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2003 • PG • 1h 22m • Adventure, Comedy, Family • Universal Pictures

Don't mess with the hat.

🍅 10% 58%

19

2.76

4.1

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$38.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$101.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$134.00M

$32.80M international

Domestic legs2.64x

Budget$109M

2003 rank#29

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Cast & crew

Mike Myers

Mike Myers Starring

Dakota Fanning

Dakota Fanning Starring

Spencer Breslin

Spencer Breslin Starring

Kelly Preston

Kelly Preston Starring

Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin Starring

ScreenplayDavid Mandel, Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer Produced byBrian Grazer CinematographyEmmanuel Lubezki MusicDavid Newman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 21-23 1 $38.3M — 3,464 $11,065 $38.3M

2 Nov 28-30 1 $24.5M −36.2% 3,467 $7,055 $75.8M

3 Dec 5-7 5 $7.1M −70.8% 3,409 $2,095 $85.3M

4 Dec 12-14 9 $4.2M −41.7% 2,955 $1,410 $90.7M

5 Dec 19-21 11 $2.3M −44.5% 2,121 $1,090 $93.9M

6 Dec 26-28 17 $1.3M −45.5% 1,299 $970 $97.0M

7 Jan 2-4 21 $988.3K −21.6% 1,057 $935 $99.4M

8 Jan 9-11 27 $343.1K −65.3% 557 $616 $99.9M

9 Jan 16-18 31 $222.2K −35.2% 334 $665 $100.2M

10 Jan 23-25 36 $158.5K −28.7% 317 $499 $100.4M

11 Jan 30-Feb 1 41 $101.7K −35.8% 163 $624 $100.6M

12 Feb 13-16 Presidents' Day 44 $113.5K +11.6% 131 $866 $100.9M

13 Feb 20-22 51 $74.8K −34.1% 112 $667 $101.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 21 #1 $11.2M — $11.2M 3,464 $3,233 1

Sat Nov 22 #1 $16.4M +46% $27.3M 3,464 $4,735 2

Sun Nov 23 #1 $10.7M −35% $38.3M 3,464 $3,085 3

Mon Nov 24 #1 $2.0M −82% $40.3M 3,464 $570 4

Tue Nov 25 #1 $2.6M +31% $42.9M 3,464 $745 5

Wed Nov 26 #1 $5.0M +94% $47.9M 3,464 $1,443 6

Thu Nov 27 #3 $4.8M −4% $52.7M 3,464 $1,386 7

Fri Nov 28 #1 $10.5M +119% −6% $63.2M 3,464 $3,031 8

Sat Nov 29 #1 $9.3M −11% −43% $70.8M 3,467 $2,685 9

Sun Nov 30 #1 $5.1M −45% −52% $75.8M 3,467 $1,465 10

Mon Dec 1 #5 $693.0K −86% −65% $76.5M 3,467 $200 11

Tue Dec 2 #7 $572.0K −17% −78% $77.1M 3,467 $165 12

Wed Dec 3 #6 $521.0K −9% −90% $77.6M 3,467 $150 13

Thu Dec 4 #6 $538.0K +3% −89% $78.2M 3,467 $155 14

Fri Dec 5 #7 $1.8M +235% −83% $80.0M 3,409 $528 15

Sat Dec 6 #5 $3.2M +78% −66% $83.0M 3,409 $940 16

Sun Dec 7 #4 $2.2M −30% −56% $85.3M 3,409 $660 17

Mon Dec 8 #8 $308.0K −86% −56% $85.6M 3,409 $90 18

Tue Dec 9 #10 $322.0K +5% −44% $85.9M 3,409 $94 19

Wed Dec 10 #9 $326.0K +1% −37% $86.3M 3,409 $96 20

Thu Dec 11 #10 $308.0K −6% −43% $86.6M 3,409 $90 21

Fri Dec 12 #9 $900.0K +192% −50% $87.5M 2,955 $305 22

Sat Dec 13 #9 $2.0M +122% −38% $89.5M 2,955 $675 23

Sun Dec 14 #7 $1.2M −38% −45% $90.7M 2,955 $420 24

Wed Dec 17 #10 $209.0K — −36% $91.4M 2,320 $90 27

Thu Dec 18 #10 $231.0K +11% −25% $91.6M 2,320 $100 28

Sun Dec 21 #10 $816.6K — −34% $93.9M 2,121 $385 31

Mon Dec 22 #9 $605.1K −26% $94.5M 2,121 $285 32

Tue Dec 23 #9 $680.0K +12% $95.2M 2,121 $321 33

Wed Dec 24 #9 $386.0K −43% +85% $95.6M 2,121 $182 34

Mon Jan 19 #26 $80.2K — $100.3M 334 $240 60

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

Cumulative total$100.3M

Nov 21Nov 29Dec 6Dec 14Jan 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $158.5K

$38.3M

$24.5M

$7.1M

$4.2M

$2.3M

$1.3M

$988.3K

$343.1K

$222.2K

$158.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,467 → 334 −90.4%

3,464 open334 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.7%

−36.2%

W1→2

−70.8%

W2→3

−41.7%

W3→4

−44.5%

W4→5

−45.5%

W5→6

−21.6%

W6→7

−65.3%

W7→8

−35.2%

W8→9

−28.7%

W9→10

Steepest −70.8%Best hold −21.6%

Run milestones

$100M in 60 days

$100M

Day 60

Jan 19

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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