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Mr. Popper's PenguinsFollow

2011 • PG • 1h 34m • Comedy, Family, Fantasy • 20th Century Fox

🍅 47% 53%

53

2.72

6.0

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$68.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$187.00M

$119.00M international

Domestic legs3.70x

Budget$55.0M

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Cast & crew

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey Starring

Carla Gugino

Carla Gugino Starring

Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury Starring

Madeline Carroll

Madeline Carroll Starring

Clark Gregg

Clark Gregg Starring

ScreenplayJohn Morris, Jared Stern, Sean Anders Produced byJohn Davis CinematographyFlorian Ballhaus MusicRolfe Kent Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 17-19 3 $18.4M — 3,339 $5,524 $18.4M

2 Jun 24-26 5 $10.1M −45.0% 3,342 $3,035 $39.3M

3 Jul 1-3 8 $5.5M −45.4% 2,861 $1,935 $50.6M

4 Jul 8-10 9 $3.2M −43.0% 1,996 $1,580 $58.1M

5 Jul 15-17 12 $1.4M −56.6% 1,002 $1,365 $61.5M

6 Jul 22-24 13 $935.1K −31.7% 591 $1,582 $63.5M

7 Jul 29-31 17 $467.5K −50.0% 412 $1,134 $64.6M

8 Aug 5-7 19 $407.1K −12.9% 327 $1,244 $65.4M

9 Aug 12-14 21 $386.9K −5.0% 294 $1,315 $66.1M

10 Aug 19-21 25 $302.1K −21.9% 273 $1,106 $66.6M

11 Aug 26-28 24 $261.0K −13.6% 242 $1,078 $67.0M

12 Sep 2-4 33 $304.9K +16.8% 252 $1,209 $67.4M

13 Sep 9-11 37 $162.5K −46.7% 226 $719 $67.7M

14 Sep 16-18 34 $161.8K −0.4% 213 $759 $67.9M

15 Sep 23-25 37 $109.1K −32.6% 153 $712 $68.0M

16 Sep 30-Oct 2 43 $69.5K −36.3% 103 $674 $68.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 17 #2 $6.4M — $6.4M 3,339 $1,907 1

