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The LoraxFollow

2012 • PG • 1h 26m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Universal Pictures

Meet the original force of nature.

🍅 54% 63%

46

3.35

6.4

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$70.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$214.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$349.00M

$135.00M international

Domestic legs3.05x

Budget$70.0M

2012 rank#11

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Cast & crew

Full Renaud filmography

Chris Renaud

Chris Renaud Director

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito Starring

Ed Helms

Ed Helms Starring

Zac Efron

Zac Efron Starring

Rob Riggle

Rob Riggle Starring

Jenny Slate

Jenny Slate Starring

ScreenplayKen Daurio, Cinco Paul Produced byChris Meledandri, Janet Healy MusicJohn Powell StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 2-4 1 $70.2M — 3,729 $18,830 $70.2M

2 Mar 9-11 1 $38.8M −44.7% 3,746 $10,370 $121.7M

3 Mar 16-18 2 $22.8M −41.4% 3,769 $6,040 $158.4M

4 Mar 23-25 3 $13.2M −42.1% 3,677 $3,585 $177.4M

5 Mar 30-Apr 1 5 $7.8M −40.9% 3,264 $2,385 $189.3M

6 Apr 6-8 7 $5.0M −35.4% 3,003 $1,675 $198.2M

7 Apr 13-15 10 $3.1M −39.3% 2,112 $1,444 $204.5M

8 Apr 20-22 13 $1.9M −37.7% 1,583 $1,200 $207.2M

9 Apr 27-29 17 $848.1K −55.4% 883 $960 $208.4M

10 May 4-6 18 $427.2K −49.6% 521 $820 $209.0M

11 May 11-13 19 $432.2K +1.2% 455 $949 $209.6M

12 May 18-20 16 $458.6K +6.1% 379 $1,210 $210.2M

13 May 25-27 17 $475.8K +3.7% 390 $1,219 $210.8M

14 Jun 1-3 20 $340.2K −28.5% 315 $1,080 $211.5M

15 Jun 8-10 19 $337.9K −0.7% 290 $1,165 $212.0M

16 Jun 15-17 20 $260.4K −22.9% 277 $940 $212.5M

17 Jun 22-24 25 $205.9K −20.9% 234 $880 $212.9M

18 Jun 29-Jul 1 28 $154.5K −25.0% 202 $765 $213.2M

19 Jul 6-8 34 $132.9K −14.0% 175 $759 $213.5M

20 Jul 13-15 35 $143.6K +8.0% 168 $854 $213.7M

21 Jul 20-22 33 $86.0K −40.1% 167 $515 $213.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 2 #1 $17.5M — $17.5M 3,729 $4,700 1

