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Corpse Bride

2005 PG 1h 17m Animation, Comedy, Drama Warner Bros.

There's been a grave misunderstanding.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$53.4M
Final
Opening Weekend
$19.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.79x
Opening → Total
Budget
$40.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$117M
$63.8M international
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Sep 23-25 2 $19.1M $19.7M 3,204 $6K 1
Sep 30-Oct 2 3 $10.0M -47.6% $33.2M 3,204 $3K 2
Oct 7-9 6 $6.5M -35.1% $42.1M 3,004 $2K 3
Oct 14-16 9 $3.6M -45.1% $47.8M 2,525 $1K 4
Oct 21-23 14 $1.9M -46.6% $50.5M 1,702 $1K 5
Oct 28-30 17 $942K -50.7% $51.9M 1,176 $801 6
Nov 4-6 22 $325K -65.5% $52.5M 450 $722 7
Nov 11-13 34 $138K -57.6% $52.7M 184 $748 8
Nov 25-27 30 $171K +24.3% $53.1M 313 $547 9
Dec 2-4 32 $104K -39.4% $53.2M 296 $350 10
Dec 9-11 39 $59K -43.3% $53.3M 208 $282 11
Dec 16-18 44 $30K -49.2% $53.3M 112 $266 12

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTim Burton, Mike Johnson
ScreenplayJohn August, Pamela Pettler, Caroline Thompson
Produced byTim Burton, Allison Abbate
CinematographyPete Kozachik
MusicDanny Elfman (score and songs)
Prod. DesignAlex McDowell
StarringJohnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman, Paul Whitehouse, Joanna Lumley
StudioWarner Bros.