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Pete's DragonFollow

2016 • PG • 1h 43m • Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family • Walt Disney Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$76.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$137.80M

$61.50M international

Domestic legs3.54x

Budget$65M

2016 rank#40

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Cast & crew

Bryce Dallas Howard

Bryce Dallas Howard Starring

Karl Urban

Karl Urban Starring

Robert Redford

Robert Redford Starring

Wes Bentley

Wes Bentley Starring

ScreenplayDavid Lowery, Toby Halbrooks · based on the work by Malcolm Marmorstein Produced byJames Whitaker CinematographyBojan Bazelli MusicDaniel Hart Written byDavid Lowery, Toby Halbrooks StudioWalt Disney Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 12-14 3 $21.5M — 3,702 $5,811 $21.5M

2 Aug 19-21 5 $11.3M −47.2% 3,702 $3,066 $42.9M

3 Aug 26-28 6 $7.4M −34.4% 3,244 $2,294 $54.9M

4 Sep 2-4 4 $6.3M −14.7% 3,272 $1,941 $64.1M

5 Sep 9-11 7 $3.1M −51.2% 2,685 $1,155 $70.2M

6 Sep 16-18 10 $2.2M −30.6% 1,948 $1,105 $72.9M

7 Sep 23-25 13 $870.0K −59.6% 1,230 $707 $74.2M

8 Sep 30-Oct 2 22 $316.0K −63.7% 440 $718 $74.7M

9 Oct 7-9 32 $165.3K −47.7% 224 $738 $75.0M

10 Oct 14-16 32 $120.7K −27.0% 165 $732 $75.2M

11 Oct 21-23 38 $97.8K −19.0% 134 $730 $75.3M

12 Oct 28-30 40 $81.7K −16.5% 134 $610 $75.4M

13 Nov 4-6 34 $96.9K +18.6% 90 $1,076 $75.6M

14 Nov 11-13 27 $204.2K +110.8% 179 $1,141 $75.8M

15 Nov 18-20 35 $124.4K −39.0% 162 $768 $76.0M

16 Nov 25-27 36 $101.5K −18.4% 127 $799 $76.2M

17 Dec 2-4 43 $34.1K −66.4% 86 $396 $76.2M

18 Dec 9-11 48 $13.8K −59.6% 52 $265 $76.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 12 #3 $7.0M — $7.0M 3,702 $1,878 1

