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2008 • PG • 1h 32m • Action, Adventure, Animation • DreamWorks

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3.92

7.6

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$60.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$215.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$632.20M

$416.50M international

Domestic legs3.58x

Budget$130M

2008 rank#6

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Cast & crew

Jack Black

Jack Black Starring

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie Starring

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman Starring

Ian McShane

Ian McShane Starring

Lucy Liu

Lucy Liu Starring

Seth Rogen

Seth Rogen Starring

ScreenplayJonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger Produced byMelissa Cobb CinematographyYong Duk Jhun MusicHans Zimmer & John Powell Prod. DesignRaymond Zibach StudioDreamWorks SeriesKung Fu Panda

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 6-8 1 $60.2M — 4,114 $14,642 $60.2M

2 Jun 13-15 2 $33.6M −44.2% 4,136 $8,126 $117.3M

3 Jun 20-22 3 $21.9M −34.7% 4,053 $5,411 $155.8M

4 Jun 27-29 4 $11.7M −46.7% 3,670 $3,185 $179.3M

5 Jul 4-6 5 $7.3M −37.4% 3,347 $2,186 $193.2M

6 Jul 11-13 8 $4.4M −39.7% 2,704 $1,631 $202.2M

7 Jul 18-20 10 $1.9M −57.8% 1,505 $1,236 $206.6M

8 Jul 25-27 12 $1.1M −43.3% 917 $1,151 $209.0M

9 Aug 1-3 15 $626.4K −40.7% 520 $1,204 $210.5M

10 Aug 8-10 18 $473.4K −24.4% 408 $1,160 $211.4M

11 Aug 15-17 25 $283.7K −40.1% 264 $1,074 $211.9M

12 Aug 22-24 20 $579.3K +104.2% 437 $1,325 $212.7M

13 Aug 29-31 24 $633.0K +9.3% 460 $1,376 $213.6M

14 Sep 5-7 26 $388.2K −38.7% 411 $944 $214.2M

15 Sep 12-14 26 $336.2K −13.4% 370 $908 $214.6M

16 Sep 19-21 29 $248.5K −26.1% 338 $735 $214.9M

17 Sep 26-28 30 $206.8K −16.8% 294 $703 $215.2M

18 Oct 3-5 34 $143.8K −30.5% 250 $575 $215.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 6 #1 $20.3M — $20.3M 4,114 $4,935 1

