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The Preacher's WifeFollow

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

They needed help. What they got was a miracle.

🍅 60% 44% LB 3.19 IMDb 5.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.60M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$48.10M
Final
Worldwide total
$56.40M
$8.30M international
Domestic legs6.3x
1996 rank#33
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Cast & crew

Full Marshall filmography
Penny Marshall Penny Marshall Director Denzel Washington Denzel Washington Starring Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Starring Courtney B. Vance Courtney B. Vance Starring Gregory Hines Gregory Hines Starring Loretta Devine Loretta Devine Starring
ScreenplayNat Mauldin, Allan Scott Produced bySamuel Goldwyn Jr. CinematographyMiroslav Ondříček Music byHans Zimmer StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 13-15 4 $7.6M — 1,783 $4,290 $7.6M
2 Dec 20-22 6 $5.2M −32.3% 1,989 $2,605 $15.3M
3 Dec 27-29 7 $7.3M +41.8% 2,008 $3,659 $27.9M
4 Jan 3-5 8 $4.9M −33.0% 2,001 $2,461 $38.7M
5 Jan 10-12 13 $2.2M −55.8% 1,581 $1,378 $42.0M
6 Jan 17-19 17 $1.6M −26.1% 1,149 $1,401 $44.2M
7 Jan 24-26 21 $572.3K −64.4% 708 $808 $45.1M
8 Jan 31-Feb 2 27 $355.5K −37.9% 421 $844 $45.6M
9 Feb 7-9 31 $179.0K −49.6% 271 $661 $45.9M
10 Feb 14-16 43 $101.1K −43.6% 141 $717 $46.0M
11 Feb 21-23 54 $44.5K −56.0% 86 $518 $46.1M
12 Feb 28-Mar 2 59 $26.5K −40.6% 35 $756 $46.1M
13 Mar 7-9 23 $486.7K +1739.4% 578 $842 $46.6M
14 Mar 14-16 24 $389.1K −20.1% 551 $706 $47.2M
15 Mar 21-23 29 $231.3K −40.6% 376 $615 $47.6M
16 Mar 28-30 38 $152.5K −34.1% 292 $522 $47.8M
17 Apr 4-6 46 $80.6K −47.2% 147 $548 $48.0M
18 Apr 11-13 48 $60.6K −24.8% 103 $589 $48.0M
19 Apr 18-20 60 $30.1K −50.3% 68 $443 $48.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $101.1K
$7.6M
$5.2M
$7.3M
$4.9M
$2.2M
$1.6M
$572.3K
$355.5K
$179.0K
$101.1K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43.6%
−32.3%
W1→2
+41.8%
W2→3
−33.0%
W3→4
−55.8%
W4→5
−26.1%
W5→6
−64.4%
W6→7
−37.9%
W7→8
−49.6%
W8→9
−43.6%
W9→10
Steepest −64.4%Biggest gain +41.8%

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