We Bought a Zoo (2011)

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Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $75,624,550Details
International Box Office $43,104,523Details
Worldwide Box Office $118,729,073
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $27,035,782 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $7,369,210 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $34,404,992
Further financial details...

Synopsis

A true story about a single dad who decides his family needs a fresh start, so he and his two children move to the most unlikely of places: a zoo. With the help of an eclectic staff, and with many misadventures along the way, the family works to return the dilapidated zoo to its former wonder and glory.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$9,360,434 (12.4% of total gross)
Legs:5.71 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:63.7% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$50,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,117 opening theaters/3,170 max. theaters, 5.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $102,644,098

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,161 $75,624,550
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,241 $43,104,523
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,590 $118,729,073

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 26th, 2011 (Sneak Peek) by 20th Century Fox
December 23rd, 2011 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
International Releases: December 23rd, 2011 (Wide) (Brazil)
January 26th, 2012 (Wide) (Serbia and Montenegro)
February 24th, 2012 (Wide) (Uruguay)
March 16th, 2012 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
March 28th, 2012 (Wide) (Egypt)
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Video Release: April 3rd, 2012 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for language and some thematic elements.
(Rating bulletin 2197, 11/9/2011)
Running Time: 124 minutes
Comparisons: vs. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
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Keywords: Animal Lead, Romance, Dysfunctional Family, Coming of Age, First Love, Mid-Life Crisis, Voiceover/Narration, Prologue, Writing and Writers, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, Death of a Spouse or Fiancée / Fiancé, Inheritance, Epilogue, Family Drama
Source:Based on Factual Book/Article
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: 20th Century Fox, Dune Entertainment, LBI Entertainment, Vinyl Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

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Date		Days In
Release
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 3-Day) 260 $5,560,781 Jan 13, 2012 24
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 327 $7,706,551 Jan 13, 2012 24
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 187 $7,369,231 Jan 13, 2012 24
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 200 $10,212,842 Jan 13, 2012 24
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 90 $13,238,241 Dec 30, 2011 10
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 160 $18,346,563 Dec 30, 2011 10
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day) 163 $9,360,434 Dec 23, 2011 3
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 247 $12,972,409 Dec 23, 2011 3
Christmas (Opening, 3-Day) 68 $9,360,434 Dec 23, 2011 3
Christmas (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 81 $12,972,409 Dec 23, 2011 3

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,161 $75,624,550
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,675 $102,644,098
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 801-900) 836 $75,624,550
Top 2011 Movies at the Domestic Box Office 45 $75,624,550
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies 34 $75,624,550
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 801-900) 871 $75,624,550
All Time Domestic Box Office for Dramatization Movies 67 $75,624,550
All Time Domestic Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 101-200) 149 $75,624,550
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 301-400) 307 $75,624,550
All Time Domestic Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 101-200) 136 $75,624,550

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 23, 2011 6 $9,360,434   3,117 $3,003   $9,818,920 1
Dec 30, 2011 6 $13,238,241 +41% 3,163 $4,185   $40,725,558 2
Jan 6, 2012 7 $8,305,797 -37% 3,170 $2,620   $56,399,906 3
Jan 13, 2012 10 $5,560,781 -33% 2,909 $1,912   $64,049,315 4
Jan 20, 2012 14 $2,783,440 -50% 2,065 $1,348   $69,565,025 5
Jan 27, 2012 20 $1,468,347 -47% 1,089 $1,348   $71,705,878 6
Feb 3, 2012 23 $737,870 -50% 754 $979   $72,721,441 7
Feb 10, 2012 28 $360,694 -51% 420 $859   $73,246,599 8
Feb 17, 2012 30 $300,033 -17% 287 $1,045   $73,656,654 9
Feb 24, 2012 27 $284,720 -5% 280 $1,017   $74,096,246 10
Mar 2, 2012 28 $243,829 -14% 266 $917   $74,406,782 11
Mar 9, 2012 28 $188,221 -23% 228 $826   $74,669,877 12
Mar 16, 2012 33 $141,965 -25% 188 $755   $74,908,771 13
Mar 23, 2012 35 $124,259 -12% 155 $802   $75,105,213 14
Mar 30, 2012 35 $108,224 -13% 136 $796   $75,279,522 15
Apr 6, 2012 43 $57,388 -47% 99 $580   $75,406,975 16
Apr 13, 2012 49 $47,201 -18% 83 $569   $75,498,097 17
Apr 20, 2012 55 $35,209 -25% 66 $533   $75,548,244 18
Apr 27, 2012 60 $25,951 -26% 66 $393   $75,586,710 19
May 4, 2012 64 $13,834 -47% 38 $364   $75,608,722 20
May 11, 2012 73 $8,709 -37% 28 $311   $75,621,915 21