Sat Aug 13 #3 $8.4M +20.7% $15.3M 3,702 $2,266 2

Sun Aug 14 #3 $6.2M −26.4% $21.5M 3,702 $1,667 3

Mon Aug 15 #3 $2.5M −59.8% $24.0M 3,702 $671 4

Tue Aug 16 #3 $3.6M +44.1% $27.6M 3,702 $967 5

Wed Aug 17 #3 $2.1M −40.3% $29.7M 3,702 $577 6

Thu Aug 18 #3 $1.9M −13.3% $31.6M 3,702 $500 7

Fri Aug 19 #6 $3.2M +70.2% −54.7% $34.7M 3,702 $851 8

Sat Aug 20 #4 $4.9M +54.9% −41.8% $39.6M 3,702 $1,318 9

Sun Aug 21 #5 $3.3M −31.9% −46.2% $42.9M 3,702 $897 10

Mon Aug 22 #5 $1.1M −67.9% −57.1% $44.0M 3,702 $288 11

Tue Aug 23 #5 $1.5M +38.6% −58.7% $45.5M 3,702 $399 12

Wed Aug 24 #5 $990.0K −33.0% −53.6% $46.4M 3,702 $267 13

Thu Aug 25 #4 $989.5K −0.0% −46.5% $47.4M 3,702 $267 14

Fri Aug 26 #7 $1.9M +91.6% −39.8% $49.3M 3,244 $584 15

Sat Aug 27 #4 $3.4M +77.9% −30.9% $52.7M 3,244 $1,039 16

Sun Aug 28 #4 $2.2M −35.5% −34.5% $54.9M 3,244 $670 17

Mon Aug 29 #7 $607.4K −72.1% −43.0% $55.5M 3,244 $187 18

Tue Aug 30 #7 $896.1K +47.5% −39.3% $56.4M 3,244 $276 19

Wed Aug 31 #6 $648.6K −27.6% −34.5% $57.0M 3,244 $200 20

Thu Sep 1 #3 $725.0K +11.8% −26.7% $57.8M 3,244 $223 21

Fri Sep 2 #3 $1.5M +102.6% −22.5% $59.2M 3,272 $449 22

Sat Sep 3 #4 $2.5M +68.8% −26.5% $61.7M 3,272 $758 23

Sun Sep 4 #4 $2.4M −3.2% +10.5% $64.1M 3,272 $734 24

Mon Sep 5 #4 $2.1M −10.5% +253.9% $66.3M 3,272 $657 25

Tue Sep 6 #10 $377.6K −82.4% −57.9% $66.6M 3,272 $115 26

Wed Sep 7 #11 $214.6K −43.1% −66.9% $66.8M 3,272 $66 27

Thu Sep 8 #11 $205.1K −4.5% −71.7% $67.0M 3,272 $63 28

Fri Sep 9 #9 $682.3K +232.7% −53.5% $67.7M 2,685 $254 29

Sat Sep 10 #7 $1.5M +126.2% −37.8% $69.3M 2,685 $575 30

Sun Sep 11 #7 $876.1K −43.2% −63.5% $70.2M 2,685 $326 31

Mon Sep 12 #13 $148.0K −83.1% −93.1% $70.3M 2,685 $55 32

Tue Sep 13 #14 $196.9K +33.0% −47.9% $70.5M 2,685 $73 33

Wed Sep 14 #14 $141.4K −28.2% −34.1% $70.6M 2,685 $53 34

Thu Sep 15 #12 $128.2K −9.3% −37.5% $70.8M 2,685 $48 35

Fri Sep 16 #13 $458.1K +257.4% −32.8% $71.2M 1,948 $235 36

Sat Sep 17 #10 $1.1M +129.8% −31.8% $72.3M 1,948 $540 37

Sun Sep 18 #10 $642.1K −39.0% −26.7% $72.9M 1,948 $330 38

Mon Sep 19 #14 $103.5K −83.9% −30.1% $73.0M 1,948 $53 39

Tue Sep 20 #14 $137.1K +32.5% −30.4% $73.2M 1,948 $70 40

Wed Sep 21 #14 $103.8K −24.3% −26.6% $73.3M 1,948 $53 41

Thu Sep 22 #13 $81.7K −21.3% −36.3% $73.3M 1,948 $42 42

Fri Sep 23 #13 $207.2K +153.7% −54.8% $73.6M 1,230 $168 43

Sat Sep 24 #13 $404.7K +95.3% −61.6% $74.0M 1,230 $329 44

Sun Sep 25 #13 $258.2K −36.2% −59.8% $74.2M 1,230 $210 45

Mon Sep 26 #13 $61.1K −76.3% −41.0% $74.3M 1,230 $50 46

Tue Sep 27 #14 $64.7K +6.0% −52.8% $74.3M 1,230 $53 47

Wed Sep 28 #- $47.8K −26.2% −54.0% $74.4M 1,230 $39 48

Thu Sep 29 #- $40.7K −14.8% −50.2% $74.4M 1,230 $33 49

Fri Sep 30 #- $79.1K +94.4% −61.8% $74.5M 440 $180 50

Sat Oct 1 #- $154.9K +95.9% −61.7% $74.7M 440 $352 51

Sun Oct 2 #- $81.9K −47.1% −68.3% $74.7M 440 $186 52

Mon Oct 3 #- $22.8K −72.2% −62.7% $74.8M 440 $52 53

Tue Oct 4 #- $24.6K +7.9% −62.0% $74.8M 440 $56 54

Wed Oct 5 #- $17.5K −29.1% −63.5% $74.8M 440 $40 55

Thu Oct 6 #- $20.6K +18.2% −49.3% $74.8M 440 $47 56

Fri Oct 7 #- $47.0K +127.8% −40.6% $74.9M 224 $210 57

Sat Oct 8 #- $76.8K +63.3% −50.5% $75.0M 224 $343 58

Sun Oct 9 #- $41.5K −45.9% −49.3% $75.0M 224 $185 59

Mon Oct 10 #- $29.5K −29.0% +29.3% $75.0M 224 $132 60

Tue Oct 11 #- $15.2K −48.4% −38.2% $75.0M 224 $68 61

Wed Oct 12 #- $14.2K −6.4% −18.4% $75.1M 224 $64 62

Thu Oct 13 #- $14.1K −0.8% −31.5% $75.1M 224 $63 63

Fri Oct 14 #- $34.9K +146.6% −25.8% $75.1M 165 $211 64

Sat Oct 15 #- $54.6K +56.6% −28.9% $75.2M 165 $331 65

Sun Oct 16 #- $31.3K −42.7% −24.6% $75.2M 165 $190 66

Mon Oct 17 #- $8.3K −73.5% −71.9% $75.2M 165 $50 67

Tue Oct 18 #- $9.3K +12.6% −38.7% $75.2M 165 $57 68

Wed Oct 19 #- $7.3K −21.3% −48.4% $75.2M 165 $45 69

Thu Oct 20 #- $13.8K +87.2% −2.7% $75.2M 165 $83 70

Fri Oct 21 #- $30.6K +122.4% −12.3% $75.3M 134 $228 71

Sat Oct 22 #- $44.1K +44.2% −19.2% $75.3M 134 $329 72

Sun Oct 23 #- $23.1K −47.6% −26.2% $75.3M 134 $172 73

Mon Oct 24 #- $10.9K −52.7% +31.9% $75.3M 134 $82 74

Tue Oct 25 #- $6.4K −41.1% −31.0% $75.3M 134 $48 75

Wed Oct 26 #- $5.9K −8.5% −19.8% $75.3M 134 $44 76

Thu Oct 27 #- $6.5K +10.0% −52.8% $75.4M 134 $48 77

Fri Oct 28 #- $19.4K +198.5% −36.7% $75.4M 134 $144 78

Sat Oct 29 #- $36.3K +87.3% −17.7% $75.4M 134 $271 79

Sun Oct 30 #- $26.1K −28.2% +12.8% $75.4M 134 $194 80

Mon Oct 31 #- $7.2K −72.3% −33.9% $75.4M 134 $54 81

Tue Nov 1 #- $6.5K −10.6% +0.3% $75.4M 134 $48 82

Wed Nov 2 #- $4.7K −28.0% −21.1% $75.5M 134 $35 83

Thu Nov 3 #- $5.7K +22.7% −12.0% $75.5M 134 $43 84

Fri Nov 4 #- $27.6K +383.6% +42.5% $75.5M 90 $307 85

Sat Nov 5 #- $48.5K +75.7% +33.7% $75.5M 90 $539 86

Sun Nov 6 #- $20.8K −57.1% −20.2% $75.6M 90 $231 87

Mon Nov 7 #- $5.5K −73.7% −24.3% $75.6M 90 $61 88

Tue Nov 8 #- $5.3K −2.8% −17.7% $75.6M 90 $59 89

Wed Nov 9 #- $5.1K −4.7% +8.9% $75.6M 90 $56 90

Thu Nov 10 #- $11.6K +129.8% +104.0% $75.6M 90 $129 91

Fri Nov 11 #- $68.6K +489.6% +148.7% $75.7M 179 $383 92

