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2014 • PG • 1h 35m • Animation, Adventure, Family • 20th Century Fox

Two worlds. One love.

🍅 82% 77%

67

3.79

7.2

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$50.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$97.70M

$47.50M international

Domestic legs2.9x

Budget$50M

2014 rank#66

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Diego Luna

Diego Luna Starring

Channing Tatum

Channing Tatum Starring

Zoe Saldaña

Zoe Saldaña Starring

Christina Applegate

Christina Applegate Starring

Eugenio Derbez

Eugenio Derbez Starring

Cheech Marin

Cheech Marin Starring

ScreenplayJorge R. Gutierrez, Doug Langdale Produced byGuillermo del Toro, Brad Booker, Aaron D. Berger, Carina Schulze Music byGustavo Santaolalla Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 17-19 3 $17.0M — 3,071 $5,537 $17.0M

2 Oct 24-26 5 $10.0M −40.9% 3,113 $3,228 $30.2M

3 Oct 31-Nov 2 5 $8.2M −18.3% 2,794 $2,937 $40.4M

4 Nov 7-9 10 $2.8M −66.4% 2,166 $1,271 $45.2M

5 Nov 14-16 16 $963.9K −65.0% 1,006 $958 $47.4M

6 Nov 21-23 21 $379.9K −60.6% 438 $867 $47.9M

7 Nov 28-30 25 $243.5K −35.9% 279 $873 $48.4M

8 Dec 5-7 30 $143.3K −41.2% 245 $585 $48.5M

9 Dec 12-14 27 $167.7K +17.1% 228 $736 $48.8M

10 Dec 19-21 28 $114.0K −32.0% 173 $659 $48.9M

11 Dec 26-28 32 $173.4K +52.2% 148 $1,172 $49.2M

12 Jan 2-4 33 $173.7K +0.2% 134 $1,296 $49.6M

13 Jan 9-11 34 $123.3K −29.0% 122 $1,011 $49.7M

14 Jan 16-18 40 $100.8K −18.2% 96 $1,050 $49.9M

15 Jan 23-25 40 $81.0K −19.7% 90 $900 $50.0M

16 Jan 30-Feb 1 46 $56.8K −29.9% 74 $768 $50.1M

17 Feb 6-8 58 $37.3K −34.4% 57 $654 $50.1M

18 Feb 13-15 70 $9.9K −73.4% 19 $523 $50.1M

19 Feb 20-22 73 $3.2K −67.9% 12 $266 $50.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Oct 16 #P $300.0K — $300.0K 2,150 $140 -1

