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2009 • PG • 1h 46m • Adventure, Family, Fantasy • Warner Bros.

Every story ever written is just waiting to become real.

🍅 38% 45%

49

2.94

6.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$17.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$66.70M

$49.40M international

Domestic legs2.3x

Budget$60M

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Cast & crew

Full Softley filmography

Iain Softley

Iain Softley Director

Brendan Fraser

Brendan Fraser Starring

Sienna Guillory

Sienna Guillory Starring

Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis Starring

Paul Bettany

Paul Bettany Starring

Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent Starring

ScreenplayDavid Lindsay-Abaire Produced byCornelia Funke, Barry Mendel, Ileen Maisel CinematographyRoger Pratt StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 23-25 7 $7.6M — 2,655 $2,863 $7.6M

2 Jan 30-Feb 1 10 $3.7M −51.0% 2,655 $1,402 $12.8M

3 Feb 6-8 20 $1.2M −66.9% 1,175 $1,048 $14.9M

4 Feb 13-15 29 $455.0K −63.1% 391 $1,164 $15.6M

5 Feb 20-22 36 $174.4K −61.7% 211 $827 $16.0M

6 Feb 27-Mar 1 36 $176.4K +1.1% 197 $895 $16.3M

7 Mar 6-8 30 $250.3K +41.9% 310 $807 $16.6M

8 Mar 13-15 33 $187.9K −24.9% 289 $650 $16.8M

9 Mar 20-22 34 $127.6K −32.1% 194 $657 $17.1M

10 Mar 27-29 33 $82.7K −35.1% 152 $544 $17.2M

11 Apr 3-5 48 $42.3K −48.9% 101 $419 $17.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 23 #8 $2.1M — $2.1M 2,655 $792 1