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 23, 2011 6 $2,984,875     3,117 $958   $3,443,361 1
Dec 24, 2011 6 $1,884,359 -37%   3,117 $605   $5,327,720 2
Dec 25, 2011 5 $4,491,200 +138%   3,117 $1,441   $9,818,920 3
Dec 26, 2011 7 $5,244,211 +17%   3,117 $1,682   $15,063,131 4
Dec 27, 2011 6 $4,287,178 -18%   3,117 $1,375   $19,350,309 5
Dec 28, 2011 6 $4,049,507 -6%   3,117 $1,299   $23,399,816 6
Dec 29, 2011 6 $4,087,501 +1%   3,117 $1,311   $27,487,317 7
Dec 30, 2011 5 $4,850,417 +19% +62% 3,163 $1,533   $32,337,734 8
Dec 31, 2011 5 $4,501,719 -7% +139% 3,163 $1,423   $36,839,453 9
Jan 1, 2012 6 $3,886,105 -14% -13% 3,163 $1,229   $40,725,558 10
Jan 2, 2012 6 $3,765,441 -3% -28% 3,163 $1,190   $44,490,999 11
Jan 3, 2012 7 $1,516,891 -60% -65% 3,163 $480   $46,007,890 12
Jan 4, 2012 7 $1,100,279 -27% -73% 3,163 $348   $47,108,169 13
Jan 5, 2012 7 $985,940 -10% -76% 3,163 $312   $48,094,109 14
Jan 6, 2012 6 $2,367,550 +140% -51% 3,170 $747   $50,461,659 15
Jan 7, 2012 7 $3,813,697 +61% -15% 3,170 $1,203   $54,275,356 16
Jan 8, 2012 7 $2,124,550 -44% -45% 3,170 $670   $56,399,906 17
Jan 9, 2012 6 $463,240 -78% -88% 3,170 $146   $56,863,146 18
Jan 10, 2012 6 $640,931 +38% -58% 3,170 $202   $57,504,077 19
Jan 11, 2012 6 $507,334 -21% -54% 3,170 $160   $58,011,411 20
Jan 12, 2012 6 $477,123 -6% -52% 3,170 $151   $58,488,534 21
Jan 13, 2012 10 $1,372,451 +188% -42% 2,909 $472   $59,860,985 22
Jan 14, 2012 10 $2,332,906 +70% -39% 2,909 $802   $62,193,891 23
Jan 15, 2012 10 $1,855,424 -20% -13% 2,909 $638   $64,049,315 24
Jan 16, 2012 7 $1,808,450 -3% +290% 2,909 $622   $65,857,765 25
Jan 17, 2012 10 $359,763 -80% -44% 2,909 $124   $66,217,528 26
Jan 18, 2012 11 $275,621 -23% -46% 2,909 $95   $66,493,149 27
Jan 19, 2012 11 $288,436 +5% -40% 2,909 $99   $66,781,585 28
Jan 20, 2012 - $677,211 +135% -51% 2,065 $328   $67,458,796 29
Jan 21, 2012 13 $1,403,598 +107% -40% 2,065 $680   $68,862,394 30
Jan 22, 2012 13 $702,631 -50% -62% 2,065 $340   $69,565,025 31
Jan 23, 2012 - $188,465 -73% -90% 2,065 $91   $69,753,490 32
Jan 24, 2012 - $174,233 -8% -52% 2,065 $84   $69,927,723 33
Jan 25, 2012 - $149,381 -14% -46% 2,065 $72   $70,077,104 34
Jan 26, 2012 - $160,427 +7% -44% 2,065 $78   $70,237,531 35
Jan 27, 2012 - $361,043 +125% -47% 1,089 $332   $70,598,574 36
Jan 28, 2012 - $698,084 +93% -50% 1,089 $641   $71,296,658 37
Jan 29, 2012 - $409,220 -41% -42% 1,089 $376   $71,705,878 38
Jan 30, 2012 - $66,928 -84% -64% 1,089 $61   $71,772,806 39
Jan 31, 2012 - $77,893 +16% -55% 1,089 $72   $71,850,699 40
Feb 1, 2012 - $64,559 -17% -57% 1,089 $59   $71,915,258 41
Feb 2, 2012 - $68,313 +6% -57% 1,089 $63   $71,983,571 42
Feb 3, 2012 - $197,348 +189% -45% 754 $262   $72,180,919 43
Feb 4, 2012 - $393,403 +99% -44% 754 $522   $72,574,322 44
Feb 5, 2012 - $147,119 -63% -64% 754 $195   $72,721,441 45
Feb 6, 2012 - $39,602 -73% -41% 754 $53   $72,761,043 46
Feb 7, 2012 - $43,701 +10% -44% 754 $58   $72,804,744 47
Feb 8, 2012 - $39,353 -10% -39% 754 $52   $72,844,097 48
Feb 9, 2012 - $41,808 +6% -39% 754 $55   $72,885,905 49
Feb 10, 2012 - $88,745 +112% -55% 420 $211   $72,974,650 50
Feb 11, 2012 - $172,315 +94% -56% 420 $410   $73,146,965 51
Feb 12, 2012 - $99,634 -42% -32% 420 $237   $73,246,599 52
Feb 13, 2012 - $21,794 -78% -45% 420 $52   $73,268,393 53
Feb 14, 2012 - $42,137 +93% -4% 420 $100   $73,310,530 54
Feb 15, 2012 - $19,481 -54% -50% 420 $46   $73,330,011 55
Feb 16, 2012 - $26,610 +37% -36% 420 $63   $73,356,621 56
Feb 17, 2012 - $76,994 +189% -13% 420 $183   $73,433,615 57
Feb 18, 2012 - $127,448 +66% -26% 420 $303   $73,561,063 58
Feb 19, 2012 - $95,591 -25% -4% 420 $228   $73,656,654 59
Feb 20, 2012 - $86,366 -10% +296% 420 $206   $73,743,020 60
Feb 21, 2012 - $25,301 -71% -40% 420 $60   $73,768,321 61
Feb 22, 2012 - $19,851 -22% +2% 420 $47   $73,788,172 62
Feb 23, 2012 - $23,354 +18% -12% 420 $56   $73,811,526 63
Feb 24, 2012 - $79,022 +238% +3% 280 $282   $73,890,548 64
Feb 25, 2012 - $135,930 +72% +7% 280 $485   $74,026,478 65
Feb 26, 2012 - $69,768 -49% -27% 280 $249   $74,096,246 66
Feb 27, 2012 - $16,566 -76% -81% 280 $59   $74,112,812 67
Feb 28, 2012 - $17,837 +8% -30% 280 $64   $74,130,649 68
Feb 29, 2012 - $14,876 -17% -25% 280 $53   $74,145,525 69
Mar 1, 2012 - $17,428 +17% -25% 280 $62   $74,162,953 70
Mar 2, 2012 - $61,786 +255% -22% 266 $232   $74,224,739 71
Mar 3, 2012 - $117,016 +89% -14% 266 $440   $74,341,755 72
Mar 4, 2012 - $65,027 -44% -7% 266 $244   $74,406,782 73
Mar 5, 2012 - $16,842 -74% +2% 266 $63   $74,423,624 74
Mar 6, 2012 - $21,307 +27% +19% 266 $80   $74,444,931 75
Mar 7, 2012 - $16,964 -20% +14% 266 $64   $74,461,895 76
Mar 8, 2012 - $19,761 +16% +13% 266 $74   $74,481,656 77
Mar 9, 2012 - $50,796 +157% -18% 228 $223   $74,532,452 78
Mar 10, 2012 - $87,353 +72% -25% 228 $383   $74,619,805 79
Mar 11, 2012 - $50,072 -43% -23% 228 $220   $74,669,877 80
Mar 12, 2012 - $22,601 -55% +34% 228 $99   $74,692,478 81
Mar 13, 2012 - $27,101 +20% +27% 228 $119   $74,719,579 82
Mar 14, 2012 - $22,197 -18% +31% 228 $97   $74,741,776 83
Mar 15, 2012 - $25,030 +13% +27% 228 $110   $74,766,806 84
Mar 16, 2012 - $41,566 +66% -18% 188 $221   $74,808,372 85
Mar 17, 2012 - $60,924 +47% -30% 188 $324   $74,869,296 86
Mar 18, 2012 - $39,475 -35% -21% 188 $210   $74,908,771 87
Mar 19, 2012 - $16,614 -58% -26% 188 $88   $74,925,385 88
Mar 20, 2012 - $19,089 +15% -30% 188 $102   $74,944,474 89
Mar 21, 2012 - $17,601 -8% -21% 188 $94   $74,962,075 90
Mar 22, 2012 - $18,879 +7% -25% 188 $100   $74,980,954 91
Mar 23, 2012 - $34,766 +84% -16% 155 $224   $75,015,720 92
Mar 24, 2012 - $57,593 +66% -5% 155 $372   $75,073,313 93
Mar 25, 2012 - $31,900 -45% -19% 155 $206   $75,105,213 94
Mar 26, 2012 - $15,046 -53% -9% 155 $97   $75,120,259 95
Mar 27, 2012 - $17,118 +14% -10% 155 $110   $75,137,377 96
Mar 28, 2012 - $15,948 -7% -9% 155 $103   $75,153,325 97
Mar 29, 2012 - $17,973 +13% -5% 155 $116   $75,171,298 98
Mar 30, 2012 - $33,125 +84% -5% 136 $244   $75,204,423 99
Mar 31, 2012 - $46,707 +41% -19% 136 $343   $75,251,130 100
Apr 1, 2012 - $28,392 -39% -11% 136 $209   $75,279,522 101
Apr 2, 2012 - $14,987 -47% n/c 136 $110   $75,294,509 102
Apr 3, 2012 - $18,638 +24% +9% 136 $137   $75,313,147 103
Apr 4, 2012 - $16,652 -11% +4% 136 $122   $75,329,799 104
Apr 5, 2012 - $19,788 +19% +10% 136 $146   $75,349,587 105
Apr 6, 2012 - $23,980 +21% -28% 99 $242   $75,373,567 106
Apr 7, 2012 - $21,870 -9% -53% 99 $221   $75,395,437 107
Apr 8, 2012 - $11,538 -47% -59% 99 $117   $75,406,975 108
Apr 9, 2012 - $11,719 +2% -22% 99 $118   $75,418,694 109
Apr 10, 2012 - $10,853 -7% -42% 99 $110   $75,429,547 110
Apr 11, 2012 - $10,958 +1% -34% 99 $111   $75,440,505 111
Apr 12, 2012 - $10,391 -5% -47% 99 $105   $75,450,896 112
Apr 13, 2012 - $14,974 +44% -38% 83 $180   $75,465,870 113
Apr 14, 2012 - $21,184 +41% -3% 83 $255   $75,487,054 114
Apr 15, 2012 - $11,043 -48% -4% 83 $133   $75,498,097 115
Apr 16, 2012 - $2,888 -74% -75% 83 $35   $75,500,985 116
Apr 17, 2012 - $4,148 +44% -62% 83 $50   $75,505,133 117
Apr 18, 2012 - $3,948 -5% -64% 83 $48   $75,509,081 118
Apr 19, 2012 - $3,954 n/c -62% 83 $48   $75,513,035 119
Apr 20, 2012 - $8,835 +123% -41% 66 $134   $75,521,870 120
Apr 21, 2012 - $17,016 +93% -20% 66 $258   $75,538,886 121
Apr 22, 2012 - $9,358 -45% -15% 66 $142   $75,548,244 122
Apr 23, 2012 - $3,033 -68% +5% 66 $46   $75,551,277 123
Apr 24, 2012 - $3,015 -1% -27% 66 $46   $75,554,292 124
Apr 25, 2012 - $3,305 +10% -16% 66 $50   $75,557,597 125
Apr 26, 2012 - $3,162 -4% -20% 66 $48   $75,560,759 126
Apr 27, 2012 - $6,575 +108% -26% 66 $100   $75,567,334 127
Apr 28, 2012 - $13,256 +102% -22% 66 $201   $75,580,590 128
Apr 29, 2012 - $6,120 -54% -35% 66 $93   $75,586,710 129
Apr 30, 2012 - $1,686 -72% -44% 66 $26   $75,588,396 130
May 1, 2012 - $2,416 +43% -20% 66 $37   $75,590,812 131
May 2, 2012 - $2,069 -14% -37% 66 $31   $75,592,881 132
May 3, 2012 - $2,007 -3% -37% 66 $30   $75,594,888 133
May 4, 2012 - $3,176 +58% -52% 38 $84   $75,598,064 134
May 5, 2012 - $6,290 +98% -53% 38 $166   $75,604,354 135
May 6, 2012 - $4,368 -31% -29% 38 $115   $75,608,722 136
May 11, 2012 - $1,629   -49% 28 $58   $75,614,835 141
May 12, 2012 - $3,266 +100% -48% 28 $117   $75,618,101 142
May 13, 2012 - $3,814 +17% -13% 28 $136   $75,621,915 143
May 14, 2012 - $600 -84%   28 $21   $75,622,515 144
May 15, 2012 - $712 +19%   28 $25   $75,623,227 145
May 16, 2012 - $664 -7%   28 $24   $75,623,891 146
May 17, 2012 - $659 -1%   28 $24   $75,624,550 147

