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Beauty and the Beast

1991 1h 24m Animation, Family, Fantasy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

The most beautiful love story ever told.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$139M
Final
Opening Weekend
$12.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
11.3x
Opening → Total
Budget
$25.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$451M
$312M international

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 22-24 3 $9.6M $9.9M 977 $10K 1
Nov 29-Dec 1 3 $12.2M +27.2% $26.5M 1,118 $11K 2
Dec 6-8 4 $6.0M -51.2% $34.1M 1,118 $5K 3
Dec 13-15 5 $4.6M -23.4% $40.0M 1,123 $4K 4
Dec 20-22 6 $4.9M +6.3% $46.0M 1,925 $3K 5
Dec 27-29 2 $10.7M +119.4% $63.7M 1,940 $6K 6
Jan 3-5 3 $8.8M -17.5% $82.5M 1,940 $5K 7
Jan 10-12 6 $4.8M -45.0% $88.9M 1,960 $2K 8
Jan 17-20 9 $5.3M +9.0% $95.2M 1,805 $3K 9
Jan 24-26 8 $3.3M -38.3% $99.2M 1,761 $2K 10
Jan 31-Feb 2 6 $3.3M +0.6% $103.4M 1,648 $2K 11
Feb 7-9 8 $2.3M -29.5% $106.4M 1,580 $1K 12
Feb 14-17 Presidents' Day 9 $3.1M +36.2% $110.2M 1,500 $2K 13
Feb 21-23 7 $2.4M -22.7% $113.3M 1,360 $2K 14
Feb 28-Mar 1 8 $2.1M -12.6% $116.0M 1,346 $2K 15
Mar 6-8 10 $1.9M -10.4% $118.5M 1,253 $2K 16
Mar 13-15 12 $1.6M -17.9% $120.5M 1,171 $1K 17
Mar 20-22 7 $1.7M +8.9% $122.9M 1,157 $1K 18
Mar 27-29 9 $1.8M +4.9% $125.3M 1,157 $2K 19
Apr 3-5 11 $2.0M +10.3% $128.1M 1,119 $2K 20
May 22-25 7 $2.2M +9.5% 1,075 $2K 21
May 29-31 8 $1.3M -40.9% $137.3M 1,003 $1K 22
Jun 5-7 11 $899K -29.3% $138.8M 901 $997 23

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byKirk Wise, Gary Trousdale
ScreenplayLinda Woolverton
StarringPaige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Angela Lansbury
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures