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The Good Dinosaur

2015 • PG • 1h 33m • Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family • Walt Disney Studios

Little arms, big adventure.

🍅 76% 66%

66

3.0

6.7

CS A

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$39.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$123.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$333.8M

$210.7M international

Domestic Legs3.14x

Budget$187.5M

2015 Rank#27

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Cast & Crew

Directed byPeter Sohn ScreenplayMeg LeFauve Produced byDenise Ream CinematographyMahyar Abousaeedi (camera), Sharon Calahan (lighting) MusicMychael Danna & Jeff Danna StarringRaymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Sam Elliott StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 27-29 2 $39.2M — 3,749 $10,444 $55.5M

2 Dec 4-6 3 $15.3M −60.9% 3,749 $4,087 $75.8M

3 Dec 11-13 3 $10.5M −31.5% 3,606 $2,912 $89.7M

4 Dec 18-20 6 $4.4M −58.6% 2,755 $1,579 $96.7M

5 Dec 25-27 12 $3.8M −13.0% 2,134 $1,773 $105.4M

6 Jan 1-3 11 $4.1M +7.0% 1,735 $2,335 $114.8M

7 Jan 8-10 13 $1.7M −56.8% 1,190 $1,469 $117.4M

8 Jan 15-17 18 $1.0M −41.3% 812 $1,263 $118.8M

9 Jan 22-24 22 $503.4K −50.9% 467 $1,078 $120.0M

10 Jan 29-31 30 $293.6K −41.7% 285 $1,030 $120.4M

11 Feb 5-7 30 $186.3K −36.5% 194 $961 $120.7M

12 Feb 12-14 23 $478.7K +156.9% 277 $1,728 $121.2M

13 Feb 19-21 28 $375.0K −21.6% 264 $1,421 $121.9M

14 Feb 26-28 31 $295.2K −21.3% 250 $1,181 $122.3M

15 Mar 4-6 32 $197.5K −33.1% 232 $851 $122.5M

16 Mar 11-13 35 $146.3K −25.9% 195 $750 $122.7M

17 Mar 18-20 44 $101.8K −30.4% 166 $614 $122.9M

18 Mar 25-27 44 $46.5K −54.3% 119 $391 $123.0M

19 Apr 1-3 52 $29.3K −36.9% 60 $489 $123.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue Nov 24 #P $1.3M — $1.3M 0 $0 -3

