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The War of the RosesFollow

1989 • R • 1h 56m • Comedy, Drama • 20th Century Fox

Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.

🍅 84% 71% MC 80 LB 3.46 IMDb 6.9
CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$9.70M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$83.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$157.00M
$73.30M international
Domestic legs8.6x
1989 rank#14
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Cast & crew

Full DeVito filmography
Danny DeVito Danny DeVito Director Michael Douglas Michael Douglas Starring Kathleen Turner Kathleen Turner Starring Sean Astin Sean Astin Starring
ScreenplayMichael J. Leeson Produced byJames L. Brooks, Arnon Milchan CinematographyStephen H. Burum Music byDavid Newman Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 8-10 1 $9.7M — 1,259 $7,696 $9.7M
2 Dec 15-17 2 $7.0M −28.0% 1,395 $5,000 $19.2M
3 Dec 22-25 3 $5.5M −20.9% 1,455 $3,793 $27.5M
4 Dec 29-Jan 1 1 $10.5M +90.1% 1,526 $6,875 $43.3M
5 Jan 5-7 2 $7.0M −33.2% 1,525 $4,595 $52.9M
6 Jan 12-14 2 $5.7M −18.7% 1,559 $3,652 $60.5M
7 Jan 19-21 3 $4.2M −25.6% 1,532 $2,764 $66.5M
8 Jan 26-28 4 $3.2M −23.6% 1,523 $2,124 $70.9M
9 Feb 2-4 7 $2.6M −19.6% 1,432 $1,816 $74.5M
10 Feb 9-11 8 $1.7M −33.4% 1,054 $1,644 $76.9M
12 Feb 23-25 12 $942.4K — 779 $1,210 $80.0M
16 Mar 23-25 26 $310.9K — 384 $810 $83.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.7M
$9.7M
$7.0M
$5.5M
$10.5M
$7.0M
$5.7M
$4.2M
$3.2M
$2.6M
$1.7M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.4%
−28.0%
W1→2
−20.9%
W2→3
+90.1%
W3→4
−33.2%
W4→5
−18.7%
W5→6
−25.6%
W6→7
−23.6%
W7→8
−19.6%
W8→9
−33.4%
W9→10
Steepest −33.4%Biggest gain +90.1%

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