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2010 • PG • 1h 35m • Action, Adventure, Animation • DreamWorks

A superhero movie with a mind of its own.

🍅 73% 72%

63

3.76

7.3

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$46.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$148.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$322.00M

$173.00M international

Domestic legs3.23x

Budget$130M

2010 rank#17

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Cast & crew

Full McGrath filmography

Tom McGrath

Tom McGrath Director

Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell Starring

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt Starring

Tina Fey

Tina Fey Starring

Jonah Hill

Jonah Hill Starring

David Cross

David Cross Starring

ScreenplayBrent Simons, Alan Schoolcraft Produced byLara Breay, Denise Nolan Cascino MusicHans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 5-7 1 $46.0M — 3,944 $11,667 $46.0M

2 Nov 12-14 1 $29.1M −36.7% 3,949 $7,374 $88.8M

3 Nov 19-21 2 $16.0M −45.0% 3,779 $4,237 $109.3M

4 Nov 26-28 3 $12.6M −21.5% 3,411 $3,686 $130.2M

5 Dec 3-5 6 $4.9M −60.7% 3,173 $1,555 $136.6M

6 Dec 10-12 10 $2.5M −48.8% 2,425 $1,041 $140.2M

7 Dec 17-19 15 $690.6K −72.7% 1,025 $673 $141.6M

8 Dec 24-26 16 $356.9K −48.3% 764 $467 $142.7M

9 Dec 31-Jan 2 14 $630.9K +76.8% 764 $825 $144.2M

10 Jan 7-9 20 $274.9K −56.4% 375 $732 $144.7M

11 Jan 14-16 18 $661.5K +140.7% 341 $1,939 $145.4M

12 Jan 21-23 21 $571.0K −13.7% 320 $1,784 $146.3M

13 Jan 28-30 24 $493.1K −13.6% 300 $1,643 $147.0M

14 Feb 4-6 25 $380.4K −22.9% 290 $1,311 $147.5M

15 Feb 11-13 26 $324.1K −14.8% 243 $1,333 $147.9M

16 Feb 18-20 30 $272.0K −16.1% 214 $1,271 $148.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 5 #1 $12.5M — $12.5M 3,944 $3,177 1

