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Inkheart

2009 • PG • 1h 46m • Adventure, Family, Fantasy • Warner Bros.

Every story ever written is just waiting to become real.

🍅 38% 45%

49

2.94

6.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$7.6M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$17.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$66.7M

$49.4M international

Domestic Legs2.3x

Budget$60M

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Cast & Crew

Full Softley filmography

Iain Softley Director

Brendan Fraser Starring

Sienna Guillory

Sienna Guillory Starring

Andy Serkis Starring

Paul Bettany Starring

Jim Broadbent Starring

ScreenplayDavid Lindsay-Abaire Produced byCornelia Funke, Barry Mendel, Ileen Maisel CinematographyRoger Pratt StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 23-25 7 $7.6M — 2,655 $2,863 $7.6M

2 Jan 30-Feb 1 10 $3.7M −51.0% 2,655 $1,402 $12.8M

3 Feb 6-8 20 $1.2M −66.9% 1,175 $1,048 $14.9M

4 Feb 13-15 29 $455.0K −63.1% 391 $1,164 $15.6M

5 Feb 20-22 36 $174.4K −61.7% 211 $827 $16.0M

6 Feb 27-Mar 1 36 $176.4K +1.1% 197 $895 $16.3M

7 Mar 6-8 30 $250.3K +41.9% 310 $807 $16.6M

8 Mar 13-15 33 $187.9K −24.9% 289 $650 $16.8M

9 Mar 20-22 34 $127.6K −32.1% 194 $657 $17.1M

10 Mar 27-29 33 $82.7K −35.1% 152 $544 $17.2M

11 Apr 3-5 48 $42.3K −48.9% 101 $419 $17.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 23 #8 $2.1M — $2.1M 2,655 $792 1

