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

The greatest fairy tale never told.

🍅 88% 90%

84

4.12

7.9

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$42.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$270.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$494.30M

$224.20M international

Domestic legs6.4x

Budget$60.0M

2001 rank#3

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Cast & crew

Full Adamson filmography

Andrew Adamson

Andrew Adamson Director

Mike Myers

Mike Myers Starring

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy Starring

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz Starring

John Lithgow

John Lithgow Starring

Vincent Cassel

Vincent Cassel Starring

ScreenplayTerry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Ted Elliott, Roger S.H. Schulman Produced byAron Warner, John H. Williams, Jeffrey Katzenberg MusicHarry Gregson-Williams & John Powell StudioDreamWorks SeriesShrek

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 18-20 1 $42.3M — 3,587 $11,805 $42.4M

2 May 25-27 2 $42.5M +0.3% 3,623 $11,725 $99.0M

3 Jun 1-3 2 $28.2M −33.7% 3,661 $7,695 $148.4M

4 Jun 8-10 2 $16.5M −41.4% 3,715 $4,446 $176.1M

5 Jun 15-17 3 $13.2M −20.2% 3,317 $3,973 $197.5M

6 Jun 22-24 5 $10.4M −21.1% 3,007 $3,460 $215.2M

7 Jun 29-Jul 1 7 $7.7M −25.9% 2,704 $2,850 $228.1M

8 Jul 6-8 8 $6.0M −22.1% 2,107 $2,850 $240.6M

9 Jul 13-15 11 $3.6M −40.0% 1,767 $2,039 $247.3M

10 Jul 20-22 11 $2.3M −36.9% 1,551 $1,466 $251.9M

11 Jul 27-29 10 $1.8M −21.2% 1,439 $1,245 $255.5M

12 Aug 3-5 13 $1.1M −40.2% 1,010 $1,062 $257.9M

13 Aug 10-12 16 $684.4K −36.2% 703 $973 $259.5M

14 Aug 17-19 20 $538.8K −21.3% 561 $960 $260.4M

15 Aug 24-26 21 $583.3K +8.3% 755 $772 $261.4M

16 Aug 31-Sep 2 16 $786.3K +34.8% 1,111 $707 $262.5M

17 Sep 7-9 22 $435.6K −44.6% 670 $650 $263.5M

18 Sep 14-16 21 $400.7K −8.0% 543 $737 $264.0M

19 Sep 21-23 20 $662.8K +65.4% 1,018 $651 $264.8M

20 Sep 28-30 19 $461.9K −30.3% 745 $620 $265.4M

21 Oct 5-7 20 $332.5K −28.0% 522 $637 $265.9M

22 Oct 12-14 22 $259.6K −21.9% 415 $625 $266.3M

23 Oct 19-21 20 $271.9K +4.7% 388 $700 $266.6M

24 Oct 26-28 25 $261.9K −3.7% 332 $788 $267.0M

25 Nov 2-4 28 $146.8K −43.9% 238 $616 $267.2M

26 Nov 9-11 34 $121.2K −17.4% 234 $518 $267.4M

27 Nov 16-18 40 $64.1K −47.1% 166 $386 $267.5M

28 Nov 23-25 39 $88.3K +37.8% 186 $474 $267.6M

29 Nov 30-Dec 2 47 $42.7K −51.6% 159 $268 $267.7M

0 May 15-17 12 $1.3M — 1,370 $912 $269.6M

May 22-24 17 $74.8K −94% 170 $440 $270.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 18 #1 $11.5M — $11.5M 3,587 $3,217 1

