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2007 • PG • 1h 31m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • DreamWorks

Honey just got funny.

🍅 49% 53%

54

2.99

6.1

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$38.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$127.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$294.00M

$167.00M international

Domestic legs3.33x

Budget$150M

2007 rank#21

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Cast & crew

Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger Starring

Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick Starring

Patrick Warburton

Patrick Warburton Starring

John Goodman

John Goodman Starring

Chris Rock

Chris Rock Starring

ScreenplayJerry Seinfeld, Spike Feresten, Barry Marder, Andy Robin Produced byJerry Seinfeld, Christina Steinberg CinematographyDavid C. Lawson MusicRupert Gregson-Williams Prod. DesignAlex McDowell StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 2-4 2 $38.0M — 3,928 $9,679 $38.0M

2 Nov 9-11 1 $25.6M −32.8% 3,944 $6,482 $71.8M

3 Nov 16-18 2 $14.0M −45.2% 3,984 $3,516 $93.6M

4 Nov 23-25 5 $11.8M −15.7% 3,507 $3,368 $111.9M

5 Nov 30-Dec 2 10 $4.4M −62.4% 3,150 $1,411 $117.6M

6 Dec 7-9 11 $2.6M −41.4% 2,707 $962 $121.0M

7 Dec 14-16 16 $760.2K −70.8% 1,609 $472 $122.4M

8 Dec 21-23 18 $408.9K −46.2% 539 $758 $123.1M

9 Dec 28-30 17 $637.8K +56.0% 475 $1,342 $124.2M

10 Jan 4-6 21 $443.2K −30.5% 407 $1,088 $125.2M

11 Jan 11-13 25 $300.8K −32.1% 338 $889 $125.6M

12 Jan 18-20 29 $245.2K −18.5% 296 $828 $125.9M

13 Jan 25-27 33 $200.1K −18.4% 265 $755 $126.2M

14 Feb 1-3 38 $150.5K −24.8% 246 $611 $126.4M

15 Feb 8-10 40 $139.7K −7.2% 206 $678 $126.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 2 #2 $10.2M — $10.2M 3,928 $2,597 1

