Name: The Muppet Christmas Carol
Director: Brian Henson
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Released: 1992
Cast: Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$27.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$31.70M

$4.30M international

Domestic legs5.5x

Budget$12M

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Cast & crew

Full Henson filmography

Brian Henson Director

Michael Caine Starring

Frank Oz Starring

ScreenplayJerry Juhl Produced byBrian Henson, Martin G. Baker CinematographyJohn Fenner MusicMiles Goodman Prod. DesignVal Strazovec StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 11-13 6 $5.0M — 2,075 $2,415 $5.0M

2 Dec 18-20 7 $4.1M −18.7% 2,084 $1,953 $10.5M

3 Dec 25-27 11 $3.0M −25.8% 2,020 $1,495 $17.5M

4 Jan 1-3 9 $3.0M +0.1% 1,852 $1,632 $24.6M

5 Jan 8-10 17 $715.0K −76.3% 1,411 $507 $25.7M

6 Jan 15-18 13 $672.5K −5.9% 757 $888 $26.5M

7 Jan 22-24 26 $229.0K −66.0% 483 $474 $26.8M

8 Jan 29-31 19 $167.9K −26.7% 446 $377 $27.0M

9 Feb 5-7 14 $105.7K −37.1% 298 $355 $27.2M

10 Feb 12-15 13 $59.3K −43.9% 196 $303 $27.2M

11 Feb 19-21 13 $29.7K −49.9% 99 $300 $27.3M

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

Cumulative total$27.4M

Dec 18Dec 19Dec 20Dec 25Dec 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $59.3K

$5.0M

$4.1M

$3.0M

$715.0K

$672.5K

$229.0K

$167.9K

$105.7K

$59.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 725 → 160 −77.9%

725 open160 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43.9%

−18.7%

W1→2

−25.8%

W2→3

+0.1%

W3→4

−76.3%

W4→5

−5.9%

W5→6

−66.0%

W6→7

−26.7%

W7→8

−37.1%

W8→9

−43.9%

W9→10

Steepest −76.3%Biggest gain +0.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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