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2004 • PG-13 • 1h 33m • Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi • Paramount Pictures

The wives of Stepford have a secret.

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42

2.99

5.4

CS C+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$59.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$96.20M

$36.70M international

Domestic legs2.78x

Budget$90.0M

2004 rank#49

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Cast & crew

Full Oz filmography

Frank Oz

Frank Oz Director

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman Starring

Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick Starring

Bette Midler

Bette Midler Starring

Glenn Close Starring

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken Starring

ScreenplayPaul Rudnick Produced byScott Rudin, Donald De Line, Edgar J. Scherick, Gabriel Grunfeld CinematographyRob Hahn MusicDavid Arnold StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 11-13 5 $21.4M — 3,057 $7,002 $21.4M

2 Jun 18-20 7 $8.8M −59.1% 3,057 $2,866 $39.0M

3 Jun 25-27 10 $5.1M −42.3% 2,437 $2,074 $48.9M

4 Jul 2-4 11 $2.3M −54.4% 1,447 $1,593 $53.5M

5 Jul 9-11 15 $1.1M −52.6% 1,033 $1,059 $56.6M

6 Jul 16-18 23 $434.7K −60.3% 522 $832 $57.8M

7 Jul 23-25 27 $195.4K −55.0% 256 $763 $58.3M

8 Jul 30-Aug 1 42 $96.1K −50.8% 136 $706 $58.5M

9 Aug 13-15 32 $209.9K +118.4% 197 $1,065 $58.9M

10 Aug 20-22 39 $150.4K −28.3% 206 $729 $59.2M

11 Aug 27-29 46 $84.6K −43.7% 133 $636 $59.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 11 #3 $8.1M — $8.1M 3,057 $2,649 1

Sat Jun 12 #5 $8.1M n/c $16.0M 3,057 $2,653 2

Sun Jun 13 #5 $5.4M −33% $21.4M 3,057 $1,773 3

Mon Jun 14 #5 $2.4M −56% $23.8M 3,057 $781 4

Tue Jun 15 #5 $2.2M −10% $26.0M 3,057 $705 5

Wed Jun 16 #4 $2.1M n/c $28.1M 3,057 $702 6

Thu Jun 17 #4 $2.2M n/c $30.3M 3,057 $704 7

Fri Jun 18 #6 $3.2M +49% −60% $33.5M 3,057 $1,046 8

Sat Jun 19 #6 $3.5M +10% −56% $36.9M 3,057 $1,156 9

Sun Jun 20 #9 $2.1M −40% −61% $39.0M 3,057 $692 10

Mon Jun 21 #6 $1.2M −43% −49% $40.2M 3,057 $397 11

Tue Jun 22 #6 $1.3M +9% −39% $41.6M 3,057 $433 12

Wed Jun 23 #7 $1.1M −15% −48% $42.7M 3,057 $366 13

Thu Jun 24 #7 $1.1M +1% −48% $43.8M 3,057 $368 14

Fri Jun 25 #10 $1.7M +51% −47% $45.5M 2,437 $697 15

Mon Jun 28 #10 $686.0K — −43% $49.5M 2,437 $281 18

Tue Jun 29 #10 $692.0K +1% −48% $50.2M 2,437 $283 19

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

Cumulative total$50.2M

Jun 11Jun 15Jun 19Jun 23Jun 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $150.4K

$21.4M

$8.8M

$5.1M

$2.3M

$1.1M

$434.7K

$195.4K

$96.1K

$209.9K

$150.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,057 → 2,437 −20.3%

3,057 open2,437 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.3%

−59.1%

W1→2

−42.3%

W2→3

−54.4%

W3→4

−52.6%

W4→5

−60.3%

W5→6

−55.0%

W6→7

−50.8%

W7→8

+118.4%

W8→9

−28.3%

W9→10

Steepest −60.3%Biggest gain +118.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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