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Ice Age: Dawn of the DinosaursFollow

2009 • PG • 1h 34m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • 20th Century Fox

What killed the dinosaurs?

🍅 46% 63%

50

3.28

6.9

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$41.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$196.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$886.70M

$690.10M international

Domestic legs4.71x

Budget$90.0M

2009 rank#12

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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

Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg Starring

ScreenplayPeter Ackerman, Yoni Brenner, Michael Berg, Mike Reiss Produced byLori Forte, John C. Donkin MusicJohn Powell Prod. DesignMarcin Jakubowski Studio20th Century Fox SeriesIce Age

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 3-5 2 $41.7M — 4,099 $10,170 $66.7M

2 Jul 10-12 2 $27.6M −33.8% 4,102 $6,730 $119.7M

3 Jul 17-19 2 $17.6M −36.4% 3,817 $4,600 $151.9M

4 Jul 24-26 5 $8.4M −52.1% 3,300 $2,548 $171.5M

5 Jul 31-Aug 2 7 $5.5M −34.3% 2,757 $2,004 $182.1M

6 Aug 7-9 14 $2.7M −51.7% 1,727 $1,546 $187.9M

7 Aug 14-16 19 $1.3M −52.5% 858 $1,478 $190.9M

8 Aug 21-23 23 $741.5K −41.6% 559 $1,326 $192.4M

9 Aug 28-30 21 $536.6K −27.6% 432 $1,242 $193.3M

10 Sep 4-6 21 $615.1K +14.6% 425 $1,447 $194.0M

11 Sep 11-13 24 $375.2K −39.0% 353 $1,062 $194.7M

12 Sep 18-20 28 $279.0K −25.6% 293 $952 $195.0M

13 Sep 25-27 28 $286.1K +2.5% 285 $1,003 $195.4M

14 Oct 2-4 31 $232.0K −18.9% 263 $882 $195.7M

15 Oct 9-11 38 $161.5K −30.4% 227 $711 $195.9M

16 Oct 16-18 36 $130.4K −19.3% 181 $720 $196.1M

17 Oct 23-25 36 $118.8K −8.9% 142 $836 $196.3M

18 Oct 30-Nov 1 41 $59.7K −49.7% 108 $553 $196.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jul 1 #1 $13.8M — $13.8M 4,032 $3,420 1

