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How the Grinch Stole ChristmasFollow

2000 • PG • 1h 44m • Comedy, Family, Fantasy • Universal Pictures

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3.60

6.4

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$55.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$261.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$346.00M

$85.10M international

Domestic legs4.74x

Budget$123M

2000 rank#1

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Cast & crew

Full Howard filmography

Ron Howard

Ron Howard Director

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey Starring

Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Tambor Starring

Christine Baranski

Christine Baranski Starring

Bill Irwin

Bill Irwin Starring

Molly Shannon

Molly Shannon Starring

ScreenplayJeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman Produced byBrian Grazer, Ron Howard CinematographyDon Peterman MusicJames Horner Prod. DesignMichael Corenblith StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 17-19 1 $55.1M — 3,127 $17,615 $55.1M

2 Nov 24-26 1 $52.1M −5.4% 3,134 $16,630 $137.1M

3 Dec 1-3 1 $27.1M −48% 3,138 $8,635 $172.0M

4 Dec 8-10 1 $18.6M −31.2% 3,182 $5,860 $195.6M

5 Dec 15-17 3 $13.8M −26% 3,256 $4,240 $213.6M

6 Dec 22-24 3 $12.2M −11.3% 3,164 $3,870 $232.6M

7 Dec 29-31 6 $7.3M −40.5% 3,161 $2,305 $251.6M

8 Jan 5-7 11 $2.5M −65.6% 2,594 $965 $257.8M

9 Jan 12-14 8 $538.1K −78.5% 912 $590 $258.8M

10 Jan 19-21 31 $201.6K −62.5% 504 $400 $259.3M

11 Jan 26-28 33 $155.6K −22.8% 394 $395 $259.5M

12 Feb 2-4 39 $143.9K −7.5% 303 $475 $259.7M

13 Feb 9-11 40 $98.0K −31.9% 284 $345 $259.8M

14 Feb 16-18 10 $90.2K −8% 254 $355 $259.9M

15 Feb 23-25 51 $59.3K −34.2% 172 $345 $260.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 17 #1 $15.6M — $15.6M 3,127 $5,000 1

