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Big Fish

2003 PG-13 2h 5m Adventure, Drama, Fantasy Sony Pictures Releasing

An adventure as big as life itself.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$66.8M
Final
Opening Weekend
$13.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.84x
Opening → Total
Budget
$70.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$123M
$56.1M international
2003 Rank
#44
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 26-28 14 $2.1M $3.5M 124 $17K 1
Jan 2-4 12 $2.5M +23.9% $8.5M 125 $20K 2
Jan 9-11 2 $13.8M +442.8% $23.4M 2,406 $6K 3
Jan 16-18 2 $10.3M -25.4% $37.9M 2,514 $4K 4
Jan 23-25 4 $7.1M -31.0% $48.9M 2,438 $3K 5
Jan 30-Feb 1 6 $4.5M -36.2% $55.3M 2,280 $2K 6
Feb 6-8 11 $3.2M -30.5% $59.7M 1,617 $2K 7
Feb 13-15 13 $2.5M -20.6% $63.0M 1,224 $2K 8
Feb 20-22 17 $1.2M -52.5% $65.2M 947 $1K 9
Feb 27-29 24 $355K -70.1% $65.8M 371 $956 10
Mar 5-7 37 $151K -57.5% $66.1M 207 $728 11
Mar 12-14 42 $109K -27.5% $66.3M 134 $816 12

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTim Burton
ScreenplayJohn August
StarringEwan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman
StudioSony Pictures Releasing