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The Stepford Wives

2004 PG-13 1h 33m Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi Paramount Pictures

The wives of Stepford have a secret.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$59.5M
Final
Opening Weekend
$21.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.78x
Opening → Total
Budget
$90.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$96.2M
$36.7M international
2004 Rank
#49
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 11-13 5 $21.4M $21.4M 3,057 $7K 1
Jun 18-20 7 $8.8M -59.1% $39.0M 3,057 $3K 2
Jun 25-27 10 $5.1M -42.3% $48.9M 2,437 $2K 3
Jul 2-4 11 $2.3M -54.4% $53.5M 1,447 $2K 4
Jul 9-11 15 $1.1M -52.6% $56.6M 1,033 $1K 5
Jul 16-18 23 $435K -60.3% $57.8M 522 $832 6
Jul 23-25 27 $195K -55.0% $58.3M 256 $763 7
Jul 30-Aug 1 42 $96K -50.8% $58.5M 136 $706 8
Aug 13-15 Athens Olympics 32 $210K +118.4% $58.9M 197 $1K 9
Aug 20-22 Athens Olympics 39 $150K -28.3% $59.2M 206 $729 10
Aug 27-29 Athens Olympics 46 $85K -43.7% $59.3M 133 $636 11

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byFrank Oz
ScreenplayPaul Rudnick
StarringNicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Roger Bart
StudioParamount Pictures