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2008 • G • 1h 33m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Universal Pictures

Small Mouse. Big Dreams.

🍅 56% 44%

53

2.85

6.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$50.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$90.50M

$39.60M international

Domestic legs5.0x

Budget$60M

2008 rank#57

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Cast & crew

Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick Starring

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman Starring

Emma Watson

Emma Watson Starring

Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman Starring

Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline Starring

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver Starring

ScreenplayGary Ross Produced byGary Ross, Allison Thomas CinematographyBrad Blackbourn StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 19-21 3 $10.1M — 3,104 $3,255 $10.1M

2 Dec 26-28 7 $8.9M −11.6% 3,107 $2,875 $27.4M

3 Jan 2-4 7 $6.9M −22.3% 3,091 $2,245 $43.7M

4 Jan 9-11 13 $2.7M −60.6% 2,297 $1,190 $47.6M

5 Jan 16-18 24 $713.6K −73.9% 870 $820 $48.9M

6 Jan 23-25 30 $288.5K −59.6% 380 $759 $49.6M

7 Jan 30-Feb 1 30 $229.2K −20.6% 312 $735 $49.9M

8 Feb 6-8 33 $223.6K −2.5% 276 $810 $50.2M

9 Feb 13-15 38 $181.1K −19.0% 255 $710 $50.4M

10 Feb 20-22 39 $130.4K −28.0% 221 $590 $50.7M

11 Feb 27-Mar 1 42 $135.1K +3.6% 248 $545 $50.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 19 #3 $3.5M — $3.5M 3,104 $1,140 1

