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The Secret of KellsFollow

2009 • NR • 1h 19m • Adventure, Animation, Family • GKIDS

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7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$40K

Limited · 1 theater

Domestic total

$690K

Final

Worldwide total

$3.58M

$2.89M international

Domestic legs12.2x from $57K biggest weekend

Budget$8M

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Cast & crew

Directed byTomm Moore ScreenplayFabrice Ziolkowski Produced byDidier Brunner, Paul Young, Viviane Vanfleteren MusicBruno Coulais StarringEvan McGuire, Christen Mooney, Brendan Gleeson, Mick Lally, Liam Hourican, Paul Tylak StudioGKIDS

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 5-7 47 $39.8K — 1 $39,826 $39.8K

2 Mar 12-14 65 $12.5K −68.5% 1 $12,537 $67.0K

3 Mar 19-21 55 $19.8K +57.8% 6 $3,298 $90.9K

4 Mar 26-28 58 $16.8K −15.2% 7 $2,397 $118.2K

5 Apr 2-4 41 $56.5K +236.7% 18 $3,139 $186.4K

6 Apr 9-11 46 $46.1K −18.5% 26 $1,772 $262.3K

7 Apr 16-18 46 $38.4K −16.7% 28 $1,371 $317.5K

8 Apr 23-25 50 $30.1K −21.7% 30 $1,002 $364.8K

9 Apr 30-May 2 56 $24.6K −18.3% 36 $682 $402.0K

10 May 7-9 61 $16.8K −31.7% 22 $763 $429.7K

11 May 14-16 49 $23.9K +42.3% 26 $918 $460.9K

12 May 21-23 46 $23.7K −0.7% 23 $1,031 $496.7K

13 May 28-30 50 $25.4K +7.3% 24 $1,060 $532.9K

14 Jun 4-6 57 $21.0K −17.5% 24 $874 $570.5K

15 Jun 11-13 58 $17.1K −18.3% 20 $857 $599.1K

16 Jun 18-20 69 $11.1K −35.1% 15 $741 $620.4K

17 Jun 25-27 67 $10.4K −6.1% 15 $696 $638.0K

18 Jul 2-4 61 $11.0K +4.9% 14 $782 $656.1K

19 Jul 9-11 85 $3.0K −72.8% 10 $298 $680.9K

20 Jul 16-18 84 $2.2K −26.7% 6 $364 $686.5K

21 Jul 23-25 87 $1.9K −14.2% 4 $469 $689.6K

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 5 $9.6K — $9.6K 1 $9,599 1

Sat Mar 6 $16.6K +73% $26.2K 1 $16,616 2

Sun Mar 7 $13.6K −18% $39.8K 1 $13,611 3

Mon Mar 8 $3.0K −78% $42.8K 1 $2,958 4

Tue Mar 9 $2.7K −10% $45.4K 1 $2,657 5

Wed Mar 10 $3.9K +48% $49.4K 1 $3,938 6

Thu Mar 11 $5.1K +30% $54.5K 1 $5,123 7

Fri Mar 12 $2.3K −54% −76% $56.8K 1 $2,334 8

Sat Mar 13 $5.5K +136% −67% $62.3K 1 $5,502 9

Sun Mar 14 $4.7K −15% −65% $67.0K 1 $4,702 10

Fri Mar 19 $5.8K — +149% $76.9K 6 $967 15

Sat Mar 20 $7.6K +32% +39% $84.6K 6 $1,271 16

Sun Mar 21 $6.4K −17% +35% $90.9K 6 $1,060 17

Fri Mar 26 $3.9K — −34% $105.3K 7 $550 22

Sat Mar 27 $7.1K +83% −7% $112.3K 7 $1,008 23

Sun Mar 28 $5.9K −17% −8% $118.2K 7 $839 24

Mon Mar 29 $3.0K −49% $121.2K 7 $430 25

Tue Mar 30 $2.8K −8% $124.0K 7 $395 26

Wed Mar 31 $2.5K −8% $126.5K 7 $363 27

Thu Apr 1 $3.4K +32% $129.9K 8 $420 28

Fri Apr 2 $16.6K +394% +331% $146.5K 19 $874 29

Sat Apr 3 $22.9K +38% +224% $169.3K 19 $1,204 30

Sun Apr 4 $17.0K −26% +190% $186.4K 19 $897 31

Mon Apr 5 $7.7K −55% +157% $194.1K 19 $408 32

Tue Apr 6 $6.9K −11% +149% $201.0K 19 $362 33

Wed Apr 7 $7.8K +13% +206% $208.8K 19 $409 34

