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How the Grinch Stole Christmas

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

You better watch out!

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$261M
Final
Opening Weekend
$55.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.74x
Opening → Total
Budget
$123M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$346M
$85.1M international
2000 Rank
#1
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 17-19 1 $55.1M $55.1M 3,127 $18K 1
Nov 24-26 1 $52.1M -5.4% $137.1M 3,134 $17K 2
Dec 1-3 1 $27.1M -48.0% $172.0M 3,138 $9K 3
Dec 8-10 1 $18.6M -31.2% $195.6M 3,182 $6K 4
Dec 15-17 3 $13.8M -26.0% $213.6M 3,256 $4K 5
Dec 22-24 3 $12.2M -11.3% $232.6M 3,164 $4K 6
Dec 29-31 6 $7.3M -40.5% $251.6M 3,161 $2K 7
Jan 5-7 11 $2.5M -65.6% $257.8M 2,594 $965 8
Jan 12-14 8 $538K -78.5% $258.8M 912 $589 9
Jan 19-21 31 $202K -62.5% $259.3M 504 $399 10
Jan 26-28 33 $156K -22.8% $259.5M 394 $394 11
Feb 2-4 39 $144K -7.5% $259.7M 303 $475 12
Feb 9-11 40 $98K -31.9% $259.8M 284 $345 13
Feb 16-18 10 $90K -8.0% $259.9M 254 $354 14
Feb 23-25 51 $59K -34.2% $260.0M 172 $344 15

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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRon Howard
ScreenplayJeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman
StarringJim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin, Molly Shannon
StudioUniversal Pictures