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Big Eyes

2014 • PG-13 • 1h 46m • Biography, Crime, Drama • The Weinstein Company

She created it. He sold it. And everyone bought it.

🍅 72% 68%

62

3.42

6.9

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$3.0M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$14.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$27.3M

$12.8M international

Domestic Legs4.8x

Budget$10M

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Cast & Crew

Full Burton filmography

Tim Burton Director

Amy Adams Starring

Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz Starring

Danny Huston Starring

Krysten Ritter Starring

Jason Schwartzman

Jason Schwartzman Starring

ScreenplayLarry Karaszewski, Scott Alexander Produced byTim Burton, Larry Karaszewski, Scott Alexander, Lynette Howell Taylor CinematographyBruno Delbonnel MusicDanny Elfman StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 26-28 15 $3.0M — 1,307 $2,297 $4.4M

2 Jan 2-4 14 $2.6M −13.0% 1,307 $1,997 $9.9M

3 Jan 9-11 15 $1.3M −51.8% 1,044 $1,204 $12.2M

4 Jan 16-18 23 $535.0K −57.4% 587 $911 $13.5M

5 Jan 23-25 31 $228.6K −57.3% 303 $754 $14.0M

6 Jan 30-Feb 1 40 $86.1K −62.3% 137 $628 $14.2M

7 Feb 6-8 47 $62.7K −27.2% 111 $565 $14.3M

8 Feb 13-15 55 $34.9K −44.3% 66 $529 $14.4M

9 Feb 20-22 61 $15.0K −57.0% 30 $501 $14.4M

10 Feb 27-Mar 1 69 $12.1K −19.7% 37 $326 $14.4M

11 Mar 6-8 75 $7.7K −36.5% 20 $383 $14.5M

12 Mar 13-15 71 $7.5K −1.4% 16 $472 $14.5M

13 Mar 20-22 81 $3.4K −55.1% 7 $484 $14.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 25 — $1.4M — $1.4M 1,307 $1,079 -1

