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2005 • PG • 1h 17m • Animation, Comedy, Drama • Warner Bros.

There's been a grave misunderstanding.

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3.91

7.4

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$53.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$117.00M

$63.80M international

Domestic legs2.79x

Budget$40.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Burton filmography

Tim Burton

Tim Burton Director

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp Starring

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter Starring

Emily Watson

Emily Watson Starring

Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman Starring

Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lumley Starring

ScreenplayJohn August, Pamela Pettler, Caroline Thompson Produced byTim Burton, Allison Abbate CinematographyPete Kozachik MusicDanny Elfman (score and songs) Prod. DesignAlex McDowell StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 23-25 2 $19.1M — 3,204 $5,975 $19.7M

2 Sep 30-Oct 2 3 $10.0M −47.6% 3,204 $3,131 $33.2M

3 Oct 7-9 6 $6.5M −35.1% 3,004 $2,167 $42.1M

4 Oct 14-16 9 $3.6M −45.1% 2,525 $1,416 $47.8M

5 Oct 21-23 14 $1.9M −46.6% 1,702 $1,122 $50.5M

6 Oct 28-30 17 $942.4K −50.7% 1,176 $801 $51.9M

7 Nov 4-6 22 $325.1K −65.5% 450 $722 $52.5M

8 Nov 11-13 34 $137.8K −57.6% 184 $748 $52.7M

9 Nov 25-27 30 $171.3K +24.3% 313 $547 $53.1M

10 Dec 2-4 32 $103.7K −39.4% 296 $350 $53.2M

11 Dec 9-11 39 $58.8K −43.3% 208 $282 $53.3M

12 Dec 16-18 44 $29.9K −49.2% 112 $266 $53.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 23 #2 $6.7M — $7.2M 3,204 $2,091 8

Sat Sep 24 #2 $7.5M +12% $14.7M 3,204 $2,342 9

Sun Sep 25 #2 $4.9M −34% $19.7M 3,204 $1,542 10

Mon Sep 26 #2 $1.0M −79% $20.7M 3,204 $319 11

Tue Sep 27 #2 $912.5K −11% $21.6M 3,204 $284 12

Wed Sep 28 #2 $780.9K −14% $22.4M 3,204 $243 13

Thu Sep 29 #2 $782.7K n/c $23.2M 3,204 $244 14

Fri Sep 30 #3 $2.8M +259% −58% $26.0M 3,204 $875 15

Sat Oct 1 #2 $4.4M +58% −41% $30.4M 3,204 $1,386 16

Sun Oct 2 #2 $2.8M −37% −44% $33.2M 3,204 $869 17

Mon Oct 3 #4 $587.1K −79% −43% $33.8M 3,204 $183 18

Tue Oct 4 #2 $741.4K +26% −19% $34.5M 3,204 $231 19

Wed Oct 5 #4 $544.3K −27% −30% $35.1M 3,204 $169 20

Thu Oct 6 #4 $543.8K n/c −31% $35.6M 3,204 $169 21

Fri Oct 7 #7 $1.7M +213% −39% $37.3M 3,004 $565 22

Sat Oct 8 #6 $2.9M +69% −35% $40.2M 3,004 $954 23

Sun Oct 9 #5 $1.9M −32% −30% $42.1M 3,004 $646 24

Mon Oct 10 #5 $922.3K −53% +57% $43.0M 3,004 $307 25

Tue Oct 11 #9 $318.3K −65% −57% $43.4M 3,004 $105 26

Wed Oct 12 #8 $333.8K +5% −39% $43.7M 3,004 $111 27

Thu Oct 13 #6 $501.3K +50% −8% $44.2M 3,004 $166 28

Fri Oct 14 #10 $949.8K +89% −44% $45.1M 2,525 $376 29

Sat Oct 15 #9 $1.6M +66% −45% $46.7M 2,525 $624 30

Sun Oct 16 #8 $1.1M −33% −46% $47.8M 2,525 $416 31

Mon Oct 17 #10 $221.4K −79% −76% $48.0M 2,525 $87 32

Tue Oct 18 #11 $201.1K −9% −37% $48.2M 2,525 $79 33

Wed Oct 19 #11 $197.1K −2% −41% $48.4M 2,525 $78 34

Thu Oct 20 #10 $235.5K +19% −53% $48.6M 2,525 $93 35

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

Cumulative total$48.6M

Sep 23Sep 30Oct 7Oct 13Oct 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $103.7K

$19.1M

$10.0M

$6.5M

$3.6M

$1.9M

$942.4K

$325.1K

$137.8K

$171.3K

$103.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,204 → 2,525 −21.2%

3,204 open2,525 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.4%

−47.6%

W1→2

−35.1%

W2→3

−45.1%

W3→4

−46.6%

W4→5

−50.7%

W5→6

−65.5%

W6→7

−57.6%

W7→8

+24.3%

W8→9

−39.4%

W9→10

Steepest −65.5%Biggest gain +24.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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