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2014 • PG • 1h 32m • Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family • 20th Century Fox

The movie event that will blow their cover.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$25.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$83.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$366.90M

$283.60M international

Domestic legs3.28x

Budget$132.0M

2014 rank#41

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Cast & crew

Full Darnell filmography

Eric Darnell

Eric Darnell Director

Tom McGrath

Tom McGrath Starring

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch Starring

John Malkovich

John Malkovich Starring

ScreenplayMichael Colton, John Aboud, Brandon Sawyer Produced byLara Breay, Mark Swift MusicLorne Balfe Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 28-30 2 $25.4M — 3,764 $6,761 $35.4M

2 Dec 5-7 2 $10.9M −57.1% 3,775 $2,889 $49.4M

3 Dec 12-14 3 $7.2M −33.9% 3,667 $1,965 $58.7M

4 Dec 19-21 10 $3.5M −51.8% 2,717 $1,279 $64.1M

5 Dec 26-28 13 $3.3M −5.8% 2,033 $1,610 $70.9M

6 Jan 2-4 13 $2.9M −11.6% 1,585 $1,827 $78.1M

7 Jan 9-11 16 $1.2M −59.5% 1,057 $1,109 $79.9M

8 Jan 16-18 24 $519.2K −55.7% 417 $1,245 $80.6M

9 Jan 23-25 28 $394.0K −24.1% 321 $1,227 $81.3M

10 Jan 30-32 27 $348.6K −11.5% 296 $1,178 $81.7M

11 Feb 6-8 28 $292.8K −16.0% 257 $1,139 $82.1M

12 Feb 13-15 31 $218.6K −25.3% 222 $985 $82.4M

13 Feb 20-22 32 $162.7K −25.6% 204 $797 $82.7M

14 Feb 27-29 36 $112.5K −30.9% 160 $703 $82.8M

15 Mar 6-8 39 $79.9K −29.0% 130 $615 $82.9M

16 Mar 13-15 42 $66.6K −16.6% 105 $634 $83.0M

17 Mar 20-22 43 $64.3K −3.5% 136 $473 $83.2M

18 Mar 27-29 50 $36.1K −43.9% 78 $463 $83.2M

19 Apr 3-5 51 $24.2K −33.0% 64 $378 $83.3M

20 Apr 10-12 55 $19.6K −19.0% 46 $426 $83.3M

21 Apr 17-19 56 $19.6K +0.0% 46 $426 $83.3M

22 Apr 24-26 67 $12.1K −38.1% 34 $357 $83.3M

23 May 1-3 60 $6.5K −46.5% 32 $203 $83.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 26 #- $6.1M — $6.1M 3,654 $1,680 -2