Sat Nov 12 #- $85.5K +24.6% +76.3% $75.7M 179 $478 93

Sun Nov 13 #- $50.1K −41.5% +140.7% $75.8M 179 $280 94

Mon Nov 14 #- $10.7K −78.6% +96.3% $75.8M 179 $60 95

Tue Nov 15 #- $15.0K +39.3% +181.3% $75.8M 179 $84 96

Wed Nov 16 #- $10.1K −32.3% +99.8% $75.8M 179 $57 97

Thu Nov 17 #- $10.0K −0.8% −13.8% $75.8M 179 $56 98

Fri Nov 18 #- $27.4K +172.7% −60.1% $75.9M 162 $169 99

Sat Nov 19 #- $59.4K +117.0% −30.6% $75.9M 162 $367 100

Sun Nov 20 #- $37.7K −36.5% −24.6% $76.0M 162 $233 101

Mon Nov 21 #- $20.8K −44.9% +93.6% $76.0M 162 $128 102

Tue Nov 22 #- $25.2K +21.2% +68.5% $76.0M 162 $156 103

Wed Nov 23 #- $30.0K +19.0% +196.4% $76.0M 127 $236 104

Thu Nov 24 #- $17.2K −42.6% +71.6% $76.1M 127 $136 105

Fri Nov 25 #- $39.0K +126.4% +42.4% $76.1M 127 $307 106

Sat Nov 26 #- $39.0K +0.1% −34.3% $76.1M 127 $307 107

Sun Nov 27 #- $23.5K −39.7% −37.6% $76.2M 127 $185 108

Mon Nov 28 #- $4.2K −82.1% −79.7% $76.2M 127 $33 109

Tue Nov 29 #- $4.8K +13.0% −81.1% $76.2M 127 $38 110

Wed Nov 30 #- $3.5K −26.8% −88.4% $76.2M 127 $27 111

Thu Dec 1 #- $4.3K +22.2% −75.2% $76.2M 127 $34 112

Fri Dec 2 #- $8.3K +95.3% −78.6% $76.2M 86 $97 113

Sat Dec 3 #- $15.6K +87.0% −60.1% $76.2M 86 $181 114

Sun Dec 4 #- $10.2K −34.8% −56.8% $76.2M 86 $118 115

Mon Dec 5 #- $2.5K −74.9% −39.6% $76.2M 86 $30 116

Tue Dec 6 #- $2.7K +7.1% −42.8% $76.2M 86 $32 117

Wed Dec 7 #- $2.3K −15.8% −34.2% $76.2M 86 $27 118

Thu Dec 8 #- $2.3K +0.9% −45.7% $76.2M 86 $27 119

Fri Dec 9 #- $2.4K +4.6% −70.9% $76.2M 52 $47 120

Sat Dec 10 #- $6.7K +175.1% −57.2% $76.2M 52 $128 121

Sun Dec 11 #- $4.7K −29.7% −53.9% $76.2M 52 $90 122

Mon Dec 12 #- $1.2K −74.7% −53.4% $76.2M 52 $23 123

Tue Dec 13 #- $1.5K +30.5% −43.3% $76.2M 52 $30 124

Wed Dec 14 #- $996 −35.7% −56.6% $76.2M 52 $19 125

Thu Dec 15 #- $1.3K +30.7% −43.8% $76.2M 52 $25 126

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

Cumulative total$75.2M

Aug 12Aug 29Sep 16Oct 3Oct 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $120.7K

$21.5M

$11.3M

$7.4M

$6.3M

$3.1M

$2.2M

$870.0K

$316.0K

$165.3K

$120.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,702 → 165 −95.5%

3,702 open165 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.0%

−47.2%

W1→2

−34.4%

W2→3

−14.7%

W3→4

−51.2%

W4→5

−30.6%

W5→6

−59.6%

W6→7

−63.7%

W7→8

−47.7%

W8→9

−27.0%

W9→10

Steepest −63.7%Best hold −14.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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