Name: A Christmas Carol
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Released: 2009
Cast: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright, Cary Elwes

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Nov 6	#1	$8.88M		—	$8.88M	3,683	$2.4K	1
Sat Nov 7	#1	$13.13M	+48%	—	$22.02M	3,683	$3.6K	2
Sun Nov 8	#1	$8.04M	-39%	—	$30.05M	3,683	$2.2K	3
Mon Nov 9	#1	$1.61M	-80%	—	$31.66M	3,683	$437	4
Tue Nov 10	#1	$2.41M	+50%	—	$34.07M	3,683	$654	5
Wed Nov 11	#1	$5.36M	+122%	—	$39.43M	3,683	$1.5K	6
Thu Nov 12	#1	$1.53M	-71%	—	$40.96M	3,683	$416	7
Fri Nov 13	#2	$5.59M	+264%	-37%	$46.55M	3,683	$1.5K	8
Sat Nov 14	#2	$10.44M	+87%	-21%	$56.99M	3,683	$2.8K	9
Sun Nov 15	#2	$6.29M	-40%	-22%	$63.27M	3,683	$1.7K	10
Mon Nov 16	#2	$1.05M	-83%	-35%	$64.32M	3,683	$285	11
Tue Nov 17	#2	$1.14M	+9%	-53%	$65.47M	3,683	$310	12
Wed Nov 18	#2	$1.06M	-8%	-80%	$66.52M	3,683	$286	13
Thu Nov 19	#3	$1.04M	-2%	-32%	$67.56M	3,683	$281	14
Fri Nov 20	#6	$3.07M	+196%	-45%	$70.64M	3,578	$859	15
Sat Nov 21	#4	$5.67M	+84%	-46%	$76.31M	3,578	$1.6K	16
Sun Nov 22	#5	$3.53M	-38%	-44%	$79.84M	3,578	$986	17
Mon Nov 23	#4	$1.18M	-67%	+12%	$81.01M	3,578	$329	18
Tue Nov 24	#4	$1.80M	+53%	+58%	$82.82M	3,578	$503	19
Wed Nov 25	#6	$2.80M	+55%	+165%	$85.60M	3,013	$929	20
Thu Nov 26	#6	$3.80M	+36%	+266%	$89.40M	3,013	$1.3K	21
Fri Nov 27	#5	$6.47M	+70%	+110%	$95.87M	3,013	$2.1K	22
Sat Nov 28	#5	$6.17M	-5%	+9%	$101.80M	3,013	$2.0K	23
Sun Nov 29	#5	$3.12M	-49%	-11%	$104.93M	3,013	$1.0K	24
Mon Nov 30	#6	$626K	-80%	-47%	$105.55M	3,013	$207	25
Tue Dec 1	#6	$652K	+4%	-64%	$106.21M	3,013	$216	26
Wed Dec 2	#6	$600K	-8%	-79%	$106.81M	3,013	$199	27
Thu Dec 3	#5	$680K	+13%	-82%	$107.49M	3,013	$225	28
Fri Dec 4	#7	$1.93M	+184%	-70%	$109.42M	2,546	$758	29
Sat Dec 5	#4	$3.51M	+82%	-43%	$112.93M	2,546	$1.4K	30
Sun Dec 6	#3	$2.32M	-34%	-26%	$115.25M	2,546	$911	31
Mon Dec 7	#4	$511K	-78%	-18%	$115.76M	2,546	$200	32
Tue Dec 8	#4	$601K	+18%	-8%	$116.36M	2,546	$236	33
Wed Dec 9	#4	$570K	-5%	-5%	$116.93M	2,546	$223	34
Thu Dec 10	#3	$662K	+16%	-3%	$117.59M	2,546	$260	35
Fri Dec 11	#5	$1.71M	+158%	-11%	$119.30M	2,402	$712	36
Sat Dec 12	#5	$3.10M	+81%	-12%	$122.40M	2,402	$1.3K	37
Sun Dec 13	#5	$2.02M	-35%	-13%	$124.43M	2,402	$842	38
Mon Dec 14	#5	$601K	-70%	+18%	$125.03M	2,402	$250	39
Tue Dec 15	#4	$742K	+23%	+23%	$125.77M	2,402	$308	40
Wed Dec 16	#4	$756K	+2%	+33%	$126.53M	2,402	$314	41
Thu Dec 17	#3	$845K	+12%	+28%	$127.37M	2,402	$351	42
Fri Dec 18	#7	$955K	+13%	-44%	$128.32M	2,070	$461	43
Sat Dec 19	#7	$1.31M	+37%	-58%	$129.64M	2,070	$634	44
Sun Dec 20	#7	$1.18M	-10%	-42%	$130.81M	2,070	$567	45
Mon Dec 21	#6	$881K	-25%	+47%	$131.69M	2,070	$425	46
Tue Dec 22	#6	$1.03M	+17%	+39%	$132.72M	2,070	$497	47
Wed Dec 23	#7	$979K	-5%	+30%	$133.70M	2,070	$473	48
Thu Dec 24	#6	$892K	-9%	+6%	$134.60M	2,070	$431	49
Fri Dec 25	#13	$466K	-48%	-51%	$135.06M	1,245	$374	50
Sat Dec 26	#13	$472K	+1%	-64%	$135.53M	1,245	$378	51
Sun Dec 27	#14	$354K	-25%	-70%	$135.89M	1,245	$284	52
Mon Dec 28	#12	$269K	-24%	-69%	$136.16M	1,245	$215	53
Tue Dec 29	#13	$278K	+3%	-73%	$136.44M	1,245	$223	54
Wed Dec 30	#13	$251K	-10%	-74%	$136.69M	1,245	$201	55
Thu Dec 31	#13	$202K	-20%	-77%	$136.89M	1,245	$162	56
Fri Jan 1		$223K	+10%	-52%	$137.11M	981	$227	57
Sat Jan 2		$210K	-6%	-55%	$137.32M	981	$214	58
Sun Jan 3		$122K	-42%	-66%	$137.44M	981	$124	59
Mon Jan 4		$37K	-69%	-86%	$137.48M	981	$38	60
Tue Jan 5		$29K	-24%	-90%	$137.51M	981	$29	61
Wed Jan 6		$27K	-6%	-89%	$137.54M	981	$27	62
Thu Jan 7		$26K	-4%	-87%	$137.56M	981	$26	63
Mon Jan 18	#31	$28K			$137.75M	171	$165	74