Thu Apr 8 $7.5K −4% +123% $216.2K 19 $394 35

Fri Apr 9 $10.8K +45% −35% $227.1K 26 $417 36

Sat Apr 10 $18.6K +71% −19% $245.7K 26 $715 37

Sun Apr 11 $15.2K −18% −11% $262.3K 26 $584 38

Mon Apr 12 $4.2K −72% −46% $266.5K 26 $161 39

Tue Apr 13 $3.6K −14% −47% $270.1K 26 $139 40

Wed Apr 14 $4.4K +21% −44% $274.5K 26 $168 41

Thu Apr 15 $4.6K +5% −39% $279.1K 26 $176 42

Fri Apr 16 $9.1K +98% −16% $288.2K 28 $324 43

Sat Apr 17 $17.0K +87% −9% $305.1K 28 $606 44

Sun Apr 18 $12.4K −27% −19% $317.5K 28 $442 45

Mon Apr 19 $2.8K −77% −33% $320.3K 21 $134 46

Tue Apr 20 $4.8K +71% +32% $325.1K 21 $229 47

Wed Apr 21 $5.4K +13% +24% $330.5K 21 $258 48

Thu Apr 22 $4.3K −21% −7% $334.8K 21 $204 49

Fri Apr 23 $6.8K +59% −25% $341.6K 30 $226 50

Sat Apr 24 $12.4K +82% −27% $354.0K 30 $413 51

Sun Apr 25 $10.9K −12% −12% $364.8K 30 $363 52

Mon Apr 26 $2.3K −79% −17% $367.2K 30 $78 53

Tue Apr 27 $3.6K +56% −24% $370.8K 30 $121 54

Wed Apr 28 $2.9K −20% −46% $373.7K 30 $97 55

Thu Apr 29 $3.7K +27% −13% $377.4K 30 $124 56

Fri Apr 30 $5.5K +48% −19% $382.9K 36 $152 57

Sat May 1 $9.7K +77% −22% $392.6K 36 $269 58

Sun May 2 $9.4K −3% −14% $402.0K 37 $254 59

Mon May 3 $2.4K −75% +2% $404.4K 37 $64 60

Tue May 4 $2.5K +5% −32% $406.8K 37 $67 61

Wed May 5 $2.9K +17% −1% $409.7K 37 $78 62

Thu May 6 $3.2K +13% −13% $413.0K 37 $88 63

Fri May 7 $2.6K −20% −52% $415.6K 22 $118 64

Sat May 8 $6.4K +145% −34% $421.9K 22 $289 65

Sun May 9 $7.8K +23% −17% $429.7K 22 $355 66

Mon May 10 $1.9K −76% −19% $431.7K 22 $87 67

Tue May 11 $1.5K −20% −38% $433.2K 22 $70 68

Wed May 12 $2.0K +31% −30% $435.2K 22 $92 69

Thu May 13 $1.8K −9% −43% $437.0K 22 $84 70

Fri May 14 $6.0K +228% +132% $443.1K 26 $232 71

Sat May 15 $9.2K +53% +45% $452.3K 26 $355 72

Sun May 16 $8.6K −7% +10% $460.9K 26 $331 73

Mon May 17 $3.0K −65% +58% $463.9K 26 $116 74

Tue May 18 $3.4K +12% +119% $467.3K 26 $129 75

Wed May 19 $2.9K −14% +43% $470.2K 26 $111 76

Thu May 20 $2.8K −2% +53% $473.0K 26 $108 77

Fri May 21 $5.0K +77% −18% $478.0K 23 $217 78

Sat May 22 $10.4K +108% +12% $488.4K 23 $452 79

Sun May 23 $8.3K −20% −3% $496.7K 23 $363 80

Mon May 24 $2.1K −75% −30% $498.8K 23 $91 81

Tue May 25 $2.6K +22% −24% $501.4K 23 $112 82

Wed May 26 $3.0K +17% +4% $504.4K 23 $131 83

Thu May 27 $3.1K +2% +9% $507.5K 23 $134 84

Fri May 28 $6.4K +107% +28% $513.8K 25 $255 85

Sat May 29 $10.4K +63% −0% $524.2K 25 $414 86

Sun May 30 $9.0K −13% +8% $532.9K 25 $360 87

Mon May 31 #50 $8.8K −2% +319% $542.0K 25 $351 88

Tue Jun 1 $2.3K −74% −11% $544.3K 25 $91 89

Wed Jun 2 $2.4K +3% −22% $546.6K 25 $94 90

Thu Jun 3 $2.9K +24% −5% $549.5K 25 $116 91

Fri Jun 4 $5.2K +79% −18% $554.7K 24 $218 92

Sat Jun 5 $7.5K +44% −27% $562.3K 24 $314 93

Sun Jun 6 $8.2K +9% −9% $570.5K 24 $342 94

Mon Jun 7 $2.7K −67% −69% $573.2K 24 $113 95

Tue Jun 8 $3.5K +28% +52% $576.7K 24 $145 96

Wed Jun 9 $2.6K −27% +9% $579.2K 24 $107 97

Thu Jun 10 $2.7K +7% −6% $582.0K 24 $114 98

