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Pete's Dragon

2016 • PG • 1h 43m • Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family • Walt Disney Pictures

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6.7

CS A

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$21.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$76.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$137.8M

$61.5M international

Domestic Legs3.54x

Budget$65M

2016 Rank#40

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Cast & Crew

Directed byDavid Lowery ScreenplayDavid Lowery, Toby Halbrooks · based on the work by Malcolm Marmorstein Produced byJames Whitaker CinematographyBojan Bazelli MusicDaniel Hart StarringBryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley Written byDavid Lowery, Toby Halbrooks StudioWalt Disney Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 12-14 3 $21.5M — 3,702 $5,811 $21.5M

2 Aug 19-21 5 $11.3M −47.2% 3,702 $3,066 $42.9M

3 Aug 26-28 6 $7.4M −34.4% 3,244 $2,294 $54.9M

4 Sep 2-4 4 $6.3M −14.7% 3,272 $1,941 $64.1M

5 Sep 9-11 7 $3.1M −51.2% 2,685 $1,155 $70.2M

6 Sep 16-18 10 $2.2M −30.6% 1,948 $1,105 $72.9M

7 Sep 23-25 13 $870.0K −59.6% 1,230 $707 $74.2M

8 Sep 30-Oct 2 22 $316.0K −63.7% 440 $718 $74.7M

9 Oct 7-9 32 $165.3K −47.7% 224 $738 $75.0M

10 Oct 14-16 32 $120.7K −27.0% 165 $732 $75.2M

11 Oct 21-23 38 $97.8K −19.0% 134 $730 $75.3M

12 Oct 28-30 40 $81.7K −16.5% 134 $610 $75.4M

13 Nov 4-6 34 $96.9K +18.6% 90 $1,076 $75.6M

14 Nov 11-13 27 $204.2K +110.8% 179 $1,141 $75.8M

15 Nov 18-20 35 $124.4K −39.0% 162 $768 $76.0M

16 Nov 25-27 36 $101.5K −18.4% 127 $799 $76.2M

17 Dec 2-4 43 $34.1K −66.4% 86 $396 $76.2M

18 Dec 9-11 48 $13.8K −59.6% 52 $265 $76.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 12 #3 $7.0M — $7.0M 3,702 $1,878 1