Sat Jun 18 #3 $6.5M +2% $12.9M 3,339 $1,951 2

Sun Jun 19 #3 $5.6M −15% $18.4M 3,339 $1,665 3

Mon Jun 20 #3 $2.4M −57% $20.8M 3,339 $713 4

Tue Jun 21 #2 $2.8M +15% $23.6M 3,339 $824 5

Wed Jun 22 #2 $2.7M −2% $26.3M 3,339 $805 6

Thu Jun 23 #2 $2.9M +7% $29.1M 3,339 $862 7

Fri Jun 24 #5 $3.7M +29% −42% $32.9M 3,342 $1,109 8

Sat Jun 25 #5 $3.8M +2% −42% $36.6M 3,342 $1,131 9

Sun Jun 26 #5 $2.7M −30% −52% $39.3M 3,342 $795 10

Mon Jun 27 #5 $1.4M −49% −43% $40.7M 3,342 $407 11

Tue Jun 28 #5 $1.7M +27% −37% $42.4M 3,342 $516 12

Wed Jun 29 #4 $1.3M −22% −50% $43.7M 3,342 $401 13

Thu Jun 30 #4 $1.3M −3% −55% $45.0M 3,342 $389 14

Fri Jul 1 #8 $1.7M +32% −54% $46.7M 2,861 $598 15

Sat Jul 2 #8 $1.9M +11% −50% $48.6M 2,861 $661 16

Sun Jul 3 #7 $1.9M +2% −27% $50.6M 2,861 $675 17

Mon Jul 4 #7 $1.2M −40% −14% $51.7M 2,861 $407 18

Tue Jul 5 #8 $1.0M −13% −42% $52.7M 2,861 $353 19

Wed Jul 6 #6 $1.1M +5% −21% $53.8M 2,861 $371 20

Thu Jul 7 #6 $1.1M +3% −16% $54.9M 2,861 $383 21

Fri Jul 8 #9 $1.1M +3% −34% $56.0M 1,996 $564 22

Sat Jul 9 #10 $1.2M +6% −37% $57.2M 1,996 $598 23

Sun Jul 10 #10 $832.7K −30% −57% $58.1M 1,996 $417 24

Mon Jul 11 #9 $465.5K −44% −60% $58.5M 1,996 $233 25

Tue Jul 12 #9 $608.3K +31% −40% $59.1M 1,996 $304 26

Wed Jul 13 #9 $515.6K −15% −51% $59.6M 1,996 $258 27

Thu Jul 14 #9 $464.1K −10% −58% $60.1M 1,996 $232 28

Fri Jul 15 #13 $431.3K −7% −62% $60.5M 1,002 $430 29

Sat Jul 16 #13 $553.7K +28% −54% $61.1M 1,002 $552 30

Sun Jul 17 #12 $383.3K −31% −54% $61.5M 1,002 $382 31

Mon Jul 18 #12 $242.7K −37% −48% $61.7M 1,002 $242 32

Tue Jul 19 #12 $279.7K +15% −54% $62.0M 1,002 $279 33

Wed Jul 20 #12 $270.2K −3% −48% $62.3M 1,002 $269 34

Thu Jul 21 #12 $300.2K +11% −35% $62.6M 1,002 $299 35

Fri Jul 22 $304.4K +1% −29% $62.9M 591 $515 36

Sat Jul 23 $376.2K +24% −32% $63.2M 591 $636 37

Sun Jul 24 $254.4K −32% −34% $63.5M 591 $430 38

Mon Jul 25 $152.6K −40% −37% $63.7M 591 $258 39

Tue Jul 26 $172.3K +13% −38% $63.8M 591 $291 40

Wed Jul 27 $169.5K −2% −37% $64.0M 591 $286 41

Thu Jul 28 $162.7K −4% −46% $64.2M 591 $275 42

Fri Jul 29 $163.6K +1% −46% $64.3M 412 $397 43

Sat Jul 30 $181.5K +11% −52% $64.5M 412 $440 44

Sun Jul 31 $122.4K −33% −52% $64.6M 412 $297 45

Mon Aug 1 $71.3K −42% −53% $64.7M 412 $173 46

Tue Aug 2 $107.1K +50% −38% $64.8M 412 $259 47

Wed Aug 3 $114.5K +7% −32% $64.9M 412 $278 48

Thu Aug 4 $101.5K −11% −38% $65.0M 412 $246 49

Fri Aug 5 $128.2K +26% −22% $65.1M 327 $391 50

Sat Aug 6 $166.8K +30% −8% $65.3M 327 $510 51

Sun Aug 7 $112.2K −33% −8% $65.4M 327 $343 52

Mon Aug 8 $63.4K −43% −11% $65.5M 327 $193 53

Tue Aug 9 $79.5K +25% −26% $65.6M 327 $243 54

Wed Aug 10 $68.7K −14% −40% $65.6M 327 $209 55

Thu Aug 11 $68.9K n/c −32% $65.7M 327 $210 56

Fri Aug 12 $120.8K +75% −6% $65.8M 294 $410 57

Sat Aug 13 $152.6K +26% −8% $66.0M 294 $519 58

Sun Aug 14 $113.5K −26% +1% $66.1M 294 $385 59

Mon Aug 15 $56.9K −50% −10% $66.2M 294 $193 60

Tue Aug 16 $62.1K +9% −22% $66.2M 294 $211 61

Wed Aug 17 $56.5K −9% −18% $66.3M 294 $192 62

Thu Aug 18 $54.9K −3% −20% $66.3M 294 $186 63

Fri Aug 19 $90.1K +64% −25% $66.4M 274 $328 64

Sat Aug 20 $128.7K +43% −16% $66.5M 274 $469 65

