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Where the Wild Things AreFollow

2009 • PG • 1h 41m • Adventure, Drama, Family • Warner Bros.

There's one in all of us.

🍅 73% 57%

71

3.55

6.7

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$32.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$77.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$99.10M

$21.90M international

Domestic legs2.36x

Budget$100M

2009 rank#41

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Cast & crew

Full Jonze filmography

Spike Jonze

Spike Jonze Director

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener Starring

James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini Starring

Catherine O'Hara

Catherine O'Hara Starring

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker Starring

ScreenplaySpike Jonze, Dave Eggers Produced byGary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Maurice Sendak, John B. Carls, Vincent Landay CinematographyLance Acord MusicKaren O & Carter Burwell StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 16-18 1 $32.7M — 3,735 $8,753 $32.7M

2 Oct 23-25 3 $14.0M −57.1% 3,735 $3,753 $53.6M

3 Oct 30-Nov 1 5 $5.9M −57.7% 3,645 $1,627 $62.7M

4 Nov 6-8 9 $4.2M −29.6% 2,756 $1,515 $69.2M

5 Nov 13-15 12 $2.4M −42.1% 2,090 $1,157 $73.4M

6 Nov 20-22 15 $688.1K −71.5% 1,010 $681 $74.7M

7 Nov 27-29 23 $398.4K −42.1% 404 $986 $75.4M

8 Dec 4-6 28 $125.0K −68.6% 235 $531 $75.6M

9 Dec 11-13 34 $75.1K −40.0% 145 $517 $75.7M

10 Dec 18-20 38 $56.6K −24.6% 123 $460 $75.8M

11 Dec 25-27 27 $197.7K +249.0% 267 $740 $76.0M

12 Jan 1-3 27 $264.5K +33.8% 267 $990 $76.6M

13 Jan 8-10 28 $171.7K −35.1% 243 $706 $76.8M

14 Jan 15-17 36 $101.5K −40.9% 185 $548 $77.0M

15 Jan 22-24 41 $71.0K −30.1% 142 $499 $77.1M

16 Jan 29-31 43 $49.6K −30.1% 109 $455 $77.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 16 #1 $12.1M — $12.1M 3,735 $3,233 1

