Name: A Perfect Murder
Director: Andrew Davis
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1998
Cast: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet, Sarita Choudhury

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jun 5	#2	$4.80M		—	$4.80M	2,845	$1.7K	1
Sat Jun 6	#2	$7.42M	+54.5%	—	$12.23M	2,845	$2.6K	2
Sun Jun 7	#2	$4.40M	-40.7%	—	$16.62M	2,845	$1.5K	3
Mon Jun 8	#2	$1.69M	-61.7%	—	$18.30M	2,845	$592	4
Tue Jun 9	#2	$1.81M	+7.4%	—	$20.11M	2,845	$636	5
Wed Jun 10	#2	$1.32M	-26.9%	—	$21.43M	2,845	$465	6
Thu Jun 11	#2	$1.66M	+25.9%	—	$23.10M	2,845	$585	7
Fri Jun 12	#4	$3.06M	+83.9%	-36.3%	$26.16M	2,845	$1.1K	8
Sat Jun 13	#3	$5.26M	+71.9%	-29.2%	$31.42M	2,845	$1.8K	9
Sun Jun 14	#3	$2.96M	-43.7%	-32.8%	$34.37M	2,845	$1.0K	10
Mon Jun 15	#3	$1.21M	-59.2%	-28.4%	$35.58M	2,845	$424	11
Tue Jun 16	#3	$1.31M	+8.5%	-27.7%	$36.89M	2,845	$460	12
Wed Jun 17	#3	$1.13M	-13.6%	-14.5%	$38.02M	2,845	$397	13
Thu Jun 18	#3	$1.09M	-3.4%	-34.3%	$39.11M	2,845	$384	14
Fri Jun 19	#5	$2.27M	+107.7%	-25.8%	$41.38M	2,755	$824	15
Sat Jun 20	#5	$3.06M	+35.0%	-41.7%	$44.45M	2,755	$1.1K	16
Sun Jun 21	#5	$2.27M	-26.0%	-23.3%	$46.47M	2,755	$824	17
Mon Jun 22	#5	$837K	-63.1%	-30.6%	$47.31M	2,755	$304	18
Tue Jun 23	#5	$969K	+15.8%	-25.9%	$48.28M	2,755	$352	19
Wed Jun 24	#5	$852K	-12.1%	-24.7%	$49.13M	2,755	$309	20
Thu Jun 25	#5	$832K	-2.4%	-23.9%	$49.96M	2,755	$302	21
Fri Jun 26	#7	$1.45M	+73.8%	-36.3%	$51.41M	2,438	$593	22
Sat Jun 27	#7	$2.33M	+60.9%	-24.1%	$53.73M	2,438	$954	23
Sun Jun 28	#7	$1.42M	-39.1%	-37.6%	$55.24M	2,438	$581	24
Mon Jun 29	#8	$418K	-70.5%	-50.1%	$55.66M	2,438	$172	25
Tue Jun 30	#7	$743K	+77.6%	-23.4%	$56.40M	2,438	$305	26
Wed Jul 1	#8	$503K	-32.2%	-40.9%	$57.10M	2,438	$206	27
Thu Jul 2	#8	$620K	+23.2%	-25.4%	$57.72M	2,438	$254	28
Fri Jul 3	#8	$1.23M	+98.4%	-14.9%	$58.95M	2,076	$592	29
Sat Jul 4	#8	$1.08M	-11.9%	-53.4%	$60.04M	2,076	$522	30
Sun Jul 5	#8	$1.02M	-6.3%	-28.2%	$61.05M	2,076	$489	31
Mon Jul 6	#8	$404K	-60.2%	-3.3%	$61.46M	2,076	$195	32
Tue Jul 7	#8	$435K	+7.5%	-41.5%	$61.89M	2,076	$209	33
Wed Jul 8	#8	$469K	+7.8%	-6.9%	$62.36M	2,076	$226	34
Thu Jul 9	#8	$404K	-13.7%	-34.8%	$62.76M	2,076	$195	35

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jun 5-7	2	$16.62M	—	$16.62M	2,845	$5.8K	1
Jun 12-14	3	$11.28M	-32.1%	$34.37M	2,845	$4.0K	2
Jun 19-21	5	$7.38M	-34.5%	$46.47M	2,755	$2.7K	3
Jun 26-28	7	$5.27M	-28.6%	$55.24M	2,438	$2.2K	4
Jul 3-5	8	$3.34M	-36.7%	$61.05M	2,076	$1.6K	5
Jul 10-12	11	$1.64M	-50.8%	$64.41M	1,401	$1.2K	6
Jul 17-19	15	$848K	-48.3%	$65.99M	947	$896	7
Jul 24-26	19	$391K	-53.9%	$66.75M	353	$1.1K	8
Jul 31-Aug 2	30	$180K	-54.0%	$67.07M	201	$896	9
Aug 7-9	38	$80K	-55.5%	$67.23M	82	$976	10
Aug 14-16	40	$100K	+25.4%	$67.36M	526	$191	11
Aug 21-23	47	$69K	-31.5%	$67.48M	447	$154	12
Aug 28-30	57	$41K	-40.3%	$67.55M	314	$131	13

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAndrew Davis

ScreenplayPatrick Smith Kelly

Produced byArnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson, Peter MacGregor-Scott, Christopher Mankiewicz

CinematographyDariusz Wolski

Music byJames Newton Howard

StarringMichael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet, Sarita Choudhury, Constance Towers

StudioWarner Bros.

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