Sun Aug 21 $83.3K −35% −27% $66.6M 274 $303 66

Mon Aug 22 $33.4K −60% −41% $66.7M 274 $121 67

Tue Aug 23 $41.0K +23% −34% $66.7M 274 $149 68

Wed Aug 24 $33.5K −18% −41% $66.7M 274 $122 69

Thu Aug 25 $33.7K n/c −39% $66.8M 274 $122 70

Fri Aug 26 $67.8K +101% −25% $66.8M 239 $283 71

Sat Aug 27 $117.9K +74% −8% $67.0M 239 $493 72

Sun Aug 28 $75.3K −36% −10% $67.0M 239 $315 73

Mon Aug 29 $21.1K −72% −37% $67.1M 239 $88 74

Tue Aug 30 $26.6K +26% −35% $67.1M 239 $111 75

Wed Aug 31 $23.4K −12% −30% $67.1M 239 $98 76

Thu Sep 1 $20.9K −11% −38% $67.1M 239 $87 77

Fri Sep 2 $70.3K +236% +4% $67.2M 252 $278 78

Sat Sep 3 $117.1K +67% −1% $67.3M 252 $464 79

Sun Sep 4 $117.5K n/c +56% $67.4M 252 $466 80

Mon Sep 5 #34 $80.4K −32% +280% $67.5M 252 $318 81

Tue Sep 6 $13.3K −83% −50% $67.5M 252 $52 82

Wed Sep 7 $10.0K −24% −57% $67.5M 252 $39 83

Thu Sep 8 $8.9K −12% −58% $67.5M 252 $35 84

Fri Sep 9 $39.0K +339% −45% $67.6M 226 $172 85

Sat Sep 10 $79.5K +104% −32% $67.7M 226 $351 86

Sun Sep 11 $44.1K −45% −62% $67.7M 226 $194 87

Mon Sep 12 $6.9K −84% −91% $67.7M 226 $30 88

Tue Sep 13 $8.4K +21% −37% $67.7M 226 $37 89

Wed Sep 14 $7.8K −7% −22% $67.7M 226 $34 90

Thu Sep 15 $7.5K −4% −16% $67.7M 226 $32 91

Fri Sep 16 $36.4K +388% −7% $67.8M 213 $170 92

Sat Sep 17 $77.0K +112% −3% $67.8M 213 $361 93

Sun Sep 18 $48.4K −37% +10% $67.9M 213 $227 94

Mon Sep 19 $8.2K −83% +18% $67.9M 213 $38 95

Tue Sep 20 $9.3K +13% +11% $67.9M 213 $43 96

Wed Sep 21 $8.5K −8% +9% $67.9M 213 $40 97

Thu Sep 22 $9.6K +13% +29% $67.9M 213 $45 98

Fri Sep 23 $25.6K +166% −30% $68.0M 153 $167 99

Sat Sep 24 $50.8K +99% −34% $68.0M 153 $331 100

Sun Sep 25 $32.7K −36% −32% $68.0M 153 $213 101

Mon Sep 26 $6.0K −82% −27% $68.0M 153 $39 102

Tue Sep 27 $5.4K −9% −41% $68.0M 153 $35 103

Wed Sep 28 $5.2K −5% −39% $68.1M 153 $33 104

Thu Sep 29 $6.5K +26% −32% $68.1M 153 $42 105

Fri Sep 30 $15.8K +143% −38% $68.1M 103 $153 106

Sat Oct 1 $34.0K +115% −33% $68.1M 103 $330 107

Sun Oct 2 $19.7K −42% −40% $68.1M 103 $190 108

Mon Oct 3 $3.6K −82% −40% $68.1M 103 $34 109

Tue Oct 4 $3.5K −1% −35% $68.1M 103 $34 110

Wed Oct 5 $2.8K −20% −46% $68.1M 103 $27 111

Thu Oct 6 $4.1K +45% −37% $68.1M 103 $39 112

Fri Oct 7 $9.1K +121% −43% $68.2M 68 $133 113

Sat Oct 8 $15.7K +74% −54% $68.2M 68 $231 114

Sun Oct 9 $12.0K −24% −39% $68.2M 68 $176 115

Mon Oct 10 $7.2K −40% +101% $68.2M 68 $105 116

Tue Oct 11 $2.8K −62% −22% $68.2M 68 $40 117

Wed Oct 12 $2.8K n/c −2% $68.2M 68 $40 118

Thu Oct 13 $3.4K +22% −18% $68.2M 68 $49 119

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

Cumulative total$66.8M

Jun 17Jul 4Jul 22Aug 8Aug 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $302.1K

$18.4M

$10.1M

$5.5M

$3.2M

$1.4M

$935.1K

$467.5K

$407.1K

$386.9K

$302.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,342 → 274 −91.8%

3,339 open274 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −21.9%

−45.0%

W1→2

−45.4%

W2→3

−43.0%

W3→4

−56.6%

W4→5

−31.7%

W5→6

−50.0%

W6→7

−12.9%

W7→8

−5.0%

W8→9

−21.9%

W9→10

Steepest −56.6%Best hold −5.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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