Sat Oct 17 #1 $12.3M +2% $24.3M 3,735 $3,302 2

Sun Oct 18 #1 $8.3M −33% $32.6M 3,735 $2,217 3

Mon Oct 19 #1 $2.0M −76% $34.6M 3,735 $528 4

Tue Oct 20 #3 $1.8M −11% $36.4M 3,735 $470 5

Wed Oct 21 #2 $1.6M −11% $38.0M 3,735 $419 6

Thu Oct 22 #2 $1.5M −1% $39.5M 3,735 $414 7

Fri Oct 23 #3 $4.3M +181% −64% $43.9M 3,735 $1,163 8

Sat Oct 24 #2 $6.1M +41% −50% $50.0M 3,735 $1,641 9

Sun Oct 25 #2 $3.5M −42% −57% $53.6M 3,735 $949 10

Mon Oct 26 #4 $832.5K −77% −58% $54.4M 3,735 $222 11

Tue Oct 27 #4 $845.4K +2% −52% $55.2M 3,735 $226 12

Wed Oct 28 #4 $715.0K −15% −54% $56.0M 3,683 $194 13

Thu Oct 29 #4 $767.1K +7% −50% $56.7M 3,683 $208 14

Fri Oct 30 #5 $1.9M +154% −55% $58.7M 3,645 $534 15

Sat Oct 31 #6 $1.7M −14% −73% $60.4M 3,645 $462 16

Sun Nov 1 #3 $2.3M +36% −35% $62.7M 3,645 $630 17

Mon Nov 2 #5 $578.4K −75% −31% $63.2M 3,645 $158 18

Tue Nov 3 #4 $713.2K +23% −16% $63.9M 3,645 $195 19

Wed Nov 4 #5 $508.3K −29% −29% $64.5M 3,645 $139 20

Thu Nov 5 #5 $593.1K +17% −23% $65.0M 3,645 $162 21

Fri Nov 6 #9 $1.2M +100% −39% $66.2M 2,756 $431 22

Sat Nov 7 #9 $1.9M +57% +11% $68.1M 2,756 $677 23

Sun Nov 8 #9 $1.1M −40% −51% $69.2M 2,756 $407 24

Mon Nov 9 #9 $257.1K −77% −56% $69.5M 2,756 $93 25

Tue Nov 10 #9 $368.1K +43% −48% $69.8M 2,756 $133 26

Wed Nov 11 #6 $918.1K +149% +81% $70.8M 2,756 $333 27

Thu Nov 12 #9 $258.3K −72% −56% $71.0M 2,756 $93 28

Fri Nov 13 #12 $628.8K +143% −47% $71.7M 2,090 $300 29

Sat Nov 14 #12 $1.1M +76% −41% $72.8M 2,090 $530 30

Sun Nov 15 #11 $679.8K −39% −39% $73.4M 2,090 $325 31

Mon Nov 16 #12 $143.2K −79% −44% $73.6M 2,090 $68 32

Tue Nov 17 #12 $133.0K −7% −64% $73.7M 2,090 $63 33

Wed Nov 18 #12 $133.5K n/c −85% $73.9M 2,090 $63 34

Thu Nov 19 #13 $127.2K −5% −51% $74.0M 2,090 $60 35

Fri Nov 20 #16 $163.4K +28% −74% $74.1M 1,010 $161 36

Sat Nov 21 #14 $301.6K +85% −73% $74.4M 1,010 $298 37

Sun Nov 22 #14 $223.0K −26% −67% $74.7M 1,010 $220 38

Mon Nov 23 $79.3K −64% −45% $74.7M 1,010 $78 39

Tue Nov 24 $98.2K +24% −26% $74.8M 1,010 $97 40

Wed Nov 25 $69.9K −29% −48% $74.9M 404 $172 41

Thu Nov 26 $58.1K −17% −54% $75.0M 404 $143 42

Fri Nov 27 $161.3K +177% −1% $75.1M 404 $399 43

Sat Nov 28 $150.2K −7% −50% $75.3M 404 $371 44

Sun Nov 29 $86.9K −42% −61% $75.4M 404 $215 45

Mon Nov 30 $20.0K −77% −75% $75.4M 404 $49 46

Tue Dec 1 $22.1K +11% −77% $75.4M 404 $54 47

Wed Dec 2 $19.4K −12% −72% $75.4M 404 $48 48

Thu Dec 3 $19.6K +1% −66% $75.5M 404 $48 49

Fri Dec 4 $32.9K +68% −80% $75.5M 235 $140 50

Sat Dec 5 $52.5K +59% −65% $75.5M 235 $223 51

Sun Dec 6 $39.7K −24% −54% $75.6M 235 $168 52

Mon Dec 7 $11.3K −71% −43% $75.6M 235 $48 53

Tue Dec 8 $12.8K +13% −42% $75.6M 235 $54 54

Wed Dec 9 $10.8K −16% −44% $75.6M 235 $45 55

Thu Dec 10 $12.9K +19% −34% $75.6M 235 $54 56

Fri Dec 11 $19.8K +54% −40% $75.6M 145 $136 57

Sat Dec 12 $31.9K +61% −39% $75.7M 145 $220 58

Sun Dec 13 $23.3K −27% −41% $75.7M 145 $160 59

Mon Dec 14 $7.9K −66% −30% $75.7M 145 $54 60

Tue Dec 15 $9.8K +24% −23% $75.7M 145 $67 61

Wed Dec 16 $7.9K −19% −26% $75.7M 145 $54 62

Thu Dec 17 $9.2K +15% −29% $75.7M 145 $63 63

Fri Dec 18 $14.7K +60% −26% $75.7M 123 $119 64

Sat Dec 19 $22.0K +50% −31% $75.8M 123 $179 65

