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Big FishFollow

2003 • PG-13 • 2h 5m • Adventure, Drama, Fantasy • Sony Pictures Releasing

An adventure as big as life itself.

🍅 76% 89%

58

3.94

8.0

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$66.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$123.00M

$56.10M international

Domestic legs4.8x from $13.8M first wide weekend

Budget$70.0M

2003 rank#44

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Cast & crew

Full Burton filmography

Tim Burton

Tim Burton Director

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor Starring

Albert Finney

Albert Finney Starring

Billy Crudup

Billy Crudup Starring

Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange Starring

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter Starring

ScreenplayJohn August Produced byRichard D. Zanuck, Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot MusicDanny Elfman Prod. DesignDennis Gassner StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 26-28 14 $2.1M — 124 $16,562 $3.5M

2 Jan 2-4 12 $2.5M +23.9% 125 $20,355 $8.5M

3 Jan 9-11 2 $13.8M +442.8% 2,406 $5,740 $23.4M

4 Jan 16-18 2 $10.3M −25.4% 2,514 $4,099 $37.9M

5 Jan 23-25 4 $7.1M −31.0% 2,438 $2,916 $48.9M

6 Jan 30-Feb 1 6 $4.5M −36.2% 2,280 $1,988 $55.3M

7 Feb 6-8 11 $3.2M −30.5% 1,617 $1,948 $59.7M

8 Feb 13-15 13 $2.5M −20.6% 1,224 $2,044 $63.0M

9 Feb 20-22 17 $1.2M −52.5% 947 $1,254 $65.2M

10 Feb 27-29 24 $354.7K −70.1% 371 $956 $65.8M

11 Mar 5-7 37 $150.9K −57.5% 207 $728 $66.1M

12 Mar 12-14 42 $109.4K −27.5% 134 $816 $66.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Sat Jan 3 #12 $979.4K — $7.8M 125 $7,835 25

Sun Jan 4 #10 $658.6K −33% $8.5M 125 $5,268 26

Mon Jan 5 #10 $278.0K −58% $8.7M 125 $2,224 27

Tue Jan 6 #10 $282.0K +1% $9.0M 125 $2,256 28

Wed Jan 7 #10 $282.0K n/c $9.3M 125 $2,256 29

Thu Jan 8 #10 $279.0K −1% $9.6M 125 $2,232 30

Fri Jan 9 #1 $4.5M +1,513% $14.1M 2,406 $1,870 31

Sat Jan 10 #2 $5.7M +28% +486% $19.9M 2,406 $2,385 32

Sun Jan 11 #2 $3.4M −40% +423% $23.4M 2,406 $1,432 33

Mon Jan 12 #2 $1.1M −68% +291% $24.5M 2,406 $451 34

Tue Jan 13 #2 $1.1M +2% +293% $25.6M 2,406 $460 35

Wed Jan 14 #2 $936.0K −15% +232% $26.5M 2,406 $389 36

Thu Jan 15 #2 $1.0M +10% +271% $27.6M 2,406 $429 37

Fri Jan 16 #3 $2.8M +173% −37% $30.4M 2,514 $1,121 38

Sat Jan 17 #3 $4.5M +59% −22% $34.9M 2,514 $1,782 39

Sun Jan 18 #3 $3.0M −33% −13% $37.9M 2,514 $1,195 40

Mon Jan 19 #4 $2.0M −32% +87% $39.9M 2,514 $807 41

Tue Jan 20 #3 $703.0K −65% −36% $40.6M 2,514 $279 42

Wed Jan 21 #3 $581.0K −17% −38% $41.2M 2,514 $231 43

Thu Jan 22 #2 $652.0K +12% −37% $41.8M 2,514 $259 44

Fri Jan 23 #4 $2.0M +207% −29% $43.8M 2,438 $820 45

Sat Jan 24 #3 $3.3M +67% −25% $47.1M 2,438 $1,370 46

Sun Jan 25 #4 $1.8M −46% −40% $48.9M 2,438 $740 47

Mon Jan 26 #4 $462.0K −74% −77% $49.4M 2,438 $189 48

Tue Jan 27 #5 $461.0K n/c −34% $49.9M 2,438 $189 49

Wed Jan 28 #4 $482.0K +5% −17% $50.3M 2,438 $197 50

Thu Jan 29 #5 $443.0K −8% −32% $50.8M 2,438 $181 51

Fri Jan 30 #6 $1.4M +216% −30% $52.2M 2,280 $614 52

Sat Jan 31 #5 $2.3M +67% −30% $54.5M 2,280 $1,024 53

Sun Feb 1 #6 $802.6K −66% −56% $55.3M 2,280 $352 54

Mon Feb 2 #7 $313.0K −61% −32% $55.6M 2,280 $137 55

Tue Feb 3 #8 $341.0K +9% −26% $56.0M 2,280 $149 56

Wed Feb 4 #8 $307.0K −10% −36% $56.3M 2,280 $134 57

Thu Feb 5 #8 $287.0K −7% −35% $56.6M 2,280 $125 58

Mon Feb 16 #13 $430.8K — $63.4M 1,224 $351 69

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

Cumulative total$63.4M

Jan 3Jan 12Jan 20Jan 29Feb 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $354.7K

$2.1M

$2.5M

$13.8M

$10.3M

$7.1M

$4.5M

$3.2M

$2.5M

$1.2M

$354.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,514 → 1,224 −51.3%

125 open1,224 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −70.1%

+23.9%

W1→2

+442.8%

W2→3

−25.4%

W3→4

−31.0%

W4→5

−36.2%

W5→6

−30.5%

W6→7

−20.6%

W7→8

−52.5%

W8→9

−70.1%

W9→10

Steepest −70.1%Biggest gain +442.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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