Sat Dec 20 #4 $3.8M +7.5% $7.3M 3,104 $1,225 2

Sun Dec 21 #4 $2.8M −27.3% $10.1M 3,104 $890 3

Mon Dec 22 #2 $2.5M −10.1% $12.6M 3,104 $800 4

Tue Dec 23 #2 $2.4M −1.9% $15.0M 3,104 $785 5

Wed Dec 24 #2 $1.5M −37.6% $16.5M 3,104 $490 6

Thu Dec 25 #10 $2.0M +29.6% $18.5M 3,107 $634 7

Fri Dec 26 #7 $3.2M +60.8% −10.4% $21.7M 3,107 $1,020 8

Sat Dec 27 #7 $3.3M +3.9% −13.4% $25.0M 3,107 $1,060 9

Sun Dec 28 #7 $2.5M −25.0% −10.6% $27.4M 3,107 $795 10

Mon Dec 29 #7 $2.3M −8.2% −8.7% $29.7M 3,107 $730 11

Tue Dec 30 #7 $2.4M +6.2% −1.2% $32.1M 3,107 $775 12

Wed Dec 31 — $1.9M −21.3% +24.6% $34.0M 3,107 $610 13

Thu Jan 1 — $2.7M +42.6% +37.1% $36.7M 3,107 $870 14

Fri Jan 2 #7 $2.8M +3.5% −11.7% $39.5M 3,091 $905 15

Sat Jan 3 #7 $2.5M −10.5% −24.0% $42.0M 3,091 $810 16

Sun Jan 4 #7 $1.6M −34.6% −33.7% $43.7M 3,091 $530 17

Mon Jan 5 #9 $386.4K −76.4% −83.0% $44.0M 3,091 $125 18

Tue Jan 6 #13 $262.7K −32.0% −89.1% $44.3M 3,091 $85 19

Wed Jan 7 #13 $262.0K −0.3% −86.2% $44.6M 3,091 $85 20

Thu Jan 8 #11 $278.0K +6.1% −89.7% $44.9M 3,091 $90 21

Fri Jan 9 #14 $620.3K +123.2% −77.8% $45.5M 2,297 $270 22

Sat Jan 10 #12 $1.3M +101.8% −50.0% $46.7M 2,297 $545 23

Sun Jan 11 #12 $861.4K −31.2% −47.4% $47.6M 2,297 $375 24

Mon Jan 12 #17 $126.3K −85.3% −67.3% $47.7M 2,297 $55 25

Tue Jan 13 — $137.8K +9.1% −47.5% $47.8M 2,297 $60 26

Wed Jan 14 — $138.0K +0.1% −47.3% $48.0M 2,297 $60 27

Thu Jan 15 — $171.9K +24.6% −38.1% $48.2M 2,297 $75 28

Fri Jan 16 — $152.4K −11.4% −75.4% $48.3M 870 $175 29

Sat Jan 17 — $326.3K +114.1% −73.9% $48.6M 870 $375 30

Sun Jan 18 — $235.0K −28.0% −72.7% $48.9M 870 $270 31

Mon Jan 19 #20 $313.2K +33.3% +147.9% $49.2M 870 $360 32

Tue Jan 20 — $39.1K −87.5% −71.6% $49.2M 870 $45 33

Wed Jan 21 — $43.2K +10.4% −68.7% $49.3M 870 $50 34

Thu Jan 22 — $47.9K +10.7% −72.2% $49.3M 870 $55 35

Fri Jan 23 — $57.0K +19.0% −62.6% $49.4M 380 $150 36

Sat Jan 24 — $131.0K +130.0% −59.9% $49.5M 380 $345 37

Sun Jan 25 — $100.6K −23.2% −57.2% $49.6M 380 $265 38

Mon Jan 26 — $17.1K −83.0% −94.5% $49.6M 380 $45 39

Tue Jan 27 — $15.3K −10.4% −60.9% $49.6M 380 $40 40

Wed Jan 28 — $17.1K +11.5% −60.5% $49.7M 380 $45 41

Thu Jan 29 — $17.2K +0.9% −64.0% $49.7M 380 $45 42

Fri Jan 30 — $59.1K +243.4% +3.9% $49.7M 312 $190 43

Sat Jan 31 — $115.4K +95.2% −11.9% $49.8M 312 $370 44

Sun Feb 1 — $54.6K −52.7% −45.7% $49.9M 312 $175 45

Mon Feb 2 — $12.5K −77.1% −27.0% $49.9M 312 $40 46

Tue Feb 3 — $13.9K +11.4% −9.2% $49.9M 312 $45 47

Wed Feb 4 — $12.6K −9.2% −26.1% $49.9M 312 $40 48

Thu Feb 5 — $14.0K +10.9% −18.7% $50.0M 312 $45 49

Fri Feb 6 — $51.1K +264.6% −13.7% $50.0M 276 $185 50

Sat Feb 7 — $106.3K +108.1% −8.0% $50.1M 276 $385 51

Sun Feb 8 — $66.2K −37.7% +21.4% $50.2M 276 $240 52

Mon Feb 9 — $15.2K −77.1% +21.6% $50.2M 276 $55 53

Tue Feb 10 — $12.4K −18.3% −10.9% $50.2M 276 $45 54

Wed Feb 11 — $11.0K −11.5% −13.1% $50.2M 276 $40 55

Thu Feb 12 — $15.2K +38.8% +8.6% $50.2M 276 $55 56

Fri Feb 13 — $35.7K +134.6% −30.1% $50.3M 255 $140 57

Sat Feb 14 — $86.7K +142.9% −18.4% $50.4M 255 $340 58

Sun Feb 15 — $58.6K −32.4% −11.5% $50.4M 255 $230 59

Mon Feb 16 #31 $62.5K +6.5% +311.6% $50.5M 255 $245 60

Tue Feb 17 — $16.6K −73.4% +33.9% $50.5M 255 $65 61

Wed Feb 18 — $16.5K −0.6% +50.4% $50.5M 255 $65 62

Thu Feb 19 — $16.6K +0.5% +8.9% $50.5M 255 $65 63

Fri Feb 20 — $29.8K +80.0% −16.4% $50.6M 221 $135 64

Sat Feb 21 — $58.6K +96.3% −32.5% $50.6M 221 $265 65

Sun Feb 22 — $42.0K −28.3% −28.4% $50.7M 221 $190 66

Mon Feb 23 — $6.6K −84.2% −89.4% $50.7M 221 $30 67

Tue Feb 24 — $7.7K +15.6% −53.8% $50.7M 221 $35 68

Wed Feb 25 — $6.6K −14.0% −60.0% $50.7M 221 $30 69

Thu Feb 26 — $8.8K +34.0% −46.7% $50.7M 221 $40 70

Fri Feb 27 — $21.1K +138.5% −29.3% $50.7M 248 $85 71

Sat Feb 28 — $74.4K +252.9% +27.0% $50.8M 248 $300 72

Sun Mar 1 — $39.7K −46.7% −5.5% $50.8M 248 $160 73

Mon Mar 2 — $12.4K −68.6% +87.7% $50.8M 248 $50 74

Tue Mar 3 — $14.9K +19.8% +94.5% $50.8M 248 $60 75

Wed Mar 4 — $14.8K −0.4% +125.1% $50.9M 248 $60 76

Thu Mar 5 — $16.2K +9.1% +83.3% $50.9M 248 $65 77

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

Cumulative total$50.7M

Dec 19Jan 5Jan 23Feb 9Feb 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $130.4K

$10.1M

$8.9M

$6.9M

$2.7M

$713.6K

$288.5K

$229.2K

$223.6K

$181.1K

$130.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,107 → 221 −92.9%

3,104 open221 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.0%

−11.6%

W1→2

−22.3%

W2→3

−60.6%

W3→4

−73.9%

W4→5

−59.6%

W5→6

−20.6%

W6→7

−2.5%

W7→8

−19.0%

W8→9

−28.0%

W9→10

Steepest −73.9%Best hold −2.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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