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The Smurfs

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

Smurf happens.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$143M
Final
Opening Weekend
$35.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.00x
Opening → Total
Budget
$110M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$564M
$421M international
2011 Rank
#19
Domestic
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 29-31 2 $35.6M $35.6M 3,395 $10K 1
Aug 5-7 2 $20.7M -41.9% $75.9M 3,395 $6K 2
Aug 12-14 4 $13.7M -33.7% $101.8M 3,427 $4K 3
Aug 19-21 5 $7.8M -43.2% $117.5M 3,057 $3K 4
Aug 26-28 7 $4.8M -39.1% $125.9M 2,861 $2K 5
Sep 2-4 10 $4.1M -13.8% $132.1M 2,706 $2K 6
Sep 9-11 14 $1.8M -56.1% $136.0M 1,977 $910 7
Sep 16-18 15 $1.2M -30.9% $137.6M 1,419 $876 8
Sep 23-25 18 $542K -56.4% $138.4M 669 $809 9
Sep 30-Oct 2 25 $336K -38.0% $138.8M 411 $817 10
Oct 7-9 15 $512K +52.4% $139.4M 515 $994 11
Oct 14-16 18 $441K -14.0% $140.0M 370 $1K 12
Oct 21-23 23 $387K -12.1% $140.6M 327 $1K 13
Oct 28-30 22 $251K -35.2% $140.9M 303 $828 14
Nov 4-6 23 $304K +20.9% $141.3M 278 $1K 15
Nov 11-13 24 $319K +5.0% $141.7M 269 $1K 16
Nov 18-20 27 $213K -33.2% $141.9M 252 $844 17
Nov 25-27 26 $240K +12.5% $142.3M 248 $965 18
Dec 2-4 32 $132K -45.0% $142.5M 327 $402 19
Dec 9-11 37 $82K -38.1% $142.6M 181 $450 20

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRaja Gosnell
ScreenplayDavid N. Weiss, J. David Stem, Jay Scherick, David Ronn
Produced byJordan Kerner
CinematographyPhil Méheux
MusicHeitor Pereira
StarringHank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Jonathan Winters, Katy Perry, Anton Yelchin
StudioSony Pictures Releasing