Body Heat
“As the temperature rises, the suspense begins.”
During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.
Genres
Thriller, Crime
Studio
The Ladd Company
Language
en
Status
Released
How Body Heat performed
Budget
$9.0M
Worldwide Gross
$24.1M
Gross Profit
$15.1M
Return
2.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~42/58, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Thriller) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Ned Racine
William Hurt
Ned Racine
Matty Walker
Kathleen Turner
Matty Walker
Edmund Walker
Richard Crenna
Edmund Walker
Peter Lowenstein
Ted Danson
Peter Lowenstein
Oscar Grace
J.A. Preston
Oscar Grace
Teddy Lewis
Mickey Rourke
Teddy Lewis
Mary Ann
Kim Zimmer
Mary Ann
Stella
Jane Hallaren
Stella
Roz Kraft
Lanna Saunders
Roz Kraft
Heather Kraft
Carola McGuinness
Heather Kraft
Miles Hardin
Michael M. Ryan
Miles Hardin
Judge Costanza
Larry Marko
Judge Costanza
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