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The Spiderwick ChroniclesFollow

2008 • PG • 1h 36m • Action, Adventure, Drama • Paramount Pictures

Their world is closer than you think.

🍅 81% 63%

62

3.32

6.5

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$71.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$164.00M

$93.00M international

Domestic legs3.75x

Budget$90.0M

2008 rank#45

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Cast & crew

Freddie Highmore

Freddie Highmore Starring

David Strathairn

David Strathairn Starring

Mary-Louise Parker

Mary-Louise Parker Starring

Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte Starring

Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright Starring

ScreenplayJohn Sayles, Karey Kirkpatrick, David Berenbaum Produced byMark Canton, Larry Franco, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Karey Kirkpatrick CinematographyCaleb Deschanel MusicJames Horner StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 15-17 2 $19.0M — 3,847 $4,939 $21.4M

2 Feb 22-24 2 $13.1M −31.1% 3,847 $3,405 $44.1M

3 Feb 29-Mar 2 3 $8.7M −33.6% 3,654 $2,381 $55.0M

4 Mar 7-9 6 $4.7M −45.8% 3,246 $1,451 $61.6M

5 Mar 14-16 10 $2.3M −50.5% 2,407 $970 $65.4M

6 Mar 21-23 14 $1.2M −48.4% 1,226 $983 $67.8M

7 Mar 28-30 17 $753.6K −37.5% 659 $1,143 $69.4M

8 Apr 4-6 28 $221.8K −70.6% 370 $599 $69.9M

9 Apr 11-13 26 $327.9K +47.8% 407 $805 $70.3M

10 Apr 18-20 27 $230.6K −29.7% 370 $623 $70.6M

11 Apr 25-27 29 $212.5K −7.9% 326 $651 $70.9M

12 May 2-4 22 $212.4K −0.1% 287 $739 $71.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Feb 14 #5 $2.4M — $2.4M 3,847 $617 1

