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Secrets & LiesFollow

1996 • R • 2h 22m • Comedy, Drama • October Films

Roxanne drives her mother crazy. Maurice never speaks to his niece. Cynthia has a shock for her family. Monica can’t talk to her husband. Hortense has never met her mother.

🍅 95% 91% MC 92 LB 4.29 IMDb 8.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$60.8K
Limited · 4 theaters
Domestic total
$13.40M
Final
Budget$4.5M
1997 rank#116
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Cast & crew

Full Leigh filmography
Mike Leigh Mike Leigh Director Brenda Blethyn Brenda Blethyn Starring Timothy Spall Timothy Spall Starring Lesley Manville Lesley Manville Starring
ScreenplayMike Leigh Produced bySimon Channing Williams CinematographyDick Pope Music byAndrew Dickson StudioOctober Films

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 27-29 17 $60.8K — 4 $15,203 $60.8K
2 Oct 4-6 17 $189.1K +210.9% 17 $11,120 $294.7K
21 Feb 14-17 Presidents' Day 24 $551.0K — 162 $3,401 $8.1M
22 Feb 21-23 20 $610.5K — 272 $2,244 $8.9M
23 Feb 28-Mar 2 20 $539.5K −11.6% 296 $1,822 $9.7M
24 Mar 7-9 22 $487.5K −9.6% 229 $2,128 $10.4M
25 Mar 14-16 23 $418.6K −14.1% 212 $1,974 $11.0M
26 Mar 21-23 23 $569.0K +35.9% 240 $2,370 $11.8M
27 Mar 28-30 23 $369.5K −35.1% 177 $2,087 $12.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 2 · $189.1K
$60.8K
$189.1K
W1W2
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 2 · +210.9%
+210.9%
W1→2
Smallest gain +210.9%Biggest gain +210.9%

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