Cape Fear

Name: Cape Fear
Director: Martin Scorsese
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1991
Cast: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker

1991 • R • 2h 8m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Universal Pictures

Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them.

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7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$10.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$79.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$182.3M

$103.2M international

Domestic Legs7.7x

Budget$35M

1991 Rank#17

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Cast & Crew

Full Scorsese filmography

Martin Scorsese Director

Robert De Niro Starring

Nick Nolte Starring

Jessica Lange Starring

Juliette Lewis Starring

Joe Don Baker Starring

ScreenplayWesley Strick Music byElmer Bernstein (adapting Bernard Herrmann) StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 15-17 1 $10.3M — 924 $11,105 $10.3M

2 Nov 22-24 2 $10.0M −2.0% 1,702 $5,895 $24.3M

3 Nov 29-Dec 1 4 $9.3M −8.0% 1,707 $5,425 $39.2M

4 Dec 6-8 5 $4.9M −48.0% 1,701 $2,855 $46.0M

5 Dec 13-15 7 $2.9M −39.0% 1,659 $1,775 $50.4M

6 Dec 20-22 10 $2.1M −28.0% 1,388 $1,525 $54.5M

Weekend grossWk 6 · $2.1M

$10.3M

$10.0M

$9.3M

$4.9M

$2.9M

$2.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −28.0%

−2.0%

W1→2

−8.0%

W2→3

−48.0%

W3→4

−39.0%

W4→5

−28.0%

W5→6

Steepest −48.0%Best hold −2.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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