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The AnimalFollow

2001 • PG-13 • 1h 24m • Comedy, Sci-Fi • Revolution Studios

He wasn't much of a man... Now he's not much of an animal!

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4.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$57.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$84.80M

$27.00M international

Domestic legs2.94x

Budget$47.0M

2001 rank#42

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Cast & crew

Rob Schneider

Rob Schneider Starring

John C. McGinley

John C. McGinley Starring

Ed Asner

Ed Asner Starring

ScreenplayTom Brady, Rob Schneider Produced byBarry Bernardi, Carr D'Angelo, Todd Garner CinematographyPeter Lyons Collister MusicTeddy Castellucci StudioRevolution Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 1-3 3 $19.6M — 2,788 $7,033 $19.6M

2 Jun 8-10 5 $9.6M −51.0% 2,788 $3,446 $35.7M

3 Jun 15-17 7 $5.8M −39.6% 2,741 $2,117 $45.5M

4 Jun 22-24 10 $2.9M −49.8% 2,228 $1,306 $51.2M

5 Jun 29-Jul 1 15 $1.1M −61.9% 1,302 $852 $53.7M

6 Jul 6-8 24 $219.1K −80.3% 212 $1,033 $54.4M

7 Jul 13-15 31 $97.4K −55.5% 111 $877 $54.6M

8 Jul 20-22 26 $204.4K +109.8% 214 $954 $54.9M

9 Jul 27-29 27 $156.8K −23.3% 179 $875 $55.2M

10 Aug 3-5 33 $123.9K −21.0% 154 $804 $55.4M

11 Aug 10-12 37 $89.8K −27.5% 127 $707 $55.6M

12 Sep 21-23 24 $450.0K +401.1% 667 $674 $56.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 1 #3 $6.0M — $6.0M 2,788 $2,153 1

Sat Jun 2 #3 $8.0M +34% $14.0M 2,788 $2,883 2

Sun Jun 3 #3 $5.5M −31% $19.6M 2,788 $1,983 3

Mon Jun 4 #3 $1.7M −69% $21.3M 2,788 $611 4

Tue Jun 5 #3 $1.8M +5% $23.1M 2,788 $641 5

Wed Jun 6 #3 $1.5M −18% $24.6M 2,788 $524 6

Thu Jun 7 #3 $1.5M +1% $26.0M 2,788 $530 7

Fri Jun 8 #5 $2.9M +97% −51% $29.0M 2,788 $1,045 8

Sat Jun 9 #5 $3.9M +35% −51% $32.9M 2,788 $1,406 9

Sun Jun 10 #5 $2.7M −31% −51% $35.7M 2,788 $973 10

Mon Jun 11 #5 $1.1M −61% −38% $36.7M 2,788 $378 11

Tue Jun 12 #6 $1.1M +2% −40% $37.8M 2,788 $386 12

Wed Jun 13 #6 $930.8K −14% −36% $38.7M 2,788 $333 13

Thu Jun 14 #6 $953.2K +2% −36% $39.7M 2,788 $341 14

Fri Jun 15 #7 $1.8M +84% −40% $41.4M 2,741 $638 15

Sat Jun 16 #7 $2.4M +37% −39% $43.8M 2,741 $876 16

Sun Jun 17 #7 $1.8M −25% −34% $45.5M 2,741 $653 17

Mon Jun 18 #7 $707.2K −61% −33% $46.2M 2,741 $258 18

Tue Jun 19 #8 $717.8K +2% −33% $46.9M 2,741 $261 19

Wed Jun 20 #8 $680.4K −5% −27% $47.6M 2,741 $248 20

Thu Jun 21 #8 $749.4K +10% −21% $48.3M 2,741 $273 21

Fri Jun 22 #10 $1.0M +37% −41% $49.4M 2,228 $460 22

Sat Jun 23 #10 $1.2M +13% −52% $50.5M 2,228 $520 23

Sun Jun 24 #10 $794.0K −31% −56% $51.2M 2,228 $356 24

Mon Jun 25 #10 $327.8K −59% −54% $51.6M 2,228 $147 25

Tue Jun 26 #10 $355.1K +8% −51% $51.9M 2,228 $159 26

Wed Jun 27 #11 $323.4K −9% −52% $52.2M 2,228 $145 27

Thu Jun 28 #11 $307.6K −5% −59% $52.6M 2,228 $138 28

Sun Jul 1 #14 $354.0K — −55% $53.7M 1,302 $271 31

Mon Jul 2 #14 $165.7K −53% −49% $53.8M 1,302 $127 32

Tue Jul 3 #13 $203.7K +23% −43% $54.0M 1,302 $156 33

Wed Jul 4 #15 $203.6K n/c −37% $54.2M 1,302 $156 34

Thu Jul 5 #18 $79.6K −61% −74% $54.2M 1,302 $61 35

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

Cumulative total$54.2M

Jun 1Jun 9Jun 17Jun 25Jul 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $123.9K

$19.6M

$9.6M

$5.8M

$2.9M

$1.1M

$219.1K

$97.4K

$204.4K

$156.8K

$123.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,788 → 1,302 −53.3%

2,788 open1,302 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −21.0%

−51.0%

W1→2

−39.6%

W2→3

−49.8%

W3→4

−61.9%

W4→5

−80.3%

W5→6

−55.5%

W6→7

+109.8%

W7→8

−23.3%

W8→9

−21.0%

W9→10

Steepest −80.3%Biggest gain +109.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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