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The Muppets

2011 PG 1h 43m Adventure, Comedy, Family Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Get ready for Muppet domination.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$88.6M
Final
Opening Weekend
$29.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.03x
Opening → Total
Budget
$45.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$165M
$76.6M international
2011 Rank
#33
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 25-27 2 $29.2M $41.5M 3,440 $8K 1
Dec 2-4 2 $11.1M -62.1% $56.4M 3,440 $3K 2
Dec 9-11 4 $7.0M -37.0% $65.7M 3,328 $2K 3
Dec 16-18 9 $3.5M -49.5% $71.0M 2,808 $1K 4
Dec 23-25 10 $2.1M -39.1% $75.7M 1,536 $1K 5
Dec 30-Jan 1 11 $2.7M +24.1% $82.5M 1,541 $2K 6
Jan 6-8 15 $1.4M -49.0% $85.6M 1,236 $1K 7
Jan 13-15 21 $574K -57.8% $86.4M 547 $1K 8
Jan 20-22 28 $261K -54.4% $87.0M 285 $917 9
Jan 27-29 32 $213K -18.6% $87.3M 206 $1K 10
Feb 3-5 37 $119K -44.2% $87.5M 169 $703 11
Feb 10-12 32 $272K +128.8% $87.8M 291 $934 12
Feb 17-19 36 $207K -23.8% $88.1M 269 $770 13
Feb 24-26 39 $146K -29.6% $88.4M 205 $711 14
Mar 2-4 45 $79K -45.7% $88.5M 138 $573 15

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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 byJames Bobin
ScreenplayJason Segel, Nicholas Stoller
Produced byDavid Hoberman, Todd Lieberman
CinematographyDon Burgess
MusicChristophe Beck
StarringJason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones, Steve Whitmire, Peter Linz
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures