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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole movie poster

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleFollow

2010 • PG • 1h 37m • Action, Adventure, Animation • Warner Bros.

On his way to finding a legend...he will become one.

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3.20

6.9

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$55.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$140.00M

$84.40M international

Domestic legs3.46x

Budget$80.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Snyder filmography

Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder Director

Jim Sturgess

Jim Sturgess Starring

Hugo Weaving

Hugo Weaving Starring

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren Starring

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush Starring

ScreenplayJohn Orloff, Emil Stern Produced byZareh Nalbandian CinematographyDavid Scott MusicDavid Hirschfelder Prod. DesignSimon Whiteley StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 24-26 2 $16.1M — 3,575 $4,506 $16.1M

2 Oct 1-3 2 $10.9M −32.4% 3,575 $3,045 $30.1M

3 Oct 8-10 4 $6.9M −36.7% 3,225 $2,135 $39.3M

4 Oct 15-17 6 $4.2M −38.6% 2,502 $1,689 $46.0M

5 Oct 22-24 8 $3.2M −23.2% 2,236 $1,452 $50.2M

6 Oct 29-31 11 $1.8M −45.9% 2,010 $874 $52.7M

7 Nov 5-7 17 $481.5K −72.6% 740 $650 $54.0M

8 Nov 12-14 27 $170.0K −64.7% 240 $708 $54.4M

9 Nov 19-21 33 $79.3K −53.4% 138 $574 $54.5M

10 Nov 26-28 38 $71.7K −9.5% 130 $551 $54.6M

11 Dec 3-5 23 $214.3K +198.7% 322 $665 $54.8M

12 Dec 10-12 23 $158.2K −26.2% 288 $549 $55.0M

13 Dec 17-19 25 $107.2K −32.3% 210 $510 $55.2M

14 Dec 24-26 35 $46.6K −56.5% 158 $294 $55.3M

15 Dec 31-Jan 2 34 $87.6K +88.1% 158 $554 $55.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 24 #3 $4.5M — $4.5M 3,575 $1,264 1

