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Shrek the ThirdFollow

2007 • PG • 1h 33m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • DreamWorks

He's in for the royal treatment.

🍅 41% 52%

58

2.97

6.1

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$122.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$322.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$807.30M

$484.60M international

Domestic legs2.65x

Budget$160M

2007 rank#2

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Mike Myers

Mike Myers Starring

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy Starring

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz Starring

Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas Starring

Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews Starring

John Cleese

John Cleese Starring

ScreenplayChris Miller, Aron Warner, Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman Produced byAron Warner MusicHarry Gregson-Williams StudioDreamWorks SeriesShrek

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 18-20 1 $121.6M — 4,122 $29,507 $122.5M

2 May 25-27 2 $53.0M −56.4% 4,172 $12,713 $203.4M

3 Jun 1-3 3 $28.0M −47.2% 4,109 $6,819 $255.9M

4 Jun 8-10 5 $15.3M −45.3% 3,925 $3,902 $281.5M

5 Jun 15-17 6 $9.0M −41.2% 3,505 $2,568 $297.2M

6 Jun 22-24 8 $5.7M −37.2% 2,822 $2,003 $307.8M

7 Jun 29-Jul 1 11 $2.7M −52.7% 2,066 $1,294 $313.7M

8 Jul 6-8 13 $1.5M −42.5% 1,421 $1,082 $316.7M

9 Jul 13-15 15 $662.0K −56.9% 644 $1,028 $318.1M

10 Jul 20-22 18 $384.1K −42.0% 408 $941 $318.9M

11 Jul 27-29 19 $634.8K +65.3% 455 $1,395 $319.8M

12 Aug 3-5 21 $460.1K −27.5% 403 $1,141 $320.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu May 17 #2 $907.3K — $907.3K 1,000 $907 -1

