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A Series of Unfortunate Events

2004 PG 1h 48m Adventure, Comedy, Family Paramount Pictures

Mishaps. Misadventures. Mayhem. Oh joy.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$119M
Final
Opening Weekend
$30.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.95x
Opening → Total
Budget
$140M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$211M
$92.8M international
2004 Rank
#18
Domestic
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 17-19 1 $30.1M $30.1M 3,620 $8K 1
Dec 24-26 2 $12.6M -58.0% $59.4M 3,623 $3K 2
Dec 31-Jan 2 2 $14.6M +15.7% $94.6M 3,623 $4K 3
Jan 7-9 4 $7.4M -49.0% $105.6M 3,343 $2K 4
Jan 14-16 8 $4.0M -45.7% $111.1M 2,540 $2K 5
Jan 21-23 13 $1.6M -59.8% $114.6M 1,524 $1K 6
Jan 28-30 18 $973K -40.0% $116.0M 793 $1K 7
Feb 4-6 19 $441K -54.6% $116.7M 630 $700 8
Feb 11-13 31 $186K -57.8% $117.0M 280 $664 9
Feb 18-20 25 $320K +71.9% $117.3M 346 $924 10
Feb 25-27 28 $232K -27.6% $117.7M 316 $733 11
Mar 4-6 31 $206K -11.1% $118.0M 253 $814 12
Mar 11-13 34 $125K -39.2% $118.2M 233 $537 13
Mar 18-20 44 $86K -31.4% $118.4M 149 $576 14
Mar 25-27 51 $60K -30.6% $118.5M 109 $546 15

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBrad Silberling
ScreenplayRobert Gordon
Produced byWalter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Jim Van Wyck
CinematographyEmmanuel Lubezki
MusicThomas Newman
Prod. DesignRick Heinrichs
StarringEmily Browning, Liam Aiken, Kara Hoffman, Shelby Hoffman, Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep
StudioParamount Pictures