Sat May 19 #1 $17.6M +52% $29.1M 3,587 $4,895 2

Sun May 20 #1 $13.3M −25% $42.4M 3,587 $3,694 3

Mon May 21 #1 $4.2M −69% $46.5M 3,587 $1,163 4

Tue May 22 #1 $3.4M −18% $50.0M 3,587 $958 5

Wed May 23 #1 $3.1M −9% $53.1M 3,587 $869 6

Thu May 24 #1 $3.4M +10% $56.5M 3,587 $953 7

Fri May 25 #2 $9.7M +183% −16% $66.2M 3,623 $2,670 8

Sat May 26 #2 $16.9M +75% −4% $83.1M 3,623 $4,668 9

Sun May 27 #2 $15.5M −8% +17% $99.0M 3,623 $4,275 10

Mon May 28 #2 $12.7M −18% +205% $111.8M 3,623 $3,514 11

Tue May 29 #2 $2.9M −77% −15% $114.7M 3,623 $807 12

Wed May 30 #2 $2.6M −9% −15% $117.3M 3,623 $731 13

Thu May 31 #2 $2.9M +8% −16% $120.2M 3,623 $789 14

Fri Jun 1 #2 $6.7M +134% −31% $126.9M 3,623 $1,845 15

Sat Jun 2 #2 $12.5M +87% −26% $139.4M 3,661 $3,418 16

Sun Jun 3 #1 $8.8M −30% −43% $148.4M 3,661 $2,391 17

Mon Jun 4 #2 $2.5M −72% −81% $150.8M 3,661 $678 18

Tue Jun 5 #2 $2.8M +13% −4% $153.6M 3,661 $765 19

Wed Jun 6 #1 $2.8M +1% +6% $156.5M 3,661 $770 20

Thu Jun 7 #1 $3.1M +9% +8% $159.5M 3,661 $841 21

Fri Jun 8 #3 $4.4M +44% −34% $164.0M 3,715 $1,190 22

Sat Jun 9 #2 $6.9M +55% −45% $170.8M 3,715 $1,847 23

Sun Jun 10 #2 $5.0M −28% −43% $176.1M 3,715 $1,337 24

Mon Jun 11 #2 $1.9M −62% −24% $178.0M 3,715 $509 25

Tue Jun 12 #2 $2.1M +13% −24% $180.1M 3,715 $574 26

Wed Jun 13 #1 $2.0M −4% −28% $182.1M 3,715 $548 27

Thu Jun 14 #1 $2.2M +9% −28% $184.3M 3,715 $595 28

Fri Jun 15 #3 $3.5M +59% −20% $187.9M 3,317 $1,062 29

Sat Jun 16 #3 $5.3M +49% −23% $193.1M 3,317 $1,583 30

Sun Jun 17 #3 $4.3M −18% −14% $197.5M 3,317 $1,293 31

Mon Jun 18 #3 $1.6M −62% −14% $199.1M 3,317 $488 32

Tue Jun 19 #3 $1.7M +6% −19% $200.9M 3,317 $519 33

Wed Jun 20 #3 $1.8M +6% −11% $202.6M 3,317 $548 34

Thu Jun 21 #3 $2.1M +17% −4% $204.8M 3,317 $643 35

Fri Jun 22 #5 $3.0M +42% −14% $207.8M 3,007 $1,004 36

Sat Jun 23 #5 $4.3M +42% −18% $212.1M 3,007 $1,430 37

Sun Jun 24 #5 $2.9M −32% −32% $215.2M 3,007 $970 38

Mon Jun 25 #5 $1.2M −59% −26% $216.4M 3,007 $399 39

Tue Jun 26 #5 $1.3M +10% −24% $217.8M 3,007 $438 40

Wed Jun 27 #6 $1.3M n/c −27% $219.1M 3,007 $439 41

Thu Jun 28 #5 $1.4M +3% −36% $220.4M 3,007 $453 42

Fri Jun 29 #7 $2.1M +51% −32% $222.5M 2,704 $762 43

Sat Jun 30 #7 $3.1M +49% −29% $225.6M 2,704 $1,136 44

Sun Jul 1 #7 $2.6M −16% −11% $228.1M 2,704 $956 45

Mon Jul 2 #6 $1.3M −49% +11% $229.5M 2,704 $491 46

Tue Jul 3 #5 $1.7M +28% +29% $231.2M 2,704 $628 47

Wed Jul 4 #7 $2.1M +25% +61% $233.3M 2,704 $787 48

Thu Jul 5 #7 $1.3M −41% −8% $234.6M 2,704 $463 49

Fri Jul 6 #8 $1.8M +40% −15% $236.3M 2,107 $831 50

Sat Jul 7 #8 $2.3M +30% −26% $238.6M 2,107 $1,084 51

Sun Jul 8 #7 $2.0M −14% −24% $240.6M 2,107 $928 52

Mon Jul 9 #8 $708.4K −64% −47% $241.3M 2,107 $336 53

Tue Jul 10 #8 $837.4K +18% −51% $242.1M 2,107 $397 54

Wed Jul 11 #8 $819.5K −2% −61% $242.9M 2,107 $388 55

Thu Jul 12 #8 $751.2K −8% −40% $243.7M 2,107 $357 56

Fri Jul 13 #6 $1.1M +43% −39% $244.7M 1,767 $606 57

Sat Jul 14 #6 $1.4M +34% −37% $246.2M 1,767 $814 58

