<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $28 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $39.5 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Hocus Pocus is a 1993 American comedy horror fantasy film directed by Kenny Ortega, starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker; written by Neil Cuthbert and Mick Garris, and based on a story by Garris and David Kirschner . It follows the villainous trio of witches, who are inadvertently resurrected by a teenage male virgin in Salem, Massachusetts . </P> <P> Although it was not a critical or commercial success when first released, Hocus Pocus has become a cult film, largely from annual airings on Disney Channel and Freeform (formerly ABC Family). </P>

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