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 23, 2011 6 $27,028,831   3,117 $8,671   $27,487,317 1
Dec 30, 2011 6 $20,606,792 -24% 3,163 $6,515   $48,094,109 2
Jan 6, 2012 7 $10,394,425 -50% 3,170 $3,279   $58,488,534 3
Jan 13, 2012 11 $8,293,051 -20% 2,909 $2,851   $66,781,585 4
Jan 20, 2012 15 $3,455,946 -58% 2,065 $1,674   $70,237,531 5
Jan 27, 2012 20 $1,746,040 -49% 1,089 $1,603   $71,983,571 6
Feb 3, 2012 25 $902,334 -48% 754 $1,197   $72,885,905 7
Feb 10, 2012 29 $470,716 -48% 420 $1,121   $73,356,621 8
Feb 17, 2012 31 $454,905 -3% 287 $1,585   $73,811,526 9
Feb 24, 2012 29 $351,427 -23% 280 $1,255   $74,162,953 10
Mar 2, 2012 27 $318,703 -9% 266 $1,198   $74,481,656 11
Mar 9, 2012 28 $285,150 -11% 228 $1,251   $74,766,806 12
Mar 16, 2012 32 $214,148 -25% 188 $1,139   $74,980,954 13
Mar 23, 2012 33 $190,344 -11% 155 $1,228   $75,171,298 14
Mar 30, 2012 36 $178,289 -6% 136 $1,311   $75,349,587 15
Apr 6, 2012 44 $101,309 -43% 99 $1,023   $75,450,896 16
Apr 13, 2012 51 $62,139 -39% 83 $749   $75,513,035 17
Apr 20, 2012 57 $47,724 -23% 66 $723   $75,560,759 18
Apr 27, 2012 60 $34,129 -28% 66 $517   $75,594,888 19
May 4, 2012 64 $18,318 -46% 38 $482   $75,613,206 20

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Bahrain 3/29/2012 $0 0 1 10 $7,183 12/29/2018
Belgium 4/18/2012 $0 0 40 151 $544,840 12/10/2015
Brazil 12/23/2011 $0 0 3 3 $2,496,876 12/6/2015
Czech Republic 4/12/2012 $0 0 9 9 $847,073 12/29/2018
Egypt 3/28/2012 $0 0 1 6 $21,109 12/29/2018
Finland 4/27/2012 $42,819 40 40 99 $179,327 12/10/2015
France 4/18/2012 $0 0 306 447 $4,118,751 12/6/2015
Germany 5/3/2012 $117,427 51 58 215 $299,397 12/10/2015
Greece 4/26/2012 $30,184 17 25 42 $199,859 12/6/2015
Italy 6/8/2012 $125,647 126 126 300 $260,230 12/10/2015
Japan 6/8/2012 $1,150,022 457 457 1,659 $5,326,606 12/10/2015
Netherlands 4/19/2012 $0 0 58 108 $352,184 12/6/2015
Portugal 3/29/2012 $0 0 8 8 $469,845 12/6/2015
Serbia and Montenegro 1/26/2012 $0 0 8 8 $35,248 12/29/2018
Switzerland 4/18/2012 $0 0 42 94 $357,386 12/6/2015
United Kingdom 3/16/2012 $0 0 76 246 $4,117,229 12/10/2015
Uruguay 2/24/2012 $0 0 2 9 $67,229 12/29/2018
 
Rest of World $23,404,151
 
International Total$43,104,523 12/29/2018

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,241 $43,104,523
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,702 $43,104,523
Top 2011 Movies at the International Box Office 94 $43,104,523
All Time International Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies 56 $43,104,523
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,775 $43,104,523
All Time International Box Office for Dramatization Movies (Rank 101-200) 133 $43,104,523
All Time International Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 301-400) 382 $43,104,523
All Time International Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 401-500) 404 $43,104,523
All Time International Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 201-300) 212 $43,104,523

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,590 $118,729,073
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,143 $118,729,073
Top 2011 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 63 $118,729,073
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies 43 $118,729,073
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,232 $118,729,073
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Dramatization Movies 97 $118,729,073
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 201-300) 220 $118,729,073
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 301-400) 359 $118,729,073
All Time Worldwide Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 101-200) 177 $118,729,073

Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week		% ChangeTotal
Units		Spending
this
Week		Total
Spending		Weeks
in
Release
Apr 8, 20124543,681 543,681$9,237,140$9,237,1401
Apr 15, 20124187,665-65% 731,346$3,376,093$12,613,2332
Apr 22, 20124119,625-36% 850,971$2,100,615$14,713,8483
Apr 29, 2012590,926-24% 941,897$1,635,759$16,349,6074
May 6, 20121151,943-43% 993,840$931,338$17,280,9455
May 13, 20121262,363+20% 1,056,203$694,100$17,975,0456
May 20, 20121250,442-19% 1,106,645$905,938$18,880,9837
May 27, 20122223,898-53% 1,130,543$428,013$19,308,9968
Jun 3, 20122917,676-26% 1,148,219$280,872$19,589,8689
Nov 25, 20122989,673 1,398,668$985,506$22,713,04034
Feb 2, 20142617,019 1,654,204$82,542$25,226,47096
Jun 22, 20142910,365 1,688,016$101,370$25,508,226116

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week		% ChangeTotal
Units		Spending
this
Week		Total
Spending		Weeks
in
Release
Apr 8, 20124154,681 154,681$3,556,125$3,556,1251
Apr 15, 2012530,571-80% 185,252$909,182$4,465,3072
Apr 22, 20121312,522-59% 197,774$373,039$4,838,3463
Apr 29, 2012199,241-26% 207,015$276,875$5,115,2214
May 13, 2012916,858 230,282$456,180$5,763,6166

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For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

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Leading Cast

Matt Damon    Benjamin Mee
Scarlett Johansson    Kelly Foster
Maggie Elizabeth Jones    Rosie Mee

Supporting Cast

Thomas Haden Church    Duncan Mee
Colin Ford    Dylan Mee
Angus MacFadyen    Peter MacCready
Elle Fanning    Lily Miska
Patrick Fugit    Robin Jones
John Michael Higgins    Walter Ferris
Carla Gallo    Rhonda Blair
J.B. Smoove    Mr. Stevens
Stephanie Szostak    Katherine Mee
Michael Panes    Principal
Kym Whitley    Cashier
Todd Stanton    San Diego Vet
Lauren Sanchez    TV Anchor
Peter Riegert    Delbert McGinty
Roberto Montesinos    Hugo Chavez
Desi Lydic    Shea Seger (Lasagna Mom)
Erick Chavarria    Ernesto
Sam Fox    Alison
Dustin Ybarra    Nathan
Ben Seeder    Bruce
Alice Marie Crowe    Parrot Lady
Michelle Panek    Sarah Tanner (Vet Assistant)
Gary D. Robertson    Male Zookeeper
Nicole Russell    Volunteer
Reid Peters    Volunteer
Taylor Victoria Cerza    Zoo Patron
Steve Bessette    Zoo Patron
Hal Alpert    Zoo Patron
Leslie Trotter    Zoo Patron
Caroline Hanna    Zoo Patron
David Lopez    Zoo Patron
Benjamin Mee    Visiting Family
Ella Mee    Visiting Family
Milo Mee    Visiting Family
Sammi Mee    Visiting Family
William Crowe    Zoo Kid
Curtis Crowe    Zoo Kid
Johnny Cicco    Zoo Staff
Alexia Barroso    Zoo Staff
Thomas R. Baker    Pilot
David Dustin Kenyon    Pilot
Shannah Barrett    Party Girl
Christie Kittelsen    Zoo Lovers
Michelle Pickens    Zoo Lover
Gabriel Escalante    Sergundo

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Cameron Crowe    Director
Aline Brosh McKenna    Screenwriter
Cameron Crowe    Screenwriter
Benjamin Mee    Based upon the book by
Julie Yorn    Producer
Cameron Crowe    Producer
Rick Yorn    Producer
Ilona Herzberg    Executive Producer
Rodrigo Prieto    Cinematographer
Clay Griffith    Production Designer
Mark Livolsi    Editor
Paul Deason    Co-Producer
Aldric La'auli Porter    Co-Producer
Marc R. Gordon    Co-Producer
Doborah L. Scott    Costume Designer
Jonsi    Composer
Gail Levin    Casting
Peter Borck    Supervising Art Director
Domenic Silvestri    Art Director
Wayne Shepherd    Set Decorator
Deborah L. Scott    Costume Designer
Jeff Wexler    Sound
Mildred Iatrou Morgan*    Supervising Sound Editor
Ai-Ling Lee    Supervising Sound Editor
D.M. Hemphill    Re-recording Mixer
Ron Bartlett    Re-recording Mixer
Paul Graff    Visual Effects Supervisor
Burt Dalton    Special Effects Supervisor
Thomas Robinson Harper    Stunt Coordinator
Doug Seus    Stunt Coordinator
Jeffrey Harlacker    Associate Producer
Michelle Panek    Associate Producer
Aldric La'auli Porter    Assistant Director
Thomas Robinson Harper    Second Unit Director
Brad Shield    Second Unit Camera
Patrick Murguia    Second Unit Camera
Eduardo Mayen    Second Unit Camera

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

DVD Sales: Contraband Smuggled to the Top

May 8th, 2012

Contraband benefited from a really weak slate of new releases and this helped it earn first place on the DVD sales chart. During its first week of release, it sold 470,000 units and generated $7.52 million, which is good given its box office numbers. More...

