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A Christmas CarolFollow

2009 • PG • 1h 36m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Christmas comes but once a year, but for one man, that's once too often.

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55

3.23

6.8

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$138.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$325.00M

$187.00M international

Domestic legs4.59x

Budget$200M

2009 rank#21

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Cast & crew

Full Zemeckis filmography

Robert Zemeckis

Robert Zemeckis Director

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey Starring

Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman Starring

Colin Firth

Colin Firth Starring

Robin Wright

Robin Wright Starring

Cary Elwes

Cary Elwes Starring

ScreenplayRobert Zemeckis Produced bySteve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke CinematographyRobert Presley MusicAlan Silvestri Prod. DesignDoug Chiang StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 6-8 1 $30.1M — 3,683 $8,159 $30.1M

2 Nov 13-15 2 $22.3M −25.8% 3,683 $6,057 $63.3M

3 Nov 20-22 5 $12.3M −45.0% 3,578 $3,430 $79.8M

4 Nov 27-29 5 $15.8M +28.4% 3,013 $5,230 $104.9M

5 Dec 4-6 4 $7.8M −50.7% 2,546 $3,049 $115.2M

6 Dec 11-13 5 $6.8M −12.0% 2,402 $2,844 $124.4M

7 Dec 18-20 7 $3.4M −49.6% 2,070 $1,663 $130.8M

8 Dec 25-27 13 $1.3M −62.5% 1,245 $1,037 $135.9M

9 Jan 1-3 18 $554.9K −57.1% 981 $565 $137.4M

10 Jan 8-10 39 $57.2K −89.7% 118 $484 $137.6M

11 Jan 15-17 38 $81.3K +42.1% 171 $475 $137.7M

12 Jan 22-24 44 $47.8K −41.2% 130 $367 $137.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 6 #1 $8.9M — $8.9M 3,683 $2,411 1

