Drowning by Numbers

Drowning by Numbers

“Three Women And A Coroner.”

September 2, 1988R1h 59mTMDB ★ 7.0

Cissie Colpitts drowns her cheating husband and, in the ensuing cover-up, enlists the help of lonely coroner Henry Madgett, an old friend with a longstanding weakness for her charms. But when Cissie's daughter and granddaughter—both also named Cissie Colpitts—decide to resort to the same methods for solving conflicts with their own frustrating husbands, the women and their repeated appeals for help begin to wear on Madgett's conscience.

Genres

Comedy, Crime, Drama

Studio

Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties

Language

en

Status

Released

Box Office

How Drowning by Numbers performed

Budget

$1.5M

Worldwide Gross

$424,773

Gross Profit

−$1.1M

Return

0.3× budget

Opening Wknd (est.)

$61K

Domestic (est.)
International (est.)
$191K$234K

Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) 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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