Editing Sleeping with the Enemy (section)

==Release==
===Critical reception===
{{as of|July 2024}}, the film held a 24% "Rotten" rating on review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 38 reviews with an average rating of 4.6/10. The site's consensus states: "A game Julia Roberts gives it her all, but ''Sleeping with the Enemy'' is one stalker thriller that's unlikely to inspire many obsessions of its own."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sleeping with the Enemy |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sleeping_with_the_enemy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128021913/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sleeping_with_the_enemy/ |archive-date=November 28, 2017 |access-date=November 28, 2024 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film holds a weighted average score of 48 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sleeping with the Enemy Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/sleeping-with-the-enemy/ |access-date=November 28, 2024 |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Fandom, Inc.]]}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=CinemaScore |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] gave the film 1.5 stars out of a possible 4 upon its release, saying while the film had good performances and the opening scenes "briefly seemed to have greatness in its grasp", ''Sleeping with the Enemy'' quickly fell into cliches and [[plot holes]] and became "a [[slasher movie]] in disguise, an up-market version of the old [[exploitation film|exploitation]] formula where the victim can run, but she can't hide."<ref>{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=1991-02-08 |title=Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sleeping-with-the-enemy-1991 |via=RogerEbert.com |access-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604235314/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sleeping-with-the-enemy-1991 |url-status=live }}</ref> Another mostly negative review came from Owen Gleiberman of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', who wrote that the film "has the bare bones of a tantalizing thriller" and praised Robert's performance ("you can practically feel her pulse"), but also felt Bergin's role was too "mechanical" to be believed, and placing blame on the "deadwood" script.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Sleeping With the Enemy |url=https://ew.com/article/1991/02/08/sleeping-enemy/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=1991-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312182251/https://ew.com/article/1991/02/08/sleeping-enemy/ |archive-date=2023-03-12 |url-status=live |last1=Gleiberman |first1=Owen}}</ref>

===Box office===
The film's opening ended ''[[Home Alone]]''{{'}}s twelve week run atop the box office.<ref>{{cite news|title=WEEKEND BOX OFFICE : 'Sleeping,' 'L.A.' Knock 'Home' Out|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|date=1991-02-12|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-12-ca-1221-story.html|access-date=2011-01-11|first=Pat H.|last=Broeske|archive-date=August 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825161845/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-02-12/entertainment/ca-1221_1_box-office|url-status=live}}</ref> By the end of its run, the film had grossed $101,599,005 in the domestic box office; with an international total of $73,400,000, the film's worldwide gross was $174,999,005; based on a $19 million budget, the film was a box office success.<ref>{{mojo title|sleepingwiththeenemy|Sleeping with the Enemy}}</ref> The film was released in the [[United Kingdom]] on April 12, 1991, and opened on #2, behind ''[[Highlander II: The Quickening]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/chart.php?chart=19910412|title=Weekend box office 12th April 1991 - 14th April 1991|publisher=www.25thframe.co.uk|access-date=30 January 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202061225/http://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/chart.php?chart=19910412|url-status=live}}</ref> The next week, the film remained in the same position.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/chart.php?chart=19910419|title=Weekend box office 19th April 1991 - 21st April 1991|publisher=www.25thframe.co.uk|access-date=30 January 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202061451/http://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/chart.php?chart=19910419|url-status=live}}</ref>