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The Good DinosaurFollow

2015 • PG • 1h 33m • Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family • Walt Disney Studios

Little arms, big adventure.

🍅 76% 66%

66

3.0

6.7

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$39.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$123.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$333.80M

$210.70M international

Domestic legs3.14x

Budget$187.5M

2015 rank#27

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Cast & crew

Full Sohn filmography

Peter Sohn

Peter Sohn Director

Steve Zahn

Steve Zahn Starring

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright Starring

Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand Starring

Sam Elliott

Sam Elliott Starring

ScreenplayMeg LeFauve Produced byDenise Ream CinematographyMahyar Abousaeedi (camera), Sharon Calahan (lighting) MusicMychael Danna & Jeff Danna StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 27-29 2 $39.2M — 3,749 $10,444 $55.5M

2 Dec 4-6 3 $15.3M −60.9% 3,749 $4,087 $75.8M

3 Dec 11-13 3 $10.5M −31.5% 3,606 $2,912 $89.7M

4 Dec 18-20 6 $4.4M −58.6% 2,755 $1,579 $96.7M

5 Dec 25-27 12 $3.8M −13.0% 2,134 $1,773 $105.4M

6 Jan 1-3 11 $4.1M +7.0% 1,735 $2,335 $114.8M

7 Jan 8-10 13 $1.7M −56.8% 1,190 $1,469 $117.4M

8 Jan 15-17 18 $1.0M −41.3% 812 $1,263 $118.8M

9 Jan 22-24 22 $503.4K −50.9% 467 $1,078 $120.0M

10 Jan 29-31 30 $293.6K −41.7% 285 $1,030 $120.4M

11 Feb 5-7 30 $186.3K −36.5% 194 $961 $120.7M

12 Feb 12-14 23 $478.7K +156.9% 277 $1,728 $121.2M

13 Feb 19-21 28 $375.0K −21.6% 264 $1,421 $121.9M

14 Feb 26-28 31 $295.2K −21.3% 250 $1,181 $122.3M

15 Mar 4-6 32 $197.5K −33.1% 232 $851 $122.5M

16 Mar 11-13 35 $146.3K −25.9% 195 $750 $122.7M

17 Mar 18-20 44 $101.8K −30.4% 166 $614 $122.9M

18 Mar 25-27 44 $46.5K −54.3% 119 $391 $123.0M

19 Apr 1-3 52 $29.3K −36.9% 60 $489 $123.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue Nov 24 #P $1.3M — $1.3M 0 $0 -3

