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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets movie poster

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002 PG 2h 41m Adventure, Family, Fantasy Warner Bros.

Something evil has returned to Hogwarts!

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$262M
Final
Opening Weekend
$88.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.97x
Opening → Total
Budget
$100M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$879M
$617M international
2002 Rank
#4
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 15-17 1 $88.4M $88.4M 3,682 $24K 1
Nov 22-24 2 $42.2M -52.2% $148.4M 3,682 $11K 2
Nov 29-Dec 1 1 $32.1M -23.9% $200.2M 3,682 $9K 3
Dec 6-8 3 $10.1M -68.6% $214.0M 3,387 $3K 4
Dec 13-15 6 $6.3M -37.3% $222.6M 3,025 $2K 5
Dec 20-22 9 $4.4M -30.9% $228.8M 2,750 $2K 6
Dec 27-29 8 $6.5M +48.1% $240.3M 2,505 $3K 7
Jan 3-5 10 $4.7M -28.1% $252.1M 2,015 $2K 8
Jan 10-12 15 $2.4M -48.2% $255.4M 1,550 $2K 9
Jan 17-19 18 $1.4M -41.4% $257.4M 1,077 $1K 10
Jan 24-26 21 $778K -44.9% $258.9M 783 $994 11
Jan 31-Feb 2 27 $507K -34.8% $259.6M 502 $1K 12
Feb 7-9 31 $303K -40.2% $260.0M 352 $861 13
Feb 14-16 27 $328K +8.3% $260.4M 441 $744 14
Feb 21-23 28 $259K -21.2% $260.8M 388 $666 15
Feb 28-Mar 2 30 $222K -14.2% $261.1M 388 $572 16
Mar 7-9 34 $180K -18.9% $261.4M 360 $500 17
Mar 14-16 44 $121K -32.6% $261.6M 205 $592 18
Mar 21-23 47 $87K -28.5% $261.7M 151 $574 19

Performance Charts

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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 byChris Columbus
ScreenplaySteve Kloves
StarringDaniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh, Toby Jones, Robbie Coltrane
StudioWarner Bros.