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2012 • PG • 1h 27m • Animation, Comedy, Family • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Science goes astray!

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74

3.55

6.9

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$35.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$81.20M

$45.90M international

Domestic legs3.1x

Budget$39M

2012 rank#86

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Cast & crew

Full Burton filmography

Tim Burton

Tim Burton Director

Catherine O'Hara

Catherine O'Hara Starring

Martin Short

Martin Short Starring

Martin Landau

Martin Landau Starring

Charlie Tahan

Charlie Tahan Starring

Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder Starring

ScreenplayJohn August Produced byTim Burton, Allison Abbate CinematographyPeter Sorg Music byDanny Elfman StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 5-7 5 $11.4M — 3,005 $3,798 $11.4M

2 Oct 12-14 7 $7.1M −38.2% 3,005 $2,348 $22.1M

3 Oct 19-21 9 $4.3M −38.6% 2,362 $1,833 $28.2M

4 Oct 26-28 12 $2.5M −43.3% 1,738 $1,413 $31.8M

5 Nov 2-4 18 $766.1K −68.8% 857 $894 $33.3M

6 Nov 9-11 23 $266.9K −65.2% 381 $700 $33.8M

7 Nov 16-18 29 $116.1K −56.5% 177 $656 $34.1M

8 Nov 23-25 27 $112.8K −2.8% 122 $924 $34.2M

9 Nov 30-Dec 2 35 $57.1K −49.4% 100 $571 $34.3M

10 Dec 7-9 46 $32.9K −42.3% 75 $439 $34.4M

11 Dec 14-16 51 $24.1K −26.8% 56 $431 $34.4M

12 Dec 21-23 33 $69.6K +188.5% 178 $391 $34.5M

14 Jan 4-6 33 $114.8K — 144 $797 $34.9M

15 Jan 11-13 36 $85.5K −25.5% 127 $673 $35.1M

17 Jan 25-27 44 $49.6K — 84 $591 $35.2M

18 Feb 1-3 55 $24.3K −51.1% 59 $412 $35.3M

19 Feb 8-10 67 $6.7K −72.3% 20 $336 $35.3M

20 Feb 15-17 82 $1.1K −83.3% 3 $375 $35.3M

21 Feb 22-24 75 $3.7K +233.1% 3 $1,249 $35.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 5 #5 $3.3M — $3.3M 3,005 $1,106 1

Sat Oct 6 #5 $4.6M +37.2% $7.9M 3,005 $1,518 2

Sun Oct 7 #4 $3.5M −22.7% $11.4M 3,005 $1,173 3

Mon Oct 8 #5 $1.7M −52.8% $13.1M 3,005 $553 4

Tue Oct 9 #5 $757.4K −54.4% $13.8M 3,005 $252 5

Wed Oct 10 #5 $590.4K −22.0% $14.4M 3,005 $196 6

Thu Oct 11 #5 $598.2K +1.3% $15.0M 3,005 $199 7

Fri Oct 12 #8 $1.8M +201.2% −45.8% $16.8M 3,005 $600 8

Sat Oct 13 #7 $3.1M +71.7% −32.2% $19.9M 3,005 $1,030 9

Sun Oct 14 #7 $2.2M −30.2% −38.8% $22.1M 3,005 $718 10

Mon Oct 15 #8 $453.9K −79.0% −72.7% $22.5M 3,005 $151 11

Tue Oct 16 #8 $475.8K +4.8% −37.2% $23.0M 3,005 $158 12

Wed Oct 17 #8 $419.4K −11.9% −29.0% $23.4M 3,005 $140 13

Thu Oct 18 #8 $485.4K +15.7% −18.9% $23.9M 3,005 $162 14

Fri Oct 19 #10 $1.2M +139.4% −35.5% $25.1M 2,362 $492 15

Sat Oct 20 #9 $1.9M +63.8% −38.5% $27.0M 2,362 $805 16

Sun Oct 21 #9 $1.3M −33.5% −41.4% $28.2M 2,362 $536 17

Mon Oct 22 #11 $267.9K −78.8% −41.0% $28.5M 2,362 $113 18

Tue Oct 23 #11 $299.5K +11.8% −37.1% $28.8M 2,362 $127 19

Wed Oct 24 #11 $251.2K −16.1% −40.1% $29.1M 2,362 $106 20

Thu Oct 25 #11 $285.0K +13.4% −41.3% $29.3M 2,362 $121 21

Fri Oct 26 #14 $607.6K +113.2% −47.7% $29.9M 1,738 $350 22

Sat Oct 27 — $1.0M +71.9% −45.1% $31.0M 1,738 $601 23

Sun Oct 28 #12 $804.4K −23.0% −36.4% $31.8M 1,738 $463 24

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

Cumulative total$31.8M

Oct 5Oct 11Oct 17Oct 22Oct 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $32.9K

$11.4M

$7.1M

$4.3M

$2.5M

$766.1K

$266.9K

$116.1K

$112.8K

$57.1K

$32.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,005 → 1,738 −42.2%

3,005 open1,738 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.3%

−38.2%

W1→2

−38.6%

W2→3

−43.3%

W3→4

−68.8%

W4→5

−65.2%

W5→6

−56.5%

W6→7

−2.8%

W7→8

−49.4%

W8→9

−42.3%

W9→10

Steepest −68.8%Best hold −2.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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