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2006 • PG • 1h 48m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Warner Bros.

Everybody dance now!

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77

3.05

6.4

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$41.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$198.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$384.00M

$186.00M international

Domestic legs4.77x

Budget$100M

2006 rank#7

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Cast & crew

Full Miller filmography

George Miller

George Miller Director

Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood Starring

Robin Williams

Robin Williams Starring

Brittany Murphy

Brittany Murphy Starring

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman Starring

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman Starring

ScreenplayGeorge Miller, Judy Morris, Warren Coleman, John Collee Produced byBill Miller, George Miller, Doug Mitchell CinematographyDavid Peers MusicJohn Powell Prod. DesignMark Sexton StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 17-19 1 $41.5M — 3,804 $10,918 $41.5M

2 Nov 24-26 1 $37.0M −10.8% 3,804 $9,736 $99.3M

3 Dec 1-3 1 $17.5M −52.6% 3,804 $4,612 $121.5M

4 Dec 8-10 2 $12.9M −26.5% 3,650 $3,535 $137.9M

5 Dec 15-17 4 $8.4M −35.2% 3,335 $2,506 $149.2M

6 Dec 22-24 8 $5.2M −38.2% 2,565 $2,013 $159.1M

7 Dec 29-31 9 $7.7M +48.2% 2,565 $2,982 $176.0M

8 Jan 5-7 13 $4.0M −47.7% 2,212 $1,810 $185.4M

9 Jan 12-14 18 $2.0M −49.5% 1,451 $1,394 $188.2M

10 Jan 19-21 22 $1.3M −35.3% 1,004 $1,303 $190.7M

11 Jan 26-28 25 $920.2K −29.7% 650 $1,415 $191.9M

12 Feb 2-4 25 $591.3K −35.7% 575 $1,028 $192.7M

13 Feb 9-11 25 $533.2K −9.8% 483 $1,103 $193.4M

14 Feb 16-18 33 $290.0K −45.6% 305 $950 $193.8M

15 Feb 23-25 31 $221.5K −23.6% 230 $963 $194.3M

16 Mar 2-4 23 $466.3K +110.5% 621 $750 $194.8M

17 Mar 9-11 21 $622.5K +33.5% 550 $1,131 $195.6M

18 Mar 16-18 19 $616.3K −1.0% 490 $1,257 $196.6M

19 Mar 23-25 23 $395.3K −35.9% 405 $976 $197.2M

20 Mar 30-Apr 1 26 $201.6K −49.0% 294 $685 $197.6M

21 Apr 6-8 36 $111.6K −44.7% 224 $498 $197.8M

22 Apr 13-15 49 $55.6K −50.2% 141 $394 $197.9M

23 Apr 20-22 51 $38.7K −30.5% 104 $371 $197.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 17 #2 $12.3M — $12.3M 3,804 $3,222 1

