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Ice Age 2: The MeltdownFollow

2006 • PG • 1h 31m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • 20th Century Fox

Kiss your nuts goodbye.

🍅 56% 71%

59

3.18

6.8

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$68.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$195.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$651.90M

$456.60M international

Domestic legs2.87x

Budget$80.0M

2006 rank#8

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Cast & crew

Full Saldanha filmography

Carlos Saldanha

Carlos Saldanha Director

Ray Romano

Ray Romano Starring

John Leguizamo

John Leguizamo Starring

Denis Leary

Denis Leary Starring

Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah Starring

Seann William Scott

Seann William Scott Starring

ScreenplayGerry Swallow, Peter Gaulke, Jim Hecht Produced byLori Forte CinematographyCraig Grasso MusicJohn Powell Prod. DesignMarcin Jakubowski Studio20th Century Fox SeriesIce Age

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 31-Apr 2 1 $68.0M — 3,964 $17,162 $68.0M

2 Apr 7-9 1 $33.8M −50.3% 3,969 $8,522 $115.8M

3 Apr 14-16 2 $20.0M −40.8% 3,873 $5,170 $147.2M

4 Apr 21-23 4 $13.3M −33.7% 3,540 $3,752 $168.3M

5 Apr 28-30 7 $7.2M −45.8% 3,122 $2,307 $177.9M

6 May 5-7 6 $4.2M −42.2% 2,426 $1,715 $183.4M

7 May 12-14 8 $3.2M −24.3% 1,879 $1,676 $187.6M

8 May 19-21 11 $988.0K −68.6% 1,156 $854 $189.3M

9 May 26-28 10 $788.1K −20.2% 633 $1,244 $190.5M

10 Jun 2-4 11 $623.5K −20.9% 514 $1,213 $191.5M

11 Jun 9-11 15 $447.9K −28.2% 431 $1,039 $192.2M

12 Jun 16-18 17 $361.7K −19.2% 348 $1,039 $192.8M

13 Jun 23-25 19 $367.5K +1.6% 342 $1,074 $193.4M

14 Jun 30-Jul 2 24 $254.9K −30.7% 299 $852 $193.9M

15 Jul 7-9 26 $191.8K −24.7% 272 $705 $194.3M

16 Jul 14-16 27 $161.1K −16.0% 214 $752 $194.6M

17 Jul 21-23 30 $133.9K −16.9% 182 $735 $194.9M

18 Jul 28-30 40 $72.5K −45.9% 136 $532 $195.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 31 #1 $21.8M — $21.8M 3,964 $5,496 1

