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Released
1999 · FILM

Cookie's Fortune

A reclusive Southern matriarch uncovers a dark family secret after the death of her eccentric aunt, sparking a chaotic chain of events that forces her dysfunctional family and the tight-knit town to confront buried crimes and long-simmering resentments.

“Welcome to Holly Springs... home of murder, mayhem and catfish enchiladas.”

Directed by
Robert Altman
Written by
Anne Rapp
Runtime
118 min
ComedyDrama

Synopsis

Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman named Miss Eulalia discovers a long-buried family secret that threatens to upend the town's carefully maintained peace. As she begins to investigate her past, the revelations she uncovers ripple through the community, exposing hidden tensions and long-held grudges. With the help of a young local journalist, Miss Eulalia navigates the murky waters of truth and memory, forcing the townspeople to confront their own roles in the events of decades past.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Abraham Lincoln LimShot by Toyomichi KuritaScored by David A StewartDesigned by Stephen Altman

Box Office

1999 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.1× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$10.9M

Budget$10.0M
Worldwide gross$10.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $187K — 2% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $265K — 2% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 10 theaters

Also known as

  • Aufruhr in Holly Springsde
  • Cookie's Fortune - Aufruhr in Holly Springsde
  • Cookie's Fortuneen
  • Cookies Fortuneen
  • La fortuna di Cookieit

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