CHRISTMAS COMEDY SHOWDOWN
Movie Summary Fred Claus The Santa Clause 3 Christmas with the Kranks Elf The Santa Clause 2 Genre Comedy Family Comedy Family Comedy Comedy Family Comedy Studio Warner Bros. Buena Vista Sony (Revolution) New Line Buena Vista Release Date November 9, 2007 November 3, 2006 November 24, 2004 November 7, 2003 November 1, 2002 Domestic Gross $72,006,777 $84,500,122 $73,780,539 $173,398,518 $139,236,327 Production Budget n/a n/a $60 million $33 million $65 million Running Time 1 hr. 56 min. 1 hr. 38 min. 1 hr. 34 min. 1 hr. 35 min. 1 hr. 45 min. MPAA Rating PG G PG PG G MPAA Reason mild language and some rude humor brief language and suggestive content for some mild rude humor and language PREMIER PASS FEATURES • Create your own comparisons with up to six movies in each chart CLICK HERE TO
ADVERTISEMENT (scroll to continue with chart) Domestic Summary Fred Claus The Santa Clause 3 Christmas with the Kranks Elf The Santa Clause 2 Total Gross $72,006,777 $84,500,122 $73,780,539 $173,398,518 $139,236,327 Opening Weekend* $18,515,473 $19,504,038 $21,570,867 $31,113,501 $29,008,696 Theaters 3,603 3,458 3,393 3,337 3,350 Average $5,138 $5,640 $6,357 $9,323 $8,659 Opening % of Total 25.7% 23.1% 29.2% 17.9% 20.8% Second Weekend Drop -35.7% -13.2% -48.2% -15.4% -14.7% Widest Release 3,603 3,458 3,416 3,381 3,352 Close Date February 14, 2008 February 8, 2007 January 13, 2005 March 4, 2004 February 6, 2003 In Release 98 days / 14 weeks 98 days / 14 weeks n/a 119 days / 17 weeks 98 days / 14 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 Fred Claus The Santa Clause 3 Christmas with the Kranks Elf The Santa Clause 2 Worldwide Gross $97,838,349 $110,768,122 $96,572,480 $220,443,451 $172,855,065 Foreign Gross $25,831,572 $26,268,000 $22,791,941 $47,044,933 $33,618,738 Foreign % of Worldwide 26.4% 23.7% 23.6% 21.3% 19.4% Domestic Gross $72,006,777 $84,500,122 $73,780,539 $173,398,518 $139,236,327 Domestic % of Worldwide 73.6% 76.3% 76.4% 78.7% 80.6% People Summary Fred Claus The Santa Clause 3 Christmas with the Kranks Elf The Santa Clause 2 Actor: Tim Allen - #6 #7 - #5 Composer: John Debney - - #20 #4 - Producer: Jeffrey Silver - #5 - - #3 Genres & Franchises Fred Claus The Santa Clause 3 Christmas with the Kranks Elf The Santa Clause 2 Franchise: The Santa Clause - #3 - - #2 Genre: Christmas #11 #7 #10 #3 #5 Genre: Comedy - Fat Suit - #13 - - #5 Showdown: 'Four Christmases' Comp Romp #6 - #5 - - Showdown: Christmas Comedy Showdown #5 #3 #4 #1 #2 Showdown: Family Christmas Clash - #5 - #2 #4 Chart Rankings Fred Claus The Santa Clause 3 Christmas with the Kranks Elf The Santa Clause 2 All Time Domestic #679 #532 #663 #137 #220 Opening Weeks #607 #595 #587 #241 #338 Worst Openings - Super Saturated #107 #117 #140 - - Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends #85 - #28 #27 #71 Thanksgiving 5-day Weekends #67 #71 #28 #27 #58 Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Biggest Drops #191 #163 #189 #30 #95 Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Best Holds #104 #131 #105 - #198 Opening Weekends Not At #1 #151 #125 #83 #18 - Saturday Share of Opening Weekends - #67 - - #107 Opening Weekends #565 #524 #446 #233 #276 Opening Weekends - November #79 #71 #64 #35 #44 Opening Weekends - Holiday #114 #104 #95 #49 #62 Ninth Weekends - - - #133 #160 Second Weekends - - - #100 #115 Third Weekends - - - #72 #122 Fourth Weekends - #146 - #10 #132 Fifth Weekends - - - #111 #23 Sixth Weekends - - - #110 #140 Seventh Weekends - - - #76 #148 Eighth Weekends - - - #87 #132 Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) #99 #18 #221 #20 #19 Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) #240 #32 #546 #39 #37 Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) #402 #58 #870 #71 #68 Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases #1291 #347 #2238 #400 #381 Rated G - #42 - - #21 Rated G and PG - #184 - #55 #80 Rated PG #186 - #180 #43 - Rated G, Opening Weekends - #31 - - #19 Rated PG, Opening Weekends #113 - #92 #49 - Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends #146 #134 #118 #64 #77 Widest Releases #104 #157 #175 #187 #196 Widest Opening Releases #92 #142 #169 #184 #180 Widest G Rated Openings - #12 - - #15 Widest G Rated Releases - #13 - - #17 Widest PG Rated Openings #40 - #55 #59 - Widest PG Rated Releases #41 - #56 #58 - Slowest to $100 million - - - #235 #178
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