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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.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$138M
Final
Opening Weekend
$30.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.59x
Opening → Total
Budget
$200M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$325M
$187M international
2009 Rank
#21
Domestic

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

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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
StarringJim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Bob Hoskins
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures