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The Odd Life of Timothy GreenFollow

2012 • PG • 1h 44m • Drama, Family, Fantasy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

He's a force of nature.

🍅 36% 67%

47

3.15

6.6

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$51.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$55.20M

$3.40M international

Domestic legs4.8x

Budget$40M

2012 rank#63

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Cast & crew

Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Garner Starring

Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton Starring

Odeya Rush

Odeya Rush Starring

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Shohreh Aghdashloo Starring

Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest Starring

Rosemarie DeWitt

Rosemarie DeWitt Starring

ScreenplayPeter Hedges Produced byScott Sanders, James Whitaker, Ahmet Zappa CinematographyJohn Toll Music byGeoff Zanelli StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 17-19 7 $10.8M — 2,598 $4,166 $15.1M

2 Aug 24-26 6 $7.1M −34.2% 2,598 $2,742 $27.1M

3 Aug 31-Sep 2 6 $6.3M −11.9% 2,635 $2,382 $36.2M

4 Sep 7-9 7 $3.7M −41.8% 2,717 $1,343 $43.0M

5 Sep 14-16 9 $2.6M −28.8% 2,415 $1,076 $46.4M

6 Sep 21-23 12 $1.5M −40.6% 1,752 $881 $48.7M

7 Sep 28-30 19 $648.2K −58.0% 1,187 $546 $49.7M

8 Oct 5-7 22 $270.8K −58.2% 534 $507 $50.2M

10 Oct 19-21 31 $103.8K — 194 $535 $50.6M

11 Oct 26-28 40 $59.4K −42.7% 115 $517 $50.7M

12 Nov 2-4 43 $56.6K −4.7% 94 $602 $50.8M

13 Nov 9-11 25 $199.0K +251.3% 225 $884 $51.0M

14 Nov 16-18 25 $152.3K −23.4% 209 $729 $51.2M

15 Nov 23-25 24 $133.8K −12.2% 172 $778 $51.5M

16 Nov 30-Dec 2 28 $76.4K −42.9% 147 $520 $51.6M

17 Dec 7-9 35 $60.2K −21.1% 132 $456 $51.7M

18 Dec 14-16 43 $42.4K −29.7% 105 $403 $51.7M

19 Dec 21-23 55 $10.1K −76.1% 49 $207 $51.8M

21 Jan 4-6 60 $11.0K — 37 $298 $51.8M

22 Jan 11-13 66 $6.0K −45.7% 26 $230 $51.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Aug 15 #3 $2.3M — $2.3M 2,551 $903 -2

Thu Aug 16 #4 $2.0M −14.3% $4.3M 2,551 $774 -1

Fri Aug 17 #6 $3.4M +72.0% $7.7M 2,598 $1,307 1

Sat Aug 18 #7 $4.3M +26.4% $12.0M 2,598 $1,652 2

Sun Aug 19 #6 $3.1M −26.9% $15.1M 2,598 $1,207 3

Mon Aug 20 #6 $1.3M −59.3% $16.4M 2,598 $491 4

Tue Aug 21 #5 $1.5M +18.4% $17.9M 2,598 $582 5

Wed Aug 22 #6 $1.1M −29.8% $18.9M 2,598 $408 6

Thu Aug 23 #6 $1.0M −5.2% $20.0M 2,598 $387 7

Fri Aug 24 #6 $2.0M +103.6% −39.7% $22.0M 2,598 $788 8

Sat Aug 25 #6 $3.1M +50.2% −28.4% $25.1M 2,598 $1,183 9

Sun Aug 26 #5 $2.0M −34.9% −36.2% $27.1M 2,598 $771 10

Mon Aug 27 #7 $773.3K −61.4% −39.4% $27.9M 2,598 $298 11

Tue Aug 28 #5 $907.3K +17.3% −40.0% $28.8M 2,598 $349 12

Wed Aug 29 #9 $558.8K −38.4% −47.3% $29.3M 2,598 $215 13

Thu Aug 30 #9 $561.0K +0.4% −44.2% $29.9M 2,598 $216 14

Fri Aug 31 #7 $1.4M +150.8% −31.3% $31.3M 2,635 $534 15

Sat Sep 1 #6 $2.4M +72.5% −21.1% $33.7M 2,635 $921 16

Sun Sep 2 #7 $2.4M +0.7% +22.0% $36.2M 2,635 $927 17

Mon Sep 3 #4 $2.3M −6.4% +195.8% $38.4M 2,635 $868 18

Tue Sep 4 #10 $422.2K −81.5% −53.5% $38.9M 2,635 $160 19

Wed Sep 5 #10 $262.1K −37.9% −53.1% $39.1M 2,635 $99 20

Thu Sep 6 #10 $231.2K −11.8% −58.8% $39.4M 2,635 $88 21

Fri Sep 7 #8 $874.3K +278.2% −37.9% $40.2M 2,717 $322 22

Sat Sep 8 #7 $1.8M +109.0% −24.7% $42.1M 2,717 $673 23

Sun Sep 9 #6 $948.5K −48.1% −61.2% $43.0M 2,717 $349 24

Mon Sep 10 #12 $166.4K −82.5% −92.7% $43.2M 2,717 $61 25

Tue Sep 11 #12 $236.0K +41.8% −44.1% $43.4M 2,717 $87 26

Wed Sep 12 #13 $179.5K −23.9% −31.5% $43.6M 2,717 $66 27

Thu Sep 13 #12 $184.5K +2.8% −20.2% $43.8M 2,717 $68 28

Fri Sep 14 — $665.0K +260.3% −23.9% $44.4M 2,415 $275 29

Sat Sep 15 — $1.2M +85.0% −32.7% $45.7M 2,415 $509 30

Sun Sep 16 #7 $703.3K −42.8% −25.8% $46.4M 2,415 $291 31

Mon Sep 17 #11 $212.2K −69.8% +27.5% $46.6M 2,415 $88 32

Tue Sep 18 #12 $243.2K +14.6% +3.1% $46.8M 2,415 $101 33

Mon Sep 24 — $81.9K — −61.4% $48.7M 1,752 $47 39

Tue Sep 25 — $101.1K +23.5% −58.4% $48.8M 1,752 $58 40

Wed Sep 26 #11 $139.1K +37.5% $49.0M 1,752 $79 41

Thu Sep 27 #18 $85.0K −38.9% $49.1M 1,752 $49 42

Fri Sep 28 #19 $167.1K +96.7% $49.2M 1,187 $141 43

Sat Sep 29 #19 $304.7K +82.3% $49.5M 1,187 $257 44

Sun Sep 30 #18 $176.3K −42.1% $49.7M 1,187 $149 45

Mon Oct 1 — $48.8K −72.3% −40.4% $49.8M 1,187 $41 46

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

Cumulative total$49.8M

Aug 15Aug 26Sep 5Sep 16Oct 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $103.8K

$10.8M

$7.1M

$6.3M

$3.7M

$2.6M

$1.5M

$648.2K

$270.8K

$103.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W10

Theater countPeak 2,717 → 1,187 −56.3%

2,551 open1,187 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −58.2%

−34.2%

W1→2

−11.9%

W2→3

−41.8%

W3→4

−28.8%

W4→5

−40.6%

W5→6

−58.0%

W6→7

−58.2%

W7→8

Steepest −58.2%Best hold −11.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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