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Dr. Dolittle 2Follow

2001 • PG • 1h 27m • Comedy, Family, Fantasy • 20th Century Fox

The doctor is in again.

🍅 41% 26%

49

2.30

4.8

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$25.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$113.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$176.00M

$63.20M international

Domestic legs4.51x

Budget$70.0M

2001 rank#17

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Cast & crew

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy Starring

Kyla Pratt

Kyla Pratt Starring

Steve Zahn

Steve Zahn Starring

Lisa Kudrow

Lisa Kudrow Starring

ScreenplayLarry Levin Produced byJohn Davis CinematographyDaryn Okada MusicDavid Newman Prod. DesignWilliam Sandell Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 22-24 2 $25.0M — 3,049 $8,211 $25.0M

2 Jun 29-Jul 1 3 $15.8M −36.8% 3,053 $5,179 $51.4M

3 Jul 6-8 6 $10.5M −33.8% 3,028 $3,456 $71.9M

4 Jul 13-15 7 $7.5M −28.5% 2,829 $2,645 $84.7M

5 Jul 20-22 8 $4.4M −41.2% 2,434 $1,808 $93.3M

6 Jul 27-29 6 $4.6M +5.3% 2,188 $2,117 $101.2M

7 Aug 3-5 9 $2.3M −51.0% 1,681 $1,351 $106.2M

8 Aug 10-12 15 $1.1M −53.7% 1,030 $1,021 $108.6M

9 Aug 17-19 15 $766.9K −27.1% 730 $1,050 $109.9M

10 Aug 24-26 23 $406.3K −47.0% 432 $940 $110.7M

11 Aug 31-Sep 3 25 $647.5K +59.4% 445 $1,455 $111.5M

12 Sep 7-9 28 $324.3K −49.9% 401 $808 $111.9M

13 Sep 14-16 30 $231.7K −28.6% 340 $681 $112.2M

14 Sep 21-23 35 $184.0K −20.6% 299 $615 $112.4M

15 Sep 28-30 39 $140.0K −23.9% 256 $547 $112.6M

16 Oct 5-7 39 $88.2K −37.0% 172 $512 $112.7M

17 Oct 12-14 45 $66.4K −24.8% 133 $498 $112.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 22 #2 $8.5M — $8.5M 3,067 $2,775 1

