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The Boxtrolls

2014 • PG • 1h 36m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Focus Features

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes... even rectangles.

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61

3.39

6.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$17.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$50.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$111.9M

$61.1M international

Domestic Legs2.9x

Budget$60M

2014 Rank#63

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Cast & Crew

Ben Kingsley Starring

Elle Fanning Starring

Dee Bradley Baker

Dee Bradley Baker Starring

Toni Collette Starring

Jared Harris Starring

Nick Frost Starring

ScreenplayAdam Pava, Irena Brignull Produced byTravis Knight, David Bleiman Ichioka CinematographyJohn Ashlee Prat MusicDario Marianelli StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 26-28 3 $17.3M — 3,464 $4,987 $17.3M

2 Oct 3-5 4 $12.0M −30.7% 3,464 $3,458 $32.1M

3 Oct 10-12 9 $6.6M −44.6% 3,270 $2,030 $41.0M

4 Oct 17-19 12 $2.7M −59.3% 2,251 $1,200 $46.1M

5 Oct 24-26 17 $929.8K −65.6% 1,107 $840 $47.6M

6 Oct 31-Nov 2 17 $786.2K −15.5% 812 $968 $48.6M

7 Nov 7-9 27 $210.0K −73.3% 343 $612 $49.1M

8 Nov 14-16 29 $161.0K −23.3% 181 $890 $49.3M

9 Nov 21-23 28 $136.8K −15.0% 174 $786 $49.5M

10 Nov 28-30 23 $268.6K +96.3% 266 $1,010 $49.9M

11 Dec 5-7 31 $141.0K −47.5% 244 $578 $50.1M

12 Dec 12-14 33 $101.4K −28.1% 223 $455 $50.2M

13 Dec 19-21 36 $51.9K −48.8% 176 $295 $50.3M

14 Dec 26-28 37 $72.1K +39.0% 143 $504 $50.4M

15 Jan 2-4 39 $83.9K +16.4% 132 $635 $50.6M

16 Jan 9-11 43 $50.4K −39.9% 114 $442 $50.7M

17 Jan 16-18 45 $48.1K −4.6% 87 $553 $50.7M

18 Jan 23-25 50 $33.7K −29.9% 77 $438 $50.8M

19 Jan 30-Feb 1 57 $19.2K −43.0% 58 $331 $50.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 26 #3 $4.9M — $4.9M 3,464 $1,423 1

