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Matilda

1996 • PG • 1h 38m • Comedy, Family, Fantasy • TriStar Pictures

Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.

🍅 89% 73% MC 72 LB 3.78 IMDb 7.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$8.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$33.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$33.1M
Domestic only
Domestic Legs4.0x
Budget$36M
1996 Rank#50
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Cast & Crew

Directed byDanny DeVito ScreenplayNicholas Kazan, Robin Swicord Produced byDanny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Liccy Dahl CinematographyStefan Czapsky Music byDavid Newman StarringDanny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris, Mara Wilson, Paul Reubens StudioTriStar Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 2-4 3 $8.2M — 1,975 $4,156 $8.2M
2 Aug 9-11 5 $5.0M −38.9% 2,006 $2,500 $18.9M
3 Aug 16-18 7 $3.0M −40.0% 2,006 $1,500 $25.3M
4 Aug 23-25 14 $1.5M −49.5% 1,611 $944 $28.6M
5 Aug 30-Sep 1 20 $1.1M −26.9% 1,250 $889 $30.6M
6 Sep 6-8 28 $467.1K −58.0% 808 $578 $31.2M
7 Sep 13-15 28 $301.1K −35.5% 565 $533 $31.6M
8 Sep 20-22 37 $108.1K −64.1% 410 $264 $31.7M
9 Sep 27-29 26 $303.7K +181.0% 726 $418 $32.0M
11 Oct 11-13 42 $96.9K −68.1% 473 $205 $32.4M
12 Oct 18-20 46 $71.1K −26.6% 367 $194 $32.5M
13 Oct 25-27 35 $106.7K +50.0% 283 $377 $32.6M
14 Nov 1-3 36 $105.0K −1.6% 264 $398 $32.7M
15 Nov 8-10 40 $93.4K −11.1% 200 $467 $32.8M
16 Nov 15-17 38 $76.3K −18.3% 157 $486 $32.9M
17 Nov 22-24 45 $54.4K −28.7% 135 $403 $33.0M
18 Nov 29-Dec 1 46 $59.0K +8.4% 76 $776 $33.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 9 · $303.7K
$8.2M
$5.0M
$3.0M
$1.5M
$1.1M
$467.1K
$301.1K
$108.1K
$303.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · +181.0%
−38.9%
W1→2
−40.0%
W2→3
−49.5%
W3→4
−26.9%
W4→5
−58.0%
W5→6
−35.5%
W6→7
−64.1%
W7→8
+181.0%
W8→9
Steepest −64.1%Biggest gain +181.0%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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