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1999 • R • 1h 45m • Fantasy, Horror, Mystery • Paramount Pictures

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3.58

7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$101.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$207.10M

$106.00M international

Domestic legs3.4x

Budget$70M

1999 rank#20

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Cast & crew

Full Burton filmography

Tim Burton

Tim Burton Director

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp Starring

Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci Starring

Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson Starring

Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon Starring

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken Starring

ScreenplayAndrew Kevin Walker Produced byScott Rudin, Adam Schroeder CinematographyEmmanuel Lubezki Music byDanny Elfman StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 19-21 2 $30.1M — 3,064 $9,811 $30.1M

2 Nov 26-28 4 $18.4M −38.7% 3,067 $6,004 $61.6M

3 Dec 3-5 4 $8.9M −51.8% 3,069 $2,890 $74.1M

4 Dec 10-12 6 $4.7M −46.8% 3,065 $1,539 $81.4M

5 Dec 17-19 9 $3.0M −36.3% 2,564 $1,171 $85.9M

6 Dec 24-26 12 $1.5M −50.0% 1,522 $987 $89.3M

7 Dec 31-Jan 2 13 $1.6M +3.6% 1,492 $1,043 $92.8M

8 Jan 7-9 17 $1.1M −29.0% 1,070 $1,033 $94.7M

9 Jan 14-16 20 $868.4K −21.5% 892 $974 $96.0M

10 Jan 21-23 24 $547.3K −37.0% 758 $722 $96.7M

11 Jan 28-30 27 $370.8K −32.3% 690 $537 $97.2M

12 Feb 4-6 31 $303.0K −18.3% 583 $520 $97.7M

13 Feb 11-13 33 $214.9K −29.1% 497 $432 $98.0M

14 Feb 18-20 37 $198.4K −7.7% 405 $490 $98.3M

15 Feb 25-27 41 $113.2K −42.9% 351 $323 $98.5M

16 Mar 3-5 49 $76.7K −32.3% 248 $309 $98.6M

17 Mar 10-12 23 $564.2K +636.0% 649 $869 $99.2M

18 Mar 17-19 27 $400.2K −29.1% 582 $688 $99.9M

19 Mar 24-26 28 $241.8K −39.6% 433 $559 $100.3M

20 Mar 31-Apr 2 30 $171.1K −29.3% 358 $478 $100.6M

21 Apr 7-9 34 $136.0K −20.5% 281 $484 $100.8M

22 Apr 14-16 38 $80.0K −41.2% 171 $468 $100.9M

23 Apr 21-23 52 $54.5K −31.9% 139 $392 $101.0M

24 Apr 28-30 64 $29.2K −46.3% 76 $385 $101.0M

25 May 5-7 70 $19.5K −33.3% 45 $433 $101.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 19 #2 $10.0M — $10.0M 3,062 $3,282 1

