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Hotel for DogsFollow

2009 • PG • 1h 40m • Comedy, Family • DreamWorks

No stray gets turned away.

🍅 47% 55%

51

2.84

5.5

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$73.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$117.00M

$44.20M international

Domestic legs4.29x

Budget$35.0M

2009 rank#45

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Full Freudenthal filmography

Thor Freudenthal

Thor Freudenthal Director

Emma Roberts

Emma Roberts Starring

Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle Starring

Johnny Simmons

Johnny Simmons Starring

Kyla Pratt

Kyla Pratt Starring

Troy Gentile

Troy Gentile Starring

ScreenplayJeff Lowell, Bob Schooley, Mark McCorkle Produced byLauren Shuler Donner, Jonathan Gordon, Ewan Leslie, Jason Clark CinematographyMichael Grady MusicJohn Debney Prod. DesignWilliam Sandell StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 16-18 5 $17.0M — 3,271 $5,200 $17.0M

2 Jan 23-25 4 $12.9M −24.4% 3,271 $3,931 $37.5M

3 Jan 30-Feb 1 4 $8.6M −32.9% 3,160 $2,731 $48.2M

4 Feb 6-8 10 $5.7M −33.8% 2,734 $2,088 $55.1M

5 Feb 13-15 12 $4.4M −23.8% 2,207 $1,971 $60.3M

6 Feb 20-22 15 $2.3M −46.6% 1,716 $1,355 $65.5M

7 Feb 27-Mar 1 17 $1.7M −27.7% 1,381 $1,216 $67.6M

8 Mar 6-8 18 $1.1M −35.9% 1,120 $961 $69.2M

9 Mar 13-15 18 $577.9K −46.3% 804 $718 $70.0M

10 Mar 20-22 19 $403.1K −30.3% 522 $772 $70.9M

11 Mar 27-29 17 $314.9K −21.9% 381 $826 $71.4M

12 Apr 3-5 20 $194.5K −38.2% 240 $810 $71.7M

13 Apr 10-12 21 $234.3K +20.4% 347 $675 $72.0M

14 Apr 17-19 21 $251.2K +7.2% 335 $749 $72.4M

15 Apr 24-26 26 $190.5K −24.2% 276 $690 $72.6M

16 May 1-3 30 $122.0K −35.9% 200 $610 $72.8M

17 May 8-10 34 $84.6K −30.7% 174 $486 $72.9M

18 May 15-17 34 $64.7K −23.6% 128 $505 $73.0M

19 May 22-24 48 $37.6K −41.8% 101 $372 $73.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 16 #5 $4.3M — $4.3M 3,271 $1,327 1

