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The Lorax

2012 PG 1h 26m Adventure, Animation, Comedy Universal Pictures

Meet the original force of nature.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$214M
Final
Opening Weekend
$70.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.05x
Opening → Total
Budget
$70.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$349M
$135M international
2012 Rank
#11
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Mar 2-4 1 $70.2M $70.2M 3,729 $19K 1
Mar 9-11 1 $38.8M -44.7% $121.7M 3,746 $10K 2
Mar 16-18 2 $22.8M -41.4% $158.4M 3,769 $6K 3
Mar 23-25 3 $13.2M -42.1% $177.4M 3,677 $4K 4
Mar 30-Apr 1 5 $7.8M -40.9% $189.3M 3,264 $2K 5
Apr 6-8 7 $5.0M -35.4% $198.2M 3,003 $2K 6
Apr 13-15 10 $3.1M -39.3% $204.5M 2,112 $1K 7
Apr 20-22 13 $1.9M -37.7% $207.2M 1,583 $1K 8
Apr 27-29 17 $848K -55.4% $208.4M 883 $960 9
May 4-6 18 $427K -49.6% $209.0M 521 $820 10
May 11-13 19 $432K +1.2% $209.6M 455 $949 11
May 18-20 16 $459K +6.1% $210.2M 379 $1K 12
May 25-27 17 $476K +3.7% $210.8M 390 $1K 13
Jun 1-3 20 $340K -28.5% $211.5M 315 $1K 14
Jun 8-10 19 $338K -0.7% $212.0M 290 $1K 15
Jun 15-17 20 $260K -22.9% $212.5M 277 $940 16
Jun 22-24 25 $206K -20.9% $212.9M 234 $880 17
Jun 29-Jul 1 28 $155K -25.0% $213.2M 202 $765 18
Jul 6-8 34 $133K -14.0% $213.5M 175 $759 19
Jul 13-15 35 $144K +8.0% $213.7M 168 $854 20
Jul 20-22 33 $86K -40.1% $213.9M 167 $515 21

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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byChris Renaud
ScreenplayKen Daurio, Cinco Paul
StarringDanny DeVito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron, Rob Riggle, Taylor Swift, Jenny Slate
StudioUniversal Pictures