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The GrinchFollow

2018 • PG • 1h 26m • Animation, Comedy, Family • Universal Pictures

Best Christmas Ever.

🍅 49% 67%

51

2.7

6.4

CS A−

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$66.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$266.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$501.80M

$235.50M international

Domestic legs4.03x

Budget$75M

2018 rank#6

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Cast & crew

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch Starring

Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones Starring

Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury Starring

ScreenplayMichael LeSieur, Tommy Swerdlow Produced byYarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier MusicDanny Elfman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 09-11 1 $67.6M — 4,141 $22,524,285 $67.6M

2 Nov 16-18 2 $38.6M −41 4,141 $12,862,377 $127.0M

3 Nov 23-25 3 $30.4M −43 3,960 $10,130,740 $180.5M

4 Nov 30-02 2 $17.9M −22 3,934 $5,975,595 $203.7M

5 Dec 07-09 2 $15.0M −18 3,841 $5,013,017 $223.3M

6 Dec 14-16 3 $11.8M −21 3,759 $3,917,888 $239.5M

7 Dec 21-23 6 $8.5M −18 2,780 $2,819,343 $253.5M

8 Dec 28-30 10 $4.1M −62 2,555 $1,374,082 $265.5M

9 Jan 04-06 - $1.2M −72 1,662 $389,465 $269.6M

10 Jan 11-13 - $194.6K −78 323 $64,873 $270.0M

11 Jan 18-20 - $134.8K −32 174 $44,950 $270.2M

12 Jan 25-27 - $107.4K −30 146 $35,815 $270.4M

13 Feb 01-03 - $82.7K −36 135 $27,577 $270.5M

14 Feb 08-10 - $66.6K 7 110 $22,203 $270.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 09 #1 $18.6M — $18.6M 4,141 $4,502 1