Sat Nov 7 #1 $13.1M +48% $22.0M 3,683 $3,565 2

Sun Nov 8 #1 $8.0M −39% $30.1M 3,683 $2,181 3

Mon Nov 9 #1 $1.6M −80% $31.7M 3,683 $437 4

Tue Nov 10 #1 $2.4M +50% $34.1M 3,683 $654 5

Wed Nov 11 #1 $5.4M +122% $39.4M 3,683 $1,454 6

Thu Nov 12 #1 $1.5M −71% $41.0M 3,683 $416 7

Fri Nov 13 #2 $5.6M +264% −37% $46.6M 3,683 $1,516 8

Sat Nov 14 #2 $10.4M +87% −21% $57.0M 3,683 $2,833 9

Sun Nov 15 #2 $6.3M −40% −22% $63.3M 3,683 $1,706 10

Mon Nov 16 #2 $1.1M −83% −35% $64.3M 3,683 $285 11

Tue Nov 17 #2 $1.1M +9% −53% $65.5M 3,683 $310 12

Wed Nov 18 #2 $1.1M −8% −80% $66.5M 3,683 $286 13

Thu Nov 19 #3 $1.0M −2% −32% $67.6M 3,683 $281 14

Fri Nov 20 #6 $3.1M +196% −45% $70.6M 3,578 $859 15

Sat Nov 21 #4 $5.7M +84% −46% $76.3M 3,578 $1,585 16

Sun Nov 22 #5 $3.5M −38% −44% $79.8M 3,578 $986 17

Mon Nov 23 #4 $1.2M −67% +12% $81.0M 3,578 $329 18

Tue Nov 24 #4 $1.8M +53% +58% $82.8M 3,578 $503 19

Wed Nov 25 #6 $2.8M +55% +165% $85.6M 3,013 $929 20

Thu Nov 26 #6 $3.8M +36% +266% $89.4M 3,013 $1,261 21

Fri Nov 27 #5 $6.5M +70% +110% $95.9M 3,013 $2,145 22

Sat Nov 28 #5 $6.2M −5% +9% $101.8M 3,013 $2,047 23

Sun Nov 29 #5 $3.1M −49% −11% $104.9M 3,013 $1,036 24

Mon Nov 30 #6 $626.0K −80% −47% $105.6M 3,013 $207 25

Tue Dec 1 #6 $652.1K +4% −64% $106.2M 3,013 $216 26

Wed Dec 2 #6 $600.4K −8% −79% $106.8M 3,013 $199 27

Thu Dec 3 #5 $679.8K +13% −82% $107.5M 3,013 $225 28

Fri Dec 4 #7 $1.9M +184% −70% $109.4M 2,546 $758 29

Sat Dec 5 #4 $3.5M +82% −43% $112.9M 2,546 $1,379 30

Sun Dec 6 #3 $2.3M −34% −26% $115.2M 2,546 $911 31

Mon Dec 7 #4 $510.5K −78% −18% $115.8M 2,546 $200 32

Tue Dec 8 #4 $601.0K +18% −8% $116.4M 2,546 $236 33

Wed Dec 9 #4 $569.9K −5% −5% $116.9M 2,546 $223 34

Thu Dec 10 #3 $662.1K +16% −3% $117.6M 2,546 $260 35

Fri Dec 11 #5 $1.7M +158% −11% $119.3M 2,402 $712 36

Sat Dec 12 #5 $3.1M +81% −12% $122.4M 2,402 $1,290 37

Sun Dec 13 #5 $2.0M −35% −13% $124.4M 2,402 $842 38

Mon Dec 14 #5 $601.0K −70% +18% $125.0M 2,402 $250 39

Tue Dec 15 #4 $742.0K +23% +23% $125.8M 2,402 $308 40

Wed Dec 16 #4 $755.9K +2% +33% $126.5M 2,402 $314 41

Thu Dec 17 #3 $844.8K +12% +28% $127.4M 2,402 $351 42

Fri Dec 18 #7 $955.1K +13% −44% $128.3M 2,070 $461 43

Sat Dec 19 #7 $1.3M +37% −58% $129.6M 2,070 $634 44

Sun Dec 20 #7 $1.2M −10% −42% $130.8M 2,070 $567 45

Mon Dec 21 #6 $881.4K −25% +47% $131.7M 2,070 $425 46

Tue Dec 22 #6 $1.0M +17% +39% $132.7M 2,070 $497 47

Wed Dec 23 #7 $979.3K −5% +30% $133.7M 2,070 $473 48

Thu Dec 24 #6 $892.2K −9% +6% $134.6M 2,070 $431 49

Fri Dec 25 #13 $466.0K −48% −51% $135.1M 1,245 $374 50

Sat Dec 26 #13 $471.7K +1% −64% $135.5M 1,245 $378 51

Sun Dec 27 #14 $354.4K −25% −70% $135.9M 1,245 $284 52

Mon Dec 28 #12 $268.8K −24% −69% $136.2M 1,245 $215 53

Tue Dec 29 #13 $278.2K +3% −73% $136.4M 1,245 $223 54

Wed Dec 30 #13 $251.3K −10% −74% $136.7M 1,245 $201 55

Thu Dec 31 #13 $202.2K −20% −77% $136.9M 1,245 $162 56

Fri Jan 1 $222.9K +10% −52% $137.1M 981 $227 57

Sat Jan 2 $210.3K −6% −55% $137.3M 981 $214 58

Sun Jan 3 $121.7K −42% −66% $137.4M 981 $124 59

Mon Jan 4 $37.4K −69% −86% $137.5M 981 $38 60

Tue Jan 5 $28.5K −24% −90% $137.5M 981 $29 61

Wed Jan 6 $26.9K −6% −89% $137.5M 981 $27 62

Thu Jan 7 $25.8K −4% −87% $137.6M 981 $26 63

Mon Jan 18 #31 $28.3K — $137.8M 171 $165 74

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

Cumulative total$137.6M

Nov 6Nov 22Dec 7Dec 23Jan 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $57.2K

$30.1M

$22.3M

$12.3M

$15.8M

$7.8M

$6.8M

$3.4M

$1.3M

$554.9K

$57.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,683 → 981 −73.4%

3,683 open981 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −89.7%

−25.8%

W1→2

−45.0%

W2→3

+28.4%

W3→4

−50.7%

W4→5

−12.0%

W5→6

−49.6%

W6→7

−62.5%

W7→8

−57.1%

W8→9

−89.7%

W9→10

Steepest −89.7%Biggest gain +28.4%

Run milestones

$100M in 23 days

$100M

Day 23

Nov 28

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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