Thu Jul 2 #2 $11.3M −18% $25.0M 4,032 $2,790 2

Fri Jul 3 #2 $17.2M +53% $42.2M 4,099 $4,195 3

Sat Jul 4 #1 $11.3M −34% $53.6M 4,099 $2,762 4

Sun Jul 5 #2 $13.2M +16% $66.7M 4,099 $3,213 5

Mon Jul 6 #1 $6.6M −50% $73.3M 4,099 $1,612 6

Tue Jul 7 #1 $7.1M +7% $80.4M 4,099 $1,726 7

Wed Jul 8 #1 $6.1M −13% −55% $86.6M 4,099 $1,499 8

Thu Jul 9 #1 $5.5M −10% −51% $92.1M 4,099 $1,343 9

Fri Jul 10 #2 $8.5M +54% −51% $100.6M 4,102 $2,069 10

Sat Jul 11 #1 $11.1M +30% −2% $111.6M 4,102 $2,693 11

Sun Jul 12 #1 $8.1M −27% −39% $119.7M 4,102 $1,966 12

Mon Jul 13 #1 $3.6M −55% −45% $123.3M 4,102 $884 13

Tue Jul 14 #1 $4.1M +13% −42% $127.4M 4,102 $995 14

Wed Jul 15 #2 $3.4M −16% −45% $130.8M 3,841 $888 15

Thu Jul 16 #2 $3.5M +3% −36% $134.3M 3,841 $912 16

Fri Jul 17 #2 $5.4M +55% −36% $139.7M 3,817 $1,420 17

Sat Jul 18 #2 $7.1M +32% −35% $146.9M 3,817 $1,870 18

Sun Jul 19 #2 $5.0M −30% −38% $151.9M 3,817 $1,310 19

Mon Jul 20 #2 $2.4M −53% −35% $154.2M 3,817 $622 20

Tue Jul 21 #2 $3.4M +42% −17% $157.6M 3,817 $885 21

Wed Jul 22 #2 $2.7M −20% −21% $160.3M 3,817 $709 22

Thu Jul 23 #2 $2.8M +2% −21% $163.1M 3,817 $723 23

Fri Jul 24 #5 $2.6M −5% −52% $165.7M 3,300 $796 24

Sat Jul 25 #5 $3.2M +23% −55% $168.9M 3,300 $978 25

Sun Jul 26 #5 $2.6M −21% −49% $171.5M 3,300 $773 26

Mon Jul 27 #5 $1.2M −55% −52% $172.6M 3,300 $348 27

Tue Jul 28 #5 $1.3M +16% −61% $174.0M 3,300 $404 28

Wed Jul 29 #5 $1.4M +2% −50% $175.3M 3,300 $411 29

Thu Jul 30 #5 $1.2M −11% −57% $176.5M 3,300 $364 30

Fri Jul 31 #7 $1.7M +40% −36% $178.2M 2,757 $611 31

Sat Aug 1 #8 $2.0M +19% −38% $180.2M 2,757 $729 32

Sun Aug 2 #7 $1.8M −9% −28% $182.1M 2,757 $663 33

Mon Aug 3 #7 $765.2K −58% −33% $182.8M 2,757 $277 34

Tue Aug 4 #7 $826.9K +8% −38% $183.7M 2,757 $299 35

Wed Aug 5 #7 $756.0K −9% −44% $184.4M 2,757 $274 36

Thu Aug 6 #7 $783.9K +4% −35% $185.2M 2,757 $284 37

Fri Aug 7 #14 $749.8K −4% −55% $186.0M 1,727 $434 38

Sat Aug 8 #14 $1.0M +38% −49% $187.0M 1,727 $596 39

Sun Aug 9 #12 $889.4K −14% −51% $187.9M 1,727 $514 40

Mon Aug 10 #12 $419.2K −53% −45% $188.3M 1,727 $242 41

Tue Aug 11 #11 $473.9K +13% −43% $188.8M 1,727 $274 42

Wed Aug 12 #13 $402.9K −15% −47% $189.2M 1,727 $233 43

Thu Aug 13 #12 $419.7K +4% −46% $189.6M 1,727 $243 44

Fri Aug 14 $359.8K −14% −52% $189.9M 858 $419 45

Sat Aug 15 $513.3K +43% −50% $190.5M 858 $598 46

Sun Aug 16 $395.7K −23% −56% $190.9M 858 $461 47

Mon Aug 17 $182.8K −54% −56% $191.0M 858 $213 48

Tue Aug 18 $236.9K +30% −50% $191.3M 858 $276 49

Wed Aug 19 $180.3K −24% −55% $191.5M 858 $210 50

Thu Aug 20 $191.1K +6% −54% $191.6M 858 $222 51

Fri Aug 21 $219.0K +15% −39% $191.9M 559 $391 52

Sat Aug 22 $310.1K +42% −40% $192.2M 559 $554 53

Sun Aug 23 $212.4K −32% −46% $192.4M 559 $379 54

Mon Aug 24 $78.8K −63% −57% $192.5M 559 $140 55

Tue Aug 25 $92.4K +17% −61% $192.6M 559 $165 56

Wed Aug 26 $80.8K −13% −55% $192.6M 559 $144 57

Thu Aug 27 $73.6K −9% −61% $192.7M 559 $131 58

Fri Aug 28 $128.2K +74% −41% $192.8M 432 $296 59

Sat Aug 29 $249.2K +94% −20% $193.1M 432 $576 60

Sun Aug 30 $159.2K −36% −25% $193.3M 432 $368 61

Mon Aug 31 $46.7K −71% −41% $193.3M 432 $108 62

Tue Sep 1 $51.3K +10% −44% $193.3M 432 $118 63

Wed Sep 2 $35.8K −30% −56% $193.4M 432 $82 64

Thu Sep 3 $37.6K +5% −49% $193.4M 432 $87 65

Fri Sep 4 $133.0K +253% +4% $193.6M 425 $312 66

Sat Sep 5 $241.9K +82% −3% $193.8M 425 $569 67

Sun Sep 6 $240.3K −1% +51% $194.0M 425 $565 68

Mon Sep 7 #21 $187.2K −22% +301% $194.2M 425 $440 69

Tue Sep 8 $30.0K −84% −42% $194.3M 425 $70 70

Wed Sep 9 $20.8K −31% −42% $194.3M 425 $48 71

Thu Sep 10 $20.0K −4% −47% $194.3M 425 $47 72

Fri Sep 11 $85.4K +326% −36% $194.4M 353 $241 73