Thu Nov 27 #- $3.9M −37.2% $10.0M 3,654 $1,054 -1

Fri Nov 28 #2 $10.4M +168.7% $20.3M 3,764 $2,751 1

Sat Nov 29 #2 $9.6M −7.3% $29.9M 3,764 $2,549 2

Sun Nov 30 #2 $5.5M −42.7% $35.4M 3,764 $1,461 3

Mon Dec 1 #4 $810.9K −85.3% $36.2M 3,764 $215 4

Tue Dec 2 #4 $939.6K +15.9% $37.2M 3,764 $250 5

Wed Dec 3 #4 $651.1K −30.7% $37.8M 3,764 $173 6

Thu Dec 4 #4 $650.0K −0.2% $38.5M 3,764 $173 7

Fri Dec 5 #3 $2.4M +270.1% −76.8% $40.9M 3,775 $637 8

Sat Dec 6 #2 $5.3M +120.3% −44.8% $46.2M 3,775 $1,404 9

Sun Dec 7 #2 $3.2M −39.6% −41.8% $49.4M 3,775 $848 10

Mon Dec 8 #4 $470.0K −85.3% −42.0% $49.9M 3,775 $125 11

Tue Dec 9 #4 $652.1K +38.7% −30.6% $50.5M 3,775 $173 12

Wed Dec 10 #4 $508.4K −22.0% −21.9% $51.0M 3,775 $135 13

Thu Dec 11 #4 $510.6K +0.4% −21.5% $51.5M 3,775 $135 14

Fri Dec 12 #4 $1.6M +208.1% −34.6% $53.1M 3,667 $429 15

Sat Dec 13 #3 $3.5M +122.7% −33.9% $56.6M 3,667 $956 16

Sun Dec 14 #3 $2.1M −39.2% −33.5% $58.7M 3,667 $581 17

Mon Dec 15 #6 $388.8K −81.7% −17.3% $59.1M 3,667 $106 18

Tue Dec 16 #6 $550.2K +41.5% −15.6% $59.7M 3,667 $150 19

Wed Dec 17 #4 $461.1K −16.2% −9.3% $60.1M 3,667 $126 20

Thu Dec 18 #4 $502.3K +8.9% −1.6% $60.6M 3,312 $152 21

Fri Dec 19 #9 $879.8K +75.2% −44.1% $61.5M 2,717 $324 22

Sat Dec 20 #9 $1.5M +65.9% −58.3% $63.0M 2,717 $537 23

Sun Dec 21 #9 $1.1M −22.2% −46.6% $64.1M 2,717 $418 24

Mon Dec 22 #7 $965.0K −15.1% +148.2% $65.1M 2,717 $355 25

Tue Dec 23 #7 $1.2M +22.3% +114.5% $66.3M 2,717 $434 26

Wed Dec 24 #- $674.2K −42.9% +46.2% $66.9M 2,717 $248 27

Thu Dec 25 #- $731.5K +8.5% +45.6% $67.7M 2,033 $360 28

Fri Dec 26 #14 $1.0M +42.8% +18.7% $68.7M 2,033 $514 29

Sat Dec 27 #13 $1.2M +15.4% −17.4% $69.9M 2,033 $593 30

Sun Dec 28 #- $1.0M −15.1% −9.9% $70.9M 2,033 $504 31

Mon Dec 29 #12 $964.9K −5.8% −0.0% $71.9M 2,033 $475 32

Tue Dec 30 #11 $1.2M +24.6% +1.9% $73.1M 2,033 $591 33

Wed Dec 31 #- $912.3K −24.1% +35.3% $74.0M 2,033 $449 34

Thu Jan 1 #12 $1.2M +30.8% +63.1% $75.2M 2,033 $587 35

Fri Jan 2 #13 $1.1M −4.8% +8.7% $76.4M 1,585 $716 36

Sat Jan 3 #13 $1.1M −7.1% −12.5% $77.4M 1,585 $666 37

Sun Jan 4 #13 $705.0K −33.2% −31.1% $78.1M 1,585 $445 38

Mon Jan 5 #- $208.6K −70.4% −78.4% $78.3M 1,585 $132 39

Tue Jan 6 #- $124.4K −40.4% −89.7% $78.4M 1,585 $79 40

Wed Jan 7 #- $110.6K −11.2% −87.9% $78.6M 1,585 $70 41

Thu Jan 8 #- $117.2K +6.0% −90.2% $78.7M 1,585 $74 42

Fri Jan 9 #- $166.7K +42.3% −85.3% $78.8M 1,057 $158 43

Sat Jan 10 #15 $602.9K +261.6% −42.9% $79.4M 1,057 $570 44

Sun Jan 11 #15 $402.7K −33.2% −42.9% $79.9M 1,057 $381 45

Mon Jan 12 #- $55.6K −86.2% −73.4% $79.9M 1,057 $53 46

Tue Jan 13 #- $62.3K +12.1% −49.9% $80.0M 1,057 $59 47

Wed Jan 14 #- $52.3K −16.1% −52.7% $80.0M 1,057 $49 48

Thu Jan 15 #- $50.0K −4.4% −57.3% $80.1M 1,057 $47 49