Wed Nov 25 #2 $9.8M +650.8% $9.8M 3,749 $2,604 -2

Thu Nov 26 #2 $6.5M −33.0% $16.3M 3,749 $1,744 -1

Fri Nov 27 #2 $15.5M +137.5% $31.8M 3,749 $4,142 1

Sat Nov 28 #2 $14.7M −5.6% $46.5M 3,749 $3,908 2

Sun Nov 29 #2 $9.0M −38.8% $55.5M 3,749 $2,393 3

Mon Nov 30 #3 $1.4M −84.8% $56.8M 3,749 $364 4

Tue Dec 1 #3 $1.6M +15.4% $58.4M 3,749 $420 5

Wed Dec 2 #3 $1.0M −34.5% $59.4M 3,749 $275 6

Thu Dec 3 #3 $1.0M −1.2% $60.4M 3,749 $271 7

Fri Dec 4 #4 $3.4M +232.8% −78.2% $63.8M 3,749 $903 8

Sat Dec 5 #2 $7.2M +113.5% −50.7% $71.1M 3,749 $1,928 9

Sun Dec 6 #2 $4.7M −34.9% −47.5% $75.8M 3,749 $1,256 10

Mon Dec 7 #4 $733.4K −84.4% −46.2% $76.5M 3,749 $196 11

Tue Dec 8 #4 $1.1M +46.6% −31.6% $77.6M 3,749 $287 12

Wed Dec 9 #4 $806.6K −25.0% −21.7% $78.4M 3,749 $215 13

Thu Dec 10 #4 $785.1K −2.7% −22.8% $79.2M 3,749 $209 14

Fri Dec 11 #5 $2.3M +187.4% −33.4% $81.4M 3,606 $626 15

Sat Dec 12 #2 $4.9M +117.0% −32.3% $86.3M 3,606 $1,358 16

Sun Dec 13 #1 $3.2M −35.5% −32.9% $89.5M 3,606 $876 17

Mon Dec 14 #5 $606.2K −80.8% −17.3% $90.1M 3,606 $168 18

Tue Dec 15 #4 $878.4K +44.9% −18.3% $91.0M 3,606 $244 19

Wed Dec 16 #4 $662.6K −24.6% −17.9% $91.6M 3,606 $184 20

Thu Dec 17 #4 $688.9K +4.0% −12.3% $92.3M 3,606 $191 21

Fri Dec 18 #7 $1.1M +57.8% −51.8% $93.4M 2,755 $394 22

Sat Dec 19 #6 $1.8M +66.3% −63.1% $95.2M 2,755 $656 23

Sun Dec 20 #6 $1.5M −19.4% −53.9% $96.7M 2,755 $529 24

Mon Dec 21 #5 $1.1M −21.4% +88.8% $97.8M 2,755 $415 25

Tue Dec 22 #4 $1.5M +33.0% +73.3% $99.3M 2,755 $553 26

Wed Dec 23 #6 $1.3M −13.0% +99.8% $100.7M 2,755 $481 27

Thu Dec 24 #5 $912.0K −31.1% +32.4% $101.6M 2,755 $331 28

Fri Dec 25 #12 $971.1K +6.5% −10.6% $102.5M 2,134 $455 29

Sat Dec 26 #11 $1.5M +51.8% −18.4% $104.0M 2,134 $691 30

Sun Dec 27 #10 $1.3M −9.2% −8.1% $105.4M 2,134 $627 31

Mon Dec 28 #10 $1.3M −5.3% +10.8% $106.6M 2,134 $594 32

Tue Dec 29 #9 $1.5M +16.0% −3.4% $108.1M 2,134 $689 33

Wed Dec 30 #10 $1.4M −4.2% +6.4% $109.5M 2,134 $660 34

Thu Dec 31 #10 $1.2M −13.5% +33.5% $110.7M 2,134 $571 35

Fri Jan 1 #12 $1.5M +20.4% +51.0% $112.2M 1,735 $845 36

Sat Jan 2 #11 $1.6M +6.5% +5.9% $113.7M 1,735 $900 37

Sun Jan 3 #11 $1.0M −34.5% −23.6% $114.8M 1,735 $590 38

Mon Jan 4 #11 $380.0K −62.9% −70.0% $115.1M 1,735 $219 39

Tue Jan 5 #12 $234.9K −38.2% −84.0% $115.4M 1,735 $135 40

Wed Jan 6 #13 $161.9K −31.1% −88.5% $115.5M 1,735 $93 41

Thu Jan 7 #14 $146.7K −9.4% −88.0% $115.7M 1,735 $85 42

Fri Jan 8 #15 $295.9K +101.7% −79.8% $116.0M 1,190 $249 43

Sat Jan 9 #13 $864.3K +192.1% −44.6% $116.9M 1,190 $726 44

Sun Jan 10 #11 $588.2K −31.9% −42.5% $117.4M 1,190 $494 45

Mon Jan 11 #- $86.3K −85.3% −77.3% $117.5M 1,190 $73 46

Tue Jan 12 #- $100.1K +15.9% −57.4% $117.6M 1,190 $84 47

Wed Jan 13 #- $86.0K −14.1% −46.9% $117.7M 1,190 $72 48

Thu Jan 14 #- $82.5K −4.1% −43.8% $117.8M 1,190 $69 49

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

Cumulative total$117.8M

Nov 24Dec 7Dec 20Jan 1Jan 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $293.6K

$39.2M

$15.3M

$10.5M

$4.4M

$3.8M

$4.1M

$1.7M

$1.0M

$503.4K

$293.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,749 → 1,190 −68.3%

3,749 open1,190 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.7%

−60.9% W1→2

−31.5% W2→3

−58.6% W3→4

−13.0% W4→5

+7.0% W5→6

−56.8% W6→7

−41.3% W7→8

−50.9% W8→9

−41.7% W9→10

Steepest −60.9%Best hold +7.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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