Sat Sep 12 $184.7K +116% −24% $194.6M 353 $523 74

Sun Sep 13 $105.1K −43% −56% $194.7M 353 $297 75

Mon Sep 14 $18.7K −82% −90% $194.7M 353 $52 76

Tue Sep 15 $21.4K +15% −29% $194.7M 353 $60 77

Wed Sep 16 $18.9K −12% −9% $194.7M 353 $53 78

Thu Sep 17 $20.5K +8% +2% $194.7M 353 $57 79

Fri Sep 18 $67.0K +227% −22% $194.8M 293 $228 80

Sat Sep 19 $127.9K +91% −31% $194.9M 293 $436 81

Sun Sep 20 $84.1K −34% −20% $195.0M 293 $287 82

Mon Sep 21 $18.2K −78% −3% $195.0M 293 $62 83

Tue Sep 22 $21.1K +16% −1% $195.1M 293 $71 84

Wed Sep 23 $19.5K −8% +3% $195.1M 293 $66 85

Thu Sep 24 $18.2K −7% −11% $195.1M 293 $61 86

Fri Sep 25 $71.1K +291% +6% $195.2M 285 $249 87

Sat Sep 26 $133.3K +88% +4% $195.3M 285 $467 88

Sun Sep 27 $66.2K −50% −21% $195.7M 285 $232 89

Mon Sep 28 $19.0K −71% +5% $195.4M 285 $66 90

Tue Sep 29 $19.4K +2% −8% $195.4M 285 $68 91

Wed Sep 30 $18.0K −7% −8% $195.4M 285 $63 92

Thu Oct 1 $23.3K +29% +28% $195.5M 285 $81 93

Fri Oct 2 $56.6K +143% −20% $195.5M 263 $215 94

Sat Oct 3 $109.2K +93% −18% $195.6M 263 $415 95

Sun Oct 4 $66.2K −39% n/c $195.7M 263 $251 96

Mon Oct 5 $13.3K −80% −30% $195.7M 263 $50 97

Tue Oct 6 $14.0K +6% −28% $195.7M 263 $53 98

Wed Oct 7 $11.9K −15% −34% $195.7M 263 $45 99

Thu Oct 8 $15.1K +26% −35% $195.8M 263 $57 100

Fri Oct 9 $41.4K +174% −27% $195.8M 227 $182 101

Sat Oct 10 $71.4K +73% −35% $195.9M 227 $314 102

Sun Oct 11 $48.7K −32% −26% $195.9M 227 $214 103

Mon Oct 12 $26.4K −46% +99% $195.9M 227 $116 104

Tue Oct 13 $11.9K −55% −15% $196.0M 227 $52 105

Wed Oct 14 $11.0K −7% −8% $196.0M 263 $41 106

Thu Oct 15 $13.7K +24% −9% $196.0M 263 $52 107

Fri Oct 16 $33.5K +145% −19% $196.0M 181 $185 108

Sat Oct 17 $59.5K +77% −17% $196.1M 263 $226 109

Sun Oct 18 $37.4K −37% −23% $196.1M 263 $142 110

Mon Oct 19 $8.7K −77% −67% $196.1M 181 $47 111

Tue Oct 20 $9.5K +10% −20% $196.1M 181 $52 112

Wed Oct 21 $9.0K −5% −18% $196.1M 181 $49 113

Thu Oct 22 $10.2K +13% −26% $196.1M 181 $56 114

Fri Oct 23 $30.4K +198% −9% $196.2M 181 $167 115

Sat Oct 24 $54.5K +79% −8% $196.2M 181 $301 116

Sun Oct 25 $33.9K −38% −9% $196.3M 181 $187 117

Mon Oct 26 $8.8K −74% +2% $196.3M 142 $62 118

Tue Oct 27 $8.8K −1% −8% $196.3M 142 $61 119

Wed Oct 28 $8.2K −6% −9% $196.3M 142 $57 120

Thu Oct 29 $9.1K +11% −11% $196.3M 142 $64 121

Fri Oct 30 $15.9K +75% −48% $196.3M 108 $147 122

Sat Oct 31 $20.4K +28% −63% $196.3M 108 $189 123

Sun Nov 1 $23.4K +15% −31% $196.4M 108 $216 124

Mon Nov 2 $5.2K −78% −41% $196.4M 108 $48 125

Tue Nov 3 $6.9K +31% −22% $196.4M 108 $63 126

Wed Nov 4 $5.1K −26% −38% $196.4M 108 $47 127

Thu Nov 5 $5.7K +11% −38% $196.4M 108 $52 128

Fri Nov 6 $13.6K +139% −15% $196.4M 80 $169 129

Sat Nov 7 $27.2K +101% +33% $196.4M 80 $340 130

Sun Nov 8 $15.9K −42% −32% $196.4M 80 $198 131

Mon Nov 9 $3.9K −75% −25% $196.4M 80 $49 132

Tue Nov 10 $6.1K +55% −11% $196.5M 80 $76 133

Wed Nov 11 $14.8K +143% +190% $196.5M 80 $184 134

Thu Nov 12 $4.6K −69% −20% $196.5M 80 $57 135

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

Cumulative total$194.3M

Jul 1Jul 18Aug 5Aug 22Sep 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $615.1K

$41.7M

$27.6M

$17.6M

$8.4M

$5.5M

$2.7M

$1.3M

$741.5K

$536.6K

$615.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,102 → 425 −89.6%

4,032 open425 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +14.6%

−33.8%

W1→2

−36.4%

W2→3

−52.1%

W3→4

−34.3%

W4→5

−51.7%

W5→6

−52.5%

W6→7

−41.6%

W7→8

−27.6%

W8→9

+14.6%

W9→10

Steepest −52.5%Biggest gain +14.6%

Run milestones

$100M in 10 days

$100M

Day 10

Jul 10

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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