Death Becomes Her
In one small bottle... The fountain of youth. The secret of eternal life. The power of an ancient potion. Sometimes it works... sometimes it doesn't.
Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé.After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest.Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.
- Director
- Robert Zemeckis
- Signature
- Tension · Wonder · Craft
- Worldwide
- $149M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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Movie DNA
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Story overview
What It's About
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Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.
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The record
Awards
2 wins · 3 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Visual Effects
Golden Globes
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerGolden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
BAFTA Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerBAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Death Becomes Her returned 2.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $55M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $149M
- Release date
- Jul 30, 1992
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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