Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets backdrop

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets movie poster

Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsFollow

2002 • PG • 2h 41m • Adventure, Family, Fantasy • Warner Bros.

Something evil has returned to Hogwarts!

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3.64

7.5

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$88.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$264.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$876.80M

$612.60M international

Domestic legs2.99x

Budget$100M

2002 rank#4

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Cast & crew

Full Columbus filmography

Chris Columbus

Chris Columbus Director

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe Starring

Rupert Grint

Rupert Grint Starring

Emma Watson

Emma Watson Starring

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh Starring

Toby Jones

Toby Jones Starring

ScreenplaySteve Kloves Produced byDavid Heyman CinematographyRoger Pratt MusicJohn Williams Prod. DesignStuart Craig StudioWarner Bros. SeriesHarry Potter

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 15-17 1 $88.4M — 3,682 $23,997 $88.4M

2 Nov 22-24 2 $42.2M −52.2% 3,682 $11,468 $148.4M

3 Nov 29-Dec 1 1 $32.1M −23.9% 3,682 $8,722 $200.2M

4 Dec 6-8 3 $10.1M −68.6% 3,387 $2,977 $214.0M

5 Dec 13-15 6 $6.3M −37.3% 3,025 $2,090 $222.6M

6 Dec 20-22 9 $4.4M −30.9% 2,750 $1,589 $228.8M

7 Dec 27-29 8 $6.5M +48.1% 2,505 $2,584 $240.3M

8 Jan 3-5 10 $4.7M −28.1% 2,015 $2,309 $252.1M

9 Jan 10-12 15 $2.4M −48.2% 1,550 $1,553 $255.4M

10 Jan 17-19 18 $1.4M −41.4% 1,077 $1,311 $257.4M

11 Jan 24-26 21 $778.5K −44.9% 783 $994 $258.9M

12 Jan 31-Feb 2 27 $507.2K −34.8% 502 $1,010 $259.6M

13 Feb 7-9 31 $303.1K −40.2% 352 $861 $260.0M

14 Feb 14-16 27 $328.2K +8.3% 441 $744 $260.4M

15 Feb 21-23 28 $258.8K −21.2% 388 $666 $260.8M

16 Feb 28-Mar 2 30 $222.1K −14.2% 388 $572 $261.1M

17 Mar 7-9 34 $180.0K −18.9% 360 $500 $261.4M

18 Mar 14-16 44 $121.4K −32.6% 205 $592 $261.6M

19 Mar 21-23 47 $86.7K −28.5% 151 $574 $261.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 15 #1 $29.6M — $29.6M 3,682 $8,047 1

