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

Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Nov 7	#2	$9.2M		—	$9.2M	3,337	$3K	1
Sat Nov 8	#2	$13.0M	+43%	—	$22.1M	3,337	$4K	2
Sun Nov 9	#2	$9.0M	-31%	—	$31.1M	3,337	$3K	3
Mon Nov 10	#2	$3.9M	-57%	—	$35.0M	3,337	$1K	4
Tue Nov 11	#1	$5.9M	+53%	—	$40.9M	3,337	$2K	5
Wed Nov 12	#2	$1.7M	-71%	—	$42.6M	3,337	$521	6
Thu Nov 13	#2	$1.8M	+1%	—	$44.0M	3,337	$525	7
Fri Nov 14	#2	$7.3M	+315%	-20%	$51.3M	3,381	$2K	8
Sat Nov 15	#1	$11.8M	+62%	-9%	$63.1M	3,381	$3K	9
Sun Nov 16	#1	$7.2M	-39%	-20%	$70.4M	3,381	$2K	10
Mon Nov 17	#2	$1.4M	-81%	-64%	$71.7M	3,381	$408	11
Tue Nov 18	#2	$1.6M	+13%	-74%	$73.3M	3,381	$459	12
Wed Nov 19	#2	$1.3M	-15%	-25%	$74.6M	3,381	$388	13
Thu Nov 20	#2	$1.4M	+6%	-20%	$76.0M	3,381	$412	14
Fri Nov 21	#3	$5.5M	+294%	-24%	$81.5M	3,381	$2K	15
Sat Nov 22	#2	$8.3M	+51%	-30%	$89.8M	3,381	$2K	16
Sun Nov 23	#2	$5.1M	-39%	-29%	$94.7M	3,381	$2K	17
Mon Nov 24	#3	$1.4M	-73%	-1%	$96.1M	3,381	$406	18
Tue Nov 25	#2	$2.1M	+56%	+38%	$98.3M	3,381	$635	19
Wed Nov 26	#3	$4.0M	+86%	+204%	$102.3M	3,202	$1K	20
Thu Nov 27	#1	$5.7M	+43%	+309%	$108.0M	3,202	$2K	21
Fri Nov 28	#3	$9.4M	+65%	+71%	$117.4M	3,202	$3K	22
Sat Nov 29	#3	$8.3M	-12%	n/c	$125.2M	3,202	$3K	23
Sun Nov 30	#3	$3.8M	-54%	-25%	$129.0M	3,202	$1K	24
Mon Dec 1	#4	$693K	-82%	-50%	$129.7M	3,202	$216	25
Tue Dec 2	#4	$648K	-6%	-70%	$130.4M	3,202	$202	26
Wed Dec 3	#4	$571K	-12%	-86%	$130.9M	3,202	$178	27
Thu Dec 4	#3	$593K	+4%	-90%	$131.5M	3,202	$185	28
Fri Dec 5	#3	$2.3M	+288%	-76%	$133.8M	3,119	$737	29
Sat Dec 6	#4	$3.6M	+57%	-57%	$137.4M	3,119	$1K	30
Sun Dec 7	#5	$2.1M	-42%	-45%	$139.5M	3,119	$674	31
Mon Dec 8	#4	$457K	-78%	-34%	$140.0M	3,119	$146	32
Tue Dec 9	#4	$508K	+11%	-22%	$140.5M	3,119	$162	33
Wed Dec 10	#3	$500K	-2%	-12%	$141.0M	3,119	$160	34
Thu Dec 11	#3	$508K	+2%	-14%	$141.5M	3,119	$162	35
Fri Dec 12	#7	$1.7M	+235%	-26%	$143.2M	2,876	$591	36
Sat Dec 13	#6	$2.8M	+65%	-23%	$146.0M	2,876	$972	37
Sun Dec 14	#6	$1.6M	-45%	-26%	$147.5M	2,876	$538	38
Mon Dec 15	#5	$405K	-74%	-11%	$147.9M	2,876	$140	39
Tue Dec 16	#6	$441K	+9%	-13%	$148.4M	2,876	$153	40
Wed Dec 17	#6	$454K	+3%	-9%	$148.8M	2,876	$157	41
Thu Dec 18	#6	$534K	+18%	+5%	$149.3M	2,876	$185	42
Fri Dec 19	#6	$1.5M	+181%	-12%	$150.8M	2,451	$611	43
Sat Dec 20	#5	$2.2M	+46%	-22%	$152.9M	2,451	$895	44
Sun Dec 21	#5	$1.9M	-14%	+21%	$154.8M	2,451	$766	45
Mon Dec 22	#4	$1.5M	-18%	+282%	$156.4M	2,451	$630	46
Tue Dec 23	#4	$1.9M	+23%	+331%	$158.3M	2,451	$775	47
Wed Dec 24	#3	$1.2M	-34%	+175%	$159.5M	2,451	$509	48
Thu Dec 25	#10	$1.2M	-3%	+127%	$160.7M	2,015	$601	49
Fri Dec 26	#10	$1.5M	+24%	n/c	$162.2M	2,015	$744	50
Sat Dec 27	#10	$1.4M	-9%	-38%	$163.6M	2,015	$674	51
Sun Dec 28	#11	$1.1M	-22%	-44%	$164.6M	2,015	$524	52
Mon Dec 29	#9	$912K	-14%	-41%	$165.6M	2,015	$452	53
Tue Dec 30	#9	$1.1M	+19%	-43%	$166.7M	2,015	$538	54
Wed Dec 31	#9	$900K	-17%	-28%	$167.6M	2,015	$446	55
Mon Jan 19	#29	$70K			$172.1M	273	$255	74
Fri Dec 16	#15	$46K			$175.6M	270	$170

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

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

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

StudioNew Line Cinema