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Chicken Run

2000 1h 24m Adventure, Animation, Comedy DreamWorks Distribution

There's nothing more determined than poultry with a plan.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$17.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$107M
Final
Worldwide Total
$225M
$118M international
Domestic Legs6.10x
Budget$45.0M
2000 Rank#19
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 23-25 2 $17.5M $17.6M 2,491 $7K 1
Jun 30-Jul 2 4 $13.2M -24.6% $41.5M 2,851 $5K 2
Jul 7-9 5 $9.9M -24.7% $63.7M 2,901 $3K 3
Jul 14-16 6 $7.9M -20.4% $77.0M 2,953 $3K 4
Jul 21-23 9 $4.6M -41.9% $86.0M 2,577 $2K 5
Jul 28-30 10 $3.4M -25.3% $92.9M 2,114 $2K 6
Aug 4-6 13 $1.9M -45.4% $97.2M 1,634 $1K 7
Aug 11-13 14 $1.3M -29.8% $99.9M 1,314 $1K 8
Aug 18-20 18 $903K -31.5% $101.8M 1,002 $901 9
Aug 25-27 20 $576K -36.2% $102.9M 823 $699 10
Sep 1-4 23 $947K +64.6% $104.2M 757 $1K 11
Sep 8-10 29 $339K -64.2% $104.6M 621 $545 12
Sep 15-17 28 $276K -18.6% $104.9M 594 $464 13
Sep 22-24 28 $293K +6.2% $105.3M 510 $575 14
Sep 29-Oct 1 32 $201K -31.5% $105.5M 518 $388 15
Oct 6-8 27 $319K +58.6% $105.9M 656 $485 16
Oct 13-15 21 $267K -16.1% $106.3M 615 $434 17
Oct 20-22 25 $206K -22.8% $106.6M 458 $450 18
Oct 27-29 31 $135K -34.4% $106.8M 393 $344 19

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byPeter Lord, Nick Park
ScreenplayKarey Kirkpatrick
Produced byPeter Lord, David Sproxton, Nick Park
CinematographyDave Alex Riddett, Tristan Oliver, Frank Passingham
MusicJohn Powell & Harry Gregson-Williams
Prod. DesignPhil Lewis
StarringJulia Sawalha, Mel Gibson, Imelda Staunton, Jane Horrocks, Lynn Ferguson, Miranda Richardson
StudioDreamWorks Distribution