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Brother BearFollow

2003 • 1h 25m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

See through another’s eyes, feel through another's heart, and discover the meaning of brotherhood.

🍅 38% 66%

48

3.81

6.9

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$85.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$250.00M

$165.00M international

Domestic legs4.40x

Budget$46.0M

2003 rank#35

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Cast & crew

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix Starring

Rick Moranis

Rick Moranis Starring

D. B. Sweeney

D. B. Sweeney Starring

ScreenplayDavid Hoselton, Steve Bencich, Tab Murphy, Lorne Cameron Produced byChuck Williams MusicPhil Collins & Mark Mancina StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 31-Nov 2 2 $19.4M — 3,030 $6,404 $19.8M

2 Nov 7-9 3 $18.5M −4.5% 3,030 $6,114 $44.0M

3 Nov 14-16 4 $12.1M −34.9% 3,030 $3,978 $63.1M

4 Nov 21-23 7 $5.3M −55.6% 2,885 $1,853 $70.3M

5 Nov 28-30 10 $4.9M −8.9% 2,034 $2,395 $77.7M

6 Dec 5-7 13 $1.3M −74.2% 1,616 $779 $79.5M

7 Dec 12-14 17 $655.4K −48.0% 1,031 $635 $80.5M

8 Dec 19-21 16 $451.4K −31.1% 724 $623 $81.1M

9 Dec 26-28 24 $506.6K +12.2% 564 $898 $82.1M

10 Jan 2-4 24 $529.1K +4.4% 532 $994 $83.3M

11 Jan 9-11 31 $286.8K −45.8% 426 $673 $83.7M

12 Jan 16-18 30 $223.7K −22.0% 327 $684 $84.0M

13 Jan 23-25 34 $170.5K −23.8% 306 $557 $84.3M

14 Jan 30-Feb 1 35 $135.7K −20.4% 270 $502 $84.4M

15 Feb 6-8 39 $117.8K −13.2% 230 $512 $84.6M

16 Feb 13-15 43 $92.3K −21.7% 196 $470 $84.7M

17 Feb 20-22 49 $85.1K −7.7% 165 $515 $84.9M

18 Feb 27-29 51 $65.7K −22.8% 139 $472 $85.0M

19 Mar 5-7 51 $62.9K −4.2% 111 $566 $85.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Sat Nov 1 #1 $11.1M — $11.5M 3,030 $3,648 9

Sun Nov 2 #1 $8.4M −24% $19.8M 3,030 $2,755 10

Mon Nov 3 #1 $1.5M −82% $21.3M 3,030 $483 11

Tue Nov 4 #1 $1.6M +10% $22.9M 3,030 $532 12

Wed Nov 5 #2 $1.2M −28% $24.0M 3,030 $381 13

Thu Nov 6 #2 $1.5M +26% $25.5M 3,030 $481 14

Fri Nov 7 #3 $4.2M +187% $29.7M 3,030 $1,382 15

Sat Nov 8 #3 $8.5M +102% −24% $38.2M 3,030 $2,789 16

Sun Nov 9 #3 $5.8M −31% −30% $44.0M 3,030 $1,928 17

Mon Nov 10 #3 $1.7M −71% +16% $45.7M 3,030 $558 18

Tue Nov 11 #3 $3.8M +125% +136% $49.5M 3,030 $1,258 19

Wed Nov 12 #3 $691.0K −82% −40% $50.2M 3,030 $228 20

Thu Nov 13 #3 $786.0K +14% −46% $51.0M 3,030 $259 21

Fri Nov 14 #5 $2.5M +221% −40% $53.5M 3,030 $832 22

Sat Nov 15 #4 $5.7M +125% −33% $59.2M 3,030 $1,877 23

Sun Nov 16 #4 $3.8M −33% −35% $63.1M 3,030 $1,262 24

Mon Nov 17 #5 $470.0K −88% −72% $63.5M 3,030 $155 25

Tue Nov 18 #5 $502.0K +7% −87% $64.0M 3,030 $165 26

Wed Nov 19 #5 $482.0K −4% −30% $64.5M 3,030 $159 27

Thu Nov 20 #5 $464.0K −4% −41% $65.0M 3,030 $153 28

Fri Nov 21 #7 $1.2M +159% −52% $66.2M 2,885 $415 29

Sat Nov 22 #7 $2.5M +108% −56% $68.7M 2,885 $864 30

Sun Nov 23 #7 $1.6M −35% −57% $70.3M 2,885 $566 31

Mon Nov 24 #7 $410.0K −75% −13% $70.7M 2,885 $142 32

Tue Nov 25 #7 $559.0K +36% +11% $71.3M 2,885 $193 33

Fri Nov 28 #10 $3.4M — +183% $74.9M 2,034 $1,671 36

Sat Nov 29 #11 $1.8M −46% −27% $76.7M 2,034 $896 37

Sun Nov 30 #10 $987.0K −46% −40% $77.7M 2,034 $485 38

Mon Jan 19 #27 $79.8K — $84.1M 327 $244 88

Mon Feb 16 #35 $38.8K — $84.8M 196 $198 116

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

Cumulative total$77.7M

Nov 1Nov 8Nov 15Nov 21Nov 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $529.1K

$19.4M

$18.5M

$12.1M

$5.3M

$4.9M

$1.3M

$655.4K

$451.4K

$506.6K

$529.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,030 → 2,034 −32.9%

3,030 open2,034 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +4.4%

−4.5%

W1→2

−34.9%

W2→3

−55.6%

W3→4

−8.9%

W4→5

−74.2%

W5→6

−48.0%

W6→7

−31.1%

W7→8

+12.2%

W8→9

+4.4%

W9→10

Steepest −74.2%Biggest gain +12.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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