Sat Mar 3 #1 $31.3M +79% $48.8M 3,729 $8,390 2

Sun Mar 4 #1 $21.4M −32% $70.2M 3,729 $5,740 3

Mon Mar 5 #1 $3.5M −84% $73.7M 3,729 $934 4

Tue Mar 6 #1 $3.7M +5% $77.4M 3,729 $985 5

Wed Mar 7 #1 $2.6M −29% $80.0M 3,729 $700 6

Thu Mar 8 #1 $2.9M +11% $82.9M 3,729 $775 7

Fri Mar 9 #2 $9.6M +231% −45% $92.4M 3,746 $2,555 8

Sat Mar 10 #1 $17.9M +87% −43% $110.4M 3,746 $4,780 9

Sun Mar 11 #1 $11.4M −37% −47% $121.7M 3,746 $3,035 10

Mon Mar 12 #1 $3.4M −70% −2% $125.2M 3,746 $914 11

Tue Mar 13 #1 $3.9M +14% +7% $129.1M 3,746 $1,045 12

Wed Mar 14 #1 $3.1M −20% +20% $132.2M 3,746 $834 13

Thu Mar 15 #1 $3.4M +10% +19% $135.6M 3,746 $915 14

Fri Mar 16 #2 $6.8M +98% −29% $142.4M 3,769 $1,800 15

Sat Mar 17 #2 $9.6M +41% −46% $152.0M 3,769 $2,545 16

Sun Mar 18 #2 $6.4M −33% −44% $158.4M 3,769 $1,695 17

Mon Mar 19 #2 $1.5M −77% −58% $159.8M 3,769 $385 18

Tue Mar 20 #2 $1.6M +12% −59% $161.5M 3,769 $430 19

Wed Mar 21 #2 $1.4M −16% −57% $162.8M 3,769 $360 20

Thu Mar 22 #2 $1.4M +4% −59% $164.2M 3,769 $375 21

Fri Mar 23 #3 $3.2M +129% −52% $167.5M 3,677 $880 22

Sat Mar 24 #3 $5.9M +83% −38% $173.4M 3,677 $1,610 23

Sun Mar 25 #3 $4.0M −32% −37% $177.4M 3,677 $1,095 24

Mon Mar 26 #3 $1.0M −75% −30% $178.4M 3,677 $275 25

Tue Mar 27 #3 $1.1M +11% −31% $179.5M 3,677 $304 26

Wed Mar 28 #3 $956.0K −15% −30% $180.5M 3,677 $260 27

Thu Mar 29 #3 $1.0M +10% −26% $181.5M 3,677 $285 28

Fri Mar 30 #5 $2.1M +98% −36% $183.6M 3,264 $635 29

Sat Mar 31 #5 $3.5M +71% −40% $187.2M 3,264 $1,085 30

Sun Apr 1 #5 $2.2M −39% −46% $189.3M 3,264 $665 31

Mon Apr 2 #5 $800.6K −63% −21% $190.1M 3,264 $245 32

Tue Apr 3 #5 $1.0M +26% −10% $191.1M 3,264 $310 33

Wed Apr 4 #6 $891.8K −12% −7% $192.0M 3,264 $273 34

Thu Apr 5 #6 $1.1M +28% +9% $193.2M 3,264 $348 35

Fri Apr 6 #7 $2.3M +98% +9% $195.4M 3,003 $750 36

Sat Apr 7 #7 $1.7M −24% −52% $197.1M 3,003 $570 37

Sun Apr 8 #7 $1.1M −38% −51% $198.2M 3,003 $355 38

Mon Apr 9 #7 $1.0M −6% +26% $199.2M 3,003 $335 39

Tue Apr 10 #7 $780.8K −22% −23% $200.0M 3,003 $260 40

Wed Apr 11 #7 $795.8K +2% −11% $200.8M 3,003 $265 41

Thu Apr 12 #7 $675.7K −15% −41% $201.5M 3,003 $225 42

Fri Apr 13 #10 $865.9K +28% −62% $202.3M 2,112 $410 43

Sat Apr 14 #10 $1.3M +52% −23% $203.6M 2,071 $637 44

Sun Apr 15 #10 $865.3K −34% −19% $204.5M 2,112 $409 45

Mon Apr 16 #10 $179.5K −79% −82% $204.7M 2,112 $85 46

Tue Apr 17 #10 $190.1K +6% −76% $204.9M 2,112 $90 47

Wed Apr 18 #10 $179.6K −6% −77% $205.1M 2,112 $85 48

Thu Apr 19 #10 $190.1K +6% −72% $205.3M 2,112 $90 49

Fri Apr 20 #13 $395.8K +108% −54% $205.6M 1,583 $250 50

Sat Apr 21 #13 $839.0K +112% −36% $206.5M 1,583 $530 51

Sun Apr 22 #13 $664.9K −21% −23% $207.2M 1,583 $420 52