Wed Nov 25 #2 $9.8M +650.8% $9.8M 3,749 $2,604 -2

Thu Nov 26 #2 $6.5M −33.0% $16.3M 3,749 $1,744 -1

Fri Nov 27 #2 $15.5M +137.5% $31.8M 3,749 $4,142 1

Sat Nov 28 #2 $14.7M −5.6% $46.5M 3,749 $3,908 2

Sun Nov 29 #2 $9.0M −38.8% $55.5M 3,749 $2,393 3

Mon Nov 30 #3 $1.4M −84.8% $56.8M 3,749 $364 4

Tue Dec 1 #3 $1.6M +15.4% $58.4M 3,749 $420 5

Wed Dec 2 #3 $1.0M −34.5% $59.4M 3,749 $275 6

Thu Dec 3 #3 $1.0M −1.2% $60.4M 3,749 $271 7

Fri Dec 4 #4 $3.4M +232.8% −78.2% $63.8M 3,749 $903 8

Sat Dec 5 #2 $7.2M +113.5% −50.7% $71.1M 3,749 $1,928 9

Sun Dec 6 #2 $4.7M −34.9% −47.5% $75.8M 3,749 $1,256 10

Mon Dec 7 #4 $733.4K −84.4% −46.2% $76.5M 3,749 $196 11

Tue Dec 8 #4 $1.1M +46.6% −31.6% $77.6M 3,749 $287 12

Wed Dec 9 #4 $806.6K −25.0% −21.7% $78.4M 3,749 $215 13

Thu Dec 10 #4 $785.1K −2.7% −22.8% $79.2M 3,749 $209 14

Fri Dec 11 #5 $2.3M +187.4% −33.4% $81.4M 3,606 $626 15

Sat Dec 12 #2 $4.9M +117.0% −32.3% $86.3M 3,606 $1,358 16

Sun Dec 13 #1 $3.2M −35.5% −32.9% $89.5M 3,606 $876 17

Mon Dec 14 #5 $606.2K −80.8% −17.3% $90.1M 3,606 $168 18

Tue Dec 15 #4 $878.4K +44.9% −18.3% $91.0M 3,606 $244 19

Wed Dec 16 #4 $662.6K −24.6% −17.9% $91.6M 3,606 $184 20

Thu Dec 17 #4 $688.9K +4.0% −12.3% $92.3M 3,606 $191 21

Fri Dec 18 #7 $1.1M +57.8% −51.8% $93.4M 2,755 $394 22

Sat Dec 19 #6 $1.8M +66.3% −63.1% $95.2M 2,755 $656 23

Sun Dec 20 #6 $1.5M −19.4% −53.9% $96.7M 2,755 $529 24

Mon Dec 21 #5 $1.1M −21.4% +88.8% $97.8M 2,755 $415 25

Tue Dec 22 #4 $1.5M +33.0% +73.3% $99.3M 2,755 $553 26

Wed Dec 23 #6 $1.3M −13.0% +99.8% $100.7M 2,755 $481 27

Thu Dec 24 #5 $912.0K −31.1% +32.4% $101.6M 2,755 $331 28

Fri Dec 25 #12 $971.1K +6.5% −10.6% $102.5M 2,134 $455 29

Sat Dec 26 #11 $1.5M +51.8% −18.4% $104.0M 2,134 $691 30

Sun Dec 27 #10 $1.3M −9.2% −8.1% $105.4M 2,134 $627 31

Mon Dec 28 #10 $1.3M −5.3% +10.8% $106.6M 2,134 $594 32

Tue Dec 29 #9 $1.5M +16.0% −3.4% $108.1M 2,134 $689 33

Wed Dec 30 #10 $1.4M −4.2% +6.4% $109.5M 2,134 $660 34

Thu Dec 31 #10 $1.2M −13.5% +33.5% $110.7M 2,134 $571 35

Fri Jan 1 #12 $1.5M +20.4% +51.0% $112.2M 1,735 $845 36

Sat Jan 2 #11 $1.6M +6.5% +5.9% $113.7M 1,735 $900 37

Sun Jan 3 #11 $1.0M −34.5% −23.6% $114.8M 1,735 $590 38

Mon Jan 4 #11 $380.0K −62.9% −70.0% $115.1M 1,735 $219 39

Tue Jan 5 #12 $234.9K −38.2% −84.0% $115.4M 1,735 $135 40

Wed Jan 6 #13 $161.9K −31.1% −88.5% $115.5M 1,735 $93 41

Thu Jan 7 #14 $146.7K −9.4% −88.0% $115.7M 1,735 $85 42

Fri Jan 8 #15 $295.9K +101.7% −79.8% $116.0M 1,190 $249 43

Sat Jan 9 #13 $864.3K +192.1% −44.6% $116.9M 1,190 $726 44

Sun Jan 10 #11 $588.2K −31.9% −42.5% $117.4M 1,190 $494 45

Mon Jan 11 #- $86.3K −85.3% −77.3% $117.5M 1,190 $73 46

Tue Jan 12 #- $100.1K +15.9% −57.4% $117.6M 1,190 $84 47

Wed Jan 13 #- $86.0K −14.1% −46.9% $117.7M 1,190 $72 48

Thu Jan 14 #- $82.5K −4.1% −43.8% $117.8M 1,190 $69 49

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

Cumulative total$117.8M

Nov 24Dec 7Dec 20Jan 1Jan 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $293.6K

$39.2M

$15.3M

$10.5M

$4.4M

$3.8M

$4.1M

$1.7M

$1.0M

$503.4K

$293.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,749 → 1,190 −68.3%

3,749 open1,190 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.7%

−60.9%

W1→2

−31.5%

W2→3

−58.6%

W3→4

−13.0%

W4→5

+7.0%

W5→6

−56.8%

W6→7

−41.3%

W7→8

−50.9%

W8→9

−41.7%

W9→10

Steepest −60.9%Biggest gain +7.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 27 days

$100M

Day 27

Dec 23

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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