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2012 • PG • 1h 33m • Action, Adventure, Animation • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Change your fate.

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3.48

7.1

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$66.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$237.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$539.00M

$302.00M international

Domestic legs3.58x

Budget$185M

2012 rank#8

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Cast & crew

Full Chapman filmography

Brenda Chapman

Brenda Chapman Director

Kelly Macdonald

Kelly Macdonald Starring

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Starring

Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly Starring

Julie Walters

Julie Walters Starring

Robbie Coltrane

Robbie Coltrane Starring

ScreenplayBrenda Chapman, Mark Andrews, Irene Mecchi, Steve Purcell Produced byKatherine Sarafian CinematographyRobert Anderson (camera), Danielle Feinberg (lighting) MusicPatrick Doyle Prod. DesignSteve Pilcher StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 22-24 1 $66.3M — 4,164 $15,927 $66.3M

2 Jun 29-Jul 1 3 $34.1M −48.6% 4,164 $8,187 $131.8M

3 Jul 6-8 3 $19.6M −42.5% 3,891 $5,040 $174.0M

4 Jul 13-15 4 $11.2M −43.1% 3,392 $3,290 $196.1M

5 Jul 20-22 5 $6.0M −46.0% 2,899 $2,078 $208.8M

6 Jul 27-29 7 $4.3M −28.5% 2,551 $1,687 $217.3M

7 Aug 3-5 9 $3.0M −30.6% 2,110 $1,415 $223.4M

8 Aug 10-12 12 $1.8M −39.6% 1,259 $1,431 $227.2M

9 Aug 17-19 16 $815.8K −54.7% 641 $1,272 $229.1M

10 Aug 24-26 19 $516.8K −36.7% 452 $1,143 $230.1M

11 Aug 31-Sep 2 15 $1.4M +176.1% 1,708 $835 $231.8M

12 Sep 7-9 20 $720.6K −49.5% 959 $751 $233.4M

13 Sep 28-30 37 $139.0K −80.7% 114 $1,219 $233.7M

14 Oct 5-7 31 $160.1K +15.2% 122 $1,312 $233.9M

15 Oct 12-14 17 $469.7K +193.4% 276 $1,701 $234.5M

16 Oct 19-21 18 $421.6K −10.3% 277 $1,521 $235.0M

17 Oct 26-28 19 $293.9K −30.3% 257 $1,143 $235.5M

18 Nov 2-4 21 $328.0K +11.6% 253 $1,296 $235.9M

19 Nov 9-11 22 $303.0K −7.6% 239 $1,267 $236.3M

20 Nov 16-18 22 $223.6K −26.2% 220 $1,016 $236.6M

21 Nov 23-25 23 $187.2K −16.3% 190 $985 $236.9M

22 Nov 30-Dec 2 27 $96.4K −48.5% 181 $532 $237.1M

23 Dec 7-9 36 $62.4K −35.3% 151 $413 $237.2M

24 Dec 14-16 44 $39.7K −36.4% 115 $345 $237.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 22 #1 $24.6M — $24.6M 4,164 $5,916 1

