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2001 • G • 1h 32m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

It's nothing personal. It's just their job.

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79

4.08

8.1

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$62.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$256.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$529.00M

$273.00M international

Domestic legs4.09x

Budget$115M

2001 rank#4

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Cast & crew

Full Docter filmography

Pete Docter

Pete Docter Director

John Goodman

John Goodman Starring

Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal Starring

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi Starring

James Coburn

James Coburn Starring

Jennifer Tilly

Jennifer Tilly Starring

ScreenplayAndrew Stanton, Daniel Gerson Produced byDarla K. Anderson MusicRandy Newman StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 2-4 1 $62.6M — 3,237 $19,331 $62.6M

2 Nov 9-11 1 $45.6M −27.2% 3,269 $13,934 $122.2M

3 Nov 16-18 2 $22.7M −50.1% 3,461 $6,563 $156.3M

4 Nov 23-25 2 $24.1M +5.9% 3,649 $6,592 $192.2M

5 Nov 30-Dec 2 4 $9.1M −62.1% 3,390 $2,686 $204.0M

6 Dec 7-9 4 $6.6M −27.5% 2,884 $2,287 $212.4M

7 Dec 14-16 6 $5.0M −24.5% 2,462 $2,022 $218.8M

8 Dec 21-23 9 $3.8M −23.7% 2,097 $1,812 $224.5M

9 Dec 28-30 9 $6.1M +60.6% 1,701 $3,588 $235.8M

10 Jan 4-6 10 $3.9M −36.5% 1,425 $2,721 $244.6M

11 Jan 11-13 13 $2.2M −43.4% 1,313 $1,672 $247.5M

12 Jan 18-20 16 $1.4M −37.0% 1,374 $1,007 $249.3M

13 Jan 25-27 23 $555.4K −59.9% 627 $885 $250.7M

14 Feb 1-3 25 $442.2K −20.4% 501 $882 $251.3M

15 Feb 8-10 31 $280.9K −36.5% 334 $840 $251.6M

16 Feb 15-18 Presidents' Day 33 $240.8K −14.3% 212 $1,135 $252.0M

17 Feb 22-24 34 $147.1K −38.9% 178 $826 $252.2M

18 Mar 1-3 38 $134.0K −8.9% 184 $728 $252.3M

19 Mar 8-10 40 $122.1K −8.9% 164 $744 $252.6M

20 Mar 15-17 47 $68.7K −43.7% 117 $587 $252.7M

21 May 24-27 15 $568.9K +728.1% 289 $1,968 $253.8M

22 May 31-Jun 2 18 $312.7K −45.0% 282 $1,109 $254.3M

23 Jun 7-9 17 $272.1K −13.0% 263 $1,034 $254.8M

24 Jun 14-16 23 $202.6K −25.5% 238 $851 $255.2M

25 Aug 2-4 44 $67.5K −66.7% 123 $548 $255.4M

26 Aug 9-11 42 $79.2K +17.3% 128 $618 $255.5M

27 Aug 16-18 46 $63.7K −19.5% 100 $636 $255.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 2 #1 $17.4M — $17.4M 3,237 $5,372 1