Sat Jan 17 #5 $7.3M +69% $11.7M 3,271 $2,245 2

Sun Jan 18 #4 $5.3M −27% $17.0M 3,271 $1,628 3

Mon Jan 19 #2 $5.9M +10% $22.9M 3,271 $1,789 4

Tue Jan 20 #5 $701.3K −88% $23.6M 3,271 $214 5

Wed Jan 21 #7 $504.2K −28% $24.1M 3,271 $154 6

Thu Jan 22 #9 $523.9K +4% $24.6M 3,271 $160 7

Fri Jan 23 #6 $2.5M +386% −41% $27.1M 3,271 $777 8

Sat Jan 24 #4 $6.2M +142% −16% $33.3M 3,271 $1,885 9

Sun Jan 25 #4 $4.1M −33% −22% $37.5M 3,271 $1,268 10

Mon Jan 26 #6 $579.4K −86% −90% $38.0M 3,271 $177 11

Tue Jan 27 #9 $447.9K −23% −36% $38.5M 3,271 $136 12

Wed Jan 28 #6 $566.5K +26% +12% $39.0M 3,271 $173 13

Thu Jan 29 #7 $473.8K −16% −10% $39.5M 3,271 $144 14

Fri Jan 30 #8 $1.9M +309% −24% $41.5M 3,160 $613 15

Sat Jan 31 #4 $4.5M +133% −27% $46.0M 3,160 $1,426 16

Sun Feb 1 #3 $2.2M −51% −47% $48.2M 3,160 $692 17

Mon Feb 2 #9 $311.1K −86% −46% $48.5M 3,160 $98 18

Tue Feb 3 #9 $300.1K −4% −33% $48.8M 3,160 $94 19

Wed Feb 4 #9 $331.9K +11% −41% $49.1M 3,160 $105 20

Thu Feb 5 #9 $314.6K −5% −34% $49.4M 3,160 $99 21

Fri Feb 6 #10 $1.1M +264% −41% $50.6M 2,734 $418 22

Sat Feb 7 #10 $2.8M +144% −38% $53.4M 2,734 $1,023 23

Sun Feb 8 #9 $1.8M −37% −19% $55.1M 2,734 $646 24

Mon Feb 9 #11 $264.3K −85% −15% $55.4M 2,734 $96 25

Tue Feb 10 #15 $178.7K −32% −40% $55.6M 2,734 $65 26

Wed Feb 11 #14 $172.0K −4% −48% $55.7M 2,734 $62 27

Thu Feb 12 #13 $228.8K +33% −27% $56.0M 2,734 $83 28

Fri Feb 13 #13 $781.0K +241% −32% $56.7M 2,207 $353 29

Sat Feb 14 #13 $2.1M +166% −26% $58.8M 2,207 $941 30

Sun Feb 15 #12 $1.5M −28% −16% $60.3M 2,207 $676 31

Mon Feb 16 #8 $1.8M +18% +568% $62.1M 2,207 $799 32

Tue Feb 17 #11 $417.2K −76% +133% $62.5M 2,207 $189 33

Wed Feb 18 #12 $350.2K −16% +104% $62.9M 2,207 $158 34

Thu Feb 19 #12 $356.7K +2% +56% $63.2M 2,207 $161 35

Fri Feb 20 #15 $510.9K +43% −35% $63.7M 1,716 $297 36

Sat Feb 21 #15 $1.0M +104% −50% $64.8M 1,716 $607 37

Sun Feb 22 #14 $772.0K −26% −48% $65.5M 1,716 $449 38

Mon Feb 23 #16 $108.0K −86% −94% $65.6M 1,716 $62 39

Tue Feb 24 #17 $102.8K −5% −75% $65.7M 1,716 $59 40

Wed Feb 25 #16 $98.3K −4% −72% $65.8M 1,716 $57 41

Thu Feb 26 #16 $111.3K +13% −69% $66.0M 1,716 $64 42

Fri Feb 27 #19 $312.5K +181% −39% $66.3M 1,381 $226 43

Sat Feb 28 #17 $809.5K +159% −22% $67.1M 1,381 $586 44

Sun Mar 1 #17 $558.3K −31% −28% $67.6M 1,381 $404 45

Mon Mar 2 #17 $138.1K −75% +28% $67.8M 1,381 $100 46

Tue Mar 3 #18 $134.0K −3% +30% $67.9M 1,381 $97 47

Wed Mar 4 #18 $115.5K −14% +18% $68.0M 1,381 $83 48

Thu Mar 5 #18 $116.2K +1% +4% $68.1M 1,381 $84 49

Fri Mar 6 #18 $226.8K +95% −27% $68.4M 1,120 $202 50

Sat Mar 7 #17 $522.5K +130% −35% $68.9M 1,120 $466 51

Sun Mar 8 #16 $327.3K −37% −41% $69.2M 1,120 $292 52

Mon Mar 9 #19 $60.5K −82% −56% $69.3M 1,120 $54 53

Tue Mar 10 #20 $56.8K −6% −58% $69.3M 1,120 $50 54

Wed Mar 11 #19 $60.8K +7% −47% $69.4M 1,120 $54 55

Thu Mar 12 #19 $67.8K +12% −42% $69.5M 1,120 $60 56

Fri Mar 13 $118.1K +74% −48% $69.6M 804 $146 57

Sat Mar 14 #17 $274.4K +132% −47% $69.9M 804 $341 58

Sun Mar 15 #17 $185.4K −32% −43% $70.0M 804 $230 59

Mon Mar 16 #16 $93.2K −50% +54% $70.1M 804 $115 60

Tue Mar 17 #16 $108.9K +17% +92% $70.2M 804 $135 61

Wed Mar 18 #14 $125.7K +15% +107% $70.4M 804 $156 62

Thu Mar 19 #14 $134.9K +7% +99% $70.5M 804 $167 63

Fri Mar 20 #19 $140.4K +4% +19% $70.6M 522 $268 64

Sat Mar 21 #19 $156.6K +12% −43% $70.8M 522 $299 65

Sun Mar 22 $106.1K −32% −43% $70.9M 522 $203 66

Mon Mar 23 $28.1K −74% −70% $70.9M 522 $53 67

Tue Mar 24 $34.8K +24% −68% $71.0M 522 $66 68

Wed Mar 25 $35.9K +3% −71% $71.0M 522 $68 69

Thu Mar 26 $33.6K −7% −75% $71.0M 522 $64 70

