9½ Weeks

9½ Weeks (originally titled Nine ½ Weeks) is a 1986 American eroticromantic drama film directed by Adrian Lyne with a screenplay by Sarah Kernochan, Zalman King, and Patricia Louisanna Knop. The film is based onthe 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.

The film was a box office bomb in the United States, 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 the film was a huge success internationally, 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 adirect-to-video prequel The First 9½ Weeks (1998).