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The Black CauldronFollow

1985 • PG • 1h 20m • Action, Adventure, Animation • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Hidden by darkness. Guarded by witches. Discovered by a boy. Stolen by a king. Whoever owns it will rule the world. Or destroy it.

🍅 57% 48% MC 59 IMDb 6.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$4.18M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$21.29M
Final
Domestic legs5.1x
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Cast & crew

Directed byRichard Rich, Ted Berman Produced byJoe Hale MusicElmer Bernstein StarringGrant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, John Byner, Nigel Hawthorne, John Hurt, Freddie Jones StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 26-28 3 $4.2M — 1,276 $3,276 $5.4M
2 Aug 2-4 5 $3.1M −26.5% 1,252 $2,454 $11.5M
3 Aug 9-11 11 $1.7M −45.1% 706 $2,388 $15.4M
4 Aug 16-18 15 $1.1M −36.1% 672 $1,604 $17.7M
5 Aug 23-25 15 $919.5K −14.7% 609 $1,510 $19.5M
6 Aug 30-Sep 1 21 $621.3K −32.4% 574 $1,082 $20.7M
7 Sep 6-8 25 $214.7K −65.4% 263 $816 $21.0M
8 Sep 13-15 26 $96.4K −55.1% 172 $560 $21.1M
9 Sep 20-22 25 $87.6K −9.1% 162 $541 $21.2M
10 Sep 27-29 30 $29.7K −66.1% 57 $521 $21.3M
Weekend grossWk 10 · $29.7K
$4.2M
$3.1M
$1.7M
$1.1M
$919.5K
$621.3K
$214.7K
$96.4K
$87.6K
$29.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −66.1%
−26.5%
W1→2
−45.1%
W2→3
−36.1%
W3→4
−14.7%
W4→5
−32.4%
W5→6
−65.4%
W6→7
−55.1%
W7→8
−9.1%
W8→9
−66.1%
W9→10
Steepest −66.1%Best hold −9.1%

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