Fri Mar 27 $108.6K +224% −23% $71.1M 381 $285 71

Sat Mar 28 $142.2K +31% −9% $71.3M 381 $373 72

Sun Mar 29 $64.1K −55% −40% $71.4M 381 $168 73

Mon Mar 30 $23.7K −63% −16% $71.4M 381 $62 74

Tue Mar 31 $27.6K +17% −21% $71.4M 381 $72 75

Wed Apr 1 $25.2K −9% −30% $71.4M 381 $66 76

Thu Apr 2 $27.3K +9% −19% $71.5M 381 $71 77

Fri Apr 3 $62.7K +129% −42% $71.5M 240 $261 78

Sat Apr 4 $93.8K +50% −34% $71.6M 240 $390 79

Sun Apr 5 $38.1K −59% −41% $71.7M 240 $158 80

Mon Apr 6 $15.6K −59% −34% $71.7M 240 $64 81

Tue Apr 7 $24.1K +55% −13% $71.7M 240 $100 82

Wed Apr 8 $19.3K −20% −23% $71.7M 240 $80 83

Thu Apr 9 $24.8K +29% −9% $71.7M 240 $103 84

Fri Apr 10 $100.0K +303% +60% $71.8M 347 $288 85

Sat Apr 11 $90.9K −9% −3% $71.9M 347 $262 86

Sun Apr 12 $43.4K −52% +14% $72.0M 347 $125 87

Mon Apr 13 $40.1K −8% +157% $72.0M 347 $115 88

Tue Apr 14 $33.9K −15% +41% $72.0M 347 $97 89

Wed Apr 15 $31.5K −7% +63% $72.1M 347 $90 90

Thu Apr 16 $28.0K −11% +13% $72.1M 347 $80 91

Fri Apr 17 $82.4K +194% −18% $72.2M 335 $245 92

Sat Apr 18 $110.1K +34% +21% $72.3M 335 $328 93

Sun Apr 19 $58.7K −47% +35% $72.4M 335 $175 94

Mon Apr 20 $12.0K −79% −70% $72.4M 335 $35 95

Tue Apr 21 $13.7K +14% −60% $72.4M 335 $40 96

Wed Apr 22 $11.7K −15% −63% $72.4M 335 $34 97

Thu Apr 23 $12.1K +4% −57% $72.4M 335 $36 98

Fri Apr 24 $46.4K +283% −44% $72.5M 276 $168 99

Sat Apr 25 $92.1K +98% −16% $72.5M 276 $333 100

Sun Apr 26 $52.0K −44% −12% $72.6M 276 $188 101

Mon Apr 27 $9.1K −83% −25% $72.6M 276 $32 102

Tue Apr 28 $10.7K +18% −22% $72.6M 276 $38 103

Wed Apr 29 $10.5K −2% −10% $72.6M 276 $37 104

Thu Apr 30 $12.2K +17% +1% $72.6M 276 $44 105

Fri May 1 $30.4K +149% −34% $72.7M 200 $152 106

Sat May 2 $57.9K +91% −37% $72.7M 200 $289 107

Sun May 3 $33.7K −42% −35% $72.8M 200 $168 108

Mon May 4 $5.8K −83% −36% $72.8M 200 $29 109

Tue May 5 $6.8K +16% −37% $72.8M 200 $33 110

Wed May 6 $7.0K +4% −33% $72.8M 200 $35 111

Thu May 7 $5.8K −18% −53% $72.8M 200 $28 112

Fri May 8 $21.4K +270% −30% $72.8M 174 $122 113

Sat May 9 $38.1K +78% −34% $72.8M 174 $219 114

Sun May 10 $25.1K −34% −25% $72.9M 174 $144 115

Mon May 11 $4.1K −84% −29% $72.9M 174 $23 116

Tue May 12 $4.7K +13% −31% $72.9M 174 $26 117

Wed May 13 $5.3K +15% −24% $72.9M 174 $30 118

Thu May 14 $6.2K +15% +7% $72.9M 174 $35 119

Fri May 15 $14.0K +128% −34% $72.9M 128 $109 120

Sat May 16 $32.0K +128% −16% $72.9M 128 $249 121

Sun May 17 $18.7K −42% −26% $73.0M 128 $145 122

Mon May 18 $6.9K −63% +68% $73.0M 128 $54 123

Tue May 19 $4.9K −29% +6% $73.0M 128 $38 124

Wed May 20 $3.9K −21% −27% $73.0M 128 $30 125

Thu May 21 $4.8K +24% −22% $73.0M 128 $37 126

Fri May 22 $9.1K +89% −35% $73.0M 101 $90 127

Sat May 23 $15.5K +71% −51% $73.0M 101 $153 128

Sun May 24 $13.0K −16% −30% $73.0M 101 $128 129

Mon May 25 #44 $11.1K −14% +61% $73.0M 101 $109 130

Tue May 26 $3.5K −68% −28% $73.0M 101 $34 131

Wed May 27 $3.8K +7% −4% $73.0M 101 $37 132

Thu May 28 $3.9K +4% −19% $73.0M 101 $38 133

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

Cumulative total$71.0M

Jan 16Feb 2Feb 20Mar 9Mar 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $403.1K

$17.0M

$12.9M

$8.6M

$5.7M

$4.4M

$2.3M

$1.7M

$1.1M

$577.9K

$403.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,271 → 522 −84.0%

3,271 open522 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.3%

−24.4%

W1→2

−32.9%

W2→3

−33.8%

W3→4

−23.8%

W4→5

−46.6%

W5→6

−27.7%

W6→7

−35.9%

W7→8

−46.3%

W8→9

−30.3%

W9→10

Steepest −46.6%Best hold −23.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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