<i>Hocus Pocus</i> (1993 film)

Hocus Pocus (1993 film)

<p><i><b>Hocus Pocus</b></i> is a 1993 American <a href="/en/Fantasy_film" title="Fantasy film" class="wl">fantasy</a> <a href="/en/Comedy_film" title="Comedy film" class="wl">comedy film</a><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="#cite_note-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span> that follows a villainous comedic trio of <a href="/en/Witchcraft" title="Witchcraft" class="wl">witches</a> (<a href="/en/Bette_Midler" title="Bette Midler" class="wl">Bette Midler</a>, <a href="/en/Sarah_Jessica_Parker" title="Sarah Jessica Parker" class="wl">Sarah Jessica Parker</a>, and <a href="/en/Kathy_Najimy" title="Kathy Najimy" class="wl">Kathy Najimy</a>) who are inadvertently resurrected by a  teenage boy (<a href="/en/Omri_Katz" title="Omri Katz" class="wl">Omri Katz</a>) in <a href="/en/Salem,_Massachusetts" title="Salem, Massachusetts" class="wl">Salem, Massachusetts</a>, on <a href="/en/Halloween" title="Halloween" class="wl">Halloween</a> night. The film is directed by <a href="/en/Kenny_Ortega" title="Kenny Ortega" class="wl">Kenny Ortega</a> from a screenplay by <a href="/en/Mick_Garris" title="Mick Garris" class="wl">Mick Garris</a> and Neil Cuthbert, and a story by <a href="/en/David_Kirschner" title="David Kirschner" class="wl">David Kirschner</a> and Garris.</p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Hocus Pocus, Directed by, Screenplay by, Stor...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vevent mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">Hocus Pocus</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border"><a href="/en/File:Hocuspocusposter.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Hocuspocusposter.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c9/Hocuspocusposter.jpg/220px-Hocuspocusposter.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="380" data-file-type="bitmap" height="327" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Hocuspocusposter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Hocuspocusposter.jpg 2x" alt="Hocuspocusposter.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster by <a href="/en/Drew_Struzan" title="Drew Struzan" class="wl">Drew Struzan</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Kenny_Ortega" title="Kenny Ortega" class="wl">Kenny Ortega</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Mick_Garris" title="Mick Garris" class="wl">Mick Garris</a></li>
<li>Neil Cuthbert</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Story by</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/David_Kirschner" title="David Kirschner" class="wl">David Kirschner</a></li>
<li>Mick Garris</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li>David Kirschner</li>
<li><a href="/en/Steven_Haft" title="Steven Haft" class="wl">Steven Haft</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="/en/Bette_Midler" title="Bette Midler" class="wl">Bette Midler</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Sarah_Jessica_Parker" title="Sarah Jessica Parker" class="wl">Sarah Jessica Parker</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Kathy_Najimy" title="Kathy Najimy" class="wl">Kathy Najimy</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Omri_Katz" title="Omri Katz" class="wl">Omri Katz</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Thora_Birch" title="Thora Birch" class="wl">Thora Birch</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Vinessa_Shaw" title="Vinessa Shaw" class="wl">Vinessa Shaw</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Hiro_Narita" title="Hiro Narita" class="wl">Hiro Narita</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Peter_E._Berger" title="Peter E. Berger" class="wl">Peter E. Berger</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/John_Debney" title="John Debney" class="wl">John Debney</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br>company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="/en/Walt_Disney_Pictures" title="Walt Disney Pictures" class="wl">Walt Disney Pictures</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Walt_Disney_Studios_Motion_Pictures" title="Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures" class="wl">Buena Vista Pictures Distribution</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li>July<span>&nbsp;</span>16,<span>&nbsp;</span>1993<span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1993-07-16</span>)</span></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">96 minutes<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$28<span>&nbsp;</span>million<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-numbers_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-numbers-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$45.4<span>&nbsp;</span>million<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-mojo_3-0"><a href="#cite_note-mojo-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>
<p>The film was released in North America on July 16, 1993, by <a href="/en/Walt_Disney_Pictures" title="Walt Disney Pictures" class="wl">Walt Disney Pictures</a>. Upon its release, it received mixed reviews from film critics and was not a box office success, possibly losing Disney around $16.5<span>&nbsp;</span>million during its theatrical run. However, largely through many annual airings on <a href="/en/Disney_Channel" title="Disney Channel" class="wl">Disney Channel</a> and <a href="/en/Freeform_(TV_channel)" title="Freeform (TV channel)" class="wl">Freeform</a> (formerly ABC Family, Fox Family and The Family Channel) all throughout the month of October, <i>Hocus Pocus</i> has been rediscovered by audiences, resulting in a yearly spike in home media sales of the film every Halloween season.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Vulture.com_5-0"><a href="#cite_note-Vulture.com-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span> The annual celebration of Halloween has helped make the film a <a href="/en/Cult_classic" title="Cult classic" class="mw-redirect wl">cult classic</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Yahoo.com_6-0"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo.com-6" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[6]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-E!_Online_7-0"><a href="#cite_note-E!_Online-7" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[7]</span></a></span></p>

<p>A sequel, <i><a href="/en/Hocus_Pocus_2" title="Hocus Pocus 2" class="wl">Hocus Pocus 2</a></i>, written by Jen D'Angelo and directed by <a href="/en/Anne_Fletcher" title="Anne Fletcher" class="wl">Anne Fletcher</a>, was released on September 30, 2022, on <a href="/en/Disney+" title="Disney+" class="wl">Disney+</a>.</p>



Hocus Pocus is a 1993 American fantasy comedy film that follows a villainous comedic trio of witches who are inadvertently resurrected by a  teenage boy in Salem, Massachusetts, on Halloween night. The film is directed by Kenny Ortega from a screenplay by Mick Garris and Neil Cuthbert, and a story by David Kirschner and Garris. The film was released in North America on July 16, 1993, by Walt Disney Pictures. Upon its release, it received mixed reviews from film critics and was not a box office success, possibly losing Disney around $16.5 million during its theatrical run. However, largely through many annual airings on Disney Channel and Freeform all throughout the month of October, Hocus Pocus has been rediscovered by audiences, resulting in a yearly spike in home media sales of the film every Halloween season. 