<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $106.4 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Whole Nine Yards is a 2000 American crime comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn and starring Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Michael Clarke Duncan and Natasha Henstridge . The title derives from a popular expression of uncertain origin (but which may derive from a saying analogous to "the whole kit and kaboodle"--the lengthiest entirety of a measure of silk fabric from which an Indian Sari is made). A sequel, The Whole Ten Yards, was released in 2004 . </P> <P> Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky (Matthew Perry) is a Quebec dentist from Chicago, who happens to be genuinely likable to almost everyone who knows him . However, he is trapped in a miserable marriage to the daughter of his late business partner . His wife Sophie (Rosanna Arquette) and mother - in - law (Carmen Ferland) hate him, and his deceased father - in - law has saddled him with a lot of debt . He can't divorce his wife because her father embezzled from the dental practice, and he has nothing but debt if they separate . As the movie opens, Sophie tells Oz she needs $5000, but won't say what for . </P> <P> At the office, Oz and his assistant, Jill (Amanda Peet) have lunch and she tells him that his wife isn't a good person . They joke about the fact that, due to his insurance, he's worth more dead than alive, and discuss having her taken out of the picture, and Jill playfully tells him to name a price . When Oz gets home, he meets his new neighbor, "Jimmy Jones ." After recognizing a tattoo on Jimmy's forearm, realizes that he's Jimmy "the Tulip" Tudeski (Bruce Willis). Tudeski is an infamous contract killer from Chicago who was given a shorter sentence after ratting out Laszlo Gogolak and other members of the Gogolak gang . </P>

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