Sat Nov 16 #1 $34.2M +15% $63.8M 3,682 $9,292 2

Sun Nov 17 #1 $24.5M −28% $88.4M 3,682 $6,657 3

Mon Nov 18 #1 $5.3M −78% $93.7M 3,682 $1,445 4

Tue Nov 19 #1 $4.7M −11% $98.4M 3,682 $1,287 5

Wed Nov 20 #1 $4.0M −15% $102.5M 3,682 $1,095 6

Thu Nov 21 #1 $3.7M −9% $106.1M 3,682 $998 7

Fri Nov 22 #2 $11.0M +199% −63% $117.1M 3,682 $2,989 8

Sat Nov 23 #2 $18.7M +70% −45% $135.8M 3,682 $5,080 9

Sun Nov 24 #1 $12.5M −33% −49% $148.4M 3,682 $3,398 10

Mon Nov 25 #2 $2.6M −80% −52% $150.9M 3,682 $695 11

Tue Nov 26 #2 $3.5M +36% −26% $154.4M 3,682 $947 12

Wed Nov 27 #2 $6.4M +84% +59% $160.8M 3,682 $1,741 13

Thu Nov 28 #2 $7.2M +13% +96% $168.0M 3,682 $1,960 14

Fri Nov 29 #1 $13.4M +85% +22% $181.4M 3,682 $3,633 15

Sat Nov 30 #2 $12.0M −10% −36% $193.4M 3,682 $3,266 16

Sun Dec 1 #1 $6.7M −44% −46% $200.2M 3,682 $1,823 17

Mon Dec 2 #2 $1.0M −84% −59% $201.2M 3,682 $284 18

Tue Dec 3 #2 $953.0K −9% −73% $202.2M 3,682 $258 19

Wed Dec 4 #2 $837.0K −12% −87% $203.0M 3,682 $227 20

Thu Dec 5 #2 $887.0K +6% −88% $203.9M 3,682 $240 21

Fri Dec 6 #3 $2.7M +206% −80% $206.6M 3,387 $801 22

Sat Dec 7 #3 $4.6M +71% −61% $211.2M 3,387 $1,369 23

Sun Dec 8 #2 $2.9M −38% −57% $214.0M 3,387 $842 24

Mon Dec 9 #3 $562.0K −80% −46% $214.5M 3,387 $165 25

Tue Dec 10 #3 $628.0K +12% −34% $215.2M 3,387 $185 26

Wed Dec 11 #3 $579.0K −8% −31% $215.7M 3,387 $170 27

Thu Dec 12 #3 $554.0K −4% −38% $216.3M 3,387 $163 28

Fri Dec 13 #7 $1.4M +158% −47% $217.7M 3,025 $472 29

Sat Dec 14 #6 $2.9M +102% −38% $220.6M 3,025 $954 30

Sun Dec 15 #5 $2.0M −30% −30% $222.6M 3,025 $664 31

Mon Dec 16 #7 $447.0K −78% −20% $223.1M 3,025 $147 32

Tue Dec 17 #5 $507.0K +13% −19% $223.6M 3,025 $167 33

Wed Dec 18 #7 $433.2K −15% −25% $224.0M 3,025 $143 34

Thu Dec 19 #7 $443.0K +2% −20% $224.4M 3,025 $146 35

Fri Dec 20 #10 $903.0K +104% −37% $225.4M 2,750 $328 36

Sat Dec 21 #10 $1.5M +69% −47% $226.9M 2,750 $554 37

Sun Dec 22 #7 $1.7M +9% −17% $228.8M 2,750 $602 38

Mon Dec 23 #7 $1.3M −19% +199% $230.2M 2,750 $485 39

Tue Dec 24 #7 $842.4K −37% +66% $231.0M 2,750 $306 40

Wed Dec 25 #9 $950.3K +13% +119% $232.0M 2,505 $379 41

Thu Dec 26 #7 $1.9M +98% +325% $233.8M 2,505 $751 42

Fri Dec 27 #8 $2.1M +12% +133% $236.0M 2,505 $838 43

Sat Dec 28 #8 $2.2M +6% +46% $238.2M 2,505 $891 44

Sun Dec 29 #8 $2.1M −8% +24% $240.3M 2,505 $822 45

Mon Dec 30 #7 $1.8M −12% +36% $242.1M 2,505 $727 46

Tue Dec 31 #7 $1.7M −5% +105% $243.9M 2,505 $688 47

Wed Jan 1 #7 $2.1M +23% +124% $246.0M 2,505 $849 48

Thu Jan 2 #7 $1.4M −32% −23% $247.4M 2,505 $578 49

Fri Jan 3 #10 $1.4M −3% −33% $248.9M 2,015 $699 50

Sat Jan 4 #10 $1.9M +31% −17% $250.7M 2,015 $918 51

Sun Jan 5 #8 $1.4M −26% −33% $252.1M 2,015 $683 52

Mon Jan 6 #10 $292.3K −79% −84% $252.4M 2,015 $145 53

Tue Jan 7 #11 $246.1K −16% −86% $252.6M 2,015 $122 54

Wed Jan 8 #13 $207.3K −16% −90% $252.8M 2,015 $103 55

Thu Jan 9 #13 $197.2K −5% −86% $253.0M 2,015 $98 56

Fri Jan 10 #16 $450.1K +128% −68% $253.5M 1,550 $290 57

Sat Jan 11 #15 $1.1M +145% −40% $254.6M 1,550 $711 58

Sun Jan 12 #11 $856.1K −22% −38% $255.4M 1,550 $552 59

Mon Jan 13 #15 $127.3K −85% −56% $255.6M 1,550 $82 60

Tue Jan 14 #14 $154.3K +21% −37% $255.7M 1,550 $100 61

Wed Jan 15 #15 $125.9K −18% −39% $255.9M 1,550 $81 62

Thu Jan 16 #15 $136.4K +8% −31% $256.0M 1,550 $88 63

Fri Jan 17 — $235.1K +72% −48% $256.2M 1,077 $218 64

Sat Jan 18 #19 $642.1K +173% −42% $256.9M 1,077 $596 65

Sun Jan 19 #16 $535.1K −17% −37% $257.4M 1,077 $497 66

Mon Jan 20 #15 $492.3K −8% +287% $257.9M 1,077 $457 67

Tue Jan 21 #19 $79.2K −84% −49% $258.0M 1,077 $74 68

Wed Jan 22 #18 $67.5K −15% −46% $258.0M 1,077 $63 69

Thu Jan 23 #18 $75.3K +12% −45% $258.1M 1,077 $70 70

Fri Jan 24 #22 $135.8K +80% −42% $258.3M 783 $173 71

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

Cumulative total$258.1M

Nov 15Dec 2Dec 20Jan 6Jan 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.4M

$88.4M

$42.2M

$32.1M

$10.1M

$6.3M

$4.4M

$6.5M

$4.7M

$2.4M

$1.4M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,682 → 1,077 −70.7%

3,682 open1,077 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.4%

−52.2%

W1→2

−23.9%

W2→3

−68.6%

W3→4

−37.3%

W4→5

−30.9%

W5→6

+48.1%

W6→7

−28.1%

W7→8

−48.2%

W8→9

−41.4%

W9→10

Steepest −68.6%Biggest gain +48.1%

Run milestones

$200M in 17 days

$100M

Day 6

Nov 20

$200M

Day 17

Dec 1

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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