Misery

Name: Misery
Director: Rob Reiner
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1990
Cast: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen, Lauren Bacall

1990 • R • 1h 47m • Drama, Thriller • Columbia Pictures

Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now, he’s writing to stay alive.

🍅 86% 90%

4.00

7.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$10.1M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$61.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$61.3M

$1,017 international

Domestic Legs6.1x

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Cast & Crew

Full Reiner filmography

Rob Reiner Director

James Caan Starring

Kathy Bates Starring

Lauren Bacall Starring

ScreenplayWilliam Goldman Produced byAndrew Scheinman, Rob Reiner CinematographyBarry Sonnenfeld Music byMarc Shaiman StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 30-Dec 2 2 $10.1M — 1,244 $8,100 $10.1M

2 Dec 7-9 2 $7.1M −29.5% 1,299 $5,471 $20.1M

3 Dec 14-16 5 $4.0M −43.7% 1,302 $3,074 $26.1M

4 Dec 21-25 Christmas 9 $4.1M — 1,320 $3,125 $31.9M

5 Dec 28-Jan 1 New Year's 9 $6.1M — 1,329 $4,557 $39.9M

6 Jan 4-6 7 $3.9M — 1,370 $2,857 $44.9M

7 Jan 11-13 11 $2.1M −47.1% 1,234 $1,676 $48.2M

8 Jan 18-21 MLK 16 $1.6M — 891 $1,765 $50.4M

9 Jan 25-27 18 $1.0M — 871 $1,184 $51.8M

10 Feb 1-3 19 $1.1M +4.8% 819 $1,320 $53.2M

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.1M

$10.1M

$7.1M

$4.0M

$4.1M

$6.1M

$3.9M

$2.1M

$1.6M

$1.0M

$1.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +4.8%

−29.5%

W1→2

−43.7%

W2→3

−47.1%

W6→7

+4.8%

W9→10

Steepest −47.1%Biggest gain +4.8%

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