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2005 • PG • 1h 49m • Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Don't leave Earth without it.

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63

3.39

6.7

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$51.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$104.00M

$53.40M international

Domestic legs2.42x

Budget$50.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Jennings filmography

Garth Jennings

Garth Jennings Director

Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman Starring

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel Starring

Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell Starring

Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman Starring

Anna Chancellor

Anna Chancellor Starring

ScreenplayDouglas Adams, Karey Kirkpatrick Produced byGary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Nick Goldsmith, Jay Roach CinematographyIgor Jadue-Lillo MusicJoby Talbot StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 29-May 1 1 $21.1M — 3,133 $6,735 $21.1M

2 May 6-8 3 $9.8M −53.6% 3,133 $3,125 $35.8M

3 May 13-15 7 $5.0M −48.4% 2,770 $1,823 $43.5M

4 May 20-22 9 $2.1M −59.3% 2,211 $929 $46.9M

5 May 27-29 11 $722.7K −64.8% 801 $902 $48.5M

6 Jun 3-5 16 $321.6K −55.5% 301 $1,068 $49.3M

7 Jun 10-12 26 $147.9K −54.0% 151 $979 $49.6M

8 Jun 17-19 28 $113.0K −23.6% 145 $779 $49.8M

9 Jun 24-26 22 $233.6K +106.8% 166 $1,407 $50.1M

10 Jul 1-3 26 $207.0K −11.4% 284 $728 $50.5M

11 Jul 8-10 26 $161.4K −22.0% 265 $609 $50.8M

12 Jul 15-17 32 $99.0K −38.7% 200 $495 $51.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 29 #1 $7.8M — $7.8M 3,133 $2,498 1

Sat Apr 30 #1 $8.5M +9% $16.3M 3,133 $2,715 2

Sun May 1 #1 $4.8M −44% $21.1M 3,133 $1,521 3

Mon May 2 #1 $1.4M −70% $22.5M 3,133 $455 4

Tue May 3 #1 $1.3M −12% $23.8M 3,133 $401 5

Wed May 4 #1 $1.1M −10% $24.9M 3,133 $361 6

Thu May 5 #1 $1.1M −6% $26.0M 3,133 $340 7

Fri May 6 #3 $2.9M +172% −63% $28.9M 3,133 $925 8

Sat May 7 #3 $4.1M +42% −52% $33.0M 3,133 $1,315 9

Sun May 8 #2 $2.8M −32% −41% $35.8M 3,133 $890 10

Mon May 9 #4 $713.0K −74% −50% $36.5M 3,133 $227 11

Tue May 10 #4 $682.0K −4% −46% $37.2M 3,133 $217 12

Wed May 11 #4 $643.0K −6% −43% $37.8M 3,133 $205 13

Thu May 12 #4 $647.0K +1% −39% $38.5M 3,133 $206 14

Fri May 13 #7 $1.4M +116% −52% $39.9M 2,770 $505 15

Sat May 14 #7 $2.2M +59% −46% $42.1M 2,770 $802 16

Sun May 15 #7 $1.5M −34% −48% $43.5M 2,770 $525 17

Mon May 16 #7 $408.0K −72% −43% $43.9M 2,770 $147 18

Tue May 17 #7 $388.0K −5% −43% $44.3M 2,770 $140 19

Wed May 18 #8 $333.0K −14% −48% $44.6M 2,770 $120 20

Thu May 19 #9 $202.0K −39% −69% $44.8M 2,770 $72 21

Fri May 20 #9 $571.4K +183% −59% $45.4M 2,211 $258 22

Sat May 21 #9 $857.4K +50% −61% $46.3M 2,211 $387 23

Sun May 22 #9 $626.2K −27% −57% $46.9M 2,211 $283 24

Mon May 23 #9 $254.0K −59% −38% $47.2M 2,211 $114 25

Tue May 24 #9 $206.0K −19% −47% $47.4M 2,211 $93 26

Wed May 25 #9 $208.0K +1% −38% $47.6M 2,211 $94 27

Thu May 26 #9 $247.0K +19% +22% $47.8M 2,211 $111 28

Mon May 30 #11 $235.2K — −7% $48.8M 801 $293 32

Mon Jul 4 #25 $38.3K — $50.5M 284 $134 67

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

Cumulative total$50.5M

Apr 29May 6May 14May 21Jul 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $207.0K

$21.1M

$9.8M

$5.0M

$2.1M

$722.7K

$321.6K

$147.9K

$113.0K

$233.6K

$207.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,133 → 284 −90.9%

3,133 open284 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −11.4%

−53.6%

W1→2

−48.4%

W2→3

−59.3%

W3→4

−64.8%

W4→5

−55.5%

W5→6

−54.0%

W6→7

−23.6%

W7→8

+106.8%

W8→9

−11.4%

W9→10

Steepest −64.8%Biggest gain +106.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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