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The MuppetsFollow

2011 • PG • 1h 43m • Adventure, Comedy, Family • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Get ready for Muppet domination.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$29.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$88.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$165.00M

$76.60M international

Domestic legs3.03x

Budget$45.0M

2011 rank#33

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Cast & crew

Full Bobin filmography

James Bobin

James Bobin Director

Jason Segel

Jason Segel Starring

Amy Adams

Amy Adams Starring

Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper Starring

Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones Starring

ScreenplayJason Segel, Nicholas Stoller Produced byDavid Hoberman, Todd Lieberman CinematographyDon Burgess MusicChristophe Beck StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 25-27 2 $29.2M — 3,440 $8,499 $41.5M

2 Dec 2-4 2 $11.1M −62.1% 3,440 $3,221 $56.4M

3 Dec 9-11 4 $7.0M −37.0% 3,328 $2,097 $65.7M

4 Dec 16-18 9 $3.5M −49.5% 2,808 $1,253 $71.0M

5 Dec 23-25 10 $2.1M −39.1% 1,536 $1,396 $75.7M

6 Dec 30-Jan 1 11 $2.7M +24.1% 1,541 $1,727 $82.5M

7 Jan 6-8 15 $1.4M −49.0% 1,236 $1,098 $85.6M

8 Jan 13-15 21 $573.9K −57.8% 547 $1,049 $86.4M

9 Jan 20-22 28 $261.4K −54.4% 285 $917 $87.0M

10 Jan 27-29 32 $212.9K −18.6% 206 $1,033 $87.3M

11 Feb 3-5 37 $118.9K −44.2% 169 $703 $87.5M

12 Feb 10-12 32 $272.0K +128.8% 291 $934 $87.8M

13 Feb 17-19 36 $207.3K −23.8% 269 $770 $88.1M

14 Feb 24-26 39 $145.9K −29.6% 205 $711 $88.4M

15 Mar 2-4 45 $79.2K −45.7% 138 $573 $88.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 23 #2 $6.5M — $6.5M 3,440 $1,892 1

Thu Nov 24 #2 $5.8M −11% $12.3M 3,440 $1,676 2

Fri Nov 25 #2 $12.1M +110% $24.4M 3,440 $3,524 3

Sat Nov 26 #2 $10.9M −10% $35.3M 3,440 $3,176 4

Sun Nov 27 #2 $6.2M −43% $41.5M 3,440 $1,799 5

Mon Nov 28 #2 $1.1M −83% $42.6M 3,440 $311 6

Tue Nov 29 #2 $1.0M −3% $43.6M 3,440 $303 7

Wed Nov 30 #2 $809.3K −22% −88% $44.4M 3,440 $235 8

Thu Dec 1 #2 $833.7K +3% −86% $45.3M 3,440 $242 9

Fri Dec 2 #2 $2.7M +226% −78% $48.0M 3,440 $791 10

Sat Dec 3 #2 $5.1M +89% −53% $53.1M 3,440 $1,492 11

Sun Dec 4 #2 $3.2M −37% −48% $56.4M 3,440 $937 12

Mon Dec 5 #2 $571.6K −82% −47% $56.9M 3,440 $166 13

Tue Dec 6 #2 $682.4K +19% −35% $57.6M 3,440 $198 14

Wed Dec 7 #2 $567.7K −17% −30% $58.2M 3,440 $165 15

Thu Dec 8 #2 $584.4K +3% −30% $58.8M 3,440 $169 16

Fri Dec 9 #4 $1.7M +186% −39% $60.4M 3,328 $502 17

Sat Dec 10 #4 $3.3M +96% −36% $63.7M 3,328 $982 18

Sun Dec 11 #3 $2.0M −38% −37% $65.7M 3,328 $612 19

Mon Dec 12 #6 $408.2K −80% −29% $66.2M 3,328 $122 20

Tue Dec 13 #6 $476.1K +17% −30% $66.6M 3,328 $143 21

Wed Dec 14 #5 $419.9K −12% −26% $67.0M 3,328 $126 22

Thu Dec 15 #7 $427.2K +2% −27% $67.5M 3,328 $128 23

Fri Dec 16 #10 $854.7K +100% −49% $68.3M 2,808 $304 24

Sat Dec 17 #9 $1.5M +80% −53% $69.9M 2,808 $548 25

Sun Dec 18 #9 $1.1M −27% −45% $71.0M 2,808 $400 26

Mon Dec 19 #9 $588.3K −48% +44% $71.6M 2,808 $209 27

Tue Dec 20 #9 $678.8K +15% +43% $72.3M 2,808 $241 28

Wed Dec 21 #8 $586.4K −14% +40% $72.8M 2,808 $208 29

Thu Dec 22 #8 $708.4K +21% +66% $73.6M 2,808 $252 30

Fri Dec 23 #9 $928.7K +31% +9% $74.5M 1,752 $530 31

Sat Dec 24 #8 $607.1K −35% −61% $75.1M 1,752 $346 32

Sun Dec 25 #15 $610.0K n/c −46% $75.7M 1,752 $348 33

Mon Dec 26 #11 $1.1M +84% +91% $76.8M 1,752 $641 34

Tue Dec 27 #10 $1.0M −10% +49% $77.8M 1,536 $660 35

Wed Dec 28 #10 $1.0M n/c +73% $78.9M 1,536 $659 36

Thu Dec 29 #10 $1.0M n/c +43% $79.9M 1,536 $660 37

Fri Dec 30 #10 $1.1M +9% +19% $81.0M 1,541 $716 38

Sat Dec 31 #11 $823.5K −25% +36% $81.8M 1,541 $534 39

Sun Jan 1 #13 $734.2K −11% +20% $82.5M 1,541 $476 40

Mon Jan 2 #10 $1.0M +41% −8% $83.6M 1,541 $669 41

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

Cumulative total$83.6M

Nov 23Dec 3Dec 13Dec 23Jan 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $212.9K

$29.2M

$11.1M

$7.0M

$3.5M

$2.1M

$2.7M

$1.4M

$573.9K

$261.4K

$212.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,440 → 1,541 −55.2%

3,440 open1,541 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −18.6%

−62.1%

W1→2

−37.0%

W2→3

−49.5%

W3→4

−39.1%

W4→5

+24.1%

W5→6

−49.0%

W6→7

−57.8%

W7→8

−54.4%

W8→9

−18.6%

W9→10

Steepest −62.1%Biggest gain +24.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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