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Eragon

2006 PG 1h 44m Action, Adventure, Family 20th Century Fox

As darkness falls, the last dragon will choose its rider.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$23.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$75.0M
Final
Worldwide Total
$250M
$175M international
Domestic Legs3.23x
Budget$100M
2006 Rank#31
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 15-17 2 $23.2M $23.2M 3,020 $8K 1
Dec 22-24 6 $7.0M -69.9% $37.5M 3,030 $2K 2
Dec 29-31 7 $8.2M +17.1% $56.4M 2,985 $3K 3
Jan 5-7 11 $4.8M -41.4% $67.0M 2,625 $2K 4
Jan 12-14 17 $2.1M -56.9% $70.2M 1,614 $1K 5
Jan 19-21 24 $1.2M -43.3% $72.3M 1,075 $1K 6
Jan 26-28 31 $555K -52.8% $73.2M 553 $1K 7
Feb 2-4 33 $337K -39.3% $73.7M 420 $803 8
Feb 9-11 29 $322K -4.6% $74.1M 361 $891 9
Feb 16-18 38 $193K -40.1% $74.3M 302 $638 10
Feb 23-25 42 $133K -30.8% $74.6M 219 $608 11
Mar 2-4 43 $109K -18.3% $74.7M 186 $585 12
Mar 9-11 46 $78K -28.7% $74.8M 131 $592 13
Mar 16-18 51 $60K -22.5% $74.9M 106 $568 14

Performance Charts

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

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byStefen Fangmeier
ScreenplayPeter Buchman
Produced byJohn Davis, Wyck Godfrey
CinematographyHugh Johnson
MusicPatrick Doyle
Prod. DesignWolf Kroeger
StarringEd Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich, Garrett Hedlund
Studio20th Century Fox