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Horton Hears a Who!

2008 • 1h 26m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • 20th Century Fox

Horton hears more than anyone believes.

🍅 79% 73%

71

3.13

6.8

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$45.0M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$155M

Final

Worldwide Total

$299M

$144M international

Domestic Legs3.43x

Budget$85.0M

2008 Rank#10

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Cast & Crew

Jim Carrey Starring

Steve Carell Starring

Will Arnett Starring

Seth Rogen Starring

ScreenplayKen Daurio, Cinco Paul Produced byBob Gordon, Bruce Anderson MusicJohn Powell Prod. DesignMarcin Jakubowski Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 14-16 1 $45.0M — 3,954 $11,384 $45.0M

2 Mar 21-23 1 $24.6M −45.4% 3,961 $6,208 $86.0M

3 Mar 28-30 2 $17.7M −27.9% 3,826 $4,636 $117.6M

4 Apr 4-6 4 $9.1M −48.6% 3,571 $2,552 $131.1M

5 Apr 11-13 6 $5.9M −35.1% 3,209 $1,844 $139.5M

6 Apr 18-20 8 $3.5M −40.7% 2,670 $1,315 $144.4M

7 Apr 25-27 9 $2.5M −29.2% 2,159 $1,151 $148.0M

8 May 2-4 11 $1.3M −46.2% 1,463 $914 $149.8M

9 May 9-11 14 $605.3K −54.7% 770 $786 $150.7M

10 May 16-18 15 $411.6K −32.0% 543 $758 $151.3M

11 May 23-25 11 $477.8K +16.1% 488 $979 $151.9M

12 May 30-Jun 1 13 $367.7K −23.0% 428 $859 $152.6M

13 Jun 6-8 15 $254.4K −30.8% 347 $733 $153.0M

14 Jun 13-15 15 $188.7K −25.8% 294 $641 $153.4M

15 Jun 20-22 21 $147.3K −22.0% 249 $591 $153.6M

16 Jun 27-29 22 $112.6K −23.5% 209 $538 $153.9M

17 Jul 4-6 37 $72.2K −35.9% 181 $398 $154.0M

18 Jul 11-13 34 $70.6K −2.2% 150 $470 $154.2M

19 Jul 18-20 38 $54.9K −22.2% 122 $450 $154.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 14 #1 $13.3M — $13.3M 3,954 $3,373 1