Sat Sep 27 #3 $7.5M +51.4% $12.4M 3,464 $2,153 2

Sun Sep 28 #2 $4.9M −34.5% $17.3M 3,464 $1,411 3

Mon Sep 29 #3 $733.4K −85.0% $18.0M 3,464 $212 4

Tue Sep 30 #3 $862.9K +17.7% $18.9M 3,464 $249 5

Wed Oct 1 #3 $637.3K −26.1% $19.5M 3,464 $184 6

Thu Oct 2 #3 $605.3K −5.0% $20.1M 3,464 $175 7

Fri Oct 3 #5 $2.8M +356.6% −43.9% $22.9M 3,464 $798 8

Sat Oct 4 #4 $5.9M +113.8% −20.8% $28.8M 3,464 $1,706 9

Sun Oct 5 #4 $3.3M −44.0% −32.3% $32.1M 3,464 $955 10

Mon Oct 6 #5 $539.0K −83.7% −26.5% $32.6M 3,464 $156 11

Tue Oct 7 #5 $668.4K +24.0% −22.5% $33.3M 3,464 $193 12

Wed Oct 8 #5 $507.2K −24.1% −20.4% $33.8M 3,464 $146 13

Thu Oct 9 #5 $548.0K +8.0% −9.5% $34.4M 3,464 $158 14

Fri Oct 10 #9 $1.6M +201.1% −40.3% $36.0M 3,270 $505 15

Sat Oct 11 #8 $3.0M +84.7% −48.4% $39.1M 3,270 $932 16

Sun Oct 12 #8 $1.9M −36.3% −41.3% $41.0M 3,270 $594 17

Mon Oct 13 #7 $1.3M −31.0% +148.7% $42.3M 3,270 $410 18

Tue Oct 14 #9 $404.1K −69.9% −39.5% $42.7M 3,270 $124 19

Wed Oct 15 #9 $325.4K −19.5% −35.8% $43.1M 3,270 $100 20

Thu Oct 16 #9 $320.4K −1.6% −41.5% $43.4M 3,270 $98 21

Fri Oct 17 #12 $701.9K +119.1% −57.5% $44.1M 2,251 $312 22

Sat Oct 18 #12 $1.2M +76.3% −59.4% $45.3M 2,251 $550 23

Sun Oct 19 #12 $761.0K −38.5% −60.8% $46.1M 2,251 $338 24

Mon Oct 20 #13 $160.7K −78.9% −88.0% $46.2M 2,251 $71 25

Tue Oct 21 #12 $154.2K −4.1% −61.8% $46.4M 2,251 $68 26

Wed Oct 22 #12 $136.8K −11.3% −58.0% $46.5M 2,251 $61 27

Thu Oct 23 #13 $140.9K +3.1% −56.0% $46.7M 2,251 $63 28

Fri Oct 24 — $221.4K +57.1% −68.5% $46.9M 1,107 $200 29

Sat Oct 25 — $417.9K +88.8% −66.2% $47.3M 1,107 $377 30

Sun Oct 26 — $290.6K −30.5% −61.8% $47.6M 1,107 $262 31

Mon Oct 27 — $55.7K −80.8% −65.4% $47.7M 1,107 $50 32

Tue Oct 28 #16 $56.7K +1.8% −63.3% $47.7M 1,107 $51 33

Wed Oct 29 — $50.1K −11.6% −63.4% $47.8M 1,107 $45 34

Thu Oct 30 — $50.9K +1.6% −63.9% $47.8M 1,107 $46 35

Fri Oct 31 — $78.0K +53.2% −64.8% $47.9M 812 $96 36

Sat Nov 1 — $413.3K +429.8% −1.1% $48.3M 812 $509 37

Sun Nov 2 — $294.9K −28.7% +1.5% $48.6M 812 $363 38

Mon Nov 3 — $57.7K −80.4% +3.6% $48.7M 812 $71 39

Tue Nov 4 — $113.3K +96.5% +99.9% $48.8M 812 $140 40

Wed Nov 5 — $36.3K −67.9% −27.5% $48.8M 812 $45 41

Thu Nov 6 — $45.2K +24.4% −11.3% $48.9M 812 $56 42

Fri Nov 7 — $44.9K −0.7% −42.5% $48.9M 343 $131 43

Sat Nov 8 — $101.2K +125.6% −75.5% $49.0M 343 $295 44

Sun Nov 9 — $64.0K −36.8% −78.3% $49.1M 343 $186 45

Mon Nov 10 — $23.9K −62.7% −58.6% $49.1M 343 $70 46

Tue Nov 11 — $51.3K +115.0% −54.7% $49.1M 343 $150 47

Wed Nov 12 — $9.6K −81.2% −73.5% $49.2M 343 $28 48