Sun Jul 15 #6 $1.1M −24% −44% $247.3M 1,767 $619 59

Mon Jul 16 #10 $524.5K −52% −26% $247.8M 1,767 $296 60

Tue Jul 17 #10 $732.0K +40% −13% $248.5M 1,767 $414 61

Wed Jul 18 #9 $601.5K −18% −27% $249.1M 1,767 $340 62

Thu Jul 19 #6 $508.3K −15% −32% $249.6M 1,767 $288 63

Fri Jul 20 #6 $633.2K +25% −41% $250.3M 1,551 $408 64

Sat Jul 21 #6 $910.5K +44% −37% $251.2M 1,551 $587 65

Sun Jul 22 #6 $731.5K −20% −33% $251.9M 1,551 $472 66

Mon Jul 23 #11 $374.5K −49% −29% $252.3M 1,551 $241 67

Tue Jul 24 #10 $472.3K +26% −35% $252.8M 1,551 $304 68

Wed Jul 25 #10 $459.4K −3% −24% $253.2M 1,551 $296 69

Thu Jul 26 #9 $505.3K +10% −1% $253.7M 1,551 $325 70

Fri Jul 27 #10 $491.0K −3% −22% $254.2M 1,439 $341 71

Sat Jul 28 #10 $746.5K +52% −18% $255.0M 1,439 $518 72

Sun Jul 29 #10 $613.0K −18% −16% $255.5M 1,439 $425 73

Mon Jul 30 #10 $284.4K −54% −24% $255.8M 1,439 $197 74

Tue Jul 31 #10 $354.4K +25% −25% $256.2M 1,439 $246 75

Wed Aug 1 #10 $326.5K −8% −29% $256.5M 1,439 $226 76

Thu Aug 2 #10 $354.8K +9% −30% $256.8M 1,439 $246 77

Sun Aug 5 #12 $337.0K — −45% $257.9M 1,010 $333 80

Mon Aug 6 #12 $197.4K −41% −31% $258.1M 1,010 $195 81

Tue Aug 7 #12 $213.9K +8% −40% $258.3M 1,010 $211 82

Wed Aug 8 #13 $214.4K n/c −34% $258.5M 1,010 $212 83

Thu Aug 9 #13 $229.3K +7% −35% $258.8M 1,010 $227 84

Sun Aug 12 #16 $234.0K — −31% $259.5M 703 $332 87

Mon Aug 13 #16 $110.3K −53% −44% $259.6M 703 $156 88

Tue Aug 14 #16 $115.4K +5% −46% $259.7M 703 $164 89

Sun Aug 19 #18 $199.0K — −15% $260.4M 561 $354 94

Wed Aug 22 #19 $91.2K — $260.7M 561 $162 97

Thu Aug 23 #17 $91.4K n/c $260.8M 561 $162 98

Sun Aug 26 #20 $208.0K — +5% $261.4M 755 $275 101

Mon Aug 27 #19 $85.4K −59% $261.5M 755 $113 102

Wed Aug 29 #19 $78.6K — −14% $261.7M 755 $104 104

Thu Aug 30 #19 $77.2K −2% −16% $261.7M 755 $102 105

Mon Sep 3 #17 $372.0K — +335% $262.9M 1,111 $334 109

Fri May 22 #18 $23.4K −94% −74% $270.0M 170 $137 9136

Sat May 23 #19 $25.1K +7% −73% $270.0M 170 $147 9137

Sun May 24 #18 $26.4K +5% −87% $270.1M 170 $155 9138

Mon May 25 #15 $30.5K +16% −64% $270.1M 170 $179 9139

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

Cumulative total$253.7M

May 18Jun 4Jun 22Jul 9Jul 26

Weekend grossWk · $74.8K

$42.3M

$42.5M

$28.2M

$16.5M

$13.2M

$10.4M

$7.7M

$6.0M

$3.6M

$2.3M

$1.3M

$74.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10W0W

Theater countPeak 3,715 → 1,551 −58.3%

3,587 open1,551 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk · −94%

+0.3%

W1→2

−33.7%

W2→3

−41.4%

W3→4

−20.2%

W4→5

−21.1%

W5→6

−25.9%

W6→7

−22.1%

W7→8

−40.0%

W8→9

−36.9%

W9→10

−94%

W0→

Steepest −94%Biggest gain +0.3%

Run milestones

$200M in 33 days

$100M

Day 11

May 28

$200M

Day 33

Jun 19

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#10 Best second-weekend holds$20M+ openers, all-time +0.3% #15 Longest runs of $1M+ daysAll-time 52 days

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