Sat Nov 18 #1 $22.7M +45.3% $38.4M 3,127 $7,265 2

Sun Nov 19 #1 $16.7M −26.4% $55.1M 3,127 $5,350 3

Mon Nov 20 #1 $3.6M −78.4% $58.7M 3,127 $1,155 4

Tue Nov 21 #1 $4.9M +35.1% $63.6M 3,127 $1,560 5

Wed Nov 22 #1 $9.4M +92.1% $72.9M 3,134 $2,990 6

Thu Nov 23 #1 $12.0M +28.4% $85.0M 3,134 $3,840 7

Fri Nov 24 #1 $19.7M +64.1% +26.3% $104.7M 3,134 $6,300 8

Sat Nov 25 #1 $19.8M +0.4% −12.7% $124.5M 3,134 $6,325 9

Sun Nov 26 #1 $12.6M −36.7% −25% $137.1M 3,134 $4,005 10

Mon Nov 27 #1 $2.2M −82.6% −39.7% $139.3M 3,134 $695 11

Tue Nov 28 #1 $2.0M −6.5% −58.2% $141.3M 3,134 $650 12

Wed Nov 29 #1 $1.8M −13.1% −81.1% $143.1M 3,134 $565 13

Thu Nov 30 #1 $1.8M +2.7% −84.9% $144.9M 3,134 $580 14

Fri Dec 1 #1 $6.6M +264.3% −66.5% $151.5M 3,138 $2,110 15

Sat Dec 2 #1 $12.2M +83.6% −38.7% $163.7M 3,138 $3,875 16

Sun Dec 3 #1 $8.3M −31.6% −33.7% $172.0M 3,138 $2,650 17

Mon Dec 4 #1 $1.2M −85.7% −45.3% $173.2M 3,138 $380 18

Tue Dec 5 #1 $1.4M +14.5% −33% $174.6M 3,138 $435 19

Wed Dec 6 #1 $1.2M −12.8% −32.7% $175.7M 3,138 $380 20

Thu Dec 7 #1 $1.3M +5.4% −30.9% $177.0M 3,138 $400 21

Fri Dec 8 #2 $4.4M +247.3% −34.2% $181.4M 3,182 $1,370 22

Sat Dec 9 #1 $8.7M +99.6% −28.4% $190.1M 3,182 $2,735 23

Sun Dec 10 #1 $5.6M −35.8% −32.8% $195.6M 3,182 $1,755 24

Mon Dec 11 #2 $859.1K −84.6% −28% $196.5M 3,182 $270 25

Tue Dec 12 #2 $1.2M +38.9% −12.6% $197.7M 3,182 $375 26

Wed Dec 13 #1 $985.6K −17.4% −17.2% $198.7M 3,182 $310 27

Thu Dec 14 #1 $1.1M +16.2% −8.8% $199.8M 3,182 $360 28

Fri Dec 15 #2 $3.2M +180.1% −26.4% $203.0M 3,256 $985 29

Sat Dec 16 #2 $6.1M +90.9% −29.7% $209.2M 3,256 $1,880 30

Sun Dec 17 #2 $4.5M −26.9% −19.8% $213.6M 3,256 $1,375 31

Mon Dec 18 #2 $1.2M −73.1% +40.2% $214.8M 3,256 $370 32

Tue Dec 19 #2 $1.6M +31.1% +32.3% $216.4M 3,256 $485 33

Wed Dec 20 #2 $1.8M +11.4% +78.5% $218.2M 3,256 $540 34

Thu Dec 21 #2 $2.2M +25.9% +93.4% $220.4M 3,256 $680 35

Fri Dec 22 #5 $4.0M +80.1% +24.3% $224.4M 3,164 $1,260 36

Sat Dec 23 #3 $5.5M +37.7% −10.3% $229.9M 3,164 $1,735 37

Sun Dec 24 #2 $2.8M −49.6% −38.2% $232.6M 3,164 $875 38

Mon Dec 25 #5 $2.5M −10.3% +106.2% $235.1M 3,164 $785 39

Tue Dec 26 #5 $3.3M +31.8% +107.4% $238.4M 3,164 $1,035 40

Wed Dec 27 #5 $3.0M −8.2% +70.9% $241.4M 3,164 $950 41

Thu Dec 28 #5 $2.9M −2.1% +32.9% $244.3M 3,164 $930 42

Fri Dec 29 #5 $3.0M +1.5% −25.1% $247.3M 3,161 $945 43

Sat Dec 30 #5 $2.5M −15.3% −53.9% $249.9M 3,161 $800 44

Sun Dec 31 #6 $1.8M −30% −36.1% $251.6M 3,161 $560 45

Mon Jan 1 #7 $1.7M −1.8% −30% $253.4M 3,161 $550 46

Tue Jan 2 #5 $948.3K −45.5% −71% $254.3M 3,161 $300 47

Wed Jan 3 #5 $537.4K −43.3% −82.1% $254.9M 3,161 $170 48

Thu Jan 4 #6 $474.0K −11.8% −83.9% $255.3M 3,161 $150 49

Fri Jan 5 #6 $661.5K +39.6% −77.9% $256.0M 2,594 $255 50

Sat Jan 6 #6 $1.1M +70.6% −55.4% $257.1M 2,594 $435 51

Sun Jan 7 #6 $713.4K −36.8% −59.7% $257.8M 2,594 $275 52

Mon Jan 8 #6 $129.7K −81.8% −92.5% $258.0M 2,594 $50 53

Tue Jan 9 #6 $129.0K −0.5% −86.4% $258.1M 2,594 $50 54

Wed Jan 10 #7 $102.5K −20.6% −80.9% $258.2M 2,594 $40 55

Thu Jan 11 #6 $104.2K +1.7% −78% $258.3M 2,594 $40 56

Fri Jan 12 #9 $91.2K −12.5% −86.2% $258.4M 912 $100 57

Sat Jan 13 #8 $255.4K +180% −77.4% $258.6M 912 $280 58

Sun Jan 14 #8 $191.5K −25% −73.2% $258.8M 912 $210 59

