THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX

Domestic Total Gross: $50,877,145
Distributor: UniversalRelease Date: December 19, 2008
Genre: AnimationRuntime: 1 hrs. 27 min.
MPAA Rating: GProduction Budget: $60 million

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Country
(click to view weekend breakdown)		Release
Date		Total Gross
FOREIGN TOTAL 12/18/08 $36,070,820
United Arab Emirates 1/29/09 $304,498
Argentina 2/5/09 $176,458
Australia 1/8/09 $1,599,837
Austria 3/20/09 $289,342
Belgium 2/25/09 $407,923
Bolivia 2/26/09 $19,664
Brazil 1/16/09 $811,425
Bulgaria 1/23/09 $90,850
Central America and the Greater Antilles 1/9/09 $252,744
Chile 1/29/09 $158,946
Colombia 1/1/09 $248,631
Croatia 1/1/09 $130,263
Cyprus 3/13/09 n/a
Czech Republic 2/5/09 $266,986
Denmark 3/6/09 $345,350
Ecuador 2/6/09 $181,761
Egypt 2/25/09 $35,574
Estonia 1/2/09 $56,786
Finland 3/13/09 $189,696
France 2/11/09 $2,969,527
Germany 3/19/09 $781,425
Greece 2/26/09 $346,022
Hong Kong 12/25/08 $539,924
Hungary 12/25/08 $664,166
Iceland 2/27/09 $39,732
Israel 7/30/09 $426,079
Italy 4/24/09 $645,683
Latvia 5/29/09 $79,979
Lebanon 1/29/09 $48,597
Lesser Antilles 12/31/08 $23,241
Lithuania 12/26/08 $282,007
Malaysia 3/12/09 $67,057
Mexico 12/25/08 $2,297,403
Middle East Other 1/28/09 $197,564
Netherlands 2/4/09 $971,010
New Zealand 1/8/09 $134,678
Nigeria 1/9/09 $2,372
Norway 12/26/08 $706,063
Peru 1/1/09 $312,352
Poland 3/27/09 $471,362
Portugal 12/18/08 $934,104
Romania 1/30/09 $59,128
Russia - CIS 12/25/08 $3,836,618
Singapore 3/12/09 $124,805
Slovakia 2/5/09 $92,344
Slovenia 2/12/09 $172,237
South Africa (Entire Region and Nigeria) 1/2/09 $290,909
South Africa (Entire Region) 1/2/09 $288,058
South Korea 2/12/09 $1,869,901
Spain 12/19/08 $3,948,152
Sweden 1/16/09 $330,482
Switzerland 2/11/09 $191,882
Turkey 1/23/09 $1,483,127
Ukraine 12/25/08 $365,515
United Kingdom 12/19/08 $3,727,089
Uruguay 2/20/09 $15,837
Venezuela 1/1/09 $759,036
Vietnam 2/20/09 n/a
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Weekend Box Office

2009
Date
(click to view chart)		RankWeekend
Gross / % Change		ScreensChange / Avg.Gross-to-DateWeek #
Jan. 29–Feb. 1 4 $125,437 - 20 - $6,272 $125,437 1
Feb. 5–8 5 $62,492 -50.2% 20 - $3,125 $207,598 2
Feb. 12–15 8 $39,069 -37.5% 15 -5 $2,605 $256,358 3
Feb. 19–22 - $14,238 -63.6% 6 -9 $2,373 $281,154 4
Feb. 26–Mar. 1 14 $8,294 -41.8% 3 -3 $2,765 $293,144 5
Mar. 5–8 - $10,521 +26.9% 4 +1 $2,630 $304,498 6

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