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Shark Tale

2004 PG 1h 30m Adventure, Animation, Comedy DreamWorks Distribution

Behind every little fish is a great white lie.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$161M
Final
Opening Weekend
$47.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.38x
Opening → Total
Budget
$75.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$375M
$214M international
2004 Rank
#11
Domestic
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 1-3 1 $47.6M $47.6M 4,016 $12K 1
Oct 8-10 1 $31.3M -34.2% $87.4M 4,070 $8K 2
Oct 15-17 1 $22.0M -29.8% $118.7M 3,948 $6K 3
Oct 22-24 2 $14.3M -35.0% $137.0M 3,656 $4K 4
Oct 29-31 4 $7.5M -47.6% $146.9M 3,381 $2K 5
Nov 5-7 7 $4.6M -39.3% $154.0M 2,817 $2K 6
Nov 12-14 11 $2.1M -54.0% $157.5M 1,622 $1K 7
Nov 19-21 17 $576K -72.5% $158.4M 907 $634 8
Nov 26-28 19 $325K -43.5% $159.0M 512 $635 9
Dec 3-5 26 $147K -54.7% $159.2M 408 $361 10
Dec 10-12 33 $79K -46.2% $159.3M 216 $366 11
Dec 17-19 21 $271K +242.2% $159.6M 411 $659 12
Dec 24-26 27 $176K -35.2% $160.0M 407 $431 13
Dec 31-Jan 2 25 $341K +94.2% $160.8M 407 $838 14

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRob Letterman, Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron
ScreenplayRob Letterman, Michael J. Wilson
Produced byBill Damaschke, Janet Healy, Allison Lyon Segan
MusicHans Zimmer
StarringWill Smith, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Ziggy Marley
StudioDreamWorks Distribution