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Zoolander

2001 • PG-13 • 1h 29m • Comedy • Paramount Pictures

3% body fat. 1% brain activity.

🍅 64% 80%

61

3.42

6.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$15.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$45.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$60.8M

$15.6M international

Domestic Legs2.9x

Budget$28M

2001 Rank#56

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Cast & Crew

Full Stiller filmography

Ben Stiller Director

Owen Wilson Starring

Christine Taylor

Christine Taylor Starring

Will Ferrell Starring

Milla Jovovich Starring

ScreenplayDrake Sather, John Hamburg, Ben Stiller Story byDrake Sather, Ben Stiller Produced byScott Rudin, Stuart Cornfeld, Ben Stiller CinematographyBarry Peterson Music byDavid Arnold StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 28-30 2 $15.5M — 2,507 $6,193 $15.5M

2 Oct 5-7 4 $9.5M −38.7% 2,520 $3,777 $28.3M

3 Oct 12-14 7 $5.0M −47.1% 2,522 $1,995 $35.8M

4 Oct 19-21 10 $3.1M −37.7% 2,285 $1,372 $40.0M

5 Oct 26-28 14 $1.6M −48.4% 1,511 $1,071 $42.3M

6 Nov 2-4 16 $731.5K −54.8% 1,012 $723 $43.4M

7 Nov 9-11 22 $372.1K −49.1% 716 $520 $44.0M

8 Nov 16-18 27 $176.4K −52.6% 512 $345 $44.3M

9 Nov 23-25 35 $102.3K −42.0% 357 $287 $44.5M

10 Nov 30-Dec 2 42 $48.0K −53.1% 243 $198 $44.5M

11 Dec 7-9 21 $171.1K +256.2% 282 $607 $44.7M

12 Dec 14-16 26 $108.7K −36.5% 233 $466 $44.9M

13 Dec 21-23 34 $69.0K −36.5% 161 $429 $45.0M

14 Dec 28-30 43 $51.7K −25.1% 140 $369 $45.1M

15 Jan 4-6 47 $26.5K −48.6% 106 $250 $45.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 28 #2 $4.9M — $4.9M 2,507 $1,937 1

Sat Sep 29 #2 $6.5M +33% $11.3M 2,507 $2,577 2

Sun Sep 30 #2 $3.8M −42% $15.5M 2,507 $1,500 3

Mon Oct 1 #2 $886.0K −76% $16.4M 2,507 $353 4

Tue Oct 2 #2 $893.0K +1% $17.3M 2,507 $356 5

Wed Oct 3 #2 $762.0K −15% $18.1M 2,507 $304 6

Thu Oct 4 #2 $754.0K −1% $18.8M 2,507 $301 7

Fri Oct 5 #3 $2.8M +275% −42% $21.6M 2,520 $1,123 8

Sat Oct 6 #4 $4.1M +44% −37% $25.7M 2,520 $1,615 9

Sun Oct 7 #3 $2.5M −40% −35% $28.3M 2,520 $972 10

Mon Oct 8 #4 $1.0M −58% +16% $29.4M 2,520 $408 11

Tue Oct 9 #5 $473.0K −54% −47% $29.8M 2,520 $188 12

Wed Oct 10 #5 $439.0K −7% −42% $30.3M 2,520 $174 13

Thu Oct 11 #5 $447.0K +2% −41% $30.7M 2,520 $177 14

Fri Oct 12 #7 $1.5M +233% −47% $32.2M 2,522 $590 15

Sat Oct 13 #7 $2.3M +55% −43% $34.5M 2,522 $918 16

Sun Oct 14 #8 $1.2M −47% −50% $35.8M 2,522 $488 17

Mon Oct 15 #8 $273.0K −78% −73% $36.0M 2,522 $108 18

Tue Oct 16 #8 $298.0K +9% −37% $36.3M 2,522 $118 19

Wed Oct 17 #8 $264.0K −11% −40% $36.6M 2,522 $105 20

Thu Oct 18 #8 $291.0K +10% −35% $36.9M 2,522 $115 21

Fri Oct 19 #9 $959.0K +230% −36% $37.8M 2,285 $420 22

Sat Oct 20 #9 $1.4M +49% −38% $39.3M 2,285 $626 23

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$39.3M

Sep 28Oct 4Oct 9Oct 15Oct 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $48.0K

$15.5M

$9.5M

$5.0M

$3.1M

$1.6M

$731.5K

$372.1K

$176.4K

$102.3K

$48.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,522 → 2,285 −9.4%

2,507 open2,285 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −53.1%

−38.7%

W1→2

−47.1%

W2→3

−37.7%

W3→4

−48.4%

W4→5

−54.8%

W5→6

−49.1%

W6→7

−52.6%

W7→8

−42.0%

W8→9

−53.1%

W9→10

Steepest −54.8%Best hold −37.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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