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Phenomenon

1996 PG 2h 3m Drama, Fantasy, Romance Touchstone Pictures

Some things in life just can't be explained.

Phenomenon Box Office

Opening Weekend
$24.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$104.6M
Final
Worldwide Total
$152.0M
$47.4M international
Domestic Legs4.3x
Budget$32M
1996 Rank#12
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 5-7 3 $24.52M $24.52M 1,637 $15.0K 1
Jul 12-14 2 $12.98M -47.1% $46.33M 1,973 $6.6K 2
Jul 19-21 2 $8.13M -37.3% $61.49M 2,016 $4.0K 3
Jul 26-28 3 $6.32M -22.2% $72.28M 2,028 $3.1K 4
Aug 2-4 5 $5.08M -19.6% $81.13M 2,139 $2.4K 5
Aug 9-11 6 $4.01M -21.2% $88.16M 2,086 $1.9K 6
Aug 16-18 10 $2.63M -34.3% $93.07M 1,774 $1.5K 7
Aug 23-25 15 $1.50M -42.8% $95.93M 1,151 $1.3K 8
Aug 30-Sep 1 14 $1.61M +7.1% $98.21M 853 $1.9K 9
Sep 6-8 15 $801K -50.3% $99.26M 715 $1.1K 10
Sep 13-15 21 $602K -24.8% $100.13M 609 $989 11
Sep 20-22 19 $393K -34.7% $100.70M 474 $830 12
Sep 27-29 22 $327K -16.7% $101.14M 406 $807 13
Oct 4-6 34 $165K -49.5% $101.37M 294 $563 14
Oct 11-13 39 $128K -22.5% $101.57M 181 $709 15
Oct 18-20 36 $96K -25.0% $101.68M 152 $633 16
Oct 25-27 47 $42K -55.9% $101.76M 88 $483 17
Nov 1-3 17 $641K +1409.8% $102.41M 616 $1.0K 18
Nov 8-10 20 $495K -22.8% $103.12M 576 $859 19
Nov 15-17 23 $326K -34.1% $103.61M 477 $683 20
Nov 22-24 20 $182K -44.0% $103.88M 352 $518 21
Nov 29-Dec 1 23 $212K +16.4% $104.12M 239 $889 22
Dec 6-8 27 $95K -55.4% $104.26M 218 $435 23
Dec 13-15 30 $59K -37.6% $104.35M 199 $297 24
Dec 20-22 39 $33K -44.9% $104.41M 93 $350 25
Dec 27-29 51 $40K +23.3% $104.46M 63 $637 26
Jan 3-5 52 $35K -13.2% $104.54M 57 $611 27
Jan 10-12 56 $25K -26.9% $104.57M 50 $509 28
Jan 17-19 53 $37K +45.4% $104.61M 52 $712 29
Jan 24-26 59 $16K -56.5% $104.63M 42 $384 30

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byJon Turteltaub
ScreenplayGerald Di Pego
Produced byBarbara Boyle, Michael Taylor, Charles Newirth
CinematographyPhedon Papamichael
Music byThomas Newman
StarringJohn Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall, Jeffrey DeMunn, Richard Kiley

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