Sat Apr 1 #1 $28.0M +28% $49.7M 3,964 $7,051 2

Sun Apr 2 #1 $18.3M −35% $68.0M 3,964 $4,615 3

Mon Apr 3 #1 $4.0M −78% $72.0M 3,964 $1,005 4

Tue Apr 4 #1 $3.6M −9% $75.6M 3,964 $915 5

Wed Apr 5 #1 $3.2M −12% $78.9M 3,964 $807 6

Thu Apr 6 #1 $3.1M −4% $81.9M 3,964 $776 7

Fri Apr 7 #1 $8.6M +180% −60% $90.5M 3,969 $2,171 8

Sat Apr 8 #1 $15.8M +83% −44% $106.3M 3,969 $3,974 9

Sun Apr 9 #1 $9.4M −40% −48% $115.8M 3,969 $2,376 10

Mon Apr 10 #1 $2.6M −73% −36% $118.3M 3,969 $644 11

Tue Apr 11 #1 $2.6M +3% −28% $120.9M 3,969 $661 12

Wed Apr 12 #1 $2.6M n/c −18% $123.6M 3,969 $661 13

Thu Apr 13 #1 $3.6M +38% +18% $127.2M 3,969 $916 14

Fri Apr 14 #2 $8.0M +119% −8% $135.2M 3,873 $2,054 15

Sat Apr 15 #2 $7.4M −7% −53% $142.6M 3,873 $1,911 16

Sun Apr 16 #2 $4.7M −37% −51% $147.2M 3,873 $1,204 17

Mon Apr 17 #2 $3.1M −34% +21% $150.3M 3,873 $797 18

Tue Apr 18 #2 $1.7M −44% −34% $152.0M 3,873 $444 19

Wed Apr 19 #2 $1.6M −10% −41% $153.6M 3,873 $402 20

Thu Apr 20 #2 $1.5M −6% −60% $155.1M 3,873 $379 21

Fri Apr 21 #4 $3.4M +130% −57% $158.5M 3,540 $956 22

Sat Apr 22 #4 $5.9M +75% −20% $164.4M 3,540 $1,674 23

Sun Apr 23 #2 $4.0M −33% −15% $168.3M 3,540 $1,121 24

Mon Apr 24 #4 $604.2K −85% −80% $169.0M 3,540 $170 25

Tue Apr 25 #4 $592.0K −2% −66% $169.5M 3,540 $167 26

Wed Apr 26 #4 $550.4K −7% −65% $170.1M 3,540 $155 27

Thu Apr 27 #4 $563.2K +2% −62% $170.7M 3,540 $159 28

Fri Apr 28 #7 $1.7M +203% −50% $172.4M 3,122 $546 29

Sat Apr 29 #7 $3.3M +95% −44% $175.7M 3,122 $1,067 30

Sun Apr 30 #5 $2.2M −35% −45% $177.9M 3,122 $693 31

Mon May 1 #7 $370.3K −83% −39% $178.2M 3,122 $118 32

Tue May 2 #7 $360.4K −3% −39% $178.6M 3,122 $115 33

Wed May 3 #7 $339.0K −6% −38% $178.9M 3,122 $108 34

Thu May 4 #7 $341.4K +1% −39% $179.3M 3,122 $109 35

Fri May 5 #9 $943.1K +176% −45% $180.2M 2,426 $388 36

Sat May 6 #6 $1.9M +102% −43% $182.1M 2,426 $787 37

Sun May 7 #5 $1.3M −31% −40% $183.4M 2,426 $539 38

Mon May 8 #8 $244.2K −81% −34% $183.7M 2,426 $100 39

Tue May 9 #8 $238.8K −2% −34% $183.9M 2,426 $98 40

Wed May 10 #9 $237.9K n/c −30% $184.2M 2,426 $98 41

Thu May 11 #9 $263.4K +11% −23% $184.4M 2,426 $108 42

Fri May 12 #10 $638.3K +142% −32% $185.1M 1,880 $339 43

Sat May 13 #8 $1.3M +109% −30% $186.4M 1,880 $709 44

Sun May 14 #5 $1.2M −12% −10% $187.6M 1,880 $626 45

Mon May 15 #8 $192.9K −84% −21% $187.8M 1,880 $102 46

Tue May 16 #9 $203.1K +5% −15% $188.0M 1,880 $108 47

Wed May 17 #9 $160.2K −21% −33% $188.1M 1,880 $85 48

Thu May 18 #9 $183.8K +15% −30% $188.3M 1,880 $97 49

Fri May 19 #12 $203.2K +11% −68% $188.5M 1,880 $108 50

Sat May 20 #11 $423.1K +108% −68% $188.9M 1,880 $225 51

Sun May 21 #9 $361.7K −15% −69% $189.3M 1,880 $192 52