Sat Nov 18 #1 $17.1M +40% $29.4M 3,804 $4,502 2

Sun Nov 19 #1 $12.1M −29% $41.5M 3,804 $3,193 3

Mon Nov 20 #2 $3.0M −75% $44.6M 3,804 $794 4

Tue Nov 21 #2 $4.0M +33% $48.6M 3,804 $1,055 5

Wed Nov 22 #1 $7.5M +86% $56.0M 3,804 $1,961 6

Thu Nov 23 #2 $6.1M −18% $62.2M 3,804 $1,615 7

Fri Nov 24 #1 $15.3M +149% +25% $77.5M 3,804 $4,027 8

Sat Nov 25 #1 $13.9M −9% −19% $91.4M 3,804 $3,661 9

Sun Nov 26 #1 $7.8M −44% −36% $99.3M 3,804 $2,047 10

Mon Nov 27 #2 $1.4M −83% −55% $100.6M 3,804 $356 11

Tue Nov 28 #2 $1.2M −13% −71% $101.8M 3,804 $311 12

Wed Nov 29 #2 $1.1M −9% −86% $102.9M 3,804 $283 13

Thu Nov 30 #2 $1.1M n/c −82% $104.0M 3,804 $284 14

Fri Dec 1 #2 $4.3M +297% −72% $108.3M 3,804 $1,131 15

Sat Dec 2 #1 $8.2M +91% −41% $116.5M 3,804 $2,162 16

Sun Dec 3 #1 $5.0M −39% −36% $121.5M 3,804 $1,318 17

Mon Dec 4 #2 $827.3K −84% −39% $122.3M 3,804 $217 18

Tue Dec 5 #2 $884.4K +7% −25% $123.2M 3,804 $232 19

Wed Dec 6 #2 $887.4K n/c −18% $124.1M 3,804 $233 20

Thu Dec 7 #2 $928.3K +5% −14% $125.0M 3,804 $244 21

Fri Dec 8 #3 $3.1M +232% −28% $128.1M 3,650 $845 22

Sat Dec 9 #1 $6.0M +95% −27% $134.1M 3,650 $1,646 23

Sun Dec 10 #2 $3.8M −37% −24% $137.9M 3,650 $1,043 24

Mon Dec 11 #4 $679.4K −82% −18% $138.6M 3,650 $186 25

Tue Dec 12 #4 $732.4K +8% −17% $139.3M 3,650 $200 26

Wed Dec 13 #4 $752.3K +3% −15% $140.1M 3,650 $206 27

Thu Dec 14 #4 $789.4K +5% −15% $140.9M 3,650 $216 28

Fri Dec 15 #6 $2.1M +165% −32% $143.0M 3,335 $627 29

Sat Dec 16 #4 $3.7M +77% −38% $146.7M 3,335 $1,112 30

Sun Dec 17 #5 $2.6M −31% −33% $149.2M 3,335 $766 31

Mon Dec 18 #5 $926.4K −64% +36% $150.2M 3,335 $277 32

Tue Dec 19 #5 $1.0M +13% +43% $151.2M 3,335 $313 33

Wed Dec 20 #6 $1.2M +14% +59% $152.4M 3,335 $357 34

Thu Dec 21 #5 $1.5M +29% +96% $154.0M 3,335 $463 35

Fri Dec 22 #9 $1.8M +16% −14% $155.8M 2,565 $701 36

Sat Dec 23 #8 $2.2M +22% −41% $158.0M 2,565 $857 37

Sun Dec 24 #5 $1.6M −27% −37% $159.6M 2,565 $623 38

Mon Dec 25 #14 $1.4M −12% +51% $160.5M 2,565 $546 39

Tue Dec 26 #9 $2.5M +75% +135% $163.0M 2,565 $959 40

Wed Dec 27 #8 $2.6M +7% +121% $165.6M 2,565 $1,026 41

Thu Dec 28 #7 $2.7M +3% +75% $168.3M 2,565 $1,053 42

Fri Dec 29 #9 $2.9M +6% +59% $171.2M 2,565 $1,116 43

Sat Dec 30 #9 $2.8M −2% +28% $174.0M 2,565 $1,098 44

Sun Dec 31 #9 $2.0M −30% +23% $176.0M 2,565 $767 45

Mon Jan 1 #8 $2.4M +20% +68% $178.3M 2,565 $919 46

Tue Jan 2 #8 $1.3M −43% −45% $179.7M 2,565 $524 47

Wed Jan 3 #8 $901.3K −33% −66% $180.6M 2,565 $351 48

Thu Jan 4 #8 $838.3K −7% −69% $181.4M 2,565 $326 49

Mon Jan 15 #11 $843.0K — $189.1M 1,451 $580 60

Fri Jan 19 #26 $190.0K — $189.6M 1,004 $189 64

Mon Feb 19 #21 $120.4K — $193.9M 305 $394 95

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

Cumulative total$189.6M

Nov 17Nov 30Dec 12Dec 25Jan 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.3M

$41.5M

$37.0M

$17.5M

$12.9M

$8.4M

$5.2M

$7.7M

$4.0M

$2.0M

$1.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,804 → 1,004 −73.6%

3,804 open1,004 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.3%

−10.8%

W1→2

−52.6%

W2→3

−26.5%

W3→4

−35.2%

W4→5

−38.2%

W5→6

+48.2%

W6→7

−47.7%

W7→8

−49.5%

W8→9

−35.3%

W9→10

Steepest −52.6%Biggest gain +48.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 11 days

$100M

Day 11

Nov 27

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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