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PhenomenonFollow

1996 • PG • 2h 3m • Drama, Fantasy, Romance • Touchstone Pictures

Some things in life just can't be explained.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$24.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$104.60M
Final
Worldwide total
$152.00M
$47.40M international
Domestic legs4.3x
Budget$32M
1996 rank#12

Cast & crew

Full Turteltaub filmography
Jon Turteltaub Jon Turteltaub Director John Travolta John Travolta Starring Kyra Sedgwick Kyra Sedgwick Starring Forest Whitaker Forest Whitaker Starring Robert Duvall Robert Duvall Starring
ScreenplayGerald Di Pego Produced byBarbara Boyle, Michael Taylor, Charles Newirth CinematographyPhedon Papamichael Music byThomas Newman StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 5-7 3 $24.5M — 1,637 $14,977 $24.5M
2 Jul 12-14 2 $13.0M −47.1% 1,973 $6,576 $46.3M
3 Jul 19-21 2 $8.1M −37.3% 2,016 $4,033 $61.5M
4 Jul 26-28 3 $6.3M −22.2% 2,028 $3,117 $72.3M
5 Aug 2-4 5 $5.1M −19.6% 2,139 $2,377 $81.1M
6 Aug 9-11 6 $4.0M −21.2% 2,086 $1,921 $88.2M
7 Aug 16-18 10 $2.6M −34.3% 1,774 $1,484 $93.1M
8 Aug 23-25 15 $1.5M −42.8% 1,151 $1,307 $95.9M
9 Aug 30-Sep 1 14 $1.6M +7.1% 853 $1,890 $98.2M
10 Sep 6-8 15 $801.5K −50.3% 715 $1,121 $99.3M
11 Sep 13-15 21 $602.4K −24.8% 609 $989 $100.1M
12 Sep 20-22 19 $393.2K −34.7% 474 $830 $100.7M
13 Sep 27-29 22 $327.4K −16.7% 406 $807 $101.1M
14 Oct 4-6 34 $165.4K −49.5% 294 $563 $101.4M
15 Oct 11-13 39 $128.3K −22.5% 181 $709 $101.6M
16 Oct 18-20 36 $96.2K −25.0% 152 $633 $101.7M
17 Oct 25-27 47 $42.5K −55.9% 88 $483 $101.8M
18 Nov 1-3 17 $641.1K +1409.8% 616 $1,041 $102.4M
19 Nov 8-10 20 $494.6K −22.8% 576 $859 $103.1M
20 Nov 15-17 23 $325.8K −34.1% 477 $683 $103.6M
21 Nov 22-24 20 $182.5K −44.0% 352 $518 $103.9M
22 Nov 29-Dec 1 23 $212.4K +16.4% 239 $889 $104.1M
23 Dec 6-8 27 $94.8K −55.4% 218 $435 $104.3M
24 Dec 13-15 30 $59.1K −37.6% 199 $297 $104.3M
25 Dec 20-22 39 $32.5K −44.9% 93 $350 $104.4M
26 Dec 27-29 51 $40.1K +23.3% 63 $637 $104.5M
27 Jan 3-5 52 $34.8K −13.2% 57 $611 $104.5M
28 Jan 10-12 56 $25.5K −26.9% 50 $509 $104.6M
29 Jan 17-19 53 $37.0K +45.4% 52 $712 $104.6M
30 Jan 24-26 59 $16.1K −56.5% 42 $384 $104.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $801.5K
$24.5M
$13.0M
$8.1M
$6.3M
$5.1M
$4.0M
$2.6M
$1.5M
$1.6M
$801.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −50.3%
−47.1%
W1→2
−37.3%
W2→3
−22.2%
W3→4
−19.6%
W4→5
−21.2%
W5→6
−34.3%
W6→7
−42.8%
W7→8
+7.1%
W8→9
−50.3%
W9→10
Steepest −50.3%Biggest gain +7.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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