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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeFollow

2005 • PG • 2h 23m • Adventure, Family, Fantasy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

The beloved masterpiece comes to life.

🍅 76% 61%

75

3.64

6.9

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$65.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$291.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$720.50M

$428.80M international

Domestic legs4.45x

Budget$180M

2005 rank#2

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Cast & crew

Full Adamson filmography

Andrew Adamson

Andrew Adamson Director

Anna Popplewell

Anna Popplewell Starring

Georgie Henley

Georgie Henley Starring

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson Starring

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton Starring

ScreenplayAndrew Adamson, Stephen McFeely, Christopher Markus, Ann Peacock StudioWalt Disney Studios SeriesThe Chronicles of Narnia

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 9-11 1 $65.6M — 3,616 $18,129 $65.6M

2 Dec 16-18 2 $31.8M −51.4% 3,680 $8,651 $113.2M

3 Dec 23-25 2 $19.8M −37.9% 3,853 $5,133 $153.2M

4 Dec 30-Jan 1 1 $25.7M +29.9% 3,853 $6,666 $217.7M

5 Jan 6-8 2 $15.6M −39.1% 3,514 $4,451 $247.8M

6 Jan 13-15 4 $10.1M −35.7% 3,224 $3,120 $261.3M

7 Jan 20-22 6 $6.2M −38.0% 2,757 $2,262 $271.9M

8 Jan 27-29 9 $4.5M −27.8% 2,170 $2,076 $277.9M

9 Feb 3-5 10 $3.1M −31.8% 1,716 $1,790 $281.9M

10 Feb 10-12 12 $2.1M −32.5% 1,302 $1,592 $284.7M

11 Feb 17-19 14 $1.3M −36.0% 955 $1,389 $286.7M

12 Feb 24-26 22 $711.6K −46.4% 589 $1,208 $288.2M

13 Mar 3-5 28 $390.8K −45.1% 366 $1,067 $288.8M

14 Mar 10-12 33 $241.6K −38.2% 224 $1,078 $289.2M

15 Mar 17-19 21 $543.0K +124.7% 432 $1,256 $289.8M

16 Mar 24-26 18 $501.7K −7.6% 418 $1,200 $290.6M

17 Mar 31-Apr 2 21 $350.3K −30.2% 376 $931 $291.2M

18 Apr 7-9 25 $184.5K −47.3% 288 $640 $291.5M

19 Apr 14-16 45 $74.5K −59.6% 186 $400 $291.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 9 #1 $23.0M — $23.0M 3,616 $6,362 1