Sat Sep 25 #2 $6.9M +52% $11.4M 3,575 $1,927 2

Sun Sep 26 #1 $4.7M −32% $16.1M 3,575 $1,315 3

Mon Sep 27 #3 $827.4K −82% $16.9M 3,575 $231 4

Tue Sep 28 #3 $848.1K +3% $17.8M 3,575 $237 5

Wed Sep 29 #3 $703.2K −17% $18.5M 3,575 $196 6

Thu Sep 30 #3 $701.0K n/c $19.2M 3,575 $196 7

Fri Oct 1 #4 $2.6M +267% −43% $21.8M 3,575 $719 8

Sat Oct 2 #2 $5.2M +101% −25% $26.9M 3,575 $1,443 9

Sun Oct 3 #2 $3.2M −39% −33% $30.1M 3,575 $882 10

Mon Oct 4 #4 $574.1K −82% −31% $30.7M 3,575 $160 11

Tue Oct 5 #4 $615.3K +7% −27% $31.3M 3,575 $172 12

Wed Oct 6 #4 $549.1K −11% −22% $31.8M 3,575 $153 13

Thu Oct 7 #4 $568.2K +3% −19% $32.4M 3,575 $158 14

Fri Oct 8 #6 $1.8M +210% −31% $34.1M 3,225 $546 15

Sat Oct 9 #4 $3.0M +68% −42% $37.1M 3,225 $921 16

Sun Oct 10 #4 $2.2M −27% −32% $39.3M 3,225 $667 17

Mon Oct 11 #4 $1.3M −41% +121% $40.5M 3,225 $394 18

Tue Oct 12 #7 $427.1K −66% −31% $41.0M 3,225 $132 19

Wed Oct 13 #7 $365.5K −14% −33% $41.3M 3,225 $113 20

Thu Oct 14 #5 $429.0K +17% −24% $41.8M 3,225 $133 21

Fri Oct 15 #7 $1.0M +143% −41% $42.8M 2,502 $416 22

Sat Oct 16 #6 $1.9M +82% −36% $44.7M 2,502 $758 23

Sun Oct 17 #6 $1.3M −32% −40% $46.0M 2,502 $515 24

Mon Oct 18 #7 $257.2K −80% −80% $46.3M 2,502 $102 25

Tue Oct 19 #8 $244.1K −5% −43% $46.5M 2,502 $97 26

Wed Oct 20 #8 $238.2K −2% −35% $46.7M 2,502 $95 27

Thu Oct 21 #7 $262.4K +10% −39% $47.0M 2,502 $104 28

Fri Oct 22 #9 $768.6K +193% −26% $47.8M 2,236 $343 29

Sat Oct 23 #8 $1.4M +88% −24% $49.2M 2,236 $645 30

Sun Oct 24 #8 $1.0M −28% −20% $50.2M 2,236 $463 31

Mon Oct 25 #9 $185.3K −82% −28% $50.4M 2,236 $82 32

Tue Oct 26 #9 $161.1K −13% −34% $50.6M 2,236 $72 33

Wed Oct 27 #9 $158.3K −2% −34% $50.7M 2,236 $70 34

Thu Oct 28 #9 $166.1K +5% −37% $50.9M 2,236 $74 35

Fri Oct 29 #11 $481.5K +190% −37% $51.4M 2,010 $239 36

Sat Oct 30 #10 $841.5K +75% −42% $52.2M 2,010 $418 37

Sun Oct 31 #11 $435.4K −48% −58% $52.7M 2,010 $216 38

Mon Nov 1 #9 $222.5K −49% +20% $52.9M 2,010 $110 39

Tue Nov 2 #9 $343.3K +54% +113% $53.2M 2,010 $170 40

Wed Nov 3 #11 $121.3K −65% −23% $53.4M 2,010 $60 41

Thu Nov 4 #11 $169.2K +39% +2% $53.5M 2,010 $84 42

Fri Nov 5 $110.3K −35% −77% $53.6M 740 $149 43

Sat Nov 6 $220.7K +100% −74% $53.9M 740 $298 44

Sun Nov 7 $150.4K −32% −65% $54.0M 740 $203 45

Mon Nov 8 $29.4K −80% −87% $54.0M 740 $39 46

Tue Nov 9 $28.2K −4% −92% $54.1M 740 $38 47

Wed Nov 10 $32.2K +14% −73% $54.1M 530 $60 48

Thu Nov 11 $91.2K +183% −46% $54.2M 530 $172 49

Fri Nov 12 $49.1K −46% −55% $54.2M 240 $204 50

Sat Nov 13 $74.4K +51% −66% $54.3M 240 $309 51

Sun Nov 14 $46.5K −37% −69% $54.4M 240 $193 52

Mon Nov 15 $6.3K −86% −78% $54.4M 240 $26 53

Tue Nov 16 $8.2K +29% −71% $54.4M 240 $34 54

Wed Nov 17 $6.6K −19% −79% $54.4M 240 $27 55

Thu Nov 18 $7.2K +9% −92% $54.4M 240 $30 56

Fri Nov 19 $21.1K +192% −57% $54.4M 138 $152 57

Sat Nov 20 $35.2K +67% −53% $54.4M 138 $255 58

Sun Nov 21 $23.0K −35% −51% $54.5M 138 $166 59

Mon Nov 22 $8.7K −62% +37% $54.5M 138 $62 60

Tue Nov 23 $9.5K +9% +16% $54.5M 138 $68 61

Wed Nov 24 $12.7K +34% +91% $54.5M 130 $97 62

Thu Nov 25 $6.8K −47% −6% $54.5M 130 $52 63

Fri Nov 26 $24.9K +268% +18% $54.5M 130 $191 64

Sat Nov 27 $29.8K +20% −15% $54.6M 130 $229 65

