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The Nutcracker and the Four RealmsFollow

2018 • PG • 1h 39m • Adventure, Family, Fantasy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Let the mystery unfold.

🍅 32% 36%

39

2.63

5.6

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$54.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$170.00M

$115.20M international

Domestic legs2.7x

Budget$132.9M

2018 rank#51

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Cast & crew

Full Hallström filmography

Lasse Hallström

Lasse Hallström Director

Joe Johnston

Joe Johnston Director

Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley Starring

Eugenio Derbez

Eugenio Derbez Starring

Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen Starring

Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant Starring

ScreenplayAshleigh Powell Produced byMark Gordon, Larry Franco CinematographyLinus Sandgren Music byJames Newton Howard StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 2-4 2 $20.4M — 3,766 $5,404 $20.4M

2 Nov 9-11 4 $10.1M −50.4% 3,766 $2,678 $35.8M

3 Nov 16-18 6 $4.8M −52.7% 2,635 $1,811 $44.0M

4 Nov 23-25 11 $2.8M −41.6% 1,757 $1,585 $49.2M

5 Nov 30-Dec 2 12 $1.3M −51.8% 1,392 $965 $51.1M

6 Dec 7-9 13 $1.1M −18.0% 1,170 $941 $52.7M

7 Dec 14-16 18 $566.5K −48.6% 644 $880 $53.7M

8 Dec 21-23 21 $205.8K −63.7% 241 $854 $54.2M

9 Dec 28-30 26 $177.5K −13.7% 218 $814 $54.5M

10 Jan 4-6 30 $90.8K −48.8% 172 $528 $54.8M

11 Jan 11-13 42 $36.7K −59.6% 110 $333 $54.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Nov 1 #P $625.0K — $625.0K 3,766 $166 -1

