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2000 • 1h 24m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • DreamWorks Distribution

There's nothing more determined than poultry with a plan.

🍅 97% 65%

88

3.63

7.1

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$107.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$225.00M

$118.00M international

Domestic legs6.10x

Budget$45.0M

2000 rank#19

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Cast & crew

Full Lord filmography

Peter Lord

Peter Lord Director

Nick Park

Nick Park Director

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson Starring

Imelda Staunton

Imelda Staunton Starring

Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson Starring

ScreenplayKarey Kirkpatrick Produced byPeter Lord, David Sproxton, Nick Park CinematographyDave Alex Riddett, Tristan Oliver, Frank Passingham MusicJohn Powell & Harry Gregson-Williams Prod. DesignPhil Lewis StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 23-25 2 $17.5M — 2,491 $7,027 $17.6M

2 Jun 30-Jul 2 4 $13.2M −24.6% 2,851 $4,627 $41.5M

3 Jul 7-9 5 $9.9M −24.7% 2,901 $3,425 $63.7M

4 Jul 14-16 6 $7.9M −20.4% 2,953 $2,680 $77.0M

5 Jul 21-23 9 $4.6M −41.9% 2,577 $1,785 $86.0M

6 Jul 28-30 10 $3.4M −25.3% 2,114 $1,626 $92.9M

7 Aug 4-6 13 $1.9M −45.4% 1,634 $1,149 $97.2M

8 Aug 11-13 14 $1.3M −29.8% 1,314 $1,003 $99.9M

9 Aug 18-20 18 $902.9K −31.5% 1,002 $901 $101.8M

10 Aug 25-27 20 $575.7K −36.2% 823 $699 $102.9M

11 Sep 1-4 23 $947.5K +64.6% 757 $1,251 $104.2M

12 Sep 8-10 29 $339.0K −64.2% 621 $545 $104.6M

13 Sep 15-17 28 $276.1K −18.6% 594 $464 $104.9M

14 Sep 22-24 28 $293.4K +6.2% 510 $575 $105.3M

15 Sep 29-Oct 1 32 $201.0K −31.5% 518 $388 $105.5M

16 Oct 6-8 27 $318.8K +58.6% 656 $485 $105.9M

17 Oct 13-15 21 $267.4K −16.1% 615 $434 $106.3M

18 Oct 20-22 25 $206.4K −22.8% 458 $450 $106.6M

19 Oct 27-29 31 $135.4K −34.4% 393 $344 $106.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jun 21 #17 $47.3K — $47.3K 6 $7,888 1

