Name: Elf
Director: Jon Favreau
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Released: 2003
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, Mary Steenburgen

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Nov 7	#2	$9.15M		—	$9.15M	3,337	$2.7K	1
Sat Nov 8	#2	$13.05M	+43%	—	$22.08M	3,337	$3.9K	2
Sun Nov 9	#2	$9.03M	-31%	—	$31.11M	3,337	$2.7K	3
Mon Nov 10	#2	$3.86M	-57%	—	$34.98M	3,337	$1.2K	4
Tue Nov 11	#1	$5.90M	+53%	—	$40.88M	3,337	$1.8K	5
Wed Nov 12	#2	$1.74M	-71%	—	$42.62M	3,337	$521	6
Thu Nov 13	#2	$1.75M	+1%	—	$44.03M	3,337	$525	7
Fri Nov 14	#2	$7.28M	+315%	-20%	$51.30M	3,381	$2.2K	8
Sat Nov 15	#1	$11.82M	+62%	-9%	$63.14M	3,381	$3.5K	9
Sun Nov 16	#1	$7.22M	-39%	-20%	$70.35M	3,381	$2.1K	10
Mon Nov 17	#2	$1.38M	-81%	-64%	$71.74M	3,381	$408	11
Tue Nov 18	#2	$1.55M	+13%	-74%	$73.29M	3,381	$459	12
Wed Nov 19	#2	$1.31M	-15%	-25%	$74.60M	3,381	$388	13
Thu Nov 20	#2	$1.40M	+6%	-20%	$76.02M	3,381	$412	14
Fri Nov 21	#3	$5.50M	+294%	-24%	$81.50M	3,381	$1.6K	15
Sat Nov 22	#2	$8.30M	+51%	-30%	$89.80M	3,381	$2.5K	16
Sun Nov 23	#2	$5.10M	-39%	-29%	$94.73M	3,381	$1.5K	17
Mon Nov 24	#3	$1.37M	-73%	-1%	$96.11M	3,381	$406	18
Tue Nov 25	#2	$2.15M	+56%	+38%	$98.26M	3,381	$635	19
Wed Nov 26	#3	$4.00M	+86%	+204%	$102.30M	3,202	$1.2K	20
Thu Nov 27	#1	$5.70M	+43%	+309%	$108.00M	3,202	$1.8K	21
Fri Nov 28	#3	$9.40M	+65%	+71%	$117.40M	3,202	$2.9K	22
Sat Nov 29	#3	$8.32M	-12%	n/c	$125.20M	3,202	$2.6K	23
Sun Nov 30	#3	$3.81M	-54%	-25%	$129.01M	3,202	$1.2K	24
Mon Dec 1	#4	$693K	-82%	-50%	$129.70M	3,202	$216	25
Tue Dec 2	#4	$648K	-6%	-70%	$130.35M	3,202	$202	26
Wed Dec 3	#4	$571K	-12%	-86%	$130.92M	3,202	$178	27
Thu Dec 4	#3	$593K	+4%	-90%	$131.50M	3,202	$185	28
Fri Dec 5	#3	$2.30M	+288%	-76%	$133.80M	3,119	$737	29
Sat Dec 6	#4	$3.62M	+57%	-57%	$137.43M	3,119	$1.2K	30
Sun Dec 7	#5	$2.10M	-42%	-45%	$139.53M	3,119	$674	31
Mon Dec 8	#4	$457K	-78%	-34%	$139.99M	3,119	$146	32
Tue Dec 9	#4	$508K	+11%	-22%	$140.49M	3,119	$162	33
Wed Dec 10	#3	$500K	-2%	-12%	$140.99M	3,119	$160	34
Thu Dec 11	#3	$508K	+2%	-14%	$141.50M	3,119	$162	35
Fri Dec 12	#7	$1.70M	+235%	-26%	$143.20M	2,876	$591	36
Sat Dec 13	#6	$2.80M	+65%	-23%	$145.96M	2,876	$972	37
Sun Dec 14	#6	$1.55M	-45%	-26%	$147.51M	2,876	$538	38
Mon Dec 15	#5	$405K	-74%	-11%	$147.91M	2,876	$140	39
Tue Dec 16	#6	$441K	+9%	-13%	$148.35M	2,876	$153	40
Wed Dec 17	#6	$454K	+3%	-9%	$148.81M	2,876	$157	41
Thu Dec 18	#6	$534K	+18%	+5%	$149.31M	2,876	$185	42
Fri Dec 19	#6	$1.50M	+181%	-12%	$150.80M	2,451	$611	43
Sat Dec 20	#5	$2.19M	+46%	-22%	$152.94M	2,451	$895	44
Sun Dec 21	#5	$1.88M	-14%	+21%	$154.81M	2,451	$766	45
Mon Dec 22	#4	$1.55M	-18%	+282%	$156.36M	2,451	$630	46
Tue Dec 23	#4	$1.90M	+23%	+331%	$158.26M	2,451	$775	47
Wed Dec 24	#3	$1.25M	-34%	+175%	$159.51M	2,451	$509	48
Thu Dec 25	#10	$1.21M	-3%	+127%	$160.72M	2,015	$601	49
Fri Dec 26	#10	$1.50M	+24%	n/c	$162.20M	2,015	$744	50
Sat Dec 27	#10	$1.36M	-9%	-38%	$163.59M	2,015	$674	51
Sun Dec 28	#11	$1.06M	-22%	-44%	$164.65M	2,015	$524	52
Mon Dec 29	#9	$912K	-14%	-41%	$165.56M	2,015	$452	53
Tue Dec 30	#9	$1.08M	+19%	-43%	$166.71M	2,015	$538	54
Wed Dec 31	#9	$900K	-17%	-28%	$167.60M	2,015	$446	55
Mon Jan 19	#29	$70K			$172.13M	273	$255	74
Fri Dec 16	#15	$46K			$175.58M	270	$170

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jan 16-18	32	$218K	—	$172.06M	273	$798	1
Jan 23-25	28	$247K	+13.4%	$172.42M	301	$820	2
Jan 30-Feb 1	31	$206K	-16.7%	$172.70M	306	$672	3
Feb 6-8	32	$196K	-4.7%	$172.95M	295	$664	4
Feb 13-15	38	$143K	-27.1%	$173.14M	245	$583	5
Feb 20-22	45	$94K	-34.5%	$173.31M	173	$541	6
Feb 27-29	54	$51K	-45.1%	$173.38M	121	$424	7

Performance Charts

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

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byJon Favreau

ScreenplayJon Favreau

Produced byJon Berg, Todd Komarnicki, Shauna Robertson

CinematographyGreg Gardiner

MusicJohn Debney

Prod. DesignRusty Smith

StarringWill Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, Mary Steenburgen, Zooey Deschanel

StudioNew Line Cinema

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