Sat Nov 3 #1 $26.3M +51% $43.7M 3,237 $8,115 2

Sun Nov 4 #1 $18.1M −31% $62.6M 3,237 $5,603 3

Mon Nov 5 #1 $3.7M −79% $66.3M 3,237 $1,157 4

Tue Nov 6 #1 $4.1M +8% $70.4M 3,237 $1,251 5

Wed Nov 7 #1 $2.9M −29% $73.3M 3,237 $892 6

Thu Nov 8 #1 $3.3M +15% $76.6M 3,237 $1,029 7

Fri Nov 9 #1 $12.0M +260% −31% $88.6M 3,269 $3,667 8

Sat Nov 10 #1 $20.1M +68% −23% $108.7M 3,269 $6,163 9

Sun Nov 11 #1 $14.4M −29% −21% $122.2M 3,269 $4,405 10

Mon Nov 12 #1 $6.7M −53% +80% $128.9M 3,269 $2,059 11

Tue Nov 13 #1 $1.7M −75% −59% $130.6M 3,269 $512 12

Wed Nov 14 #1 $1.5M −9% −48% $132.1M 3,269 $463 13

Thu Nov 15 #1 $1.5M +2% −54% $133.6M 3,269 $473 14

Fri Nov 16 #2 $5.7M +265% −53% $139.3M 3,461 $1,635 15

Sat Nov 17 #2 $10.6M +88% −47% $150.0M 3,461 $3,071 16

Sun Nov 18 #2 $6.9M −35% −52% $156.3M 3,461 $1,990 17

Mon Nov 19 #2 $1.4M −80% −79% $157.7M 3,461 $405 18

Tue Nov 20 #2 $2.0M +40% +17% $159.7M 3,461 $568 19

Wed Nov 21 #2 $4.1M +107% +168% $163.8M 3,649 $1,115 20

Thu Nov 22 #3 $4.3M +4% +174% $168.0M 3,649 $1,164 21

Fri Nov 23 #2 $9.9M +133% +75% $178.4M 3,649 $2,716 22

Sat Nov 24 #2 $9.3M −6% −13% $187.7M 3,649 $2,548 23

Sun Nov 25 #2 $4.8M −48% −30% $192.2M 3,649 $1,326 24

Mon Nov 26 #3 $781.0K −84% −44% $193.0M 3,649 $214 25

Tue Nov 27 #3 $692.0K −11% −65% $193.7M 3,649 $189 26

Wed Nov 28 #3 $587.0K −15% −86% $194.3M 3,649 $160 27

Thu Nov 29 #3 $631.0K +7% −85% $194.9M 3,649 $172 28

Fri Nov 30 #4 $2.3M +258% −77% $197.2M 3,390 $666 29

Sat Dec 1 #4 $4.2M +86% −55% $201.4M 3,390 $1,238 30

Sun Dec 2 #3 $2.6M −38% −46% $204.0M 3,390 $773 31

Mon Dec 3 #4 $409.0K −84% −48% $204.4M 3,390 $120 32

Tue Dec 4 #4 $471.0K +15% −32% $204.9M 3,390 $138 33

Wed Dec 5 #4 $428.0K −9% −27% $205.3M 3,390 $126 34

Thu Dec 6 #4 $475.0K +11% −25% $205.8M 3,390 $140 35

Fri Dec 7 #4 $1.6M +234% −30% $207.4M 3,390 $467 36

Sat Dec 8 #4 $3.1M +94% −27% $210.5M 3,390 $907 37

Sun Dec 9 #4 $1.9M −40% −29% $212.4M 3,390 $545 38

Mon Dec 10 #4 $338.0K −82% −17% $212.7M 2,884 $117 39

Tue Dec 11 #5 $383.0K +13% −19% $213.1M 2,884 $132 40

Wed Dec 12 #4 $360.0K −6% −16% $213.5M 2,884 $124 41

Thu Dec 13 #4 $363.0K +1% −24% $213.8M 2,884 $125 42

Fri Dec 14 #6 $1.1M +206% −30% $214.9M 2,682 $414 43

Sat Dec 15 #6 $2.2M +98% −29% $217.1M 2,682 $819 44

Sun Dec 16 #5 $1.5M −32% −19% $218.8M 2,682 $559 45

Mon Dec 17 #6 $368.0K −75% +9% $219.2M 2,682 $137 46

Tue Dec 18 #6 $441.0K +20% +15% $219.6M 2,682 $164 47

Wed Dec 19 #6 $451.0K +2% +25% $220.1M 2,682 $168 48

Thu Dec 20 #6 $501.0K +11% +38% $220.6M 2,682 $186 49

Fri Dec 21 #11 $924.0K +84% −17% $221.5M 2,097 $440 50

Sat Dec 22 #9 $1.5M +58% −34% $223.0M 2,097 $695 51

Sun Dec 23 #9 $1.3M −11% −13% $224.3M 2,097 $621 52

Wed Dec 26 #9 $1.6M — +249% $227.9M 2,097 $751 55

Thu Dec 27 #8 $2.1M +35% +325% $230.1M 2,097 $1,014 56

Fri Dec 28 #9 $2.1M −2% +126% $232.1M 2,097 $996 57

Sat Dec 29 #9 $2.2M +5% +50% $234.3M 2,097 $1,045 58

Sun Dec 30 #9 $1.8M −17% +40% $236.2M 2,097 $870 59

Mon Dec 31 #9 $1.6M −11% $237.8M 2,097 $771 60

Tue Jan 1 #10 $1.7M +7% $239.2M 2,097 $822 61

Wed Jan 2 #9 $876.0K −49% −44% $240.1M 1,701 $514 62

