Reception
The movie received a limited release on November 17, 1989, and entered the us box office at #4, with an opening weekend gross of $5,425,440, when it received a wider release three weeks later it had already grossed $15,643,935. The film stayed in the top 10 for 16 weeks and went onto gross $83,759,091 domestically with a further $12,145,000 in the foreign markets to give a worldwide gross of $95,904,091.
Julia Roberts was nominated for a supporting actress Oscar, but lost to Brenda Fricker in My Left Foot.
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