Name: Arthur Christmas
Director: Sarah Smith
Genre: Animation, Family, Comedy
Released: 2011
Cast: James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Wed Nov 23	#4	$2.39M		—	$2.39M	3,376	$708	-2
Thu Nov 24	#7	$1.84M	-22.9%	—	$4.23M	3,376	$546	-1
Fri Nov 25	#5	$4.50M	+144.4%	—	$8.74M	3,376	$1.3K	1
Sat Nov 26	#4	$4.76M	+5.7%	—	$13.50M	3,376	$1.4K	2
Sun Nov 27	#4	$2.80M	-41.1%	—	$16.30M	3,376	$830	3
Mon Nov 28	#7	$440K	-84.3%	—	$16.74M	3,376	$130	4
Tue Nov 29	#8	$439K	-0.3%	—	$17.18M	3,376	$130	5
Wed Nov 30	#7	$371K	-15.5%	—	$17.55M	3,376	$110	6
Thu Dec 1	#8	$391K	+5.3%	—	$17.94M	3,376	$116	7
Fri Dec 2	#4	$1.65M	+323.1%	-63.3%	$19.59M	3,376	$490	8
Sat Dec 3	#3	$3.47M	+109.7%	-27.2%	$23.06M	3,376	$1.0K	9
Sun Dec 4	#3	$2.28M	-34.1%	-18.6%	$25.34M	3,376	$676	10
Mon Dec 5	#6	$328K	-85.6%	-25.5%	$25.67M	3,376	$97	11
Tue Dec 6	#6	$428K	+30.6%	-2.4%	$26.10M	3,376	$127	12
Wed Dec 7	#5	$381K	-11.2%	+2.6%	$26.48M	3,376	$113	13
Thu Dec 8	#5	$409K	+7.6%	+4.8%	$26.89M	3,376	$121	14
Fri Dec 9	#6	$1.43M	+248.4%	-13.7%	$28.32M	3,272	$436	15
Sat Dec 10	#5	$3.11M	+117.9%	-10.3%	$31.43M	3,272	$950	16
Sun Dec 11	#4	$1.97M	-36.5%	-13.5%	$33.40M	3,272	$604	17
Mon Dec 12	#7	$303K	-84.7%	-7.7%	$33.70M	3,272	$93	18
Tue Dec 13	#7	$429K	+41.6%	+0.1%	$34.13M	3,272	$131	19
Wed Dec 14	#7	$370K	-13.7%	-2.8%	$34.50M	3,272	$113	20
Thu Dec 15	#5	$445K	+20.4%	+8.7%	$34.95M	3,272	$136	21
Fri Dec 16	#11	$842K	+89.0%	-41.0%	$35.79M	2,929	$287	22
Sat Dec 17	#8	$1.57M	+86.7%	-49.5%	$37.36M	2,929	$536	23
Sun Dec 18	#8	$1.14M	-27.4%	-42.2%	$38.50M	2,929	$390	24
Mon Dec 19	#7	$642K	-43.8%	+111.9%	$39.14M	2,929	$219	25
Tue Dec 20	#5	$801K	+24.9%	+86.8%	$39.94M	2,929	$273	26
Wed Dec 21	#7	$668K	-16.6%	+80.6%	$40.61M	2,105	$317	27
Thu Dec 22	#7	$856K	+28.1%	+92.2%	$41.47M	2,105	$407	28
Fri Dec 23	#8	$1.04M	+21.0%	+23.1%	$42.50M	1,804	$574	29
Sat Dec 24	#7	$739K	-28.6%	-53.0%	$43.24M	1,804	$410	30
Sun Dec 25	#-	$298K	-59.6%	-73.9%	$43.54M	1,524	$196	31
Mon Dec 26	#-	$436K	+46.1%	-32.1%	$43.98M	1,524	$286	32
Tue Dec 27	#-	$420K	-3.7%	-47.6%	$44.40M	1,524	$275	33
Wed Dec 28	#-	$379K	-9.8%	-43.3%	$44.78M	1,524	$248	34
Thu Dec 29	#-	$362K	-4.5%	-57.8%	$45.14M	1,524	$237	35
Fri Dec 30	#-	$309K	-14.5%	-70.2%	$45.45M	1,343	$230	36
Sat Dec 31	#-	$204K	-34.0%	-72.4%	$45.65M	1,343	$152	37
Sun Jan 1	#-	$170K	-16.8%	-43.1%	$45.82M	1,343	$126	38
Mon Jan 2	#-	$253K	+48.9%	-42.0%	$46.07M	1,343	$188	39
Tue Jan 3	#-	$115K	-54.3%	-72.5%	$46.19M	1,343	$86	40
Wed Jan 4	#-	$81K	-29.6%	-78.5%	$46.27M	1,343	$61	41
Thu Jan 5	#-	$68K	-16.5%	-81.2%	$46.34M	1,343	$51	42
Fri Jan 6	#-	$32K	-52.6%	-89.6%	$46.37M	280	$115	43
Sat Jan 7	#-	$40K	+24.6%	-80.4%	$46.41M	280	$143	44
Sun Jan 8	#-	$30K	-24.0%	-82.1%	$46.44M	280	$109	45
Mon Jan 9	#-	$7K	-78.6%	-97.4%	$46.45M	280	$23	46
Tue Jan 10	#-	$5K	-28.9%	-96.0%	$46.45M	280	$17	47
Wed Jan 11	#-	$6K	+37.0%	-92.2%	$46.46M	280	$23	48
Thu Jan 12	#-	$5K	-28.8%	-93.4%	$46.46M	280	$16	49

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Nov 25-27	4	$12.07M	—	$16.30M	3,376	$3.6K	1
Dec 2-4	4	$7.40M	-38.7%	$25.34M	3,376	$2.2K	2
Dec 9-11	5	$6.51M	-12.0%	$33.40M	3,272	$2.0K	3
Dec 16-18	8	$3.55M	-45.4%	$38.50M	2,929	$1.2K	4
Dec 23-25	13	$2.07M	-41.7%	$43.54M	1,804	$1.1K	5
Dec 30-Jan 1	20	$683K	-67.0%	$45.82M	1,343	$509	6
Jan 6-8	35	$103K	-85.0%	$46.44M	280	$367	7

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySarah Smith

ScreenplayPeter Baynham, Sarah Smith

Produced byPeter Lord, David Sproxton, Carla Shelley, Steve Pegram

CinematographyJericca Cleland

Music byHarry Gregson-Williams

StarringJames McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, Ashley Jensen, Laura Linney, Eva Longoria

StudioColumbia Pictures

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