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The Boss Baby

2017 PG 1h 37m Animation, Adventure, Comedy Universal Pictures

There's a new boss in town.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$50.9M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$175.0M
Final
Worldwide Total
$504.1M
$329.1M international
Domestic Legs3.44x
Budget$125M
2017 Rank#17
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Mar 31-Apr 2 1 $50.2M $50.2M 3,773 $13K 1
Apr 7-9 1 $26.4M -47.5% $89.4M 3,829 $7K 2
Apr 14-16 2 $16.0M -39.3% $116.8M 3,743 $4K 3
Apr 21-23 2 $12.7M -20.6% $137.0M 3,697 $3K 4
Apr 28-30 4 $9.4M -26.3% $148.8M 3,739 $3K 5
May 5-7 3 $6.0M -36.2% $156.5M 3,284 $2K 6
May 12-14 6 $4.5M -24.8% $162.3M 2,911 $2K 7
May 19-21 8 $2.8M -36.7% $166.2M 2,071 $1K 8
May 26-28 9 $1.7M -39.4% $169.0M 1,342 $1K 9
Jun 2-4 12 $621K -64.0% $170.9M 684 $908 10
Jun 9-11 13 $512K -17.5% $171.8M 432 $1K 11
Jun 16-18 19 $323K -36.9% $172.5M 260 $1K 12
Jun 23-25 19 $331K +2.3% $173.1M 241 $1K 13
Jun 30-Jul 2 22 $221K -33.3% $173.5M 215 $1K 14
Jul 7-9 21 $191K -13.4% $173.9M 195 $980 15
Jul 14-16 23 $140K -26.6% $174.2M 170 $825 16
Jul 21-23 24 $137K -2.2% $174.5M 163 $842 17
Jul 28-30 30 $97K -29.7% $174.7M 149 $648 18
Aug 4-6 38 $63K -34.8% $174.8M 120 $524 19
Aug 11-13 52 $26K -58.4% $174.9M 87 $301 20
Aug 18-20 56 $18K -32.9% $174.9M 109 $161 21
Aug 25-27 65 $12K -34.3% $174.9M 97 $119 22
Sep 1-3 75 $11K -4.5% $175.0M 90 $122 23
Sep 8-10 71 $8K -26.0% $175.0M 31 $263 24
Sep 15-17 96 $1K -81.8% $175.0M 13 $114 25
Sep 22-24 104 $524 -64.8% $175.0M 5 $105 26
Sep 29-Oct 1 53 $15K +2827.3% $175.0M 32 $479 27
Oct 6-8 109 $100 -99.3% $175.0M 2 $50 28
Oct 20-22 92 $2K +1500.0% $175.0M 2 $800 29
Oct 27-29 98 $838 -47.6% $175.0M 2 $419 30

Performance Charts

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

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTom McGrath
ScreenplayKen Daurio
Produced byUniversal Pictures
MusicHans Zimmer & Steve Mazzaro
StarringAlec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel
StudioUniversal Pictures