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1992 • R • 2h 4m • Comedy, Crime, Drama • Fine Line Features

Now More Than Ever!

🍅 97% 84% MC 86 LB 4.02 IMDb 7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$302K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$21.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$28.90M
$7.20M international
Domestic legs71.8x
Budget$8M
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Cast & crew

Full Altman filmography
Robert Altman Robert Altman Director Tim Robbins Tim Robbins Starring Greta Scacchi Greta Scacchi Starring Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg Starring Peter Gallagher Peter Gallagher Starring
ScreenplayMichael Tolkin Produced byMichael Tolkin, David Brown, Nick Wechsler CinematographyJean Lépine MusicThomas Newman Prod. DesignStephen Altman, Ken Kaufman StudioFine Line Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
4 May 1-3 6 $1.7M — 298 $5,760 $4.6M
5 May 8-10 4 $2.2M +26.9% 431 $5,053 $7.5M
6 May 15-17 5 $1.5M −29.3% 439 $3,507 $9.8M
7 May 22-25 8 $2.0M +27.7% 445 $4,419 $12.3M
8 May 29-31 9 $1.2M −39.4% 452 $2,638 $13.9M
39 Jan 1-3 31 $125.5K — 76 $1,651 $21.1M
40 Jan 8-10 35 $71.0K −43.4% 53 $1,339 $21.2M
42 Jan 22-24 38 $40.8K — 33 $1,236 $21.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 8 · $1.2M
$1.7M
$2.2M
$1.5M
$2.0M
$1.2M
W4W5W6W7W8
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −39.4%
+26.9%
W4→5
−29.3%
W5→6
+27.7%
W6→7
−39.4%
W7→8
Steepest −39.4%Biggest gain +27.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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