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How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Domestic Total Gross: $260,044,825
Distributor: Universal	Release Date: November 17, 2000
Genre: Family Comedy	Runtime: 1 hrs. 44 min.
MPAA Rating: PG	Production Budget: $123 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$260,044,825	75.3%
+ Foreign:	$85,096,578	24.7%

= Worldwide:	$345,141,403

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$55,082,330
(#1 rank, 3,127 theaters, $17,615 average)
% of Total Gross:	21.2%
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Widest Release:

3,256 theaters

Close Date:

March 1, 2001

In Release:

105 days / 15 weeks

The Players

Director:	Ron Howard
Actors:	Jim Carrey Anthony Hopkins* (Narrator)
Producers:	Brian Grazer Ron Howard
Composer:	James Horner
* Denotes minor role

2000 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Three Oscars, Including One Win.
View full award breakdown...

Genres

Genre	Rank
Christmas	2
Family - Children's Book Adaptation	11

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Showdown: Dr. Seuss Showdown	1
Showdown: Family Christmas Clash	1
Showdown: Pre-Thanksgiving Family Comparison	1

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	105
All Time Adjusted	117
All Time Worldwide	365
Yearly 2000	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 2000	2
Yearly PG Rated 2000	1
Worldwide Yearly 2000	6
Opening Weeks	153
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends	8
Thanksgiving 5-day Weekends	10
Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Best Holds	147
Single Day Gross	484
Non-Opening Friday Gross	48
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	48
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross	68
Single Day Friday Gross	208
Single Day Saturday Gross	185
Single Day Sunday Gross	196
Single Day Thursday Gross	61
Single Day Wednesday Gross	109
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	159
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	190
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	146
Opening Weekends	185
Opening Weekends - November	28
Opening Weekends - Holiday	39
Top 10-Day Grosses	112
Top 3-Day Grosses	179
Top 7-Day Grosses	162
Top 8-Day Grosses	131
Top 9-Day Grosses	113
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	42
Consecutive Weekends At #1	31
Second Weekends	41
Third Weekends	57
Fourth Weekends	47
Fifth Weekends	28
Sixth Weekends	17
Seventh Weekends	44
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	25
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	45
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	64
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	285
Rated G and PG	35
Rated PG	30
Rated PG, Opening Weekends	43
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends	51
Widest Releases	644
Widest Opening Releases	762
Widest PG Rated Releases	188
Fastest to $100 million	130
Fastest to $150 million	128
Fastest to $200 million	118
Fastest to $250 million	94
Slowest to $100 million	552
Slowest to $200 million	75
BOM Users' Grades	504
BOM Users' Grades (2000 Releases)	63
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on February 25, 2001)	13
Yearly (Wide) 2000	1
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2000	2
Opening Weeks Adjusted	91
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends Adjusted	3
Thanksgiving 5-day Weekends Adjusted	3
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	20
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	25
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	33
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	113
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	85
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	106
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	31
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	71
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	135
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	113
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	100
Opening Weekends Adjusted - November	18
Opening Weekends Adjusted	119
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	26
Second Weekends Adjusted	13
Third Weekends Adjusted	22
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	25
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	26
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	22
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	52
Rated G and PG Adjusted	58
Rated PG Adjusted	34
Rated PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	21
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	25