Sat Jun 7 #1 $22.6M +12% $43.0M 4,114 $5,505 2

Sun Jun 8 #1 $17.3M −24% $60.2M 4,114 $4,201 3

Mon Jun 9 #1 $6.3M −63% $66.6M 4,114 $1,535 4

Tue Jun 10 #1 $6.1M −4% $72.6M 4,114 $1,474 5

Wed Jun 11 #1 $5.7M −7% $78.3M 4,114 $1,377 6

Thu Jun 12 #1 $5.4M −5% $83.7M 4,114 $1,310 7

Fri Jun 13 #3 $10.0M +86% −51% $93.7M 4,136 $2,426 8

Sat Jun 14 #2 $13.0M +30% −42% $106.7M 4,136 $3,150 9

Sun Jun 15 #2 $10.5M −19% −39% $117.3M 4,136 $2,549 10

Mon Jun 16 #2 $4.2M −61% −34% $121.5M 4,136 $1,005 11

Tue Jun 17 #2 $4.1M n/c −32% $125.6M 4,136 $1,003 12

Wed Jun 18 #2 $4.2M +1% −26% $129.8M 4,136 $1,013 13

Thu Jun 19 #2 $4.1M −2% −24% $133.9M 4,136 $992 14

Fri Jun 20 #3 $6.3M +53% −38% $140.2M 4,053 $1,545 15

Sat Jun 21 #3 $8.6M +37% −34% $148.7M 4,053 $2,111 16

Sun Jun 22 #2 $7.1M −17% −33% $155.8M 4,053 $1,754 17

Mon Jun 23 #2 $3.0M −57% −27% $158.9M 4,053 $747 18

Tue Jun 24 #2 $2.9M −5% −31% $161.7M 4,053 $709 19

Wed Jun 25 #2 $2.8M −4% −34% $164.5M 4,053 $679 20

Thu Jun 26 #2 $3.1M +12% −25% $167.6M 4,053 $762 21

Fri Jun 27 #4 $3.4M +11% −45% $171.0M 3,670 $937 22

Sat Jun 28 #4 $4.6M +34% −46% $175.6M 3,670 $1,253 23

Sun Jun 29 #4 $3.7M −21% −49% $179.3M 3,670 $994 24

Mon Jun 30 #4 $1.8M −51% −41% $181.1M 3,670 $490 25

Tue Jul 1 #5 $1.6M −12% −45% $182.7M 3,670 $432 26

Wed Jul 2 #5 $1.4M −12% −50% $184.1M 3,670 $378 27

Thu Jul 3 #5 $1.9M +33% −40% $185.9M 3,670 $504 28

Fri Jul 4 #5 $2.0M +8% −42% $187.9M 3,347 $599 29

Sat Jul 5 #5 $3.1M +54% −33% $191.0M 3,347 $925 30

Sun Jul 6 #5 $2.2M −29% −39% $193.2M 3,347 $661 31

Mon Jul 7 #5 $1.1M −50% −39% $194.3M 3,347 $328 32

Tue Jul 8 #5 $1.2M +6% −26% $195.5M 3,347 $349 33

Wed Jul 9 #5 $1.2M +2% −14% $196.7M 3,347 $356 34

Thu Jul 10 #5 $1.1M −11% −43% $197.7M 3,347 $317 35

Fri Jul 11 #8 $1.3M +19% −37% $199.0M 2,704 $468 36

Sat Jul 12 #8 $1.8M +38% −43% $200.8M 2,704 $648 37

Sun Jul 13 #8 $1.4M −21% −37% $202.2M 2,704 $514 38

Mon Jul 14 #7 $684.5K −51% −38% $202.8M 2,704 $253 39

Tue Jul 15 #8 $661.8K −3% −43% $203.5M 2,704 $244 40

Wed Jul 16 #7 $643.0K −3% −46% $204.1M 2,704 $237 41

Thu Jul 17 #7 $611.9K −5% −42% $204.8M 2,704 $226 42

Fri Jul 18 #11 $522.2K −15% −59% $205.3M 1,505 $346 43

Sat Jul 19 #10 $725.3K +39% −59% $206.0M 1,505 $481 44

Sun Jul 20 #10 $613.3K −15% −56% $206.6M 1,505 $407 45

Mon Jul 21 #10 $282.4K −54% −59% $206.9M 1,505 $187 46

Tue Jul 22 #10 $322.3K +14% −51% $207.2M 1,505 $214 47

Wed Jul 23 #10 $354.9K +10% −45% $207.6M 1,505 $235 48

Thu Jul 24 #10 $365.8K +3% −40% $207.9M 1,505 $243 49

Fri Jul 25 $289.3K −21% −45% $208.2M 917 $315 50

Sat Jul 26 $409.6K +42% −44% $208.6M 917 $446 51

Sun Jul 27 $357.0K −13% −42% $209.0M 917 $389 52

Mon Jul 28 $161.8K −55% −43% $209.2M 917 $176 53

Tue Jul 29 #12 $181.3K +12% −44% $209.3M 917 $197 54

Wed Jul 30 #12 $250.6K +38% −29% $209.6M 917 $273 55

Thu Jul 31 #12 $263.2K +5% −28% $209.9M 917 $286 56

Fri Aug 1 #16 $166.8K −37% −42% $210.0M 520 $320 57

Sat Aug 2 #15 $266.1K +60% −35% $210.3M 520 $511 58

Sun Aug 3 #15 $193.5K −27% −46% $210.5M 520 $372 59

Mon Aug 4 #15 $107.1K −45% −34% $210.6M 520 $205 60

Tue Aug 5 #15 $111.1K +4% −39% $210.7M 520 $213 61

Wed Aug 6 #17 $92.3K −17% −63% $210.8M 520 $177 62

Thu Aug 7 $91.1K −1% −65% $210.9M 520 $175 63

Fri Aug 8 #17 $138.0K +51% −17% $211.0M 408 $338 64

Sat Aug 9 #17 $191.5K +39% −28% $211.2M 408 $469 65

Sun Aug 10 #16 $144.0K −25% −26% $211.4M 408 $352 66

Mon Aug 11 #16 $74.2K −48% −31% $211.4M 408 $181 67

Tue Aug 12 #17 $77.7K +5% −30% $211.5M 408 $190 68

Wed Aug 13 #17 $69.9K −10% −24% $211.6M 408 $171 69

