The Witches

2021 | Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Witch

Synopsis

A young boy and his grandmother have a run-in with a coven of witches and their leader.

Scores

Overall Score
74.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
81.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
82.3%
Review Aggregate
44.3

Critic Consensus

49.5% Fresh • 186 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 49% of 186 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize family-friendly, thin plot, dark. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

family-friendlythin plotdarkvisually strikingscaryfunnylightheartedchristmasemotionalmacabre

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Anne Hathaway2021$15,000,000 source$17,363,468reported
Octavia Spencer2021$258,000$299,000(est)
Stanley Tucci2021$194,000$225,000(est)
Kristin Chenoweth2021$159,000$184,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score49.0
RT critic review count186
Rotten Tomatoes audience score32.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating5.4
IMDb votes49,701

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2021$203,571$235,647
International2021$29,100,000$33,685,128
Worldwide2021$29,303,572$33,920,776

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2021$11,741,786$13,591,875
Digital Rentals ?2021$4,384,000$5,074,763
Digital Purchases ?2021$4,936,000$5,713,739
Physical Rentals ?2021$1,115,000$1,290,684
Physical Purchases ?2021$3,568,000$4,130,190
TV & Streaming Revenue2021$101,786$117,823
Total Revenues2021$25,846,571$29,919,074
Expenses
Budget ?2021$58,607,000 (est)$67,841,385 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2021$3,727,000 (est)$4,314,243 (est)
Participations2021$517,000$598,461
Residuals ?2021$624,000$722,320
Interest & Overhead2021$8,791,050$10,176,208
Total Expenses2021$72,266,050$83,652,617
Movie Net Profit or Loss2021$-46,419,479$-53,733,543

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