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Pre-Thanksgiving Family Comparison
| Movie Summary |  The Cat in the Hat |  The Grinch |  Happy Feet |  SpongeBob SquarePants |  Happy Feet Two |
| Genre | Family Comedy | Family Comedy | Animation | Animation | Animation |
| Studio | Universal | Universal | Warner Bros. | Paramount | Warner Bros. |
| Release Date | November 21, 2003 | November 17, 2000 | November 17, 2006 | November 19, 2004 | November 18, 2011 |
| Domestic Gross | $101,149,285 | $260,044,825 | $198,000,317 | $85,417,988 | $64,006,466 |
| Production Budget | $109 million | $123 million | $100 million | $30 million | n/a |
| Running Time | 1 hr. 22 min. | 1 hr. 44 min. | 1 hr. 48 min. | 1 hr. 30 min. | 1 hr. 45 min. |
| MPAA Rating | PG | PG | PG | PG | PG |
| MPAA Reason | for mild crude humor and some double-entendres | some crude humor | some mild peril and rude humor | some mild crude humor | some rude humor and mild peril. |
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| Domestic Summary | The Cat in the Hat | The Grinch | Happy Feet | SpongeBob SquarePants | Happy Feet Two |
| Total Gross | $101,149,285 | $260,044,825 | $198,000,317 | $85,417,988 | $64,006,466 |
| Opening Weekend* | $38,329,160 | $55,082,330 | $41,533,432 | $32,018,216 | $21,237,068 |
| Theaters | 3,464 | 3,127 | 3,804 | 3,212 | 3,606 |
| Average | $11,065 | $17,615 | $10,918 | $9,968 | $5,889 |
| Opening % of Total | 37.9% | 21.2% | 21.0% | 37.5% | 33.2% |
| Second Weekend Drop | -36.2% | -5.4% | -10.8% | -44.3% | -36.9% |
| Widest Release | 3,467 | 3,256 | 3,804 | 3,307 | 3,611 |
| Close Date | March 18, 2004 | March 1, 2001 | May 10, 2007 | March 24, 2005 | March 8, 2012 |
| In Release | n/a | 105 days / 15 weeks | 175 days / 25 weeks | 126 days / 18 weeks | 112 days / 16 weeks |
| *Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used. | |||||
| Worldwide Summary | The Cat in the Hat | The Grinch | Happy Feet | SpongeBob SquarePants | Happy Feet Two |
| Worldwide Gross | $133,960,541 | $345,141,403 | $384,335,608 | $140,161,792 | $150,406,466 |
| Foreign Gross | $32,811,256 | $85,096,578 | $186,335,291 | $54,743,804 | $86,400,000 |
| Foreign % of Worldwide | 24.5% | 24.7% | 48.5% | 39.1% | 57.4% |
| Domestic Gross | $101,149,285 | $260,044,825 | $198,000,317 | $85,417,988 | $64,006,466 |
| Domestic % of Worldwide | 75.5% | 75.3% | 51.5% | 60.9% | 42.6% |
| People Summary | The Cat in the Hat | The Grinch | Happy Feet | SpongeBob SquarePants | Happy Feet Two |
| Actor: Alec Baldwin | #9 | - | - | n/a | - |
| Actor: Elijah Wood | - | - | #4 | - | #7 |
| Actor: Robin Williams | - | - | #4 | - | #17 |
| Composer: John Powell | - | - | #8 | - | #27 |
| Director: George Miller | - | - | #1 | - | #2 |
| Producer: Brian Grazer | #14 | #1 | - | - | - |
| Producer: George Miller | - | - | #1 | - | #2 |
| Writer: George Miller | - | - | #1 | - | #2 |
| Genres & Franchises | The Cat in the Hat | The Grinch | Happy Feet | SpongeBob SquarePants | Happy Feet Two |
| Genre: Animation | - | - | #25 | #74 | #89 |
| Genre: Animation - Computer | - | - | #22 | - | #62 |
| Genre: Family - Children's Book Adaptation | #25 | #11 | - | - | - |
| Genre: IMAX (Feature-length) | - | - | #41 | - | #82 |
| Showdown: Dr. Seuss Showdown | #4 | #1 | - | - | - |
| Showdown: Pre-Thanksgiving Family Comparison | #3 | #1 | #2 | #4 | #5 |
| Chart Rankings | The Cat in the Hat | The Grinch | Happy Feet | SpongeBob SquarePants | Happy Feet Two |
| All Time Domestic | #519 | #65 | #134 | #648 | #984 |
| All Time Worldwide | - | #232 | #178 | - | - |
| Opening Weeks | #247 | #87 | #178 | #368 | #573 |
| Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends | #30 | #4 | #11 | #57 | #77 |
| Thanksgiving 5-day Weekends | #31 | #5 | #11 | #57 | #70 |
| Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Biggest Drops | #6 | - | #160 | #95 | #118 |
| Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Best Holds | - | #119 | #176 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Not At #1 | - | - | - | #33 | #149 |
| Single Day Gross | #605 | #248 | #546 | - | - |
| Single Day Saturday Gross | #242 | #98 | #218 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends | #230 | #109 | #193 | #310 | #616 |
| Opening Weekends - November | #29 | #16 | #24 | #42 | #81 |
| Opening Weekends - Holiday | #45 | #23 | #38 | #62 | #127 |
| Top 3-Day Grosses | - | #105 | #181 | - | - |
| Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) | #269 | #40 | #105 | - | - |
| Consecutive Weekends At #1 | #269 | #29 | #90 | - | - |
| Second Weekends | #169 | #18 | #55 | - | - |
| Third Weekends | - | #31 | #121 | - | - |
| Fourth Weekends | - | #25 | #84 | - | - |
| Fifth Weekends | - | #16 | #113 | - | - |
| Sixth Weekends | - | #12 | #175 | - | - |
| Seventh Weekends | - | #35 | #27 | - | - |
| Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) | #137 | #17 | #22 | #256 | #149 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) | #310 | #32 | #38 | #563 | #329 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) | #488 | #49 | #63 | #849 | #515 |
| Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases | #1422 | #252 | #340 | #2124 | #1478 |
| Rated G and PG | #179 | #22 | #51 | - | - |
| Rated PG | #145 | #18 | #40 | #169 | - |
| Rated PG, Opening Weekends | #51 | #26 | #47 | #66 | #126 |
| Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends | #64 | #33 | #57 | #83 | #161 |
| Widest Releases | #247 | #377 | #84 | #351 | #169 |
| Widest Opening Releases | #229 | #465 | #79 | #388 | #152 |
| Widest PG Rated Openings | #82 | #142 | #32 | #123 | #57 |
| Widest PG Rated Releases | #84 | #118 | #34 | #113 | #60 |
| Fastest to $100 million | - | #76 | #140 | - | - |
| Fastest to $150 million | - | #72 | #151 | - | - |
| Slowest to $100 million | #82 | #431 | #367 | - | - |
| BOM Users' Grades | #672 | #504 | #384 | - | - |
| Opening Weeks Adjusted | #257 | #57 | #207 | #397 | #901 |
| Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends Adjusted | #37 | #3 | #13 | #67 | #123 |
| Thanksgiving 5-day Weekends Adjusted | #36 | #3 | #19 | #58 | #91 |
| Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted | - | #20 | #65 | - | - |
| Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted | #202 | #52 | #224 | - | - |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted | - | #54 | #111 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - November | #33 | #12 | #34 | #54 | #116 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted | #221 | #76 | #222 | #326 | #958 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday | #48 | #17 | #49 | #77 | #186 |
| Second Weekends Adjusted | #186 | #8 | #59 | - | - |
| Third Weekends Adjusted | - | #15 | #173 | - | - |
| Fourth Weekends Adjusted | - | #22 | #150 | - | - |
| Fifth Weekends Adjusted | - | #23 | #194 | - | - |
| Seventh Weekends Adjusted | - | #51 | #71 | - | - |
| Rated G and PG Adjusted | - | #53 | #120 | - | - |
| Rated PG Adjusted | - | #30 | #81 | - | - |
| Rated PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted | #47 | #13 | #48 | #74 | - |
| Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted | #61 | #17 | #62 | #93 | - |
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