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2011 • G • 1h 46m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

The Mission Begins.

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3.09

6.2

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$66.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$191.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$558.60M

$367.20M international

Domestic legs2.90x

Budget$200M

2011 rank#8

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Cast & crew

Full Lasseter filmography

John Lasseter

John Lasseter Director

Larry the Cable Guy

Larry the Cable Guy Starring

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson Starring

Michael Caine

Michael Caine Starring

Emily Mortimer

Emily Mortimer Starring

Eddie Izzard

Eddie Izzard Starring

ScreenplayBen Queen Produced byDenise Ream CinematographyJeremy Lasky, Sharon Calahan MusicMichael Giacchino StudioWalt Disney Studios SeriesCars

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 24-26 1 $66.1M — 4,115 $16,071 $66.1M

2 Jul 1-3 2 $26.3M −60.3% 4,115 $6,384 $117.2M

3 Jul 8-10 4 $15.2M −42.1% 3,990 $3,812 $148.8M

4 Jul 15-17 5 $8.4M −44.7% 3,249 $2,587 $165.4M

5 Jul 22-24 7 $5.7M −32.7% 2,668 $2,119 $176.4M

6 Jul 29-31 10 $2.3M −58.5% 1,763 $1,332 $182.1M

7 Aug 5-7 12 $1.2M −47.9% 926 $1,320 $184.8M

8 Aug 12-14 17 $659.9K −46.0% 494 $1,335 $186.2M

9 Aug 19-21 23 $348.2K −47.2% 297 $1,172 $187.0M

10 Aug 26-28 27 $234.3K −32.7% 233 $1,005 $187.4M

11 Sep 2-4 21 $1.2M +415.3% 2,043 $590 $188.7M

12 Sep 9-11 35 $181.2K −85.0% 353 $513 $189.6M

13 Sep 30-Oct 2 23 $382.2K +111.0% 255 $1,498 $190.1M

14 Oct 7-9 20 $284.6K −25.5% 262 $1,086 $190.5M

15 Oct 14-16 25 $212.2K −25.4% 265 $800 $190.8M

16 Oct 21-23 31 $144.3K −32.0% 193 $747 $191.0M

17 Oct 28-30 36 $89.1K −38.3% 143 $622 $191.1M

18 Nov 4-6 39 $87.8K −1.4% 121 $726 $191.2M

19 Nov 11-13 40 $66.7K −24.0% 101 $660 $191.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 24 #1 $25.7M — $25.7M 4,115 $6,249 1