Fri Jan 16 #- $100.7K +101.3% −39.6% $80.2M 417 $241 50

Sat Jan 17 #- $246.4K +144.8% −59.1% $80.4M 417 $591 51

Sun Jan 18 #- $172.1K −30.2% −57.3% $80.6M 417 $413 52

Mon Jan 19 #- $201.0K +16.8% +261.5% $80.8M 417 $482 53

Tue Jan 20 #- $34.4K −82.9% −44.8% $80.8M 417 $83 54

Wed Jan 21 #- $23.9K −30.7% −54.4% $80.8M 417 $57 55

Thu Jan 22 #- $25.7K +7.7% −48.7% $80.9M 417 $62 56

Fri Jan 23 #- $80.1K +212.0% −20.4% $81.0M 321 $250 57

Sat Jan 24 #- $196.7K +145.5% −20.2% $81.2M 321 $613 58

Sun Jan 25 #- $117.2K −40.4% −31.9% $81.3M 321 $365 59

Mon Jan 26 #- $22.7K −80.6% −88.7% $81.3M 321 $71 60

Tue Jan 27 #- $23.8K +4.8% −30.8% $81.3M 321 $74 61

Wed Jan 28 #- $19.8K −16.8% −17.0% $81.3M 321 $62 62

Thu Jan 29 #- $19.3K −2.3% −24.7% $81.4M 321 $60 63

Fri Jan 30 #- $81.9K +323.7% +2.3% $81.4M 296 $277 64

Sat Jan 31 #- $193.2K +135.8% −1.8% $81.6M 296 $653 65

Sun Feb 1 #- $73.5K −62.0% −37.3% $81.7M 296 $248 66

Mon Feb 2 #- $27.3K −62.9% +20.2% $81.7M 296 $92 67

Tue Feb 3 #- $25.9K −5.1% +8.8% $81.8M 296 $87 68

Wed Feb 4 #- $16.1K −37.7% −18.5% $81.8M 296 $54 69

Thu Feb 5 #- $18.2K +13.0% −5.7% $81.8M 296 $62 70

Fri Feb 6 #- $60.6K +232.6% −26.0% $81.9M 257 $236 71

Sat Feb 7 #- $145.9K +140.7% −24.5% $82.0M 257 $568 72

Sun Feb 8 #- $86.3K −40.9% +17.4% $82.1M 257 $336 73

Mon Feb 9 #- $22.4K −74.0% −17.8% $82.1M 257 $87 74

Tue Feb 10 #- $18.6K −16.9% −28.0% $82.1M 257 $73 75

Wed Feb 11 #- $16.1K −13.9% −0.5% $82.1M 257 $62 76

Thu Feb 12 #- $19.3K +20.3% +6.0% $82.2M 257 $75 77

Fri Feb 13 #- $40.6K +110.4% −33.0% $82.2M 222 $183 78

Sat Feb 14 #- $107.2K +163.7% −26.5% $82.3M 222 $483 79

Sun Feb 15 #- $70.8K −33.9% −17.9% $82.4M 222 $319 80

Mon Feb 16 #- $72.7K +2.6% +223.7% $82.5M 222 $327 81

Tue Feb 17 #- $19.6K −73.0% +5.3% $82.5M 222 $88 82

Wed Feb 18 #- $17.9K −8.7% +11.6% $82.5M 222 $81 83

Thu Feb 19 #- $20.3K +13.5% +5.3% $82.5M 222 $92 84

Fri Feb 20 #- $39.5K +94.4% −2.7% $82.5M 204 $194 85

Sat Feb 21 #- $72.6K +83.6% −32.3% $82.6M 204 $356 86

Sun Feb 22 #- $50.6K −30.4% −28.6% $82.7M 204 $248 87

Mon Feb 23 #- $8.7K −82.8% −88.1% $82.7M 204 $43 88

Tue Feb 24 #- $9.0K +4.1% −54.0% $82.7M 204 $44 89

Wed Feb 25 #- $8.1K −10.7% −55.0% $82.7M 204 $40 90

Thu Feb 26 #- $10.8K +34.4% −46.7% $82.7M 204 $53 91

Fri Feb 27 #- $20.8K +91.7% −47.4% $82.7M 160 $130 92

Sat Feb 28 #- $54.3K +161.1% −25.3% $82.8M 160 $339 93

Sun Mar 1 #- $37.4K −31.0% −26.0% $82.8M 160 $234 94

Mon Mar 2 #- $7.5K −80.1% −14.0% $82.8M 160 $47 95

Tue Mar 3 #- $7.7K +2.9% −15.0% $82.8M 160 $48 96

Wed Mar 4 #- $6.8K −10.8% −15.1% $82.8M 160 $43 97

Thu Mar 5 #- $8.8K +27.8% −19.3% $82.9M 160 $55 98

Fri Mar 6 #- $17.0K +94.1% −18.3% $82.9M 130 $131 99

Sat Mar 7 #- $39.5K +132.7% −27.1% $82.9M 130 $304 100

