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Arthur ChristmasFollow

2011 • PG • 1h 37m • Animation, Family, Comedy • Columbia Pictures

Ever wonder how 2 Billion presents get delivered all in 1 night?

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69

3.55

7.1

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$46.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$147.60M

$101.10M international

Domestic legs3.8x

Budget$85M

2011 rank#68

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Cast & crew

James McAvoy

James McAvoy Starring

Hugh Laurie

Hugh Laurie Starring

Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy Starring

Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent Starring

Imelda Staunton

Imelda Staunton Starring

Laura Linney

Laura Linney Starring

ScreenplayPeter Baynham, Sarah Smith Produced byPeter Lord, David Sproxton, Carla Shelley, Steve Pegram CinematographyJericca Cleland Music byHarry Gregson-Williams StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 25-27 4 $12.1M — 3,376 $3,575 $16.3M

2 Dec 2-4 4 $7.4M −38.7% 3,376 $2,192 $25.3M

3 Dec 9-11 5 $6.5M −12.0% 3,272 $1,990 $33.4M

4 Dec 16-18 8 $3.6M −45.4% 2,929 $1,213 $38.5M

5 Dec 23-25 13 $2.1M −41.7% 1,804 $1,149 $43.5M

6 Dec 30-Jan 1 20 $683.2K −67.0% 1,343 $509 $45.8M

7 Jan 6-8 35 $102.6K −85.0% 280 $367 $46.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 23 #4 $2.4M — $2.4M 3,376 $708 -2

Thu Nov 24 #7 $1.8M −22.9% $4.2M 3,376 $546 -1

Fri Nov 25 #5 $4.5M +144.4% $8.7M 3,376 $1,334 1

Sat Nov 26 #4 $4.8M +5.7% $13.5M 3,376 $1,410 2

Sun Nov 27 #4 $2.8M −41.1% $16.3M 3,376 $830 3

Mon Nov 28 #7 $440.0K −84.3% $16.7M 3,376 $130 4

Tue Nov 29 #8 $438.9K −0.3% $17.2M 3,376 $130 5

Wed Nov 30 #7 $371.0K −15.5% $17.6M 3,376 $110 6

Thu Dec 1 #8 $390.7K +5.3% $17.9M 3,376 $116 7

Fri Dec 2 #4 $1.7M +323.1% −63.3% $19.6M 3,376 $490 8

Sat Dec 3 #3 $3.5M +109.7% −27.2% $23.1M 3,376 $1,027 9

Sun Dec 4 #3 $2.3M −34.1% −18.6% $25.3M 3,376 $676 10

Mon Dec 5 #6 $328.0K −85.6% −25.5% $25.7M 3,376 $97 11

Tue Dec 6 #6 $428.5K +30.6% −2.4% $26.1M 3,376 $127 12

Wed Dec 7 #5 $380.7K −11.2% +2.6% $26.5M 3,376 $113 13

Thu Dec 8 #5 $409.5K +7.6% +4.8% $26.9M 3,376 $121 14

Fri Dec 9 #6 $1.4M +248.4% −13.7% $28.3M 3,272 $436 15

Sat Dec 10 #5 $3.1M +117.9% −10.3% $31.4M 3,272 $950 16

Sun Dec 11 #4 $2.0M −36.5% −13.5% $33.4M 3,272 $604 17

Mon Dec 12 #7 $302.8K −84.7% −7.7% $33.7M 3,272 $93 18

Tue Dec 13 #7 $428.8K +41.6% +0.1% $34.1M 3,272 $131 19

Wed Dec 14 #7 $369.9K −13.7% −2.8% $34.5M 3,272 $113 20

Thu Dec 15 #5 $445.2K +20.4% +8.7% $34.9M 3,272 $136 21

Fri Dec 16 #11 $841.5K +89.0% −41.0% $35.8M 2,929 $287 22

Sat Dec 17 #8 $1.6M +86.7% −49.5% $37.4M 2,929 $536 23

Sun Dec 18 #8 $1.1M −27.4% −42.2% $38.5M 2,929 $390 24

Mon Dec 19 #7 $641.6K −43.8% +111.9% $39.1M 2,929 $219 25

Tue Dec 20 #5 $801.0K +24.9% +86.8% $39.9M 2,929 $273 26

Wed Dec 21 #7 $667.9K −16.6% +80.6% $40.6M 2,105 $317 27

Thu Dec 22 #7 $855.9K +28.1% +92.2% $41.5M 2,105 $407 28

Fri Dec 23 #8 $1.0M +21.0% +23.1% $42.5M 1,804 $574 29

Sat Dec 24 #7 $739.3K −28.6% −53.0% $43.2M 1,804 $410 30

Sun Dec 25 #- $298.4K −59.6% −73.9% $43.5M 1,524 $196 31

Mon Dec 26 #- $435.8K +46.1% −32.1% $44.0M 1,524 $286 32

Tue Dec 27 #- $419.6K −3.7% −47.6% $44.4M 1,524 $275 33

Wed Dec 28 #- $378.7K −9.8% −43.3% $44.8M 1,524 $248 34

Thu Dec 29 #- $361.6K −4.5% −57.8% $45.1M 1,524 $237 35

Fri Dec 30 #- $309.1K −14.5% −70.2% $45.4M 1,343 $230 36

Sat Dec 31 #- $204.2K −34.0% −72.4% $45.7M 1,343 $152 37

Sun Jan 1 #- $169.9K −16.8% −43.1% $45.8M 1,343 $126 38

Mon Jan 2 #- $252.9K +48.9% −42.0% $46.1M 1,343 $188 39

Tue Jan 3 #- $115.5K −54.3% −72.5% $46.2M 1,343 $86 40

Wed Jan 4 #- $81.3K −29.6% −78.5% $46.3M 1,343 $61 41

Thu Jan 5 #- $67.9K −16.5% −81.2% $46.3M 1,343 $51 42

Fri Jan 6 #- $32.1K −52.6% −89.6% $46.4M 280 $115 43

Sat Jan 7 #- $40.1K +24.6% −80.4% $46.4M 280 $143 44

Sun Jan 8 #- $30.5K −24.0% −82.1% $46.4M 280 $109 45

Mon Jan 9 #- $6.5K −78.6% −97.4% $46.4M 280 $23 46

Tue Jan 10 #- $4.6K −28.9% −96.0% $46.5M 280 $17 47

Wed Jan 11 #- $6.3K +37.0% −92.2% $46.5M 280 $23 48

Thu Jan 12 #- $4.5K −28.8% −93.4% $46.5M 280 $16 49

Cumulative total$46.5M

Nov 23Dec 6Dec 18Dec 31Jan 12

Weekend grossWk 7 · $102.6K

$12.1M

$7.4M

$6.5M

$3.6M

$2.1M

$683.2K

$102.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 3,376 → 280 −91.7%

3,376 open280 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −85.0%

−38.7%

W1→2

−12.0%

W2→3

−45.4%

W3→4

−41.7%

W4→5

−67.0%

W5→6

−85.0%

W6→7

Steepest −85.0%Best hold −12.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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