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The SmurfsFollow

2011 • PG • 1h 43m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Sony Pictures Releasing

Smurf happens.

🍅 21% 43%

30

2.51

5.4

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$35.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$142.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$563.70M

$421.10M international

Domestic legs4.01x

Budget$110M

2011 rank#19

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Cast & crew

Full Gosnell filmography

Raja Gosnell

Raja Gosnell Director

Hank Azaria

Hank Azaria Starring

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris Starring

Jayma Mays

Jayma Mays Starring

Anton Yelchin

Anton Yelchin Starring

ScreenplayDavid N. Weiss, J. David Stem, Jay Scherick, David Ronn Produced byJordan Kerner CinematographyPhil Méheux MusicHeitor Pereira StudioSony Pictures SeriesThe Smurfs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 29-31 2 $35.6M — 3,395 $10,489 $35.6M

2 Aug 5-7 2 $20.7M −41.9% 3,395 $6,097 $75.9M

3 Aug 12-14 4 $13.7M −33.7% 3,427 $4,007 $101.8M

4 Aug 19-21 5 $7.8M −43.2% 3,057 $2,552 $117.5M

5 Aug 26-28 7 $4.8M −39.1% 2,861 $1,661 $125.9M

6 Sep 2-4 10 $4.1M −13.8% 2,706 $1,514 $132.1M

7 Sep 9-11 14 $1.8M −56.1% 1,977 $910 $136.0M

8 Sep 16-18 15 $1.2M −30.9% 1,419 $876 $137.6M

9 Sep 23-25 18 $541.8K −56.4% 669 $809 $138.4M

10 Sep 30-Oct 2 25 $336.0K −38.0% 411 $817 $138.8M

11 Oct 7-9 15 $512.1K +52.4% 515 $994 $139.4M

12 Oct 14-16 18 $440.5K −14.0% 370 $1,190 $140.0M

13 Oct 21-23 23 $387.3K −12.1% 327 $1,184 $140.6M

14 Oct 28-30 22 $251.0K −35.2% 303 $828 $140.9M

15 Nov 4-6 23 $303.5K +20.9% 278 $1,091 $141.3M

16 Nov 11-13 24 $318.8K +5.0% 269 $1,185 $141.7M

17 Nov 18-20 27 $212.9K −33.2% 252 $844 $141.9M

18 Nov 25-27 26 $239.5K +12.5% 248 $965 $142.3M

19 Dec 2-4 32 $131.8K −45.0% 327 $402 $142.5M

20 Dec 9-11 37 $81.6K −38.1% 181 $450 $142.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 29 #1 $13.3M — $13.3M 3,395 $3,905 1

