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Nim's Island

2008 • PG • 1h 36m • Adventure, Family, Fantasy • 20th Century Fox

Be the hero of your own story.

🍅 51% 46%

55

2.98

6.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$13.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$48.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$101.9M

$53.9M international

Domestic Legs3.6x

Budget$37M

2008 Rank#60

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJennifer Flackett, Mark Levin ScreenplayJennifer Flackett, Mark Levin, Joseph Kwong, Paula Mazur Produced byPaula Mazur CinematographyStuart Dryburgh MusicPatrick Doyle Prod. DesignBarry Robison StarringAbigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Michael Carman, Maddison Joyce, Christopher James Baker Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 4-6 2 $13.2M — 3,513 $3,760 $13.2M

2 Apr 11-13 4 $9.1M −31.0% 3,518 $2,590 $25.4M

3 Apr 18-20 5 $5.7M −37.6% 3,277 $1,735 $32.9M

4 Apr 25-27 5 $4.5M −20.0% 2,977 $1,528 $39.0M

5 May 2-4 7 $2.7M −41.1% 2,478 $1,081 $42.5M

6 May 9-11 9 $1.5M −45.3% 1,601 $914 $44.4M

7 May 16-18 11 $578.9K −60.5% 894 $647 $45.2M

8 May 23-25 17 $297.6K −48.6% 426 $699 $45.7M

9 May 30-Jun 1 17 $230.7K −22.5% 350 $659 $46.1M

10 Jun 6-8 17 $192.4K −16.6% 289 $666 $46.4M

11 Jun 13-15 19 $165.4K −14.0% 277 $597 $46.7M

12 Jun 20-22 20 $150.9K −8.8% 250 $604 $47.0M

13 Jun 27-29 21 $114.7K −24.0% 213 $538 $47.2M

14 Jul 4-6 23 $154.6K +34.8% 191 $809 $47.5M

15 Jul 11-13 31 $91.8K −40.6% 161 $570 $47.7M

16 Jul 18-20 36 $74.9K −18.3% 127 $590 $47.8M

17 Jul 25-27 51 $31.1K −58.5% 74 $420 $47.9M

18 Aug 1-3 62 $17.5K −43.6% 39 $450 $48.0M

19 Aug 8-10 72 $10.8K −38.5% 29 $372 $48.0M

20 Aug 15-17 91 $3.3K −69.6% 17 $193 $48.0M

21 Aug 22-24 103 $1.2K −64.7% 4 $289 $48.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 4 #3 $3.9M — $3.9M 3,513 $1,113 1

