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The Cat in the Hat

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

Don't mess with the hat.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$101M
Final
Opening Weekend
$38.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.64x
Opening → Total
Budget
$109M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$134M
$32.8M international
2003 Rank
#29
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 21-23 1 $38.3M $38.3M 3,464 $11K 1
Nov 28-30 1 $24.5M -36.2% $75.8M 3,467 $7K 2
Dec 5-7 5 $7.1M -70.8% $85.3M 3,409 $2K 3
Dec 12-14 9 $4.2M -41.7% $90.7M 2,955 $1K 4
Dec 19-21 11 $2.3M -44.5% $93.9M 2,121 $1K 5
Dec 26-28 17 $1.3M -45.5% $97.0M 1,299 $970 6
Jan 2-4 21 $988K -21.6% $99.4M 1,057 $935 7
Jan 9-11 27 $343K -65.3% $99.9M 557 $616 8
Jan 16-18 31 $222K -35.2% $100.2M 334 $665 9
Jan 23-25 36 $158K -28.7% $100.4M 317 $499 10
Jan 30-Feb 1 41 $102K -35.8% $100.6M 163 $624 11
Feb 13-16 Presidents' Day 44 $114K +11.6% $100.9M 131 $866 12
Feb 20-22 51 $75K -34.1% $101.0M 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