DVD Sales: Mission Disavowed on DVD

May 2nd, 2012

There were not a lot of new releases to reach the top 30 on the DVD sales chart this week and only one of them reached the top five. We did have a new number one film, as Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol easily topped the chart with 661,000 units / $10.24 million. This is a disappointing start for a film that made $200 million in theaters. Fortunately, it did better on Blu-ray. More...

Contest: The Lucky Two: Winning Announcement

April 25th, 2012

The winners of our The Lucky Two contest were determined and they are... More...

Blu-ray Sales: Our Darkest Hour

April 25th, 2012

This literally could turn out to be the worst week of the year on the Blu-ray sales chart. The best-selling new release was The Darkest Hour, which only managed 158,000 units / $3.17 million. The only good news is the film's opening week Blu-ray share, which was an impressive 54%. More...

DVD Sales: Iron Has Soft Start on DVD

April 25th, 2012

It was a bad week for DVD, which is common at this time of year. The Iron Lady was the best of the new releases, but it only managed second place. War Horse climbed into top spot with 244,000 units / $4.67 million over the week for totals of 830,000 units / $14.62 million after two. More...

Blu-ray Sales: War Horse wins by a Nose

April 18th, 2012

This is becoming a pattern on the Blu-ray sales chart. Just like it has been for the past few weeks, new releases were soft. Granted, War Horse did top the Blu-ray sales chart, but with just 314,000 units / $7.84 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 36%, which is about average for the format. More...

DVD Sales: Hop Leaps Up

April 18th, 2012

There were not a lot of new releases to reach the top 30 on this week's DVD Sales Chart, but at least there was some action on top. Hop overtook Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked for first place with 729,000 units / $10.52 million for the week and 2.04 million units / $33.51 million after three. It is now just the third DVD of 2012 to sell 2 million units. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for April 17th, 2012

April 17th, 2012

This week's list of DVD and Blu-ray releases is dominated by Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol. The Blu-ray Combo Pack is worth picking up, but you'll want the Best Buy exclusive, or perhaps you want to tell studios to stop doing retailer exclusives, as they are annoying. That added complication is the reason I'm not awarding the release Pick of the Week, but there are not a lot of other films worthy either. Shame has two amazing performances, but the Blu-ray Combo Pack doesn't have a lot of extras. Fans of nature documentaries might want Frozen Planet: The Complete Series on Blu-ray or IMAX: Born to be Wild on 3D Combo Pack. But in the end, I went with the underseen The Last Rites of Joe May on DVD. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: We Bought A Zoo

April 15th, 2012

We Bought a Zoo was a family friendly film opening on Christmas weekend. This is a great time of year to open a film like this; however, the competition was really stiff that weekend and the film never managed a spot in the top five. On the other hand, it did finish with just over $75 million, so it clearly it had legs. Is it as good as its legs? Or as bad as its opening? More...

Contest: The Lucky Two

April 13th, 2012

There should be a close race for top spot next weekend between The Lucky One and Think Like a Man. I honestly don't know which one will win at the box office, but we are going with The Lucky One as the target film in this week's box office prediction contest, because it's easier to come up with a name for the contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for The Lucky One. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of We Bought a Zoo on Blu-ray Combo Pack. Meanwhile, whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a copy of We Bought a Zoo on Blu-ray Combo Pack. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

Contest: Uniting People with Prizes: Winning Announcement

April 12th, 2012

The winners of our Uniting People with Prizes contest were determined and they are... More...

Blu-ray Sales: Families Happy to be Blu

April 10th, 2012

There were not many new releases on the Blu-ray sales chart and many of the top selling DVDs were family films, which tend to struggle on high definition. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked did grab first place, but with just 270,000 units / $6.29 million. Its opening week Blu-ray Share was just 23%, which is weak for the format as a whole and only average for the genre. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for April 3rd, 2012

April 3rd, 2012

It wasn't a busy week on the home market with only a few first run releases of note. Both War Horse on Four-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack and We Bought a Zoo on Blu-ray Combo Pack are worth picking, but not Pick of the Week material. For that we have to look to Chinatown on Blu-ray. It is shovelware, but it is such a great movie that I'm willing to overlook this. More...

MLK 3-Day Estimates: Contraband Steals the Weekend

January 15th, 2012

With Beauty and the Beast disappointing slightly over the 3-day MLK frame, Contraband will take first place by a fairly comfortable margin, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. The action movie is set to pick up about $24.1 million, per Universal, while Disney pegs Beast's Friday-Sunday total at $18.5 million. Joyful Noise will bring in a solid, if slightly disappointing, $11.3 million for Warner Bros.. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: New Year, Same Old Results

January 3rd, 2012

2011 ends and 2012 begins, but the new beginnings didn't change. The overall box office rose to $155 million over the weekend, $200 million if you include Monday. This is higher than last weekend, but since Christmas landed on the weekend, this was to be expected. It is troubling that for the three-day portion of the weekend, the box office was 3% lower than last year, which is weaker than expected. 2011 ended with $10.22 billion, which was 3% lower than 2010. Attendance was down 4%, meaning the year had the lowest tickets sales since 1995. We can only hope the next 52 weeks are better than the last 52 weeks were. More...

Weekend Predictions: Ring in the New Year with Auld Films

December 29th, 2011

The New Year's Eve weekend is one of the most prosperous at the box office, but it also usually has no wide releases. This is the case this year, for the most part. War Horse and The Darkest Hour will have their first full weekends at the box office, but that's as close as we have to a new release. This means it is unlikely there will be many major changes in the ranking of the top five films and Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol has a clear shot at first place. Also, because Christmas Eve fell on Saturday, we should see strong growth across the board. Anything less than double-digit growth by any film will be considered a disappointment. This means we could actually end 2011 on a winning note compared to 2010. It wouldn't be enough to make a difference in the big picture, but a win is a win. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Ethereal Results

December 27th, 2011

Due to the placement of Christmas Day, we are still dealing with mostly studio estimates for weekend numbers. However, while we wait for the final numbers, we can look at some of these early results and compare them to expectations and in some cases use them predict how these films will end their theatrical runs. (In some cases, there's not enough information to guess where it will go in the future.) As for the overall box office numbers, we don't know if the final tally will be higher or lower than last year, but I'm not optimistic. More...

Christmas Weekend Estimates: Mission Impossible Wins Yuletide Race

December 26th, 2011

A mess of Wednesday, Friday and Sunday openings makes for a somewhat confusing picture at the box office over Christmas weekend, but Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol came out the clear-cut winner according to studio estimates released on Sunday and Monday. Its weekend haul of approximately $29.5 million left it $9 million clear of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which is the only other movie that can claim to be really strong at the box office at this point in time. More...

Weekend Predictions: Six Days of Christmas

December 21st, 2011

This year Christmas is a mess, when it comes to the box office. There are six films opening or expanding wide spread over six days. This includes The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which was bumped up at the last minute and opened on Tuesday. At the other end of the time frame, War Horse and The Darkest Hour don't open till Sunday. The number of films virtually guarantees at least two will struggle at the box office, but hopefully by spreading out the releases, moviegoers will be able to spread their daily movie contact among the new releases. That is if people will bother going to the movies. The longer the slump continues, the more likely it is due to a systemic issue. When people stop going to the movies, they don't see as many trailers and posters for upcoming releases and they are less excited about upcoming releases and, therefore, they are less likely to see movies in the future. It's a vicious cycle. Last year wasn't a great weekend at the box office, because Christmas Eve, which is a dead zone at the box office, landed on a Friday. This year it lands on a Saturday, so it could be even worse. More...

2011 Preview: December

December 1st, 2011

Well... game over. At the beginning of November, 2011's total box office was $340 million behind 2010's pace. We needed that gap to be closed significantly by the end of the month, but it actually grew wider. So now that there's virtually no chance that 2011 will avoid a year-over-year decline at the box office, not unless there's a surprise Avatar coming out this month. But is there at least some hope for the next four weeks? Last December six films reach $100 million, including one that opened in limited release and expanded wide, but none reached $200 million. This year, four are practically sure bets at $100 million, including one or two that could reach $200 million. Plus, there are four others that should make between $75 million and $100 million. I doubt all of them will reach the century mark, but if one did, it wouldn't be a shock. Then there's a couple of limited releases that should expand wide and, maybe, if one of them becomes the big play during Awards Season, it could reach $100 million as well. Even if every film beat expectations, 2011 won't come out ahead. But maybe if enough do, we can at least end the year on a high note. Unfortunately it has come down to that. Instead of talking about the box office record being broken, we are hoping 2011 doesn't end on yet another sour note. More...


