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The Muppet Christmas Carol

1992 G 1h 25m Comedy, Drama, Family Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$5.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$27.4M
Final
Worldwide Total
$31.7M
$4.3M international
Domestic Legs5.5x
Budget$12M
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Cast & Crew

Directed byBrian Henson ScreenplayJerry Juhl Produced byBrian Henson, Martin G. Baker CinematographyJohn Fenner MusicMiles Goodman Prod. DesignVal Strazovec StarringMichael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, David Rudman StudioWalt Disney Studios
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 11-13 6 $5.0M 2,075 $2,415 $5.0M
2 Dec 18-20 7 $4.1M −18.7% 2,084 $1,953 $10.5M
3 Dec 25-27 11 $3.0M −25.8% 2,020 $1,495 $17.5M
4 Jan 1-3 9 $3.0M +0.1% 1,852 $1,632 $24.6M
5 Jan 8-10 17 $715.0K −76.3% 1,411 $507 $25.7M
6 Jan 15-18 13 $672.5K −5.9% 757 $888 $26.5M
7 Jan 22-24 26 $229.0K −66.0% 483 $474 $26.8M
8 Jan 29-31 19 $167.9K −26.7% 446 $377 $27.0M
9 Feb 5-7 14 $105.7K −37.1% 298 $355 $27.2M
10 Feb 12-15 13 $59.3K −43.9% 196 $303 $27.2M
11 Feb 19-21 13 $29.7K −49.9% 99 $300 $27.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$27.4M
Dec 18Dec 19Dec 20Dec 25Dec 26
Weekend grossWk 10 · $59.3K
$5.0M
$4.1M
$3.0M
$3.0M
$715.0K
$672.5K
$229.0K
$167.9K
$105.7K
$59.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 725 → 160 −77.9%
725 open160 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43.9%
−18.7%
W1→2
−25.8%
W2→3
+0.1%
W3→4
−76.3%
W4→5
−5.9%
W5→6
−66.0%
W6→7
−26.7%
W7→8
−37.1%
W8→9
−43.9%
W9→10
Steepest −76.3%Biggest gain +0.1%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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