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Shrek 2

2004 PG 1h 33m Adventure, Animation, Comedy DreamWorks Distribution

What happens after happily ever after?

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$108M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$442M
Final
Worldwide Total
$929M
$488M international
Domestic Legs4.09x
Budget$150M
2004 Rank#1
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 21-23 1 $108.0M $129.0M 4,163 $26K 1
May 28-30 1 $72.2M -33.2% $236.9M 4,223 $17K 2
Jun 4-6 2 $37.9M -47.4% $314.5M 4,131 $9K 3
Jun 11-13 3 $23.3M -38.5% $353.3M 3,843 $6K 4
Jun 18-20 4 $13.9M -40.2% $378.6M 3,306 $4K 5
Jun 25-27 7 $10.2M -26.7% $396.8M 2,937 $3K 6
Jul 2-4 8 $5.8M -42.9% $408.1M 2,609 $2K 7
Jul 9-11 9 $4.5M -23.8% $418.5M 2,142 $2K 8
Jul 16-18 10 $3.2M -27.4% $425.0M 1,857 $2K 9
Jul 23-25 10 $2.3M -28.3% $429.4M 1,559 $1K 10
Jul 30-Aug 1 15 $1.3M -43.1% $432.5M 1,019 $1K 11
Aug 6-8 18 $894K -32.1% $434.4M 812 $1K 12
Aug 13-15 21 $568K -36.5% $435.6M 567 $1K 13
Aug 20-22 23 $423K -25.5% $436.5M 435 $971 14
Sep 3-6 22 $855K +102.2% $438.5M 436 $2K 15

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAndrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon
ScreenplayAndrew Adamson, J. David Stem, Joe Stillman, David N. Weiss
Produced byAron Warner, David Lipman, John H. Williams
MusicHarry Gregson-Williams
StarringMike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Julie Andrews, Antonio Banderas, John Cleese
StudioDreamWorks Distribution