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Synopsis

A true story about a single dad who decides his family needs a fresh start, so he and his two children move to the most unlikely of places: a zoo. With the help of an eclectic staff, and with many misadventures along the way, the family works to return the dilapidated zoo to its former wonder and glory.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$9,360,434 (12.4% of total gross)
Legs:5.71 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:63.7% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$50,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,117 opening theaters/3,170 max. theaters, 5.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $102,644,098

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,161 $75,624,550
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,241 $43,104,523
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,590 $118,729,073

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 26th, 2011 (Sneak Peek) by 20th Century Fox
December 23rd, 2011 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
International Releases: December 23rd, 2011 (Wide) (Brazil)
January 26th, 2012 (Wide) (Serbia and Montenegro)
February 24th, 2012 (Wide) (Uruguay)
March 16th, 2012 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
March 28th, 2012 (Wide) (Egypt)
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Video Release: April 3rd, 2012 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for language and some thematic elements.
(Rating bulletin 2197, 11/9/2011)
Running Time: 124 minutes
Comparisons: vs. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
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Keywords: Animal Lead, Romance, Dysfunctional Family, Coming of Age, First Love, Mid-Life Crisis, Voiceover/Narration, Prologue, Writing and Writers, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, Death of a Spouse or Fiancée / Fiancé, Inheritance, Epilogue, Family Drama
Source:Based on Factual Book/Article
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: 20th Century Fox, Dune Entertainment, LBI Entertainment, Vinyl Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 3-Day) 260 $5,560,781 Jan 13, 2012 24
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 327 $7,706,551 Jan 13, 2012 24
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 187 $7,369,231 Jan 13, 2012 24
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 200 $10,212,842 Jan 13, 2012 24
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 90 $13,238,241 Dec 30, 2011 10
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 160 $18,346,563 Dec 30, 2011 10
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day) 163 $9,360,434 Dec 23, 2011 3
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 247 $12,972,409 Dec 23, 2011 3
Christmas (Opening, 3-Day) 68 $9,360,434 Dec 23, 2011 3
Christmas (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 81 $12,972,409 Dec 23, 2011 3

Leading Cast

Matt Damon    Benjamin Mee
Scarlett Johansson    Kelly Foster
Maggie Elizabeth Jones    Rosie Mee

Supporting Cast

Thomas Haden Church    Duncan Mee
Colin Ford    Dylan Mee
Angus MacFadyen    Peter MacCready
Elle Fanning    Lily Miska
Patrick Fugit    Robin Jones
John Michael Higgins    Walter Ferris
Carla Gallo    Rhonda Blair
J.B. Smoove    Mr. Stevens
Stephanie Szostak    Katherine Mee
Michael Panes    Principal
Kym Whitley    Cashier
Todd Stanton    San Diego Vet
Lauren Sanchez    TV Anchor
Peter Riegert    Delbert McGinty
Roberto Montesinos    Hugo Chavez
Desi Lydic    Shea Seger (Lasagna Mom)
Erick Chavarria    Ernesto
Sam Fox    Alison
Dustin Ybarra    Nathan
Ben Seeder    Bruce
Alice Marie Crowe    Parrot Lady
Michelle Panek    Sarah Tanner (Vet Assistant)
Gary D. Robertson    Male Zookeeper
Nicole Russell    Volunteer
Reid Peters    Volunteer
Taylor Victoria Cerza    Zoo Patron
Steve Bessette    Zoo Patron
Hal Alpert    Zoo Patron
Leslie Trotter    Zoo Patron
Caroline Hanna    Zoo Patron
David Lopez    Zoo Patron
Benjamin Mee    Visiting Family
Ella Mee    Visiting Family
Milo Mee    Visiting Family
Sammi Mee    Visiting Family
William Crowe    Zoo Kid
Curtis Crowe    Zoo Kid
Johnny Cicco    Zoo Staff
Alexia Barroso    Zoo Staff
Thomas R. Baker    Pilot
David Dustin Kenyon    Pilot
Shannah Barrett    Party Girl
Christie Kittelsen    Zoo Lovers
Michelle Pickens    Zoo Lover
Gabriel Escalante    Sergundo

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Cameron Crowe    Director
Aline Brosh McKenna    Screenwriter
Cameron Crowe    Screenwriter
Benjamin Mee    Based upon the book by
Julie Yorn    Producer
Cameron Crowe    Producer
Rick Yorn    Producer
Ilona Herzberg    Executive Producer
Rodrigo Prieto    Cinematographer
Clay Griffith    Production Designer
Mark Livolsi    Editor
Paul Deason    Co-Producer
Aldric La'auli Porter    Co-Producer
Marc R. Gordon    Co-Producer
Doborah L. Scott    Costume Designer
Jonsi    Composer
Gail Levin    Casting
Peter Borck    Supervising Art Director
Domenic Silvestri    Art Director
Wayne Shepherd    Set Decorator
Deborah L. Scott    Costume Designer
Jeff Wexler    Sound
Mildred Iatrou Morgan*    Supervising Sound Editor
Ai-Ling Lee    Supervising Sound Editor
D.M. Hemphill    Re-recording Mixer
Ron Bartlett    Re-recording Mixer
Paul Graff    Visual Effects Supervisor
Burt Dalton    Special Effects Supervisor
Thomas Robinson Harper    Stunt Coordinator
Doug Seus    Stunt Coordinator
Jeffrey Harlacker    Associate Producer
Michelle Panek    Associate Producer
Aldric La'auli Porter    Assistant Director
Thomas Robinson Harper    Second Unit Director
Brad Shield    Second Unit Camera
Patrick Murguia    Second Unit Camera
Eduardo Mayen    Second Unit Camera

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

DVD Sales: Contraband Smuggled to the Top

May 8th, 2012

Contraband benefited from a really weak slate of new releases and this helped it earn first place on the DVD sales chart. During its first week of release, it sold 470,000 units and generated $7.52 million, which is good given its box office numbers. More...

DVD Sales: Mission Disavowed on DVD

May 2nd, 2012

There were not a lot of new releases to reach the top 30 on the DVD sales chart this week and only one of them reached the top five. We did have a new number one film, as Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol easily topped the chart with 661,000 units / $10.24 million. This is a disappointing start for a film that made $200 million in theaters. Fortunately, it did better on Blu-ray. More...

Contest: The Lucky Two: Winning Announcement

April 25th, 2012

The winners of our The Lucky Two contest were determined and they are... More...

Blu-ray Sales: Our Darkest Hour

April 25th, 2012

This literally could turn out to be the worst week of the year on the Blu-ray sales chart. The best-selling new release was The Darkest Hour, which only managed 158,000 units / $3.17 million. The only good news is the film's opening week Blu-ray share, which was an impressive 54%. More...

DVD Sales: Iron Has Soft Start on DVD

April 25th, 2012

It was a bad week for DVD, which is common at this time of year. The Iron Lady was the best of the new releases, but it only managed second place. War Horse climbed into top spot with 244,000 units / $4.67 million over the week for totals of 830,000 units / $14.62 million after two. More...

Blu-ray Sales: War Horse wins by a Nose

April 18th, 2012

This is becoming a pattern on the Blu-ray sales chart. Just like it has been for the past few weeks, new releases were soft. Granted, War Horse did top the Blu-ray sales chart, but with just 314,000 units / $7.84 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 36%, which is about average for the format. More...

DVD Sales: Hop Leaps Up

April 18th, 2012

There were not a lot of new releases to reach the top 30 on this week's DVD Sales Chart, but at least there was some action on top. Hop overtook Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked for first place with 729,000 units / $10.52 million for the week and 2.04 million units / $33.51 million after three. It is now just the third DVD of 2012 to sell 2 million units. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for April 17th, 2012

April 17th, 2012

This week's list of DVD and Blu-ray releases is dominated by Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol. The Blu-ray Combo Pack is worth picking up, but you'll want the Best Buy exclusive, or perhaps you want to tell studios to stop doing retailer exclusives, as they are annoying. That added complication is the reason I'm not awarding the release Pick of the Week, but there are not a lot of other films worthy either. Shame has two amazing performances, but the Blu-ray Combo Pack doesn't have a lot of extras. Fans of nature documentaries might want Frozen Planet: The Complete Series on Blu-ray or IMAX: Born to be Wild on 3D Combo Pack. But in the end, I went with the underseen The Last Rites of Joe May on DVD. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: We Bought A Zoo

April 15th, 2012

We Bought a Zoo was a family friendly film opening on Christmas weekend. This is a great time of year to open a film like this; however, the competition was really stiff that weekend and the film never managed a spot in the top five. On the other hand, it did finish with just over $75 million, so it clearly it had legs. Is it as good as its legs? Or as bad as its opening? More...