Fri Oct 17 #3 $5.0M — $5.0M 3,071 $1,624 1

Sat Oct 18 #3 $6.9M +38.7% $11.9M 3,071 $2,251 2

Sun Oct 19 #2 $5.1M −26.2% $17.0M 3,071 $1,662 3

Mon Oct 20 #3 $840.4K −83.5% $17.8M 3,071 $274 4

Tue Oct 21 #5 $948.2K +12.8% $18.8M 3,071 $309 5

Wed Oct 22 #6 $660.9K −30.3% $19.5M 3,071 $215 6

Thu Oct 23 #5 $658.8K −0.3% $20.1M 3,071 $215 7

Fri Oct 24 #6 $2.4M +266.5% −51.6% $22.5M 3,113 $776 8

Sat Oct 25 #5 $4.3M +79.8% −37.2% $26.9M 3,113 $1,394 9

Sun Oct 26 #4 $3.3M −24.1% −35.5% $30.2M 3,113 $1,058 10

Mon Oct 27 #6 $511.7K −84.5% −39.1% $30.7M 3,113 $164 11

Tue Oct 28 #6 $619.9K +21.1% −34.6% $31.3M 3,113 $199 12

Wed Oct 29 #6 $460.6K −25.7% −30.3% $31.8M 3,113 $148 13

Thu Oct 30 #6 $468.9K +1.8% −28.8% $32.2M 3,113 $151 14

Fri Oct 31 #7 $1.1M +135.0% −54.4% $33.3M 2,794 $394 15

Sat Nov 1 #5 $4.1M +275.6% −4.6% $37.5M 2,794 $1,481 16

Sun Nov 2 #1 $3.0M −28.3% −10.0% $40.4M 2,794 $1,062 17

Mon Nov 3 #7 $464.9K −84.3% −9.1% $40.9M 2,794 $166 18

Tue Nov 4 #7 $864.9K +86.0% +39.5% $41.8M 2,794 $310 19

Wed Nov 5 #8 $335.5K −61.2% −27.2% $42.1M 2,794 $120 20

Thu Nov 6 #9 $319.0K −4.9% −32.0% $42.4M 2,794 $114 21

Fri Nov 7 #11 $655.3K +105.4% −40.5% $43.1M 2,166 $303 22

Sat Nov 8 #10 $1.2M +86.1% −70.5% $44.3M 2,166 $563 23

Sun Nov 9 #10 $879.2K −27.9% −70.4% $45.2M 2,166 $406 24

Mon Nov 10 #10 $296.0K −66.3% −36.3% $45.5M 2,166 $137 25

Tue Nov 11 #9 $703.0K +137.5% −18.7% $46.2M 2,166 $325 26

Wed Nov 12 #12 $110.4K −84.3% −67.1% $46.3M 2,166 $51 27

Thu Nov 13 #12 $110.3K −0.1% −65.4% $46.4M 2,166 $51 28

Fri Nov 14 — $191.0K +73.2% −70.9% $46.6M 1,006 $190 29

Sat Nov 15 — $431.7K +126.0% −64.6% $47.0M 1,006 $429 30

Sun Nov 16 — $341.3K −20.9% −61.2% $47.4M 1,006 $339 31

Mon Nov 17 — $47.9K −86.0% −83.8% $47.4M 1,006 $48 32

Tue Nov 18 — $50.2K +4.7% −92.9% $47.5M 1,006 $50 33

Wed Nov 19 — $43.8K −12.6% −60.3% $47.5M 1,006 $44 34

Thu Nov 20 — $38.0K −13.3% −65.6% $47.5M 1,006 $38 35

Fri Nov 21 — $73.7K +94.0% −61.4% $47.6M 438 $168 36

Sat Nov 22 #17 $171.2K +132.4% −60.3% $47.8M 438 $391 37

Sun Nov 23 — $135.0K −21.2% −60.5% $47.9M 438 $308 38

Mon Nov 24 #15 $60.3K −55.3% +25.9% $48.0M 438 $138 39

Tue Nov 25 #15 $73.7K +22.3% +47.0% $48.0M 438 $168 40

Wed Nov 26 — $51.1K −30.7% +16.6% $48.1M 249 $205 41

Thu Nov 27 — $26.0K −49.2% −31.6% $48.1M 249 $104 42

Fri Nov 28 — $90.1K +246.6% +22.2% $48.2M 279 $323 43

Sat Nov 29 — $95.4K +5.9% −44.3% $48.3M 279 $342 44

Sun Nov 30 — $58.0K −39.2% −57.0% $48.4M 279 $208 45

Mon Dec 1 — $10.5K −81.9% −82.6% $48.4M 279 $38 46

Tue Dec 2 — $9.5K −9.5% −87.1% $48.4M 279 $34 47

Wed Dec 3 — $8.4K −11.6% −83.6% $48.4M 279 $30 48

Thu Dec 4 — $10.1K +20.2% −61.2% $48.4M 279 $36 49

Fri Dec 5 — $28.5K +182.7% −68.4% $48.4M 245 $116 50

Sat Dec 6 — $67.2K +135.8% −29.6% $48.5M 245 $274 51

Sun Dec 7 — $47.6K −29.1% −17.9% $48.5M 245 $194 52

Mon Dec 8 — $7.7K −83.9% −26.9% $48.6M 245 $31 53

Tue Dec 9 — $9.4K +22.3% −1.2% $48.6M 245 $38 54

Wed Dec 10 — $8.2K −12.3% −2.1% $48.6M 245 $34 55

Thu Dec 11 — $8.5K +4.0% −15.3% $48.6M 245 $35 56

Fri Dec 12 — $35.0K +309.8% +22.9% $48.6M 228 $153 57

Sat Dec 13 — $78.2K +123.3% +16.3% $48.7M 228 $343 58

Sun Dec 14 — $54.6K −30.2% +14.6% $48.8M 228 $239 59

Mon Dec 15 — $11.2K −79.4% +46.5% $48.8M 228 $49 60

Tue Dec 16 — $14.3K +27.6% +52.8% $48.8M 228 $63 61

