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Pete's Dragon

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

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Box office summary
Domestic Total
$76.2M
Final
Opening Weekend
$21.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.54x
Opening → Total
Budget
$65M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$137.8M
$61.5M international
2016 Rank
#40
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Aug 12-14 3 $21.5M $21.5M 3,702 $6K 1
Aug 19-21 5 $11.3M -47.2% $42.9M 3,702 $3K 2
Aug 26-28 6 $7.4M -34.4% $54.9M 3,244 $2K 3
Sep 2-4 4 $6.3M -14.7% $64.1M 3,272 $2K 4
Sep 9-11 7 $3.1M -51.2% $70.2M 2,685 $1K 5
Sep 16-18 10 $2.2M -30.6% $72.9M 1,948 $1K 6
Sep 23-25 13 $870K -59.6% $74.2M 1,230 $707 7
Sep 30-Oct 2 22 $316K -63.7% $74.7M 440 $718 8
Oct 7-9 32 $165K -47.7% $75.0M 224 $738 9
Oct 14-16 32 $121K -27.0% $75.2M 165 $732 10
Oct 21-23 38 $98K -19.0% $75.3M 134 $730 11
Oct 28-30 40 $82K -16.5% $75.4M 134 $610 12
Nov 4-6 34 $97K +18.6% $75.6M 90 $1K 13
Nov 11-13 27 $204K +110.8% $75.8M 179 $1K 14
Nov 18-20 35 $124K -39.0% $76.0M 162 $768 15
Nov 25-27 36 $101K -18.4% $76.2M 127 $799 16
Dec 2-4 43 $34K -66.4% $76.2M 86 $396 17
Dec 9-11 48 $14K -59.6% $76.2M 52 $265 18

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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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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