Fri Dec 26 #15 $1.0M −26.1% $2.5M 1,307 $798 1

Sat Dec 27 #14 $1.1M +6.4% $3.6M 1,307 $849 2

Sun Dec 28 — $848.5K −23.6% $4.4M 1,307 $649 3

Mon Dec 29 #15 $562.6K −33.7% $5.0M 1,307 $430 4

Tue Dec 30 #14 $605.1K +7.6% $5.6M 1,307 $463 5

Wed Dec 31 — $747.7K +23.6% $6.3M 1,307 $572 6

Thu Jan 1 #13 $986.3K +31.9% $7.3M 1,307 $755 7

Fri Jan 2 #14 $957.5K −2.9% −8.2% $8.3M 1,307 $733 8

Sat Jan 3 #14 $1.0M +5.3% −9.2% $9.3M 1,307 $771 9

Sun Jan 4 #14 $644.4K −36.1% −24.0% $9.9M 1,307 $493 10

Mon Jan 5 #13 $247.9K −61.5% −55.9% $10.2M 1,408 $176 11

Tue Jan 6 #12 $295.0K +19.0% −51.3% $10.5M 1,408 $210 12

Wed Jan 7 #12 $249.3K −15.5% −66.7% $10.7M 1,408 $177 13

Thu Jan 8 #11 $245.5K −1.5% −75.1% $11.0M 1,408 $174 14

Fri Jan 9 #15 $368.9K +50.3% −61.5% $11.3M 1,044 $353 15

Sat Jan 10 — $562.0K +52.3% −44.2% $11.9M 1,044 $538 16

Sun Jan 11 — $326.3K −41.9% −49.4% $12.2M 1,044 $313 17

Mon Jan 12 #14 $158.1K −51.6% −36.2% $12.4M 1,044 $151 18

Tue Jan 13 #14 $210.7K +33.3% −28.6% $12.6M 1,044 $202 19

Wed Jan 14 #14 $184.8K −12.3% −25.8% $12.8M 1,044 $177 20

Thu Jan 15 #13 $157.2K −14.9% −36.0% $12.9M 1,044 $151 21

Fri Jan 16 — $147.5K −6.2% −60.0% $13.1M 587 $251 22

Sat Jan 17 — $227.8K +54.4% −59.5% $13.3M 587 $388 23

Sun Jan 18 — $159.7K −29.9% −51.1% $13.5M 587 $272 24

Mon Jan 19 — $123.8K −22.5% −21.7% $13.6M 587 $211 25

Tue Jan 20 — $69.2K −44.1% −67.1% $13.7M 587 $118 26

Wed Jan 21 — $58.6K −15.3% −68.3% $13.7M 587 $100 27

Thu Jan 22 — $61.3K +4.6% −61.0% $13.8M 587 $104 28

Fri Jan 23 — $64.2K +4.8% −56.5% $13.8M 303 $212 29

Sat Jan 24 — $98.7K +53.7% −56.7% $13.9M 303 $326 30

Sun Jan 25 — $65.7K −33.5% −58.9% $14.0M 303 $217 31

Mon Jan 26 — $26.9K −59.1% −78.3% $14.0M 303 $89 32

Tue Jan 27 — $34.3K +27.7% −50.4% $14.1M 303 $113 33

Wed Jan 28 — $21.5K −37.2% −63.3% $14.1M 303 $71 34

Thu Jan 29 — $20.8K −3.2% −66.0% $14.1M 303 $69 35

Fri Jan 30 — $25.6K +22.8% −60.1% $14.1M 137 $187 36

Sat Jan 31 — $40.2K +56.8% −59.3% $14.2M 137 $293 37

Sun Feb 1 — $20.3K −49.4% −69.0% $14.2M 137 $148 38

Mon Feb 2 — $11.7K −42.5% −56.5% $14.2M 137 $85 39

Tue Feb 3 — $19.6K +68.3% −42.7% $14.2M 137 $143 40

Wed Feb 4 — $15.5K −21.0% −27.9% $14.2M 137 $113 41

Thu Feb 5 — $16.3K +4.9% −21.9% $14.3M 137 $119 42

Fri Feb 6 — $17.9K +10.0% −30.1% $14.3M 111 $161 43

Sat Feb 7 — $27.6K +54.0% −31.3% $14.3M 111 $248 44

Sun Feb 8 — $17.2K −37.7% −15.5% $14.3M 111 $155 45

Mon Feb 9 — $8.8K −48.5% −24.3% $14.3M 111 $80 46

Tue Feb 10 — $9.0K +1.9% −54.1% $14.3M 111 $81 47

Wed Feb 11 — $9.0K +0.0% −41.9% $14.3M 111 $81 48

Thu Feb 12 — $7.9K −12.1% −51.3% $14.4M 111 $71 49

Fri Feb 13 — $9.2K +15.7% −48.8% $14.4M 66 $139 50

Sat Feb 14 — $15.2K +65.4% −45.0% $14.4M 66 $230 51

Sun Feb 15 — $10.6K −30.1% −38.3% $14.4M 66 $161 52

Mon Feb 16 — $6.9K −35.3% −22.5% $14.4M 66 $104 53

Tue Feb 17 — $3.7K −45.7% −58.7% $14.4M 66 $56 54

Wed Feb 18 — $3.2K −13.5% −64.3% $14.4M 66 $49 55

Thu Feb 19 — $3.0K −6.3% −61.9% $14.4M 66 $46 56

Fri Feb 20 — $4.8K +57.7% −48.1% $14.4M 30 $159 57

Sat Feb 21 — $7.1K +49.3% −53.1% $14.4M 30 $237 58

Sun Feb 22 — $3.2K −55.6% −70.2% $14.4M 30 $105 59

Mon Feb 23 — $1.4K −54.6% −79.1% $14.4M 30 $48 60

Tue Feb 24 — $1.9K +32.8% −48.9% $14.4M 30 $63 61

Wed Feb 25 — $2.5K +29.2% −23.7% $14.4M 30 $82 62

Thu Feb 26 — $3.4K +40.2% +14.3% $14.4M 30 $115 63

Fri Feb 27 — $3.4K −0.4% −27.9% $14.4M 37 $93 64

Sat Feb 28 — $5.3K +54.6% −25.3% $14.4M 37 $143 65

Sun Mar 1 — $3.3K −37.4% +5.2% $14.4M 37 $90 66

Mon Mar 2 — $1.7K −49.4% +17.4% $14.4M 37 $45 67

Tue Mar 3 — $1.8K +7.6% −4.9% $14.4M 37 $49 68

Wed Mar 4 — $1.5K −15.5% −37.8% $14.4M 37 $41 69

Thu Mar 5 — $1.9K +24.6% −44.7% $14.5M 37 $52 70

Fri Mar 6 — $2.1K +11.6% −38.0% $14.5M 20 $106 71

Sat Mar 7 — $2.9K +34.7% −46.0% $14.5M 20 $143 72

Sun Mar 8 — $2.7K −7.4% −20.0% $14.5M 20 $133 73

Mon Mar 9 — $780 −70.6% −53.6% $14.5M 20 $39 74

Tue Mar 10 — $867 +11.2% −52.1% $14.5M 20 $43 75

Wed Mar 11 — $2.1K +140.7% +36.4% $14.5M 20 $104 76

Thu Mar 12 — $834 −60.0% −56.3% $14.5M 20 $42 77

Fri Mar 13 — $2.1K +146.3% −3.5% $14.5M 16 $128 78

Sat Mar 14 — $2.5K +22.8% −12.1% $14.5M 16 $158 79

Sun Mar 15 — $3.0K +17.7% +11.7% $14.5M 16 $186 80

Mon Mar 16 — $1.4K −51.3% +85.3% $14.5M 16 $90 81

Tue Mar 17 — $1.5K +0.8% +67.9% $14.5M 16 $91 82

Wed Mar 18 — $904 −37.9% −56.7% $14.5M 16 $56 83

Thu Mar 19 — $1.3K +42.4% +54.3% $14.5M 16 $80 84

Fri Mar 20 — $940 −27.0% −54.2% $14.5M 7 $134 85

Sat Mar 21 — $1.6K +71.4% −36.1% $14.5M 7 $230 86

Sun Mar 22 — $835 −48.2% −71.9% $14.5M 7 $119 87

Mon Mar 23 — $351 −58.0% −75.7% $14.5M 7 $50 88

Tue Mar 24 — $1.2K +235.3% −19.2% $14.5M 7 $168 89

Wed Mar 25 — $321 −72.7% −64.5% $14.5M 7 $46 90

Thu Mar 26 — $406 +26.5% −68.5% $14.5M 7 $58 91

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

Cumulative total$14.5M

Dec 25Jan 12Jan 29Feb 16Mar 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $12.1K

$3.0M

$2.6M

$1.3M

$535.0K

$228.6K

$86.1K

$62.7K

$34.9K

$15.0K

$12.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,408 → 37 −97.4%

1,307 open37 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −19.7%

−13.0%

W1→2

−51.8%

W2→3

−57.4%

W3→4

−57.3%

W4→5

−62.3%

W5→6

−27.2%

W6→7

−44.3%

W7→8

−57.0%

W8→9

−19.7%

W9→10

Steepest −62.3%Best hold −13.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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