Thu Jun 22 #17 $48.6K +3% $95.9K 6 $8,099 2

Fri Jun 23 #2 $5.7M +11,573% $5.8M 2,491 $2,277 3

Sat Jun 24 #2 $7.5M +32% $13.3M 2,491 $3,012 4

Sun Jun 25 #2 $5.3M −29% $17.6M 2,491 $2,138 5

Mon Jun 26 #2 $2.7M −50% $20.3M 2,491 $1,070 6

Tue Jun 27 #2 $2.8M +5% $23.1M 2,491 $1,119 7

Wed Jun 28 #2 $2.6M −7% +5,392% $25.7M 2,491 $1,043 8

Thu Jun 29 #2 $2.7M +4% +5,449% $28.4M 2,491 $1,082 9

Fri Jun 30 #4 $3.8M +42% −32% $31.2M 2,851 $1,343 10

Sat Jul 1 #3 $5.0M +31% −33% $37.2M 2,851 $1,757 11

Sun Jul 2 #4 $4.3M −13% −18% $41.5M 2,851 $1,525 12

Mon Jul 3 #3 $4.7M +8% +76% $46.2M 2,851 $1,645 13

Tue Jul 4 #3 $3.5M −24% +27% $49.8M 2,851 $1,243 14

Wed Jul 5 #3 $1.9M −45% −25% $51.7M 2,851 $679 15

Thu Jul 6 #3 $2.0M +5% −24% $53.8M 2,851 $717 16

Fri Jul 7 #5 $2.6M +29% −31% $56.4M 2,901 $906 17

Sat Jul 8 #5 $3.7M +39% −27% $60.0M 2,901 $1,258 18

Sun Jul 9 #5 $3.3M −10% −24% $63.7M 2,901 $1,135 19

Mon Jul 10 #5 $1.5M −55% −68% $65.1M 2,901 $515 20

Tue Jul 11 #5 $1.5M −1% −58% $66.6M 2,901 $509 21

Wed Jul 12 #5 $1.2M −16% −36% $67.8M 2,901 $428 22

Thu Jul 13 #5 $1.3M +3% −38% $69.1M 2,901 $439 23

Fri Jul 14 #6 $1.9M +47% −29% $71.0M 2,953 $634 24

Sat Jul 15 #6 $3.0M +59% −18% $74.0M 2,953 $1,009 25

Sun Jul 16 #6 $2.4M −19% −26% $77.0M 2,953 $821 26

Mon Jul 17 #6 $1.0M −57% −31% $78.0M 2,953 $349 27

Tue Jul 18 #6 $1.2M +13% −21% $79.2M 2,953 $393 28

Wed Jul 19 #5 $1.3M +8% +1% $80.5M 2,953 $425 29

Thu Jul 20 #6 $919.7K −27% −28% $81.4M 2,953 $311 30

Fri Jul 21 #9 $1.2M +27% −38% $82.6M 2,577 $452 31

Sat Jul 22 #9 $1.5M +31% −49% $84.1M 2,577 $592 32

Sun Jul 23 #9 $1.4M −5% −40% $86.0M 2,577 $561 33

Mon Jul 24 #9 $745.9K −48% −28% $86.7M 2,577 $289 34

Tue Jul 25 #9 $824.1K +10% −29% $87.6M 2,577 $319 35

Wed Jul 26 #8 $961.8K +17% −24% $88.5M 2,577 $373 36

Thu Jul 27 #8 $916.0K −5% n/c $89.4M 2,577 $355 37

Sat Jul 29 #10 $1.1M — −28% $91.4M 2,114 $520 39

Sun Jul 30 #10 $1.1M +3% −22% $92.9M 2,114 $534 40

Mon Jul 31 #8 $615.7K −46% −17% $93.5M 2,114 $291 41

Tue Aug 1 #8 $662.4K +8% −20% $94.2M 2,114 $313 42

Wed Aug 2 #8 $551.7K −17% −43% $94.7M 2,114 $260 43

Thu Aug 3 #8 $579.3K +5% −37% $95.3M 2,114 $274 44

Sun Aug 6 #13 $687.0K — −39% $97.2M 1,634 $420 47

Mon Aug 7 #11 $387.3K −44% −37% $97.6M 1,634 $237 48

Tue Aug 8 #11 $360.6K −7% −46% $97.9M 1,634 $220 49

Wed Aug 9 #11 $355.5K −1% −36% $98.3M 1,634 $217 50

Thu Aug 10 #10 $317.8K −11% −45% $98.6M 1,634 $194 51

Sun Aug 13 #13 $450.0K — −34% $99.9M 1,314 $342 54

Mon Aug 14 #13 $271.6K −40% −30% $100.2M 1,314 $206 55

Tue Aug 15 #13 $249.5K −8% −31% $100.4M 1,314 $189 56

Wed Aug 16 #13 $223.9K −10% −37% $100.6M 1,314 $170 57

Thu Aug 17 #13 $248.2K +11% −22% $100.9M 1,314 $188 58

Sun Aug 20 #16 $308.0K — −32% $101.8M 1,002 $307 61

Mon Aug 21 #16 $112.5K −63% −59% $101.9M 1,002 $112 62

Tue Aug 22 #16 $134.9K +20% −46% $102.0M 1,002 $134 63

Wed Aug 23 #15 $151.1K +12% −33% $102.2M 1,002 $150 64

Thu Aug 24 #16 $125.9K −17% −49% $102.3M 1,002 $125 65

Sun Aug 27 #19 $203.0K — −34% $102.9M 823 $246 68

Mon Aug 28 #18 $80.5K −60% −28% $103.0M 823 $97 69

Tue Aug 29 #18 $91.2K +13% −32% $103.1M 823 $110 70

Wed Aug 30 #18 $79.8K −13% −47% $103.2M 823 $96 71

Thu Aug 31 #18 $77.4K −3% −39% $103.2M 823 $93 72

Fri Nov 7 $7.3K — $106.8M 723 $10

Sat Nov 8 $38.4K +428% $106.8M 723 $53

Sun Nov 9 $120.2K +213% $107.0M 723 $166

Mon Nov 10 $7.0K −94% $107.0M 723 $9

Tue Nov 11 $21.6K +209% $107.0M 723 $29

Wed Nov 12 $40.5K +87% $107.0M 723 $55

Thu Nov 13 $2.2K −95% $107.0M 723 $3

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

Cumulative total$107.0M

Jun 21Jul 8Jul 25Aug 15Nov 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $575.7K

$17.5M

$13.2M

$9.9M

$7.9M

$4.6M

$3.4M

$1.9M

$1.3M

$902.9K

$575.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,953 → 823 −72.1%

6 open823 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.2%

−24.6%

W1→2

−24.7%

W2→3

−20.4%

W3→4

−41.9%

W4→5

−25.3%

W5→6

−45.4%

W6→7

−29.8%

W7→8

−31.5%

W8→9

−36.2%

W9→10

Steepest −45.4%Best hold −20.4%

Run milestones

$100M in 55 days

$100M

Day 55

Aug 14

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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