The Addams Family

Name: The Addams Family
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Released: 1991
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Raúl Juliá, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Hedaya, Elizabeth Wilson

1991 • PG-13 • 1h 39m • Comedy, Fantasy • Paramount Pictures

Weird is relative.

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3.78

7.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$24.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$113.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$191.5M

$78.0M international

Domestic Legs4.7x

Budget$30M

1991 Rank#8

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Cast & Crew

Full Sonnenfeld filmography

Barry Sonnenfeld Director

Anjelica Huston Starring

Raúl Juliá Starring

Christopher Lloyd Starring

Dan Hedaya Starring

Elizabeth Wilson Starring

ScreenplayCaroline Thompson, Larry Wilson Produced byScott Rudin CinematographyOwen Roizman Music byMarc Shaiman StudioParamount Pictures SeriesThe Addams Family

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 22-24 1 $24.2M — 2,411 $10,039 $24.2M

2 Nov 29-Dec 1 1 $20.1M −16.8% 2,411 $8,351 $55.6M

3 Dec 6-8 2 $8.6M −57.3% 2,411 $3,570 $67.1M

4 Dec 13-15 4 $4.7M −45.1% 2,254 $2,095 $73.6M

5 Dec 20-22 8 $3.5M −26.8% 1,897 $1,823 $78.4M

6 Dec 27-29 8 $6.2M +79.4% 2,122 $2,922 $88.8M

7 Jan 3-5 9 $4.6M −26.1% 1,974 $2,321 $98.4M

8 Jan 10-12 12 $2.5M −45.6% 1,550 $1,608 $101.8M

Weekend grossWk 8 · $2.5M

$24.2M

$20.1M

$8.6M

$4.7M

$3.5M

$6.2M

$4.6M

$2.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −45.6%

−16.8%

W1→2

−57.3%

W2→3

−45.1%

W3→4

−26.8%

W4→5

+79.4%

W5→6

−26.1%

W6→7

−45.6%

W7→8

Steepest −57.3%Biggest gain +79.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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