Sat Nov 10 #1 $27.4M 47 $46.1M 4,141 $6,627 2

Sun Nov 11 #1 $21.5M −22 $67.6M 4,141 $5,189 3

Mon Nov 12 #1 $10.7M −50 $78.2M 4,141 $2,576 4

Tue Nov 13 #1 $5.0M −54 $83.2M 4,141 $1,196 5

Wed Nov 14 #1 $2.7M −46 $85.9M 4,141 $643 6

Thu Nov 15 #1 $2.5M −5 $88.4M 4,141 $609 7

Fri Nov 16 #2 $8.9M 252 −52 $97.2M 4,141 $2,143 8

Sat Nov 17 #2 $17.1M 92 −38 $114.3M 4,141 $4,122 9

Sun Nov 18 #2 $12.6M −26 −41 $127.0M 4,141 $3,054 10

Mon Nov 19 #2 $4.7M −63 −56 $131.6M 4,141 $1,125 11

Tue Nov 20 #2 $6.8M 46 37 $138.4M 4,141 $1,642 12

Wed Nov 21 #3 $7.0M 3 162 $145.4M 3,960 $1,761 13

Thu Nov 22 #4 $4.7M −33 86 $150.1M 3,960 $1,188 14

Fri Nov 23 #4 $11.6M 146 31 $161.7M 3,960 $2,927 15

Sat Nov 24 #3 $11.6M 0 −32 $173.3M 3,960 $2,937 16

Sun Nov 25 #3 $7.2M −38 −43 $180.5M 3,960 $1,810 17

Mon Nov 26 #4 $1.3M −82 −72 $181.8M 3,960 $332 18

Tue Nov 27 #4 $1.8M 37 −73 $183.6M 3,960 $456 19

Wed Nov 28 #4 $1.1M −41 −85 $184.7M 3,960 $268 20

Thu Nov 29 #4 $1.1M 4 −76 $185.8M 3,960 $279 21

Fri Nov 30 #3 $3.9M 255 −66 $189.7M 3,934 $997 22

Sat Dec 01 #2 $8.4M 114 −28 $198.1M 3,934 $2,130 23

Sun Dec 02 #2 $5.6M −33 −22 $203.7M 3,934 $1,430 24

Mon Dec 03 #3 $870.3K −85 −34 $204.6M 3,934 $221 25

Tue Dec 04 #3 $1.6M 87 −10 $206.2M 3,934 $413 26

Wed Dec 05 #3 $1.1M −35 0 $207.3M 3,934 $269 27

Thu Dec 06 #3 $1.0M −3 −7 $208.3M 3,934 $261 28

Fri Dec 07 #2 $3.3M 226 −15 $211.6M 3,841 $870 29

Sat Dec 08 #2 $7.1M 112 −15 $218.7M 3,841 $1,846 30

Sun Dec 09 #2 $4.6M −35 −18 $223.3M 3,841 $1,199 31

Mon Dec 10 #1 $893.6K −81 3 $224.2M 3,841 $233 32

Tue Dec 11 #1 $1.5M 72 −6 $225.8M 3,841 $399 33

Wed Dec 12 #1 $970.2K −37 −8 $226.7M 3,841 $253 34

Thu Dec 13 #1 $987.9K 2 −4 $227.7M 3,841 $257 35

Fri Dec 14 #4 $2.8M 181 −17 $230.5M 3,759 $738 36

Sat Dec 15 #3 $5.3M 92 −25 $235.8M 3,759 $1,420 37

Sun Dec 16 #3 $3.6M −32 −21 $239.5M 3,759 $968 38

Mon Dec 17 #4 $1.0M −72 15 $240.5M 3,759 $273 39

Tue Dec 18 #3 $1.8M 74 16 $242.3M 3,759 $474 40

Wed Dec 19 #4 $1.3M −29 31 $243.5M 3,680 $345 41

Thu Dec 20 #4 $1.5M 18 52 $245.0M 3,680 $407 42

Fri Dec 21 #7 $2.4M 58 −15 $247.4M 2,780 $849 43

Sat Dec 22 #6 $3.1M 32 −41 $250.5M 2,780 $1,125 44

Sun Dec 23 #6 $3.0M −5 −18 $253.5M 2,780 $1,068 45

Mon Dec 24 #5 $2.3M −22 126 $255.8M 2,780 $834 46

Tue Dec 25 #9 $2.1M −10 17 $257.9M 2,780 $750 47

Wed Dec 26 #10 $1.7M −17 37 $259.6M 2,780 $624 48

Thu Dec 27 #11 $1.7M −2 14 $261.3M 2,780 $612 49

Fri Dec 28 #10 $1.6M −4 −31 $263.0M 2,555 $640 50

Sat Dec 29 #10 $1.4M −16 −56 $264.3M 2,555 $535 51

Sun Dec 30 #10 $1.1M −18 −62 $265.5M 2,555 $438 52

Mon Dec 31 #10 $822.7K −27 −65 $266.3M 2,555 $322 53

Tue Jan 01 #10 $1.1M 33 −47 $267.4M 2,555 $430 54

Wed Jan 02 #10 $612.2K −44 −65 $268.0M 2,555 $240 55

Thu Jan 03 #10 $463.7K −24 −73 $268.5M 2,555 $181 56

Fri Jan 04 - $391.1K −16 −76 $268.8M 1,662 $235 57

Sat Jan 05 - $464.2K 19 −66 $269.3M 1,662 $279 58

Sun Jan 06 - $313.1K −33 −72 $269.6M 1,662 $188 59

Mon Jan 07 - $90.9K −71 −89 $269.7M 1,662 $55 60

Tue Jan 08 - $66.8K −26 −94 $269.8M 1,662 $40 61

Wed Jan 09 - $37.8K −43 −94 $269.8M 1,662 $23 62

Thu Jan 10 - $30.6K −19 −93 $269.8M 1,662 $18 63

Fri Jan 11 - $33.0K 8 −92 $269.9M 323 $102 64

Sat Jan 12 - $93.8K 184 −80 $270.0M 323 $290 65

Sun Jan 13 - $67.8K −28 −78 $270.0M 323 $210 66

Mon Jan 14 - $10.2K −85 −89 $270.1M 323 $32 67

Tue Jan 15 - $12.5K 23 −81 $270.1M 323 $39 68

Wed Jan 16 - $10.1K −19 −73 $270.1M 323 $31 69

Thu Jan 17 - $9.5K −6 −69 $270.1M 323 $29 70

Fri Jan 18 - $27.7K 191 −16 $270.1M 174 $159 71

Sat Jan 19 - $61.3K 121 −35 $270.2M 174 $352 72

Sun Jan 20 - $45.9K −25 −32 $270.2M 174 $264 73

Mon Jan 21 - $46.3K 1 354 $270.3M 174 $266 74

Tue Jan 22 - $8.8K −81 −30 $270.3M 174 $51 75

Wed Jan 23 - $7.4K −16 −27 $270.3M 174 $42 76

Thu Jan 24 - $7.2K −2 −24 $270.3M 174 $41 77

Fri Jan 25 - $21.9K 204 −21 $270.3M 146 $150 78

Sat Jan 26 - $53.2K 142 −13 $270.4M 146 $364 79

Sun Jan 27 - $32.3K −39 −30 $270.4M 146 $221 80

Mon Jan 28 - $6.2K −81 −87 $270.4M 146 $42 81

Tue Jan 29 - $7.0K 14 −20 $270.4M 146 $48 82

Wed Jan 30 - $6.7K −5 −10 $270.4M 146 $46 83

Thu Jan 31 - $8.4K 27 17 $270.4M 146 $58 84

Fri Feb 01 - $18.5K 120 −16 $270.4M 135 $137 85

Sat Feb 02 - $43.5K 135 −18 $270.5M 135 $323 86

Sun Feb 03 - $20.6K −53 −36 $270.5M 135 $153 87

Mon Feb 04 - $6.3K −70 2 $270.5M 135 $47 88

Tue Feb 05 - $6.9K 10 −1 $270.5M 135 $51 89

Wed Feb 06 - $6.2K −10 −6 $270.5M 135 $46 90

Thu Feb 07 - $7.1K 14 −15 $270.5M 135 $53 91

Fri Feb 08 - $12.5K 75 −33 $270.5M 110 $113 92

Sat Feb 09 - $32.0K 157 −26 $270.6M 110 $291 93

Sun Feb 10 - $22.1K −31 7 $270.6M 110 $201 94

Mon Feb 11 - $4.8K −78 −24 $270.6M 110 $43 95

Tue Feb 12 - $4.0K −17 −43 $270.6M 110 $36 96

Wed Feb 13 - $3.6K −10 −43 $270.6M 110 $33 97

Thu Feb 14 - $7.0K 97 −1 $270.6M 110 $64 98

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

Cumulative total$270.1M

Nov 09Nov 26Dec 14Dec 31Jan 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $194.6K

$67.6M

$38.6M

$30.4M

$17.9M

$15.0M

$11.8M

$8.5M

$4.1M

$1.2M

$194.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,141 → 323 −92.2%

4,141 open323 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −78

−41

W1→2

−43

W2→3

−22

W3→4

−18

W4→5

−21

W5→6

−18

W6→7

−62

W7→8

−72

W8→9

−78

W9→10

Steepest −78Best hold −18

Run milestones

$200M in 24 days

$100M

Day 9

Nov 17

$200M

Day 24

Dec 02

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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