Sat Nov 6 #1 $20.5M +64% $33.1M 3,944 $5,209 2

Sun Nov 7 #1 $12.9M −37% $46.0M 3,944 $3,280 3

Mon Nov 8 #2 $1.9M −86% $47.9M 3,944 $471 4

Tue Nov 9 #2 $1.9M +1% $49.7M 3,944 $474 5

Wed Nov 10 #2 $2.3M +24% $52.1M 3,944 $587 6

Thu Nov 11 #1 $7.6M +230% $59.7M 3,944 $1,936 7

Fri Nov 12 #2 $7.8M +2% −38% $67.5M 3,949 $1,977 8

Sat Nov 13 #1 $13.2M +69% −36% $80.7M 3,949 $3,341 9

Sun Nov 14 #1 $8.1M −39% −37% $88.8M 3,949 $2,054 10

Mon Nov 15 #3 $1.1M −86% −41% $89.9M 3,949 $280 11

Tue Nov 16 #2 $1.4M +22% −28% $91.3M 3,949 $341 12

Wed Nov 17 #3 $1.0M −22% −55% $92.3M 3,949 $265 13

Thu Nov 18 #3 $973.0K −7% −87% $93.3M 3,949 $246 14

Fri Nov 19 #3 $3.7M +282% −52% $97.0M 3,779 $983 15

Sat Nov 20 #2 $7.7M +106% −42% $104.7M 3,779 $2,026 16

Sun Nov 21 #2 $4.6M −39% −43% $109.3M 3,779 $1,227 17

Mon Nov 22 #2 $1.5M −67% +37% $110.8M 3,779 $400 18

Tue Nov 23 #2 $2.1M +38% +55% $112.9M 3,779 $552 19

Wed Nov 24 #4 $2.7M +29% +157% $115.6M 3,411 $789 20

Thu Nov 25 #5 $2.0M −24% +109% $117.6M 3,411 $596 21

Fri Nov 26 #3 $5.3M +158% +41% $122.9M 3,411 $1,540 22

Sat Nov 27 #3 $4.9M −8% −37% $127.8M 3,411 $1,423 23

Sun Nov 28 #4 $2.5M −49% −47% $130.2M 3,411 $722 24

Mon Nov 29 #8 $412.9K −83% −73% $130.6M 3,411 $121 25

Tue Nov 30 #9 $382.4K −7% −82% $131.0M 3,411 $112 26

Wed Dec 1 #8 $326.8K −15% −88% $131.3M 3,411 $95 27

Thu Dec 2 #8 $333.3K +2% −84% $131.7M 3,411 $97 28

Fri Dec 3 #8 $1.2M +253% −78% $132.9M 3,173 $370 29

Sat Dec 4 #6 $2.3M +99% −52% $135.2M 3,173 $736 30

Sun Dec 5 #4 $1.4M −39% −42% $136.6M 3,173 $448 31

Mon Dec 6 #9 $245.4K −83% −41% $136.9M 3,173 $77 32

Tue Dec 7 #9 $286.1K +17% −25% $137.1M 3,173 $90 33

Wed Dec 8 #8 $279.3K −2% −15% $137.4M 3,173 $88 34

Thu Dec 9 #8 $270.2K −3% −19% $137.7M 3,173 $85 35

Fri Dec 10 #10 $556.6K +106% −53% $138.2M 2,425 $229 36

Sat Dec 11 #9 $1.2M +117% −48% $139.5M 2,425 $498 37

Sun Dec 12 #8 $760.4K −37% −47% $140.2M 2,425 $313 38

Mon Dec 13 #10 $178.1K −77% −27% $140.4M 2,425 $73 39

Tue Dec 14 #11 $194.4K +9% −32% $140.6M 2,425 $80 40

Wed Dec 15 #11 $171.0K −12% −39% $140.8M 2,425 $70 41

Thu Dec 16 #10 $188.6K +10% −30% $141.0M 2,425 $77 42

Fri Dec 17 #15 $150.3K −20% −73% $141.1M 1,025 $146 43

Sat Dec 18 #15 $304.4K +102% −75% $141.4M 1,025 $297 44

Sun Dec 19 #15 $235.8K −23% −69% $141.6M 1,025 $230 45

Mon Dec 20 #14 $171.7K −27% −4% $141.8M 1,025 $167 46

Tue Dec 21 #14 $212.3K +24% +9% $142.0M 1,025 $207 47

Wed Dec 22 $139.4K −34% −18% $142.2M 1,025 $136 48

Thu Dec 23 #13 $164.5K +18% −13% $142.3M 1,025 $160 49

Fri Dec 24 $109.8K −33% −27% $142.4M 764 $143 50

Sat Dec 25 $109.2K −1% −64% $142.5M 764 $142 51

Sun Dec 26 $137.9K +26% −42% $142.7M 764 $180 52

Mon Dec 27 $181.6K +32% +6% $142.9M 764 $237 53

Tue Dec 28 $228.0K +26% +7% $143.1M 764 $298 54

Wed Dec 29 $234.1K +3% +68% $143.3M 764 $306 55

Thu Dec 30 $231.0K −1% +40% $143.6M 764 $302 56

Fri Dec 31 #14 $206.7K −11% +88% $143.8M 764 $270 57

Sat Jan 1 #14 $242.5K +17% +122% $144.0M 764 $317 58

Sun Jan 2 #14 $181.7K −25% +32% $144.2M 764 $237 59

Mon Jan 3 $87.0K −52% −52% $144.3M 764 $113 60

Tue Jan 4 $49.0K −44% −78% $144.3M 764 $64 61

Wed Jan 5 $37.2K −24% −84% $144.4M 764 $48 62

