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2004 • PG • 1h 30m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • DreamWorks Distribution

Behind every little fish is a great white lie.

🍅 35% 47%

48

3.03

6.0

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$47.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$161.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$375.00M

$214.00M international

Domestic legs3.38x

Budget$75.0M

2004 rank#11

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Cast & crew

Full Letterman filmography

Rob Letterman

Rob Letterman Director

Bibo Bergeron

Bibo Bergeron Director

Will Smith

Will Smith Starring

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro Starring

Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger Starring

Jack Black

Jack Black Starring

ScreenplayRob Letterman, Michael J. Wilson Produced byBill Damaschke, Janet Healy, Allison Lyon Segan MusicHans Zimmer StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 1-3 1 $47.6M — 4,016 $11,853 $47.6M

2 Oct 8-10 1 $31.3M −34.2% 4,070 $7,697 $87.4M

3 Oct 15-17 1 $22.0M −29.8% 3,948 $5,573 $118.7M

4 Oct 22-24 2 $14.3M −35.0% 3,656 $3,913 $137.0M

5 Oct 29-31 4 $7.5M −47.6% 3,381 $2,218 $146.9M

6 Nov 5-7 7 $4.6M −39.3% 2,817 $1,617 $154.0M

7 Nov 12-14 11 $2.1M −54.0% 1,622 $1,293 $157.5M

8 Nov 19-21 17 $575.9K −72.5% 907 $634 $158.4M

9 Nov 26-28 19 $325.4K −43.5% 512 $635 $159.0M

10 Dec 3-5 26 $147.4K −54.7% 408 $361 $159.2M

11 Dec 10-12 33 $79.3K −46.2% 216 $366 $159.3M

12 Dec 17-19 21 $271.2K +242.2% 411 $659 $159.6M

13 Dec 24-26 27 $175.8K −35.2% 407 $431 $160.0M

14 Dec 31-Jan 2 25 $341.3K +94.2% 407 $838 $160.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 1 #1 $12.7M — $12.7M 4,016 $3,162 1

Sat Oct 2 #1 $21.1M +66% $34.0M 4,016 $5,250 2

Sun Oct 3 #1 $13.6M −36% $47.6M 4,016 $3,385 3

Mon Oct 4 #1 $2.4M −83% $50.0M 4,016 $586 4

Tue Oct 5 #1 $2.1M −12% $52.0M 4,016 $513 5

Wed Oct 6 #1 $1.9M −6% $54.0M 4,016 $483 6

Thu Oct 7 #1 $2.1M +6% $56.0M 4,016 $512 7

Fri Oct 8 #1 $8.1M +294% −36% $64.1M 4,070 $1,990 8

Sat Oct 9 #1 $13.9M +72% −34% $77.8M 4,070 $3,426 9

Sun Oct 10 #1 $9.6M −31% −30% $87.4M 4,070 $2,348 10

Mon Oct 11 #1 $5.3M −45% +124% $92.6M 4,070 $1,295 11

Tue Oct 12 #1 $1.4M −73% −32% $94.0M 4,070 $343 12

Wed Oct 13 #1 $1.3M −9% −35% $95.3M 4,070 $312 13

Thu Oct 14 #1 $1.4M +12% −31% $96.7M 4,070 $350 14

Fri Oct 15 #1 $5.7M +300% −30% $102.4M 3,948 $1,443 15

Sat Oct 16 #1 $9.9M +73% −29% $112.2M 3,948 $2,501 16

Sun Oct 17 #1 $6.5M −34% −32% $118.7M 3,948 $1,641 17

Mon Oct 18 #1 $1.0M −84% −80% $119.8M 3,948 $261 18

Tue Oct 19 #3 $954.0K −7% −32% $120.7M 3,948 $241 19

Wed Oct 20 #2 $903.0K −5% −29% $121.6M 3,948 $228 20

Thu Oct 21 #1 $1.1M +17% −26% $122.7M 3,948 $268 21

Fri Oct 22 #2 $3.6M +239% −37% $126.3M 3,656 $984 22

Sat Oct 23 #2 $6.5M +81% −34% $132.8M 3,656 $1,781 23

Sun Oct 24 #2 $4.2M −36% −36% $137.0M 3,656 $1,138 24

Mon Oct 25 #3 $633.0K −85% −39% $137.6M 3,656 $173 25

Tue Oct 26 #3 $543.0K −14% −43% $138.2M 3,656 $148 26

Wed Oct 27 #3 $539.0K −1% −40% $138.7M 3,656 $147 27

Thu Oct 28 #3 $660.0K +22% −38% $139.4M 3,656 $180 28

Fri Oct 29 #4 $2.2M +233% −39% $141.6M 3,381 $650 29

Sat Oct 30 #4 $3.7M +69% −43% $145.2M 3,381 $1,097 30

Sun Oct 31 #4 $1.6M −56% −61% $146.9M 3,381 $483 31

Mon Nov 1 #4 $683.0K −58% +8% $147.5M 3,381 $202 32

Tue Nov 2 #4 $978.0K +43% +80% $148.5M 3,381 $289 33

Wed Nov 3 #5 $411.0K −58% −24% $148.9M 3,381 $121 34

Thu Nov 4 #5 $545.0K +33% −17% $149.5M 3,381 $161 35

Fri Nov 5 #7 $1.2M +120% −45% $150.7M 2,817 $425 36

Sat Nov 6 #7 $2.1M +77% −43% $152.7M 2,817 $755 37

Sun Nov 7 #7 $1.3M −39% −20% $154.0M 2,817 $463 38

Mon Nov 8 #7 $183.0K −86% −73% $154.2M 2,817 $64 39

Tue Nov 9 #8 $179.0K −2% −82% $154.4M 2,817 $63 40

Wed Nov 10 #8 $225.0K +26% −45% $154.6M 2,817 $79 41

Thu Nov 11 #7 $814.0K +262% +49% $155.4M 2,817 $288 42

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

Cumulative total$155.4M

Oct 1Oct 11Oct 22Nov 1Nov 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $147.4K

$47.6M

$31.3M

$22.0M

$14.3M

$7.5M

$4.6M

$2.1M

$575.9K

$325.4K

$147.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,070 → 2,817 −30.8%

4,016 open2,817 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −54.7%

−34.2%

W1→2

−29.8%

W2→3

−35.0%

W3→4

−47.6%

W4→5

−39.3%

W5→6

−54.0%

W6→7

−72.5%

W7→8

−43.5%

W8→9

−54.7%

W9→10

Steepest −72.5%Best hold −29.8%

Run milestones

$100M in 15 days

$100M

Day 15

Oct 15

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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