Sat Nov 3 #2 $16.9M +66% $27.1M 3,928 $4,314 2

Sun Nov 4 #1 $10.9M −36% $38.0M 3,928 $2,767 3

Mon Nov 5 #2 $2.0M −82% $40.0M 3,928 $504 4

Tue Nov 6 #2 $2.8M +41% $42.8M 3,928 $713 5

Wed Nov 7 #2 $1.6M −44% $44.4M 3,928 $396 6

Thu Nov 8 #2 $1.9M +19% $46.2M 3,928 $471 7

Fri Nov 9 #2 $6.2M +237% −39% $52.5M 3,944 $1,582 8

Sat Nov 10 #1 $11.3M +81% −33% $63.8M 3,944 $2,866 9

Sun Nov 11 #1 $8.0M −29% −26% $71.8M 3,944 $2,033 10

Mon Nov 12 #1 $5.0M −38% +152% $76.8M 3,944 $1,268 11

Tue Nov 13 #2 $977.9K −80% −65% $77.8M 3,944 $247 12

Wed Nov 14 #2 $868.2K −11% −44% $78.6M 3,944 $220 13

Thu Nov 15 #2 $933.9K +8% −50% $79.6M 3,944 $236 14

Fri Nov 16 #3 $3.4M +260% −46% $82.9M 3,984 $844 15

Sat Nov 17 #2 $6.6M +96% −42% $89.5M 3,984 $1,653 16

Sun Nov 18 #2 $4.1M −38% −49% $93.6M 3,984 $1,018 17

Mon Nov 19 #3 $1.1M −73% −78% $94.7M 3,984 $276 18

Tue Nov 20 #2 $1.4M +28% +44% $96.1M 3,984 $353 19

Wed Nov 21 #5 $2.2M +54% +150% $98.2M 3,507 $617 20

Thu Nov 22 #9 $1.8M −17% +93% $100.0M 3,507 $513 21

Fri Nov 23 #5 $4.8M +166% +42% $104.8M 3,507 $1,365 22

Sat Nov 24 #5 $4.5M −5% −31% $109.4M 3,507 $1,293 23

Sun Nov 25 #5 $2.5M −45% −39% $111.9M 3,507 $709 24

Mon Nov 26 #9 $411.2K −83% −63% $112.3M 3,507 $117 25

Tue Nov 27 #10 $308.3K −25% −78% $112.6M 3,507 $87 26

Wed Nov 28 #10 $296.6K −4% −86% $112.9M 3,507 $84 27

Thu Nov 29 #10 $294.7K −1% −84% $113.2M 3,507 $84 28

Fri Nov 30 #11 $1.1M +281% −77% $114.3M 3,150 $356 29

Sat Dec 1 #7 $2.1M +85% −54% $116.4M 3,150 $661 30

Sun Dec 2 #7 $1.2M −41% −50% $117.6M 3,150 $392 31

Mon Dec 3 #11 $201.7K −84% −51% $117.8M 3,150 $64 32

Tue Dec 4 #11 $200.3K −1% −35% $118.0M 3,150 $63 33

Wed Dec 5 #11 $194.1K −3% −35% $118.2M 3,150 $61 34

Thu Dec 6 #11 $202.8K +4% −31% $118.4M 3,150 $64 35

Fri Dec 7 #12 $613.5K +202% −45% $119.0M 2,707 $226 36

Sat Dec 8 #10 $1.2M +102% −41% $120.3M 2,707 $458 37

Sun Dec 9 #10 $752.6K −39% −39% $121.0M 2,707 $278 38

Mon Dec 10 #12 $136.4K −82% −32% $121.2M 2,707 $50 39

Tue Dec 11 #12 $151.9K +11% −24% $121.3M 2,707 $56 40

Wed Dec 12 $144.5K −5% −26% $121.5M 2,707 $53 41

Thu Dec 13 $141.1K −2% −30% $121.6M 2,707 $52 42

Fri Dec 14 $183.0K +30% −70% $121.8M 1,609 $113 43

Sat Dec 15 $348.6K +90% −72% $122.1M 1,609 $216 44

Sun Dec 16 $228.6K −34% −70% $122.4M 1,609 $142 45

Mon Dec 17 $66.0K −71% −52% $122.4M 1,609 $41 46

Tue Dec 18 $64.4K −2% −58% $122.5M 1,609 $40 47

Wed Dec 19 $73.1K +13% −49% $122.6M 1,609 $45 48

Thu Dec 20 $92.5K +26% −34% $122.7M 1,609 $57 49

Fri Dec 21 $107.2K +16% −41% $122.8M 539 $198 50

Sat Dec 22 $159.5K +49% −54% $122.9M 539 $295 51

Sun Dec 23 $142.2K −11% −38% $123.1M 539 $263 52

Mon Dec 24 $78.1K −45% +18% $123.1M 539 $144 53

Tue Dec 25 $81.0K +4% +26% $123.2M 539 $150 54

Wed Dec 26 $160.0K +98% +119% $123.4M 539 $296 55

Thu Dec 27 $197.0K +23% +113% $123.6M 539 $365 56

Fri Dec 28 $211.5K +7% +97% $123.8M 475 $445 57

Sat Dec 29 $240.8K +14% +51% $124.0M 475 $506 58

Sun Dec 30 $185.5K −23% +30% $124.2M 475 $390 59

