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The Smurfs

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

Smurf happens.

Compare to other movies
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

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

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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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

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