9½ Weeks

9½ Weeks
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Adrian Lyne
Produced by	Mark Damon Sidney Kimmel Zalman King Antony Rufus-Isaacs
Screenplay by	Sarah Kernochan Zalman King Patricia Louisanna Knop
Based on	9½ Weeks by Ingeborg Day
Starring	Kim Basinger Mickey Rourke
Music by	Jack Nitzsche
Cinematography	Peter Biziou
Edited by	Caroline Biggerstaff Ed Hansen Tom Rolf Mark Winitsky
Production company	Galactic Films Jonesfilm Producers Sales Organization Triple Ajaxxx
Distributed by	MGM/UA Entertainment Co.
Release date	February 21, 1986 (1986-02-21)
Running time	117 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English Spanish
Budget	$17 million
Box office	$100 million

9½ Weeks (originally titled Nine ½ Weeks) is a 1986 American erotic romantic drama film directed by Adrian Lyne with a screenplay by Sarah Kernochan, Zalman King, and Patricia Louisanna Knop. The film is based on the 1978 memoir of the same name by Austrian-American author Ingeborg Day. It stars Kim Basinger as Elizabeth McGraw and Mickey Rourke as John Gray. McGraw is a New York City art gallery employee who has a brief yet intense affair with a mysterious Wall Street broker. The film was completed in 1984, but not released until February 1986.

Considered too explicit by its American distributor, and cut for U.S. release, the film was a box office bomb in the U.S, grossing only $6.7 million at the box office on a $17 million budget. It also received mixed reviews at the time of its release. However it became a huge success internationally in its unedited version, particularly in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, making $100 million worldwide. It has also acquired a large fanbase on video and DVD and has developed a cult following.

The film spawned a direct-to-video sequel, Another 9½ Weeks (1997) and a direct-to-video prequel The First 9½ Weeks (1998).

The title of the film refers to the duration of a relationship between Wall Street arbitrageur John Gray and divorced SoHo art gallery employee Elizabeth McGraw. John initiates and controls the various experimental sexual practices of this volatile relationship to push Elizabeth's boundaries. In doing so, Elizabeth experiences a gradual downward spiral toward emotional breakdown.