Wed Dec 17 — $11.6K −18.8% +41.4% $48.8M 228 $51 62

Thu Dec 18 — $12.9K +11.2% +51.2% $48.8M 207 $62 63

Fri Dec 19 — $25.1K +94.6% −28.2% $48.8M 173 $145 64

Sat Dec 20 — $46.7K +85.7% −40.3% $48.9M 173 $270 65

Sun Dec 21 — $42.2K −9.6% −22.7% $48.9M 173 $244 66

Mon Dec 22 — $28.8K −31.6% +157.1% $48.9M 173 $167 67

Tue Dec 23 — $33.9K +17.5% +136.7% $49.0M 173 $196 68

Wed Dec 24 — $14.6K −56.9% +25.7% $49.0M 173 $84 69

Thu Dec 25 — $33.1K +126.5% +156.1% $49.0M 148 $223 70

Fri Dec 26 — $52.1K +57.7% +107.5% $49.1M 148 $352 71

Sat Dec 27 — $65.6K +25.8% +40.5% $49.1M 148 $443 72

Sun Dec 28 — $55.7K −15.1% +32.0% $49.2M 148 $376 73

Mon Dec 29 — $39.7K −28.8% +37.6% $49.2M 148 $268 74

Tue Dec 30 — $51.7K +30.3% +52.6% $49.3M 148 $349 75

Wed Dec 31 — $33.9K −34.5% +131.9% $49.3M 148 $229 76

Thu Jan 1 — $67.3K +98.9% +103.7% $49.4M 148 $455 77

Fri Jan 2 — $58.2K −13.5% +11.7% $49.4M 134 $435 78

Sat Jan 3 — $68.9K +18.4% +5.1% $49.5M 134 $514 79

Sun Jan 4 — $46.5K −32.5% −16.4% $49.6M 134 $347 80

Mon Jan 5 — $16.0K −65.6% −59.6% $49.6M 134 $120 81

Tue Jan 6 — $10.9K −32.2% −79.0% $49.6M 134 $81 82

Wed Jan 7 — $10.4K −4.6% −69.4% $49.6M 134 $77 83

Thu Jan 8 — $10.6K +1.7% −84.3% $49.6M 134 $79 84

Fri Jan 9 — $23.6K +123.9% −59.4% $49.6M 122 $194 85

Sat Jan 10 — $57.6K +143.5% −16.5% $49.7M 122 $472 86

Sun Jan 11 — $42.1K −26.8% −9.4% $49.7M 122 $345 87

Mon Jan 12 — $6.4K −84.8% −60.0% $49.7M 122 $53 88

Tue Jan 13 — $7.3K +14.4% −32.5% $49.7M 122 $60 89

Wed Jan 14 — $7.6K +3.6% −26.7% $49.8M 122 $62 90

Thu Jan 15 — $7.5K −2.0% −29.4% $49.8M 122 $61 91

Fri Jan 16 — $18.1K +142.8% −23.5% $49.8M 96 $188 92

Sat Jan 17 — $46.1K +155.1% −19.9% $49.8M 96 $481 93

Sun Jan 18 — $36.6K −20.6% −13.1% $49.9M 96 $381 94

Mon Jan 19 — $38.0K +3.6% +491.7% $49.9M 96 $395 95

Tue Jan 20 — $6.7K −82.3% −8.6% $49.9M 96 $70 96

Wed Jan 21 — $4.9K −27.1% −35.6% $49.9M 96 $51 97

Thu Jan 22 — $4.8K −1.7% −35.4% $49.9M 96 $50 98

Fri Jan 23 — $15.0K +211.1% −17.2% $49.9M 90 $166 99

Sat Jan 24 — $37.9K +153.3% −17.8% $50.0M 90 $421 100

Sun Jan 25 — $28.1K −25.8% −23.2% $50.0M 90 $312 101

Mon Jan 26 — $3.9K −86.0% −89.7% $50.0M 90 $44 102

Tue Jan 27 — $4.7K +19.8% −29.9% $50.0M 90 $52 103

Wed Jan 28 — $3.9K −16.9% −20.1% $50.0M 90 $43 104

Thu Jan 29 — $4.0K +1.8% −17.3% $50.0M 90 $44 105

Fri Jan 30 — $12.3K +207.9% −18.1% $50.0M 74 $166 106

Sat Jan 31 — $30.2K +146.4% −20.4% $50.1M 74 $408 107

Sun Feb 1 — $14.4K −52.4% −48.9% $50.1M 74 $194 108

Mon Feb 2 — $3.2K −77.7% −18.3% $50.1M 74 $43 109

Tue Feb 3 — $3.3K +3.6% −29.4% $50.1M 74 $45 110

Wed Feb 4 — $3.0K −8.4% −22.1% $50.1M 74 $41 111

Thu Feb 5 — $2.9K −5.6% −27.7% $50.1M 74 $39 112

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

Cumulative total$49.0M

Oct 16Nov 3Nov 20Dec 8Dec 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $114.0K

$17.0M

$10.0M

$8.2M

$2.8M

$963.9K

$379.9K

$243.5K

$143.3K

$167.7K

$114.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,113 → 148 −95.2%

2,150 open148 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.0%

−40.9%

W1→2

−18.3%

W2→3

−66.4%

W3→4

−65.0%

W4→5

−60.6%

W5→6

−35.9%

W6→7

−41.2%

W7→8

+17.1%

W8→9

−32.0%

W9→10

Steepest −66.4%Biggest gain +17.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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