Fri Nov 2 #2 $5.9M — $5.9M 3,766 $1,564 1

Sat Nov 3 #2 $8.6M +46.8% $14.5M 3,766 $2,296 2

Sun Nov 4 #2 $5.8M −32.8% $20.4M 3,766 $1,544 3

Mon Nov 5 #2 $1.1M −81.1% $21.5M 3,766 $292 4

Tue Nov 6 #2 $2.5M +130.6% $24.0M 3,766 $673 5

Wed Nov 7 #3 $874.7K −65.5% $24.9M 3,766 $232 6

Thu Nov 8 #3 $831.1K −5.0% $25.7M 3,766 $221 7

Fri Nov 9 #5 $2.4M +187.7% −59.4% $28.1M 3,766 $635 8

Sat Nov 10 #3 $4.4M +85.3% −48.8% $32.5M 3,766 $1,176 9

Sun Nov 11 #3 $3.3M −26.3% −43.8% $35.8M 3,766 $867 10

Mon Nov 12 #3 $1.7M −47.9% +54.9% $37.5M 3,766 $452 11

Tue Nov 13 #6 $843.6K −50.4% −66.7% $38.3M 3,766 $224 12

Wed Nov 14 #6 $464.0K −45.0% −47.0% $38.8M 3,766 $123 13

Thu Nov 15 #6 $404.4K −12.8% −51.3% $39.2M 3,766 $107 14

Fri Nov 16 #7 $1.1M +178.0% −53.0% $40.3M 2,635 $427 15

Sat Nov 17 #6 $2.1M +89.8% −51.9% $42.4M 2,635 $809 16

Sun Nov 18 #6 $1.5M −28.9% −53.6% $44.0M 2,635 $575 17

Mon Nov 19 #6 $625.9K −58.7% −63.2% $44.6M 2,635 $238 18

Tue Nov 20 #6 $842.2K +34.6% −0.2% $45.4M 2,635 $320 19

Wed Nov 21 #11 $534.8K −36.5% +15.3% $46.0M 1,757 $304 20

Thu Nov 22 #11 $432.7K −19.1% +7.0% $46.4M 1,757 $246 21

Fri Nov 23 #11 $1.1M +150.6% −3.5% $47.5M 1,757 $617 22

Sat Nov 24 #11 $1.0M −4.9% −51.6% $48.5M 1,757 $587 23

Sun Nov 25 #11 $669.9K −35.0% −55.8% $49.2M 1,757 $381 24

Mon Nov 26 #11 $139.1K −79.2% −77.8% $49.3M 1,757 $79 25

Tue Nov 27 #11 $184.8K +32.9% −78.1% $49.5M 1,757 $105 26

Wed Nov 28 #12 $124.9K −32.4% −76.6% $49.6M 1,757 $71 27

Thu Nov 29 #12 $124.6K −0.3% −71.2% $49.8M 1,757 $71 28

Fri Nov 30 #13 $286.8K +130.2% −73.5% $50.0M 1,392 $206 29

Sat Dec 1 #12 $603.3K +110.4% −41.5% $50.6M 1,392 $433 30

Sun Dec 2 #12 $453.5K −24.8% −32.3% $51.1M 1,392 $326 31

Mon Dec 3 #13 $91.6K −79.8% −34.1% $51.2M 1,392 $66 32

Tue Dec 4 #12 $162.0K +76.8% −12.3% $51.4M 1,392 $116 33

Wed Dec 5 #13 $118.6K −26.8% −5.1% $51.5M 1,392 $85 34

Thu Dec 6 #12 $104.6K −11.8% −16.1% $51.6M 1,392 $75 35

Fri Dec 7 #14 $227.3K +117.4% −20.7% $51.8M 1,170 $194 36

Sat Dec 8 #13 $504.3K +121.9% −16.4% $52.3M 1,170 $431 37

Sun Dec 9 #13 $369.7K −26.7% −18.5% $52.7M 1,170 $316 38

Mon Dec 10 #13 $85.4K −76.9% −6.7% $52.8M 1,170 $73 39

Tue Dec 11 #13 $142.3K +66.5% −12.2% $52.9M 1,170 $122 40

Wed Dec 12 #14 $110.5K −22.4% −6.9% $53.0M 1,170 $94 41

Thu Dec 13 #14 $82.1K −25.7% −21.5% $53.1M 1,170 $70 42

Fri Dec 14 — $132.7K +61.7% −41.6% $53.2M 644 $206 43

Sat Dec 15 — $242.2K +82.5% −52.0% $53.5M 644 $376 44

Sun Dec 16 — $191.5K −20.9% −48.2% $53.7M 644 $297 45

Mon Dec 17 — $72.0K −62.4% −15.7% $53.7M 644 $112 46

Tue Dec 18 — $101.9K +41.5% −28.4% $53.8M 644 $158 47

Wed Dec 19 — $59.0K −42.1% −46.6% $53.9M 644 $92 48

Thu Dec 20 — $57.4K −2.7% −30.1% $54.0M 644 $89 49

Fri Dec 21 — $60.2K +4.9% −54.7% $54.0M 241 $250 50

Sat Dec 22 — $75.6K +25.6% −68.8% $54.1M 241 $314 51

Sun Dec 23 — $70.1K −7.3% −63.4% $54.2M 241 $291 52

Mon Dec 24 — $44.4K −36.6% −38.3% $54.2M 241 $184 53

Tue Dec 25 — $47.0K +5.7% −53.9% $54.3M 241 $195 54

Wed Dec 26 — $57.0K +21.3% −3.3% $54.3M 222 $257 55

Thu Dec 27 — $59.5K +4.4% +3.7% $54.4M 222 $268 56

Fri Dec 28 — $64.2K +8.0% +6.8% $54.4M 218 $295 57

Sat Dec 29 — $63.6K −1.1% −15.9% $54.5M 218 $292 58

Sun Dec 30 — $49.7K −21.7% −29.0% $54.5M 218 $228 59

Mon Dec 31 — $32.1K −35.5% −27.8% $54.6M 218 $147 60

Tue Jan 1 — $51.0K +59.0% +8.6% $54.6M 218 $234 61

Wed Jan 2 — $31.2K −38.9% −45.3% $54.7M 218 $143 62

Thu Jan 3 — $31.0K −0.7% −48.0% $54.7M 218 $142 63

Fri Jan 4 — $30.3K −2.2% −52.9% $54.7M 172 $176 64

Sat Jan 5 — $37.3K +23.1% −41.4% $54.8M 172 $217 65

Sun Jan 6 — $23.3K −37.4% −53.1% $54.8M 172 $136 66

Mon Jan 7 — $7.9K −66.2% −75.5% $54.8M 172 $46 67

Tue Jan 8 — $6.7K −14.9% −86.9% $54.8M 172 $39 68

Wed Jan 9 — $5.8K −14.2% −81.6% $54.8M 172 $33 69

Thu Jan 10 — $5.5K −3.7% −82.1% $54.8M 172 $32 70

Fri Jan 11 — $8.1K +46.7% −73.2% $54.8M 110 $74 71

Sat Jan 12 — $17.3K +113.5% −53.5% $54.8M 110 $158 72

Sun Jan 13 — $11.2K −35.5% −52.0% $54.8M 110 $102 73

Mon Jan 14 — $2.3K −79.3% −70.6% $54.9M 110 $21 74

Tue Jan 15 — $3.0K +29.3% −55.3% $54.9M 110 $27 75

Wed Jan 16 — $2.5K −15.6% −56.1% $54.9M 110 $23 76

Thu Jan 17 — $2.7K +8.6% −50.5% $54.9M 110 $25 77

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

Cumulative total$54.8M

Nov 1Nov 19Dec 6Dec 24Jan 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $90.8K

$20.4M

$10.1M

$4.8M

$2.8M

$1.3M

$1.1M

$566.5K

$205.8K

$177.5K

$90.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,766 → 172 −95.4%

3,766 open172 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.8%

−50.4%

W1→2

−52.7%

W2→3

−41.6%

W3→4

−51.8%

W4→5

−18.0%

W5→6

−48.6%

W6→7

−63.7%

W7→8

−13.7%

W8→9

−48.8%

W9→10

Steepest −63.7%Best hold −13.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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