The Santa ClauseThe Santa Clause 2The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
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The Santa Clause

3 films1994–2006Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
49%average critics49%average audience$123.0Mdomestic average
Films
3
1994–2006
Domestic
$369.0M
lifetime
Worldwide
$471.5M
lifetime
Avg opening
$22.6M
3-day
Avg legs
5.54x
opening → total
Return
4.2x
on $87.0M of budget

Filmography

FilmYearOpeningDomesticLegsWorldwideCinemaScoreRTYearly rank
The Santa ClausePG · 1h 37m1994$19.3M$145.5M7.50x$190.5M73%
The Santa Clause 21h 44m2002$29.0M$139.0M4.80x$173.0MA56%#15
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape ClauseG · 1h 37m2006$19.5M$84.5M4.33x$108.0MB+17%#24
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Film by film

DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 6.0 years

Profitability

Return on Budget
4.2x
$363.5M worldwide on $87.0M of production budget
Budget$87.0M
Domestic$284.5M
Worldwide$363.5M
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
78%DOMESTIC
Domestic $284.5MInternational $79.0M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven5.3x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.

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