Magic
A terrifying love story.
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
- Director
- Richard Attenborough
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $24M
Who's in it
Cast
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What It's About
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A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
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Box Office & Release
Magic returned 3.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $7M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $24M
- Release date
- Nov 8, 1978
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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