Sat Aug 13 #3 $8.4M +20.7% $15.3M 3,702 $2,266 2

Sun Aug 14 #3 $6.2M −26.4% $21.5M 3,702 $1,667 3

Mon Aug 15 #3 $2.5M −59.8% $24.0M 3,702 $671 4

Tue Aug 16 #3 $3.6M +44.1% $27.6M 3,702 $967 5

Wed Aug 17 #3 $2.1M −40.3% $29.7M 3,702 $577 6

Thu Aug 18 #3 $1.9M −13.3% $31.6M 3,702 $500 7

Fri Aug 19 #6 $3.2M +70.2% −54.7% $34.7M 3,702 $851 8

Sat Aug 20 #4 $4.9M +54.9% −41.8% $39.6M 3,702 $1,318 9

Sun Aug 21 #5 $3.3M −31.9% −46.2% $42.9M 3,702 $897 10

Mon Aug 22 #5 $1.1M −67.9% −57.1% $44.0M 3,702 $288 11

Tue Aug 23 #5 $1.5M +38.6% −58.7% $45.5M 3,702 $399 12

Wed Aug 24 #5 $990.0K −33.0% −53.6% $46.4M 3,702 $267 13

Thu Aug 25 #4 $989.5K −0.0% −46.5% $47.4M 3,702 $267 14

Fri Aug 26 #7 $1.9M +91.6% −39.8% $49.3M 3,244 $584 15

Sat Aug 27 #4 $3.4M +77.9% −30.9% $52.7M 3,244 $1,039 16

Sun Aug 28 #4 $2.2M −35.5% −34.5% $54.9M 3,244 $670 17

Mon Aug 29 #7 $607.4K −72.1% −43.0% $55.5M 3,244 $187 18

Tue Aug 30 #7 $896.1K +47.5% −39.3% $56.4M 3,244 $276 19

Wed Aug 31 #6 $648.6K −27.6% −34.5% $57.0M 3,244 $200 20

Thu Sep 1 #3 $725.0K +11.8% −26.7% $57.8M 3,244 $223 21

Fri Sep 2 #3 $1.5M +102.6% −22.5% $59.2M 3,272 $449 22

Sat Sep 3 #4 $2.5M +68.8% −26.5% $61.7M 3,272 $758 23

Sun Sep 4 #4 $2.4M −3.2% +10.5% $64.1M 3,272 $734 24

Mon Sep 5 #4 $2.1M −10.5% +253.9% $66.3M 3,272 $657 25

Tue Sep 6 #10 $377.6K −82.4% −57.9% $66.6M 3,272 $115 26

Wed Sep 7 #11 $214.6K −43.1% −66.9% $66.8M 3,272 $66 27

Thu Sep 8 #11 $205.1K −4.5% −71.7% $67.0M 3,272 $63 28

Fri Sep 9 #9 $682.3K +232.7% −53.5% $67.7M 2,685 $254 29

Sat Sep 10 #7 $1.5M +126.2% −37.8% $69.3M 2,685 $575 30

Sun Sep 11 #7 $876.1K −43.2% −63.5% $70.2M 2,685 $326 31

Mon Sep 12 #13 $148.0K −83.1% −93.1% $70.3M 2,685 $55 32

Tue Sep 13 #14 $196.9K +33.0% −47.9% $70.5M 2,685 $73 33

Wed Sep 14 #14 $141.4K −28.2% −34.1% $70.6M 2,685 $53 34

Thu Sep 15 #12 $128.2K −9.3% −37.5% $70.8M 2,685 $48 35

Fri Sep 16 #13 $458.1K +257.4% −32.8% $71.2M 1,948 $235 36

Sat Sep 17 #10 $1.1M +129.8% −31.8% $72.3M 1,948 $540 37

Sun Sep 18 #10 $642.1K −39.0% −26.7% $72.9M 1,948 $330 38

Mon Sep 19 #14 $103.5K −83.9% −30.1% $73.0M 1,948 $53 39

Tue Sep 20 #14 $137.1K +32.5% −30.4% $73.2M 1,948 $70 40

Wed Sep 21 #14 $103.8K −24.3% −26.6% $73.3M 1,948 $53 41

Thu Sep 22 #13 $81.7K −21.3% −36.3% $73.3M 1,948 $42 42

Fri Sep 23 #13 $207.2K +153.7% −54.8% $73.6M 1,230 $168 43

Sat Sep 24 #13 $404.7K +95.3% −61.6% $74.0M 1,230 $329 44

Sun Sep 25 #13 $258.2K −36.2% −59.8% $74.2M 1,230 $210 45

Mon Sep 26 #13 $61.1K −76.3% −41.0% $74.3M 1,230 $50 46

Tue Sep 27 #14 $64.7K +6.0% −52.8% $74.3M 1,230 $53 47

Wed Sep 28 #- $47.8K −26.2% −54.0% $74.4M 1,230 $39 48

Thu Sep 29 #- $40.7K −14.8% −50.2% $74.4M 1,230 $33 49

Fri Sep 30 #- $79.1K +94.4% −61.8% $74.5M 440 $180 50

Sat Oct 1 #- $154.9K +95.9% −61.7% $74.7M 440 $352 51

Sun Oct 2 #- $81.9K −47.1% −68.3% $74.7M 440 $186 52

Mon Oct 3 #- $22.8K −72.2% −62.7% $74.8M 440 $52 53

Tue Oct 4 #- $24.6K +7.9% −62.0% $74.8M 440 $56 54

Wed Oct 5 #- $17.5K −29.1% −63.5% $74.8M 440 $40 55

Thu Oct 6 #- $20.6K +18.2% −49.3% $74.8M 440 $47 56

Fri Oct 7 #- $47.0K +127.8% −40.6% $74.9M 224 $210 57

Sat Oct 8 #- $76.8K +63.3% −50.5% $75.0M 224 $343 58

Sun Oct 9 #- $41.5K −45.9% −49.3% $75.0M 224 $185 59

Mon Oct 10 #- $29.5K −29.0% +29.3% $75.0M 224 $132 60

Tue Oct 11 #- $15.2K −48.4% −38.2% $75.0M 224 $68 61

Wed Oct 12 #- $14.2K −6.4% −18.4% $75.1M 224 $64 62

Thu Oct 13 #- $14.1K −0.8% −31.5% $75.1M 224 $63 63

Fri Oct 14 #- $34.9K +146.6% −25.8% $75.1M 165 $211 64

Sat Oct 15 #- $54.6K +56.6% −28.9% $75.2M 165 $331 65

Sun Oct 16 #- $31.3K −42.7% −24.6% $75.2M 165 $190 66

Mon Oct 17 #- $8.3K −73.5% −71.9% $75.2M 165 $50 67

Tue Oct 18 #- $9.3K +12.6% −38.7% $75.2M 165 $57 68

