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Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryFollow

2005 • PG • 1h 55m • Adventure, Comedy, Family • Warner Bros.

Prepare for a taste of adventure.

🍅 83% 51%

72

3.36

6.7

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$56.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$206.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$475.00M

$269.00M international

Domestic legs3.68x

Budget$150M

2005 rank#7

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Cast & crew

Full Burton filmography

Tim Burton

Tim Burton Director

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp Starring

Freddie Highmore

Freddie Highmore Starring

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter Starring

Noah Taylor

Noah Taylor Starring

Missi Pyle

Missi Pyle Starring

ScreenplayJohn August Produced byBrad Grey, Richard D. Zanuck CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot MusicDanny Elfman Prod. DesignAlex McDowell StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 15-17 1 $56.2M — 3,770 $14,901 $56.2M

2 Jul 22-24 1 $28.3M −49.7% 3,790 $7,454 $114.1M

3 Jul 29-31 2 $16.4M −42.0% 3,775 $4,340 $148.1M

4 Aug 5-7 3 $11.0M −33.1% 3,702 $2,962 $169.4M

5 Aug 12-14 6 $7.4M −32.4% 3,304 $2,243 $183.9M

6 Aug 19-21 9 $4.4M −40.2% 2,575 $1,722 $192.6M

7 Aug 26-28 12 $2.7M −39.2% 2,005 $1,344 $197.6M

8 Sep 2-4 14 $1.8M −34.9% 1,457 $1,204 $200.7M

9 Sep 9-11 16 $992.4K −43.5% 1,013 $979 $202.6M

10 Sep 16-18 16 $737.1K −25.7% 651 $1,132 $203.6M

11 Sep 23-25 21 $380.0K −48.4% 411 $924 $204.1M

12 Sep 30-Oct 2 25 $292.1K −23.1% 290 $1,007 $204.5M

13 Oct 7-9 25 $362.5K +24.1% 454 $798 $204.9M

14 Oct 14-16 25 $271.9K −25.0% 442 $615 $205.3M

15 Oct 21-23 34 $238.2K −12.4% 403 $591 $205.7M

16 Oct 28-30 39 $158.7K −33.4% 318 $498 $205.9M

17 Nov 4-6 34 $154.0K −3.0% 264 $583 $206.1M

18 Nov 11-13 35 $130.1K −15.5% 210 $619 $206.3M

19 Nov 18-20 38 $78.0K −40.1% 165 $472 $206.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 15 #1 $20.7M — $20.7M 3,770 $5,494 1