Mon Jan 15 #8 $177.8K −7.1% +37.2% $259.0M 912 $195 60

Tue Jan 16 #9 $27.4K −84.6% −78.8% $259.0M 912 $30 61

Wed Jan 17 #9 $22.8K −16.7% −77.8% $259.1M 912 $25 62

Thu Jan 18 #9 $22.8K +0.3% −78.1% $259.1M 912 $25 63

Fri Jan 19 #9 $37.8K +65.5% −58.5% $259.1M 504 $75 64

Sat Jan 20 #9 $93.2K +146.7% −63.5% $259.2M 504 $185 65

Sun Jan 21 #9 $70.6K −24.3% −63.2% $259.3M 504 $140 66

Mon Jan 22 #9 $10.1K −85.7% −94.3% $259.3M 504 $20 67

Tue Jan 23 #9 $12.6K +25% −53.9% $259.3M 504 $25 68

Wed Jan 24 #6 $10.1K −19.5% −55.5% $259.3M 504 $20 69

Thu Jan 25 #6 $10.1K −0.9% −56% $259.3M 504 $20 70

Fri Jan 26 #7 $33.5K +233.1% −11.4% $259.4M 394 $85 71

Sat Jan 27 #7 $78.8K +135.3% −15.5% $259.4M 394 $200 72

Sun Jan 28 #7 $43.3K −45% −38.6% $259.5M 394 $110 73

Mon Jan 29 #7 $11.8K −72.7% +17.3% $259.5M 394 $30 74

Tue Jan 30 #7 $13.8K +16.7% +9.4% $259.5M 394 $35 75

Wed Jan 31 #7 $9.8K −28.6% −2.9% $259.5M 394 $25 76

Thu Feb 1 #7 $10.0K +2% <0.1% $259.5M 394 $25 77

Fri Feb 2 #7 $28.8K +186.6% −14% $259.6M 303 $95 78

Sat Feb 3 #7 $68.2K +136.8% −13.5% $259.6M 303 $225 79

Sun Feb 4 #8 $47.0K −31.1% +8.4% $259.7M 303 $155 80

Mon Feb 5 #8 $9.1K −80.6% −23.1% $259.7M 303 $30 81

Tue Feb 6 #8 $10.6K +16.7% −23.1% $259.7M 303 $35 82

Wed Feb 7 #8 $7.6K −28.6% −23.1% $259.7M 303 $25 83

Thu Feb 8 #8 $7.6K +0.7% −24.1% $259.7M 303 $25 84

Fri Feb 9 #8 $18.5K +142.1% −35.9% $259.7M 284 $65 85

Sat Feb 10 #8 $45.4K +146.2% −33.3% $259.8M 284 $160 86

Sun Feb 11 #9 $34.1K −25% −27.4% $259.8M 284 $120 87

Mon Feb 12 #8 $8.6K −74.8% −5.3% $259.8M 284 $30 88

Tue Feb 13 #8 $7.1K −17.5% −33.1% $259.8M 284 $25 89

Wed Feb 14 #6 $8.5K +20% +12.5% $259.8M 284 $30 90

Thu Feb 15 #6 $7.1K −16.8% −7.1% $259.8M 284 $25 91

Fri Feb 16 #7 $17.8K +151% −3.7% $259.9M 254 $70 92

Sat Feb 17 #7 $40.6K +128.5% −10.6% $259.9M 254 $160 93

Sun Feb 18 #7 $31.8K −21.9% −6.8% $259.9M 254 $125 94

Mon Feb 19 #8 $22.9K −28% +165.6% $260.0M 254 $90 95

Tue Feb 20 #7 $7.6K −66.7% +7.3% $260.0M 254 $30 96

Wed Feb 21 #7 $6.3K −16.7% −25.5% $260.0M 254 $25 97

Thu Feb 22 #7 $6.4K +1% −9.5% $260.0M 254 $25 98

Fri Feb 23 #7 $12.9K +100.9% −27.5% $260.0M 172 $75 99

Sat Feb 24 #7 $26.7K +106.9% −34.4% $260.0M 172 $155 100

Sun Feb 25 #7 $19.8K −25.8% −37.7% $260.0M 172 $115 101

Mon Feb 26 #7 $4.3K −78.3% −81.2% $260.0M 172 $25 102

Tue Feb 27 #7 $3.4K −19.9% −54.9% $260.0M 172 $20 103

Wed Feb 28 #7 $2.6K −25% −59.4% $260.0M 172 $15 104

Thu Mar 1 #7 $3.5K +34.7% −45.8% $260.0M 172 $20 105

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

Cumulative total$259.3M

Nov 17Dec 4Dec 22Jan 8Jan 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $201.6K

$55.1M

$52.1M

$27.1M

$18.6M

$13.8M

$12.2M

$7.3M

$2.5M

$538.1K

$201.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,256 → 504 −84.5%

3,127 open504 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −62.5%

−5.4%

W1→2

−48%

W2→3

−31.2%

W3→4

−26%

W4→5

−11.3%

W5→6

−40.5%

W6→7

−65.6%

W7→8

−78.5%

W8→9

−62.5%

W9→10

Steepest −78.5%Best hold −5.4%

Run milestones

$200M in 29 days

$100M

Day 8

Nov 24

$200M

Day 29

Dec 15

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#2 Best second-weekend holds$50M+ openers, all-time −5.4% #16 Best multipliersAll-time 4.74x

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