Sat Jul 30 #2 $12.6M −5% $25.9M 3,395 $3,714 2

Sun Jul 31 #2 $9.7M −23% $35.6M 3,395 $2,869 3

Mon Aug 1 #1 $5.0M −49% $40.6M 3,395 $1,474 4

Tue Aug 2 #1 $5.7M +13% $46.3M 3,395 $1,668 5

Wed Aug 3 #1 $4.8M −15% $51.1M 3,395 $1,422 6

Thu Aug 4 #1 $4.1M −15% $55.2M 3,395 $1,205 7

Fri Aug 5 #2 $6.0M +46% −55% $61.2M 3,395 $1,756 8

Sat Aug 6 #2 $8.1M +35% −36% $69.2M 3,395 $2,373 9

Sun Aug 7 #2 $6.7M −17% −31% $75.9M 3,395 $1,967 10

Mon Aug 8 #2 $2.9M −57% −42% $78.8M 3,395 $851 11

Tue Aug 9 #2 $3.8M +31% −33% $82.6M 3,395 $1,118 12

Wed Aug 10 #3 $3.0M −21% −38% $85.6M 3,395 $878 13

Thu Aug 11 #3 $2.5M −17% −40% $88.0M 3,395 $728 14

Fri Aug 12 #5 $3.8M +53% −37% $91.8M 3,427 $1,103 15

Sat Aug 13 #4 $5.3M +40% −34% $97.1M 3,427 $1,545 16

Sun Aug 14 #3 $4.7M −12% −30% $101.8M 3,427 $1,358 17

Mon Aug 15 #3 $2.3M −51% −21% $104.1M 3,427 $664 18

Tue Aug 16 #3 $2.5M +9% −34% $106.5M 3,427 $726 19

Wed Aug 17 #3 $1.6M −35% −46% $108.2M 3,427 $469 20

Thu Aug 18 #3 $1.6M −1% −36% $109.7M 3,427 $463 21

Fri Aug 19 #7 $2.2M +40% −41% $112.0M 3,057 $729 22

Sat Aug 20 #5 $3.2M +42% −40% $115.1M 3,057 $1,036 23

Sun Aug 21 #5 $2.4M −24% −48% $117.5M 3,057 $786 24

Mon Aug 22 #5 $883.3K −63% −61% $118.4M 3,057 $288 25

Tue Aug 23 #4 $1.1M +23% −56% $119.5M 3,057 $356 26

Wed Aug 24 #4 $779.5K −28% −52% $120.3M 3,057 $254 27

Thu Aug 25 #4 $895.1K +15% −44% $121.2M 3,057 $292 28

Fri Aug 26 #7 $1.3M +43% −43% $122.5M 2,861 $447 29

Sat Aug 27 #7 $2.0M +60% −35% $124.5M 2,861 $714 30

Sun Aug 28 #7 $1.4M −30% −41% $125.9M 2,861 $499 31

Mon Aug 29 #7 $480.6K −66% −46% $126.4M 2,861 $167 32

Tue Aug 30 #7 $627.9K +31% −42% $127.1M 2,861 $219 33

Wed Aug 31 #8 $466.9K −26% −40% $127.5M 2,861 $163 34

Thu Sep 1 #8 $429.0K −8% −52% $128.0M 2,861 $149 35

Fri Sep 2 #10 $891.9K +108% −30% $128.8M 2,706 $329 36

Sat Sep 3 #10 $1.6M +78% −22% $130.4M 2,706 $587 37

Sun Sep 4 #10 $1.6M +2% +13% $132.1M 2,706 $597 38

Mon Sep 5 #8 $1.6M n/c +238% $133.7M 2,706 $600 39

Tue Sep 6 #11 $243.9K −85% −61% $133.9M 2,706 $90 40

Wed Sep 7 $153.6K −37% −67% $134.1M 2,706 $56 41

Thu Sep 8 $134.6K −12% −69% $134.2M 2,706 $49 42

Fri Sep 9 #15 $351.3K +161% −61% $134.6M 1,977 $177 43

Sat Sep 10 #13 $879.6K +150% −45% $135.4M 1,977 $444 44

Sun Sep 11 #11 $569.5K −35% −65% $136.0M 1,977 $288 45

Mon Sep 12 #15 $75.2K −87% −95% $136.1M 1,977 $38 46

Tue Sep 13 #15 $93.4K +24% −62% $136.2M 1,977 $47 47

Wed Sep 14 #15 $84.0K −10% −45% $136.3M 1,977 $42 48

Thu Sep 15 #15 $88.7K +6% −34% $136.4M 1,977 $44 49

Fri Sep 16 $257.6K +190% −27% $136.6M 1,419 $181 50

Sat Sep 17 #14 $589.1K +129% −33% $137.2M 1,419 $415 51

Sun Sep 18 #13 $396.6K −33% −30% $137.6M 1,419 $279 52

Mon Sep 19 $49.8K −87% −34% $137.6M 1,419 $35 53

Tue Sep 20 $63.6K +28% −32% $137.7M 1,419 $44 54

