Big Business
When a pair of mismatched twin sisters—one raised in wealth, the other in poverty—discover each other's existence, they must outwit scheming relatives and societal expectations to reclaim their true identities before their lives are irreversibly tangled.
“Mixed up at birth, two sets of twins finally meet their match.”
Synopsis
In the 1940s, in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born at the same hospital on the same night. One set is born to a poor local family, while the other is born to a wealthy family merely passing through. A distracted nurse on duty mistakenly swaps the twins, remaining unaware of the error. The narrative then moves forward to the 1980s, when the mismatched twins are on the verge of encountering one another.
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Principal cast & crew: 34
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Edited by Harry KeramidasShot by Dean CundeyScored by Lee HoldridgeDesigned by William Sandell
Box Office
1988 · Box office
Grossed $40.2M worldwide
Worldwide gross
$40.2M
Opening weekend: $6.1M — 15% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $9.1M — 23% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 1,167 theaters
Also known as
- Zwei mal zweide
- Quand les jumelles s'emmêlentfr
- Affari d'oroit
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Cast & Crew
34 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Bette Midler
as Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
Lily Tomlin
as Rose Ratliff / Rose Shelton
Fred Ward
as Roone Dimmick
Edward Herrmann
as Graham Sherbourne
Michele Placido
as Fabio Alberici
Daniel Gerroll
as Chuck
Barry Primus
as Michael
Michael Gross
as Dr. Jay Marshall
Deborah Rush
as Binky Shelton
Nicolas Coster
as Hunt Shelton
Patricia Gaul
as Iona Ratliff
J C Quinn
as Garth Ratliff
Supporting cast
12Directors
1Writers
2Producers
2Other crew
5Parents Guide
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