Thu Aug 14 #17 $72.6K +4% −20% $211.7M 408 $177 70

Fri Aug 15 $87.9K +21% −36% $211.7M 264 $332 71

Sat Aug 16 $117.3K +33% −39% $211.9M 264 $444 72

Sun Aug 17 $78.5K −33% −45% $211.9M 264 $297 73

Mon Aug 18 $42.6K −46% −43% $212.0M 264 $161 74

Tue Aug 19 $47.7K +12% −39% $212.0M 264 $180 75

Wed Aug 20 $41.6K −13% −41% $212.1M 264 $157 76

Thu Aug 21 $39.9K −4% −45% $212.1M 264 $151 77

Fri Aug 22 $163.2K +309% +86% $212.3M 437 $373 78

Sat Aug 23 $249.0K +53% +112% $212.5M 437 $569 79

Sun Aug 24 $167.1K −33% +113% $212.7M 437 $382 80

Mon Aug 25 $66.6K −60% +56% $212.8M 437 $152 81

Tue Aug 26 $70.3K +5% +47% $212.8M 437 $160 82

Wed Aug 27 $66.8K −5% +61% $212.9M 437 $152 83

Thu Aug 28 $69.6K +4% +74% $213.0M 437 $159 84

Fri Aug 29 $154.2K +122% −6% $213.1M 460 $335 85

Sat Aug 30 $244.0K +58% −2% $213.4M 460 $530 86

Sun Aug 31 $234.8K −4% +41% $213.6M 460 $510 87

Mon Sep 1 #23 $170.8K −27% +156% $213.8M 460 $371 88

Tue Sep 2 $30.5K −82% −57% $213.8M 460 $66 89

Wed Sep 3 $23.4K −23% −65% $213.8M 460 $50 90

Thu Sep 4 $23.4K n/c −66% $213.8M 460 $50 91

Fri Sep 5 $90.1K +285% −42% $213.9M 411 $219 92

Sat Sep 6 $193.5K +115% −21% $214.1M 411 $470 93

Sun Sep 7 $104.6K −46% −55% $214.2M 411 $254 94

Mon Sep 8 $17.5K −83% −90% $214.2M 411 $42 95

Tue Sep 9 $19.9K +13% −35% $214.3M 411 $48 96

Wed Sep 10 $17.3K −13% −26% $214.3M 411 $42 97

Thu Sep 11 $19.0K +9% −19% $214.3M 411 $46 98

Fri Sep 12 #25 $70.8K +273% −21% $214.4M 370 $191 99

Sat Sep 13 #25 $163.4K +131% −16% $214.5M 370 $441 100

Sun Sep 14 #24 $102.0K −38% −3% $214.6M 370 $275 101

Mon Sep 15 $15.7K −85% −10% $214.7M 370 $42 102

Tue Sep 16 $16.5K +5% −17% $214.7M 370 $44 103

Wed Sep 17 $15.5K −6% −11% $214.7M 370 $41 104

Thu Sep 18 $15.7K +1% −17% $214.7M 370 $42 105

Fri Sep 19 $62.5K +298% −12% $214.8M 338 $184 106

Sat Sep 20 $118.7K +90% −27% $214.9M 338 $351 107

Sun Sep 21 $67.4K −43% −34% $214.9M 338 $199 108

Mon Sep 22 $13.2K −80% −16% $215.0M 338 $39 109

Tue Sep 23 $12.6K −5% −23% $215.0M 338 $37 110

Wed Sep 24 $12.4K −2% −20% $215.0M 338 $36 111

Thu Sep 25 $12.7K +3% −19% $215.0M 338 $37 112

Fri Sep 26 $51.3K +305% −18% $215.1M 294 $174 113

Sat Sep 27 $99.6K +94% −16% $215.2M 294 $338 114

Sun Sep 28 $55.9K −44% −17% $215.2M 294 $190 115

Mon Sep 29 $9.3K −83% −30% $215.2M 294 $31 116

Tue Sep 30 $11.1K +20% −12% $215.2M 294 $37 117

Wed Oct 1 $10.6K −5% −14% $215.2M 294 $36 118

Thu Oct 2 $13.0K +22% +3% $215.3M 294 $44 119

Fri Oct 3 $36.9K +184% −28% $215.3M 250 $147 120

Sat Oct 4 $67.7K +83% −32% $215.4M 250 $270 121

Sun Oct 5 $39.2K −42% −30% $215.4M 250 $156 122

Mon Oct 6 $9.4K −76% +1% $215.4M 250 $37 123

Tue Oct 7 $9.1K −3% −18% $215.4M 250 $36 124

Wed Oct 8 $9.1K n/c −15% $215.4M 250 $36 125

Thu Oct 9 $12.0K +33% −7% $215.4M 250 $48 126

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

Cumulative total$211.7M

Jun 6Jun 23Jul 11Jul 28Aug 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $473.4K

$60.2M

$33.6M

$21.9M

$11.7M

$7.3M

$4.4M

$1.9M

$1.1M

$626.4K

$473.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,136 → 408 −90.1%

4,114 open408 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −24.4%

−44.2%

W1→2

−34.7%

W2→3

−46.7%

W3→4

−37.4%

W4→5

−39.7%

W5→6

−57.8%

W6→7

−43.3%

W7→8

−40.7%

W8→9

−24.4%

W9→10

Steepest −57.8%Best hold −24.4%

Run milestones

$200M in 37 days

$100M

Day 9

Jun 14

$200M

Day 37

Jul 12

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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