Sleeping with the Enemy
A terrified wife fakes her own death to flee an obsessive, abusive husband and build a new life, only to have him track her down and threaten the fragile peace she’s fought so hard to create.
“She is a stranger in a small town. She changed her name. Her looks. Her life. All to escape the most dangerous man she's ever met. Her husband.”
Synopsis
A young woman stages her own death in an effort to flee her oppressive marriage, only to find that she cannot escape her domineering husband.
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A crew of 155+ credited
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Edited by George BowersShot by John LindleyScored by Jerry GoldsmithDesigned by Doug KranerSound by John BensonCostumes by Richard HornungStunts by Max Kleven
Box Office
1991 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 9.2× 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
$175.0M
US & Canada: $101.6M — 58% of worldwide · International: $73.4M (42%)
Opening weekend: $13.8M — 14% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $18.3M — 18% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 1,406 theaters
Also known as
- Der Feind in meinem Bettde
- Sleeping with the Enemyde
- Durmiendo con su enemigoes
- Les Nuits avec mon ennemifr
- A letto con il nemicoit
- (English)Sleeping with the Enemy
- (Bulgarian)Да спиш с врага си
Release dates around the world4 countries · showhide
- United StatesFeb 4, 1991
- SwedenMar 1, 1991
- GermanyMar 7, 1991
- DenmarkMar 8, 1991
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Cast & Crew
155 unique people credited
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Supporting cast
6Directors
1Writers
3Producers
6Other crew
135Lisa Pomeroy
accounting assistant
Sharon B Taksel
accounting assistant
Michael J Benavente
adr editor
Barbara Harris
adr voice casting
Joseph P Lucky
Art Director
Kimberly Adams Galligan
assistant costume designer (as Kimberly Adams)
Doron Shauly
assistant editor
Gene Dann
assistant greensman
Doug Whitley
assistant location manager (as R. Doug Whitley)
Herita Jones
assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Deborah A Cornett
assistant production accountant (as Deborah A. Anderson)
Leigh Bennett
assistant production coordinator
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