Sun Nov 28 $17.0K −43% −26% $54.6M 130 $130 66

Mon Nov 29 $4.9K −71% −43% $54.6M 130 $37 67

Tue Nov 30 $4.6K −7% −52% $54.6M 130 $35 68

Wed Dec 1 $4.0K −12% −68% $54.6M 130 $31 69

Thu Dec 2 $3.9K −4% −43% $54.6M 130 $29 70

Fri Dec 3 $54.4K +1,307% +118% $54.7M 322 $169 71

Sat Dec 4 $91.0K +67% +205% $54.7M 322 $282 72

Sun Dec 5 $68.8K −24% +305% $54.8M 322 $213 73

Mon Dec 6 $15.1K −78% +207% $54.8M 322 $46 74

Tue Dec 7 $17.8K +18% +289% $54.8M 322 $55 75

Wed Dec 8 $15.2K −15% +276% $54.9M 322 $47 76

Thu Dec 9 $15.2K n/c +292% $54.9M 322 $47 77

Fri Dec 10 $37.2K +145% −32% $54.9M 288 $129 78

Sat Dec 11 $72.8K +96% −20% $55.0M 288 $252 79

Sun Dec 12 $48.3K −34% −30% $55.0M 288 $167 80

Mon Dec 13 $13.3K −72% −12% $55.0M 288 $46 81

Tue Dec 14 $14.9K +12% −16% $55.1M 288 $51 82

Wed Dec 15 $12.2K −18% −19% $55.1M 288 $42 83

Thu Dec 16 $14.3K +17% −6% $55.1M 288 $49 84

Fri Dec 17 $24.8K +73% −33% $55.1M 210 $118 85

Sat Dec 18 $46.5K +88% −36% $55.2M 210 $221 86

Sun Dec 19 $35.9K −23% −26% $55.2M 210 $170 87

Mon Dec 20 $24.9K −31% +87% $55.2M 210 $118 88

Tue Dec 21 $32.8K +32% +120% $55.3M 210 $156 89

Wed Dec 22 $23.4K −29% +91% $55.3M 180 $129 90

Thu Dec 23 $23.3K n/c +63% $55.3M 180 $129 91

Fri Dec 24 $11.1K −52% −55% $55.3M 158 $70 92

Sat Dec 25 $14.3K +29% −69% $55.3M 158 $90 93

Sun Dec 26 $21.3K +49% −41% $55.3M 158 $134 94

Mon Dec 27 $23.1K +9% −7% $55.4M 158 $146 95

Tue Dec 28 $32.4K +40% −1% $55.4M 158 $204 96

Wed Dec 29 $30.4K −6% +30% $55.4M 158 $192 97

Thu Dec 30 $30.6K +1% +32% $55.5M 158 $193 98

Fri Dec 31 $24.2K −21% +119% $55.5M 158 $153 99

Sat Jan 1 $37.5K +55% +163% $55.5M 158 $237 100

Sun Jan 2 $25.9K −31% +22% $55.5M 158 $164 101

Mon Jan 3 $13.2K −49% −43% $55.6M 158 $83 102

Tue Jan 4 $8.3K −37% −74% $55.6M 158 $52 103

Wed Jan 5 $6.0K −28% −80% $55.6M 158 $37 104

Thu Jan 6 $5.1K −15% −83% $55.6M 158 $32 105

Fri Jan 7 $10.9K +115% −55% $55.6M 95 $114 106

Sat Jan 8 $27.7K +153% −26% $55.6M 95 $291 107

Sun Jan 9 $18.0K −35% −31% $55.6M 95 $189 108

Mon Jan 10 $3.7K −79% −72% $55.6M 95 $39 109

Tue Jan 11 $4.2K +12% −49% $55.6M 95 $44 110

Wed Jan 12 $3.6K −14% −40% $55.7M 95 $38 111

Thu Jan 13 $4.2K +15% −18% $55.7M 95 $43 112

Fri Jan 14 $2.5K −40% −77% $55.7M 41 $60 113

Sat Jan 15 $6.4K +156% −77% $55.7M 41 $155 114

Sun Jan 16 $4.6K −28% −75% $55.7M 41 $111 115

Mon Jan 17 #47 $5.3K +15% +41% $55.7M 41 $128 116

Tue Jan 18 $737 −86% −82% $55.7M 41 $17 117

Wed Jan 19 $679 −8% −81% $55.7M 41 $16 118

Thu Jan 20 $564 −17% −86% $55.7M 41 $13 119

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

Cumulative total$54.6M

Sep 24Oct 11Oct 29Nov 15Dec 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $71.7K

$16.1M

$10.9M

$6.9M

$4.2M

$3.2M

$1.8M

$481.5K

$170.0K

$79.3K

$71.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,575 → 130 −96.4%

3,575 open130 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −9.5%

−32.4%

W1→2

−36.7%

W2→3

−38.6%

W3→4

−23.2%

W4→5

−45.9%

W5→6

−72.6%

W6→7

−64.7%

W7→8

−53.4%

W8→9

−9.5%

W9→10

Steepest −72.6%Best hold −9.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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