Sat Jul 16 #1 $19.4M −7% $40.1M 3,770 $5,132 2

Sun Jul 17 #1 $16.1M −17% $56.2M 3,770 $4,273 3

Mon Jul 18 #1 $8.5M −47% $64.7M 3,770 $2,263 4

Tue Jul 19 #1 $7.8M −9% $72.5M 3,770 $2,060 5

Wed Jul 20 #1 $6.9M −11% $79.4M 3,770 $1,826 6

Thu Jul 21 #1 $6.4M −6% $85.8M 3,770 $1,708 7

Fri Jul 22 #1 $9.1M +41% −56% $94.9M 3,790 $2,392 8

Sat Jul 23 #1 $10.6M +17% −45% $105.5M 3,790 $2,801 9

Sun Jul 24 #1 $8.6M −19% −47% $114.1M 3,790 $2,261 10

Mon Jul 25 #1 $4.6M −46% −46% $118.7M 3,790 $1,220 11

Tue Jul 26 #1 $4.7M +2% −39% $123.4M 3,790 $1,248 12

Wed Jul 27 #1 $4.4M −6% −36% $127.8M 3,790 $1,168 13

Thu Jul 28 #1 $3.9M −13% −40% $131.7M 3,790 $1,020 14

Fri Jul 29 #2 $5.1M +31% −44% $136.8M 3,775 $1,338 15

Sat Jul 30 #2 $6.3M +24% −41% $143.1M 3,775 $1,665 16

Sun Jul 31 #2 $5.0M −20% −41% $148.1M 3,775 $1,336 17

Mon Aug 1 #2 $2.8M −44% −39% $150.9M 3,775 $750 18

Tue Aug 2 #2 $2.6M −10% −46% $153.5M 3,775 $677 19

Wed Aug 3 #2 $2.5M −3% −44% $156.0M 3,775 $658 20

Thu Aug 4 #2 $2.5M n/c −36% $158.5M 3,775 $659 21

Fri Aug 5 #3 $3.5M +40% −31% $161.9M 3,702 $939 22

Sat Aug 6 #3 $4.2M +20% −34% $166.1M 3,702 $1,127 23

Sun Aug 7 #3 $3.3M −21% −34% $169.4M 3,702 $895 24

Mon Aug 8 #3 $1.9M −44% −34% $171.3M 3,702 $501 25

Tue Aug 9 #3 $1.9M +4% −24% $173.2M 3,702 $523 26

Wed Aug 10 #3 $1.7M −12% −31% $174.9M 3,702 $461 27

Thu Aug 11 #3 $1.6M −7% −36% $176.5M 3,702 $430 28

Fri Aug 12 #6 $2.2M +35% −38% $178.7M 3,304 $652 29

Sat Aug 13 #6 $2.9M +37% −29% $181.6M 3,304 $890 30

Sun Aug 14 #6 $2.3M −21% −30% $183.9M 3,304 $700 31

Mon Aug 15 #5 $1.1M −51% −38% $185.1M 3,304 $345 32

Tue Aug 16 #5 $1.1M n/c −41% $186.2M 3,304 $345 33

Wed Aug 17 #5 $1.0M −12% −41% $187.2M 3,304 $304 34

Thu Aug 18 #6 $972.4K −3% −39% $188.2M 3,304 $294 35

Fri Aug 19 #9 $1.3M +35% −39% $189.5M 2,575 $507 36

Sat Aug 20 #9 $1.8M +39% −38% $191.3M 2,575 $705 37

Sun Aug 21 #9 $1.3M −28% −43% $192.6M 2,575 $508 38

Mon Aug 22 #9 $581.3K −56% −49% $193.2M 2,575 $225 39

Tue Aug 23 #9 $623.2K +7% −45% $193.8M 2,575 $242 40

Wed Aug 24 #8 $549.4K −12% −45% $194.4M 2,575 $213 41

Thu Aug 25 #7 $491.4K −11% −49% $194.9M 2,575 $190 42

Sun Aug 28 #10 $866.0K — −34% $197.6M 2,005 $431 45

Mon Aug 29 #10 $344.0K −60% −41% $197.9M 2,005 $171 46

Tue Aug 30 #10 $418.5K +22% −33% $198.3M 2,005 $208 47

Wed Aug 31 #10 $383.0K −8% −30% $198.7M 2,005 $190 48

Thu Sep 1 #11 $233.5K −39% −52% $199.0M 2,005 $116 49

Mon Sep 5 #12 $621.9K — +81% $201.3M 1,457 $426 53

Mon Oct 10 #23 $53.8K — $205.0M 454 $118 88

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

Cumulative total$201.3M

Jul 15Jul 27Aug 8Aug 19Sep 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $737.1K

$56.2M

$28.3M

$16.4M

$11.0M

$7.4M

$4.4M

$2.7M

$1.8M

$992.4K

$737.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,790 → 1,457 −61.6%

3,770 open1,457 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.7%

−49.7%

W1→2

−42.0%

W2→3

−33.1%

W3→4

−32.4%

W4→5

−40.2%

W5→6

−39.2%

W6→7

−34.9%

W7→8

−43.5%

W8→9

−25.7%

W9→10

Steepest −49.7%Best hold −25.7%

Run milestones

$200M in 53 days

$100M

Day 9

Jul 23

$200M

Day 53

Sep 5

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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