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Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

2004 • PG-13 • 1h 32m • Comedy, Sport • 20th Century Fox

Grab life by the ball.

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$30.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$114M
Final
Worldwide Total
$168M
$54.1M international
Domestic Legs3.80x
Budget$20.0M
2004 Rank#19
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Cast & Crew

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Rawson Marshall Thurber Rawson Marshall Thurber Director Vince Vaughn Vince Vaughn Starring Christine Taylor Christine Taylor Starring Ben Stiller Ben Stiller Starring Rip Torn Rip Torn Starring Justin Long Justin Long Starring
ScreenplayRawson Marshall Thurber Produced byBen Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld CinematographyJerzy Zieliński MusicTheodore Shapiro Prod. DesignMaher Ahmad Studio20th Century Fox
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 18-20 1 $30.1M — 2,694 $11,161 $30.1M
2 Jun 25-27 3 $18.8M −37.5% 3,020 $6,220 $67.5M
3 Jul 2-4 4 $8.1M −56.8% 2,953 $2,747 $84.4M
4 Jul 9-11 7 $5.7M −29.6% 2,444 $2,336 $97.9M
5 Jul 16-18 8 $3.8M −33.2% 1,945 $1,960 $105.2M
6 Jul 23-25 11 $2.0M −47.0% 1,373 $1,472 $109.3M
7 Jul 30-Aug 1 19 $590.0K −70.8% 555 $1,063 $111.1M
8 Aug 6-8 23 $434.3K −26.4% 389 $1,116 $111.9M
9 Aug 13-15 24 $306.4K −29.4% 320 $957 $112.5M
10 Aug 20-22 27 $282.6K −7.8% 283 $998 $113.0M
11 Aug 27-29 31 $187.9K −33.5% 247 $760 $113.3M
12 Sep 3-5 32 $225.9K +20.2% 238 $949 $113.7M
13 Sep 10-12 34 $151.3K −33.0% 191 $792 $113.9M
14 Sep 17-19 44 $101.1K −33.2% 181 $558 $114.1M
15 Sep 24-26 46 $82.2K −18.7% 124 $663 $114.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$107.3M
Jun 18Jun 27Jul 5Jul 14Jul 22
Weekend grossWk 10 · $282.6K
$30.1M
$18.8M
$8.1M
$5.7M
$3.8M
$2.0M
$590.0K
$434.3K
$306.4K
$282.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 3,020 → 1,945 −35.6%
2,694 open1,945 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −7.8%
−37.5%
W1→2
−56.8%
W2→3
−29.6%
W3→4
−33.2%
W4→5
−47.0%
W5→6
−70.8%
W6→7
−26.4%
W7→8
−29.4%
W8→9
−7.8%
W9→10
Steepest −70.8%Best hold −7.8%

Run milestones

$100M in 27 days
$100M
Day 27
Jul 14

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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