Death Becomes Her

Name: Death Becomes Her
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Released: 1992
Cast: Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Isabella Rossellini

1992 • PG-13 • 1h 44m • Comedy, Fantasy, Horror • Universal Pictures

In one small bottle... The fountain of youth. The secret of eternal life. The power of an ancient potion. Sometimes it works... sometimes it doesn't.

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$12.1M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$58.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$149M

$90.6M international

Domestic Legs4.8x

Budget$55M

1992 Rank#21

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Isabella Rossellini Starring

ScreenplayMartin Donovan, David Koepp Produced byRobert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey CinematographyDean Cundey Music byAlan Silvestri StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 31-Aug 2 1 $12.1M — 1,409 $8,595 $12.1M

2 Aug 7-9 2 $7.8M −35.0% 1,454 $5,375 $25.7M

3 Aug 14-16 3 $5.9M −24.0% 1,754 $3,365 $35.3M

4 Aug 21-23 4 $3.8M −36.0% 1,866 $2,040 $41.9M

5 Aug 28-30 5 $2.7M −29.0% 1,846 $1,455 $46.4M

6 Sep 4-6 5 $3.2M +19.0% 1,841 $1,735 $50.6M

7 Sep 11-13 8 $1.6M −51.0% 1,704 $925 $52.7M

Weekend grossWk 7 · $1.6M

$12.1M

$7.8M

$5.9M

$3.8M

$2.7M

$3.2M

$1.6M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −51.0%

−35.0%

W1→2

−24.0%

W2→3

−36.0%

W3→4

−29.0%

W4→5

+19.0%

W5→6

−51.0%

W6→7

Steepest −51.0%Biggest gain +19.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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