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A Series of Unfortunate Events

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

Mishaps. Misadventures. Mayhem. Oh joy.

Compare to other movies
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

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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Cumulative Total

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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBrad Silberling
ScreenplayRobert Gordon
StarringEmily Browning, Liam Aiken, Kara Hoffman, Shelby Hoffman, Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep
StudioParamount Pictures