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The Spiderwick Chronicles

2008 PG 1h 36m Action, Adventure, Drama Paramount Pictures

Their world is closer than you think.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$71.2M
Final
Opening Weekend
$19.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.75x
Opening → Total
Budget
$90.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$164M
$93.0M international
2008 Rank
#45
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Feb 15-17 2 $19.0M $21.4M 3,847 $5K 1
Feb 22-24 2 $13.1M -31.1% $44.1M 3,847 $3K 2
Feb 29-Mar 2 3 $8.7M -33.6% $55.0M 3,654 $2K 3
Mar 7-9 6 $4.7M -45.8% $61.6M 3,246 $1K 4
Mar 14-16 10 $2.3M -50.5% $65.4M 2,407 $970 5
Mar 21-23 14 $1.2M -48.4% $67.8M 1,226 $983 6
Mar 28-30 17 $754K -37.5% $69.4M 659 $1K 7
Apr 4-6 28 $222K -70.6% $69.9M 370 $599 8
Apr 11-13 26 $328K +47.8% $70.3M 407 $805 9
Apr 18-20 27 $231K -29.7% $70.6M 370 $623 10
Apr 25-27 29 $212K -7.9% $70.9M 326 $651 11
May 2-4 22 $212K -0.1% $71.1M 287 $739 12

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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byMark Waters
ScreenplayJohn Sayles, Karey Kirkpatrick, David Berenbaum
StarringFreddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, David Strathairn, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright
StudioParamount Pictures