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2004 • PG • 1h 48m • Adventure, Comedy, Family • Paramount Pictures

Mishaps. Misadventures. Mayhem. Oh joy.

🍅 72% 63%

62

3.37

6.8

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$119.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$211.00M

$92.80M international

Domestic legs3.95x

Budget$140M

2004 rank#18

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Cast & crew

Emily Browning

Emily Browning Starring

Liam Aiken

Liam Aiken Starring

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey Starring

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep Starring

ScreenplayRobert Gordon Produced byWalter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Jim Van Wyck CinematographyEmmanuel Lubezki MusicThomas Newman Prod. DesignRick Heinrichs StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 17-19 1 $30.1M — 3,620 $8,304 $30.1M

2 Dec 24-26 2 $12.6M −58.0% 3,623 $3,481 $59.4M

3 Dec 31-Jan 2 2 $14.6M +15.7% 3,623 $4,026 $94.6M

4 Jan 7-9 4 $7.4M −49.0% 3,343 $2,225 $105.6M

5 Jan 14-16 8 $4.0M −45.7% 2,540 $1,590 $111.1M

6 Jan 21-23 13 $1.6M −59.8% 1,524 $1,064 $114.6M

7 Jan 28-30 18 $972.8K −40.0% 793 $1,226 $116.0M

8 Feb 4-6 19 $441.4K −54.6% 630 $700 $116.7M

9 Feb 11-13 31 $186.1K −57.8% 280 $664 $117.0M

10 Feb 18-20 25 $319.9K +71.9% 346 $924 $117.3M

11 Feb 25-27 28 $231.7K −27.6% 316 $733 $117.7M

12 Mar 4-6 31 $206.0K −11.1% 253 $814 $118.0M

13 Mar 11-13 34 $125.2K −39.2% 233 $537 $118.2M

14 Mar 18-20 44 $85.9K −31.4% 149 $576 $118.4M

15 Mar 25-27 51 $59.6K −30.6% 109 $546 $118.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 17 #1 $10.5M — $10.5M 3,620 $2,900 1

Sat Dec 18 #1 $11.3M +8% $21.7M 3,620 $3,135 2

Sun Dec 19 #1 $8.3M −26% $30.1M 3,620 $2,306 3

Mon Dec 20 #1 $4.4M −47% $34.5M 3,620 $1,220 4

Tue Dec 21 #1 $4.2M −5% $38.7M 3,620 $1,165 5

Wed Dec 22 #2 $3.8M −10% $42.5M 3,622 $1,043 6

Thu Dec 23 #2 $4.4M +16% $46.9M 3,620 $1,215 7

Fri Dec 24 #2 $2.9M −34% −72% $49.8M 3,620 $801 8

Sat Dec 25 #3 $4.3M +48% −62% $54.1M 3,620 $1,188 9

Sun Dec 26 #2 $5.5M +28% −34% $59.4M 3,620 $1,519 10

Mon Dec 27 #2 $5.3M −4% +20% $64.7M 3,620 $1,464 11

Tue Dec 28 #2 $5.3M n/c +25% $70.0M 3,623 $1,457 12

Wed Dec 29 #2 $5.0M −5% +32% $75.0M 3,623 $1,381 13

Thu Dec 30 #2 $5.1M +2% +16% $80.1M 3,623 $1,407 14

Fri Dec 31 #2 $4.7M −8% +62% $84.8M 3,623 $1,297 15

Sat Jan 1 #2 $5.7M +22% +33% $90.5M 3,623 $1,579 16

Sun Jan 2 #2 $4.1M −28% −25% $94.6M 3,623 $1,141 17

Mon Jan 3 #2 $1.4M −66% −74% $96.0M 3,623 $383 18

Tue Jan 4 #3 $813.0K −41% −85% $96.8M 3,623 $224 19

Wed Jan 5 #3 $636.0K −22% −87% $97.5M 3,623 $175 20

Thu Jan 6 #3 $677.0K +6% −87% $98.1M 3,623 $186 21

Fri Jan 7 #4 $1.6M +136% −66% $99.7M 3,343 $478 22

Sat Jan 8 #3 $3.8M +136% −34% $103.6M 3,343 $1,128 23

Sun Jan 9 #4 $2.0M −48% −52% $105.6M 3,343 $591 24

Mon Jan 10 #5 $368.0K −81% −73% $105.9M 3,343 $110 25

Tue Jan 11 #5 $392.0K +7% −52% $106.3M 3,343 $117 26

Wed Jan 12 #5 $367.0K −6% −42% $106.7M 3,343 $109 27

Thu Jan 13 #5 $381.0K +4% −44% $107.1M 3,343 $113 28

Fri Jan 14 #9 $900.0K +136% −44% $108.0M 2,540 $354 29

Sat Jan 15 #8 $1.7M +94% −54% $109.7M 2,540 $687 30

Sun Jan 16 #8 $1.3M −23% −32% $111.1M 2,540 $529 31

Mon Jan 17 #7 $1.3M −3% +254% $112.4M 2,540 $512 32

Mon Feb 21 #23 $85.6K — $117.4M 346 $247 67

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

Cumulative total$117.4M

Dec 17Dec 25Jan 2Jan 10Feb 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $319.9K

$30.1M

$12.6M

$14.6M

$7.4M

$4.0M

$1.6M

$972.8K

$441.4K

$186.1K

$319.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,623 → 346 −90.4%

3,620 open346 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +71.9%

−58.0%

W1→2

+15.7%

W2→3

−49.0%

W3→4

−45.7%

W4→5

−59.8%

W5→6

−40.0%

W6→7

−54.6%

W7→8

−57.8%

W8→9

+71.9%

W9→10

Steepest −59.8%Biggest gain +71.9%

Run milestones

$100M in 23 days

$100M

Day 23

Jan 8

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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