Sat Nov 20 #2 $12.0M +19% $22.0M 3,062 $3,911 2

Sun Nov 21 #2 $7.2M −40% $30.1M 3,064 $2,348 3

Mon Nov 22 #2 $2.1M −71% $32.1M 3,064 $681 4

Tue Nov 23 #2 $2.6M +24% $34.7M 3,064 $844 5

Wed Nov 24 #4 $3.4M +33% $38.2M 3,064 $1,126 6

Thu Nov 25 #4 $4.8M +39% $43.0M 3,064 $1,570 7

Fri Nov 26 #4 $7.6M +58% −24% $50.6M 3,064 $2,480 8

Sat Nov 27 #4 $7.4M −3% −39% $57.9M 3,064 $2,399 9

Sun Nov 28 #4 $3.4M −53% −52% $61.6M 3,067 $1,124 10

Mon Nov 29 #4 $905.9K −74% −57% $62.5M 3,067 $295 11

Tue Nov 30 #4 $981.4K +8% −62% $63.5M 3,067 $320 12

Wed Dec 1 #4 $862.4K −12% −75% $64.4M 3,067 $281 13

Thu Dec 2 #4 $877.2K +2% −82% $65.3M 3,067 $286 14

Fri Dec 3 #4 $2.8M +214% −64% $68.0M 3,067 $897 15

Sat Dec 4 #4 $2.7M — −63% $70.8M 3,067 $894 16

Sun Dec 5 #4 $2.1M −23% −38% $74.1M 3,069 $692 17

Mon Dec 6 #4 $604.3K −72% −33% $74.7M 3,069 $197 18

Tue Dec 7 #4 $708.9K +17% −28% $75.4M 3,069 $231 19

Wed Dec 8 #4 $596.2K −16% −31% $76.0M 3,069 $194 20

Thu Dec 9 #3 $601.3K +1% −31% $76.6M 3,069 $196 21

Fri Dec 10 #6 $1.4M +127% −50% $78.0M 3,065 $446 22

Sat Dec 11 #6 $2.0M +45% −28% $80.0M 3,065 $647 23

Sun Dec 12 #6 $1.2M −41% −45% $81.4M 3,065 $378 24

Mon Dec 13 #6 $368.4K −68% −39% $81.7M 3,065 $120 25

Tue Dec 14 #6 $414.6K +13% −42% $82.1M 3,065 $135 26

Wed Dec 15 #6 $372.8K −10% −37% $82.5M 3,065 $122 27

Thu Dec 16 #5 $384.9K +3% −36% $82.9M 3,065 $126 28

Fri Dec 17 #8 $862.0K +124% −37% $83.8M 2,565 $336 29

Sat Dec 18 #9 $1.2M +43% −38% $85.0M 2,565 $481 30

Sun Dec 19 #9 $892.0K −28% −23% $85.9M 2,564 $348 31

Mon Dec 20 #8 $467.3K −48% +27% $86.4M 2,564 $182 32

Tue Dec 21 #8 $527.2K +13% +27% $86.9M 2,564 $206 33

Wed Dec 22 #10 $427.4K −19% +15% $87.3M 2,564 $167 34

Sun Dec 26 #12 $665.0K — −25% $89.3M — — 38

Mon Dec 27 #12 $492.1K −26% +5% $89.8M 2,564 $192 39

Tue Dec 28 #12 $487.2K −1% −8% $90.3M 2,564 $190 40

Wed Dec 29 #12 $462.8K −5% +8% $90.8M 2,564 $181 41

Sun Jan 2 #13 $496.0K — −25% $92.8M 1,492 $332 45

Mon Jan 3 #14 $226.8K −54% −54% $93.1M 1,492 $152 46

Tue Jan 4 #13 $205.2K −10% −58% $93.3M 1,492 $138 47

Wed Jan 5 #13 $173.2K −16% −63% $93.4M 1,492 $116 48

Thu Jan 6 #13 $172.9K — $93.6M 1,492 $116 49

Sun Jan 9 #16 $259.0K — −48% $94.7M 1,070 $242 52

Mon Jan 10 #16 $87.7K −66% −61% $94.8M 1,070 $82 53

Tue Jan 11 #16 $103.5K +18% −50% $94.9M 1,070 $97 54

Wed Jan 12 #17 $83.7K −19% −52% $95.0M 1,070 $78 55

Mon Jan 17 #20 $117.3K — +34% $96.0M 892 $132 60

Tue Jan 18 #19 $55.8K −52% −46% $96.0M 892 $63 61

Wed Jan 19 #19 $56.4K +1% −33% $96.1M 892 $63 62

Thu Jan 20 #19 $54.6K −3% $96.1M 892 $61 63

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

Cumulative total$96.1M

Nov 19Dec 2Dec 14Jan 2Jan 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $547.3K

$30.1M

$18.4M

$8.9M

$4.7M

$3.0M

$1.5M

$1.6M

$1.1M

$868.4K

$547.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,069 → 892 −70.9%

3,062 open892 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.0%

−38.7%

W1→2

−51.8%

W2→3

−46.8%

W3→4

−36.3%

W4→5

−50.0%

W5→6

+3.6%

W6→7

−29.0%

W7→8

−21.5%

W8→9

−37.0%

W9→10

Steepest −51.8%Biggest gain +3.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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