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Elf

2003 PG 1h 37m Adventure, Comedy, Family New Line Cinema

Discover your inner elf.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$173M
Final
Opening Weekend
$218K
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
795.9x
Opening → Total
Budget
$33.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$220M
$47.0M international
2003 Rank
#7
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jan 16-18 32 $218K $172.1M 273 $798 1
Jan 23-25 28 $247K +13.4% $172.4M 301 $820 2
Jan 30-Feb 1 31 $206K -16.7% $172.7M 306 $672 3
Feb 6-8 32 $196K -4.7% $173.0M 295 $664 4
Feb 13-15 38 $143K -27.1% $173.1M 245 $583 5
Feb 20-22 45 $94K -34.5% $173.3M 173 $541 6
Feb 27-29 54 $51K -45.1% $173.4M 121 $424 7

Performance Charts

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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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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