Why Do Fools Fall In Love

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

“The story of three very different women.....with one husband in common.”

August 28, 1998R1h 56mTMDB ★ 6.4

In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer, formerly of the Platters; one is a petty thief from Philly; one teaches school in a small Georgia town. Each claims to be the widow of long-dead doo-wop singer-songwriter Frankie Lyman, and each wants years of royalties due to his estate, money Levy has never shared. During an ensuing civil trial, flashbacks tell the story of each one's life with Lyman, a boyish, high-pitched, dynamic performer, lost to heroin. Slowly, the three wives establish their own bond.

Genres

Drama, Romance

Studio

Rhino Films

Language

en

Status

Released

Box Office

How Why Do Fools Fall In Love performed

Budget

N/A

Worldwide Gross

$12.4M

Gross Profit

N/A

Return

N/A

Opening Wknd (est.)

$2M

Domestic (est.)
International (est.)
$6M$6M

Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) 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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