Wed Sep 21 $51.8K −19% −38% $137.8M 1,419 $36 55

Thu Sep 22 $53.0K +2% −40% $137.8M 1,419 $37 56

Fri Sep 23 $127.6K +141% −50% $137.9M 669 $190 57

Sat Sep 24 $258.7K +103% −56% $138.2M 669 $386 58

Sun Sep 25 $155.6K −40% −61% $138.4M 669 $232 59

Mon Sep 26 $25.2K −84% −49% $138.4M 669 $37 60

Tue Sep 27 $28.0K +11% −56% $138.4M 669 $41 61

Wed Sep 28 $25.7K −8% −50% $138.4M 669 $38 62

Thu Sep 29 $40.2K +56% −24% $138.5M 669 $60 63

Fri Sep 30 $74.3K +85% −42% $138.5M 411 $180 64

Sat Oct 1 $161.4K +117% −38% $138.7M 411 $392 65

Sun Oct 2 $100.4K −38% −35% $138.8M 411 $244 66

Fri Oct 7 $128.8K — +73% $139.0M 515 $250 71

Sat Oct 8 $223.4K +73% +38% $139.2M 515 $433 72

Sun Oct 9 $159.9K −28% +59% $139.4M 515 $310 73

Fri Oct 14 $117.7K — −9% $139.7M 370 $318 78

Sat Oct 15 $194.9K +66% −13% $139.9M 370 $526 79

Sun Oct 16 $127.8K −34% −20% $140.0M 370 $345 80

Fri Oct 21 $108.8K — −8% $140.3M 327 $332 85

Sat Oct 22 $168.1K +55% −14% $140.4M 327 $514 86

Sun Oct 23 $110.4K −34% −14% $140.6M 327 $337 87

Fri Oct 28 $64.5K — −41% $140.7M 303 $213 92

Sat Oct 29 $112.4K +74% −33% $140.8M 303 $370 93

Sun Oct 30 $74.1K −34% −33% $140.9M 303 $244 94

Fri Nov 4 $67.5K — +5% $141.0M 278 $242 99

Sat Nov 5 $145.1K +115% +29% $141.2M 278 $521 100

Sun Nov 6 $90.9K −37% +23% $141.3M 278 $326 101

Fri Nov 11 $108.8K — +61% $141.5M 269 $404 106

Sat Nov 12 $130.3K +20% −10% $141.6M 269 $484 107

Sun Nov 13 $79.6K −39% −12% $141.7M 269 $295 108

Fri Nov 18 $46.2K — −58% $141.8M 252 $183 113

Sat Nov 19 $101.6K +120% −22% $141.9M 252 $403 114

Sun Nov 20 $65.1K −36% −18% $141.9M 252 $258 115

Fri Nov 25 $86.5K — +87% $142.2M 248 $348 120

Sat Nov 26 $99.2K +15% −2% $142.3M 248 $399 121

Sun Nov 27 $53.9K −46% −17% $142.3M 248 $217 122

Fri Dec 2 $30.7K — −65% $142.4M 327 $93 127

Sat Dec 3 $63.3K +106% −36% $142.5M 327 $193 128

Sun Dec 4 $37.8K −40% −30% $142.5M 327 $115 129

Fri Dec 9 $16.8K — −45% $142.5M 181 $93 134

Sat Dec 10 $40.8K +143% −35% $142.6M 181 $225 135

Sun Dec 11 $23.9K −41% −37% $142.6M 181 $132 136

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

Cumulative total$138.8M

Jul 29Aug 14Aug 31Sep 16Oct 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $336.0K

$35.6M

$20.7M

$13.7M

$7.8M

$4.8M

$4.1M

$1.8M

$1.2M

$541.8K

$336.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,427 → 411 −88.0%

3,395 open411 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −38.0%

−41.9%

W1→2

−33.7%

W2→3

−43.2%

W3→4

−39.1%

W4→5

−13.8%

W5→6

−56.1%

W6→7

−30.9%

W7→8

−56.4%

W8→9

−38.0%

W9→10

Steepest −56.4%Best hold −13.8%

Run milestones

$100M in 17 days

$100M

Day 17

Aug 14

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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