Mon May 22 #8 $155.3K −57% −19% $189.5M 1,880 $82 53

Tue May 23 #10 $76.9K −50% −62% $189.5M 1,880 $40 54

Wed May 24 $78.6K +2% −51% $189.6M 1,880 $41 55

Thu May 25 $99.2K +26% −46% $189.7M 1,880 $52 56

Fri May 26 #11 $209.7K +111% +3% $189.9M 1,880 $111 57

Sat May 27 #10 $303.9K +45% −28% $190.2M 1,880 $161 58

Sun May 28 #10 $274.4K −10% −24% $190.5M 1,880 $145 59

Mon May 29 #11 $197.7K −28% +27% $190.7M 1,880 $105 60

Tue May 30 #10 $67.7K −66% −12% $190.8M 1,880 $35 61

Wed May 31 #11 $68.5K +1% −13% $190.8M 1,880 $36 62

Thu Jun 1 #11 $83.4K +22% −16% $190.9M 1,880 $44 63

Fri Jun 2 $172.7K +107% −18% $191.1M 514 $335 64

Sat Jun 3 $279.5K +62% −8% $191.4M 514 $543 65

Sun Jun 4 $171.3K −39% −38% $191.5M 514 $333 66

Mon Jun 5 $58.8K −66% −70% $191.6M 514 $114 67

Tue Jun 6 $64.8K +10% −4% $191.7M 421 $153 68

Wed Jun 7 $63.9K −1% −7% $191.7M 421 $151 69

Thu Jun 8 $64.8K +1% −22% $191.8M 421 $153 70

Fri Jun 9 $130.5K +101% −24% $191.9M 431 $302 71

Sat Jun 10 $196.3K +50% −30% $192.1M 431 $455 72

Sun Jun 11 $121.1K −38% −29% $192.2M 431 $280 73

Mon Jun 12 $53.2K −56% −9% $192.3M 431 $123 74

Tue Jun 13 $60.3K +13% −7% $192.4M 431 $139 75

Wed Jun 14 $60.8K +1% −5% $192.4M 431 $141 76

Thu Jun 15 $58.0K −5% −11% $192.5M 431 $134 77

Fri Jun 16 $109.1K +88% −16% $192.6M 348 $313 78

Sat Jun 17 $145.5K +33% −26% $192.7M 348 $418 79

Sun Jun 18 $107.2K −26% −11% $192.8M 348 $308 80

Mon Jun 19 $46.4K −57% −13% $192.9M 348 $133 81

Tue Jun 20 $56.5K +22% −6% $192.9M 348 $162 82

Wed Jun 21 $57.1K +1% −6% $193.0M 348 $164 83

Thu Jun 22 $59.0K +3% +2% $193.1M 348 $169 84

Fri Jun 23 $114.5K +94% +5% $193.2M 342 $334 85

Sat Jun 24 $150.4K +31% +3% $193.3M 342 $439 86

Sun Jun 25 $102.6K −32% −4% $193.4M 342 $299 87

Mon Jun 26 $48.3K −53% +4% $193.5M 342 $141 88

Tue Jun 27 $63.4K +31% +12% $193.5M 342 $185 89

Wed Jun 28 $54.9K −13% −4% $193.6M 342 $160 90

Thu Jun 29 $55.6K +1% −6% $193.6M 342 $162 91

Fri Jun 30 $75.7K +36% −34% $193.7M 299 $253 92

Sat Jul 1 $92.8K +23% −38% $193.8M 299 $310 93

Sun Jul 2 $86.3K −7% −16% $193.9M 299 $288 94

Mon Jul 3 $68.6K −21% +42% $194.0M 299 $229 95

Tue Jul 4 $54.6K −20% −14% $194.0M 299 $182 96

Wed Jul 5 $51.0K −7% −7% $194.1M 299 $170 97

Thu Jul 6 $51.5K +1% −7% $194.1M 299 $172 98

Fri Jul 7 $59.6K +16% −21% $194.2M 299 $199 99

Sat Jul 8 $75.7K +27% −18% $194.3M 299 $253 100

Sun Jul 9 $56.5K −25% −35% $194.3M 272 $207 101

Mon Jul 10 $30.3K −46% −56% $194.3M 272 $111 102

Tue Jul 11 $42.7K +41% −22% $194.4M 272 $156 103

Wed Jul 12 $42.7K n/c −16% $194.4M 272 $156 104

Thu Jul 13 $41.6K −2% −19% $194.5M 272 $153 105

Fri Jul 14 $47.7K +15% −20% $194.5M 214 $223 106

Sat Jul 15 $64.0K +34% −15% $194.6M 214 $299 107

