Oracle Park is trading foul balls for flying broomsticks on Oct. 29, when the Giants turn their home field into an open-air movie theater for a screening of Practical Magic 2. Tickets run $28, gates open at 6 p.m., and the film starts at 7:30 p.m., with moviegoers able to watch from lower box seats or set up directly on the field.
The screening marks the fourth annual Halloween-season movie night staged by Giants Enterprises and Warner Bros. at the ballpark, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Stephen Revetria, president of Giants Enterprises, said in a statement that Oracle Park is a fitting place to celebrate Halloween week in San Francisco and that the event will bring fans together for the sequel. Tickets are available now at sfgiants.com/practicalmagic.
A Night Built Around the Owens Sisters
The Chronicle reports that pre-show activities include a red carpet walk and photo opportunity at a Practical Magic 2 backdrop, along with a digital photo station featuring a greenscreen of the witches' house. Organizers are also setting up themed food and drink, including a midnight margarita bar, plus a costume contest for attendees who want to dress the part.
Younger fans get their own perks: the first 500 guests will receive a sample of Ministry of Scent's Witchy Winter Wears, a curated collection of seasonal fragrances, while children age 14 and younger can pick up a free treat at the trick-or-treat station, per the same account.
From Cult Classic to Box Office No. 1
Practical Magic 2 reunites Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock as the Owens sisters, the roles they first played in the 1998 original, as the characters confront a family curse. The sequel opened in theaters on Sept. 10 and debuted at No. 1 at the North American box office, pulling in $30 million domestically and $46 million globally in its opening weekend, according to Boxoffice Pro.
That trajectory is a notable reversal from the original film's history. The 1998 Practical Magic grossed $94.4 million worldwide against a $60 million to $75 million production budget during its initial run, a theatrical disappointment that only grew into a Halloween cult favorite over the following decades, as Business Insider has detailed. The new screenplay was adapted from Alice Hoffman's 2021 novel The Book of Magic, itself a continuation of her 1995 book Practical Magic, and brings back original cast members Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing alongside newcomers Joey King and Maisie Williams, according to Wikipedia's entry on the film.
Stadium Screens as the New Social Outing
The Oracle Park date lands roughly two weeks after Warner Bros. made Practical Magic 2 available on premium video-on-demand platforms on Oct. 13, following the film's theatrical release, per Softonic. That timing underscores how the stadium event functions less as an exclusive premiere and more as a communal gathering built around a film already available to stream at home.
Oracle Park's capability to pull off a screening like this traces back to its primary videoboard, a Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Vision display spanning 153 feet wide by 70 feet tall, or 10,710 square feet, with 4K resolution. That scale has made it a natural venue for feature-film screenings since the Giants' first public movie night in July 2019, when a sing-along Bohemian Rhapsody drew an estimated 5,000 spectators with proceeds benefiting the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
A Growing Warner Bros. Tradition
Giants Enterprises and Warner Bros. are collaborating on the Halloween-season screening. Hoodline covered the Barbie screening in 2023, part of the same run of movie nights that has now reached its fourth annual installment.
Oracle Park itself, which opened in 2000, sits along McCovey Cove. For one evening later this month, that setting becomes the backdrop for the Owens sisters' latest adventure, with the ballpark's giant screen standing in for the biggest movie theater in the Bay Area.
