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The Santa Clause 2Follow

2002 • 1h 44m • Comedy, Family, Fantasy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

What's Christmas Fun without some Reindeer Games?

🍅 56% 43%

48

2.84

5.8

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$29.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$139.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$173.00M

$33.60M international

Domestic legs4.80x

Budget$65.0M

2002 rank#15

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Cast & crew

Full Lembeck filmography

Michael Lembeck

Michael Lembeck Director

Tim Allen

Tim Allen Starring

Judge Reinhold

Judge Reinhold Starring

Wendy Crewson

Wendy Crewson Starring

Elizabeth Mitchell

Elizabeth Mitchell Starring

David Krumholtz

David Krumholtz Starring

ScreenplayDon Rhymer, Cinco Paul, Ed Decter, Ken Daurio Produced byRobert Newmyer, Brian Reilly, Jeffrey Silver CinematographyAdam Greenberg MusicGeorge S. Clinton StudioWalt Disney Studios SeriesThe Santa Clause

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 1-3 1 $29.0M — 3,350 $8,659 $29.0M

2 Nov 8-10 2 $24.7M −14.7% 3,352 $7,379 $60.0M

3 Nov 15-17 3 $15.1M −38.9% 3,346 $4,513 $82.5M

4 Nov 22-24 4 $10.2M −32.4% 3,251 $3,140 $94.9M

5 Nov 29-Dec 1 3 $12.1M +18.8% 2,526 $4,803 $113.6M

6 Dec 6-8 6 $5.3M −56.1% 2,356 $2,261 $120.1M

7 Dec 13-15 8 $4.1M −23.9% 2,207 $1,835 $125.4M

8 Dec 20-22 11 $3.2M −20.9% 1,701 $1,883 $129.8M

9 Dec 27-29 14 $2.1M −35.4% 1,511 $1,370 $135.5M

10 Jan 3-5 20 $816.1K −60.6% 1,202 $678 $138.3M

11 Jan 10-12 31 $301.1K −63.1% 550 $547 $138.7M

12 Jan 17-19 34 $180.6K −40.0% 296 $610 $139.0M

13 Jan 24-26 41 $93.4K −48.3% 223 $419 $139.1M

14 Jan 31-Feb 2 50 $57.3K −38.7% 145 $394 $139.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 1 #1 $7.5M — $7.5M 3,350 $2,247 1