Sat Apr 5 #2 $5.6M +43.8% $9.5M 3,513 $1,601 2

Sun Apr 6 #2 $3.7M −34.6% $13.2M 3,513 $1,047 3

Mon Apr 7 #2 $794.9K −78.4% $14.0M 3,513 $226 4

Tue Apr 8 #3 $797.2K +0.3% $14.8M 3,513 $227 5

Wed Apr 9 #3 $740.2K −7.2% $15.5M 3,513 $211 6

Thu Apr 10 #2 $737.0K −0.4% $16.3M 3,513 $210 7

Fri Apr 11 #4 $2.4M +222.8% −39.2% $18.7M 3,518 $676 8

Sat Apr 12 #4 $4.1M +73.8% −26.5% $22.8M 3,518 $1,175 9

Sun Apr 13 #3 $2.6M −37.1% −29.4% $25.4M 3,518 $739 10

Mon Apr 14 #4 $482.7K −81.4% −39.3% $25.9M 3,518 $137 11

Tue Apr 15 #4 $463.3K −4.0% −41.9% $26.3M 3,518 $132 12

Wed Apr 16 #4 $424.9K −8.3% −42.6% $26.8M 3,518 $121 13

Thu Apr 17 #4 $444.6K +4.6% −39.7% $27.2M 3,518 $126 14

Fri Apr 18 #6 $1.5M +238.8% −36.7% $28.7M 3,277 $460 15

Sat Apr 19 #5 $2.5M +68.8% −38.5% $31.3M 3,277 $776 16

Sun Apr 20 #4 $1.6M −35.6% −37.0% $32.9M 3,277 $500 17

Mon Apr 21 #5 $430.2K −73.7% −10.9% $33.3M 3,277 $131 18

Tue Apr 22 #7 $374.5K −13.0% −19.2% $33.7M 3,277 $114 19

Wed Apr 23 #7 $346.0K −7.6% −18.6% $34.0M 3,277 $106 20

Thu Apr 24 #6 $384.0K +11.0% −13.6% $34.4M 3,277 $117 21

Fri Apr 25 #7 $1.2M +207.7% −21.6% $35.6M 2,977 $397 22

Sat Apr 26 #6 $2.0M +69.3% −21.4% $37.6M 2,977 $672 23

Sun Apr 27 — $1.4M −31.6% −16.5% $39.0M 2,977 $459 24

Mon Apr 28 #7 $236.9K −82.7% −44.9% $39.2M 2,977 $80 25

Tue Apr 29 #8 $215.8K −8.9% −42.4% $39.4M 2,977 $72 26

Wed Apr 30 #7 $190.3K −11.8% −45.0% $39.6M 2,977 $64 27

Thu May 1 #8 $173.6K −8.8% −54.8% $39.8M 2,977 $58 28

Fri May 2 #9 $646.7K +272.4% −45.3% $40.4M 2,478 $261 29

Sat May 3 #7 $1.3M +104.5% −33.9% $41.8M 2,478 $534 30

Sun May 4 #7 $708.2K −46.5% −48.2% $42.5M 2,478 $286 31

Mon May 5 #9 $118.1K −83.3% −50.1% $42.6M 2,478 $48 32

Tue May 6 #10 $100.0K −15.3% −53.6% $42.7M 2,478 $40 33

Wed May 7 #9 $117.9K +17.9% −38.0% $42.8M 2,478 $48 34

Thu May 8 #9 $124.5K +5.6% −28.3% $42.9M 2,478 $50 35

Fri May 9 #11 $306.3K +146.0% −52.6% $43.2M 1,601 $191 36

Sat May 10 #9 $548.1K +78.9% −58.6% $43.8M 1,601 $342 37

Sun May 11 #9 $609.3K +11.2% −14.0% $44.4M 1,601 $381 38

Mon May 12 #11 $70.1K −88.5% −40.7% $44.5M 1,601 $44 39

Tue May 13 #11 $62.2K −11.2% −37.8% $44.5M 1,601 $39 40

Wed May 14 #11 $68.8K +10.6% −41.6% $44.6M 1,601 $43 41

Thu May 15 #11 $70.5K +2.4% −43.4% $44.7M 1,601 $44 42

Fri May 16 #12 $144.9K +105.6% −52.7% $44.8M 894 $162 43

Sat May 17 #11 $252.7K +74.4% −53.9% $45.1M 894 $283 44

Sun May 18 #11 $181.3K −28.3% −70.2% $45.2M 894 $203 45

Mon May 19 #11 $64.7K −64.3% −7.6% $45.3M 894 $72 46

Tue May 20 — $36.5K −43.6% −41.3% $45.3M 894 $41 47

Wed May 21 #13 $31.1K −14.8% −54.8% $45.4M 894 $35 48

Thu May 22 — $18.4K −40.8% −73.8% $45.4M 894 $21 49

Fri May 23 — $76.6K +315.4% −47.1% $45.5M 426 $180 50

Sat May 24 — $122.1K +59.3% −51.7% $45.6M 426 $287 51

Sun May 25 — $98.9K −19.0% −45.5% $45.7M 426 $232 52

Mon May 26 #15 $99.7K +0.9% +54.1% $45.8M 426 $234 53

Tue May 27 #14 $27.8K −72.1% −23.9% $45.8M 426 $65 54

Wed May 28 — $27.7K −0.4% −11.1% $45.8M 426 $65 55

Thu May 29 — $28.5K +2.9% +54.5% $45.9M 426 $67 56

Fri May 30 — $64.1K +124.9% −16.3% $45.9M 350 $183 57

Sat May 31 — $102.9K +60.4% −15.7% $46.0M 350 $294 58

Sun Jun 1 — $63.7K −38.1% −35.6% $46.1M 350 $182 59

Mon Jun 2 — $22.0K −65.4% −77.9% $46.1M 350 $63 60

Tue Jun 3 — $30.8K +39.9% +10.9% $46.2M 350 $88 61

Wed Jun 4 — $31.9K +3.6% +15.3% $46.2M 350 $91 62

Thu Jun 5 — $31.4K −1.5% +10.3% $46.2M 350 $90 63

Fri Jun 6 — $59.4K +89.0% −7.3% $46.3M 289 $206 64

Sat Jun 7 — $77.9K +31.1% −24.3% $46.4M 289 $270 65

