Raising Cain

Raising Cain

“Demented. Deranged. Deceptive. De Palma.”

August 7, 1992R1h 32mTMDB ★ 6.0

Child psychologist Carter Nix is a loving and caring family man, but under this appearance lies a dark and troubled past. Grappling with the consequences of this past on his own psyche and the influence of his returning father and violent brother Cain, Carter becomes involved in a series of murders and kidnappings. Meanwhile, his wife Jenny rekindles an old love affair, placing herself in the crosshairs of her increasingly unstable husband.

Genres

Horror, Thriller

Studio

Universal Pictures

Language

en

Status

Released

Box Office

How Raising Cain performed

Budget

$12.0M

Worldwide Gross

$37.2M

Gross Profit

$25.2M

Return

3.1× budget

Opening Wknd (est.)

$7M

Domestic (est.)
International (est.)
$16M$21M

Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~44/56, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (45% of the domestic run, typical for Horror) 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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