Box office The film spent three weeks as the No. 1 film. It grossed $116 million in the US and $61 million overseas. Misinterpretation of the concept of double jeopardy The film incorrectly implies that the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment gives someone a free pass to commit a subsequent crime if they are wrongfully convicted. As the newspaper column The Straight Dope'' pointed out: "a crime, for double jeopardy purposes, consists of a specific set of facts. Change the facts and you've got a new crime [...] no one would believe that a person convicted of beating Richard Roe to a pulp on December 8th could avoid another conviction for tracking down poor Rich in February and whaling on him again." In the case of homicide, which cannot (naturally) be committed against the same person twice, it may give impression the first, wrongful conviction would preclude a factually correct second one; legally, this is not the case. The second prosecution, however, could entail a retrial as for the original verdict, given the facts presented would negate its veracity. In the given case, the prosecution of Libby for shooting Nick - murder being a state crime - in the state of Louisiana would not be precluded by her conviction for stabbing him to death in Washington, the states being separate sovereigns. References External links Straight Dope article on Double Jeopardy, including discussion of this film 1999 films 1990s adventure films 1990s chase films 1999 crime thriller films 1990s legal films 1990s English-language films American films about revenge American adventure thriller films American chase films American crime thriller films American legal films Fictional portrayals of the New Orleans Police Department Films about dysfunctional families Films about miscarriage of justice Films directed by Bruce Beresford Films scored by Normand Corbeil Films set in San Francisco Films set in the San Francisco Bay Area Films set in Washington (state) Films shot in New Orleans Films shot in Vancouver Films shot in Washington (state) Films with screenplays by Douglas S. Cook Films with screenplays by David Weisberg Legal thriller films Paramount Pictures films Women in prison films 1990s American films