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Finding DoryFollow

2016 • PG • 1h 37m • Animation, Adventure, Comedy • Pixar / Disney

Find Your Way

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$135.10M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$486.30M
Final
Worldwide total
$1.03B
$541.70M international
Domestic legs3.60x
Budget$200M
2016 rank#2

Cast & crew

Full Stanton filmography
Andrew Stanton Andrew Stanton Director Ellen DeGeneres Ellen DeGeneres Starring Albert Brooks Albert Brooks Starring Diane Keaton Diane Keaton Starring
ScreenplayAndrew Stanton, Victoria Strouse Produced byLindsey Collins CinematographyJeremy Lasky (camera), Ian Megibben (lighting) MusicThomas Newman StudioPixar Animation Studios / Walt Disney Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 17-19 1 $135.1M — 4,305 $31,373 $135.1M
2 Jun 24-26 1 $73.0M −46.0% 4,305 $16,948 $286.3M
3 Jul 1-3 1 $41.8M −42.7% 4,305 $9,714 $372.2M
4 Jul 8-10 3 $20.8M −50.2% 3,871 $5,378 $423.0M
5 Jul 15-17 4 $11.3M −45.8% 3,536 $3,190 $445.7M
6 Jul 22-24 6 $7.2M −35.9% 2,576 $2,809 $460.2M
7 Jul 29-31 9 $4.3M −40.3% 1,733 $2,494 $469.1M
8 Aug 5-7 11 $2.0M −54.7% 1,122 $1,745 $473.9M
9 Aug 12-14 14 $1.3M −33.0% 1,631 $805 $476.7M
10 Aug 19-21 17 $907.0K −30.9% 450 $2,016 $478.4M
11 Aug 26-28 18 $632.1K −30.3% 345 $1,832 $479.6M
12 Sep 2-4 17 $2.1M +225.2% 2,075 $991 $482.0M
13 Sep 9-11 23 $419.1K −79.6% 490 $855 $483.6M
14 Sep 16-18 26 $292.0K −30.3% 292 $1,000 $483.9M
15 Sep 23-25 27 $194.4K −33.4% 197 $987 $484.2M
16 Sep 30-Oct 2 27 $146.1K −24.9% 139 $1,051 $484.4M
17 Oct 7-9 20 $327.2K +123.9% 207 $1,581 $484.8M
18 Oct 14-16 23 $271.9K −16.9% 189 $1,439 $485.2M
19 Oct 21-23 27 $221.5K −18.6% 183 $1,210 $485.5M
20 Oct 28-30 32 $138.0K −37.7% 165 $837 $485.7M
21 Nov 4-6 28 $153.8K +11.4% 160 $961 $485.9M
22 Nov 11-13 31 $149.4K −2.9% 140 $1,067 $486.1M
23 Nov 18-20 37 $75.1K −49.7% 121 $621 $486.2M
24 Nov 25-27 44 $43.3K −42.4% 78 $555 $486.3M
25 Dec 2-4 55 $8.4K −80.6% 34 $247 $486.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$479.0M
Jun 16Jul 4Jul 21Aug 8Aug 25
Weekend grossWk 10 · $907.0K
$135.1M
$73.0M
$41.8M
$20.8M
$11.3M
$7.2M
$4.3M
$2.0M
$1.3M
$907.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 4,305 → 450 −89.5%
4,305 open450 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.9%
−46.0%
W1→2
−42.7%
W2→3
−50.2%
W3→4
−45.8%
W4→5
−35.9%
W5→6
−40.3%
W6→7
−54.7%
W7→8
−33.0%
W8→9
−30.9%
W9→10
Steepest −54.7%Best hold −30.9%

Run milestones

$400M in 21 days
$100M
Day 2
Jun 18
$200M
Day 7
Jun 23
$300M
Day 12
Jun 28
$400M
Day 21
Jul 7

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records
#4 Biggest animated filmsAll-time $486.3M #6 Biggest animated openingsAll-time $135.1M #7 All-time PG-rated domesticAll-time $486.3M #7 Biggest June openingsAll-time $135.1M #11 Biggest PG-rated openingsAll-time $135.1M #14 Best second-weekend holds$100M+ openers, all-time −46.0%

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