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The Ant BullyFollow

2006 • PG • 1h 29m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Warner Bros.

The battle for the lawn is on.

🍅 61% 42% MC 59 LB 2.47 IMDb 5.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$8.40M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$28.10M
Final
Worldwide total
$49.60M
$21.50M international
Domestic legs3.3x
Budget$45M
2006 rank#100
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Cast & crew

Julia Roberts Julia Roberts Starring Meryl Streep Meryl Streep Starring Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage Starring Paul Giamatti Paul Giamatti Starring Bruce Campbell Bruce Campbell Starring Regina King Regina King Starring
ScreenplayJohn A. Davis Produced byTom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, John A. Davis CinematographyKen Mitchroney MusicJohn Debney StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 28-30 5 $8.4M — 3,050 $2,765 $8.4M
2 Aug 4-6 8 $3.9M −53.8% 3,050 $1,276 $18.2M
3 Aug 11-13 14 $1.9M −51.9% 2,005 $934 $22.5M
4 Aug 18-20 18 $1.0M −44.4% 850 $1,225 $24.6M
5 Aug 25-27 25 $559.9K −46.2% 515 $1,087 $25.7M
6 Sep 1-4 23 $560.5K +0.1% 409 $1,370 $26.5M
7 Sep 8-10 27 $290.8K −48.1% 271 $1,073 $27.1M
8 Sep 15-17 34 $193.7K −33.4% 178 $1,088 $27.3M
9 Sep 22-24 34 $181.8K −6.1% 118 $1,541 $27.5M
10 Sep 29-Oct 1 53 $41.4K −77.2% 78 $531 $27.6M
11 Oct 6-8 56 $21.2K −48.8% 53 $400 $27.6M
12 Oct 13-15 33 $138.6K +554.6% 272 $510 $27.8M
13 Oct 20-22 39 $116.1K −16.3% 215 $540 $27.9M
14 Oct 27-29 45 $63.2K −45.6% 151 $419 $28.0M
15 Nov 3-5 49 $53.4K −15.6% 115 $464 $28.1M
16 Nov 10-12 47 $44.8K −16.0% 81 $553 $28.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $41.4K
$8.4M
$3.9M
$1.9M
$1.0M
$559.9K
$560.5K
$290.8K
$193.7K
$181.8K
$41.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −77.2%
−53.8%
W1→2
−51.9%
W2→3
−44.4%
W3→4
−46.2%
W4→5
+0.1%
W5→6
−48.1%
W6→7
−33.4%
W7→8
−6.1%
W8→9
−77.2%
W9→10
Steepest −77.2%Biggest gain +0.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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