Hocus Pocus(Movie, 1993)

Name: Hocus Pocus
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Kids & Family
Released: 1993
Duration: T01:36:00
Rating: 3.6

| 1h 36min | Genres: Fantasy, Comedy, Kids & Family

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 1,311 votes)

Hocus Pocus is a 1993 American fantasy comedy film directed by Kenny Ortega from a screenplay by Mick Garris and Neil Cuthbert, and a story by David Kirschner and Garris. It follows a villainous comedic trio of witches (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy) who are inadvertently resurrected by a teenage boy (Omri Katz) in Salem, Massachusetts, on Halloween night. The film was released in North America on July 16, 1993, by Walt Disney Pictures. Upon its original release, it received mixed reviews from critics and was initially a box-office bomb, possibly losing Disney around $16.5 million during its theatrical run. However, largely through many annual airings on Disney Channel and Freeform (formerly ABC Family, Fox Family and The Family Channel) all throughout the month of October, Hocus Pocus has been rediscovered by audiences, resultin... ()

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About Hocus Pocus

After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.

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Trailer for Hocus Pocus + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer(Trailer, 1:55)

Trailer (Trailer) | Hocus Pocus (1993) (Trailer) | Trailer German (Trailer, DE) | German Clip (Clip, DE)

Additional Information

Official websites:

movies.disney.com

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: California

Plays in: Massachusetts

Made by: Walt Disney Pictures, Touchwood Pacific Partners 1

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR)

Translated into 29 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 07/16/1993

Cast: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw, Jason Marsden, Sean Murray, Charles Rocket, Doug Jones, Garry Marshall, Kathleen Freeman, Larry Bagby, Penny Marshall, Stephanie Faracy, Peggy Holmes, Norbert Weisser

Director: Kenny Ortega

Producer: David Kirschner, Steven Haft

Screenwriter: Mick Garris, Neil Cuthbert

Executive Producer: Ralph Winter

Film Editor: Peter E. Berger

Director of Photography: Hiro Narita

Composer: John Debney

Production Designer: William Sandell

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Abracadabra"

"Hocus Pocus 1"

"Hocus Pocus - Drei zauberhafte Hexen"

"El retorno de las brujas"

"Hokkus Pokkus"

"جادو جمبل"

"هوکس پوکس"

"ホーカスポーカス"

"Abracadabra"

Keywords: undead, time skip, grimoire, sibling relationship, halloween, virgin, witch, talking cat, magic, trick or treating, spellcasting, resurrection, salem, massachusetts, potion

Budget: 28,000,000 USD

Revenue: 45,395,069 USD (= 162%)