Fri May 18 #1 $38.4M +4,135% $39.3M 4,122 $9,322 1

Sat May 19 #1 $47.1M +23% $86.4M 4,122 $11,421 2

Sun May 20 #1 $36.1M −23% $122.5M 4,122 $8,763 3

Mon May 21 #1 $9.6M −73% $132.2M 4,122 $2,336 4

Tue May 22 #1 $6.5M −32% $138.7M 4,122 $1,586 5

Wed May 23 #1 $5.8M −12% $144.5M 4,122 $1,400 6

Thu May 24 #2 $5.9M +2% $150.3M 4,122 $1,421 7

Fri May 25 #2 $14.2M +143% −63% $164.6M 4,172 $3,406 8

Sat May 26 #2 $20.6M +45% −56% $185.2M 4,172 $4,944 9

Sun May 27 #2 $18.2M −12% −50% $203.4M 4,172 $4,362 10

Mon May 28 #2 $14.0M −23% +45% $217.3M 4,172 $3,348 11

Tue May 29 #2 $3.6M −74% −44% $221.0M 4,172 $871 12

Wed May 30 #2 $3.4M −5% −40% $224.4M 4,172 $825 13

Thu May 31 #2 $3.5M +1% −41% $227.9M 4,172 $834 14

Fri Jun 1 #3 $7.4M +111% −48% $235.3M 4,109 $1,790 15

Sat Jun 2 #2 $11.5M +56% −44% $246.7M 4,109 $2,790 16

Sun Jun 3 #3 $9.2M −20% −49% $255.9M 4,109 $2,238 17

Mon Jun 4 #3 $2.6M −71% −81% $258.6M 4,109 $639 18

Tue Jun 5 #3 $2.6M −2% −29% $261.1M 4,109 $629 19

Wed Jun 6 #3 $2.5M −3% −27% $263.6M 4,109 $608 20

Thu Jun 7 #3 $2.5M n/c −28% $266.1M 4,109 $608 21

Fri Jun 8 #5 $4.4M +77% −40% $270.6M 3,925 $1,126 22

Sat Jun 9 #5 $6.5M +47% −43% $277.0M 3,925 $1,651 23

Sun Jun 10 #5 $4.4M −32% −52% $281.5M 3,925 $1,123 24

Mon Jun 11 #5 $1.6M −63% −38% $283.1M 3,925 $416 25

Tue Jun 12 #5 $1.7M +3% −35% $284.8M 3,925 $429 26

Wed Jun 13 #5 $1.7M +1% −32% $286.5M 3,925 $433 27

Thu Jun 14 #5 $1.8M +3% −30% $288.2M 3,925 $447 28

Fri Jun 15 #7 $2.7M +52% −39% $290.9M 3,505 $764 29

Sat Jun 16 #6 $3.5M +31% −46% $294.4M 3,505 $1,002 30

Sun Jun 17 #6 $2.8M −20% −36% $297.2M 3,505 $801 31

Mon Jun 18 #7 $1.2M −59% −29% $298.4M 3,505 $329 32

Tue Jun 19 #6 $1.3M +9% −25% $299.7M 3,505 $360 33

Wed Jun 20 #6 $1.3M +3% −24% $301.0M 3,505 $371 34

Thu Jun 21 #6 $1.2M −9% −32% $302.2M 3,505 $339 35

Fri Jun 22 #8 $1.8M +47% −35% $303.9M 2,822 $620 36

Sat Jun 23 #8 $2.3M +32% −34% $306.2M 2,822 $817 37

Sun Jun 24 #8 $1.6M −31% −43% $307.8M 2,822 $564 38

Mon Jun 25 #8 $810.2K −49% −30% $308.6M 2,822 $287 39

Tue Jun 26 #8 $834.4K +3% −34% $309.5M 2,822 $295 40

Wed Jun 27 #10 $797.3K −4% −39% $310.2M 2,822 $282 41

Thu Jun 28 #10 $816.4K +2% −31% $311.1M 2,822 $289 42

Fri Jun 29 #11 $862.0K +6% −51% $311.9M 2,066 $417 43

Sat Jun 30 #11 $1.0M +21% −55% $313.0M 2,066 $503 44

Sun Jul 1 #11 $772.1K −26% −52% $313.7M 2,066 $373 45

Mon Jul 2 #12 $393.0K −49% −51% $314.1M 2,066 $190 46

Tue Jul 3 $302.2K −23% −64% $314.4M 2,066 $146 47

Wed Jul 4 $423.5K +40% −47% $314.9M 2,066 $204 48

Thu Jul 5 $344.0K −19% −58% $315.2M 2,066 $166 49

Fri Jul 6 $483.9K +41% −44% $315.7M 1,421 $340 50

Sat Jul 7 $599.0K +24% −42% $316.3M 1,421 $421 51

Sun Jul 8 $454.9K −24% −41% $316.7M 1,421 $320 52

Mon Jul 9 $218.9K −52% −44% $317.0M 1,421 $154 53

Tue Jul 10 $221.7K +1% −27% $317.2M 1,421 $156 54

Wed Jul 11 $119.3K −46% −72% $317.3M 1,421 $83 55

Thu Jul 12 $117.6K −1% −66% $317.4M 1,421 $82 56

Fri Jul 13 $198.1K +68% −59% $317.6M 644 $307 57

Sat Jul 14 $267.5K +35% −55% $317.9M 644 $415 58

Sun Jul 15 $196.4K −27% −57% $318.1M 644 $305 59

Mon Jul 16 $92.5K −53% −58% $318.2M 644 $143 60

Tue Jul 17 $116.5K +26% −47% $318.3M 644 $180 61

Wed Jul 18 $129.4K +11% +8% $318.4M 644 $200 62

Thu Jul 19 $135.6K +5% +15% $318.6M 644 $210 63

Fri Jul 20 $122.5K −10% −38% $318.7M 408 $300 64

Sat Jul 21 $155.6K +27% −42% $318.8M 408 $381 65

Sun Jul 22 $106.0K −32% −46% $318.9M 408 $259 66

Mon Jul 23 $67.1K −37% −27% $319.0M 408 $164 67

Tue Jul 24 $72.0K +7% −38% $319.1M 408 $176 68

Wed Jul 25 $59.5K −17% −54% $319.1M 408 $145 69

Thu Jul 26 $64.6K +9% −52% $319.2M 408 $158 70

Fri Jul 27 $194.0K +200% +58% $319.4M 455 $426 71

Sat Jul 28 $260.2K +34% +67% $319.7M 455 $571 72

Sun Jul 29 $180.6K −31% +70% $319.8M 455 $396 73

Mon Jul 30 $91.8K −49% +37% $319.9M 455 $201 74

Tue Jul 31 $107.4K +17% +49% $320.0M 455 $236 75

Wed Aug 1 $105.7K −2% +78% $320.1M 455 $232 76

Thu Aug 2 $105.7K n/c +64% $320.2M 455 $232 77

Fri Aug 3 $136.9K +29% −29% $320.4M 403 $339 78

Sat Aug 4 $180.8K +32% −31% $320.6M 403 $448 79

Sun Aug 5 $142.4K −21% −21% $320.7M 403 $353 80

Mon Aug 6 $73.5K −48% −20% $320.8M 403 $182 81

Tue Aug 7 $82.4K +12% −23% $320.9M 403 $204 82

Wed Aug 8 $75.6K −8% −28% $320.9M 403 $187 83

Thu Aug 9 $74.2K −2% −30% $321.0M 403 $184 84

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

Cumulative total$319.2M

May 17Jun 4Jun 21Jul 9Jul 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $384.1K

$121.6M

$53.0M

$28.0M

$15.3M

$9.0M

$5.7M

$2.7M

$1.5M

$662.0K

$384.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,172 → 408 −90.2%

1,000 open408 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.0%

−56.4%

W1→2

−47.2%

W2→3

−45.3%

W3→4

−41.2%

W4→5

−37.2%

W5→6

−52.7%

W6→7

−42.5%

W7→8

−56.9%

W8→9

−42.0%

W9→10

Steepest −56.9%Best hold −37.2%

Run milestones

$300M in 34 days

$100M

Day 3

May 20

$200M

Day 10

May 27

$300M

Day 34

Jun 20

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#9 Biggest animated openingsAll-time $121.6M #12 Biggest May openingsAll-time $121.6M #14 Biggest PG-rated openingsAll-time $121.6M

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