Mon Dec 31 $136.1K −27% +74% $124.4M 475 $286 60

Tue Jan 1 $167.9K +23% +107% $124.5M 475 $353 61

Wed Jan 2 $120.1K −28% −25% $124.6M 475 $252 62

Thu Jan 3 $114.4K −5% −42% $124.8M 475 $240 63

Fri Jan 4 $134.7K +18% −36% $124.9M 407 $331 64

Sat Jan 5 $190.2K +41% −21% $125.1M 407 $467 65

Sun Jan 6 $118.3K −38% −36% $125.2M 407 $290 66

Mon Jan 7 $27.9K −76% −80% $125.2M 407 $68 67

Tue Jan 8 $25.2K −10% −85% $125.2M 407 $61 68

Wed Jan 9 $21.8K −13% −82% $125.3M 407 $53 69

Thu Jan 10 $23.7K +9% −79% $125.3M 407 $58 70

Fri Jan 11 $71.8K +202% −47% $125.4M 338 $212 71

Sat Jan 12 $144.3K +101% −24% $125.5M 338 $427 72

Sun Jan 13 $84.7K −41% −28% $125.6M 338 $250 73

Mon Jan 14 $15.8K −81% −43% $125.6M 338 $46 74

Tue Jan 15 $17.1K +8% −32% $125.6M 338 $50 75

Wed Jan 16 $15.2K −11% −30% $125.6M 338 $44 76

Thu Jan 17 $18.4K +21% −22% $125.7M 338 $54 77

Fri Jan 18 $57.0K +209% −21% $125.7M 296 $192 78

Sat Jan 19 $111.6K +96% −23% $125.8M 296 $376 79

Sun Jan 20 $76.5K −31% −10% $125.9M 296 $258 80

Mon Jan 21 #26 $86.1K +12% +443% $126.0M 296 $290 81

Tue Jan 22 $14.9K −83% −13% $126.0M 296 $50 82

Wed Jan 23 $11.7K −22% −23% $126.0M 296 $39 83

Thu Jan 24 $13.2K +13% −28% $126.0M 296 $44 84

Fri Jan 25 $42.4K +220% −26% $126.1M 265 $159 85

Sat Jan 26 $96.0K +127% −14% $126.2M 265 $362 86

Sun Jan 27 $61.8K −36% −19% $126.2M 265 $233 87

Mon Jan 28 $11.0K −82% −87% $126.2M 265 $41 88

Tue Jan 29 $9.5K −14% −36% $126.3M 265 $35 89

Wed Jan 30 $10.8K +14% −7% $126.3M 265 $40 90

Thu Jan 31 $9.5K −12% −28% $126.3M 265 $35 91

Fri Feb 1 $36.0K +278% −15% $126.3M 246 $146 92

Sat Feb 2 $78.9K +119% −18% $126.4M 246 $320 93

Sun Feb 3 $35.5K −55% −42% $126.4M 246 $144 94

Mon Feb 4 $7.8K −78% −30% $126.4M 246 $31 95

Tue Feb 5 $8.3K +7% −12% $126.4M 246 $33 96

Wed Feb 6 $7.4K −11% −32% $126.4M 246 $30 97

Thu Feb 7 $9.3K +26% −3% $126.5M 246 $37 98

Fri Feb 8 $28.3K +205% −21% $126.5M 206 $137 99

Sat Feb 9 $68.5K +142% −13% $126.6M 206 $332 100

Sun Feb 10 $42.9K −37% +21% $126.6M 206 $208 101

Mon Feb 11 $8.4K −80% +8% $126.6M 206 $40 102

Tue Feb 12 $6.7K −20% −20% $126.6M 206 $32 103

Wed Feb 13 $6.0K −11% −19% $126.6M 206 $29 104

Thu Feb 14 $13.1K +118% +41% $126.6M 206 $63 105

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

Cumulative total$125.3M

Nov 2Nov 19Dec 7Dec 24Jan 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $443.2K

$38.0M

$25.6M

$14.0M

$11.8M

$4.4M

$2.6M

$760.2K

$408.9K

$637.8K

$443.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,984 → 407 −89.8%

3,928 open407 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.5%

−32.8%

W1→2

−45.2%

W2→3

−15.7%

W3→4

−62.4%

W4→5

−41.4%

W5→6

−70.8%

W6→7

−46.2%

W7→8

+56.0%

W8→9

−30.5%

W9→10

Steepest −70.8%Biggest gain +56.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 21 days

$100M

Day 21

Nov 22

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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