Thu Nov 13 — $12.2K +27.1% −72.9% $49.2M 343 $36 49

Fri Nov 14 — $35.4K +189.4% −21.1% $49.2M 181 $196 50

Sat Nov 15 — $77.1K +117.6% −23.9% $49.3M 181 $426 51

Sun Nov 16 — $48.6K −37.0% −24.1% $49.3M 181 $268 52

Mon Nov 17 — $8.5K −82.4% −64.2% $49.3M 181 $47 53

Tue Nov 18 — $10.8K +26.4% −79.0% $49.3M 181 $60 54

Wed Nov 19 — $8.7K −19.8% −10.1% $49.4M 181 $48 55

Thu Nov 20 — $12.6K +45.4% +2.8% $49.4M 181 $69 56

Fri Nov 21 — $29.8K +137.1% −15.8% $49.4M 174 $171 57

Sat Nov 22 #21 $61.5K +106.4% −20.1% $49.5M 174 $354 58

Sun Nov 23 — $45.5K −26.1% −6.4% $49.5M 174 $261 59

Mon Nov 24 — $19.0K −58.2% +122.4% $49.5M 174 $109 60

Tue Nov 25 — $26.5K +39.9% +146.1% $49.6M 174 $153 61

Wed Nov 26 — $53.4K +101.1% +517.1% $49.6M 263 $203 62

Thu Nov 27 — $26.6K −50.2% +111.3% $49.6M 263 $101 63

Fri Nov 28 — $102.1K +284.2% +242.3% $49.7M 266 $384 64

Sat Nov 29 — $103.1K +1.0% +67.5% $49.8M 266 $388 65

Sun Nov 30 — $63.4K −38.5% +39.5% $49.9M 266 $238 66

Mon Dec 1 — $12.1K −80.9% −36.2% $49.9M 266 $45 67

Tue Dec 2 — $12.6K +4.4% −52.4% $49.9M 266 $47 68

Wed Dec 3 — $11.7K −7.3% −78.1% $49.9M 266 $44 69

Thu Dec 4 — $11.8K +0.6% −55.7% $49.9M 266 $44 70

Fri Dec 5 — $29.7K +152.3% −70.9% $50.0M 244 $122 71

Sat Dec 6 — $68.0K +128.8% −34.1% $50.0M 244 $279 72

Sun Dec 7 — $43.4K −36.2% −31.6% $50.1M 244 $178 73

Mon Dec 8 — $8.7K −80.1% −28.5% $50.1M 244 $35 74

Tue Dec 9 — $9.6K +10.9% −24.0% $50.1M 244 $39 75

Wed Dec 10 — $9.0K −6.4% −23.2% $50.1M 244 $37 76

Thu Dec 11 — $9.5K +5.3% −19.6% $50.1M 244 $39 77

Fri Dec 12 — $21.8K +130.5% −26.6% $50.1M 223 $98 78

Sat Dec 13 — $48.9K +124.3% −28.0% $50.2M 223 $219 79

Sun Dec 14 — $30.7K −37.3% −29.3% $50.2M 223 $137 80

Mon Dec 15 — $6.1K −80.2% −29.7% $50.2M 223 $27 81

Tue Dec 16 — $8.8K +44.5% −8.4% $50.2M 223 $39 82

Wed Dec 17 — $8.1K −7.5% −9.5% $50.2M 223 $36 83

Thu Dec 18 — $10.4K +27.6% +9.6% $50.3M 223 $47 84

Fri Dec 19 — $12.6K +21.1% −42.4% $50.3M 176 $71 85

Sat Dec 20 — $21.9K +74.0% −55.3% $50.3M 176 $124 86

Sun Dec 21 — $17.4K −20.2% −43.1% $50.3M 176 $99 87

Mon Dec 22 — $15.4K −11.9% +152.6% $50.3M 176 $87 88

Tue Dec 23 — $17.8K +15.6% +102.1% $50.3M 176 $101 89

Wed Dec 24 — $10.6K −40.2% +30.8% $50.4M 176 $60 90

Thu Dec 25 — $9.2K −13.4% −11.2% $50.4M 176 $52 91

Fri Dec 26 — $22.4K +143.5% +78.5% $50.4M 143 $157 92

Sat Dec 27 — $27.8K +24.2% +27.4% $50.4M 143 $195 93

Sun Dec 28 — $21.8K −21.7% +25.0% $50.4M 143 $152 94

Mon Dec 29 — $19.1K −12.6% +24.1% $50.5M 143 $133 95

Tue Dec 30 — $25.7K +35.1% +44.9% $50.5M 143 $180 96