Sat Jan 24 #7 $3.4M +61.7% $5.5M 2,655 $1,281 2

Sun Jan 25 #7 $2.1M −38.4% $7.6M 2,655 $790 3

Mon Jan 26 #11 $403.3K −80.8% $8.0M 2,655 $152 4

Tue Jan 27 #11 $379.1K −6.0% $8.4M 2,655 $143 5

Wed Jan 28 #11 $368.4K −2.8% $8.8M 2,655 $139 6

Thu Jan 29 #11 $339.4K −7.9% $9.1M 2,655 $128 7

Fri Jan 30 #12 $1.0M +197.4% −52.0% $10.1M 2,655 $380 8

Sat Jan 31 #10 $1.8M +82.6% −45.8% $11.9M 2,655 $694 9

Sun Feb 1 #9 $868.7K −52.9% −58.6% $12.8M 2,655 $327 10

Mon Feb 2 #15 $208.4K −76.0% −48.3% $13.0M 2,655 $78 11

Tue Feb 3 #16 $211.1K +1.3% −44.3% $13.2M 2,655 $79 12

Wed Feb 4 #16 $203.1K −3.7% −44.9% $13.4M 2,655 $77 13

Thu Feb 5 #16 $218.5K +7.6% −35.6% $13.7M 2,655 $82 14

Fri Feb 6 — $258.5K +18.3% −74.4% $13.9M 1,175 $220 15

Sat Feb 7 — $563.7K +118.1% −69.4% $14.5M 1,175 $480 16

Sun Feb 8 — $409.3K −27.4% −52.9% $14.9M 1,175 $348 17

Mon Feb 9 — $79.0K −80.7% −62.1% $15.0M 1,175 $67 18

Tue Feb 10 — $61.3K −22.4% −71.0% $15.0M 1,175 $52 19

Wed Feb 11 — $58.3K −4.8% −71.3% $15.1M 1,175 $50 20

Thu Feb 12 — $74.1K +27.0% −66.1% $15.2M 1,175 $63 21

Fri Feb 13 — $82.4K +11.2% −68.1% $15.2M 391 $211 22

Sat Feb 14 — $224.4K +172.3% −60.2% $15.5M 391 $574 23

Sun Feb 15 — $148.2K −34.0% −63.8% $15.6M 391 $379 24

Mon Feb 16 #22 $173.5K +17.0% +119.6% $15.8M 391 $444 25

Tue Feb 17 — $27.3K −84.3% −55.5% $15.8M 391 $70 26

Wed Feb 18 — $22.4K −17.7% −61.6% $15.8M 391 $57 27

Thu Feb 19 — $23.2K +3.5% −68.7% $15.9M 391 $59 28

Fri Feb 20 — $39.6K +70.5% −52.0% $15.9M 211 $188 29

Sat Feb 21 — $79.3K +100.5% −64.6% $16.0M 211 $376 30

Sun Feb 22 — $55.5K −30.0% −62.5% $16.0M 211 $263 31

Mon Feb 23 — $11.5K −79.3% −93.4% $16.0M 211 $54 32

Tue Feb 24 — $13.3K +15.6% −51.3% $16.1M 211 $63 33

Wed Feb 25 — $11.2K −16.0% −50.2% $16.1M 211 $53 34

Thu Feb 26 — $12.3K +10.0% −47.1% $16.1M 211 $58 35

Fri Feb 27 — $44.6K +263.1% +12.6% $16.1M 197 $226 36

Sat Feb 28 — $78.8K +76.9% −0.7% $16.2M 197 $400 37

Sun Mar 1 — $53.0K −32.8% −4.5% $16.3M 197 $269 38

Mon Mar 2 — $13.8K −74.0% +20.0% $16.3M 197 $70 39

Tue Mar 3 — $18.8K +36.7% +41.8% $16.3M 197 $96 40

Wed Mar 4 — $16.0K −15.0% +43.5% $16.3M 197 $81 41

Thu Mar 5 — $16.2K +1.0% +31.8% $16.3M 197 $82 42

Fri Mar 6 — $67.2K +315.4% +50.8% $16.4M 310 $217 43

Sat Mar 7 — $113.2K +68.5% +43.6% $16.5M 310 $365 44

Sun Mar 8 — $69.9K −38.3% +31.8% $16.6M 310 $225 45

Mon Mar 9 — $20.5K −70.6% +48.9% $16.6M 310 $66 46

Tue Mar 10 — $19.5K −5.0% +3.5% $16.6M 310 $63 47

Wed Mar 11 — $17.9K −8.0% +12.0% $16.6M 310 $58 48

Thu Mar 12 — $20.8K +16.0% +28.7% $16.7M 310 $67 49

Fri Mar 13 — $51.3K +146.4% −23.7% $16.7M 289 $177 50

Sat Mar 14 — $82.5K +60.8% −27.1% $16.8M 289 $285 51

Sun Mar 15 — $54.1K −34.5% −22.6% $16.8M 289 $187 52

Mon Mar 16 — $21.9K −59.5% +6.6% $16.9M 289 $76 53

Tue Mar 17 — $24.2K +10.5% +24.0% $16.9M 289 $84 54

Wed Mar 18 — $24.2K +0.0% +34.8% $16.9M 289 $84 55

Thu Mar 19 — $28.5K +18.0% +37.1% $16.9M 289 $99 56

Fri Mar 20 — $40.4K +41.5% −21.3% $17.0M 194 $208 57

Sat Mar 21 — $52.1K +28.9% −36.9% $17.0M 194 $268 58

Sun Mar 22 — $35.1K −32.6% −35.1% $17.1M 194 $181 59

Mon Mar 23 — $12.8K −63.7% −41.7% $17.1M 194 $66 60

Tue Mar 24 — $13.9K +8.6% −42.7% $17.1M 194 $71 61

Wed Mar 25 — $13.6K −1.6% −43.6% $17.1M 194 $70 62

Thu Mar 26 — $13.9K +2.0% −51.3% $17.1M 194 $72 63

Fri Mar 27 — $23.7K +70.2% −41.4% $17.1M 152 $156 64

Sat Mar 28 — $35.0K +47.8% −32.8% $17.2M 152 $230 65

Sun Mar 29 — $24.1K −31.1% −31.4% $17.2M 152 $159 66

Mon Mar 30 — $8.9K −63.0% −30.1% $17.2M 152 $59 67

Tue Mar 31 — $9.4K +5.5% −32.1% $17.2M 152 $62 68

Wed Apr 1 — $8.4K −11.0% −38.6% $17.2M 152 $55 69

Thu Apr 2 — $9.3K +11.0% −33.2% $17.2M 152 $61 70

Fri Apr 3 — $13.8K +48.0% −41.9% $17.3M 101 $136 71

Sat Apr 4 — $16.8K +22.3% −51.9% $17.3M 101 $167 72

Sun Apr 5 — $11.7K −30.3% −51.4% $17.3M 101 $116 73

Mon Apr 6 — $4.5K −62.0% −50.0% $17.3M 101 $44 74

Tue Apr 7 — $6.2K +39.0% −34.2% $17.3M 101 $61 75

Wed Apr 8 — $5.3K −15.0% −37.1% $17.3M 101 $52 76

Thu Apr 9 — $5.7K +8.0% −38.8% $17.3M 101 $56 77

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

Cumulative total$17.2M

Jan 23Feb 9Feb 27Mar 16Apr 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $82.7K

$7.6M

$3.7M

$1.2M

$455.0K

$174.4K

$176.4K

$250.3K

$187.9K

$127.6K

$82.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,655 → 152 −94.3%

2,655 open152 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.1%

−51.0%

W1→2

−66.9%

W2→3

−63.1%

W3→4

−61.7%

W4→5

+1.1%

W5→6

+41.9%

W6→7

−24.9%

W7→8

−32.1%

W8→9

−35.1%

W9→10

Steepest −66.9%Biggest gain +41.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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