New Zealand Box Office for Cape Fear (1991)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $67Details
Worldwide Box Office $182,291,969Details
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Movie Details

Production Budget:$35,000,000
New Zealand Releases: March 27th, 1992 (Wide)
November 13th, 2025 (Limited)
Video Release: February 3rd, 1993 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, and for language.
Running Time: 128 minutes
Keywords: Revenge, Film Noir, Psychological Thriller, 1970s, Lawyers, Sex Crimes, Illiteracy / Learning to Read, Remake
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Tribeca Film, Amblin Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2025/11/14 93 $18   0     $18 1,756
2025/11/21 81 $67 +272% 0     $67 1,757

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
New Zealand 3/27/1992 $0 0 0 0 $67 11/24/2025
North America 11/15/1991 $10,261,025 924 1,707 9,081 $79,091,969
 
Rest of World $103,199,933
 
Worldwide Total$182,291,969 11/24/2025

Leading Cast

Robert De Niro    Max Cady
Nick Nolte    Sam Bowden
Jessica Lange    Leigh Bowden
Juliette Lewis    Danielle Bowden

Supporting Cast

Joe Don Baker    Claude Kersek
Robert Mitchum    Lieutenant Elgart
Gregory Peck    Lee Heller
Martin Balsam    Judge
Fred Dalton Thompson    Tom Broadbent
Illeana Douglas    Lori Davis
Zully Montero    Graciela
Craig Henne    Prisoner
Forest Burton    Prisoner
Edgar Allan Poe IV    Prisoner
Rod Ball    Prisoner
W. Paul Bodie    Prisoner
Joel Kolker    Correction Officer
Tamara Jones    Ice Cream Cashier
Roger Pretto    Racquetball Colleague
Parris Buckner    Racquetball Colleague
Margot Moreland    Secretary
Will Knickerbocker    Detective
Robert L. Gerlach    Arresting Officer
Bruce E. Holdstein    Arresting Officer
Richard Wasserman    Parade Watcher
Paul Nagel Jr.    Parade Watcher
Paul Froehler    Parade Watcher
Mary Ellen O'Brien    Parade Watcher
Jody Wilson    Parade Watcher
Kate Colburn    Waitress
Domenica Cameron Scorsese    Danny's Girlfriend
Gar Stephen    Big Man
Billy Lucas    Big Man
Ken Collins    Big Man
Linda Perri    Ticket Agent
Elizabeth Moyer    Ticket Agent
Catherine Scorsese    Fruit Stand Customers
Charles Scorsese    Fruit Stand Customers
Jackie Davis    Jimmy the Dockmaster

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Martin Scorsese    Director
Barbara De Fina    Producer
Wesley Strick    Screenwriter
Kathleen Kennedy    Executive Producer
Frank Marshall    Executive Producer
Freddie Francis    Director of Photography
Henry Bumstead    Production Designer
Thelma Schoonmaker    Editor
Elmer Bernstein    Composer
Joseph Reidy    Assistant Director
Deborah Lee    Second Unit Director
Deborah Lee    Unit Production Manager
Jack G. Taylor, Jr    Art Director
Alan Hicks    Set Decorator
Pete Romano    Underwater Photography
Rita Ryack    Costume Designer
Linda Hamilton    Costume Supervisor
Vivian J. Cocheo    Costume Designer
Tod A. Maitland    Sound Mixer
Tom Fleischman    Re-recording Mixer
Skip Lievsay    Supervising Sound Editor
Philip Stockton    Supervising
Marissa Littlefield    Dialogue Editor
Kathy Durning    Music Editor
Bernard Herrmann    Original Score
James R. Webb    Based on the Screenplay
John D. MacDonald    Story Creator
Ellen Lewis    Casting Director
Leon Delaney    Stunt Coordinator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.