Pre-Thanksgiving Family Comparison

	The Cat in the Hat	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Happy Feet	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Happy Feet Two
Release Summary
Genre	Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy	Comedy Family Fantasy	Adventure Animation Comedy Family Music Musical Romance	Action Adventure Animation Comedy Family Fantasy	Adventure Animation Comedy Family Musical
Distributor	Universal Pictures	Universal Pictures	Warner Bros.	Paramount Pictures	Warner Bros.
Release Date	Nov 21, 2003	Nov 17, 2000	Nov 17, 2006	Nov 19, 2004	Nov 18, 2011
Domestic Gross	$101,149,285	$260,044,825	$198,000,317	$85,417,988	$64,006,466
Production Budget	$109,000,000	$123,000,000	$100,000,000	$30,000,000	–
Running Time	1 hr 22 min	1 hr 44 min	1 hr 48 min	1 hr 27 min	1 hr 57 min
MPAA Rating	Rated PG for mild crude humor and some double-entendres	Rated PG for some crude humor	Rated PG for some mild peril and rude humor	Rated PG for some mild crude humor	Rated PG for some rude humor and mild peril
Domestic Summary
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
Opening % of Total	37.9%	21.2%	21%	37.5%	33.2%
Widest Release	3,467	3,256	3,804	3,307	3,611
Close Date	Mar 18, 2004	Mar 1, 2001	May 10, 2007	Mar 24, 2005	Mar 8, 2012
In Release	407 days / 58 weeks	410 days / 58 weeks	410 days / 58 weeks	408 days / 58 weeks	410 days / 58 weeks
Weekends at #1	2	4	3	0	0
Weekends in Top 10	4	9	7	4	4
Worldwide Summary
Worldwide Gross	$133,960,541	$345,141,403	$384,335,608	$140,192,993	$159,196,259
Foreign Gross	$32,811,256	$85,096,578	$186,335,291	$54,775,005	$95,189,793
Foreign % of Worldwide	24.5%	24.7%	48.5%	39.1%	59.8%
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%	40.2%