Sat Jun 23 #2 $9.8M +15% $18.3M 3,067 $3,205 2

Sun Jun 24 #2 $6.6M −33% $25.0M 3,049 $2,165 3

Mon Jun 25 #2 $2.6M −61% $27.6M 3,049 $852 4

Tue Jun 26 #2 $2.7M +2% $30.3M 3,049 $870 5

Wed Jun 27 #2 $2.6M −1% $32.9M 3,049 $864 6

Thu Jun 28 #2 $2.7M +2% $35.6M 3,049 $881 7

Fri Jun 29 #3 $4.6M +69% −47% $40.2M 3,053 $1,490 8

Sat Jun 30 #3 $6.3M +38% −36% $46.5M 3,053 $2,059 9

Sun Jul 1 #3 $4.9M −21% −25% $51.4M 3,053 $1,619 10

Mon Jul 2 #3 $2.3M −53% −11% $53.7M 3,053 $758 11

Tue Jul 3 #3 $2.8M +22% +6% $56.6M 3,053 $923 12

Wed Jul 4 #4 $2.9M +1% +8% $59.4M 3,053 $935 13

Thu Jul 5 #5 $2.0M −30% −25% $61.4M 3,053 $657 14

Fri Jul 6 #6 $3.0M +51% −33% $64.5M 3,022 $1,002 15

Sat Jul 7 #6 $4.1M +34% −35% $68.5M 3,022 $1,347 16

Sun Jul 8 #6 $3.2M −21% −35% $71.9M 3,028 $1,061 17

Mon Jul 9 #6 $1.2M −62% −47% $73.1M 3,028 $401 18

Tue Jul 10 #6 $1.4M +14% −51% $74.5M 3,028 $458 19

Wed Jul 11 #5 $1.4M n/c −51% $75.9M 3,028 $459 20

Thu Jul 12 #5 $1.4M −2% −32% $77.3M 3,028 $450 21

Fri Jul 13 #7 $2.2M +61% −28% $79.4M 2,826 $776 22

Sat Jul 14 #7 $2.9M +33% −28% $82.4M 2,826 $1,033 23

Sun Jul 15 #7 $2.1M −28% −34% $84.7M 2,826 $746 24

Mon Jul 16 #7 $985.0K −53% −19% $85.7M 2,826 $348 25

Tue Jul 17 #6 $1.3M +28% −9% $87.0M 2,826 $447 26

Wed Jul 18 #5 $1.0M −20% −27% $88.0M 2,826 $359 27

Thu Jul 19 #5 $883.1K −13% −35% $88.9M 2,826 $312 28

Fri Jul 20 #8 $1.4M +55% −38% $90.2M 2,444 $558 29

Sat Jul 21 #7 $1.9M +38% −36% $92.1M 2,444 $769 30

Sun Jul 22 #8 $1.3M −32% −39% $93.3M 2,444 $523 31

Mon Jul 23 #7 $682.4K −47% −31% $94.0M 2,434 $280 32

Tue Jul 24 #7 $820.8K +20% −35% $94.8M 2,434 $337 33

Wed Jul 25 #6 $841.0K +2% −17% $95.6M 2,434 $345 34

Thu Jul 26 #6 $962.0K +14% +9% $96.6M 2,434 $395 35

Fri Jul 27 #8 $1.1M +15% −19% $97.7M 2,190 $507 36

Sat Jul 28 #7 $1.6M +41% −17% $99.3M 2,190 $716 37

Sun Jul 29 #7 $1.3M −19% n/c $101.2M 2,190 $583 38

Mon Jul 30 #7 $607.1K −52% −11% $101.8M 2,190 $277 39

Tue Jul 31 #7 $686.2K +13% −16% $102.5M 2,190 $313 40

Wed Aug 1 #7 $678.4K −1% −19% $103.2M 2,190 $309 41

Thu Aug 2 #7 $701.8K +3% −27% $103.9M 2,190 $320 42

Fri Aug 3 #10 $687.0K −2% −38% $104.6M 1,685 $407 43

Sat Aug 4 #10 $821.5K +20% −48% $105.4M 1,685 $487 44

Sun Aug 5 #10 $588.0K −28% −54% $106.2M 1,681 $349 45

Mon Aug 6 #10 $306.4K −48% −50% $106.5M 1,681 $182 46

Tue Aug 7 #10 $353.2K +15% −49% $106.8M 1,681 $210 47

Wed Aug 8 #11 $347.7K −2% −49% $107.2M 1,681 $206 48

Thu Aug 9 #11 $352.8K +1% −50% $107.5M 1,681 $209 49

Sun Aug 12 #15 $281.0K — −52% $108.6M 1,030 $272 52

Mon Aug 13 #15 $143.2K −49% −53% $108.7M 1,030 $139 53

Tue Aug 14 #15 $141.6K −1% −60% $108.9M 1,030 $137 54

Sun Aug 19 #17 $207.0K — −26% $109.9M 730 $283 59

Wed Aug 22 #18 $94.4K — $110.2M 730 $129 62

Thu Aug 23 #19 $85.2K −10% $110.3M 730 $116 63

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

Cumulative total$110.3M

Jun 22Jul 6Jul 19Aug 2Aug 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $406.3K

$25.0M

$15.8M

$10.5M

$7.5M

$4.4M

$4.6M

$2.3M

$1.1M

$766.9K

$406.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,067 → 730 −76.2%

3,067 open730 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.0%

−36.8%

W1→2

−33.8%

W2→3

−28.5%

W3→4

−41.2%

W4→5

+5.3%

W5→6

−51.0%

W6→7

−53.7%

W7→8

−27.1%

W8→9

−47.0%

W9→10

Steepest −53.7%Biggest gain +5.3%

Run milestones

$100M in 38 days

$100M

Day 38

Jul 29

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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