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Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

2006 PG 1h 31m Adventure, Animation, Comedy 20th Century Fox

Kiss your nuts goodbye.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$195M
Final
Opening Weekend
$68.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.87x
Opening → Total
Budget
$80.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$661M
$466M international
2006 Rank
#8
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Mar 31-Apr 2 1 $68.0M $68.0M 3,964 $17K 1
Apr 7-9 1 $33.8M -50.3% $115.8M 3,969 $9K 2
Apr 14-16 2 $20.0M -40.8% $147.2M 3,873 $5K 3
Apr 21-23 4 $13.3M -33.7% $168.3M 3,540 $4K 4
Apr 28-30 7 $7.2M -45.8% $177.9M 3,122 $2K 5
May 5-7 6 $4.2M -42.2% $183.4M 2,426 $2K 6
May 12-14 8 $3.2M -24.3% $187.6M 1,879 $2K 7
May 19-21 11 $988K -68.6% $189.3M 1,156 $854 8
May 26-28 10 $788K -20.2% $190.5M 633 $1K 9
Jun 2-4 11 $624K -20.9% $191.5M 514 $1K 10
Jun 9-11 World Cup (Germany) 15 $448K -28.2% $192.2M 431 $1K 11
Jun 16-18 World Cup (Germany) 17 $362K -19.2% $192.8M 348 $1K 12
Jun 23-25 World Cup (Germany) 19 $367K +1.6% $193.4M 342 $1K 13
Jun 30-Jul 2 World Cup (Germany) 24 $255K -30.7% $193.9M 299 $852 14
Jul 7-9 World Cup (Germany) 26 $192K -24.7% $194.3M 272 $705 15
Jul 14-16 27 $161K -16.0% $194.6M 214 $752 16
Jul 21-23 30 $134K -16.9% $194.9M 182 $735 17
Jul 28-30 40 $72K -45.9% $195.1M 136 $532 18

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byCarlos Saldanha
ScreenplayGerry Swallow, Peter Gaulke, Jim Hecht
StarringRay Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck
Studio20th Century Fox