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1990 • PG-13 • 1h 47m • Drama • 20th Century Fox

Innocence is what he knows. Beauty is what she sees.

🍅 92% 91% MC 74 LB 3.91 IMDb 7.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$160K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$54.00M
Final
Domestic legs338.2x
Budget$20M
1990 rank#25
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Cast & crew

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Tim Burton Tim Burton Director Johnny Depp Johnny Depp Starring Winona Ryder Winona Ryder Starring Dianne Wiest Dianne Wiest Starring Anthony Michael Hall Anthony Michael Hall Starring Kathy Baker Kathy Baker Starring
ScreenplayTim Burton, Caroline Thompson Produced byTim Burton, Denise Di Novi CinematographyStefan Czapsky Music byDanny Elfman Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
2 Dec 14-16 3 $6.3M — 1,023 $6,183 $6.6M
3 Dec 21-23 3 $6.0M −4.9% 1,087 $5,533 $14.9M
4 Dec 28-30 5 $9.3M +54.0% 1,109 $8,353 $27.3M
5 Jan 4-6 5 $5.1M −44.9% 1,267 $4,026 $33.8M
6 Jan 11-13 8 $3.7M −28.3% 1,372 $2,664 $38.7M
7 Jan 18-20 10 $3.3M −9.0% 1,319 $2,521 $42.9M
Weekend grossWk 7 · $3.3M
$6.3M
$6.0M
$9.3M
$5.1M
$3.7M
$3.3M
W2W3W4W5W6W7
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −9.0%
−4.9%
W2→3
+54.0%
W3→4
−44.9%
W4→5
−28.3%
W5→6
−9.0%
W6→7
Steepest −44.9%Biggest gain +54.0%

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