Sun Dec 20 $19.9K −10% −15% $75.8M 123 $161 66

Mon Dec 21 $14.0K −30% +76% $75.8M 123 $113 67

Tue Dec 22 $16.3K +17% +66% $75.8M 123 $132 68

Wed Dec 23 $13.9K −15% +74% $75.8M 108 $128 69

Thu Dec 24 $7.4K −46% −19% $75.8M 108 $68 70

Fri Dec 25 $42.4K +472% +189% $75.9M 267 $158 71

Sat Dec 26 $82.9K +95% +276% $76.0M 267 $310 72

Sun Dec 27 $72.4K −13% +263% $76.0M 267 $271 73

Mon Dec 28 $63.1K −13% +351% $76.1M 267 $236 74

Tue Dec 29 $74.1K +17% +354% $76.2M 267 $277 75

Wed Dec 30 $72.8K −2% +426% $76.2M 267 $272 76

Thu Dec 31 $53.1K −27% +616% $76.3M 267 $198 77

Fri Jan 1 $97.0K +83% +129% $76.4M 267 $363 78

Sat Jan 2 $105.2K +8% +27% $76.5M 267 $394 79

Sun Jan 3 $62.3K −41% −14% $76.6M 267 $233 80

Mon Jan 4 $25.5K −59% −60% $76.6M 267 $95 81

Tue Jan 5 $23.7K −7% −68% $76.6M 267 $88 82

Wed Jan 6 $20.2K −15% −72% $76.6M 267 $75 83

Thu Jan 7 $19.0K −6% −64% $76.7M 267 $71 84

Fri Jan 8 $41.2K +117% −58% $76.7M 243 $169 85

Sat Jan 9 $78.1K +89% −26% $76.8M 243 $321 86

Sun Jan 10 $52.4K −33% −16% $76.8M 243 $215 87

Mon Jan 11 $11.3K −79% −56% $76.8M 243 $46 88

Tue Jan 12 $13.4K +19% −44% $76.9M 243 $55 89

Wed Jan 13 $12.7K −5% −37% $76.9M 243 $52 90

Thu Jan 14 $13.9K +10% −27% $76.9M 243 $57 91

Fri Jan 15 $23.1K +66% −44% $76.9M 185 $124 92

Sat Jan 16 $42.7K +85% −45% $76.9M 185 $230 93

Sun Jan 17 $35.7K −16% −32% $77.0M 185 $193 94

Mon Jan 18 #30 $34.5K −3% +207% $77.0M 185 $186 95

Tue Jan 19 $7.4K −78% −44% $77.0M 185 $40 96

Wed Jan 20 $6.7K −10% −47% $77.0M 185 $36 97

Thu Jan 21 $6.3K −6% −55% $77.0M 185 $34 98

Fri Jan 22 $16.7K +164% −28% $77.1M 142 $117 99

Sat Jan 23 $33.0K +98% −23% $77.1M 142 $232 100

Sun Jan 24 $21.2K −36% −41% $77.1M 142 $149 101

Mon Jan 25 $5.5K −74% −84% $77.1M 142 $39 102

Tue Jan 26 $6.2K +12% −16% $77.1M 142 $43 103

Wed Jan 27 $4.5K −28% −33% $77.1M 142 $31 104

Thu Jan 28 $4.6K +3% −27% $77.1M 142 $32 105

Fri Jan 29 $11.0K +138% −34% $77.1M 109 $100 106

Sat Jan 30 $23.3K +112% −29% $77.2M 109 $214 107

Sun Jan 31 $15.3K −34% −28% $77.2M 109 $140 108

Mon Feb 1 $4.0K −74% −27% $77.2M 109 $36 109

Tue Feb 2 $4.2K +4% −33% $77.2M 109 $38 110

Wed Feb 3 $3.6K −13% −19% $77.2M 109 $33 111

Thu Feb 4 $3.6K −1% −22% $77.2M 109 $33 112

Fri Feb 5 $7.0K +95% −36% $77.2M 88 $79 113

Sat Feb 6 $15.9K +126% −32% $77.2M 88 $180 114

Sun Feb 7 $7.9K −50% −48% $77.2M 88 $90 115

Mon Feb 8 $2.9K −64% −29% $77.2M 88 $32 116

Tue Feb 9 $3.0K +4% −29% $77.2M 88 $33 117

Wed Feb 10 $2.9K −3% −21% $77.2M 88 $32 118

Thu Feb 11 $2.6K −11% −29% $77.2M 88 $29 119

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

Cumulative total$75.8M

Oct 16Nov 2Nov 20Dec 7Dec 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $56.6K

$32.7M

$14.0M

$5.9M

$4.2M

$2.4M

$688.1K

$398.4K

$125.0K

$75.1K

$56.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,735 → 108 −97.1%

3,735 open108 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −24.6%

−57.1%

W1→2

−57.7%

W2→3

−29.6%

W3→4

−42.1%

W4→5

−71.5%

W5→6

−42.1%

W6→7

−68.6%

W7→8

−40.0%

W8→9

−24.6%

W9→10

Steepest −71.5%Best hold −24.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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