Sat Mar 15 #1 $18.8M +41% $32.1M 3,954 $4,748 2

Sun Mar 16 #1 $12.9M −31% $45.0M 3,954 $3,262 3

Mon Mar 17 #1 $3.6M −72% $48.6M 3,954 $914 4

Tue Mar 18 #1 $3.9M +9% $52.6M 3,954 $993 5

Wed Mar 19 #1 $4.0M +1% $56.5M 3,954 $1,001 6

Thu Mar 20 #1 $4.9M +24% $61.4M 3,954 $1,239 7

Fri Mar 21 #1 $10.2M +107% −24% $71.6M 3,961 $2,566 8

Sat Mar 22 #1 $9.2M −9% −51% $80.8M 3,961 $2,327 9

Sun Mar 23 #1 $5.2M −44% −60% $86.0M 3,961 $1,314 10

Mon Mar 24 #1 $4.6M −12% +27% $90.6M 3,961 $1,161 11

Tue Mar 25 #1 $3.2M −31% −19% $93.8M 3,961 $802 12

Wed Mar 26 #1 $2.9M −7% −26% $96.7M 3,961 $744 13

Thu Mar 27 #1 $3.1M +5% −37% $99.8M 3,961 $785 14

Fri Mar 28 #2 $5.3M +69% −48% $105.1M 3,826 $1,372 15

Sat Mar 29 #2 $7.4M +42% −19% $112.5M 3,826 $1,945 16

Sun Mar 30 #2 $5.0M −32% −3% $117.6M 3,826 $1,318 17

Mon Mar 31 #2 $1.2M −77% −74% $118.8M 3,826 $306 18

Tue Apr 1 #2 $1.1M −6% −65% $119.9M 3,826 $287 19

Wed Apr 2 #2 $1.0M −8% −66% $120.9M 3,826 $263 20

Thu Apr 3 #2 $1.1M +8% −65% $122.0M 3,826 $284 21

Fri Apr 4 #5 $2.5M +132% −52% $124.5M 3,571 $706 22

Sat Apr 5 #4 $4.0M +58% −46% $128.5M 3,571 $1,117 23

Sun Apr 6 #4 $2.6M −35% −48% $131.1M 3,571 $728 24

Mon Apr 7 #4 $630.5K −76% −46% $131.7M 3,571 $176 25

Tue Apr 8 #4 $655.0K +4% −41% $132.4M 3,571 $183 26

Wed Apr 9 #4 $612.6K −6% −39% $133.0M 3,571 $171 27

Thu Apr 10 #4 $653.5K +7% −40% $133.6M 3,571 $183 28

Fri Apr 11 #6 $1.6M +138% −38% $135.2M 3,209 $485 29

Sat Apr 12 #6 $2.7M +72% −33% $137.9M 3,209 $833 30

Sun Apr 13 #5 $1.7M −37% −35% $139.5M 3,209 $525 31

Mon Apr 14 #6 $355.0K −79% −44% $139.9M 3,209 $110 32

Tue Apr 15 #6 $349.9K −1% −47% $140.3M 3,209 $109 33

Wed Apr 16 #6 $321.4K −8% −48% $140.6M 3,209 $100 34

Thu Apr 17 #6 $331.4K +3% −49% $140.9M 3,209 $103 35

Fri Apr 18 #10 $931.9K +181% −40% $141.8M 2,670 $349 36

Sat Apr 19 #8 $1.6M +67% −42% $143.4M 2,670 $581 37

Sun Apr 20 #8 $1.0M −34% −39% $144.4M 2,670 $384 38

Mon Apr 21 #8 $284.4K −72% −20% $144.7M 2,670 $106 39

Tue Apr 22 #8 $254.6K −10% −27% $145.0M 2,670 $95 40

Wed Apr 23 #8 $236.5K −7% −26% $145.2M 2,670 $88 41

Thu Apr 24 #8 $278.9K +18% −16% $145.5M 2,670 $104 42

Fri Apr 25 #10 $640.3K +130% −31% $146.1M 2,159 $296 43

Sat Apr 26 #9 $1.1M +68% −31% $147.2M 2,159 $498 44

Sun Apr 27 $769.5K −29% −25% $148.0M 2,159 $356 45

Mon Apr 28 #12 $150.5K −80% −47% $148.1M 2,159 $69 46

Tue Apr 29 #12 $137.1K −9% −46% $148.2M 2,159 $63 47

Wed Apr 30 #12 $122.0K −11% −48% $148.4M 2,159 $56 48

Thu May 1 #12 $110.7K −9% −60% $148.5M 2,159 $51 49

Fri May 2 #11 $285.4K +158% −55% $148.8M 1,463 $195 50

Sat May 3 #11 $680.8K +139% −37% $149.4M 1,463 $465 51

Sun May 4 #11 $371.3K −45% −52% $149.8M 1,463 $253 52