Mon Apr 23 #13 $111.0K −83% −38% $207.3M 1,583 $70 53

Tue Apr 24 #13 $118.7K +7% −38% $207.4M 1,583 $75 54

Wed Apr 25 #13 $95.0K −20% −47% $207.5M 1,583 $60 55

Thu Apr 26 #13 $110.1K +16% −42% $207.6M 1,583 $69 56

Fri Apr 27 $194.3K +76% −51% $207.8M 883 $220 57

Sat Apr 28 $402.2K +107% −52% $208.2M 883 $455 58

Sun Apr 29 $251.7K −37% −62% $208.4M 883 $285 59

Mon Apr 30 $44.1K −82% −60% $208.5M 883 $50 60

Tue May 1 $48.6K +10% −59% $208.5M 883 $55 61

Wed May 2 $39.7K −18% −58% $208.5M 883 $45 62

Fri May 4 $106.8K — −45% $208.7M 521 $205 64

Sat May 5 $195.4K +83% −51% $208.9M 521 $375 65

Sun May 6 $125.0K −36% −50% $209.0M 521 $240 66

Mon May 7 $31.3K −75% −29% $209.1M 521 $60 67

Tue May 8 $33.9K +8% −30% $209.1M 521 $65 68

Wed May 9 $28.4K −16% −28% $209.1M 521 $54 69

Thu May 10 $31.3K +10% $209.2M 521 $60 70

Fri May 11 $106.9K +242% n/c $209.3M 455 $235 71

Sat May 12 $179.7K +68% −8% $209.4M 455 $395 72

Sun May 13 $145.6K −19% +16% $209.6M 455 $319 73

Mon May 14 $36.4K −75% +16% $209.6M 455 $80 74

Tue May 15 $36.5K n/c +8% $209.7M 455 $80 75

Wed May 16 $34.9K −4% +23% $209.7M 388 $90 76

Thu May 17 $33.0K −6% +5% $209.7M 388 $85 77

Fri May 18 $117.5K +256% +10% $209.9M 379 $310 78

Sat May 19 $200.9K +71% +12% $210.1M 379 $530 79

Sun May 20 $140.2K −30% −4% $210.2M 379 $370 80

Mon May 21 $47.4K −66% +30% $210.2M 379 $125 81

Tue May 22 $41.7K −12% +14% $210.3M 379 $110 82

Wed May 23 $37.9K −9% +9% $210.3M 379 $100 83

Thu May 24 $45.5K +20% +38% $210.4M 379 $120 84

Fri May 25 $122.8K +170% +5% $210.5M 390 $315 85

Sat May 26 $198.9K +62% −1% $210.7M 390 $509 86

Sun May 27 $154.1K −23% +10% $210.8M 390 $395 87

Mon May 28 $146.3K −5% +209% $211.0M 390 $375 88

Tue May 29 $54.6K −63% +31% $211.0M 390 $139 89

Wed May 30 $48.8K −11% +29% $211.1M 390 $125 90

Thu May 31 $56.5K +16% +24% $211.1M 390 $145 91

Fri Jun 1 $102.4K +81% −17% $211.2M 315 $325 92

Sat Jun 2 $141.8K +38% −29% $211.4M 315 $450 93

Sun Jun 3 $96.1K −32% −38% $211.5M 315 $305 94

Mon Jun 4 $47.3K −51% −68% $211.5M 315 $150 95

Tue Jun 5 $55.1K +17% +1% $211.6M 315 $175 96

Wed Jun 6 $50.4K −8% +3% $211.6M 315 $160 97

Thu Jun 7 $52.0K +3% −8% $211.7M 315 $165 98

Fri Jun 8 $111.7K +115% +9% $211.8M 290 $385 99

Sat Jun 9 $140.7K +26% −1% $211.9M 290 $485 100

Sun Jun 10 $85.5K −39% −11% $212.0M 290 $295 101

Mon Jun 11 $45.0K −47% −5% $212.1M 290 $155 102

Tue Jun 12 $55.0K +22% n/c $212.1M 290 $189 103

Wed Jun 13 $49.2K −11% −3% $212.2M 290 $169 104

Thu Jun 14 $52.3K +6% +1% $212.2M 290 $180 105

Fri Jun 15 $87.3K +67% −22% $212.3M 277 $315 106

Sat Jun 16 $103.9K +19% −26% $212.4M 277 $375 107

Sun Jun 17 $69.3K −33% −19% $212.5M 277 $250 108

