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who sings the song wind beneath my wings
The highest charting version of the song Wind Beneath My Wings was recorded in 1988 by singer and actress Bette Midler for the soundtrack to the film Beaches.
when did the film beaches come out
The film Beaches was released on December 21, 1988
who wrote the novel beaches
Beaches is a novel written by Iris Rainer Dart

Question: was the film a comercial success
Self-contained rewrite: was the film beaches a commercial success