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2004 • PG • 1h 33m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • DreamWorks Distribution

What happens after happily ever after?

🍅 89% 69%

75

4.12

7.4

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$108.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$439.82M

Final

Worldwide total

$933.80M

$494.00M international

Domestic legs4.07x

Budget$150M

2004 rank#1

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Cast & crew

Full Adamson filmography

Andrew Adamson

Andrew Adamson Director

Kelly Asbury

Kelly Asbury Director

Mike Myers

Mike Myers Starring

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy Starring

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz Starring

Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews Starring

ScreenplayAndrew Adamson, J. David Stem, Joe Stillman, David N. Weiss Produced byAron Warner, David Lipman, John H. Williams MusicHarry Gregson-Williams StudioDreamWorks SeriesShrek

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 21-23 1 $108.0M — 4,163 $25,951 $129.0M

2 May 28-30 1 $72.2M −33.2% 4,223 $17,089 $236.9M

3 Jun 4-6 2 $37.9M −47.4% 4,131 $9,182 $314.5M

4 Jun 11-13 3 $23.3M −38.5% 3,843 $6,067 $353.3M

5 Jun 18-20 4 $13.9M −40.2% 3,306 $4,217 $378.6M

6 Jun 25-27 7 $10.2M −26.7% 2,937 $3,478 $396.8M

7 Jul 2-4 8 $5.8M −42.9% 2,609 $2,237 $408.1M

8 Jul 9-11 9 $4.5M −23.8% 2,142 $2,077 $418.5M

9 Jul 16-18 10 $3.2M −27.4% 1,857 $1,739 $425.0M

10 Jul 23-25 10 $2.3M −28.3% 1,559 $1,485 $429.4M

11 Jul 30-Aug 1 15 $1.3M −43.1% 1,019 $1,292 $432.5M

12 Aug 6-8 18 $893.9K −32.1% 812 $1,100 $434.4M

13 Aug 13-15 21 $567.6K −36.5% 567 $1,001 $435.6M

14 Aug 20-22 23 $422.8K −25.5% 435 $971 $436.5M

15 Sep 3-6 22 $855.1K +102.2% 436 $1,961 $438.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed May 19 #1 $11.8M — $11.8M 3,737 $3,153 1