Wed Dec 31 — $21.1K −18.2% +98.2% $50.5M 143 $147 97

Thu Jan 1 — $31.6K +50.2% +243.7% $50.5M 143 $221 98

Fri Jan 2 — $30.7K −3.1% +36.7% $50.6M 132 $232 99

Sat Jan 3 — $33.2K +8.4% +19.4% $50.6M 132 $252 100

Sun Jan 4 — $20.0K −39.9% −8.4% $50.6M 132 $151 101

Mon Jan 5 — $6.2K −69.2% −67.7% $50.6M 132 $47 102

Tue Jan 6 — $3.8K −38.5% −85.3% $50.6M 132 $29 103

Wed Jan 7 — $3.6K −5.2% −83.0% $50.6M 132 $27 104

Thu Jan 8 — $4.3K +18.5% −86.6% $50.6M 132 $32 105

Fri Jan 9 — $9.0K +112.4% −70.6% $50.6M 114 $79 106

Sat Jan 10 — $26.0K +188.0% −21.8% $50.7M 114 $228 107

Sun Jan 11 — $15.3K −41.0% −23.2% $50.7M 114 $135 108

Mon Jan 12 — $2.5K −83.6% −59.2% $50.7M 114 $22 109

Tue Jan 13 — $3.2K +25.6% −16.6% $50.7M 114 $28 110

Wed Jan 14 — $2.9K −6.7% −17.9% $50.7M 114 $26 111

Thu Jan 15 — $3.3K +11.0% −23.2% $50.7M 114 $29 112

Fri Jan 16 — $9.2K +180.7% +1.6% $50.7M 87 $105 113

Sat Jan 17 — $22.6K +146.2% −13.2% $50.7M 87 $260 114

Sun Jan 18 — $16.3K −27.7% +6.4% $50.7M 87 $188 115

Mon Jan 19 — $20.4K +25.1% +713.7% $50.8M 87 $235 116

Tue Jan 20 — $2.6K −87.4% −18.5% $50.8M 87 $30 117

Wed Jan 21 — $1.8K −28.2% −37.3% $50.8M 87 $21 118

Thu Jan 22 — $2.3K +27.2% −28.2% $50.8M 87 $27 119

Fri Jan 23 — $6.8K +189.4% −26.0% $50.8M 77 $88 120

Sat Jan 24 — $16.7K +146.6% −25.9% $50.8M 77 $217 121

Sun Jan 25 — $10.2K −39.2% −37.7% $50.8M 77 $132 122

Mon Jan 26 — $1.8K −82.5% −91.3% $50.8M 77 $23 123

Tue Jan 27 — $1.7K −3.0% −32.8% $50.8M 77 $22 124

Wed Jan 28 — $1.6K −6.3% −12.2% $50.8M 77 $21 125

Thu Jan 29 — $1.6K −4.0% −33.7% $50.8M 77 $20 126

Fri Jan 30 — $4.2K +172.6% −37.5% $50.8M 58 $73 127

Sat Jan 31 — $11.1K +162.7% −33.5% $50.8M 58 $192 128

Sun Feb 1 — $3.8K −65.7% −62.4% $50.8M 58 $66 129

Mon Feb 2 — $1.1K −70.6% −37.0% $50.8M 58 $19 130

Tue Feb 3 — $941 −16.1% −45.5% $50.8M 58 $16 131

Wed Feb 4 — $877 −6.8% −45.8% $50.8M 58 $15 132

Thu Feb 5 — $847 −3.4% −45.5% $50.8M 58 $15 133

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$49.9M

Sep 26Oct 13Oct 31Nov 17Dec 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $268.6K

$17.3M

$12.0M

$6.6M

$2.7M

$929.8K

$786.2K

$210.0K

$161.0K

$136.8K

$268.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,464 → 266 −92.3%

3,464 open266 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +96.3%

−30.7%

W1→2

−44.6%

W2→3

−59.3%

W3→4

−65.6%

W4→5

−15.5%

W5→6

−73.3%

W6→7

−23.3%

W7→8

−15.0%

W8→9

+96.3%

W9→10

Steepest −73.3%Biggest gain +96.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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