New Zealand Box Office for The Frighteners (1996)

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The Frighteners
Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $787Details
Worldwide Box Office $16,554,422Details
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Synopsis

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his “special” gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

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Movie Details

New Zealand Releases: December 26th, 1996 (Wide)
October 28th, 2021 (Limited)
Video Release: August 26th, 1997 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for terror/violence
Running Time: 109 minutes
Keywords: Heaven and Hell, Horror Comedy, Supernatural, Serial Killer, Bonnie and Clyde romance, Surprise Twist, Confidence Men, Haunting, Friendly Ghost
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production/Financing Companies: Wingnut Films, Universal Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for September 13th, 2011

September 13th, 2011

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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2021/10/29 - $570   1 $570   $570 1,297
2021/11/05 - $220 -61% 1 $220   $787 1,298

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
New Zealand 12/26/1996 $0 0 1 2 $787 10/20/2022
North America 7/19/1996 $5,565,495 1,669 1,675 6,282 $16,553,635
 
Worldwide Total$16,554,422 10/20/2022

Leading Cast

Michael J. Fox    Frank Bannister

Supporting Cast

Trini Alvarado    Dr. Lucy Lynskey
Peter Dobson    Ray Lynskey
John Astin    The Judge
Dee Wallace-Stone*    Patricia Ann Bradley, Bartlett's Girl
Jeffrey Combs    Special Agent Milton Dammers
Jake Busey    Johnny Bartlett
Chi McBride    Cyrus

Cameos

R. Lee Ermey    Sergeant Hiles
Peter Jackson    Man with Piercings

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Production and Technical Credits

Peter Jackson    Director
Fran Walsh    Screenwriter
Peter Jackson    Screenwriter
Jamie Selkirk    Producer
Peter Jackson    Producer
Robert Zemeckis    Executive Producer
Alun Bollinger    Director of Photography
John Blick    Director of Photography
Grant Major    Production Designer
Jamie Selkirk    Editor
Fran Walsh    Associate Producer
Tim Sanders    Co-Producer
Danny Elfman    Composer