Name: Big Fish
Director: Tim Burton
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2003
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Sat Jan 3	#12	$979K			$7.80M	125	$7.8K	25
Sun Jan 4	#10	$659K	-33%		$8.45M	125	$5.3K	26
Mon Jan 5	#10	$278K	-58%		$8.73M	125	$2.2K	27
Tue Jan 6	#10	$282K	+1%		$9.01M	125	$2.3K	28
Wed Jan 7	#10	$282K	n/c		$9.30M	125	$2.3K	29
Thu Jan 8	#10	$279K	-1%		$9.58M	125	$2.2K	30
Fri Jan 9	#1	$4.50M	+1,513%		$14.10M	2,406	$1.9K	31
Sat Jan 10	#2	$5.74M	+28%	+486%	$19.94M	2,406	$2.4K	32
Sun Jan 11	#2	$3.45M	-40%	+423%	$23.39M	2,406	$1.4K	33
Mon Jan 12	#2	$1.09M	-68%	+291%	$24.47M	2,406	$451	34
Tue Jan 13	#2	$1.11M	+2%	+293%	$25.58M	2,406	$460	35
Wed Jan 14	#2	$936K	-15%	+232%	$26.52M	2,406	$389	36
Thu Jan 15	#2	$1.03M	+10%	+271%	$27.55M	2,406	$429	37
Fri Jan 16	#3	$2.82M	+173%	-37%	$30.37M	2,514	$1.1K	38
Sat Jan 17	#3	$4.48M	+59%	-22%	$34.85M	2,514	$1.8K	39
Sun Jan 18	#3	$3.01M	-33%	-13%	$37.86M	2,514	$1.2K	40
Mon Jan 19	#4	$2.03M	-32%	+87%	$39.89M	2,514	$807	41
Tue Jan 20	#3	$703K	-65%	-36%	$40.59M	2,514	$279	42
Wed Jan 21	#3	$581K	-17%	-38%	$41.17M	2,514	$231	43
Thu Jan 22	#2	$652K	+12%	-37%	$41.82M	2,514	$259	44
Fri Jan 23	#4	$2.00M	+207%	-29%	$43.80M	2,438	$820	45
Sat Jan 24	#3	$3.34M	+67%	-25%	$47.13M	2,438	$1.4K	46
Sun Jan 25	#4	$1.81M	-46%	-40%	$48.93M	2,438	$740	47
Mon Jan 26	#4	$462K	-74%	-77%	$49.40M	2,438	$189	48
Tue Jan 27	#5	$461K	n/c	-34%	$49.86M	2,438	$189	49
Wed Jan 28	#4	$482K	+5%	-17%	$50.34M	2,438	$197	50
Thu Jan 29	#5	$443K	-8%	-32%	$50.78M	2,438	$181	51
Fri Jan 30	#6	$1.40M	+216%	-30%	$52.20M	2,280	$614	52
Sat Jan 31	#5	$2.34M	+67%	-30%	$54.51M	2,280	$1.0K	53
Sun Feb 1	#6	$803K	-66%	-56%	$55.32M	2,280	$352	54
Mon Feb 2	#7	$313K	-61%	-32%	$55.63M	2,280	$137	55
Tue Feb 3	#8	$341K	+9%	-26%	$55.97M	2,280	$149	56
Wed Feb 4	#8	$307K	-10%	-36%	$56.28M	2,280	$134	57
Thu Feb 5	#8	$287K	-7%	-35%	$56.56M	2,280	$125	58
Mon Feb 16	#13	$431K			$63.44M	1,224	$351	69

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Dec 26-28	14	$2.05M	—	$3.51M	124	$16.6K	1
Jan 2-4	12	$2.54M	+23.9%	$8.45M	125	$20.4K	2
Jan 9-11	2	$13.81M	+442.8%	$23.39M	2,406	$5.7K	3
Jan 16-18	2	$10.31M	-25.4%	$37.86M	2,514	$4.1K	4
Jan 23-25	4	$7.11M	-31.0%	$48.93M	2,438	$2.9K	5
Jan 30-Feb 1	6	$4.53M	-36.2%	$55.32M	2,280	$2.0K	6
Feb 6-8	11	$3.15M	-30.5%	$59.72M	1,617	$1.9K	7
Feb 13-15	13	$2.50M	-20.6%	$63.01M	1,224	$2.0K	8
Feb 20-22	17	$1.19M	-52.5%	$65.15M	947	$1.3K	9
Feb 27-29	24	$355K	-70.1%	$65.82M	371	$956	10
Mar 5-7	37	$151K	-57.5%	$66.10M	207	$728	11
Mar 12-14	42	$109K	-27.5%	$66.26M	134	$816	12

Performance Charts

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

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTim Burton

ScreenplayJohn August

Produced byRichard D. Zanuck, Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks

CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot

MusicDanny Elfman

Prod. DesignDennis Gassner

StarringEwan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman

StudioSony Pictures Releasing

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