Mon May 5 #12 $70.8K −81% −53% $149.9M 1,463 $48 53

Tue May 6 #14 $61.4K −13% −55% $149.9M 1,463 $41 54

Wed May 7 #14 $66.0K +7% −46% $150.0M 1,463 $45 55

Thu May 8 #13 $77.9K +18% −30% $150.1M 1,463 $53 56

Fri May 9 $132.3K +70% −54% $150.2M 770 $171 57

Sat May 10 #14 $241.1K +82% −65% $150.5M 770 $313 58

Sun May 11 #10 $231.9K −4% −38% $150.7M 770 $301 59

Mon May 12 #15 $42.0K −82% −41% $150.7M 770 $54 60

Tue May 13 $35.0K −17% −43% $150.8M 770 $45 61

Wed May 14 $38.2K +9% −42% $150.8M 770 $49 62

Thu May 15 #16 $41.3K +8% −47% $150.9M 770 $53 63

Fri May 16 $96.3K +133% −27% $151.0M 543 $177 64

Sat May 17 $179.1K +86% −26% $151.1M 543 $329 65

Sun May 18 $136.2K −24% −41% $151.3M 543 $250 66

Mon May 19 #12 $58.6K −57% +39% $151.3M 543 $107 67

Tue May 20 #11 $45.9K −22% +31% $151.4M 543 $84 68

Wed May 21 #11 $42.7K −7% +12% $151.4M 543 $78 69

Thu May 22 #13 $37.3K −13% −10% $151.5M 543 $68 70

Fri May 23 #11 $126.5K +239% +31% $151.6M 488 $259 71

Sat May 24 #11 $194.9K +54% +9% $151.8M 488 $399 72

Sun May 25 #12 $156.4K −20% +15% $151.9M 488 $320 73

Mon May 26 #11 $147.3K −6% +151% $152.1M 488 $301 74

Tue May 27 #12 $40.2K −73% −12% $152.1M 488 $82 75

Wed May 28 #11 $41.9K +4% −2% $152.2M 488 $85 76

Thu May 29 #11 $44.9K +7% +21% $152.2M 488 $92 77

Fri May 30 $100.7K +124% −20% $152.3M 488 $206 78

Sat May 31 #13 $165.2K +64% −15% $152.5M 488 $338 79

Sun Jun 1 #13 $101.8K −38% −35% $152.6M 488 $208 80

Mon Jun 2 #13 $36.7K −64% −75% $152.6M 488 $75 81

Tue Jun 3 $51.3K +40% +28% $152.7M 488 $105 82

Wed Jun 4 $49.6K −3% +18% $152.7M 488 $101 83

Thu Jun 5 #12 $55.7K +12% +24% $152.8M 488 $114 84

Fri Jun 6 $76.7K +38% −24% $152.8M 347 $221 85

Sat Jun 7 $102.2K +33% −38% $152.9M 347 $294 86

Sun Jun 8 $75.5K −26% −26% $153.0M 347 $217 87

Mon Jun 9 $31.4K −58% −14% $153.1M 347 $90 88

Tue Jun 10 $39.6K +26% −23% $153.1M 347 $114 89

Wed Jun 11 $39.6K n/c −20% $153.1M 347 $114 90

Thu Jun 12 $37.4K −6% −33% $153.2M 347 $107 91

Fri Jun 13 $64.2K +72% −16% $153.2M 294 $218 92

Sat Jun 14 $72.0K +12% −30% $153.3M 294 $244 93

Sun Jun 15 $52.5K −27% −30% $153.4M 294 $178 94

Mon Jun 16 $27.3K −48% −13% $153.4M 294 $92 95

Tue Jun 17 $36.0K +32% −9% $153.4M 294 $122 96

Wed Jun 18 $37.4K +4% −6% $153.5M 294 $127 97

Thu Jun 19 $37.0K −1% −1% $153.5M 294 $125 98

Fri Jun 20 $43.8K +19% −32% $153.5M 249 $176 99

Sat Jun 21 $57.6K +31% −20% $153.6M 249 $231 100

Sun Jun 22 $45.8K −20% −13% $153.6M 249 $184 101

Mon Jun 23 $25.4K −45% −7% $153.7M 249 $102 102

Tue Jun 24 $31.4K +23% −13% $153.7M 249 $126 103

Wed Jun 25 $33.9K +8% −9% $153.7M 249 $136 104

Thu Jun 26 $37.3K +10% +1% $153.8M 249 $149 105