Sat Jan 24 #7 $3.4M +61.7% $5.5M 2,655 $1,281 2

Sun Jan 25 #7 $2.1M −38.4% $7.6M 2,655 $790 3

Mon Jan 26 #11 $403.3K −80.8% $8.0M 2,655 $152 4

Tue Jan 27 #11 $379.1K −6.0% $8.4M 2,655 $143 5

Wed Jan 28 #11 $368.4K −2.8% $8.8M 2,655 $139 6

Thu Jan 29 #11 $339.4K −7.9% $9.1M 2,655 $128 7

Fri Jan 30 #12 $1.0M +197.4% −52.0% $10.1M 2,655 $380 8

Sat Jan 31 #10 $1.8M +82.6% −45.8% $11.9M 2,655 $694 9

Sun Feb 1 #9 $868.7K −52.9% −58.6% $12.8M 2,655 $327 10

Mon Feb 2 #15 $208.4K −76.0% −48.3% $13.0M 2,655 $78 11

Tue Feb 3 #16 $211.1K +1.3% −44.3% $13.2M 2,655 $79 12

Wed Feb 4 #16 $203.1K −3.7% −44.9% $13.4M 2,655 $77 13

Thu Feb 5 #16 $218.5K +7.6% −35.6% $13.7M 2,655 $82 14

Fri Feb 6 — $258.5K +18.3% −74.4% $13.9M 1,175 $220 15

Sat Feb 7 — $563.7K +118.1% −69.4% $14.5M 1,175 $480 16

Sun Feb 8 — $409.3K −27.4% −52.9% $14.9M 1,175 $348 17

Mon Feb 9 — $79.0K −80.7% −62.1% $15.0M 1,175 $67 18

Tue Feb 10 — $61.3K −22.4% −71.0% $15.0M 1,175 $52 19

Wed Feb 11 — $58.3K −4.8% −71.3% $15.1M 1,175 $50 20

Thu Feb 12 — $74.1K +27.0% −66.1% $15.2M 1,175 $63 21

Fri Feb 13 — $82.4K +11.2% −68.1% $15.2M 391 $211 22

Sat Feb 14 — $224.4K +172.3% −60.2% $15.5M 391 $574 23

Sun Feb 15 — $148.2K −34.0% −63.8% $15.6M 391 $379 24

Mon Feb 16 #22 $173.5K +17.0% +119.6% $15.8M 391 $444 25

Tue Feb 17 — $27.3K −84.3% −55.5% $15.8M 391 $70 26

Wed Feb 18 — $22.4K −17.7% −61.6% $15.8M 391 $57 27

Thu Feb 19 — $23.2K +3.5% −68.7% $15.9M 391 $59 28

Fri Feb 20 — $39.6K +70.5% −52.0% $15.9M 211 $188 29

Sat Feb 21 — $79.3K +100.5% −64.6% $16.0M 211 $376 30

Sun Feb 22 — $55.5K −30.0% −62.5% $16.0M 211 $263 31

Mon Feb 23 — $11.5K −79.3% −93.4% $16.0M 211 $54 32

Tue Feb 24 — $13.3K +15.6% −51.3% $16.1M 211 $63 33

Wed Feb 25 — $11.2K −16.0% −50.2% $16.1M 211 $53 34

Thu Feb 26 — $12.3K +10.0% −47.1% $16.1M 211 $58 35

Fri Feb 27 — $44.6K +263.1% +12.6% $16.1M 197 $226 36

Sat Feb 28 — $78.8K +76.9% −0.7% $16.2M 197 $400 37

Sun Mar 1 — $53.0K −32.8% −4.5% $16.3M 197 $269 38

Mon Mar 2 — $13.8K −74.0% +20.0% $16.3M 197 $70 39

Tue Mar 3 — $18.8K +36.7% +41.8% $16.3M 197 $96 40

Wed Mar 4 — $16.0K −15.0% +43.5% $16.3M 197 $81 41

Thu Mar 5 — $16.2K +1.0% +31.8% $16.3M 197 $82 42

Fri Mar 6 — $67.2K +315.4% +50.8% $16.4M 310 $217 43

Sat Mar 7 — $113.2K +68.5% +43.6% $16.5M 310 $365 44

Sun Mar 8 — $69.9K −38.3% +31.8% $16.6M 310 $225 45

Mon Mar 9 — $20.5K −70.6% +48.9% $16.6M 310 $66 46

Tue Mar 10 — $19.5K −5.0% +3.5% $16.6M 310 $63 47

Wed Mar 11 — $17.9K −8.0% +12.0% $16.6M 310 $58 48

Thu Mar 12 — $20.8K +16.0% +28.7% $16.7M 310 $67 49

Fri Mar 13 — $51.3K +146.4% −23.7% $16.7M 289 $177 50

Sat Mar 14 — $82.5K +60.8% −27.1% $16.8M 289 $285 51

Sun Mar 15 — $54.1K −34.5% −22.6% $16.8M 289 $187 52

Mon Mar 16 — $21.9K −59.5% +6.6% $16.9M 289 $76 53

Tue Mar 17 — $24.2K +10.5% +24.0% $16.9M 289 $84 54

Wed Mar 18 — $24.2K +0.0% +34.8% $16.9M 289 $84 55

Thu Mar 19 — $28.5K +18.0% +37.1% $16.9M 289 $99 56

Fri Mar 20 — $40.4K +41.5% −21.3% $17.0M 194 $208 57

Sat Mar 21 — $52.1K +28.9% −36.9% $17.0M 194 $268 58

Sun Mar 22 — $35.1K −32.6% −35.1% $17.1M 194 $181 59

Mon Mar 23 — $12.8K −63.7% −41.7% $17.1M 194 $66 60

Tue Mar 24 — $13.9K +8.6% −42.7% $17.1M 194 $71 61

Wed Mar 25 — $13.6K −1.6% −43.6% $17.1M 194 $70 62

Thu Mar 26 — $13.9K +2.0% −51.3% $17.1M 194 $72 63

Fri Mar 27 — $23.7K +70.2% −41.4% $17.1M 152 $156 64

Sat Mar 28 — $35.0K +47.8% −32.8% $17.2M 152 $230 65

Sun Mar 29 — $24.1K −31.1% −31.4% $17.2M 152 $159 66

Mon Mar 30 — $8.9K −63.0% −30.1% $17.2M 152 $59 67

Tue Mar 31 — $9.4K +5.5% −32.1% $17.2M 152 $62 68

Wed Apr 1 — $8.4K −11.0% −38.6% $17.2M 152 $55 69

Thu Apr 2 — $9.3K +11.0% −33.2% $17.2M 152 $61 70

Fri Apr 3 — $13.8K +48.0% −41.9% $17.3M 101 $136 71

Sat Apr 4 — $16.8K +22.3% −51.9% $17.3M 101 $167 72

Sun Apr 5 — $11.7K −30.3% −51.4% $17.3M 101 $116 73

Mon Apr 6 — $4.5K −62.0% −50.0% $17.3M 101 $44 74

Tue Apr 7 — $6.2K +39.0% −34.2% $17.3M 101 $61 75

Wed Apr 8 — $5.3K −15.0% −37.1% $17.3M 101 $52 76

Thu Apr 9 — $5.7K +8.0% −38.8% $17.3M 101 $56 77

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

Cumulative total$17.2M

Jan 23Feb 9Feb 27Mar 16Apr 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $82.7K

$7.6M

$3.7M

$1.2M

$455.0K

$174.4K

$176.4K

$250.3K

$187.9K

$127.6K

$82.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,655 → 152 −94.3%

2,655 open152 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.1%

−51.0%

W1→2

−66.9%

W2→3

−63.1%

W3→4

−61.7%

W4→5

+1.1%

W5→6

+41.9%

W6→7

−24.9%

W7→8

−32.1%

W8→9

−35.1%

W9→10

Steepest −66.9%Biggest gain +41.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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