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Cats

2019 • PG • 1h 50m • Comedy, Drama, Family • Universal Pictures

You will believe.

🍅 19% 53%

32

1.24

2.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$6.6M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$27.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$75.3M

$48.1M international

Domestic Legs4.1x

Budget$100M

2019 Rank#87

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Cast & Crew

Full Hooper filmography

Tom Hooper Director

Judi Dench Starring

Idris Elba Starring

Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Hudson Starring

James Corden Starring

Ian McKellen Starring

ScreenplayLee Hall, Tom Hooper Produced byTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Tom Hooper, Debra Hayward CinematographyChristopher Ross MusicAndrew Lloyd Webber Prod. DesignEve Stewart StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 20-22 4 $6.6M — 3,380 $1,959 $6.6M

2 Dec 27-29 8 $4.8M −27.2% 3,380 $1,427 $17.8M

3 Jan 3-5 10 $2.6M −45.5% 2,902 $906 $24.7M

4 Jan 10-12 18 $559.3K −78.7% 818 $684 $26.4M

5 Jan 17-19 23 $143.7K −74.3% 146 $984 $26.8M

6 Jan 24-26 29 $104.8K −27.1% 133 $788 $27.0M

7 Jan 31-Feb 2 32 $70.4K −32.8% 105 $671 $27.1M

8 Feb 7-9 39 $44.5K −36.8% 85 $524 $27.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 19 — $550.0K — $550.0K — — -1

Fri Dec 20 #4 $2.6M +372.7% $2.6M 3,380 $769 1

Sat Dec 21 #5 $2.1M −18.4% $4.7M 3,380 $627 2

Sun Dec 22 #5 $1.9M −10.4% $6.6M 3,380 $562 3

Mon Dec 23 #5 $1.4M −28.1% $8.0M 3,380 $404 4

Tue Dec 24 #5 $1.1M −21.2% $9.1M 3,380 $318 5

Wed Dec 25 #8 $2.1M +97.3% $11.2M 3,380 $628 6

Thu Dec 26 #8 $1.8M −15.1% $13.0M 3,380 $534 7

Fri Dec 27 #8 $1.7M −6.3% −34.9% $14.7M 3,380 $500 8

Sat Dec 28 #9 $1.7M −0.2% −20.4% $16.4M 3,380 $499 9

Sun Dec 29 #9 $1.4M −14.4% −24.0% $17.8M 3,380 $427 10

Mon Dec 30 #8 $1.1M −24.4% −20.1% $18.9M 3,380 $323 11

Tue Dec 31 #9 $1.1M −2.1% −0.8% $20.0M 3,380 $316 12

Wed Jan 1 #9 $1.3M +19.6% −39.9% $21.2M 3,380 $378 13

Thu Jan 2 #9 $844.3K −33.9% −53.2% $22.1M 3,380 $250 14

Fri Jan 3 #10 $859.6K +1.8% −49.2% $23.0M 2,902 $296 15

Sat Jan 4 #10 $1.1M +25.7% −36.0% $24.0M 2,902 $372 16

Sun Jan 5 #10 $690.4K −36.1% −52.2% $24.7M 2,902 $238 17

Mon Jan 6 #10 $279.5K −59.5% −74.4% $25.0M 2,902 $96 18

Tue Jan 7 #10 $390.1K +39.5% −63.5% $25.4M 2,902 $134 19

Wed Jan 8 #10 $258.6K −33.7% −79.7% $25.6M 2,902 $89 20

Thu Jan 9 #10 $190.2K −26.5% −77.5% $25.8M 2,902 $66 21

Fri Jan 10 — $129.6K −31.8% −84.9% $26.0M 818 $158 22

Sat Jan 11 — $239.7K +84.9% −77.8% $26.2M 818 $293 23

Sun Jan 12 — $190.0K −20.7% −72.5% $26.4M 818 $232 24

Mon Jan 13 — $60.2K −68.3% −78.4% $26.5M 818 $74 25

Tue Jan 14 — $80.6K +33.7% −79.3% $26.5M 818 $98 26

Wed Jan 15 — $60.6K −24.8% −76.6% $26.6M 818 $74 27

Thu Jan 16 — $47.8K −21.1% −74.9% $26.6M 818 $58 28

Fri Jan 17 — $37.1K −22.4% −71.4% $26.7M 146 $254 29

Sat Jan 18 — $56.4K +52.1% −76.5% $26.7M 146 $386 30

Sun Jan 19 — $50.2K −10.9% −73.6% $26.8M 146 $344 31

Mon Jan 20 — $35.5K −29.3% −41.0% $26.8M 146 $243 32

Tue Jan 21 — $18.2K −48.7% −77.4% $26.8M 146 $125 33

Wed Jan 22 — $14.5K −20.7% −76.1% $26.9M 146 $99 34

Thu Jan 23 — $14.1K −2.7% −70.5% $26.9M 146 $96 35

Fri Jan 24 — $33.3K +136.4% −10.2% $26.9M 133 $250 36

Sat Jan 25 — $46.5K +39.6% −17.6% $27.0M 133 $350 37

Sun Jan 26 — $25.0K −46.2% −50.2% $27.0M 133 $188 38

Mon Jan 27 — $8.8K −64.8% −75.2% $27.0M 133 $66 39

Tue Jan 28 — $9.5K +7.8% −48.0% $27.0M 133 $71 40

Wed Jan 29 — $9.4K −0.4% −34.7% $27.0M 133 $71 41

Thu Jan 30 — $8.8K −6.6% −37.3% $27.0M 133 $66 42

Fri Jan 31 — $20.5K +132.4% −38.4% $27.0M 105 $195 43

Sat Feb 1 — $36.1K +76.0% −22.3% $27.1M 105 $344 44

Sun Feb 2 — $13.8K −61.9% −44.9% $27.1M 105 $131 45

Mon Feb 3 — $4.8K −65.1% −45.3% $27.1M 105 $46 46

Tue Feb 4 — $6.6K +38.1% −29.9% $27.1M 105 $63 47

Wed Feb 5 — $6.8K +2.1% −28.2% $27.1M 105 $65 48

Thu Feb 6 — $4.0K −40.6% −54.4% $27.1M 105 $38 49

Fri Feb 7 — $14.9K +270.8% −27.2% $27.1M 85 $176 50

Sat Feb 8 — $20.2K +35.5% −43.9% $27.1M 85 $238 51

Sun Feb 9 — $9.3K −53.9% −32.1% $27.2M 85 $110 52

Mon Feb 10 — $2.5K −73.0% −47.5% $27.2M 85 $30 53

Tue Feb 11 — $4.0K +58.8% −39.7% $27.2M 85 $47 54

Wed Feb 12 — $3.9K −3.1% −42.7% $27.2M 85 $46 55

Thu Feb 13 — $4.0K +1.9% −1.7% $27.2M 85 $47 56

Cumulative total$27.2M

Dec 19Jan 2Jan 16Jan 30Feb 13

Weekend grossWk 8 · $44.5K

$6.6M

$4.8M

$2.6M

$559.3K

$143.7K

$104.8K

$70.4K

$44.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 3,380 → 85 −97.5%

3,380 open85 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −36.8%

−27.2%

W1→2

−45.5%

W2→3

−78.7%

W3→4

−74.3%

W4→5

−27.1%

W5→6

−32.8%

W6→7

−36.8%

W7→8

Steepest −78.7%Best hold −27.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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