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The Cat in the Hat

2003 PG 1h 22m Adventure, Comedy, Family Universal Pictures

Don't mess with the hat.

The Cat in the Hat Box Office

Opening Weekend
$38.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$101M
Final
Worldwide Total
$134M
$32.8M international
Domestic Legs2.64x
Budget$109M
2003 Rank#29
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 21-23 1 $38.33M $38.33M 3,464 $11.1K 1
Nov 28-30 1 $24.46M -36.2% $75.83M 3,467 $7.1K 2
Dec 5-7 5 $7.14M -70.8% $85.30M 3,409 $2.1K 3
Dec 12-14 9 $4.17M -41.7% $90.73M 2,955 $1.4K 4
Dec 19-21 11 $2.31M -44.5% $93.92M 2,121 $1.1K 5
Dec 26-28 17 $1.26M -45.5% $97.01M 1,299 $970 6
Jan 2-4 21 $988K -21.6% $99.38M 1,057 $935 7
Jan 9-11 27 $343K -65.3% $99.88M 557 $616 8
Jan 16-18 31 $222K -35.2% $100.17M 334 $665 9
Jan 23-25 36 $158K -28.7% $100.45M 317 $499 10
Jan 30-Feb 1 41 $102K -35.8% $100.59M 163 $624 11
Feb 13-16 Presidents' Day 44 $114K +11.6% $100.88M 131 $866 12
Feb 20-22 51 $75K -34.1% $100.97M 112 $667 13

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byBo Welch
ScreenplayDavid Mandel, Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer
Produced byBrian Grazer
CinematographyEmmanuel Lubezki
MusicDavid Newman
StarringMike Myers, Dakota Fanning, Spencer Breslin, Kelly Preston, Alec Baldwin, Amy Hill
StudioUniversal Pictures

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