Sat Jun 23 #1 $23.7M −4% $48.3M 4,164 $5,687 2

Sun Jun 24 #1 $18.0M −24% $66.3M 4,164 $4,324 3

Mon Jun 25 #1 $8.9M −50% $75.3M 4,164 $2,148 4

Tue Jun 26 #1 $8.9M n/c $84.2M 4,164 $2,143 5

Wed Jun 27 #1 $6.8M −23% $91.0M 4,164 $1,641 6

Thu Jun 28 #1 $6.6M −3% $97.7M 4,164 $1,594 7

Fri Jun 29 #3 $10.4M +56% −58% $108.0M 4,164 $2,489 8

Sat Jun 30 #2 $13.3M +29% −44% $121.4M 4,164 $3,205 9

Sun Jul 1 #2 $10.4M −22% −42% $131.8M 4,164 $2,492 10

Mon Jul 2 #2 $5.4M −48% −40% $137.2M 4,164 $1,293 11

Tue Jul 3 #3 $5.8M +7% −35% $142.9M 3,966 $1,457 12

Wed Jul 4 #3 $6.4M +11% −6% $149.4M 3,966 $1,618 13

Thu Jul 5 #3 $5.0M −22% −25% $154.4M 3,966 $1,260 14

Fri Jul 6 #3 $6.3M +26% −39% $160.6M 3,891 $1,615 15

Sat Jul 7 #3 $7.8M +24% −42% $168.4M 3,891 $2,003 16

Sun Jul 8 #3 $5.5M −29% −47% $174.0M 3,891 $1,421 17

Mon Jul 9 #3 $2.5M −54% −53% $176.5M 3,891 $653 18

Tue Jul 10 #3 $3.2M +24% −45% $179.7M 3,891 $810 19

Wed Jul 11 #3 $2.7M −16% −59% $182.3M 3,891 $681 20

Thu Jul 12 #3 $2.6M −2% −48% $184.9M 3,891 $664 21

Fri Jul 13 #5 $3.3M +27% −48% $188.2M 3,392 $969 22

Sat Jul 14 #4 $4.4M +34% −43% $192.6M 3,392 $1,298 23

Sun Jul 15 #4 $3.5M −21% −37% $196.1M 3,392 $1,021 24

Mon Jul 16 #4 $1.5M −57% −41% $197.6M 3,392 $444 25

Tue Jul 17 #4 $2.0M +34% −36% $199.6M 3,392 $595 26

Wed Jul 18 #4 $1.6M −19% −39% $201.2M 3,392 $480 27

Thu Jul 19 #4 $1.5M −6% −41% $202.7M 3,392 $451 28

Fri Jul 20 #5 $1.9M +26% −41% $204.7M 2,899 $667 29

Sat Jul 21 #5 $2.3M +18% −48% $207.0M 2,899 $789 30

Sun Jul 22 #5 $1.8M −21% −48% $208.8M 2,899 $620 31

Mon Jul 23 #5 $974.2K −46% −35% $209.7M 2,899 $336 32

Tue Jul 24 #5 $1.2M +27% −39% $211.0M 2,899 $426 33

Wed Jul 25 #5 $930.1K −25% −43% $211.9M 2,899 $320 34

Thu Jul 26 #5 $1.1M +19% −28% $213.0M 2,899 $382 35

Fri Jul 27 #7 $1.3M +13% −35% $214.3M 2,551 $491 36

Sat Jul 28 #7 $1.7M +37% −25% $216.0M 2,551 $671 37

Sun Jul 29 #7 $1.3M −22% −26% $217.3M 2,551 $524 38

Mon Jul 30 #7 $674.4K −50% −31% $218.0M 2,551 $264 39

Tue Jul 31 #7 $890.3K +32% −28% $218.9M 2,551 $348 40

Wed Aug 1 #7 $788.7K −11% −15% $219.7M 2,551 $309 41

Thu Aug 2 #7 $751.0K −5% −32% $220.4M 2,551 $294 42

Fri Aug 3 #9 $806.2K +7% −36% $221.2M 2,110 $382 43

Sat Aug 4 #9 $1.2M +47% −31% $222.4M 2,110 $561 44

Sun Aug 5 #9 $996.2K −16% −26% $223.4M 2,110 $472 45

Mon Aug 6 #9 $509.7K −49% −24% $223.9M 2,110 $241 46

Tue Aug 7 #9 $546.1K +7% −39% $224.5M 2,110 $258 47

Wed Aug 8 #11 $468.5K −14% −41% $224.9M 1,883 $248 48

Thu Aug 9 #10 $498.2K +6% −34% $225.4M 1,883 $264 49

Fri Aug 10 $538.3K +8% −33% $226.0M 1,259 $427 50

Sat Aug 11 $729.1K +35% −38% $226.7M 1,259 $579 51

Sun Aug 12 $535.2K −27% −46% $227.2M 1,259 $425 52

Mon Aug 13 #12 $256.6K −52% −50% $227.5M 1,259 $203 53

Tue Aug 14 #12 $336.7K +31% −38% $227.8M 1,259 $267 54

Wed Aug 15 #13 $240.0K −29% −49% $228.1M 1,110 $216 55

Thu Aug 16 #13 $226.7K −6% −54% $228.3M 1,110 $204 56

Fri Aug 17 $224.7K −1% −58% $228.5M 641 $350 57

Sat Aug 18 $337.7K +50% −54% $228.9M 641 $526 58

Sun Aug 19 $253.4K −25% −53% $229.1M 641 $395 59

Mon Aug 20 $115.2K −55% −55% $229.2M 641 $179 60

Tue Aug 21 $128.7K +12% −62% $229.4M 641 $200 61

Wed Aug 22 $105.9K −18% −56% $229.5M 641 $165 62

Thu Aug 23 $101.1K −5% −55% $229.6M 641 $157 63

Fri Aug 24 $133.6K +32% −41% $229.7M 452 $295 64

Sat Aug 25 $224.8K +68% −33% $229.9M 452 $497 65

Sun Aug 26 $158.4K −30% −37% $230.1M 452 $350 66

Mon Aug 27 $85.3K −46% −26% $230.2M 452 $188 67

Fri Aug 31 $276.8K — +107% $230.7M 1,708 $162 71

Sat Sep 1 $550.5K +99% +145% $231.2M 1,708 $322 72

Sun Sep 2 $599.6K +9% +279% $231.8M 1,708 $351 73

Mon Sep 3 $628.9K +5% +638% $232.4M 1,708 $368 74

Thu Sep 6 $66.0K — $232.7M 1,708 $38 77

Fri Sep 7 $139.1K +111% −50% $232.8M 959 $145 78

Sat Sep 8 $365.1K +163% −34% $233.2M 959 $380 79

Sun Sep 9 $216.4K −41% −64% $233.4M 959 $225 80

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

Cumulative total$230.2M

Jun 22Jul 9Jul 25Aug 11Aug 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $516.8K

$66.3M

$34.1M

$19.6M

$11.2M

$6.0M

$4.3M

$3.0M

$1.8M

$815.8K

$516.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,164 → 452 −89.1%

4,164 open452 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.7%

−48.6%

W1→2

−42.5%

W2→3

−43.1%

W3→4

−46.0%

W4→5

−28.5%

W5→6

−30.6%

W6→7

−39.6%

W7→8

−54.7%

W8→9

−36.7%

W9→10

Steepest −54.7%Best hold −28.5%

Run milestones

$200M in 27 days

$100M

Day 8

Jun 29

$200M

Day 27

Jul 18

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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