Name: The Spiderwick Chronicles
Director: Mark Waters
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: 2008
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, David Strathairn, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Thu Feb 14	#5	$2.38M		—	$2.38M	3,847	$617	1
Fri Feb 15	#3	$4.43M	+87%	—	$6.81M	3,847	$1.2K	2
Sat Feb 16	#2	$8.06M	+82%	—	$14.87M	3,847	$2.1K	3
Sun Feb 17	#2	$6.51M	-19%	—	$21.38M	3,847	$1.7K	4
Mon Feb 18	#1	$5.74M	-12%	—	$27.12M	3,847	$1.5K	5
Tue Feb 19	#2	$1.41M	-76%	—	$28.52M	3,847	$365	6
Wed Feb 20	#2	$1.22M	-13%	—	$29.74M	3,847	$316	7
Thu Feb 21	#2	$1.24M	+2%	-48%	$30.98M	3,847	$321	8
Fri Feb 22	#4	$2.96M	+139%	-33%	$33.94M	3,847	$770	9
Sat Feb 23	#2	$6.04M	+104%	-25%	$39.98M	3,847	$1.6K	10
Sun Feb 24	#2	$4.09M	-32%	-37%	$44.08M	3,847	$1.1K	11
Mon Feb 25	#3	$570K	-86%	-90%	$44.65M	3,847	$148	12
Tue Feb 26	#3	$542K	-5%	-61%	$45.19M	3,847	$141	13
Wed Feb 27	#3	$580K	+7%	-52%	$45.77M	3,847	$150	14
Thu Feb 28	#3	$560K	-3%	-55%	$46.33M	3,847	$145	15
Fri Feb 29	#5	$1.88M	+235%	-37%	$48.21M	3,654	$513	16
Sat Mar 1	#3	$4.09M	+118%	-32%	$52.29M	3,654	$1.1K	17
Sun Mar 2	#3	$2.74M	-33%	-33%	$55.03M	3,654	$749	18
Mon Mar 3	#5	$515K	-81%	-10%	$55.54M	3,654	$140	19
Tue Mar 4	#5	$480K	-7%	-12%	$56.02M	3,654	$131	20
Wed Mar 5	#5	$455K	-5%	-22%	$56.48M	3,654	$124	21
Thu Mar 6	#5	$442K	-3%	-21%	$56.92M	3,654	$120	22
Fri Mar 7	#8	$1.09M	+147%	-42%	$58.01M	3,246	$336	23
Sat Mar 8	#6	$2.24M	+105%	-45%	$60.25M	3,246	$688	24
Sun Mar 9	#6	$1.39M	-38%	-49%	$61.63M	3,246	$426	25
Mon Mar 10	#7	$343K	-75%	-33%	$61.98M	3,246	$105	26
Tue Mar 11	#7	$366K	+7%	-24%	$62.34M	3,246	$112	27
Wed Mar 12	#7	$333K	-9%	-27%	$62.68M	3,246	$102	28
Thu Mar 13	#7	$366K	+10%	-17%	$63.04M	3,246	$112	29
Fri Mar 14	#11	$582K	+59%	-47%	$63.62M	2,407	$241	30
Sat Mar 15		$1.02M	+76%	-54%	$64.65M	2,407	$425	31
Sun Mar 16	#9	$730K	-29%	-47%	$65.38M	2,407	$303	32
Mon Mar 17	#9	$271K	-63%	-21%	$65.65M	2,407	$112	33
Tue Mar 18	#10	$296K	+9%	-19%	$65.94M	2,407	$122	34
Wed Mar 19	#11	$295K	n/c	-11%	$66.24M	2,407	$122	35
Thu Mar 20	#10	$351K	+19%	-4%	$66.59M	2,407	$145	36
Fri Mar 21		$462K	+32%	-21%	$67.05M	1,226	$376	37
Sat Mar 22		$425K	-8%	-58%	$67.48M	1,226	$347	38
Sun Mar 23		$318K	-25%	-56%	$67.79M	1,226	$259	39
Mon Mar 24		$276K	-13%	+2%	$68.07M	1,226	$224	40
Tue Mar 25		$192K	-30%	-35%	$68.26M	1,226	$156	41
Wed Mar 26		$188K	-2%	-36%	$68.45M	1,226	$153	42
Thu Mar 27		$197K	+5%	-44%	$68.65M	1,226	$160	43
Fri Mar 28		$209K	+6%	-55%	$68.85M	659	$316	44
Sat Mar 29		$316K	+51%	-26%	$69.17M	659	$479	45
Sun Mar 30		$229K	-27%	-28%	$69.40M	659	$347	46
Mon Mar 31		$66K	-71%	-76%	$69.47M	659	$100	47
Tue Apr 1		$60K	-9%	-69%	$69.53M	659	$90	48
Wed Apr 2		$57K	-4%	-69%	$69.58M	659	$87	49
Thu Apr 3		$67K	+17%	-66%	$69.65M	659	$102	50
Fri Apr 4		$57K	-16%	-73%	$69.71M	370	$153	51
Sat Apr 5		$100K	+77%	-68%	$69.81M	370	$271	52
Sun Apr 6		$65K	-36%	-72%	$69.87M	370	$174	53
Mon Apr 7		$20K	-68%	-69%	$69.89M	370	$55	54
Tue Apr 8		$18K	-11%	-70%	$69.91M	370	$49	55
Wed Apr 9		$20K	+8%	-66%	$69.93M	370	$53	56
Thu Apr 10		$20K	+3%	-70%	$69.95M	370	$54	57
Fri Apr 11		$81K	+301%	+43%	$70.03M	407	$199	58
Sat Apr 12		$149K	+83%	+48%	$70.18M	407	$365	59
Sun Apr 13		$98K	-34%	+52%	$70.28M	407	$240	60
Mon Apr 14		$23K	-77%	+11%	$70.30M	407	$55	61
Tue Apr 15		$23K	+1%	+26%	$70.32M	407	$56	62
Wed Apr 16		$23K	+1%	+18%	$70.35M	407	$57	63
Thu Apr 17		$23K	-1%	+14%	$70.37M	407	$56	64
Fri Apr 18		$56K	+144%	-30%	$70.43M	370	$152	65
Sat Apr 19		$108K	+91%	-27%	$70.54M	370	$291	66
Sun Apr 20		$66K	-39%	-32%	$70.60M	370	$178	67
Mon Apr 21		$16K	-75%	-28%	$70.62M	370	$44	68
Tue Apr 22		$16K	-3%	-31%	$70.63M	370	$42	69
Wed Apr 23		$14K	-10%	-39%	$70.65M	370	$38	70
Thu Apr 24		$17K	+21%	-25%	$70.67M	370	$46	71
Fri Apr 25		$53K	+206%	-6%	$70.72M	326	$162	72
Sat Apr 26		$94K	+79%	-13%	$70.81M	326	$289	73
Sun Apr 27		$65K	-31%	-2%	$70.88M	326	$199	74
Mon Apr 28		$14K	-79%	-16%	$70.89M	326	$41	75
Tue Apr 29		$16K	+21%	+4%	$70.91M	326	$50	76
Wed Apr 30		$14K	-17%	-5%	$70.92M	326	$41	77
Thu May 1		$15K	+9%	-14%	$70.94M	326	$45	78
Fri May 2		$63K	+325%	+19%	$71.00M	287	$220	79
Sat May 3		$101K	+60%	+7%	$71.10M	287	$351	80
Sun May 4		$48K	-52%	-26%	$71.15M	287	$168	81
Mon May 5		$9K	-80%	-31%	$71.16M	287	$32	82
Tue May 6		$10K	+9%	-38%	$71.17M	287	$35	83
Wed May 7		$11K	+9%	-18%	$71.18M	287	$39	84
Thu May 8		$15K	+38%	+4%	$71.20M	287	$53	85

