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Where the Wild Things Are

2009 PG 1h 41m Adventure, Drama, Family Warner Bros.

There's one in all of us.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$77.2M
Final
Opening Weekend
$32.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.36x
Opening → Total
Budget
$100M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$99.1M
$21.9M international
2009 Rank
#41
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 16-18 1 $32.7M $32.7M 3,735 $9K 1
Oct 23-25 3 $14.0M -57.1% $53.6M 3,735 $4K 2
Oct 30-Nov 1 5 $5.9M -57.7% $62.7M 3,645 $2K 3
Nov 6-8 9 $4.2M -29.6% $69.2M 2,756 $2K 4
Nov 13-15 12 $2.4M -42.1% $73.4M 2,090 $1K 5
Nov 20-22 15 $688K -71.5% $74.7M 1,010 $681 6
Nov 27-29 23 $398K -42.1% $75.4M 404 $986 7
Dec 4-6 28 $125K -68.6% $75.6M 235 $531 8
Dec 11-13 34 $75K -40.0% $75.7M 145 $517 9
Dec 18-20 38 $57K -24.6% $75.8M 123 $460 10
Dec 25-27 27 $198K +249.0% $76.0M 267 $740 11
Jan 1-3 27 $265K +33.8% $76.6M 267 $990 12
Jan 8-10 28 $172K -35.1% $76.8M 243 $706 13
Jan 15-17 36 $101K -40.9% $77.0M 185 $548 14
Jan 22-24 41 $71K -30.1% $77.1M 142 $499 15
Jan 29-31 43 $50K -30.1% $77.2M 109 $455 16

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySpike Jonze
ScreenplaySpike Jonze, Dave Eggers
StarringMax Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker
StudioWarner Bros.