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Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

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

Grab life by the ball.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$114M
Final
Opening Weekend
$30.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.80x
Opening → Total
Budget
$20.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$168M
$54.1M international
2004 Rank
#19
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 18-20 1 $30.1M $30.1M 2,694 $11K 1
Jun 25-27 3 $18.8M -37.5% $67.5M 3,020 $6K 2
Jul 2-4 4 $8.1M -56.8% $84.4M 2,953 $3K 3
Jul 9-11 7 $5.7M -29.6% $97.9M 2,444 $2K 4
Jul 16-18 8 $3.8M -33.2% $105.2M 1,945 $2K 5
Jul 23-25 11 $2.0M -47.0% $109.3M 1,373 $1K 6
Jul 30-Aug 1 19 $590K -70.8% $111.1M 555 $1K 7
Aug 6-8 23 $434K -26.4% $111.9M 389 $1K 8
Aug 13-15 Athens Olympics 24 $306K -29.4% $112.5M 320 $957 9
Aug 20-22 Athens Olympics 27 $283K -7.8% $113.0M 283 $998 10
Aug 27-29 Athens Olympics 31 $188K -33.5% $113.3M 247 $760 11
Sep 3-5 32 $226K +20.2% $113.7M 238 $949 12
Sep 10-12 34 $151K -33.0% $113.9M 191 $792 13
Sep 17-19 44 $101K -33.2% $114.1M 181 $558 14
Sep 24-26 46 $82K -18.7% $114.2M 124 $663 15

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRawson Marshall Thurber
ScreenplayRawson Marshall Thurber
StarringVince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller, Rip Torn, Justin Long, Stephen Root
Studio20th Century Fox