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Nov 6-8	1	$30.05M	—	$30.05M	3,683	$8.2K	1
Nov 13-15	2	$22.31M	-25.8%	$63.27M	3,683	$6.1K	2
Nov 20-22	5	$12.28M	-45.0%	$79.84M	3,578	$3.4K	3
Nov 27-29	5	$15.76M	+28.4%	$104.93M	3,013	$5.2K	4
Dec 4-6	4	$7.76M	-50.7%	$115.25M	2,546	$3.0K	5
Dec 11-13	5	$6.83M	-12.0%	$124.43M	2,402	$2.8K	6
Dec 18-20	7	$3.44M	-49.6%	$130.81M	2,070	$1.7K	7
Dec 25-27	13	$1.29M	-62.5%	$135.89M	1,245	$1.0K	8
Jan 1-3	18	$555K	-57.1%	$137.44M	981	$565	9
Jan 8-10	39	$57K	-89.7%	$137.62M	118	$484	10
Jan 15-17	38	$81K	+42.1%	$137.72M	171	$475	11
Jan 22-24	44	$48K	-41.2%	$137.82M	130	$367	12

Performance Charts

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

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byRobert Zemeckis

ScreenplayRobert Zemeckis

Produced bySteve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke

CinematographyRobert Presley

MusicAlan Silvestri

Prod. DesignDoug Chiang

StarringJim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Bob Hoskins

StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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