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Spy Kids

2001 PG 1h 28m Action, Adventure, Comedy Miramax

Real spies... only smaller

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$113M
Final
Opening Weekend
$26.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.25x
Opening → Total
Budget
$35.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$148M
$35.2M international
2001 Rank
#18
Domestic
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Mar 30-Apr 1 1 $26.5M $26.5M 3,104 $9K 1
Apr 6-8 1 $17.1M -35.7% $48.3M 3,133 $5K 2
Apr 13-15 1 $12.5M -26.8% $68.3M 3,172 $4K 3
Apr 20-22 2 $10.1M -19.5% $86.5M 3,191 $3K 4
Apr 27-29 3 $5.8M -42.6% $93.7M 3,105 $2K 5
May 4-6 4 $3.8M -34.1% $98.4M 2,815 $1K 6
May 11-13 6 $2.7M -30.1% $101.7M 2,599 $1K 7
May 18-20 9 $1.3M -51.7% $103.5M 2,035 $632 8
May 25-27 11 $926K -28.0% $104.9M 1,301 $711 9
Jun 1-3 12 $438K -52.6% $105.9M 731 $599 10
Jun 8-10 18 $173K -60.6% $106.3M 467 $369 11
Aug 10-12 12 $1.6M +813.0% $109.2M 1,676 $940 12
Aug 17-19 16 $765K -51.5% $110.8M 1,202 $636 13
Aug 24-26 32 $162K -78.9% $111.5M 279 $579 14
Aug 31-Sep 3 29 $562K +247.6% $112.2M 1,105 $508 15
Sep 7-9 35 $160K -71.5% $112.4M 493 $324 16
Sep 14-16 38 $126K -20.9% $112.6M 369 $342 17
Sep 21-23 50 $83K -34.2% $112.7M 262 $317 18

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRobert Rodriguez
ScreenplayRobert Rodriguez
Produced byElizabeth Avellán, Robert Rodriguez
CinematographyGuillermo Navarro
MusicDanny Elfman, Gavin Greenaway, Heitor Pereira, John Debney, Robert Rodriguez, Los Lobos
StarringAlexa PenaVega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alan Cumming, Tony Shalhoub
StudioMiramax