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March of the Penguins

2005 1h 20m Documentary, Family Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)

In the harshest place on Earth, love finds a way.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$77.4M
Final
Opening Weekend
$7.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
10.9x
Opening → Total
Budget
$8.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$127M
$50.0M international
2005 Rank
#28
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 15-17 12 $1.5M $4.0M 132 $11K 1
Jul 22-24 10 $4.4M +189.3% $9.3M 695 $6K 2
Jul 29-31 10 $4.0M -8.0% $16.3M 778 $5K 3
Aug 5-7 6 $7.1M +76.6% $26.4M 1,867 $4K 4
Aug 12-14 7 $6.8M -3.8% $37.7M 2,063 $3K 5
Aug 19-21 6 $6.5M -5.3% $48.4M 2,102 $3K 6
Aug 26-28 Hurricane Katrina 7 $4.7M -26.9% $55.9M 2,394 $2K 7
Sep 2-4 Hurricane Katrina 8 $4.1M -14.4% $62.1M 2,506 $2K 8
Sep 9-11 Hurricane Katrina 10 $2.6M -35.0% $67.0M 2,403 $1K 9
Sep 16-18 Hurricane Katrina 9 $2.5M -4.6% $70.4M 1,876 $1K 10
Sep 23-25 Hurricane Katrina 11 $1.7M -30.6% $72.8M 1,405 $1K 11
Sep 30-Oct 2 Hurricane Katrina 15 $1.1M -36.2% $74.5M 1,078 $1K 12
Oct 7-9 19 $473K -57.6% $75.4M 469 $1K 13
Oct 14-16 26 $260K -45.0% $75.9M 303 $858 14
Oct 21-23 33 $239K -8.1% $76.2M 288 $830 15
Oct 28-30 35 $198K -17.3% $76.5M 313 $631 16
Nov 4-6 27 $222K +12.5% $76.8M 310 $717 17
Nov 11-13 27 $225K +1.3% $77.1M 257 $876 18
Nov 18-20 34 $106K -52.9% $77.3M 221 $479 19
Nov 25-27 39 $89K -15.9% $77.4M 136 $656 20

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byLuc Jacquet
ScreenplayLuc Jacquet, Michel Fessler
StarringCharles Berling, Romane Bohringer, Jules Sitruk, Morgan Freeman
StudioWarner Independent Pictures (WIP)