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James and the Giant Peach

1996 • PG • 1h 19m • Adventure, Animation, Family • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Adventures this big don't grow on trees.

🍅 91% 66% LB 3.42 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$7.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$28.9M
Final
Domestic Legs3.8x
1996 Rank#54
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Cast & Crew

Full Selick filmography
Henry Selick Henry Selick Director Miriam Margolyes Miriam Margolyes Starring Joanna Lumley Joanna Lumley Starring Pete Postlethwaite Pete Postlethwaite Starring Simon Callow Simon Callow Starring Richard Dreyfuss Richard Dreyfuss Starring
ScreenplayKarey Kirkpatrick, Steve Bloom, Jonathan Roberts Produced byTim Burton, Denise Di Novi CinematographyHiro Narita, Pete Kozachik MusicRandy Newman Prod. DesignHarley Jessup StudioWalt Disney Studios
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 12-14 2 $7.5M — 2,262 $3,333 $7.5M
2 Apr 19-21 3 $5.3M −30.1% 2,268 $2,323 $14.8M
3 Apr 26-28 6 $3.6M −32.0% 2,033 $1,761 $19.7M
4 May 3-5 8 $2.4M −34.1% 1,784 $1,324 $22.8M
5 May 10-12 8 $1.3M −44.9% 1,590 $819 $24.7M
6 May 17-19 11 $766.6K −41.1% 1,351 $567 $25.8M
7 May 24-27 12 $783.9K +2.3% 803 $976 $26.8M
8 May 31-Jun 2 23 $196.2K −75.0% 449 $437 $27.1M
9 Jun 7-9 32 $102.5K −47.8% 273 $375 $27.2M
10 Jun 14-16 35 $74.8K −27.0% 226 $331 $27.4M
11 Jun 21-23 39 $44.2K −40.9% 109 $405 $27.5M
12 Jun 28-30 48 $28.4K −35.6% 87 $327 $27.5M
13 Jul 5-7 19 $381.1K +1240.0% 554 $688 $27.9M
14 Jul 12-14 18 $244.3K −35.9% 456 $536 $28.4M
15 Jul 19-21 27 $116.1K −52.5% 274 $424 $28.7M
16 Jul 26-28 39 $66.5K −42.7% 171 $389 $28.8M
17 Aug 2-4 49 $27.1K −59.2% 112 $242 $28.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $74.8K
$7.5M
$5.3M
$3.6M
$2.4M
$1.3M
$766.6K
$783.9K
$196.2K
$102.5K
$74.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.0%
−30.1%
W1→2
−32.0%
W2→3
−34.1%
W3→4
−44.9%
W4→5
−41.1%
W5→6
+2.3%
W6→7
−75.0%
W7→8
−47.8%
W8→9
−27.0%
W9→10
Steepest −75.0%Biggest gain +2.3%

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