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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.

Box office summary
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
Compare with other movies
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 32 $210K +118.4% $58.9M 197 $1K 9
Aug 20-22 39 $150K -28.3% $59.2M 206 $729 10
Aug 27-29 46 $85K -43.7% $59.3M 133 $636 11

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byFrank Oz
ScreenplayPaul Rudnick
Produced byScott Rudin, Donald De Line, Edgar J. Scherick, Gabriel Grunfeld
CinematographyRob Hahn
MusicDavid Arnold
StarringNicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Roger Bart
StudioParamount Pictures