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2022 • PG • 1h 28m • Adventure • Universal Pictures

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$107.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$370.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$937.70M
Global total
Budget$100.0M
Domestic legs3.5x
2022 rank#6

Cast & crew

Full Balda filmography
Kyle Balda Kyle Balda Director Steve Carell Steve Carell Starring Pierre Coffin Pierre Coffin Starring Alan Arkin Alan Arkin Starring Taraji P. Henson Taraji P. Henson Starring Michelle Yeoh Michelle Yeoh Starring Despicable Me Franchise Universal Pictures Studio
ScreenplayMatthew Fogel · story by Matthew Fogel & Brian Lynch Produced byChris Meledandri, Janet Healy, Chris Renaud CinematographyUnknown MusicHeitor Pereira Prod. DesignUnknown SeriesDespicable Me

Box office comparisons

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 1-3 1 $107.0M — 4,391 $24,370 $107.0M
2 Jul 8-10 2 $46.1M −57% 4,427 $10,419 $210.7M
3 Jul 15-17 2 $26.8M −42% 4,111 $6,528 $263.4M
4 Jul 22-24 3 $18.0M −33% 3,816 $4,727 $298.2M
5 Jul 29-31 4 $11.0M −39% 3,579 $3,063 $320.5M
6 Aug 5-7 5 $7.1M −35% 3,188 $2,230 $334.6M
7 Aug 12-14 6 $5.0M −30% 3,068 $1,630 $343.8M
8 Aug 19-21 7 $3.7M −26% 2,654 $1,403 $350.2M
9 Aug 26-28 8 $2.7M −27% 2,494 $1,086 $354.8M
10 Sep 2-4 7 $3.5M +29% 2,457 $1,428 $359.2M
11 Sep 9-11 9 $1.7M −50% 2,274 $766 $362.4M
12 Sep 16-18 9 $1.4M −20% 1,970 $706 $364.2M
13 Sep 23-25 10 $1.1M −24% 1,642 $645 $365.6M
14 Sep 30-Oct 2 12 $951.1K −10% 1,414 $672 $366.8M
15 Oct 7-9 - $531.1K −44% 1,031 $515 $367.7M
16 Oct 14-16 12 $436.3K −18% 1,215 $359 $368.4M
17 Oct 21-23 - $225.3K −48% 765 $294 $368.8M
18 Oct 28-30 - $124.2K −45% 531 $233 $369.0M
19 Nov 4-6 - $129.4K +4% 442 $292 $369.2M
20 Nov 11-13 - $87.1K −33% 211 $412 $369.3M
21 Nov 18-20 - $84.5K −3% 186 $454 $369.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$360.7M
Jun 30Jul 18Aug 4Aug 22Sep 8
Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.5M
$107.0M
$46.1M
$26.8M
$18.0M
$11.0M
$7.1M
$5.0M
$3.7M
$2.7M
$3.5M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 4,427 → 2,457 −44.5%
3,350 open2,457 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +29%
−57%
W1→2
−42%
W2→3
−33%
W3→4
−39%
W4→5
−35%
W5→6
−30%
W6→7
−26%
W7→8
−27%
W8→9
+29%
W9→10
Steepest −57%Biggest gain +29%

Run milestones

$300M in 25 days
$100M
Day 3
Jul 3
$200M
Day 10
Jul 10
$300M
Day 25
Jul 25

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records
#1 Biggest July 4th openingsAll-time $107.0M #15 Biggest animated openingsAll-time $107.0M #15 Biggest July openingsAll-time $107.0M #17 Biggest animated filmsAll-time $370.5M

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