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Casper

1995 • PG • 1h 40m • Comedy, Family, Fantasy • Universal Pictures

Seeing is believing.

🍅 59% 51%

49

3.19

6.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$16.8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$102.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$290.3M

$187.6M international

Domestic Legs6.1x

Budget$55M

1995 Rank#7

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Cast & Crew

Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci Starring

Bill Pullman Starring

Cathy Moriarty Starring

Eric Idle Starring

Brad Garrett Starring

ScreenplaySherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver Produced byColin Wilson CinematographyDean Cundey MusicJames Horner StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 26-29 1 $22.1M — 2,714 $8,140 $22.1M

2 Jun 2-4 1 $13.4M −39.3% 2,720 $4,930 $38.9M

3 Jun 9-11 2 $10.9M −18.5% 2,756 $3,965 $55.0M

4 Jun 16-18 3 $6.6M −39.3% 2,757 $2,405 $66.3M

5 Jun 23-25 5 $4.9M −26.0% 2,544 $1,930 $75.3M

6 Jun 30-Jul 2 8 $2.8M −43.3% 1,906 $1,460 $81.2M

7 Jul 7-9 10 $2.1M −24.3% 1,400 $1,505 $85.6M

8 Jul 14-16 12 $1.4M −35.5% 1,003 $1,355 $88.1M

9 Jul 21-23 16 $758.5K −44.2% 774 $980 $89.5M

10 Jul 28-30 17 $508.7K −32.9% 417 $1,220 $90.5M

11 Aug 4-6 17 $1.0M +98.5% 505 $2,000 $91.8M

12 Aug 11-13 13 $1.5M +49.4% 790 $1,910 $93.7M

13 Aug 18-20 14 $1.2M −20.2% 762 $1,580 $95.7M

14 Aug 25-27 18 $970.2K −19.4% 755 $1,285 $97.3M

15 Sep 1-4 21 $979.0K +0.9% 712 $1,375 $98.8M

16 Sep 8-10 21 $511.8K −47.7% 652 $785 $99.5M

17 Sep 15-17 26 $374.9K −26.8% 510 $735 $100.0M

18 Sep 22-24 32 $201.3K −46.3% 305 $660 $100.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 3 — $224.1K — $101.1M 1,100 $204 1

Sat Oct 4 — $332.6K +48.4% $101.4M 1,100 $302 2

Sun Oct 5 — $245.7K −26.1% $101.6M 1,100 $223 3

Mon Oct 6 — $67.5K −72.5% $101.7M 1,100 $61 4

Tue Oct 7 — $107.4K +59.1% $101.8M 1,100 $98 5

Wed Oct 8 — $91.3K −15.0% $101.9M 1,100 $83 6

Thu Oct 9 #12 $66.7K −26.9% $102.0M 1,100 $61 7

Fri Oct 10 — $75.8K +13.5% −66.2% $102.0M 415 $183 8

Sat Oct 11 — $120.4K +58.9% −63.8% $102.2M 415 $290 9

Sun Oct 12 — $91.9K −23.7% −62.6% $102.3M 415 $221 10

Mon Oct 13 — $75.9K −17.4% +12.3% $102.3M 415 $183 11

Tue Oct 14 — $30.5K −59.8% −71.6% $102.4M 415 $74 12

Wed Oct 15 — $21.7K −28.9% −76.2% $102.4M 415 $52 13

Thu Oct 16 — $19.5K −10.1% −70.8% $102.4M 415 $47 14

Fri Oct 17 — $36.7K +88.1% −51.6% $102.4M 245 $150 15

Sat Oct 18 — $66.8K +82.2% −44.5% $102.5M 245 $273 16

Sun Oct 19 — $27.6K −58.7% −70.0% $102.5M 245 $113 17

Mon Oct 20 — $7.3K −73.5% −90.3% $102.5M 245 $30 18

Tue Oct 21 — $8.3K +12.8% −72.9% $102.6M 245 $34 19

Wed Oct 22 — $6.1K −26.6% −72.0% $102.6M 245 $25 20

Thu Oct 23 — $6.1K +0.2% −68.8% $102.6M 245 $25 21

Fri Oct 24 — $17.7K +191.2% −51.7% $102.6M 150 $118 22

Sat Oct 25 — $27.6K +55.9% −58.7% $102.6M 150 $184 23

Sun Oct 26 — $7.8K −71.8% −71.8% $102.6M 150 $52 24

Mon Oct 27 — $1.9K −75.4% −73.9% $102.6M 150 $13 25

Tue Oct 28 — $7.1K +268.4% −14.6% $102.6M 150 $47 26

Wed Oct 29 — $8.5K +20.9% +40.6% $102.6M 150 $57 27

Thu Oct 30 — $6.6K −22.9% +8.2% $102.6M 150 $44 28

Fri Oct 31 — $11.5K +74.3% −35.2% $102.7M 83 $138 29

Sat Nov 1 — $14.5K +26.8% −47.3% $102.7M 83 $175 30

Sun Nov 2 — $4.5K −68.7% −41.6% $102.7M 83 $55 31

Mon Nov 3 — $510 −88.8% −73.4% $102.7M 83 $6 32

Tue Nov 4 — $705 +38.2% −90.0% $102.7M 83 $8 33

Wed Nov 5 — $810 +14.9% −90.5% $102.7M 83 $10 34

Thu Nov 6 — $605 −25.3% −90.8% $102.7M 83 $7 35

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

Cumulative total$102.7M

Oct 3Oct 12Oct 20Oct 29Nov 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $508.7K

$22.1M

$13.4M

$10.9M

$6.6M

$4.9M

$2.8M

$2.1M

$1.4M

$758.5K

$508.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,100 → 83 −92.5%

1,100 open83 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.9%

−39.3%

W1→2

−18.5%

W2→3

−39.3%

W3→4

−26.0%

W4→5

−43.3%

W5→6

−24.3%

W6→7

−35.5%

W7→8

−44.2%

W8→9

−32.9%

W9→10

Steepest −44.2%Best hold −18.5%

Run milestones

$100M in 1 days

$100M

Day 1

Oct 3

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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