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1998 • PG-13 • 1h 44m • Comedy, Fantasy, Romance • Warner Bros.

For two sisters from a family of witches, falling in love is the trickiest spell of all.

🍅 30% 73%

48

3.58

6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$46.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$68.30M

$21.50M international

Domestic legs3.6x

Budget$60M

1998 rank#45

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Cast & crew

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Griffin Dunne

Griffin Dunne Director

Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock Starring

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman Starring

Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing Starring

Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest Starring

Goran Višnjić

Goran Višnjić Starring

ScreenplayRobin Swicord, Akiva Goldsman, Adam Brooks Produced byDenise Di Novi CinematographyAndrew Dunn Music byAlan Silvestri StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 16-18 1 $13.1M — 2,652 $4,941 $13.1M

2 Oct 23-25 2 $8.8M −32.9% 2,652 $3,315 $25.9M

3 Oct 30-Nov 1 3 $5.4M −39.1% 2,642 $2,026 $33.7M

4 Nov 6-8 7 $4.1M −23.9% 2,552 $1,597 $39.7M

5 Nov 13-15 10 $1.9M −52.9% 2,250 $853 $42.9M

6 Nov 20-22 16 $805.0K −58.1% 1,541 $522 $44.2M

7 Nov 27-29 24 $431.5K −46.4% 641 $673 $44.9M

8 Dec 4-6 35 $87.6K −79.7% 175 $500 $45.1M

9 Dec 11-13 43 $51.3K −41.4% 114 $450 $45.2M

10 Dec 18-20 14 $525.2K +923.6% 628 $836 $45.7M

11 Dec 25-27 25 $311.4K −40.7% 621 $502 $46.3M

12 Jan 1-3 34 $206.4K −33.7% 571 $361 $46.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 16 #1 $4.3M — $4.3M 2,652 $1,621 1

Sat Oct 17 #1 $5.5M +26.7% $9.8M 2,652 $2,055 2

Sun Oct 18 #2 $3.3M −40.3% $13.1M 2,652 $1,226 3

Mon Oct 19 #1 $913.2K −71.9% $14.0M 2,652 $344 4

Tue Oct 20 #1 $1.1M +25.1% $15.2M 2,652 $431 5

Wed Oct 21 #1 $944.6K −17.3% $16.1M 2,652 $356 6

Thu Oct 22 #1 $981.8K +3.9% $17.1M 2,652 $370 7

Fri Oct 23 #1 $2.8M +185.2% −34.9% $19.9M 2,652 $1,056 8

Sat Oct 24 #1 $3.9M +37.5% −29.4% $23.7M 2,652 $1,452 9

Sun Oct 25 #3 $2.1M −44.5% −34.3% $25.9M 2,652 $805 10

Mon Oct 26 #2 $547.7K −74.3% −40.0% $26.4M 2,652 $207 11

Tue Oct 27 #1 $719.3K +31.3% −37.0% $27.1M 2,652 $271 12

Wed Oct 28 #2 $578.6K −19.6% −38.7% $27.7M 2,652 $218 13

Sun Nov 1 #4 $1.6M — −23.4% $33.7M 2,642 $619 17

Mon Nov 2 #3 $444.9K −72.8% −18.8% $34.1M 2,642 $168 18

Tue Nov 3 #4 $576.2K +29.5% −19.9% $34.7M 2,642 $218 19

Wed Nov 4 #4 $438.0K −24.0% −24.3% $35.1M 2,642 $166 20

Thu Nov 5 #3 $464.5K +6.1% $35.6M 2,642 $176 21

Fri Nov 6 #4 $1.3M +183.1% $36.9M 2,552 $515 22

Sat Nov 7 #7 $1.8M +38.0% $38.7M 2,552 $711 23

Sun Nov 8 #8 $881.0K −51.5% −46.1% $39.7M 2,552 $345 24

Mon Nov 9 #9 $211.4K −76.0% −52.5% $39.9M 2,552 $83 25

Tue Nov 10 #4 $403.5K +90.8% −30.0% $40.3M 2,552 $158 26

Wed Nov 11 #6 $481.6K +19.4% +10.0% $40.7M 2,552 $189 27

Thu Nov 12 #7 $243.6K −49.4% −47.6% $41.0M 2,552 $95 28

Fri Nov 13 #10 $635.0K +160.7% −51.7% $41.6M 2,250 $282 29

Sat Nov 14 #10 $865.0K +36.2% −52.3% $42.5M 2,250 $384 30

Sun Nov 15 #10 $421.0K −51.3% −52.2% $42.9M 2,250 $187 31

Tue Nov 17 #10 $151.2K — −62.5% $43.2M 2,250 $67 33

Wed Nov 18 #10 $121.1K −19.9% −74.8% $43.3M 2,250 $54 34

Thu Nov 19 #10 $122.9K +1.5% −49.5% $43.4M 2,250 $55 35

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$43.4M

Oct 16Oct 24Nov 3Nov 11Nov 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $525.2K

$13.1M

$8.8M

$5.4M

$4.1M

$1.9M

$805.0K

$431.5K

$87.6K

$51.3K

$525.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,652 → 2,250 −15.2%

2,652 open2,250 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +923.6%

−32.9%

W1→2

−39.1%

W2→3

−23.9%

W3→4

−52.9%

W4→5

−58.1%

W5→6

−46.4%

W6→7

−79.7%

W7→8

−41.4%

W8→9

+923.6%

W9→10

Steepest −79.7%Biggest gain +923.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

From the analysis desk

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