The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D backdrop

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D movie poster

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-DFollow

2005 • PG • 1h 34m • Adventure, Family, Fantasy • Dimension Films

Smaller heroes. Just as super.

🍅 20% 34%

38

2.69

3.9

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$39.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$69.40M

$30.20M international

Domestic legs3.1x

Budget$50M

2005 rank#70

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Cast & crew

Full Rodriguez filmography

Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez Director

Taylor Lautner

Taylor Lautner Starring

David Arquette

David Arquette Starring

Kristin Davis

Kristin Davis Starring

ScreenplayRobert Rodriguez, Marcel Rodriguez Produced byElizabeth Avellán, Robert Rodriguez CinematographyRobert Rodriguez Music byRobert Rodriguez, John Debney, Graeme Revell StudioDimension Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 10-12 5 $12.6M — 2,655 $4,739 $12.6M

2 Jun 17-19 6 $6.7M −46.8% 2,655 $2,521 $24.0M

3 Jun 24-26 9 $3.5M −47.8% 2,352 $1,486 $30.5M

4 Jul 1-3 12 $1.7M −52.8% 1,616 $1,021 $34.5M

5 Jul 8-10 15 $902.7K −45.3% 1,075 $840 $36.8M

6 Jul 15-17 20 $328.6K −63.6% 657 $500 $37.7M

7 Jul 22-24 30 $136.8K −58.4% 300 $456 $38.1M

8 Jul 29-31 39 $60.5K −55.8% 192 $315 $38.2M

9 Aug 5-7 30 $172.8K +185.7% 282 $613 $38.4M

10 Aug 12-14 32 $161.1K −6.8% 252 $639 $38.7M

11 Aug 19-21 38 $116.4K −27.7% 229 $508 $38.9M

12 Aug 26-28 48 $57.0K −51.1% 176 $324 $39.0M

13 Sep 2-4 58 $29.9K −47.6% 97 $308 $39.1M

14 Sep 9-11 60 $19.5K −34.6% 64 $305 $39.1M

15 Sep 16-18 68 $18.1K −7.4% 38 $476 $39.1M

16 Sep 23-25 75 $11.2K −38.1% 26 $430 $39.2M

17 Sep 30-Oct 2 87 $7.0K −37.8% 18 $387 $39.2M

18 Oct 7-9 92 $4.4K −37.2% 12 $364 $39.2M

19 Oct 14-16 105 $2.4K −45.4% 35 $68 $39.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 10 #5 $3.9M — $3.9M 2,655 $1,469 1

Sat Jun 11 #5 $4.9M +25.6% $8.8M 2,655 $1,846 2

Sun Jun 12 #4 $3.7M −24.5% $12.6M 2,655 $1,394 3

Mon Jun 13 #5 $1.2M −67.3% $13.8M 2,655 $456 4

Tue Jun 14 #5 $1.1M −5.4% $14.9M 2,655 $431 5

Wed Jun 15 #6 $1.2M +4.8% $16.1M 2,655 $452 6

Thu Jun 16 #6 $1.2M −1.2% $17.3M 2,655 $446 7

Fri Jun 17 #7 $2.0M +68.8% −48.7% $19.3M 2,655 $753 8

Sat Jun 18 #6 $2.7M +35.0% −44.9% $22.0M 2,655 $1,017 9

Sun Jun 19 #6 $2.0M −25.9% −45.9% $24.0M 2,655 $753 10

Mon Jun 20 #6 $805.0K −59.7% −33.5% $24.8M 2,655 $303 11

Tue Jun 21 #6 $805.0K +0.0% −29.7% $25.6M 2,655 $303 12

Wed Jun 22 #7 $800.0K −0.6% −33.3% $26.4M 2,655 $301 13

Thu Jun 23 #7 $705.0K −11.9% −40.5% $27.0M 2,655 $266 14

Fri Jun 24 #9 $1.0M +41.8% −50.0% $28.0M 2,352 $425 15

Sat Jun 25 #10 $1.4M +40.0% −48.1% $29.4M 2,352 $595 16

Sun Jun 26 #9 $1.1M −21.4% −45.0% $30.5M 2,352 $468 17

Mon Jun 27 #9 $565.0K −48.6% −29.8% $31.1M 2,352 $240 18

Tue Jun 28 #9 $625.0K +10.6% −22.4% $31.7M 2,352 $266 19

Wed Jun 29 #10 $555.0K −11.2% −30.6% $32.3M 2,352 $236 20

Thu Jun 30 #10 $555.0K +0.0% −21.3% $32.8M 2,352 $236 21

Mon Jul 4 #12 $405.3K — −28.3% $34.9M 1,616 $251 25

Mon Sep 5 #47 $11.2K — $39.1M 97 $115 88

Mon Oct 10 #68 $1.2K — $39.2M 12 $100 123

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

Cumulative total$34.9M

Jun 10Jun 15Jun 21Jun 26Jul 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $161.1K

$12.6M

$6.7M

$3.5M

$1.7M

$902.7K

$328.6K

$136.8K

$60.5K

$172.8K

$161.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,655 → 1,616 −39.1%

2,655 open1,616 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −6.8%

−46.8%

W1→2

−47.8%

W2→3

−52.8%

W3→4

−45.3%

W4→5

−63.6%

W5→6

−58.4%

W6→7

−55.8%

W7→8

+185.7%

W8→9

−6.8%

W9→10

Steepest −63.6%Biggest gain +185.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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