Sat Nov 2 #1 $12.9M +71% $20.4M 3,350 $3,838 2

Sun Nov 3 #1 $8.6M −33% $29.0M 3,350 $2,573 3

Mon Nov 4 #1 $1.5M −83% $30.5M 3,350 $448 4

Tue Nov 5 #1 $2.2M +47% $32.7M 3,350 $658 5

Wed Nov 6 #2 $1.1M −49% $33.8M 3,350 $337 6

Thu Nov 7 #1 $1.5M +29% $35.3M 3,350 $434 7

Fri Nov 8 #2 $6.0M +310% −21% $41.3M 3,352 $1,780 8

Sat Nov 9 #2 $10.8M +80% −16% $52.0M 3,352 $3,209 9

Sun Nov 10 #2 $8.0M −26% −7% $60.0M 3,352 $2,389 10

Mon Nov 11 #2 $4.9M −39% +225% $64.9M 3,352 $1,454 11

Tue Nov 12 #3 $878.0K −82% −60% $65.8M 3,352 $261 12

Wed Nov 13 #3 $781.0K −11% −31% $66.6M 3,352 $232 13

Thu Nov 14 #3 $844.0K +8% −42% $67.4M 3,352 $251 14

Fri Nov 15 #4 $3.6M +323% −40% $71.0M 3,346 $1,065 15

Sat Nov 16 #3 $7.1M +100% −34% $78.1M 3,346 $2,129 16

Sun Nov 17 #3 $4.4M −38% −45% $82.5M 3,346 $1,318 17

Mon Nov 18 #4 $528.0K −88% −89% $83.0M 3,346 $157 18

Tue Nov 19 #4 $569.0K +8% −35% $83.6M 3,346 $170 19

Wed Nov 20 #4 $530.0K −7% −32% $84.1M 3,346 $158 20

Thu Nov 21 #4 $590.0K +11% −30% $84.7M 3,346 $176 21

Fri Nov 22 #6 $2.4M +303% −33% $87.1M 3,251 $732 22

Sat Nov 23 #4 $4.8M +100% −33% $91.9M 3,251 $1,466 23

Sun Nov 24 #4 $3.0M −38% −33% $94.9M 3,251 $913 24

Mon Nov 25 #4 $702.0K −76% +33% $95.6M 3,251 $215 25

Tue Nov 26 #3 $1.1M +51% +86% $96.7M 3,251 $326 26

Wed Nov 27 #5 $2.0M +87% +274% $98.7M 2,526 $783 27

Thu Nov 28 #3 $2.8M +41% +374% $101.5M 2,526 $1,107 28

Fri Nov 29 #4 $4.8M +72% +103% $106.3M 2,526 $1,908 29

Sat Nov 30 #3 $4.7M −3% −1% $111.0M 2,526 $1,860 30

Sun Dec 1 #4 $2.4M −48% −18% $113.6M 2,526 $962 31

Mon Dec 2 #6 $351.0K −86% −50% $113.9M 2,526 $138 32

Tue Dec 3 #8 $282.0K −20% −73% $114.2M 2,526 $111 33

Wed Dec 4 #7 $274.0K −3% −86% $114.5M 2,526 $108 34

Thu Dec 5 #4 $320.0K +17% −89% $114.8M 2,526 $126 35

Fri Dec 6 #6 $1.3M +309% −73% $116.1M 2,356 $556 36

Sat Dec 7 #4 $2.5M +90% −47% $118.6M 2,356 $1,056 37

Sun Dec 8 #6 $1.5M −38% −36% $120.1M 2,356 $657 38

Mon Dec 9 #6 $274.0K −82% −22% $120.4M 2,356 $116 39

Tue Dec 10 #5 $312.0K +14% +11% $120.7M 2,356 $132 40

Wed Dec 11 #5 $311.0K n/c +14% $121.0M 2,356 $132 41

Thu Dec 12 #5 $335.0K +8% +5% $121.4M 2,356 $142 42

Fri Dec 13 #8 $997.0K +198% −24% $122.4M 2,207 $451 43

Sat Dec 14 #8 $1.9M +86% −25% $124.2M 2,207 $841 44

Sun Dec 15 #8 $1.2M −35% −22% $125.4M 2,207 $546 45

Mon Dec 16 #9 $248.0K −79% −9% $125.7M 2,207 $112 46

Tue Dec 17 #8 $286.0K +15% −8% $126.0M 2,207 $129 47

Wed Dec 18 #9 $291.5K +2% −6% $126.2M 2,207 $132 48

Thu Dec 19 #9 $384.0K +32% +15% $126.6M 2,207 $173 49

Mon Dec 23 #8 $1.3M — +421% $131.1M 1,701 $760 53

Tue Dec 24 #4 $1.1M −16% +279% $132.2M 1,701 $637 54

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

Cumulative total$132.2M

Nov 1Nov 14Nov 26Dec 9Dec 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $816.1K

$29.0M

$24.7M

$15.1M

$10.2M

$12.1M

$5.3M

$4.1M

$3.2M

$2.1M

$816.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,352 → 1,701 −49.3%

3,350 open1,701 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −60.6%

−14.7%

W1→2

−38.9%

W2→3

−32.4%

W3→4

+18.8%

W4→5

−56.1%

W5→6

−23.9%

W6→7

−20.9%

W7→8

−35.4%

W8→9

−60.6%

W9→10

Steepest −60.6%Biggest gain +18.8%

Run milestones

$100M in 28 days

$100M

Day 28

Nov 28

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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