Sat Jun 25 #1 $23.4M −9% $49.1M 4,115 $5,680 2

Sun Jun 26 #1 $17.0M −27% $66.1M 4,115 $4,141 3

Mon Jun 27 #1 $7.0M −59% $73.1M 4,115 $1,691 4

Tue Jun 28 #1 $7.1M +2% $80.2M 4,115 $1,722 5

Wed Jun 29 #2 $5.5M −22% $85.7M 4,115 $1,346 6

Thu Jun 30 #2 $5.2M −6% $90.9M 4,115 $1,265 7

Fri Jul 1 #2 $7.9M +52% −69% $98.9M 4,115 $1,928 8

Sat Jul 2 #2 $9.5M +20% −59% $108.4M 4,115 $2,313 9

Sun Jul 3 #2 $8.8M −7% −48% $117.2M 4,115 $2,142 10

Mon Jul 4 #2 $5.4M −39% −23% $122.6M 4,115 $1,301 11

Tue Jul 5 #2 $3.8M −29% −46% $126.4M 4,115 $928 12

Wed Jul 6 #2 $3.7M −4% −34% $130.0M 4,115 $888 13

Thu Jul 7 #2 $3.6M −2% −31% $133.6M 4,115 $870 14

Fri Jul 8 #4 $4.9M +36% −39% $138.5M 3,990 $1,217 15

Sat Jul 9 #4 $6.0M +24% −37% $144.5M 3,990 $1,513 16

Sun Jul 10 #4 $4.3M −29% −51% $148.8M 3,990 $1,081 17

Mon Jul 11 #4 $2.0M −54% −63% $150.8M 3,990 $497 18

Tue Jul 12 #4 $2.4M +21% −37% $153.2M 3,990 $602 19

Wed Jul 13 #4 $2.0M −19% −46% $155.2M 3,990 $490 20

Thu Jul 14 #4 $1.8M −8% −50% $157.0M 3,990 $451 21

Fri Jul 15 #6 $2.4M +35% −50% $159.4M 3,249 $749 22

Sat Jul 16 #5 $3.5M +43% −43% $162.9M 3,249 $1,068 23

Sun Jul 17 #5 $2.5M −28% −42% $165.4M 3,249 $770 24

Mon Jul 18 #5 $1.2M −51% −38% $166.6M 3,249 $380 25

Tue Jul 19 #5 $1.4M +14% −42% $168.0M 3,249 $432 26

Wed Jul 20 #5 $1.3M −10% −35% $169.3M 3,249 $390 27

Thu Jul 21 #5 $1.4M +12% −21% $170.7M 3,249 $436 28

Fri Jul 22 #7 $1.7M +20% −30% $172.4M 2,668 $637 29

Sat Jul 23 #7 $2.3M +35% −34% $174.7M 2,668 $859 30

Sun Jul 24 #7 $1.7M −28% −34% $176.4M 2,668 $622 31

Mon Jul 25 #7 $834.3K −50% −32% $177.2M 2,668 $312 32

Tue Jul 26 #7 $931.5K +12% −34% $178.1M 2,668 $349 33

Wed Jul 27 #7 $814.3K −13% −36% $179.0M 2,668 $305 34

Thu Jul 28 #7 $814.1K n/c −43% $179.8M 2,668 $305 35

Fri Jul 29 #10 $694.5K −15% −59% $180.5M 1,763 $393 36

Sat Jul 30 #10 $919.5K +32% −60% $181.4M 1,763 $521 37

Sun Jul 31 #10 $735.1K −20% −56% $182.1M 1,763 $416 38

Mon Aug 1 #10 $361.7K −51% −57% $182.5M 1,763 $205 39

Tue Aug 2 #10 $381.6K +6% −59% $182.9M 1,763 $216 40

Wed Aug 3 #10 $373.5K −2% −54% $183.2M 1,763 $211 41

Thu Aug 4 #10 $349.0K −7% −57% $183.6M 1,763 $197 42

Fri Aug 5 $304.7K −13% −56% $183.9M 926 $329 43

Sat Aug 6 $480.3K +58% −48% $184.4M 926 $518 44

Sun Aug 7 $437.8K −9% −40% $184.8M 926 $472 45

Mon Aug 8 $180.8K −59% −50% $185.0M 926 $195 46

Tue Aug 9 $224.3K +24% −41% $185.2M 926 $242 47

Wed Aug 10 $170.5K −24% −54% $185.4M 926 $184 48

Thu Aug 11 $153.8K −10% −56% $185.5M 926 $166 49

Fri Aug 12 $163.1K +6% −46% $185.7M 494 $330 50

Sat Aug 13 $256.8K +57% −47% $186.0M 494 $519 51

Sun Aug 14 $240.0K −7% −45% $186.2M 494 $485 52

Mon Aug 15 $116.9K −51% −35% $186.3M 494 $236 53

Tue Aug 16 $112.4K −4% −50% $186.4M 494 $227 54

Wed Aug 17 $83.8K −25% −51% $186.5M 494 $169 55

Thu Aug 18 $93.6K +12% −39% $186.6M 494 $189 56

Fri Sep 2 $238.6K — $187.7M 2,043 $116 71

Sat Sep 3 $460.7K +93% $188.2M 2,043 $225 72

Sun Sep 4 $508.2K +10% $188.7M 2,043 $248 73

Mon Sep 5 #15 $570.6K +12% $189.3M 2,043 $279 74

Tue Sep 6 $84.2K −85% $189.3M 2,043 $41 75

Wed Sep 7 $57.8K −31% $189.4M 2,043 $28 76

Thu Sep 8 $50.3K −13% $189.4M 2,043 $24 77

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

Cumulative total$186.6M

Jun 24Jul 8Jul 22Aug 4Aug 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $234.3K

$66.1M

$26.3M

$15.2M

$8.4M

$5.7M

$2.3M

$1.2M

$659.9K

$348.2K

$234.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,115 → 494 −88.0%

4,115 open494 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.7%

−60.3%

W1→2

−42.1%

W2→3

−44.7%

W3→4

−32.7%

W4→5

−58.5%

W5→6

−47.9%

W6→7

−46.0%

W7→8

−47.2%

W8→9

−32.7%

W9→10

Steepest −60.3%Best hold −32.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 9 days

$100M

Day 9

Jul 2

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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