Mon Jun 18 $42.9K −38% −4% $212.5M 277 $155 109

Tue Jun 19 $56.8K +32% +3% $212.6M 277 $205 110

Wed Jun 20 $51.2K −10% +4% $212.6M 277 $185 111

Thu Jun 21 $54.1K +6% +4% $212.7M 277 $195 112

Fri Jun 22 $66.7K +23% −24% $212.8M 234 $285 113

Sat Jun 23 $80.7K +21% −22% $212.8M 234 $345 114

Sun Jun 24 $58.5K −28% −16% $212.9M 234 $250 115

Mon Jun 25 $31.6K −46% −26% $212.9M 234 $135 116

Tue Jun 26 $46.8K +48% −18% $213.0M 234 $199 117

Wed Jun 27 $42.1K −10% −18% $213.0M 234 $179 118

Thu Jun 28 $42.0K n/c −22% $213.1M 234 $179 119

Fri Jun 29 $49.5K +18% −26% $213.1M 202 $245 120

Sat Jun 30 $58.6K +18% −27% $213.2M 202 $290 121

Sun Jul 1 $46.5K −21% −21% $213.2M 202 $230 122

Mon Jul 2 $30.3K −35% −4% $213.2M 202 $150 123

Tue Jul 3 $38.4K +27% −18% $213.3M 202 $190 124

Wed Jul 4 $37.4K −3% −11% $213.3M 202 $185 125

Thu Jul 5 $37.3K n/c −11% $213.4M 202 $184 126

Fri Jul 6 $42.9K +15% −13% $213.4M 175 $245 127

Sat Jul 7 $51.6K +20% −12% $213.5M 175 $295 128

Sun Jul 8 $38.4K −26% −17% $213.5M 175 $219 129

Mon Jul 9 $21.0K −45% −31% $213.5M 175 $120 130

Tue Jul 10 $30.6K +46% −20% $213.5M 175 $175 131

Wed Jul 11 $28.0K −9% −25% $213.6M 175 $159 132

Thu Jul 12 $28.0K n/c −25% $213.6M 175 $159 133

Fri Jul 13 $48.7K +74% +14% $213.7M 168 $290 134

Sat Jul 14 $58.0K +19% +12% $213.7M 168 $345 135

Sun Jul 15 $37.0K −36% −4% $213.7M 168 $219 136

Mon Jul 16 $21.8K −41% +4% $213.8M 168 $130 137

Tue Jul 17 $33.6K +54% +10% $213.8M 168 $200 138

Wed Jul 18 $29.4K −13% +5% $213.8M 168 $175 139

Thu Jul 19 $32.8K +11% +17% $213.9M 168 $195 140

Fri Jul 20 $31.7K −3% −35% $213.9M 167 $190 141

Sat Jul 21 $30.9K −3% −47% $213.9M 167 $185 142

Sun Jul 22 $23.4K −24% −37% $213.9M 167 $140 143

Mon Jul 23 $15.0K −36% −31% $214.0M 167 $90 144

Tue Jul 24 $24.2K +61% −28% $214.0M 167 $145 145

Wed Jul 25 $19.2K −21% −35% $214.0M 167 $115 146

Thu Jul 26 $22.5K +17% −31% $214.0M 167 $135 147

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

Cumulative total$209.2M

Mar 2Mar 19Apr 5Apr 22May 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $427.2K

$70.2M

$38.8M

$22.8M

$13.2M

$7.8M

$5.0M

$3.1M

$1.9M

$848.1K

$427.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,769 → 521 −86.2%

3,729 open521 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −49.6%

−44.7%

W1→2

−41.4%

W2→3

−42.1%

W3→4

−40.9%

W4→5

−35.4%

W5→6

−39.3%

W6→7

−37.7%

W7→8

−55.4%

W8→9

−49.6%

W9→10

Steepest −55.4%Best hold −35.4%

Run milestones

$200M in 41 days

$100M

Day 9

Mar 10

$200M

Day 41

Apr 11

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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