.00M
Final
Domestic legs11.5x
1992 rank#12
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Cast & crew

Full Hanson filmography
Curtis Hanson Curtis Hanson Director Annabella Sciorra Annabella Sciorra Starring Rebecca De Mornay Rebecca De Mornay Starring Ernie Hudson Ernie Hudson Starring Julianne Moore Julianne Moore Starring
ScreenplayAmanda Silver Produced byDavid Madden CinematographyRobert Elswit Music byGraeme Revell StudioHollywood Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jan 10-12 1 $7.7M — 766 $10,020 $7.7M
2 Jan 17-20 1 $11.8M +54.3% 1,667 $7,102 $21.9M
3 Jan 24-26 1 $8.0M −32.4% 1,722 $4,650 $32.1M
4 Jan 31-Feb 2 1 $8.1M +1.4% 1,759 $4,617 $42.9M
5 Feb 7-9 2 $6.5M −20.3% 1,759 $3,678 $51.5M
6 Feb 14-17 4 $6.9M +6.3% 1,750 $3,932 $59.8M
7 Feb 21-23 5 $4.1M −40.8% 1,721 $2,369 $65.1M
8 Feb 28-Mar 1 6 $3.5M −13.6% 1,679 $2,099 $69.7M
9 Mar 6-8 9 $2.6M −25.9% 1,590 $1,642 $73.3M
10 Mar 13-15 9 $1.9M −28.1% 1,429 $1,314 $76.0M
11 Mar 20-22 10 $1.5M −22.4% 1,292 $1,127 $78.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.9M
$7.7M
$11.8M
$8.0M
$8.1M
$6.5M
$6.9M
$4.1M
$3.5M
$2.6M
$1.9M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.1%
+54.3%
W1→2
−32.4%
W2→3
+1.4%
W3→4
−20.3%
W4→5
+6.3%
W5→6
−40.8%
W6→7
−13.6%
W7→8
−25.9%
W8→9
−28.1%
W9→10
Steepest −40.8%Biggest gain +54.3%

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