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2009 • PG • 1h 34m • Action, Adventure, Animation • Summit Entertainment

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6.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$6.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$19.55M

Final

Worldwide total

$41.64M

$22.09M international

Domestic legs2.9x

Budget$65M

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Cast & crew

Freddie Highmore

Freddie Highmore Starring

Kristen Bell

Kristen Bell Starring

Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane Starring

Eugene Levy

Eugene Levy Starring

Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy Starring

ScreenplayTimothy Harris, David Bowers Produced byMaryann Garger CinematographyPepe Valencia MusicJohn Ottman StudioSummit Entertainment

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 23-25 6 $6.7M — 3,014 $2,224 $6.7M

2 Oct 30-Nov 1 7 $3.5M −48.4% 3,020 $1,146 $11.3M

3 Nov 6-8 10 $2.6M −24.1% 1,918 $1,369 $15.1M

4 Nov 13-15 13 $1.7M −35.2% 1,354 $1,258 $18.0M

5 Nov 20-22 19 $406.1K −76.2% 724 $561 $18.6M

6 Nov 27-29 27 $172.9K −57.4% 287 $602 $18.9M

7 Dec 4-6 37 $58.0K −66.5% 158 $367 $19.0M

8 Dec 11-13 39 $44.2K −23.7% 122 $363 $19.1M

9 Dec 18-20 32 $80.1K +81.2% 252 $318 $19.2M

10 Dec 25-27 38 $51.7K −35.5% 168 $308 $19.3M

11 Jan 1-3 37 $74.5K +44.0% 152 $490 $19.5M

12 Jan 8-10 43 $44.3K −40.5% 106 $418 $19.5M

13 Jan 15-17 52 $14.0K −68.4% 54 $260 $19.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 23 #8 $1.8M — $1.8M 3,014 $605 1