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Feb 15-17	2	$19.00M	—	$21.38M	3,847	$4.9K	1
Feb 22-24	2	$13.10M	-31.1%	$44.08M	3,847	$3.4K	2
Feb 29-Mar 2	3	$8.70M	-33.6%	$55.03M	3,654	$2.4K	3
Mar 7-9	6	$4.71M	-45.8%	$61.63M	3,246	$1.5K	4
Mar 14-16	10	$2.34M	-50.5%	$65.38M	2,407	$970	5
Mar 21-23	14	$1.21M	-48.4%	$67.79M	1,226	$983	6
Mar 28-30	17	$754K	-37.5%	$69.40M	659	$1.1K	7
Apr 4-6	28	$222K	-70.6%	$69.87M	370	$599	8
Apr 11-13	26	$328K	+47.8%	$70.28M	407	$805	9
Apr 18-20	27	$231K	-29.7%	$70.60M	370	$623	10
Apr 25-27	29	$212K	-7.9%	$70.88M	326	$651	11
May 2-4	22	$212K	-0.1%	$71.15M	287	$739	12

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byMark Waters

ScreenplayJohn Sayles, Karey Kirkpatrick, David Berenbaum

Produced byMark Canton, Larry Franco, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Karey Kirkpatrick

CinematographyCaleb Deschanel

MusicJames Horner

StarringFreddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, David Strathairn, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright

StudioParamount Pictures

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