Contest: The Lucky Two

April 13th, 2012

There should be a close race for top spot next weekend between The Lucky One and Think Like a Man. I honestly don't know which one will win at the box office, but we are going with The Lucky One as the target film in this week's box office prediction contest, because it's easier to come up with a name for the contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for The Lucky One. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of We Bought a Zoo on Blu-ray Combo Pack. Meanwhile, whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a copy of We Bought a Zoo on Blu-ray Combo Pack. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

Contest: Uniting People with Prizes: Winning Announcement

April 12th, 2012

The winners of our Uniting People with Prizes contest were determined and they are... More...

Blu-ray Sales: Families Happy to be Blu

April 10th, 2012

There were not many new releases on the Blu-ray sales chart and many of the top selling DVDs were family films, which tend to struggle on high definition. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked did grab first place, but with just 270,000 units / $6.29 million. Its opening week Blu-ray Share was just 23%, which is weak for the format as a whole and only average for the genre. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for April 3rd, 2012

April 3rd, 2012

It wasn't a busy week on the home market with only a few first run releases of note. Both War Horse on Four-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack and We Bought a Zoo on Blu-ray Combo Pack are worth picking, but not Pick of the Week material. For that we have to look to Chinatown on Blu-ray. It is shovelware, but it is such a great movie that I'm willing to overlook this. More...

MLK 3-Day Estimates: Contraband Steals the Weekend

January 15th, 2012

With Beauty and the Beast disappointing slightly over the 3-day MLK frame, Contraband will take first place by a fairly comfortable margin, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. The action movie is set to pick up about $24.1 million, per Universal, while Disney pegs Beast's Friday-Sunday total at $18.5 million. Joyful Noise will bring in a solid, if slightly disappointing, $11.3 million for Warner Bros.. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: New Year, Same Old Results

January 3rd, 2012

2011 ends and 2012 begins, but the new beginnings didn't change. The overall box office rose to $155 million over the weekend, $200 million if you include Monday. This is higher than last weekend, but since Christmas landed on the weekend, this was to be expected. It is troubling that for the three-day portion of the weekend, the box office was 3% lower than last year, which is weaker than expected. 2011 ended with $10.22 billion, which was 3% lower than 2010. Attendance was down 4%, meaning the year had the lowest tickets sales since 1995. We can only hope the next 52 weeks are better than the last 52 weeks were. More...

Weekend Predictions: Ring in the New Year with Auld Films

December 29th, 2011

The New Year's Eve weekend is one of the most prosperous at the box office, but it also usually has no wide releases. This is the case this year, for the most part. War Horse and The Darkest Hour will have their first full weekends at the box office, but that's as close as we have to a new release. This means it is unlikely there will be many major changes in the ranking of the top five films and Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol has a clear shot at first place. Also, because Christmas Eve fell on Saturday, we should see strong growth across the board. Anything less than double-digit growth by any film will be considered a disappointment. This means we could actually end 2011 on a winning note compared to 2010. It wouldn't be enough to make a difference in the big picture, but a win is a win. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Ethereal Results

December 27th, 2011

Due to the placement of Christmas Day, we are still dealing with mostly studio estimates for weekend numbers. However, while we wait for the final numbers, we can look at some of these early results and compare them to expectations and in some cases use them predict how these films will end their theatrical runs. (In some cases, there's not enough information to guess where it will go in the future.) As for the overall box office numbers, we don't know if the final tally will be higher or lower than last year, but I'm not optimistic. More...

Christmas Weekend Estimates: Mission Impossible Wins Yuletide Race

December 26th, 2011

A mess of Wednesday, Friday and Sunday openings makes for a somewhat confusing picture at the box office over Christmas weekend, but Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol came out the clear-cut winner according to studio estimates released on Sunday and Monday. Its weekend haul of approximately $29.5 million left it $9 million clear of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which is the only other movie that can claim to be really strong at the box office at this point in time. More...

Weekend Predictions: Six Days of Christmas

December 21st, 2011

This year Christmas is a mess, when it comes to the box office. There are six films opening or expanding wide spread over six days. This includes The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which was bumped up at the last minute and opened on Tuesday. At the other end of the time frame, War Horse and The Darkest Hour don't open till Sunday. The number of films virtually guarantees at least two will struggle at the box office, but hopefully by spreading out the releases, moviegoers will be able to spread their daily movie contact among the new releases. That is if people will bother going to the movies. The longer the slump continues, the more likely it is due to a systemic issue. When people stop going to the movies, they don't see as many trailers and posters for upcoming releases and they are less excited about upcoming releases and, therefore, they are less likely to see movies in the future. It's a vicious cycle. Last year wasn't a great weekend at the box office, because Christmas Eve, which is a dead zone at the box office, landed on a Friday. This year it lands on a Saturday, so it could be even worse. More...

2011 Preview: December

December 1st, 2011

Well... game over. At the beginning of November, 2011's total box office was $340 million behind 2010's pace. We needed that gap to be closed significantly by the end of the month, but it actually grew wider. So now that there's virtually no chance that 2011 will avoid a year-over-year decline at the box office, not unless there's a surprise Avatar coming out this month. But is there at least some hope for the next four weeks? Last December six films reach $100 million, including one that opened in limited release and expanded wide, but none reached $200 million. This year, four are practically sure bets at $100 million, including one or two that could reach $200 million. Plus, there are four others that should make between $75 million and $100 million. I doubt all of them will reach the century mark, but if one did, it wouldn't be a shock. Then there's a couple of limited releases that should expand wide and, maybe, if one of them becomes the big play during Awards Season, it could reach $100 million as well. Even if every film beat expectations, 2011 won't come out ahead. But maybe if enough do, we can at least end the year on a high note. Unfortunately it has come down to that. Instead of talking about the box office record being broken, we are hoping 2011 doesn't end on yet another sour note. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,161 $75,624,550
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,675 $102,644,098
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 801-900) 836 $75,624,550
Top 2011 Movies at the Domestic Box Office 45 $75,624,550
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies 34 $75,624,550
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 801-900) 871 $75,624,550
All Time Domestic Box Office for Dramatization Movies 67 $75,624,550
All Time Domestic Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 101-200) 149 $75,624,550
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 301-400) 307 $75,624,550
All Time Domestic Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 101-200) 136 $75,624,550

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 23, 2011 6 $9,360,434   3,117 $3,003   $9,818,920 1
Dec 30, 2011 6 $13,238,241 +41% 3,163 $4,185   $40,725,558 2
Jan 6, 2012 7 $8,305,797 -37% 3,170 $2,620   $56,399,906 3
Jan 13, 2012 10 $5,560,781 -33% 2,909 $1,912   $64,049,315 4
Jan 20, 2012 14 $2,783,440 -50% 2,065 $1,348   $69,565,025 5
Jan 27, 2012 20 $1,468,347 -47% 1,089 $1,348   $71,705,878 6
Feb 3, 2012 23 $737,870 -50% 754 $979   $72,721,441 7
Feb 10, 2012 28 $360,694 -51% 420 $859   $73,246,599 8
Feb 17, 2012 30 $300,033 -17% 287 $1,045   $73,656,654 9
Feb 24, 2012 27 $284,720 -5% 280 $1,017   $74,096,246 10
Mar 2, 2012 28 $243,829 -14% 266 $917   $74,406,782 11
Mar 9, 2012 28 $188,221 -23% 228 $826   $74,669,877 12
Mar 16, 2012 33 $141,965 -25% 188 $755   $74,908,771 13
Mar 23, 2012 35 $124,259 -12% 155 $802   $75,105,213 14
Mar 30, 2012 35 $108,224 -13% 136 $796   $75,279,522 15
Apr 6, 2012 43 $57,388 -47% 99 $580   $75,406,975 16
Apr 13, 2012 49 $47,201 -18% 83 $569   $75,498,097 17
Apr 20, 2012 55 $35,209 -25% 66 $533   $75,548,244 18
Apr 27, 2012 60 $25,951 -26% 66 $393   $75,586,710 19
May 4, 2012 64 $13,834 -47% 38 $364   $75,608,722 20
May 11, 2012 73 $8,709 -37% 28 $311   $75,621,915 21

