Alias Betty

Novelist Betty Fisher enters a dark depression after her young son Joseph dies. Hoping to bring her out of it, her mother Margot arranges to kidnap a boy named Jose to replace the son Betty lost. Although she knows that it's wrong, Betty accepts Jose as her new son. Meanwhile, Jose's mother Carole is searching for her son with help from her boyfriend Francois--and some of his criminal cohorts.

Grosses

Domestic (31.2%)
$208,400
Summary Details
DistributorWellspring Media
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Opening$23,929
4 theaters
Running Time1 hr 43 min
GenresComedy Crime Drama Romance Thriller
In Release475 days/67 weeks
Widest Release8 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Dec 13-1981$15,344+212.6%8+5$1,918$173,16814
Oct 4-1064$31,214+81.8%7+4$4,459$104,5504
Dec 20-2688$8,323-45.8%7-1$1,189$181,49115
Nov 8-1491$12,509+267.8%6+4$2,084$138,3039
Sep 13-1963$35,151-4-$8,787$35,1511
Sep 20-2683$21,016-40.2%4-$5,254$56,1672
Oct 11-1794$11,536-63%4-3$2,884$116,0865
Sep 27-Oct 388$17,169-18.3%3-1$5,723$73,3363
Feb 7-1392$7,074-3-$2,358$195,08222
Dec 6-12104$4,909-46.4%3+1$1,636$157,82413
Dec 27-Jan 2, 2003104$3,398-59.2%3-4$1,132$184,88916
Nov 29-Dec 584$9,167+306.5%2+1$4,583$152,91512
Mar 14-20104$4,070-2-$2,035$205,50027
Nov 1-7111$3,401-2-$1,700$125,7948
Nov 15-21113$3,190-74.5%2-4$1,595$141,49310
Feb 14-20108$1,875-73.5%2-1$937$196,95723
Feb 21-27117$1,338-28.6%2-$669$198,29524
Mar 21-27109$4,775+17.3%1-1$4,775$208,40028
Nov 22-28119$2,255-29.3%1-1$2,255$143,74811
Jan 3-9103$1,876-44.8%1-2$1,876$186,76517
Feb 28-Mar 6120$1,260-5.8%1-1$1,260$199,55525
Jan 17-23120$1,243-1-$1,243$188,00819