Thu May 20 #1 $9.2M −22% $20.9M 3,737 $2,450 2

Fri May 21 #1 $28.3M +209% $49.3M 4,163 $6,807 3

Sat May 22 #1 $44.8M +58% $94.1M 4,163 $10,760 4

Sun May 23 #1 $34.9M −22% $129.0M 4,163 $8,383 5

Mon May 24 #1 $11.5M −67% $140.5M 4,163 $2,765 6

Tue May 25 #1 $8.0M −30% $148.5M 4,163 $1,927 7

Wed May 26 #1 $8.0M n/c −32% $156.5M 4,163 $1,922 8

Thu May 27 #1 $8.2M +3% −10% $164.7M 4,163 $1,972 9

Fri May 28 #2 $21.5M +162% −24% $186.2M 4,223 $5,091 10

Sat May 29 #1 $27.2M +27% −39% $212.1M 4,223 $6,449 11

Sun May 30 #1 $24.8M −9% −29% $236.9M 4,223 $5,867 12

Mon May 31 #1 $23.4M −6% +103% $260.3M 4,223 $5,542 13

Tue Jun 1 #2 $5.8M −75% −28% $266.1M 4,223 $1,375 14

Wed Jun 2 #1 $5.4M −7% −33% $271.5M 4,223 $1,277 15

Thu Jun 3 #1 $5.1M −6% −38% $276.6M 4,223 $1,201 16

Fri Jun 4 #2 $10.4M +105% −52% $287.0M 4,131 $2,517 17

Sat Jun 5 #2 $15.6M +50% −43% $302.6M 4,131 $3,767 18

Sun Jun 6 #2 $11.9M −23% −52% $314.5M 4,131 $2,884 19

Mon Jun 7 #2 $3.5M −70% −85% $318.1M 4,131 $857 20

Tue Jun 8 #2 $3.8M +6% −35% $321.8M 4,131 $909 21

Wed Jun 9 #2 $3.9M +5% −27% $325.8M 4,131 $955 22

Thu Jun 10 #2 $4.2M +8% −16% $330.0M 4,131 $1,028 23

Fri Jun 11 #5 $7.5M +77% −28% $337.5M 3,843 $1,951 24

Sat Jun 12 #2 $9.0M +20% −42% $346.5M 3,843 $2,349 25

Sun Jun 13 #2 $6.8M −24% −43% $353.3M 3,843 $1,775 26

Mon Jun 14 #2 $2.9M −58% −19% $356.2M 3,843 $748 27

Tue Jun 15 #2 $2.8M −1% −24% $359.1M 3,843 $740 28

Wed Jun 16 #2 $2.8M −2% −29% $361.8M 3,843 $724 29

Thu Jun 17 #2 $2.8M +2% −33% $364.7M 3,843 $739 30

Fri Jun 18 #4 $4.1M +44% −45% $368.8M 3,306 $1,240 31

Sat Jun 19 #4 $5.4M +32% −40% $374.2M 3,306 $1,632 32

Sun Jun 20 #4 $4.4M −19% −36% $378.6M 3,306 $1,327 33

Mon Jun 21 #4 $1.9M −57% −34% $380.5M 3,306 $570 34

Tue Jun 22 #4 $2.3M +21% −20% $382.8M 3,306 $687 35

Wed Jun 23 #5 $1.8M −20% −34% $384.6M 3,306 $552 36

Thu Jun 24 #5 $2.0M +7% −31% $386.6M 3,306 $592 37

Fri Jun 25 #7 $3.2M +63% −22% $389.8M 2,937 $1,089 38

Sat Jun 26 #7 $4.1M +28% −24% $393.8M 2,937 $1,399 39

Sun Jun 27 #7 $3.0M −28% −33% $396.8M 2,937 $1,006 40

Mon Jun 28 #6 $1.5M −50% −22% $398.3M 2,937 $503 41

Tue Jun 29 #7 $1.5M +1% −34% $399.8M 2,937 $507 42

Wed Jun 30 #6 $1.2M −18% −33% $401.0M 2,937 $416 43

Thu Jul 1 #6 $1.4M +12% −30% $402.3M 2,937 $465 44

Fri Jul 2 #7 $1.9M +42% −39% $404.3M 2,609 $742 45

Sat Jul 3 #8 $2.2M +15% −46% $406.5M 2,609 $857 46

Sun Jul 4 #8 $1.7M −26% −44% $408.1M 2,609 $637 47

Mon Jul 5 #8 $2.5M +53% +72% $410.7M 2,609 $977 48

Tue Jul 6 #6 $1.1M −56% −25% $411.8M 2,609 $427 49

Wed Jul 7 #7 $1.1M +1% −8% $412.9M 2,609 $430 50

Thu Jul 8 #7 $1.1M +1% −17% $414.1M 2,609 $436 51

Fri Jul 9 #10 $1.4M +21% −29% $415.4M 2,142 $641 52

Sat Jul 10 #9 $1.8M +28% −22% $417.2M 2,142 $818 53

Sun Jul 11 #9 $1.3M −24% −20% $418.5M 2,142 $618 54

Mon Jul 12 #8 $761.0K −43% −70% $419.3M 2,142 $355 55

Tue Jul 13 #7 $863.0K +13% −23% $420.1M 2,142 $402 56