Sun Jul 16 $49.3K −23% −13% $194.6M 214 $230 108

Mon Jul 17 $26.6K −46% −12% $194.7M 214 $124 109

Tue Jul 18 $35.1K +32% −18% $194.7M 214 $164 110

Wed Jul 19 $32.0K −9% −25% $194.7M 214 $149 111

Thu Jul 20 $34.9K +9% −16% $194.8M 214 $163 112

Fri Jul 21 $37.0K +6% −23% $194.8M 214 $172 113

Sat Jul 22 $51.1K +38% −20% $194.8M 214 $238 114

Sun Jul 23 $45.8K −10% −7% $194.9M 214 $214 115

Mon Jul 24 $20.5K −55% −23% $194.9M 214 $95 116

Tue Jul 25 $28.1K +37% −20% $194.9M 214 $131 117

Wed Jul 26 $25.1K −11% −21% $195.0M 214 $117 118

Thu Jul 27 $27.9K +11% −20% $195.0M 214 $130 119

Fri Jul 28 $21.3K −24% −42% $195.0M 136 $156 120

Sat Jul 29 $28.6K +34% −44% $195.0M 136 $210 121

Sun Jul 30 $22.6K −21% −51% $195.1M 136 $166 122

Mon Jul 31 $11.7K −48% −43% $195.1M 136 $86 123

Tue Aug 1 $14.2K +22% −49% $195.1M 136 $104 124

Wed Aug 2 $13.5K −5% −46% $195.1M 136 $99 125

Thu Aug 3 $15.4K +14% −45% $195.1M 136 $112 126

Fri Aug 4 $13.6K −11% −36% $195.1M 88 $155 127

Sat Aug 5 $17.8K +31% −38% $195.2M 88 $202 128

Sun Aug 6 $13.4K −25% −41% $195.2M 88 $152 129

Mon Aug 7 $7.9K −42% −33% $195.2M 88 $89 130

Tue Aug 8 $9.1K +16% −36% $195.2M 88 $103 131

Wed Aug 9 $13.4K +48% −1% $195.2M 88 $152 132

Thu Aug 10 $14.1K +5% −8% $195.2M 88 $160 133

Fri Aug 11 $11.3K −20% −17% $195.2M 71 $159 134

Sat Aug 12 $16.7K +47% −6% $195.2M 71 $235 135

Sun Aug 13 $11.4K −32% −15% $195.3M 71 $160 136

Mon Aug 14 $6.6K −42% −16% $195.3M 71 $93 137

Tue Aug 15 $7.3K +10% −20% $195.3M 71 $102 138

Wed Aug 16 $8.1K +11% −40% $195.3M 71 $113 139

Thu Aug 17 $6.9K −15% −51% $195.3M 71 $96 140

Fri Aug 18 $4.0K −42% −65% $195.3M 41 $97 141

Sat Aug 19 $6.8K +71% −59% $195.3M 41 $166 142

Sun Aug 20 $6.2K −9% −46% $195.3M 41 $151 143

Mon Aug 21 $1.7K −72% −74% $195.3M 41 $42 144

Tue Aug 22 $2.3K +32% −68% $195.3M 41 $56 145

Wed Aug 23 $2.4K +6% −70% $195.3M 41 $59 146

Thu Aug 24 $2.4K +1% −64% $195.3M 41 $59 147

Mon Sep 4 #72 $2.7K — $195.3M 13 $208 158

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

Cumulative total$191.8M

Mar 31Apr 17May 5May 22Jun 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $623.5K

$68.0M

$33.8M

$20.0M

$13.3M

$7.2M

$4.2M

$3.2M

$988.0K

$788.1K

$623.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,969 → 421 −89.4%

3,964 open421 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.9%

−50.3%

W1→2

−40.8%

W2→3

−33.7%

W3→4

−45.8%

W4→5

−42.2%

W5→6

−24.3%

W6→7

−68.6%

W7→8

−20.2%

W8→9

−20.9%

W9→10

Steepest −68.6%Best hold −20.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 9 days

$100M

Day 9

Apr 8

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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