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Name: Death Becomes Her
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Released: 1992
Cast: Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Isabella Rossellini

1992 • PG-13 • 1h 44m • Comedy, Fantasy, Horror • Universal Pictures

In one small bottle... The fountain of youth. The secret of eternal life. The power of an ancient potion. Sometimes it works... sometimes it doesn't.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$58.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$149.00M

$90.60M international

Domestic legs4.8x

Budget$55M

1992 rank#21

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Cast & crew

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Robert Zemeckis Director

Meryl Streep Starring

Goldie Hawn Starring

Bruce Willis Starring

Isabella Rossellini Starring

ScreenplayMartin Donovan, David Koepp Produced byRobert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey CinematographyDean Cundey Music byAlan Silvestri StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 31-Aug 2 1 $12.1M — 1,409 $8,595 $12.1M

2 Aug 7-9 2 $7.8M −35.0% 1,454 $5,375 $25.7M

3 Aug 14-16 3 $5.9M −24.0% 1,754 $3,365 $35.3M

4 Aug 21-23 4 $3.8M −36.0% 1,866 $2,040 $41.9M

5 Aug 28-30 5 $2.7M −29.0% 1,846 $1,455 $46.4M

6 Sep 4-6 5 $3.2M +19.0% 1,841 $1,735 $50.6M

7 Sep 11-13 8 $1.6M −51.0% 1,704 $925 $52.7M

Weekend grossWk 7 · $1.6M

$12.1M

$7.8M

$5.9M

$3.8M

$2.7M

$3.2M

$1.6M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −51.0%

−35.0%

W1→2

−24.0%

W2→3

−36.0%

W3→4

−29.0%

W4→5

+19.0%

W5→6

−51.0%

W6→7

Steepest −51.0%Biggest gain +19.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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