Wed Jul 14 #7 $839.0K −3% −25% $421.0M 2,142 $391 57

Thu Jul 15 #6 $802.0K −4% −30% $421.8M 2,142 $374 58

Fri Jul 16 #11 $889.4K +11% −35% $422.7M 2,142 $415 59

Sat Jul 17 #11 $1.2M +37% −30% $423.9M 1,857 $658 60

Sun Jul 18 #8 $1.1M −8% −15% $425.0M 1,857 $602 61

Mon Jul 19 #9 $534.0K −52% −30% $425.5M 1,857 $287 62

Tue Jul 20 #9 $536.0K n/c −38% $426.1M 1,857 $288 63

Wed Jul 21 #9 $511.0K −5% −39% $426.6M 1,857 $275 64

Thu Jul 22 #8 $532.0K +4% −34% $427.1M 1,857 $286 65

Fri Jul 23 #10 $700.0K +32% −21% $427.8M 1,559 $449 66

Sat Jul 24 #10 $931.6K +33% −24% $428.7M 1,559 $597 67

Sun Jul 25 #10 $725.4K −22% −35% $429.4M 1,559 $465 68

Mon Jul 26 #11 $365.0K −50% −32% $429.8M 1,559 $234 69

Tue Jul 27 #10 $512.0K +40% −4% $430.3M 1,559 $328 70

Wed Jul 28 #10 $489.0K −4% −4% $430.8M 1,559 $313 71

Thu Jul 29 #10 $369.0K −25% −31% $431.2M 1,559 $236 72

Fri Apr 12 #9 $473.9K — $437.1M 1,512 $313

Sat Apr 13 #9 $526.5K +11% $437.7M 1,512 $348

Sun Apr 14 #8 $454.8K −14% $438.1M 1,512 $300

Mon Apr 15 #9 $124.2K −73% $438.3M 1,512 $82

Tue Apr 16 $184.5K +49% $438.4M 1,512 $122

Wed Apr 17 #8 $149.2K −19% $438.6M 1,512 $98

Thu Apr 18 $115.9K −22% $438.7M 1,512 $76

Fri Apr 19 $128.2K +11% −73% $438.8M 819 $156

Sat Apr 20 $227.1K +77% −57% $439.1M 819 $277

Sun Apr 21 $193.9K −15% −57% $439.2M 819 $236

Mon Apr 22 #12 $49.8K −74% −60% $439.3M 819 $60

Tue Apr 23 $74.8K +50% −59% $439.4M 819 $91

Wed Apr 24 $57.4K −23% −62% $439.4M 819 $70

Thu Apr 25 #13 $39.3K −32% −66% $439.5M 819 $47

Fri Apr 26 $45.6K +16% −64% $439.5M 254 $179

Sat Apr 27 $65.8K +44% −71% $439.6M 254 $259

Sun Apr 28 $52.5K −20% −73% $439.6M 254 $206

Mon Apr 29 $14.7K −72% −71% $439.6M 254 $57

Tue Apr 30 $22.1K +51% −71% $439.7M 254 $86

Wed May 1 $15.0K −32% −74% $439.7M 254 $58

Thu May 2 $10.6K −29% −73% $439.7M 254 $41

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

Cumulative total$439.7M

May 19Jun 11Jul 3Jul 26May 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.3M

$108.0M

$72.2M

$37.9M

$23.3M

$13.9M

$10.2M

$5.8M

$4.5M

$3.2M

$2.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,223 → 254 −94.0%

3,737 open254 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.3%

−33.2%

W1→2

−47.4%

W2→3

−38.5%

W3→4

−40.2%

W4→5

−26.7%

W5→6

−42.9%

W6→7

−23.8%

W7→8

−27.4%

W8→9

−28.3%

W9→10

Steepest −47.4%Best hold −23.8%

Run milestones

$400M in 43 days

$100M

Day 5

May 23

$200M

Day 11

May 29

$300M

Day 18

Jun 5

$400M

Day 43

Jun 30

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#4 Best second-weekend holds$100M+ openers, all-time −33.2% #8 Biggest animated filmsAll-time $439.8M #11 Longest runs of $1M+ daysAll-time 54 days #13 All-time PG-rated domesticAll-time $439.8M #14 Biggest animated openingsAll-time $108.0M #17 Biggest May openingsAll-time $108.0M

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