Sun Jun 8 — $55.1K −29.3% −13.5% $46.4M 289 $191 66

Mon Jun 9 — $23.3K −57.8% +5.6% $46.4M 289 $80 67

Tue Jun 10 — $29.4K +26.4% −4.6% $46.5M 289 $102 68

Wed Jun 11 — $29.6K +0.6% −7.3% $46.5M 289 $102 69

Thu Jun 12 — $28.8K −2.6% −8.3% $46.5M 289 $100 70

Fri Jun 13 — $55.0K +90.9% −7.4% $46.6M 277 $199 71

Sat Jun 14 — $63.9K +16.1% −18.0% $46.6M 277 $231 72

Sun Jun 15 — $46.5K −27.3% −15.6% $46.7M 277 $168 73

Mon Jun 16 — $24.6K −47.0% +5.9% $46.7M 277 $89 74

Tue Jun 17 — $33.7K +37.0% +14.8% $46.8M 277 $122 75

Wed Jun 18 — $33.2K −1.7% +12.1% $46.8M 277 $120 76

Thu Jun 19 — $33.6K +1.3% +16.6% $46.8M 277 $121 77

Fri Jun 20 — $47.5K +41.4% −13.6% $46.9M 250 $190 78

Sat Jun 21 — $58.2K +22.5% −8.9% $46.9M 250 $233 79

Sun Jun 22 — $45.1K −22.4% −2.9% $47.0M 250 $181 80

Mon Jun 23 — $24.3K −46.1% −1.2% $47.0M 250 $97 81

Tue Jun 24 — $33.4K +37.3% −1.1% $47.0M 250 $134 82

Wed Jun 25 — $32.2K −3.5% −2.9% $47.1M 250 $129 83

Thu Jun 26 — $36.3K +12.7% +8.0% $47.1M 250 $145 84

Fri Jun 27 — $38.4K +5.7% −19.2% $47.1M 213 $180 85

Sat Jun 28 — $44.0K +14.6% −24.4% $47.2M 213 $207 86

Sun Jun 29 — $32.3K −26.7% −28.5% $47.2M 213 $151 87

Mon Jun 30 — $19.9K −38.2% −18.1% $47.2M 213 $94 88

Tue Jul 1 — $23.6K +18.4% −29.3% $47.3M 213 $111 89

Wed Jul 2 — $19.6K −17.1% −39.3% $47.3M 213 $92 90

Thu Jul 3 — $25.7K +31.5% −29.1% $47.3M 213 $121 91

Fri Jul 4 — $41.5K +61.2% +8.1% $47.3M 213 $195 92

Sat Jul 5 — $67.1K +61.7% +52.5% $47.4M 213 $315 93

Sun Jul 6 — $46.0K −31.5% +42.5% $47.5M 213 $216 94

Mon Jul 7 — $24.8K −46.1% +24.2% $47.5M 213 $116 95

Tue Jul 8 — $31.2K +26.0% +32.2% $47.5M 213 $146 96

Wed Jul 9 — $34.1K +9.4% +74.4% $47.5M 213 $160 97

Thu Jul 10 — $26.9K −21.2% +4.5% $47.6M 213 $126 98

Fri Jul 11 — $32.4K +20.5% −21.9% $47.6M 161 $201 99

Sat Jul 12 — $34.2K +5.4% −49.1% $47.6M 161 $212 100

Sun Jul 13 — $25.2K −26.4% −45.2% $47.7M 161 $156 101

Mon Jul 14 — $19.2K −23.8% −22.5% $47.7M 161 $119 102

Tue Jul 15 — $23.1K +20.6% −25.8% $47.7M 161 $144 103

Wed Jul 16 — $23.8K +2.8% −30.3% $47.7M 161 $148 104

Thu Jul 17 — $21.0K −11.7% −21.9% $47.8M 161 $131 105

Fri Jul 18 — $25.6K +21.8% −21.0% $47.8M 127 $202 106

Sat Jul 19 — $27.3K +6.6% −20.2% $47.8M 127 $215 107

Sun Jul 20 — $22.0K −19.3% −12.4% $47.8M 127 $174 108

Mon Jul 21 — $11.2K −49.3% −41.8% $47.8M 127 $88 109

Tue Jul 22 — $15.5K +38.9% −33.0% $47.9M 127 $122 110

Wed Jul 23 — $15.7K +1.5% −33.8% $47.9M 127 $124 111

Thu Jul 24 — $13.6K −13.4% −35.1% $47.9M 127 $107 112

Fri Jul 25 — $9.7K −28.7% −62.0% $47.9M 74 $131 113

Sat Jul 26 — $12.3K +26.3% −55.0% $47.9M 74 $166 114

Sun Jul 27 — $9.1K −26.2% −58.9% $47.9M 74 $122 115

Mon Jul 28 — $6.4K −29.5% −42.8% $47.9M 74 $86 116

Tue Jul 29 — $8.3K +30.4% −46.3% $47.9M 74 $113 117

Wed Jul 30 — $8.9K +6.3% −43.7% $47.9M 74 $120 118

Thu Jul 31 — $10.1K +14.2% −25.8% $47.9M 74 $137 119

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

Cumulative total$46.5M

Apr 4Apr 21May 9May 26Jun 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $192.4K

$13.2M

$9.1M

$5.7M

$4.5M

$2.7M

$1.5M

$578.9K

$297.6K

$230.7K

$192.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,518 → 289 −91.8%

3,513 open289 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.6%

−31.0%

W1→2

−37.6%

W2→3

−20.0%

W3→4

−41.1%

W4→5

−45.3%

W5→6

−60.5%

W6→7

−48.6%

W7→8

−22.5%

W8→9

−16.6%

W9→10

Steepest −60.5%Best hold −16.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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