Primary Colors
What went down on the way to the top.
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton.
- Director
- Mike Nichols
- Worldwide
- $52M
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Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.
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Box Office & Release
Primary Colors returned 0.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $65M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $52M
- Release date
- Mar 20, 1998
- Runtime
- 2h 23m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany, France
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