Thu Jan 6 $34.3K −8% −85% $144.4M 764 $44 63

Fri Jan 7 $56.4K +65% −73% $144.5M 375 $150 64

Sat Jan 8 #19 $133.2K +136% −45% $144.6M 375 $355 65

Sun Jan 9 #18 $85.3K −36% −53% $144.7M 375 $227 66

Mon Jan 10 $16.9K −80% −81% $144.7M 375 $45 67

Tue Jan 11 $21.8K +29% −56% $144.7M 375 $58 68

Wed Jan 12 $21.2K −3% −43% $144.7M 375 $56 69

Thu Jan 13 $20.8K −2% −39% $144.8M 375 $55 70

Fri Jan 14 $146.5K +603% +160% $144.9M 341 $429 71

Sat Jan 15 $294.5K +101% +121% $145.2M 341 $863 72

Sun Jan 16 $220.5K −25% +159% $145.4M 341 $646 73

Mon Jan 17 #18 $244.1K +11% +1,345% $145.7M 341 $715 74

Tue Jan 18 #19 $44.0K −82% +102% $145.7M 341 $129 75

Wed Jan 19 #20 $30.8K −30% +45% $145.7M 341 $90 76

Thu Jan 20 #19 $34.1K +11% +64% $145.8M 341 $99 77

Fri Jan 21 $133.9K +293% −9% $145.9M 320 $418 78

Sat Jan 22 $286.7K +114% −3% $146.2M 320 $895 79

Sun Jan 23 $150.5K −48% −32% $146.3M 320 $470 80

Mon Jan 24 $35.1K −77% −86% $146.4M 320 $109 81

Tue Jan 25 $30.5K −13% −31% $146.4M 320 $95 82

Wed Jan 26 $28.6K −6% −7% $146.4M 320 $89 83

Thu Jan 27 $33.4K +17% −2% $146.5M 320 $104 84

Fri Jan 28 $108.9K +226% −19% $146.6M 300 $362 85

Sat Jan 29 $236.6K +117% −17% $146.8M 300 $788 86

Sun Jan 30 $147.7K −38% −2% $147.0M 300 $492 87

Mon Jan 31 $28.1K −81% −20% $147.0M 300 $93 88

Tue Feb 1 $25.8K −8% −15% $147.0M 300 $85 89

Wed Feb 2 $30.3K +17% +6% $147.0M 300 $100 90

Thu Feb 3 $33.4K +10% n/c $147.1M 300 $111 91

Fri Feb 4 $95.6K +186% −12% $147.2M 290 $329 92

Sat Feb 5 $205.4K +115% −13% $147.4M 290 $708 93

Sun Feb 6 $79.5K −61% −46% $147.5M 290 $274 94

Mon Feb 7 $26.1K −67% −7% $147.5M 290 $90 95

Tue Feb 8 $23.3K −11% −10% $147.5M 290 $80 96

Wed Feb 9 $22.8K −2% −25% $147.5M 290 $78 97

Thu Feb 10 $23.2K +2% −31% $147.6M 290 $80 98

Fri Feb 11 $70.0K +201% −27% $147.6M 252 $277 99

Sat Feb 12 $160.3K +129% −22% $147.8M 252 $635 100

Sun Feb 13 $93.9K −41% +18% $147.9M 252 $372 101

Mon Feb 14 $36.4K −61% +39% $147.9M 252 $144 102

Tue Feb 15 $18.3K −50% −21% $147.9M 252 $72 103

Wed Feb 16 $18.0K −1% −21% $148.0M 252 $71 104

Thu Feb 17 $20.6K +14% −11% $148.0M 252 $81 105

Fri Feb 18 $58.2K +182% −17% $148.0M 214 $271 106

Sat Feb 19 $119.3K +105% −26% $148.1M 214 $557 107

Sun Feb 20 $94.5K −21% +1% $148.2M 214 $441 108

Mon Feb 21 #24 $93.1K −1% +156% $148.3M 214 $435 109

Tue Feb 22 $26.3K −72% +44% $148.4M 214 $123 110

Wed Feb 23 $24.2K −8% +34% $148.4M 214 $113 111

Thu Feb 24 $27.7K +15% +35% $148.4M 214 $129 112

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

Cumulative total$144.8M

Nov 5Nov 22Dec 10Dec 27Jan 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $274.9K

$46.0M

$29.1M

$16.0M

$12.6M

$4.9M

$2.5M

$690.6K

$356.9K

$630.9K

$274.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,949 → 375 −90.5%

3,944 open375 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −56.4%

−36.7%

W1→2

−45.0%

W2→3

−21.5%

W3→4

−60.7%

W4→5

−48.8%

W5→6

−72.7%

W6→7

−48.3%

W7→8

+76.8%

W8→9

−56.4%

W9→10

Steepest −72.7%Biggest gain +76.8%

Run milestones

$100M in 16 days

$100M

Day 16

Nov 20

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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