Sat Dec 10 #1 $25.3M +10% $48.3M 3,616 $7,003 2

Sun Dec 11 #1 $17.2M −32% $65.6M 3,616 $4,763 3

Mon Dec 12 #1 $4.6M −73% $70.2M 3,616 $1,272 4

Tue Dec 13 #1 $4.0M −13% $74.2M 3,616 $1,113 5

Wed Dec 14 #2 $3.5M −13% $77.7M 3,616 $969 6

Thu Dec 15 #2 $3.6M +4% $81.3M 3,616 $1,006 7

Fri Dec 16 #2 $9.0M +148% −61% $90.3M 3,680 $2,448 8

Sat Dec 17 #2 $13.0M +44% −49% $103.3M 3,680 $3,533 9

Sun Dec 18 #2 $9.8M −24% −43% $113.2M 3,680 $2,669 10

Mon Dec 19 #2 $4.7M −53% +1% $117.8M 3,680 $1,264 11

Tue Dec 20 #2 $4.9M +6% +22% $122.7M 3,616 $1,359 12

Wed Dec 21 #1 $4.9M +1% +41% $127.7M 3,616 $1,366 13

Thu Dec 22 #1 $5.8M +17% +58% $133.4M 3,616 $1,593 14

Fri Dec 23 #1 $7.9M +38% −12% $141.4M 3,853 $2,058 15

Sat Dec 24 #1 $4.7M −40% −64% $146.1M 3,853 $1,230 16

Sun Dec 25 #2 $7.1M +50% −28% $153.2M 3,853 $1,844 17

Mon Dec 26 #2 $11.9M +68% +156% $165.1M 3,853 $3,092 18

Tue Dec 27 #1 $9.2M −23% +88% $174.4M 3,853 $2,394 19

Wed Dec 28 #1 $8.8M −5% +77% $183.1M 3,853 $2,272 20

Thu Dec 29 #1 $8.9M +1% +54% $192.0M 3,853 $2,303 21

Fri Dec 30 #1 $9.7M +9% +22% $201.7M 3,853 $2,518 22

Sat Dec 31 #1 $7.7M −20% +63% $209.4M 3,853 $2,010 23

Sun Jan 1 #2 $8.2M +6% +16% $217.7M 3,853 $2,138 24

Mon Jan 2 #1 $8.0M −3% −33% $225.7M 3,853 $2,082 25

Tue Jan 3 #1 $2.6M −68% −72% $228.3M 3,853 $669 26

Wed Jan 4 #1 $1.9M −26% −78% $230.2M 3,853 $493 27

Thu Jan 5 #1 $2.0M +3% −78% $232.1M 3,853 $506 28

Fri Jan 6 #2 $4.0M +106% −59% $236.2M 3,514 $1,145 29

Sat Jan 7 #2 $7.1M +77% −8% $243.3M 3,514 $2,028 30

Sun Jan 8 #2 $4.5M −37% −46% $247.8M 3,514 $1,276 31

Mon Jan 9 #2 $871.7K −81% −89% $248.6M 3,514 $248 32

Tue Jan 10 #2 $875.4K n/c −66% $249.5M 3,514 $249 33

Wed Jan 11 #2 $832.2K −5% −56% $250.4M 3,514 $236 34

Thu Jan 12 #2 $853.9K +3% −56% $251.2M 3,514 $243 35

Fri Jan 13 #7 $2.3M +173% −42% $253.5M 3,224 $723 36

Sat Jan 14 #4 $4.4M +88% −39% $257.9M 3,224 $1,359 37

Sun Jan 15 #4 $3.3M −24% −26% $261.3M 3,224 $1,036 38

Mon Jan 16 #3 $2.8M −18% +215% $264.0M 3,224 $852 39

Tue Jan 17 #5 $567.0K −79% −35% $264.6M 3,224 $175 40

Wed Jan 18 #5 $498.6K −12% −40% $265.1M 3,224 $154 41

Thu Jan 19 #5 $529.1K +6% −38% $265.6M 3,224 $164 42

Fri Jan 20 #8 $1.4M +172% −38% $267.1M 2,757 $522 43

Sat Jan 21 #6 $3.0M +111% −31% $270.1M 2,757 $1,105 44

Sun Jan 22 #5 $1.7M −43% −48% $271.9M 2,757 $634 45

Mon Jan 23 #6 $393.0K −78% −86% $272.2M 2,757 $142 46

Tue Jan 24 #5 $358.2K −9% −37% $272.6M 2,757 $129 47

Wed Jan 25 #6 $355.1K −1% −29% $272.9M 2,757 $128 48

Thu Jan 26 #5 $403.8K +14% −24% $273.4M 2,757 $146 49

Fri Jan 27 #9 $1.0M +156% −28% $274.4M 2,170 $475 50

Sat Jan 28 #9 $2.0M +98% −33% $276.4M 2,170 $943 51

Sun Jan 29 #7 $1.4M −30% −19% $277.9M 2,170 $656 52

Mon Jan 30 #9 $266.4K −81% −32% $278.1M 2,170 $122 53

Tue Jan 31 #9 $246.0K −8% −31% $278.4M 2,170 $113 54

Wed Feb 1 #10 $234.1K −5% −34% $278.6M 2,170 $107 55

Thu Feb 2 #10 $248.5K +6% −38% $278.9M 2,170 $114 56

Fri Feb 3 #11 $720.6K +190% −30% $279.6M 2,170 $332 57

Sat Feb 4 #9 $1.7M +139% −16% $281.3M 1,716 $1,004 58

Sun Feb 5 #8 $628.5K −64% −56% $281.9M 1,716 $366 59

Thu Feb 9 #10 $208.3K — −16% $282.7M 1,716 $121 63

Mon Feb 20 #13 $408.0K — $287.2M 955 $427 74

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

Cumulative total$282.7M

Dec 9Dec 24Jan 8Jan 22Feb 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.1M

$65.6M

$31.8M

$19.8M

$25.7M

$15.6M

$10.1M

$6.2M

$4.5M

$3.1M

$2.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,853 → 1,716 −55.5%

3,616 open1,716 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.5%

−51.4%

W1→2

−37.9%

W2→3

+29.9%

W3→4

−39.1%

W4→5

−35.7%

W5→6

−38.0%

W6→7

−27.8%

W7→8

−31.8%

W8→9

−32.5%

W9→10

Steepest −51.4%Biggest gain +29.9%

Run milestones

$200M in 22 days

$100M

Day 9

Dec 17

$200M

Day 22

Dec 30

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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