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Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne

Mar 24, 1995
132 min
CrimeDramaMystery
7.3/ 10
826 votes

Overview

Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.

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TMDB
7.3/10
826 votes
IMDB
7.4/10
50,770 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
62/100
Metascore

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$13,000,000Production cost
Box Office$46,400,000Worldwide gross
Profit$33,400,000Profitable
ROI
+256.9%Return on investment
US Box Office$24,361,867Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

1 win & 8 nominations total

Details

Production information

"Sometimes, an accident can be an unhappy woman's best friend."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$13,000,000

Revenue

$46,400,000

Production Companies

Castle Rock Entertainment

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