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The Polar Express movie poster

The Polar Express

2004 1h 40m Adventure, Animation, Family Warner Bros.

A journey like you’ve never imagined.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$163M
Final
Opening Weekend
$23.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
6.98x
Opening → Total
Budget
$165M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$286M
$123M international
2004 Rank
#10
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 12-14 2 $23.3M $30.6M 3,650 $6K 1
Nov 19-21 4 $15.7M -32.8% $51.5M 3,650 $4K 2
Nov 26-28 4 $19.4M +23.8% $81.5M 3,650 $5K 3
Dec 3-5 3 $10.8M -44.4% $96.1M 3,650 $3K 4
Dec 10-12 4 $9.6M -11.0% $109.8M 3,257 $3K 5
Dec 17-19 4 $8.4M -12.3% $123.4M 2,868 $3K 6
Dec 24-26 6 $6.5M -22.4% $140.2M 2,618 $2K 7
Dec 31-Jan 2 8 $5.6M -14.1% $155.1M 2,513 $2K 8
Jan 7-9 13 $2.1M -63.1% $158.7M 2,007 $1K 9
Jan 14-16 21 $1.0M -51.2% $160.2M 445 $2K 10
Jan 21-23 24 $409K -59.5% $161.2M 201 $2K 11
Jan 28-30 27 $278K -32.0% $161.6M 112 $2K 12
Feb 4-6 32 $179K -35.8% $161.9M 100 $2K 13
Feb 11-13 26 $236K +32.0% $162.1M 302 $780 14
Feb 18-20 30 $190K -19.3% $162.4M 203 $937 15
Feb 25-27 37 $123K -35.4% $162.6M 173 $710 16
Mar 4-6 40 $84K -32.0% $162.8M 104 $803 17

Performance Charts

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Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRobert Zemeckis
ScreenplayRobert Zemeckis, William Broyles Jr.
StarringTom Hanks, Leslie Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen, Nona Gaye, Peter Scolari, Michael Jeter
StudioWarner Bros.