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Big Fish

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

An adventure as big as life itself.

Box office summary
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
Compare with other movies
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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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTim Burton
ScreenplayJohn August
Produced byRichard D. Zanuck, Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot
MusicDanny Elfman
Prod. DesignDennis Gassner
StarringEwan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman
StudioSony Pictures Releasing