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2001 • R • 1h 50m • Comedy, Drama • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

You are invited to a remarkable family gathering.

🍅 81% 89%

76

4.11

7.6

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$52.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$71.40M

$19.00M international

Domestic legs6.2x from $8.5M first wide weekend

Budget$21.0M

2001 rank#48

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Cast & crew

Full Anderson filmography

Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson Director

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman Starring

Anjelica Huston

Anjelica Huston Starring

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller Starring

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow Starring

Luke Wilson

Luke Wilson Starring

ScreenplayWes Anderson, Owen Wilson Produced byWes Anderson, Barry Mendel, Scott Rudin CinematographyRobert Yeoman MusicMark Mothersbaugh StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 28-30 13 $5.0M — 291 $17,098 $8.1M

2 Jan 4-6 5 $8.5M +71.1% 751 $11,334 $20.7M

3 Jan 11-13 5 $6.4M −24.7% 905 $7,080 $30.0M

4 Jan 18-20 7 $4.5M −30.1% 997 $4,491 $36.4M

5 Jan 25-27 12 $3.1M −31.1% 999 $3,087 $41.5M

6 Feb 1-3 14 $2.3M −25.4% 978 $2,352 $44.8M

7 Feb 8-10 15 $1.5M −33.4% 729 $2,103 $47.1M

8 Feb 15-17 21 $949.2K −38.1% 503 $1,887 $48.6M

9 Feb 22-24 24 $558.9K −41.1% 301 $1,856 $49.5M

10 Mar 1-3 26 $454.1K −18.8% 285 $1,593 $50.2M

11 Mar 8-10 28 $402.1K −11.4% 279 $1,441 $50.7M

12 Mar 15-17 33 $257.8K −35.9% 197 $1,308 $51.1M

13 Mar 22-24 37 $168.6K −34.6% 132 $1,277 $51.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 19 #11 $47.0K — $400.0K 5 $9,400 6

Thu Dec 20 #8 $68.0K +45% $468.0K 5 $13,600 7

Fri Dec 21 #12 $332.0K +388% $800.0K 40 $8,300 8

Wed Jan 2 #10 $746.0K — $11.5M 291 $2,563 20

Thu Jan 3 #10 $647.0K −13% $12.2M 291 $2,223 21

Fri Jan 4 #4 $2.7M +313% $14.9M 751 $3,561 22

Sat Jan 5 #5 $3.7M +38% $18.6M 751 $4,922 23

Sun Jan 6 #5 $2.1M −43% $20.7M 751 $2,820 24

Mon Jan 7 #3 $720.0K −66% $21.4M 751 $958 25

Tue Jan 8 #4 $790.0K +10% $22.2M 751 $1,051 26

Wed Jan 9 #4 $695.0K −12% −7% $22.9M 751 $925 27

Thu Jan 10 #4 $672.0K −3% +4% $23.6M 751 $894 28

Fri Jan 11 #5 $2.0M +196% −26% $25.6M 905 $2,197 29

Sat Jan 12 #5 $2.8M +39% −25% $28.3M 905 $3,058 30

Sun Jan 13 #6 $1.6M −43% −25% $30.0M 905 $1,749 31

Mon Jan 14 #5 $476.0K −70% −34% $30.5M 905 $525 32

Tue Jan 15 #5 $527.0K +11% −33% $31.0M 905 $582 33

Wed Jan 16 #5 $469.0K −11% −33% $31.5M 905 $518 34

Thu Jan 17 #5 $473.0K +1% −30% $31.9M 905 $522 35

Fri Jan 18 #7 $1.4M +186% −32% $33.3M 997 $1,358 36

Sat Jan 19 #6 $1.8M +31% −36% $35.0M 997 $1,772 37

Sun Jan 20 #7 $1.4M −20% −10% $36.5M 997 $1,424 38

Mon Jan 21 #7 $819.0K −42% +72% $37.3M 997 $821 39

Tue Jan 22 #7 $394.0K −52% −25% $37.7M 997 $395 40

Wed Jan 23 #7 $354.0K −10% −25% $38.0M 997 $355 41

Thu Jan 24 #7 $374.0K +6% −21% $38.4M 997 $375 42

Fri Jan 25 #12 $925.0K +147% −32% $39.3M 999 $925 43

Thu Jan 31 #10 $230.0K — −39% $42.5M 999 $230 49

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

Cumulative total$42.5M

Dec 19Jan 6Jan 13Jan 19Jan 31

Weekend grossWk 10 · $454.1K

$5.0M

$8.5M

$6.4M

$4.5M

$3.1M

$2.3M

$1.5M

$949.2K

$558.9K

$454.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 999 → 999 +0.0%

5 open999 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −18.8%

+71.1%

W1→2

−24.7%

W2→3

−30.1%

W3→4

−31.1%

W4→5

−25.4%

W5→6

−33.4%

W6→7

−38.1%

W7→8

−41.1%

W8→9

−18.8%

W9→10

Steepest −41.1%Biggest gain +71.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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