Wed Oct 19 #- $7.3K −21.3% −48.4% $75.2M 165 $45 69

Thu Oct 20 #- $13.8K +87.2% −2.7% $75.2M 165 $83 70

Fri Oct 21 #- $30.6K +122.4% −12.3% $75.3M 134 $228 71

Sat Oct 22 #- $44.1K +44.2% −19.2% $75.3M 134 $329 72

Sun Oct 23 #- $23.1K −47.6% −26.2% $75.3M 134 $172 73

Mon Oct 24 #- $10.9K −52.7% +31.9% $75.3M 134 $82 74

Tue Oct 25 #- $6.4K −41.1% −31.0% $75.3M 134 $48 75

Wed Oct 26 #- $5.9K −8.5% −19.8% $75.3M 134 $44 76

Thu Oct 27 #- $6.5K +10.0% −52.8% $75.4M 134 $48 77

Fri Oct 28 #- $19.4K +198.5% −36.7% $75.4M 134 $144 78

Sat Oct 29 #- $36.3K +87.3% −17.7% $75.4M 134 $271 79

Sun Oct 30 #- $26.1K −28.2% +12.8% $75.4M 134 $194 80

Mon Oct 31 #- $7.2K −72.3% −33.9% $75.4M 134 $54 81

Tue Nov 1 #- $6.5K −10.6% +0.3% $75.4M 134 $48 82

Wed Nov 2 #- $4.7K −28.0% −21.1% $75.5M 134 $35 83

Thu Nov 3 #- $5.7K +22.7% −12.0% $75.5M 134 $43 84

Fri Nov 4 #- $27.6K +383.6% +42.5% $75.5M 90 $307 85

Sat Nov 5 #- $48.5K +75.7% +33.7% $75.5M 90 $539 86

Sun Nov 6 #- $20.8K −57.1% −20.2% $75.6M 90 $231 87

Mon Nov 7 #- $5.5K −73.7% −24.3% $75.6M 90 $61 88

Tue Nov 8 #- $5.3K −2.8% −17.7% $75.6M 90 $59 89

Wed Nov 9 #- $5.1K −4.7% +8.9% $75.6M 90 $56 90

Thu Nov 10 #- $11.6K +129.8% +104.0% $75.6M 90 $129 91

Fri Nov 11 #- $68.6K +489.6% +148.7% $75.7M 179 $383 92

Sat Nov 12 #- $85.5K +24.6% +76.3% $75.7M 179 $478 93

Sun Nov 13 #- $50.1K −41.5% +140.7% $75.8M 179 $280 94

Mon Nov 14 #- $10.7K −78.6% +96.3% $75.8M 179 $60 95

Tue Nov 15 #- $15.0K +39.3% +181.3% $75.8M 179 $84 96

Wed Nov 16 #- $10.1K −32.3% +99.8% $75.8M 179 $57 97

Thu Nov 17 #- $10.0K −0.8% −13.8% $75.8M 179 $56 98

Fri Nov 18 #- $27.4K +172.7% −60.1% $75.9M 162 $169 99

Sat Nov 19 #- $59.4K +117.0% −30.6% $75.9M 162 $367 100

Sun Nov 20 #- $37.7K −36.5% −24.6% $76.0M 162 $233 101

Mon Nov 21 #- $20.8K −44.9% +93.6% $76.0M 162 $128 102

Tue Nov 22 #- $25.2K +21.2% +68.5% $76.0M 162 $156 103

Wed Nov 23 #- $30.0K +19.0% +196.4% $76.0M 127 $236 104

Thu Nov 24 #- $17.2K −42.6% +71.6% $76.1M 127 $136 105

Fri Nov 25 #- $39.0K +126.4% +42.4% $76.1M 127 $307 106

Sat Nov 26 #- $39.0K +0.1% −34.3% $76.1M 127 $307 107

Sun Nov 27 #- $23.5K −39.7% −37.6% $76.2M 127 $185 108

Mon Nov 28 #- $4.2K −82.1% −79.7% $76.2M 127 $33 109

Tue Nov 29 #- $4.8K +13.0% −81.1% $76.2M 127 $38 110

Wed Nov 30 #- $3.5K −26.8% −88.4% $76.2M 127 $27 111

Thu Dec 1 #- $4.3K +22.2% −75.2% $76.2M 127 $34 112

Fri Dec 2 #- $8.3K +95.3% −78.6% $76.2M 86 $97 113

Sat Dec 3 #- $15.6K +87.0% −60.1% $76.2M 86 $181 114

Sun Dec 4 #- $10.2K −34.8% −56.8% $76.2M 86 $118 115

Mon Dec 5 #- $2.5K −74.9% −39.6% $76.2M 86 $30 116

Tue Dec 6 #- $2.7K +7.1% −42.8% $76.2M 86 $32 117

Wed Dec 7 #- $2.3K −15.8% −34.2% $76.2M 86 $27 118

Thu Dec 8 #- $2.3K +0.9% −45.7% $76.2M 86 $27 119

Fri Dec 9 #- $2.4K +4.6% −70.9% $76.2M 52 $47 120

Sat Dec 10 #- $6.7K +175.1% −57.2% $76.2M 52 $128 121

Sun Dec 11 #- $4.7K −29.7% −53.9% $76.2M 52 $90 122

Mon Dec 12 #- $1.2K −74.7% −53.4% $76.2M 52 $23 123

Tue Dec 13 #- $1.5K +30.5% −43.3% $76.2M 52 $30 124

Wed Dec 14 #- $996 −35.7% −56.6% $76.2M 52 $19 125

Thu Dec 15 #- $1.3K +30.7% −43.8% $76.2M 52 $25 126

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

Cumulative total$75.2M

Aug 12Aug 29Sep 16Oct 3Oct 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $120.7K

$21.5M

$11.3M

$7.4M

$6.3M

$3.1M

$2.2M

$870.0K

$316.0K

$165.3K

$120.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,702 → 165 −95.5%

3,702 open165 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.0%

−47.2% W1→2

−34.4% W2→3

−14.7% W3→4

−51.2% W4→5

−30.6% W5→6

−59.6% W6→7

−63.7% W7→8

−47.7% W8→9

−27.0% W9→10

Steepest −63.7%Best hold −14.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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