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Shrek

2001 PG 1h 30m Adventure, Animation, Comedy DreamWorks Distribution

The greatest fairy tale never told.

Shrek Box Office

Opening Weekend
$42.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$270.1M
Week 31
Worldwide Total
$485M
$217M international
Domestic Legs6.4x
Budget$60.0M
2001 Rank#3
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 18-20 1 $42.35M $42.39M 3,587 $11.8K 1
May 25-27 2 $42.48M +0.3% $99.02M 3,623 $11.7K 2
Jun 1-3 2 $28.17M -33.7% $148.36M 3,661 $7.7K 3
Jun 8-10 2 $16.52M -41.4% $176.07M 3,715 $4.4K 4
Jun 15-17 3 $13.18M -20.2% $197.53M 3,317 $4.0K 5
Jun 22-24 5 $10.41M -21.1% $215.23M 3,007 $3.5K 6
Jun 29-Jul 1 7 $7.71M -25.9% $228.14M 2,704 $2.9K 7
Jul 6-8 8 $6.01M -22.1% $240.56M 2,107 $2.9K 8
Jul 13-15 11 $3.60M -40.0% $247.28M 1,767 $2.0K 9
Jul 20-22 11 $2.28M -36.9% $251.92M 1,551 $1.5K 10
Jul 27-29 10 $1.79M -21.2% $255.53M 1,439 $1.2K 11
Aug 3-5 13 $1.07M -40.2% $257.92M 1,010 $1.1K 12
Aug 10-12 16 $684K -36.2% $259.46M 703 $973 13
Aug 17-19 20 $539K -21.3% $260.44M 561 $960 14
Aug 24-26 21 $583K +8.3% $261.40M 755 $772 15
Aug 31-Sep 2 16 $786K +34.8% $262.54M 1,111 $707 16
Sep 7-9 22 $436K -44.6% $263.48M 670 $650 17
Sep 14-16 21 $401K -8.0% $263.98M 543 $737 18
Sep 21-23 20 $663K +65.4% $264.75M 1,018 $651 19
Sep 28-30 19 $462K -30.3% $265.45M 745 $620 20
Oct 5-7 20 $333K -28.0% $265.88M 522 $637 21
Oct 12-14 22 $260K -21.9% $266.28M 415 $625 22
Oct 19-21 20 $272K +4.7% $266.64M 388 $700 23
Oct 26-28 25 $262K -3.7% $266.98M 332 $788 24
Nov 2-4 28 $147K -43.9% $267.20M 238 $616 25
Nov 9-11 34 $121K -17.4% $267.37M 234 $518 26
Nov 16-18 40 $64K -47.1% $267.47M 166 $386 27
Nov 23-25 39 $88K +37.8% $267.59M 186 $474 28
Nov 30-Dec 2 47 $43K -51.6% $267.65M 159 $268 29
May 15-17 12 $1.25M $269.63M 1,370 $912 0
May 22-24 17 $75K -94% $270.07M 170 $440

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byVicky Jenson, Andrew Adamson
ScreenplayTerry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Ted Elliott, Roger S.H. Schulman
Produced byAron Warner, John H. Williams, Jeffrey Katzenberg
MusicHarry Gregson-Williams & John Powell
StarringMike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, Vincent Cassel, Peter Dennis
StudioDreamWorks Distribution

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