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THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX

Domestic Total Gross: $50,877,145
Distributor: UniversalRelease Date: December 19, 2008
Genre: AnimationRunning Time: 1 hrs. 27 min.
MPAA Rating: GProduction Budget: $60 million
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TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
Domestic:  $50,877,145    58.6%
Foreign:  $35,992,160    41.4%

= Worldwide:  $86,869,305  

DOMESTIC SUMMARY
Opening Weekend: $10,103,675
(#3 rank, 3,104 theaters, $3,255 average)
% of Total Gross: 19.9%
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Widest Release:  3,107 theaters
Close Date:  March 5, 2009
In Release:  77 days / 11 weeks


GENRES (click to view) Rank
Animation 79
Animation - Computer 44
Family - Children's Book Adaptation 29
Mouse / Rat 6

FRANCHISES (click to view) Rank
Showdown: Modest Mouse Melee 5

CHARTS (click to view) Rank
All Time Domestic 1,079
Top Movies in the Past 365 Days 65
Yearly 2008 57
Yearly G Rated 2008 5
Yearly Opening Weekends 2008 93
Worldwide Yearly 2008 64
Opening Weeks 872
Worst Openings - Saturated 164
Worst Openings - Super Saturated 23
Opening Weekends 1,197
Opening Weekends - December 93
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) 15
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) 28
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) 52
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases 326
Rated G 73
Rated G, Opening Weekends 50
Widest Releases 364
Widest Opening Releases 331
Widest G Rated Openings 23
Widest G Rated Releases 24
BOM Users' Grades (2008 Releases) 69
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THE PLAYERS (click name to view)
Actors:Matthew Broderick (Voice)
Dustin Hoffman (Voice)
Emma Watson (Voice)
Tracey Ullman (Voice)
Kevin Kline (Voice)
William H. Macy (Voice)
Stanley Tucci (Voice)
Ciaran Hinds (Voice)
Robbie Coltrane (Voice)
Frank Langella (Voice)
Richard Jenkins (Voice)
Christopher Lloyd (Voice)
Sigourney Weaver (Narrator)
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GRADE BREAKDOWN
As: 86 40.8%
Bs: 59 28.0%
Cs: 37 17.5%
Ds: 12 5.7%
Fs: 17 8.1%

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MERCHANDISE LINKS
• DVD: The Tale of Despereaux
• Blu-ray: The Tale of Despereaux


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