Fri Feb 15 #3 $4.4M +87% $6.8M 3,847 $1,152 2

Sat Feb 16 #2 $8.1M +82% $14.9M 3,847 $2,094 3

Sun Feb 17 #2 $6.5M −19% $21.4M 3,847 $1,692 4

Mon Feb 18 #1 $5.7M −12% $27.1M 3,847 $1,491 5

Tue Feb 19 #2 $1.4M −76% $28.5M 3,847 $365 6

Wed Feb 20 #2 $1.2M −13% $29.7M 3,847 $316 7

Thu Feb 21 #2 $1.2M +2% −48% $31.0M 3,847 $321 8

Fri Feb 22 #4 $3.0M +139% −33% $33.9M 3,847 $770 9

Sat Feb 23 #2 $6.0M +104% −25% $40.0M 3,847 $1,570 10

Sun Feb 24 #2 $4.1M −32% −37% $44.1M 3,847 $1,064 11

Mon Feb 25 #3 $569.5K −86% −90% $44.6M 3,847 $148 12

Tue Feb 26 #3 $542.5K −5% −61% $45.2M 3,847 $141 13

Wed Feb 27 #3 $580.2K +7% −52% $45.8M 3,847 $150 14

Thu Feb 28 #3 $560.3K −3% −55% $46.3M 3,847 $145 15

Fri Feb 29 #5 $1.9M +235% −37% $48.2M 3,654 $513 16

Sat Mar 1 #3 $4.1M +118% −32% $52.3M 3,654 $1,118 17

Sun Mar 2 #3 $2.7M −33% −33% $55.0M 3,654 $749 18

Mon Mar 3 #5 $514.8K −81% −10% $55.5M 3,654 $140 19

Tue Mar 4 #5 $480.1K −7% −12% $56.0M 3,654 $131 20

Wed Mar 5 #5 $455.0K −5% −22% $56.5M 3,654 $124 21

Thu Mar 6 #5 $441.8K −3% −21% $56.9M 3,654 $120 22

Fri Mar 7 #8 $1.1M +147% −42% $58.0M 3,246 $336 23

Sat Mar 8 #6 $2.2M +105% −45% $60.2M 3,246 $688 24

Sun Mar 9 #6 $1.4M −38% −49% $61.6M 3,246 $426 25

Mon Mar 10 #7 $343.1K −75% −33% $62.0M 3,246 $105 26

Tue Mar 11 #7 $365.8K +7% −24% $62.3M 3,246 $112 27

Wed Mar 12 #7 $332.6K −9% −27% $62.7M 3,246 $102 28

Thu Mar 13 #7 $365.7K +10% −17% $63.0M 3,246 $112 29

Fri Mar 14 #11 $582.0K +59% −47% $63.6M 2,407 $241 30

Sat Mar 15 $1.0M +76% −54% $64.6M 2,407 $425 31

Sun Mar 16 #9 $730.2K −29% −47% $65.4M 2,407 $303 32

Mon Mar 17 #9 $270.6K −63% −21% $65.6M 2,407 $112 33

Tue Mar 18 #10 $295.5K +9% −19% $65.9M 2,407 $122 34

Wed Mar 19 #11 $295.4K n/c −11% $66.2M 2,407 $122 35

Thu Mar 20 #10 $350.5K +19% −4% $66.6M 2,407 $145 36

Fri Mar 21 $461.6K +32% −21% $67.0M 1,226 $376 37

Sat Mar 22 $425.4K −8% −58% $67.5M 1,226 $347 38

Sun Mar 23 $318.4K −25% −56% $67.8M 1,226 $259 39

Mon Mar 24 $275.6K −13% +2% $68.1M 1,226 $224 40

Tue Mar 25 $192.4K −30% −35% $68.3M 1,226 $156 41

Wed Mar 26 $187.8K −2% −36% $68.4M 1,226 $153 42

Thu Mar 27 $196.7K +5% −44% $68.6M 1,226 $160 43

Fri Mar 28 $208.8K +6% −55% $68.9M 659 $316 44

Sat Mar 29 $315.8K +51% −26% $69.2M 659 $479 45

Sun Mar 30 $229.0K −27% −28% $69.4M 659 $347 46

Mon Mar 31 $66.1K −71% −76% $69.5M 659 $100 47

Tue Apr 1 $59.8K −9% −69% $69.5M 659 $90 48

Wed Apr 2 $57.5K −4% −69% $69.6M 659 $87 49

Thu Apr 3 $67.3K +17% −66% $69.7M 659 $102 50

Fri Apr 4 $56.9K −16% −73% $69.7M 370 $153 51

Sat Apr 5 $100.4K +77% −68% $69.8M 370 $271 52

Sun Apr 6 $64.6K −36% −72% $69.9M 370 $174 53

Mon Apr 7 $20.4K −68% −69% $69.9M 370 $55 54

Tue Apr 8 $18.2K −11% −70% $69.9M 370 $49 55

Wed Apr 9 $19.7K +8% −66% $69.9M 370 $53 56

Thu Apr 10 $20.2K +3% −70% $70.0M 370 $54 57

Fri Apr 11 $81.2K +301% +43% $70.0M 407 $199 58

Sat Apr 12 $148.7K +83% +48% $70.2M 407 $365 59

Sun Apr 13 $98.0K −34% +52% $70.3M 407 $240 60

Mon Apr 14 $22.7K −77% +11% $70.3M 407 $55 61

Tue Apr 15 $23.0K +1% +26% $70.3M 407 $56 62

Wed Apr 16 $23.3K +1% +18% $70.3M 407 $57 63

Thu Apr 17 $23.1K −1% +14% $70.4M 407 $56 64

Fri Apr 18 $56.5K +144% −30% $70.4M 370 $152 65

Sat Apr 19 $108.0K +91% −27% $70.5M 370 $291 66

Sun Apr 20 $66.2K −39% −32% $70.6M 370 $178 67

Mon Apr 21 $16.3K −75% −28% $70.6M 370 $44 68

Tue Apr 22 $15.9K −3% −31% $70.6M 370 $42 69

Wed Apr 23 $14.3K −10% −39% $70.6M 370 $38 70

Thu Apr 24 $17.3K +21% −25% $70.7M 370 $46 71

Fri Apr 25 $52.9K +206% −6% $70.7M 326 $162 72

Sat Apr 26 $94.4K +79% −13% $70.8M 326 $289 73

Sun Apr 27 $65.2K −31% −2% $70.9M 326 $199 74

Mon Apr 28 $13.7K −79% −16% $70.9M 326 $41 75

Tue Apr 29 $16.5K +21% +4% $70.9M 326 $50 76

Wed Apr 30 $13.6K −17% −5% $70.9M 326 $41 77

Thu May 1 $14.9K +9% −14% $70.9M 326 $45 78

Fri May 2 $63.2K +325% +19% $71.0M 287 $220 79

Sat May 3 $101.0K +60% +7% $71.1M 287 $351 80

Sun May 4 $48.2K −52% −26% $71.1M 287 $168 81

Mon May 5 $9.4K −80% −31% $71.2M 287 $32 82

Tue May 6 $10.3K +9% −38% $71.2M 287 $35 83

Wed May 7 $11.2K +9% −18% $71.2M 287 $39 84

Thu May 8 $15.5K +38% +4% $71.2M 287 $53 85

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

Cumulative total$70.6M

Feb 14Mar 2Mar 20Apr 6Apr 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $230.6K

$19.0M

$13.1M

$8.7M

$4.7M

$2.3M

$1.2M

$753.6K

$221.8K

$327.9K

$230.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,847 → 370 −90.4%

3,847 open370 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.7%

−31.1%

W1→2

−33.6%

W2→3

−45.8%

W3→4

−50.5%

W4→5

−48.4%

W5→6

−37.5%

W6→7

−70.6%

W7→8

+47.8%

W8→9

−29.7%

W9→10

Steepest −70.6%Biggest gain +47.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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