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A Christmas Carol

2009 PG 1h 36m Adventure, Animation, Comedy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Christmas comes but once a year, but for one man, that's once too often.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$30.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$138M
Final
Worldwide Total
$325M
$187M international
Domestic Legs4.59x
Budget$200M
2009 Rank#21
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 6-8 1 $30.1M $30.1M 3,683 $8K 1
Nov 13-15 2 $22.3M -25.8% $63.3M 3,683 $6K 2
Nov 20-22 5 $12.3M -45.0% $79.8M 3,578 $3K 3
Nov 27-29 5 $15.8M +28.4% $104.9M 3,013 $5K 4
Dec 4-6 4 $7.8M -50.7% $115.2M 2,546 $3K 5
Dec 11-13 5 $6.8M -12.0% $124.4M 2,402 $3K 6
Dec 18-20 7 $3.4M -49.6% $130.8M 2,070 $2K 7
Dec 25-27 13 $1.3M -62.5% $135.9M 1,245 $1K 8
Jan 1-3 18 $555K -57.1% $137.4M 981 $565 9
Jan 8-10 39 $57K -89.7% $137.6M 118 $484 10
Jan 15-17 38 $81K +42.1% $137.7M 171 $475 11
Jan 22-24 44 $48K -41.2% $137.8M 130 $367 12

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRobert Zemeckis
ScreenplayRobert Zemeckis
Produced bySteve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke
CinematographyRobert Presley
MusicAlan Silvestri
Prod. DesignDoug Chiang
StarringJim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Bob Hoskins
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures