The War of the Roses
“Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.”
Barbara and Oliver Rose live happily as a married couple. When Barbara starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver and likes what she sees, the two begin a campaign to force each other to leave their house, with their divorce lawyer D'Amato caught in the middle.
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Studio
20th Century Fox
Language
en
Status
Released
How The War of the Roses performed
Budget
$26.0M
Worldwide Gross
$160.2M
Gross Profit
$134.2M
Return
6.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$23M
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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Cast
Oliver Rose
Michael Douglas
Oliver Rose
Barbara Rose
Kathleen Turner
Barbara Rose
Gavin D'Amato
Danny DeVito
Gavin D'Amato
Susan
Marianne Sägebrecht
Susan
Josh at 17
Sean Astin
Josh at 17
Carolyn at 17
Heather Fairfield
Carolyn at 17
Harry Thurmont
G.D. Spradlin
Harry Thurmont
Jason Larrabee
Peter Donat
Jason Larrabee
Man in Chair
Dan Castellaneta
Man in Chair
Mrs. Marshall
Gloria Cromwell
Mrs. Marshall
Mr. Dell
Harlan Arnold
Mr. Dell
Mrs. Dell
Mary Fogarty
Mrs. Dell
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