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2011 • PG • 1h 28m • Adventure, Animation, Family • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Mom needs a little space.

🍅 34% 40%

49

2.32

5.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$6.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$21.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$39.50M

$18.20M international

Domestic legs3.1x

Budget$150M

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Cast & crew

Full Wells filmography

Simon Wells

Simon Wells Director

Seth Green

Seth Green Starring

Joan Cusack

Joan Cusack Starring

Dan Fogler

Dan Fogler Starring

Breckin Meyer

Breckin Meyer Starring

Tom Everett Scott

Tom Everett Scott Starring

ScreenplaySimon Wells, Wendy Wells Produced byRobert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey, Jack Rapke, Steven J. Boyd CinematographyRobert Presley MusicJohn Powell Prod. DesignDoug Chiang StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 11-13 5 $6.9M — 3,117 $2,218 $6.9M

2 Mar 18-20 8 $5.3M −23.1% 3,117 $1,706 $14.5M

3 Mar 25-27 10 $2.3M −57.5% 2,170 $1,041 $19.2M

4 Apr 1-3 20 $346.9K −84.6% 701 $495 $20.4M

5 Apr 8-10 33 $118.3K −65.9% 226 $524 $20.7M

6 Apr 15-17 46 $41.2K −65.2% 99 $416 $20.8M

7 Apr 22-24 56 $30.7K −25.3% 78 $394 $20.8M

8 Apr 29-May 1 61 $22.3K −27.5% 52 $428 $20.9M

9 May 6-8 70 $16.4K −26.2% 37 $444 $20.9M

10 May 13-15 75 $11.0K −33.1% 27 $407 $20.9M

11 May 20-22 38 $105.9K +863.0% 154 $687 $21.0M

12 May 27-30 38 $95.6K −9.7% 128 $747 $21.2M

13 Jun 3-5 40 $55.4K −42.0% 100 $554 $21.3M

14 Jun 10-12 52 $22.5K −59.4% 53 $424 $21.3M

15 Jun 17-19 58 $15.9K −29.2% 24 $663 $21.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 11 #5 $1.7M — $1.7M 3,117 $553 1

Sat Mar 12 #5 $3.1M +80.9% $4.8M 3,117 $1,000 2

Sun Mar 13 #5 $2.1M −33.4% $6.9M 3,117 $666 3

Mon Mar 14 #5 $740.3K −64.3% $7.7M 3,117 $237 4

Tue Mar 15 #5 $940.6K +27.1% $8.6M 3,117 $302 5

Wed Mar 16 #5 $767.7K −18.4% $9.4M 3,117 $246 6

Thu Mar 17 #5 $720.7K −6.1% $10.1M 3,117 $231 7

Fri Mar 18 #8 $1.5M +107.1% −13.3% $11.6M 3,117 $479 8

Sat Mar 19 #8 $2.3M +55.0% −25.7% $13.9M 3,117 $743 9

Sun Mar 20 #7 $1.5M −34.8% −27.3% $15.4M 3,117 $484 10

Mon Mar 21 #8 $382.4K −74.7% −48.3% $15.8M 3,117 $123 11

Tue Mar 22 #8 $402.2K +5.2% −57.2% $16.2M 3,117 $129 12

Wed Mar 23 #8 $373.0K −7.3% −51.4% $16.6M 3,117 $120 13

Thu Mar 24 #8 $408.2K +9.5% −43.4% $17.0M 3,117 $131 14

Fri Mar 25 #11 $524.6K +28.5% −64.9% $17.5M 2,170 $242 15

Sat Mar 26 #10 $1.0M +93.7% −56.1% $18.5M 2,170 $468 16

Sun Mar 27 #10 $717.9K −29.3% −52.4% $19.2M 2,170 $331 17

Mon Mar 28 #10 $203.7K −71.6% −46.7% $19.4M 2,170 $94 18

Tue Mar 29 #10 $204.9K +0.6% −49.1% $19.6M 2,170 $94 19

Wed Mar 30 #10 $181.4K −11.5% −51.4% $19.8M 2,170 $84 20

Thu Mar 31 #10 $209.1K +15.3% −48.8% $20.0M 2,170 $96 21

Fri Apr 1 — $92.0K −56.0% −82.5% $20.1M 701 $131 22

Sat Apr 2 — $149.4K +62.4% −85.3% $20.3M 701 $213 23

Sun Apr 3 — $105.5K −29.4% −85.3% $20.4M 701 $150 24

Mon Apr 4 — $39.7K −62.4% −80.5% $20.4M 701 $57 25

Tue Apr 5 — $59.5K +49.9% −71.0% $20.5M 701 $85 26

Wed Apr 6 — $42.2K −29.1% −76.8% $20.5M 701 $60 27

Thu Apr 7 — $45.7K +8.4% −78.1% $20.6M 701 $65 28

Mon May 30 #36 $26.9K — $21.2M 128 $210 81

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

Cumulative total$20.6M

Mar 11Mar 18Mar 25Mar 31Apr 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $11.0K

$6.9M

$5.3M

$2.3M

$346.9K

$118.3K

$41.2K

$30.7K

$22.3K

$16.4K

$11.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,117 → 701 −77.5%

3,117 open701 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.1%

−23.1%

W1→2

−57.5%

W2→3

−84.6%

W3→4

−65.9%

W4→5

−65.2%

W5→6

−25.3%

W6→7

−27.5%

W7→8

−26.2%

W8→9

−33.1%

W9→10

Steepest −84.6%Best hold −23.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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