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 23, 2011 6 $2,984,875     3,117 $958   $3,443,361 1
Dec 24, 2011 6 $1,884,359 -37%   3,117 $605   $5,327,720 2
Dec 25, 2011 5 $4,491,200 +138%   3,117 $1,441   $9,818,920 3
Dec 26, 2011 7 $5,244,211 +17%   3,117 $1,682   $15,063,131 4
Dec 27, 2011 6 $4,287,178 -18%   3,117 $1,375   $19,350,309 5
Dec 28, 2011 6 $4,049,507 -6%   3,117 $1,299   $23,399,816 6
Dec 29, 2011 6 $4,087,501 +1%   3,117 $1,311   $27,487,317 7
Dec 30, 2011 5 $4,850,417 +19% +62% 3,163 $1,533   $32,337,734 8
Dec 31, 2011 5 $4,501,719 -7% +139% 3,163 $1,423   $36,839,453 9
Jan 1, 2012 6 $3,886,105 -14% -13% 3,163 $1,229   $40,725,558 10
Jan 2, 2012 6 $3,765,441 -3% -28% 3,163 $1,190   $44,490,999 11
Jan 3, 2012 7 $1,516,891 -60% -65% 3,163 $480   $46,007,890 12
Jan 4, 2012 7 $1,100,279 -27% -73% 3,163 $348   $47,108,169 13
Jan 5, 2012 7 $985,940 -10% -76% 3,163 $312   $48,094,109 14
Jan 6, 2012 6 $2,367,550 +140% -51% 3,170 $747   $50,461,659 15
Jan 7, 2012 7 $3,813,697 +61% -15% 3,170 $1,203   $54,275,356 16
Jan 8, 2012 7 $2,124,550 -44% -45% 3,170 $670   $56,399,906 17
Jan 9, 2012 6 $463,240 -78% -88% 3,170 $146   $56,863,146 18
Jan 10, 2012 6 $640,931 +38% -58% 3,170 $202   $57,504,077 19
Jan 11, 2012 6 $507,334 -21% -54% 3,170 $160   $58,011,411 20
Jan 12, 2012 6 $477,123 -6% -52% 3,170 $151   $58,488,534 21
Jan 13, 2012 10 $1,372,451 +188% -42% 2,909 $472   $59,860,985 22
Jan 14, 2012 10 $2,332,906 +70% -39% 2,909 $802   $62,193,891 23
Jan 15, 2012 10 $1,855,424 -20% -13% 2,909 $638   $64,049,315 24
Jan 16, 2012 7 $1,808,450 -3% +290% 2,909 $622   $65,857,765 25
Jan 17, 2012 10 $359,763 -80% -44% 2,909 $124   $66,217,528 26
Jan 18, 2012 11 $275,621 -23% -46% 2,909 $95   $66,493,149 27
Jan 19, 2012 11 $288,436 +5% -40% 2,909 $99   $66,781,585 28
Jan 20, 2012 - $677,211 +135% -51% 2,065 $328   $67,458,796 29
Jan 21, 2012 13 $1,403,598 +107% -40% 2,065 $680   $68,862,394 30
Jan 22, 2012 13 $702,631 -50% -62% 2,065 $340   $69,565,025 31
Jan 23, 2012 - $188,465 -73% -90% 2,065 $91   $69,753,490 32
Jan 24, 2012 - $174,233 -8% -52% 2,065 $84   $69,927,723 33
Jan 25, 2012 - $149,381 -14% -46% 2,065 $72   $70,077,104 34
Jan 26, 2012 - $160,427 +7% -44% 2,065 $78   $70,237,531 35
Jan 27, 2012 - $361,043 +125% -47% 1,089 $332   $70,598,574 36
Jan 28, 2012 - $698,084 +93% -50% 1,089 $641   $71,296,658 37
Jan 29, 2012 - $409,220 -41% -42% 1,089 $376   $71,705,878 38
Jan 30, 2012 - $66,928 -84% -64% 1,089 $61   $71,772,806 39
Jan 31, 2012 - $77,893 +16% -55% 1,089 $72   $71,850,699 40
Feb 1, 2012 - $64,559 -17% -57% 1,089 $59   $71,915,258 41
Feb 2, 2012 - $68,313 +6% -57% 1,089 $63   $71,983,571 42
Feb 3, 2012 - $197,348 +189% -45% 754 $262   $72,180,919 43
Feb 4, 2012 - $393,403 +99% -44% 754 $522   $72,574,322 44
Feb 5, 2012 - $147,119 -63% -64% 754 $195   $72,721,441 45
Feb 6, 2012 - $39,602 -73% -41% 754 $53   $72,761,043 46
Feb 7, 2012 - $43,701 +10% -44% 754 $58   $72,804,744 47
Feb 8, 2012 - $39,353 -10% -39% 754 $52   $72,844,097 48
Feb 9, 2012 - $41,808 +6% -39% 754 $55   $72,885,905 49
Feb 10, 2012 - $88,745 +112% -55% 420 $211   $72,974,650 50
Feb 11, 2012 - $172,315 +94% -56% 420 $410   $73,146,965 51
Feb 12, 2012 - $99,634 -42% -32% 420 $237   $73,246,599 52
Feb 13, 2012 - $21,794 -78% -45% 420 $52   $73,268,393 53
Feb 14, 2012 - $42,137 +93% -4% 420 $100   $73,310,530 54
Feb 15, 2012 - $19,481 -54% -50% 420 $46   $73,330,011 55
Feb 16, 2012 - $26,610 +37% -36% 420 $63   $73,356,621 56
Feb 17, 2012 - $76,994 +189% -13% 420 $183   $73,433,615 57
Feb 18, 2012 - $127,448 +66% -26% 420 $303   $73,561,063 58
Feb 19, 2012 - $95,591 -25% -4% 420 $228   $73,656,654 59
Feb 20, 2012 - $86,366 -10% +296% 420 $206   $73,743,020 60
Feb 21, 2012 - $25,301 -71% -40% 420 $60   $73,768,321 61
Feb 22, 2012 - $19,851 -22% +2% 420 $47   $73,788,172 62
Feb 23, 2012 - $23,354 +18% -12% 420 $56   $73,811,526 63
Feb 24, 2012 - $79,022 +238% +3% 280 $282   $73,890,548 64
Feb 25, 2012 - $135,930 +72% +7% 280 $485   $74,026,478 65
Feb 26, 2012 - $69,768 -49% -27% 280 $249   $74,096,246 66
Feb 27, 2012 - $16,566 -76% -81% 280 $59   $74,112,812 67
Feb 28, 2012 - $17,837 +8% -30% 280 $64   $74,130,649 68
Feb 29, 2012 - $14,876 -17% -25% 280 $53   $74,145,525 69
Mar 1, 2012 - $17,428 +17% -25% 280 $62   $74,162,953 70
Mar 2, 2012 - $61,786 +255% -22% 266 $232   $74,224,739 71
Mar 3, 2012 - $117,016 +89% -14% 266 $440   $74,341,755 72
Mar 4, 2012 - $65,027 -44% -7% 266 $244   $74,406,782 73
Mar 5, 2012 - $16,842 -74% +2% 266 $63   $74,423,624 74
Mar 6, 2012 - $21,307 +27% +19% 266 $80   $74,444,931 75
Mar 7, 2012 - $16,964 -20% +14% 266 $64   $74,461,895 76
Mar 8, 2012 - $19,761 +16% +13% 266 $74   $74,481,656 77
Mar 9, 2012 - $50,796 +157% -18% 228 $223   $74,532,452 78
Mar 10, 2012 - $87,353 +72% -25% 228 $383   $74,619,805 79
Mar 11, 2012 - $50,072 -43% -23% 228 $220   $74,669,877 80
Mar 12, 2012 - $22,601 -55% +34% 228 $99   $74,692,478 81
Mar 13, 2012 - $27,101 +20% +27% 228 $119   $74,719,579 82
Mar 14, 2012 - $22,197 -18% +31% 228 $97   $74,741,776 83
Mar 15, 2012 - $25,030 +13% +27% 228 $110   $74,766,806 84
Mar 16, 2012 - $41,566 +66% -18% 188 $221   $74,808,372 85
Mar 17, 2012 - $60,924 +47% -30% 188 $324   $74,869,296 86
Mar 18, 2012 - $39,475 -35% -21% 188 $210   $74,908,771 87
Mar 19, 2012 - $16,614 -58% -26% 188 $88   $74,925,385 88
Mar 20, 2012 - $19,089 +15% -30% 188 $102   $74,944,474 89
Mar 21, 2012 - $17,601 -8% -21% 188 $94   $74,962,075 90
Mar 22, 2012 - $18,879 +7% -25% 188 $100   $74,980,954 91
Mar 23, 2012 - $34,766 +84% -16% 155 $224   $75,015,720 92
Mar 24, 2012 - $57,593 +66% -5% 155 $372   $75,073,313 93
Mar 25, 2012 - $31,900 -45% -19% 155 $206   $75,105,213 94
Mar 26, 2012 - $15,046 -53% -9% 155 $97   $75,120,259 95
Mar 27, 2012 - $17,118 +14% -10% 155 $110   $75,137,377 96
Mar 28, 2012 - $15,948 -7% -9% 155 $103   $75,153,325 97
Mar 29, 2012 - $17,973 +13% -5% 155 $116   $75,171,298 98
Mar 30, 2012 - $33,125 +84% -5% 136 $244   $75,204,423 99
Mar 31, 2012 - $46,707 +41% -19% 136 $343   $75,251,130 100
Apr 1, 2012 - $28,392 -39% -11% 136 $209   $75,279,522 101
Apr 2, 2012 - $14,987 -47% n/c 136 $110   $75,294,509 102
Apr 3, 2012 - $18,638 +24% +9% 136 $137   $75,313,147 103
Apr 4, 2012 - $16,652 -11% +4% 136 $122   $75,329,799 104
Apr 5, 2012 - $19,788 +19% +10% 136 $146   $75,349,587 105
Apr 6, 2012 - $23,980 +21% -28% 99 $242   $75,373,567 106
Apr 7, 2012 - $21,870 -9% -53% 99 $221   $75,395,437 107
Apr 8, 2012 - $11,538 -47% -59% 99 $117   $75,406,975 108
Apr 9, 2012 - $11,719 +2% -22% 99 $118   $75,418,694 109
Apr 10, 2012 - $10,853 -7% -42% 99 $110   $75,429,547 110
Apr 11, 2012 - $10,958 +1% -34% 99 $111   $75,440,505 111
Apr 12, 2012 - $10,391 -5% -47% 99 $105   $75,450,896 112
Apr 13, 2012 - $14,974 +44% -38% 83 $180   $75,465,870 113
Apr 14, 2012 - $21,184 +41% -3% 83 $255   $75,487,054 114
Apr 15, 2012 - $11,043 -48% -4% 83 $133   $75,498,097 115
Apr 16, 2012 - $2,888 -74% -75% 83 $35   $75,500,985 116
Apr 17, 2012 - $4,148 +44% -62% 83 $50   $75,505,133 117
Apr 18, 2012 - $3,948 -5% -64% 83 $48   $75,509,081 118
Apr 19, 2012 - $3,954 n/c -62% 83 $48   $75,513,035 119
Apr 20, 2012 - $8,835 +123% -41% 66 $134   $75,521,870 120
Apr 21, 2012 - $17,016 +93% -20% 66 $258   $75,538,886 121
Apr 22, 2012 - $9,358 -45% -15% 66 $142   $75,548,244 122
Apr 23, 2012 - $3,033 -68% +5% 66 $46   $75,551,277 123
Apr 24, 2012 - $3,015 -1% -27% 66 $46   $75,554,292 124
Apr 25, 2012 - $3,305 +10% -16% 66 $50   $75,557,597 125
Apr 26, 2012 - $3,162 -4% -20% 66 $48   $75,560,759 126
Apr 27, 2012 - $6,575 +108% -26% 66 $100   $75,567,334 127
Apr 28, 2012 - $13,256 +102% -22% 66 $201   $75,580,590 128
Apr 29, 2012 - $6,120 -54% -35% 66 $93   $75,586,710 129
Apr 30, 2012 - $1,686 -72% -44% 66 $26   $75,588,396 130
May 1, 2012 - $2,416 +43% -20% 66 $37   $75,590,812 131
May 2, 2012 - $2,069 -14% -37% 66 $31   $75,592,881 132
May 3, 2012 - $2,007 -3% -37% 66 $30   $75,594,888 133
May 4, 2012 - $3,176 +58% -52% 38 $84   $75,598,064 134
May 5, 2012 - $6,290 +98% -53% 38 $166   $75,604,354 135
May 6, 2012 - $4,368 -31% -29% 38 $115   $75,608,722 136
May 11, 2012 - $1,629   -49% 28 $58   $75,614,835 141
May 12, 2012 - $3,266 +100% -48% 28 $117   $75,618,101 142
May 13, 2012 - $3,814 +17% -13% 28 $136   $75,621,915 143
May 14, 2012 - $600 -84%   28 $21   $75,622,515 144
May 15, 2012 - $712 +19%   28 $25   $75,623,227 145
May 16, 2012 - $664 -7%   28 $24   $75,623,891 146
May 17, 2012 - $659 -1%   28 $24   $75,624,550 147

