The Object of My Affection
A love story that could only happen between best friends.
A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.
- Director
- Nicholas Hytner
- Worldwide
- $47M
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Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.
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Box Office & Release
The Object of My Affection returned 3.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $15M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $47M
- Release date
- Apr 17, 1998
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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