Fri Jun 27 $35.9K −4% −18% $153.8M 209 $171 106

Sat Jun 28 $44.6K +24% −22% $153.8M 209 $213 107

Sun Jun 29 $32.1K −28% −30% $153.9M 209 $153 108

Mon Jun 30 $20.0K −38% −21% $153.9M 209 $95 109

Tue Jul 1 $25.1K +26% −20% $153.9M 209 $120 110

Wed Jul 2 $21.5K −14% −37% $153.9M 209 $103 111

Thu Jul 3 $24.4K +13% −35% $154.0M 209 $116 112

Fri Jul 4 $20.3K −17% −43% $154.0M 209 $97 113

Sat Jul 5 $29.7K +46% −34% $154.0M 209 $142 114

Sun Jul 6 $22.2K −25% −31% $154.0M 209 $106 115

Mon Jul 7 $13.9K −37% −30% $154.1M 209 $66 116

Tue Jul 8 $20.2K +46% −19% $154.1M 209 $96 117

Wed Jul 9 $20.9K +3% −3% $154.1M 209 $99 118

Thu Jul 10 $20.1K −4% −18% $154.1M 209 $96 119

Fri Jul 11 $24.1K +20% +19% $154.1M 150 $160 120

Sat Jul 12 $26.9K +12% −9% $154.2M 150 $179 121

Sun Jul 13 $19.6K −27% −12% $154.2M 150 $130 122

Mon Jul 14 $10.8K −45% −23% $154.2M 150 $71 123

Tue Jul 15 $15.3K +42% −25% $154.2M 150 $101 124

Wed Jul 16 $15.8K +4% −24% $154.2M 150 $105 125

Thu Jul 17 $13.7K −13% −32% $154.2M 150 $91 126

Fri Jul 18 $17.7K +29% −27% $154.3M 122 $144 127

Sat Jul 19 $21.0K +19% −22% $154.3M 122 $171 128

Sun Jul 20 $16.3K −22% −17% $154.3M 122 $133 129

Mon Jul 21 $9.4K −42% −12% $154.3M 122 $77 130

Tue Jul 22 $14.9K +58% −2% $154.3M 122 $122 131

Wed Jul 23 $15.3K +3% −3% $154.3M 122 $125 132

Thu Jul 24 $14.1K −8% +3% $154.4M 122 $115 133

Fri Jul 25 $10.3K −27% −42% $154.4M 92 $111 134

Sat Jul 26 $13.5K +32% −35% $154.4M 92 $147 135

Sun Jul 27 $9.6K −29% −41% $154.4M 92 $104 136

Mon Jul 28 $5.8K −39% −38% $154.4M 92 $63 137

Tue Jul 29 $8.7K +50% −42% $154.4M 92 $94 138

Wed Jul 30 $11.0K +26% −28% $154.4M 92 $119 139

Thu Jul 31 $10.1K −8% −29% $154.4M 92 $109 140

Fri Aug 1 $5.7K −43% −44% $154.4M 61 $93 141

Sat Aug 2 $7.8K +37% −42% $154.4M 61 $128 142

Sun Aug 3 $7.2K −8% −25% $154.4M 61 $118 143

Mon Aug 4 $4.7K −35% −19% $154.4M 61 $76 144

Tue Aug 5 $6.1K +31% −29% $154.5M 61 $100 145

Wed Aug 6 $5.4K −12% −51% $154.5M 61 $88 146

Thu Aug 7 $5.5K +2% −45% $154.5M 61 $90 147

Mon Sep 1 #83 $1.2K — $154.5M 12 $96 172

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$151.5M

Mar 14Mar 31Apr 18May 5May 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $411.6K

$45.0M

$24.6M

$17.7M

$9.1M

$5.9M

$3.5M

$2.5M

$1.3M

$605.3K

$411.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,961 → 543 −86.3%

3,954 open543 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.0%

−45.4% W1→2

−27.9% W2→3

−48.6% W3→4

−35.1% W4→5

−40.7% W5→6

−29.2% W6→7

−46.2% W7→8

−54.7% W8→9

−32.0% W9→10

Steepest −54.7%Best hold −27.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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