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 23, 2011 6 $27,028,831   3,117 $8,671   $27,487,317 1
Dec 30, 2011 6 $20,606,792 -24% 3,163 $6,515   $48,094,109 2
Jan 6, 2012 7 $10,394,425 -50% 3,170 $3,279   $58,488,534 3
Jan 13, 2012 11 $8,293,051 -20% 2,909 $2,851   $66,781,585 4
Jan 20, 2012 15 $3,455,946 -58% 2,065 $1,674   $70,237,531 5
Jan 27, 2012 20 $1,746,040 -49% 1,089 $1,603   $71,983,571 6
Feb 3, 2012 25 $902,334 -48% 754 $1,197   $72,885,905 7
Feb 10, 2012 29 $470,716 -48% 420 $1,121   $73,356,621 8
Feb 17, 2012 31 $454,905 -3% 287 $1,585   $73,811,526 9
Feb 24, 2012 29 $351,427 -23% 280 $1,255   $74,162,953 10
Mar 2, 2012 27 $318,703 -9% 266 $1,198   $74,481,656 11
Mar 9, 2012 28 $285,150 -11% 228 $1,251   $74,766,806 12
Mar 16, 2012 32 $214,148 -25% 188 $1,139   $74,980,954 13
Mar 23, 2012 33 $190,344 -11% 155 $1,228   $75,171,298 14
Mar 30, 2012 36 $178,289 -6% 136 $1,311   $75,349,587 15
Apr 6, 2012 44 $101,309 -43% 99 $1,023   $75,450,896 16
Apr 13, 2012 51 $62,139 -39% 83 $749   $75,513,035 17
Apr 20, 2012 57 $47,724 -23% 66 $723   $75,560,759 18
Apr 27, 2012 60 $34,129 -28% 66 $517   $75,594,888 19
May 4, 2012 64 $18,318 -46% 38 $482   $75,613,206 20

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Bahrain 3/29/2012 $0 0 1 10 $7,183 12/29/2018
Belgium 4/18/2012 $0 0 40 151 $544,840 12/10/2015
Brazil 12/23/2011 $0 0 3 3 $2,496,876 12/6/2015
Czech Republic 4/12/2012 $0 0 9 9 $847,073 12/29/2018
Egypt 3/28/2012 $0 0 1 6 $21,109 12/29/2018
Finland 4/27/2012 $42,819 40 40 99 $179,327 12/10/2015
France 4/18/2012 $0 0 306 447 $4,118,751 12/6/2015
Germany 5/3/2012 $117,427 51 58 215 $299,397 12/10/2015
Greece 4/26/2012 $30,184 17 25 42 $199,859 12/6/2015
Italy 6/8/2012 $125,647 126 126 300 $260,230 12/10/2015
Japan 6/8/2012 $1,150,022 457 457 1,659 $5,326,606 12/10/2015
Netherlands 4/19/2012 $0 0 58 108 $352,184 12/6/2015
Portugal 3/29/2012 $0 0 8 8 $469,845 12/6/2015
Serbia and Montenegro 1/26/2012 $0 0 8 8 $35,248 12/29/2018
Switzerland 4/18/2012 $0 0 42 94 $357,386 12/6/2015
United Kingdom 3/16/2012 $0 0 76 246 $4,117,229 12/10/2015
Uruguay 2/24/2012 $0 0 2 9 $67,229 12/29/2018
 
Rest of World $23,404,151
 
International Total$43,104,523 12/29/2018

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,241 $43,104,523
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,702 $43,104,523
Top 2011 Movies at the International Box Office 94 $43,104,523
All Time International Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies 56 $43,104,523
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,775 $43,104,523
All Time International Box Office for Dramatization Movies (Rank 101-200) 133 $43,104,523
All Time International Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 301-400) 382 $43,104,523
All Time International Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 401-500) 404 $43,104,523
All Time International Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 201-300) 212 $43,104,523

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,590 $118,729,073
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,143 $118,729,073
Top 2011 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 63 $118,729,073
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies 43 $118,729,073
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,232 $118,729,073
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Dramatization Movies 97 $118,729,073
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 201-300) 220 $118,729,073
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 301-400) 359 $118,729,073
All Time Worldwide Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 101-200) 177 $118,729,073

Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week		% ChangeTotal
Units		Spending
this
Week		Total
Spending		Weeks
in
Release
Apr 8, 20124543,681 543,681$9,237,140$9,237,1401
Apr 15, 20124187,665-65% 731,346$3,376,093$12,613,2332
Apr 22, 20124119,625-36% 850,971$2,100,615$14,713,8483
Apr 29, 2012590,926-24% 941,897$1,635,759$16,349,6074
May 6, 20121151,943-43% 993,840$931,338$17,280,9455
May 13, 20121262,363+20% 1,056,203$694,100$17,975,0456
May 20, 20121250,442-19% 1,106,645$905,938$18,880,9837
May 27, 20122223,898-53% 1,130,543$428,013$19,308,9968
Jun 3, 20122917,676-26% 1,148,219$280,872$19,589,8689
Nov 25, 20122989,673 1,398,668$985,506$22,713,04034
Feb 2, 20142617,019 1,654,204$82,542$25,226,47096
Jun 22, 20142910,365 1,688,016$101,370$25,508,226116

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week		% ChangeTotal
Units		Spending
this
Week		Total
Spending		Weeks
in
Release
Apr 8, 20124154,681 154,681$3,556,125$3,556,1251
Apr 15, 2012530,571-80% 185,252$909,182$4,465,3072
Apr 22, 20121312,522-59% 197,774$373,039$4,838,3463
Apr 29, 2012199,241-26% 207,015$276,875$5,115,2214
May 13, 2012916,858 230,282$456,180$5,763,6166

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

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