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ParaNorman

2012 • PG • 1h 36m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Focus Features

It's all fun and games until someone raises the dead.

🍅 89% 73% MC 72 LB 3.74 IMDb 7.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$14.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$57.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$109.2M
$52.1M international
Domestic Legs4.1x
Budget$60M
2012 Rank#56
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Cast & Crew

Kodi Smit-McPhee Kodi Smit-McPhee Starring Anna Kendrick Anna Kendrick Starring Casey Affleck Casey Affleck Starring Christopher Mintz-Plasse Christopher Mintz-Plasse Starring Leslie Mann Leslie Mann Starring Jeff Garlin Jeff Garlin Starring
ScreenplayChris Butler Produced byTravis Knight, Arianne Sutner CinematographyTristan Oliver MusicJon Brion StudioFocus Features
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 17-19 3 $14.1M — 3,429 $4,108 $14.1M
2 Aug 24-26 3 $8.6M −38.7% 3,455 $2,501 $28.3M
3 Aug 31-Sep 2 5 $6.6M −23.9% 3,085 $2,131 $38.1M
4 Sep 7-9 5 $4.2M −36.2% 2,856 $1,469 $45.5M
5 Sep 14-16 6 $3.1M −26.3% 2,326 $1,330 $49.4M
6 Sep 21-23 9 $2.3M −24.2% 1,617 $1,451 $52.6M
7 Sep 28-30 18 $781.0K −66.7% 1,209 $646 $53.9M
8 Oct 5-7 23 $235.7K −69.8% 342 $689 $54.4M
9 Oct 12-14 27 $109.9K −53.4% 176 $624 $54.5M
10 Oct 19-21 30 $104.6K −4.8% 168 $622 $54.7M
11 Oct 26-28 22 $243.5K +132.9% 280 $870 $54.9M
12 Nov 2-4 23 $229.3K −5.8% 246 $932 $55.2M
13 Nov 9-11 27 $163.1K −28.9% 198 $824 $55.5M
14 Nov 16-18 28 $116.3K −28.7% 180 $646 $55.6M
15 Nov 23-25 31 $96.8K −16.7% 173 $560 $55.8M
16 Nov 30-Dec 2 32 $59.7K −38.4% 104 $574 $55.9M
17 Dec 7-9 42 $39.3K −34.1% 81 $486 $55.9M
18 Dec 14-16 49 $28.7K −27.1% 61 $470 $56.0M
19 Dec 21-23 61 $5.3K −81.3% 24 $223 $56.0M
20 Dec 28-30 53 $8.9K +66.0% 22 $404 $56.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $104.6K
$14.1M
$8.6M
$6.6M
$4.2M
$3.1M
$2.3M
$781.0K
$235.7K
$109.9K
$104.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −4.8%
−38.7%
W1→2
−23.9%
W2→3
−36.2%
W3→4
−26.3%
W4→5
−24.2%
W5→6
−66.7%
W6→7
−69.8%
W7→8
−53.4%
W8→9
−4.8%
W9→10
Steepest −69.8%Best hold −4.8%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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