Sun Mar 8 #- $23.4K −40.9% −37.5% $82.9M 130 $180 101

Mon Mar 9 #- $8.2K −65.0% +9.6% $82.9M 130 $63 102

Tue Mar 10 #- $8.7K +6.5% +13.5% $82.9M 130 $67 103

Wed Mar 11 #- $8.9K +2.1% +29.9% $83.0M 130 $68 104

Thu Mar 12 #- $9.6K +7.8% +9.7% $83.0M 130 $74 105

Fri Mar 13 #- $14.8K +53.8% −13.1% $83.0M 105 $141 106

Sat Mar 14 #- $31.6K +113.9% −20.2% $83.0M 105 $301 107

Sun Mar 15 #- $20.3K −35.7% −13.2% $83.0M 105 $193 108

Mon Mar 16 #- $10.4K −48.8% +26.9% $83.0M 105 $99 109

Tue Mar 17 #- $16.2K +56.0% +85.8% $83.1M 105 $154 110

Wed Mar 18 #- $14.9K −7.8% +67.8% $83.1M 105 $142 111

Thu Mar 19 #- $17.5K +17.4% +82.7% $83.1M 105 $167 112

Fri Mar 20 #- $20.4K +16.4% +38.3% $83.1M 136 $150 113

Sat Mar 21 #- $26.7K +30.8% −15.5% $83.1M 136 $196 114

Sun Mar 22 #- $17.2K −35.6% −15.3% $83.2M 136 $126 115

Mon Mar 23 #- $5.3K −69.1% −48.7% $83.2M 136 $39 116

Tue Mar 24 #- $6.7K +25.4% −58.8% $83.2M 136 $49 117

Wed Mar 25 #- $6.9K +2.9% −54.0% $83.2M 136 $50 118

Thu Mar 26 #- $6.8K −0.5% −61.0% $83.2M 136 $50 119

Fri Mar 27 #- $9.5K +39.3% −53.4% $83.2M 78 $122 120

Sat Mar 28 #- $16.3K +71.6% −38.8% $83.2M 78 $209 121

Sun Mar 29 #- $10.2K −37.4% −40.5% $83.2M 78 $131 122

Mon Mar 30 #- $3.1K −70.0% −42.3% $83.2M 78 $39 123

Tue Mar 31 #- $4.8K +54.9% −28.8% $83.2M 78 $61 124

Wed Apr 1 #- $4.1K −13.8% −40.3% $83.2M 78 $53 125

Thu Apr 2 #- $5.7K +38.3% −17.0% $83.2M 78 $73 126

Fri Apr 3 #- $9.9K +74.0% +3.6% $83.2M 64 $154 127

Sat Apr 4 #- $8.8K −10.6% −46.1% $83.3M 64 $138 128

Sun Apr 5 #- $5.5K −37.4% −46.1% $83.3M 64 $86 129

Mon Apr 6 #- $5.0K −10.0% +61.6% $83.3M 64 $78 130

Tue Apr 7 #- $4.5K −9.7% −5.8% $83.3M 64 $70 131

Wed Apr 8 #- $4.6K +2.0% +11.5% $83.3M 64 $71 132

Thu Apr 9 #- $4.2K −8.4% −26.2% $83.3M 64 $65 133

Fri Apr 10 #- $5.7K +36.2% −42.2% $83.3M 46 $124 134

Sat Apr 11 #- $8.6K +50.1% −2.9% $83.3M 46 $186 135

Sun Apr 12 #- $5.3K −37.7% −3.4% $83.3M 46 $116 136

Mon Apr 13 #- $932 −82.5% −81.2% $83.3M 46 $20 137

Tue Apr 14 #- $888 −4.7% −80.2% $83.3M 46 $19 138

Wed Apr 15 #- $965 +8.7% −78.9% $83.3M 46 $21 139

Thu Apr 16 #- $905 −6.2% −78.4% $83.3M 46 $20 140

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

Cumulative total$81.8M

Nov 26Dec 14Jan 1Jan 18Feb 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $348.6K

$25.4M

$10.9M

$7.2M

$3.5M

$3.3M

$2.9M

$1.2M

$519.2K

$394.0K

$348.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,775 → 296 −92.2%

3,654 open296 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −11.5%

−57.1%

W1→2

−33.9%

W2→3

−51.8%

W3→4

−5.8%

W4→5

−11.6%

W5→6

−59.5%

W6→7

−55.7%

W7→8

−24.1%

W8→9

−11.5%

W9→10

Steepest −59.5%Best hold −5.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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