Sat Oct 24 #6 $3.0M +65% $4.8M 3,014 $1,000 2

Sun Oct 25 #6 $1.9M −38% $6.7M 3,014 $619 3

Mon Oct 26 #10 $307.9K −83% $7.0M 3,014 $102 4

Tue Oct 27 #10 $298.0K −3% $7.3M 3,014 $99 5

Wed Oct 28 #11 $258.7K −13% $7.6M 3,014 $86 6

Thu Oct 29 #11 $288.2K +11% $7.9M 3,014 $96 7

Fri Oct 30 #9 $975.4K +238% −47% $8.8M 3,020 $323 8

Sat Oct 31 #11 $968.0K −1% −68% $9.8M 3,020 $321 9

Sun Nov 1 #6 $1.5M +57% −19% $11.3M 3,020 $502 10

Mon Nov 2 #9 $270.9K −82% −12% $11.6M 3,020 $90 11

Tue Nov 3 #7 $406.2K +50% +36% $12.0M 3,020 $134 12

Wed Nov 4 #11 $217.2K −47% −16% $12.2M 3,020 $72 13

Thu Nov 5 #8 $274.0K +26% −5% $12.5M 3,020 $91 14

Fri Nov 6 #13 $546.5K +99% −44% $13.0M 1,918 $285 15

Sat Nov 7 #10 $1.2M +126% +27% $14.3M 1,918 $643 16

Sun Nov 8 #10 $845.4K −31% −44% $15.1M 1,918 $441 17

Mon Nov 9 #13 $123.7K −85% −54% $15.2M 1,918 $64 18

Tue Nov 10 #13 $157.5K +27% −61% $15.4M 1,918 $82 19

Wed Nov 11 #10 $756.5K +380% +248% $16.1M 1,918 $394 20

Thu Nov 12 #13 $113.9K −85% −58% $16.3M 1,918 $59 21

Fri Nov 13 #13 $327.8K +188% −40% $16.6M 1,354 $242 22

Sat Nov 14 #13 $820.4K +150% −34% $17.4M 1,354 $606 23

Sun Nov 15 #13 $554.8K −32% −34% $18.0M 1,354 $410 24

Mon Nov 16 $66.6K −88% −46% $18.0M 1,354 $49 25

Tue Nov 17 $59.8K −10% −62% $18.1M 1,354 $44 26

Wed Nov 18 $64.7K +8% −91% $18.2M 1,354 $48 27

Thu Nov 19 $59.0K −9% −48% $18.2M 1,354 $44 28

Fri Nov 20 #19 $92.1K +56% −72% $18.3M 724 $127 29

Sat Nov 21 #18 $183.4K +99% −78% $18.5M 724 $253 30

Sun Nov 22 #16 $130.5K −29% −76% $18.6M 724 $180 31

Mon Nov 23 $36.7K −72% −45% $18.7M 724 $51 32

Tue Nov 24 $47.0K +28% −21% $18.7M 724 $65 33

Wed Nov 25 $27.9K −41% −57% $18.7M 287 $97 34

Thu Nov 26 $16.6K −41% −72% $18.7M 287 $58 35

Fri Nov 27 $57.4K +246% −38% $18.8M 287 $200 36

Sat Nov 28 $72.5K +26% −60% $18.9M 287 $253 37

Sun Nov 29 $43.0K −41% −67% $18.9M 287 $150 38

Mon Nov 30 $10.4K −76% −72% $18.9M 287 $36 39

Tue Dec 1 $10.1K −3% −78% $18.9M 287 $35 40

Wed Dec 2 $7.7K −24% −73% $19.0M 287 $27 41

Thu Dec 3 $6.0K −22% −64% $19.0M 287 $21 42

Fri Dec 4 $12.5K +109% −78% $19.0M 158 $79 43

Sat Dec 5 $26.8K +114% −63% $19.0M 158 $170 44

Sun Dec 6 $18.7K −30% −57% $19.0M 158 $118 45

Mon Dec 7 $2.5K −87% −76% $19.0M 158 $16 46

Tue Dec 8 $3.2K +28% −69% $19.0M 158 $20 47

Wed Dec 9 $3.8K +20% −51% $19.0M 158 $24 48

Thu Dec 10 $5.1K +34% −16% $19.0M 158 $32 49

Fri Dec 11 $8.9K +77% −29% $19.0M 122 $73 50

Sat Dec 12 $21.8K +145% −18% $19.1M 122 $179 51

Sun Dec 13 $13.5K −38% −28% $19.1M 122 $110 52

Mon Dec 14 $3.1K −77% +25% $19.1M 122 $25 53

Tue Dec 15 $3.3K +6% +5% $19.1M 122 $27 54

Wed Dec 16 $5.3K +61% +41% $19.1M 122 $44 55

Thu Dec 17 $3.4K −36% −33% $19.1M 122 $28 56

Fri Dec 18 $18.0K +432% +102% $19.1M 252 $72 57

Sat Dec 19 $34.4K +91% +57% $19.1M 252 $137 58

Sun Dec 20 $27.7K −19% +106% $19.2M 252 $110 59

Mon Dec 21 $21.4K −23% +588% $19.2M 252 $85 60

Tue Dec 22 $25.4K +19% +667% $19.2M 252 $101 61

Wed Dec 23 $20.7K −18% +288% $19.2M 252 $82 62

Thu Dec 24 $11.0K −47% +225% $19.2M 252 $44 63

Fri Dec 25 $10.7K −2% −40% $19.3M 168 $64 64

Sat Dec 26 $22.2K +107% −35% $19.3M 168 $132 65

Sun Dec 27 $18.8K −15% −32% $19.3M 168 $112 66

Mon Dec 28 $17.6K −6% −18% $19.3M 168 $105 67

Tue Dec 29 $21.3K +22% −16% $19.3M 168 $127 68

Wed Dec 30 $22.3K +5% +8% $19.3M 168 $133 69

Thu Dec 31 $17.8K −20% +62% $19.4M 152 $117 70

Fri Jan 1 $28.5K +60% +165% $19.4M 152 $187 71

Sat Jan 2 $30.1K +6% +36% $19.4M 152 $198 72

Sun Jan 3 $15.9K −47% −15% $19.4M 152 $104 73

Mon Jan 4 $6.8K −57% −61% $19.4M 152 $45 74

Tue Jan 5 $4.6K −33% −79% $19.4M 152 $30 75

Wed Jan 6 $3.8K −16% −83% $19.4M 152 $25 76

Thu Jan 7 $3.7K −3% −79% $19.5M 152 $24 77

Fri Jan 8 $8.6K +132% −70% $19.5M 106 $81 78

Sat Jan 9 $21.1K +144% −30% $19.5M 106 $199 79

Sun Jan 10 $14.6K −31% −8% $19.5M 106 $138 80

Mon Jan 11 $2.7K −82% −61% $19.5M 106 $25 81

Tue Jan 12 $3.1K +14% −33% $19.5M 106 $29 82

Wed Jan 13 $3.0K −3% −23% $19.5M 106 $28 83

Thu Jan 14 $3.5K +19% −5% $19.5M 106 $33 84

Fri Jan 15 $2.8K −21% −68% $19.5M 54 $52 85

Sat Jan 16 $6.5K +133% −69% $19.5M 54 $120 86

Sun Jan 17 $4.7K −27% −67% $19.5M 54 $88 87

Mon Jan 18 #47 $6.2K +31% +133% $19.5M 54 $115 88

Tue Jan 19 $1.2K −81% −62% $19.5M 54 $21 89

Wed Jan 20 $739 −36% −75% $19.5M 54 $14 90

Thu Jan 21 $1.1K +50% −69% $19.6M 54 $20 91

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$19.4M

Oct 23Nov 9Nov 27Dec 14Dec 31

Weekend grossWk 10 · $51.7K

$6.7M

$3.5M

$2.6M

$1.7M

$406.1K

$172.9K

$58.0K

$44.2K

$80.1K

$51.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,020 → 152 −95.0%

3,014 open152 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.5%

−48.4%

W1→2

−24.1%

W2→3

−35.2%

W3→4

−76.2%

W4→5

−57.4%

W5→6

−66.5%

W6→7

−23.7%

W7→8

+81.2%

W8→9

−35.5%

W9→10

Steepest −76.2%Biggest gain +81.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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