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The War with Grandpa

2020 PG 1h 34m Comedy, Family, Drama 101 Studios

No rules. No mercy. Just pranks.

The War with Grandpa Box Office

Opening Weekend
$3.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$21.3M
Final
Worldwide Total
$43.0M
Global release
Domestic Legs5.9x
Budget$38M
2020 Rank#17
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 9-11 (opening) 1 $3.62M $3.62M 2,250 $1.6K 1
Oct 16-18 2 $2.51M -31% $7.26M 2,260 $1.1K 2
Oct 23-25 2 $1.91M -24% $9.75M 2,345 $815 3
Oct 30-1 3 $1.27M -34% $11.48M 2,365 $537 4
Nov 6-8 3 $1.51M +19% $13.41M 2,348 $641 5
Nov 13-15 3 $1.32M -12% $15.22M 2,145 $615 6
Nov 20-22 2 $747K -43% $16.20M 1,688 $442 7
Nov 27-29 3 $593K -21% $17.21M 1,500 $395 8
Dec 4-6 5 $316K -47% $17.62M 1,285 $245 9
Dec 11-13 5 $267K -15% $17.97M 1,080 $247 10
Dec 18-20 7 $192K -28% $18.22M 803 $239 11
Dec 25-27 8 $128K -34% $18.55M 515 $247 12
Jan 1-3 8 $159K +25% $18.86M 305 $522 13
Jan 8-10 8 $155K -3% $19.05M 385 $402 14
Jan 15-17 8 $162K +5% $19.24M 422 $383 15
Jan 22-24 $160K -1% $19.47M 507 $315 16
Jan 29-31 9 $141K -12% $19.64M 525 $269 17
Feb 5-7 $157K +11% $19.81M 530 $296 18
Feb 12-14 10 $191K +22% $20.04M 525 $364 19
Feb 19-21 10 $233K +22% $20.34M 653 $357 20
Feb 26-28 $138K -41% $20.51M 621 $222 21
Mar 5-7 $98K -29% $20.64M 511 $191 22
Mar 12-14 $87K -11% $20.74M 435 $200 23
Mar 19-21 $112K +28% $20.89M 413 $270 24
Mar 26-28 $87K -22% $21.01M 338 $257 25
Apr 2-4 $22K -75% $21.07M 288 $75 26
Apr 9-11 $26K +20% $21.11M 255 $101 27
Apr 16-18 $28K +8% $21.14M 215 $129 28
Apr 23-25 $26K -7% $21.17M 195 $133 29
Apr 30-2 $11K -59% $21.19M 150 $71 30
May 7-9 $33K +204% $21.23M 108 $303 31
May 14-16 $13K -60% $21.24M 70 $189 32
May 21-23 $15K +13% $21.26M 62 $242 33
May 28-30 $2K -86% $21.27M 35 $60 34
Jun 4-6 $1K -32% $21.27M 25 $57 35
Jun 11-13 $1K -30% $21.28M 20 $50 36

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTim Hill
ScreenplayTom J. Astle, Matt Ember · based on Robert Kimmel Smith's novel
Produced byNot specified
CinematographyNot specified
MusicNot specified
Prod. DesignNot specified
StarringRobert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Oakes Fegley, Laura Marano

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