It only cost under $5 to see a movie in the US in late 1997? With ticket sales of 2.6M by Dec 31 and gross box office over 12.3M as of march 1998, the numbers just don't quite add up for me.

I'd be very surprised if the budget was also 36M. I can see production being less than half that amount, but I can't guess how much they would have spent on promotion.

Briliant movie BTW - have watched it 4 times and still love it. One of my early DVD purchases.