Name: The Cat in the Hat
Director: Bo Welch
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Released: 2003
Cast: Mike Myers, Dakota Fanning, Spencer Breslin, Kelly Preston, Alec Baldwin

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jul 12	#2	$6.61M		—	$6.61M	1,797	$3.7K	1
Sat Jul 13	#2	$8.63M	+31%	—	$15.24M	1,797	$4.8K	2
Sun Jul 14	#2	$6.61M	-23%	—	$22.08M	1,797	$3.7K	3
Mon Jul 15	#2	$2.50M	-62%	—	$24.58M	1,797	$1.4K	4
Tue Jul 16	#2	$2.60M	+4%	—	$27.18M	1,797	$1.4K	5
Wed Jul 17	#2	$2.39M	-8%	—	$29.56M	1,797	$1.3K	6
Thu Jul 18	#2	$2.33M	-2%	—	$31.89M	1,797	$1.3K	7
Fri Jul 19	#2	$4.62M	+98%	-30%	$36.51M	2,159	$2.1K	8
Sat Jul 20	#1	$6.34M	+37%	-27%	$42.85M	2,159	$2.9K	9
Sun Jul 21	#1	$4.55M	-28%	-31%	$47.30M	2,159	$2.1K	10
Mon Jul 22	#2	$1.90M	-58%	-24%	$49.20M	2,159	$879	11
Tue Jul 23	#2	$2.01M	+6%	-23%	$51.21M	2,159	$931	12
Wed Jul 24	#2	$1.77M	-12%	-26%	$52.98M	2,159	$819	13
Thu Jul 25	#3	$1.56M	-12%	-33%	$54.54M	2,159	$723	14
Fri Jul 26	#3	$3.12M	+100%	-32%	$57.66M	2,159	$1.4K	15
Sat Jul 27	#2	$4.71M	+51%	-26%	$62.37M	2,159	$2.2K	16
Sun Jul 28	#2	$3.26M	-31%	-28%	$65.65M	2,250	$1.4K	17
Mon Jul 29	#3	$1.24M	-62%	-35%	$66.88M	2,250	$550	18
Tue Jul 30	#3	$1.33M	+8%	-34%	$68.22M	2,250	$592	19
Wed Jul 31	#3	$1.15M	-13%	-35%	$69.37M	2,250	$513	20
Thu Aug 1	#3	$1.18M	+2%	-24%	$70.55M	2,250	$525	21
Fri Aug 2	#5	$1.88M	+59%	-40%	$72.43M	2,332	$805	22
Sat Aug 3	#4	$2.76M	+47%	-41%	$75.20M	2,332	$1.2K	23
Sun Aug 4	#5	$1.96M	-29%	-40%	$77.15M	2,332	$840	24
Mon Aug 5	#6	$795K	-59%	-36%	$77.95M	2,332	$341	25
Tue Aug 6	#5	$760K	-4%	-43%	$78.71M	2,332	$326	26
Wed Aug 7	#6	$687K	-10%	-41%	$79.40M	2,332	$295	27
Thu Aug 8	#5	$677K	-1%	-43%	$80.07M	2,332	$290	28
Fri Aug 9	#7	$1.14M	+69%	-39%	$81.22M	2,211	$517	29
Sat Aug 10	#7	$1.79M	+57%	-35%	$83.01M	2,211	$810	30
Sun Aug 11	#7	$1.27M	-29%	-35%	$84.28M	2,211	$574	31
Mon Aug 12	#7	$521K	-59%	-34%	$84.80M	2,211	$236	32
Tue Aug 13	#7	$603K	+16%	-21%	$85.40M	2,211	$273	33
Wed Aug 14	#8	$565K	-6%	-18%	$85.97M	2,211	$256	34
Thu Aug 15	#7	$537K	-5%	-21%	$86.50M	2,211	$243	35
Fri Aug 16	#8	$1.09M	+102%	-5%	$87.59M	1,914	$568	36
Sat Aug 17	#8	$1.66M	+52%	-8%	$89.24M	1,914	$865	37
Sun Aug 18	#8	$1.06M	-36%	-17%	$90.30M	1,914	$553	38
Mon Aug 19	#9	$399K	-62%	-23%	$90.70M	1,914	$208	39
Tue Aug 20	#9	$429K	+8%	-29%	$91.13M	1,914	$224	40
Wed Aug 21	#9	$376K	-12%	-33%	$91.51M	1,914	$196	41
Thu Aug 22	#9	$401K	+7%	-25%	$91.91M	1,914	$210	42
Fri Aug 23	#11	$788K	+97%	-27%	$92.70M	1,863	$423	43
Sat Aug 24	#11	$1.23M	+56%	-26%	$93.93M	1,863	$661	44
Sun Aug 25	#11	$704K	-43%	-33%	$94.63M	1,863	$378	45
Tue Aug 27	#10	$312K		-27%	$95.20M	1,863	$167	47
Wed Aug 28	#9	$299K	-4%	-20%	$95.50M	1,863	$160	48
Thu Aug 29	#9	$306K	+2%	-24%	$95.80M	1,863	$164	49
Fri Aug 30	#11	$600K	+96%	-24%	$96.40M	1,763	$340	50
Sat Aug 31	#10	$960K	+60%	-22%	$97.36M	1,763	$545	51
Sun Sep 1	#9	$1.08M	+13%	+54%	$98.45M	1,763	$615	52
Mon Sep 2	#10	$875K	-19%	—	$99.33M	1,763	$496	53
Sun Sep 8	#14	$302K		-72%	$101.14M	1,420	$213	59
Fri Sep 20	#16	$122K		—	$102.97M	656	$187	71
Sat Sep 21	#15	$187K	+53%	—	$103.15M	656	$285	72
Sun Sep 22	#19	$81K	-57%	—	$103.24M	656	$124	73
Fri Sep 27	#19	$56K		-54%	$103.43M	338	$167	78
Sat Sep 28	#20	$86K	+53%	-54%	$103.52M	338	$255	79
Sun Sep 29	#23	$34K	-60%	-58%	$103.55M	338	$101	80

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

Performance Charts

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

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

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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