Fri Jun 11 $3.5K +28% −33% $585.5K 20 $176 99

Sat Jun 12 $6.8K +95% −9% $592.4K 20 $342 100

Sun Jun 13 $6.8K −1% −17% $599.1K 20 $339 101

Mon Jun 14 $1.9K −72% −31% $601.0K 20 $94 102

Tue Jun 15 $3.5K +88% +1% $604.5K 20 $176 103

Wed Jun 16 $2.7K −22% +7% $607.3K 20 $137 104

Thu Jun 17 $2.0K −27% −28% $609.2K 20 $99 105

Fri Jun 18 $2.8K +39% −21% $612.0K 15 $184 106

Sat Jun 19 $4.0K +45% −41% $616.0K 15 $268 107

Sun Jun 20 $4.3K +8% −36% $620.4K 15 $290 108

Mon Jun 21 $1.3K −70% −30% $621.7K 15 $88 109

Tue Jun 22 $1.7K +28% −52% $623.3K 15 $112 110

Wed Jun 23 $2.5K +48% −9% $625.8K 15 $166 111

Thu Jun 24 $1.7K −31% −13% $627.6K 15 $115 112

Fri Jun 25 $2.9K +67% +4% $630.4K 15 $192 113

Sat Jun 26 $3.7K +28% −8% $634.1K 15 $247 114

Sun Jun 27 $3.9K +4% −11% $638.0K 15 $257 115

Mon Jun 28 $1.6K −60% +18% $639.5K 15 $104 116

Tue Jun 29 $1.8K +16% +8% $641.4K 15 $120 117

Wed Jun 30 $1.7K −3% −30% $643.1K 15 $116 118

Thu Jul 1 $2.1K +20% +22% $645.2K 15 $140 119

Fri Jul 2 $3.1K +47% +6% $648.3K 14 $219 120

Sat Jul 3 $4.0K +32% +9% $652.3K 14 $289 121

Sun Jul 4 $3.6K −10% −6% $655.9K 14 $259 122

Mon Jul 5 #62 $2.5K −31% +61% $658.4K 14 $179 123

Tue Jul 6 $2.0K −18% +13% $660.5K 14 $146 124

Wed Jul 7 $2.1K +1% +19% $662.6K 14 $148 125

Thu Jul 8 $1.9K −8% −9% $664.5K 14 $136 126

Fri Jul 9 $672 −65% −78% $665.1K 10 $67 127

Sat Jul 10 $1.4K +115% −64% $666.6K 10 $145 128

Sun Jul 11 $1.1K −22% −69% $667.7K 10 $113 129

Mon Jul 12 $698 −38% −72% $668.4K 10 $70 130

Tue Jul 13 $875 +25% −57% $669.3K 10 $88 131

Wed Jul 14 $754 −14% −64% $670.0K 10 $75 132

Thu Jul 15 $778 +3% −59% $684.3K 10 $78 133

Fri Jul 16 $524 −33% −22% $684.8K 5 $105 134

Sat Jul 17 $743 +42% −49% $685.5K 5 $149 135

Sun Jul 18 $918 +24% −19% $686.5K 5 $184 136

Mon Jul 19 $355 −61% −49% $686.8K 5 $71 137

Tue Jul 20 $403 +14% −54% $687.2K 5 $81 138

Wed Jul 21 $328 −19% −56% $687.5K 5 $66 139

Thu Jul 22 $154 −53% −80% $687.7K 5 $31 140

Fri Jul 23 $418 +171% −20% $688.1K 4 $105 141

Sat Jul 24 $713 +71% −4% $688.8K 4 $178 142

Sun Jul 25 $744 +4% −19% $689.6K 4 $186 143

Mon Jul 26 $182 −76% −49% $689.8K 4 $46 144

Tue Jul 27 $284 +56% −30% $690.0K 4 $71 145

Wed Jul 28 $186 −35% −43% $690.2K 4 $47 146

Thu Jul 29 $62 −67% −60% $690.3K 4 $16 147

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

Cumulative total$437.0K

Mar 5Mar 28Apr 13Apr 28May 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $16.8K

$39.8K

$12.5K

$19.8K

$16.8K

$56.5K

$46.1K

$38.4K

$30.1K

$24.6K

$16.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 37 → 22 −40.5%

1 open22 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.7%

−68.5%

W1→2

+57.8%

W2→3

−15.2%

W3→4

+236.7%

W4→5

−18.5%

W5→6

−16.7%

W6→7

−21.7%

W7→8

−18.3%

W8→9

−31.7%

W9→10

Steepest −68.5%Biggest gain +236.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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