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The Craft

1996 • R • 1h 41m • Drama, Fantasy, Horror • Columbia Pictures

Welcome to the witching hour.

🍅 57% 65% MC 55 LB 3.59 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$6.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$24.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$55.7M
$30.9M international
Domestic Legs3.7x
Budget$15M
1996 Rank#74
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Cast & Crew

Robin Tunney Robin Tunney Starring Fairuza Balk Fairuza Balk Starring Neve Campbell Neve Campbell Starring Skeet Ulrich Skeet Ulrich Starring
ScreenplayPeter Filardi, Andrew Fleming Produced byDouglas Wick Music byGraeme Revell StudioColumbia Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 3-5 1 $6.7M — 1,757 $3,820 $6.7M
2 May 10-12 3 $3.6M −46.2% 1,762 $2,050 $12.3M
3 May 17-19 3 $3.0M −16.4% 1,762 $1,713 $15.5M
4 May 24-26 6 $2.7M −11.2% 1,762 $1,522 $20.0M
5 May 31-Jun 2 9 $1.0M −62.2% 1,375 $736 $21.6M
6 Jun 7-9 13 $410.6K −59.4% 700 $587 $22.4M
7 Jun 14-16 28 $127.2K −69.0% 458 $278 $22.7M
8 Jun 21-23 33 $86.6K −31.9% 236 $367 $22.8M
9 Jun 28-30 17 $355.6K +310.5% 600 $593 $23.2M
10 Jul 5-7 24 $234.0K −34.2% 346 $676 $23.6M
11 Jul 12-14 26 $162.9K −30.4% 271 $601 $23.8M
12 Jul 19-21 28 $113.6K −30.3% 165 $688 $24.0M
13 Jul 26-28 31 $101.1K −11.0% 136 $744 $24.3M
14 Aug 2-4 36 $77.3K −23.6% 118 $655 $24.4M
15 Aug 9-11 41 $62.2K −19.5% 92 $676 $24.5M
16 Aug 16-18 46 $46.3K −25.5% 77 $601 $24.6M
17 Aug 23-25 49 $43.3K −6.5% 58 $746 $24.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $234.0K
$6.7M
$3.6M
$3.0M
$2.7M
$1.0M
$410.6K
$127.2K
$86.6K
$355.6K
$234.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −34.2%
−46.2%
W1→2
−16.4%
W2→3
−11.2%
W3→4
−62.2%
W4→5
−59.4%
W5→6
−69.0%
W6→7
−31.9%
W7→8
+310.5%
W8→9
−34.2%
W9→10
Steepest −69.0%Biggest gain +310.5%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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