Thu Jan 3 #9 $695.0K −21% −67% $240.8M 1,701 $408 63

Fri Jan 4 #12 $990.0K +42% −53% $241.8M 1,425 $694 64

Sat Jan 5 #10 $2.0M +97% −11% $243.7M 1,425 $1,369 65

Sun Jan 6 #10 $933.0K −52% −49% $244.6M 1,425 $654 66

Wed Dec 19 #4 $778.9K — $256.6M 2,618 $297

Thu Dec 20 #7 $706.1K −9% $257.4M 2,618 $269

Fri Dec 21 #7 $1.4M +97% $258.7M 2,618 $531

Sat Dec 22 #8 $1.9M +35% $260.6M 2,618 $719

Sun Dec 23 #8 $1.5M −20% $262.1M 2,618 $573

Mon Dec 24 #9 $826.9K −45% $263.0M 2,618 $315

Tue Dec 25 #9 $1.5M +76% $264.4M 2,618 $556

Wed Dec 26 #9 $1.7M +13% +112% $266.1M 2,618 $630

Thu Dec 27 #8 $1.9M +17% +174% $268.0M 2,618 $738

Fri Dec 28 #8 $2.3M +18% +64% $270.3M 2,618 $873

Sat Dec 29 #9 $2.3M n/c +22% $272.6M 2,618 $876

Sun Dec 30 #9 $1.9M −19% +24% $274.4M 2,618 $712

Mon Dec 31 #9 $1.4M −23% +74% $275.9M 2,618 $550

Tue Jan 1 #9 $1.9M +35% +34% $277.8M 2,618 $742

Wed Jan 2 #7 $1.1M −45% −35% $278.9M 2,618 $410

Thu Jan 3 #8 $961.8K −10% −50% $279.9M 2,618 $367

Fri Jan 4 #11 $1.1M +18% −50% $281.0M 2,103 $541

Sat Jan 5 #11 $1.7M +51% −25% $282.7M 2,103 $818

Sun Jan 6 #9 $1.1M −34% −39% $283.9M 2,103 $536

Mon Jan 7 #12 $269.7K −76% −81% $284.1M 2,103 $128

Tue Jan 8 #16 $239.2K −11% −88% $284.4M 2,103 $113

Wed Jan 9 #16 $183.1K −23% −83% $284.5M 2,103 $87

Thu Jan 10 #17 $195.9K +7% −80% $284.7M 2,103 $93

Fri Jan 11 $288.8K +47% −75% $285.0M 1,127 $256

Sat Jan 12 $820.3K +184% −52% $285.8M 1,127 $727

Sun Jan 13 $608.2K −26% −46% $286.5M 1,127 $539

Mon Jan 14 #19 $81.3K −87% −70% $286.5M 1,127 $72

Tue Jan 15 #19 $93.8K +15% −61% $286.6M 1,127 $83

Wed Jan 16 #19 $84.7K −10% −54% $286.7M 1,127 $75

Thu Jan 17 #19 $93.8K +11% −52% $286.8M 1,127 $83

Fri Jan 18 #22 $132.2K +41% −54% $286.9M 565 $233

Sat Jan 19 #21 $351.9K +166% −57% $287.3M 565 $622

Sun Jan 20 #20 $268.5K −24% −56% $287.6M 565 $475

Mon Jan 21 #18 $282.6K +5% +247% $287.8M 565 $500

Tue Jan 22 $52.2K −82% −44% $287.9M 565 $92

Wed Jan 23 $38.1K −27% −55% $287.9M 565 $67

Thu Jan 24 $37.1K −3% −61% $288.0M 565 $65

Fri Oct 23 $164.0K — $289.6M 1,875 $87

Sat Oct 24 $222.0K +35% $289.8M 1,875 $118

Sun Oct 25 $108.0K −51% $289.9M 1,875 $57

Fri Oct 30 $82.0K — −50% $290.0M 1,237 $66

Sat Oct 31 $99.0K +21% −55% $290.1M 1,237 $80

Sun Nov 1 $51.0K −48% −53% $290.1M 1,237 $41

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

Cumulative total$290.1M

Nov 2Nov 29Dec 27Jan 4Nov 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.9M

$62.6M

$45.6M

$22.7M

$24.1M

$9.1M

$6.6M

$5.0M

$3.8M

$6.1M

$3.9M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,649 → 1,237 −66.1%

3,237 open1,237 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.5%

−27.2%

W1→2

−50.1%

W2→3

+5.9%

W3→4

−62.1%

W4→5

−27.5%

W5→6

−24.5%

W6→7

−23.7%

W7→8

+60.6%

W8→9

−36.5%

W9→10

Steepest −62.1%Biggest gain +60.6%

Run milestones

$200M in 30 days

$100M

Day 9

Nov 10

$200M

Day 30

Dec 1

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#6 All-time G-rated domesticAll-time $255.9M #9 Best second-weekend holds$50M+ openers, all-time −27.2%

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