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2006 • G • 1h 27m • Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family • Universal Pictures

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3.60

6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$14.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$58.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$71.10M

$12.40M international

Domestic legs4.0x

Budget$50M

2006 rank#53

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Cast & crew

Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell Starring

Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore Starring

David Cross

David Cross Starring

Eugene Levy

Eugene Levy Starring

Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright Starring

Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke Starring

ScreenplayKen Kaufman Produced byRon Howard, David Kirschner, Jon Shapiro Music byHeitor Pereira StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 10-12 3 $14.7M — 2,566 $5,730 $14.7M

2 Feb 17-19 4 $11.8M −20.0% 2,572 $4,575 $29.9M

3 Feb 24-26 5 $7.2M −38.7% 2,609 $2,765 $43.3M

4 Mar 3-5 9 $4.5M −37.3% 2,590 $1,745 $49.3M

5 Mar 10-12 11 $2.3M −49.5% 1,942 $1,175 $52.6M

6 Mar 17-19 11 $1.6M −28.8% 1,390 $1,170 $55.4M

7 Mar 24-26 14 $1.0M −37.0% 1,161 $883 $56.9M

8 Mar 31-Apr 2 23 $282.5K −72.4% 565 $500 $57.5M

9 Apr 7-9 27 $161.0K −43.0% 322 $500 $57.8M

10 Apr 14-16 34 $119.3K −25.9% 310 $385 $58.0M

11 Apr 21-23 29 $124.2K +4.1% 230 $540 $58.2M

12 Apr 28-30 36 $94.9K −23.6% 179 $530 $58.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 10 #4 $3.8M — $3.8M 2,566 $1,465 1

Sat Feb 11 #3 $6.8M +80.9% $10.6M 2,566 $2,650 2

Sun Feb 12 #3 $4.1M −39.1% $14.7M 2,566 $1,615 3

Mon Feb 13 #4 $1.0M −75.8% $15.7M 2,566 $390 4

Tue Feb 14 #4 $1.1M +8.9% $16.8M 2,566 $425 5

Wed Feb 15 #4 $628.7K −42.3% $17.4M 2,566 $245 6

Thu Feb 16 #4 $731.3K +16.3% $18.2M 2,566 $285 7

Fri Feb 17 #5 $2.5M +237.7% −34.3% $20.6M 2,570 $961 8

Sat Feb 18 #4 $5.1M +106.7% −24.9% $25.7M 2,570 $1,987 9

Sun Feb 19 #4 $4.2M −17.9% +1.2% $29.9M 2,570 $1,631 10

Mon Feb 20 #3 $3.6M −14.1% +259.5% $33.5M 2,570 $1,401 11

Tue Feb 21 #4 $925.9K −74.3% −15.1% $34.4M 2,570 $360 12

Wed Feb 22 #4 $836.1K −9.7% +33.0% $35.3M 2,570 $325 13

Thu Feb 23 #4 $848.6K +1.5% +16.0% $36.1M 2,570 $330 14

Fri Feb 24 #6 $1.6M +92.2% −34.0% $37.8M 2,609 $625 15

Sat Feb 25 #6 $3.2M +98.4% −36.6% $41.0M 2,609 $1,240 16

Sun Feb 26 #4 $2.3M −27.4% −44.0% $43.3M 2,609 $900 17

Mon Feb 27 #7 $378.3K −83.9% −89.5% $43.7M 2,609 $145 18

Tue Feb 28 #7 $377.9K −0.1% −59.2% $44.1M 2,609 $145 19

Wed Mar 1 #7 $326.1K −13.7% −61.0% $44.4M 2,609 $125 20

Thu Mar 2 #7 $351.9K +7.9% −58.5% $44.8M 2,609 $135 21

Fri Mar 3 #10 $932.4K +164.9% −42.8% $45.7M 2,590 $360 22

Sat Mar 4 #9 $2.1M +125.0% −35.2% $47.8M 2,590 $810 23

Sun Mar 5 #7 $1.5M −29.0% −36.6% $49.3M 2,590 $575 24

Mon Mar 6 #9 $258.5K −82.6% −31.7% $49.6M 2,590 $100 25

Tue Mar 7 #11 $231.9K −10.3% −38.6% $49.8M 2,590 $90 26

Wed Mar 8 #9 $234.0K +0.9% −28.2% $50.0M 2,585 $91 27

Thu Mar 9 #9 $273.1K +16.7% −22.4% $50.3M 2,585 $106 28

Sun Mar 12 #10 $815.6K — −45.2% $52.6M 1,942 $420 31

Mon Mar 13 #10 $271.9K −66.7% +5.2% $52.9M 1,942 $140 32

Tue Mar 14 #10 $301.0K +10.7% +29.8% $53.2M 1,942 $155 33

Wed Mar 15 #10 $301.0K −0.0% +28.6% $53.5M 1,942 $155 34

Thu Mar 16 #10 $310.0K +3.0% +13.5% $53.8M 1,942 $160 35

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

Cumulative total$53.8M

Feb 10Feb 18Feb 26Mar 6Mar 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $119.3K

$14.7M

$11.8M

$7.2M

$4.5M

$2.3M

$1.6M

$1.0M

$282.5K

$161.0K

$119.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,609 → 1,942 −25.6%

2,566 open1,942 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.9%

−20.0%

W1→2

−38.7%

W2→3

−37.3%

W3→4

−49.5%

W4→5

−28.8%

W5→6

−37.0%

W6→7

−72.4%

W7→8

−43.0%

W8→9

−25.9%

W9→10

Steepest −72.4%Best hold −20.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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