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Synopsis

The Golden Compass is an exciting fantasy adventure set in a parallel world where people's souls manifest themselves as small animals, talking bears fight wars, and children are mysteriously disappearing. At the center of the story is a 12-year-old-girl, Lyra, who sets out to find and rescue her best friend Roger, and ends up on an extraordinary quest to save not only her own world, but ours as well.

Budget Information

The official production budget for The Golden Compass was $150 million. According to the LA Times (August 10, 2007 - registration required), the movie "soared over its original $180-million budget because of re-shoots". The Philippine Daily Inquirer (August 19, 2007) quoted Nestor Nieves, New Line's executive vice president for international sales as saying, "The studio has spent $205 million on it [so far] ... The special effects alone cost over $80 million."

The Hollywood Reporter (November 6, 2007 - registration required) mentions the $150 million production budget, and says that New Line and "a bevy of blue-chip brands ... Are committing more than $50 million in marketing and promo support for Compass". The studio is quoted as estimating that the "[t]otal value of brand-backed marketing is $120 million."

Update (11/30/2007): CHUD.com (November 29, 2007) quotes Chris Weitz and Sam Elliott as saying the budget "was 250 million."

Update (12/2/2007): Chris Weitz is quoted in Film Monthly (December 2, 2007) as saying "around $200 million would be a bare estimate." Based on this, and the quote from Nestor Nieves above, we are using $205 million as our estimate for the final cost of the movie.

[Thanks to Will Hamilton and Darrell Granger for their help with budget research.]

Cast

Dakota Blue Richards		Lyra
Nicole Kidman		Mrs. Coulter
Eva Green		Serafina Pekkala
Daniel Craig		Lord Asriel
Nonso Anozie		Iorek Byrnison
Sam Elliott		Lee Scoresby
Tom Courtenay		Farder Coram
Simon McBurney		Fra Pavel
Jim Carter		John Faa
Ben Walker		Roger
Adam Godley		Pantalaimon
Charlie Rowe		Billy Costa
Clare Higgins		Ma Costa
Steven Loton		Tony Costa
Jack Shepherd		Master
John Bett		Thorold
John Franklyn-Robbins		Librarian
Jonathan Laury		Young Fellow
Magda Szubanski		Mrs. Lonsdale
Paul Antony-Barber		Bolvangar Doctor
Jason Watkins		Bolvangar official
Hattie Morahan		Sister Clara
Ian McShane		Ragnar Sturlusson
James Rawlings		Passing Scholar
Joao de Souza		Hunt
Tommy Luther		Daemon Puppeteer
Ian McKellen		Iorek Byrnison
Freddie Highmore		Pantalaimon
Kathy Bates		Hester
Kristin Scott Thomas		Stelmaria
Christopher Lee		First High Councilor
Derek Jacobi		Magisterial Emissary

Weekend Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
12/7/2007	1		$25,783,232		3,528	$7,308	$25,783,232	3
12/14/2007	3		$8,825,549	-65.77%	3,528	$2,502	$40,768,661	10
12/21/2007	7		$4,550,000	-48.45%	2,953	$1,541	$48,998,000	17
12/28/2007	12		$4,683,801	+2.94%	1,935	$2,421	$58,775,336	24
1/4/2008	14		$2,873,467	-38.65%	1,611	$1,784	$65,664,496	31
1/11/2008	22		$1,121,350	-60.98%	816	$1,374	$67,513,776	38
1/18/2008	24		$479,691	-57.22%	340	$1,411	$68,297,477	45
1/25/2008	31		$349,992	-27.04%	289	$1,211	$68,880,202	52
2/1/2008	33		$274,985	-21.43%	288	$955	$69,253,101	59
2/8/2008	37		$250,277	-8.99%	251	$997	$69,599,302	66
2/15/2008	41		$137,078	-45.23%	206	$665	$69,813,409	73
2/22/2008	45		$91,936	-32.93%	152	$605	$69,990,336	80
2/29/2008	49		$62,419	-32.11%	112	$557	$70,083,519	87

Daily Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
12/7/2007	1		$8,689,000		3,528	$2,463	$8,689,000	1
12/8/2007	1		$10,271,000	+18.21%	3,528	$2,911	$18,960,000	2
12/9/2007	1		$6,823,000	-33.57%	3,528	$1,934	$25,783,232	3
12/10/2007	1		$1,700,000	-75.08%	3,528	$482	$27,483,000	4
12/11/2007	1		$1,645,000	-3.24%	3,528	$466	$29,145,000	5
12/12/2007	1		$1,420,000	-13.68%	3,528	$402	$30,567,000	6
12/13/2007	1		$1,260,000	-11.27%	3,528	$357	$31,943,112	7
12/14/2007	3		$2,664,000	+111.43%	3,528	$755	$34,607,000	8
12/15/2007	3		$3,703,000	+39.00%	3,528	$1,050	$38,310,000	9
12/16/2007	3		$2,459,000	-33.59%	3,528	$697	$40,768,661	10
12/17/2007	3		$855,000	-65.23%	3,528	$242	$41,624,000	11
12/18/2007	3		$890,000	+4.09%	3,528	$252	$42,507,000	12
12/19/2007	3		$930,000	+4.49%	3,528	$264	$43,442,000	13
12/20/2007	3		$995,000	+6.99%	3,528	$282	$44,438,251	14
12/21/2007	8		$1,363,000	+36.98%	2,953	$462	$45,801,000	15
12/22/2007	7		$1,758,000	+28.98%	2,953	$595	$47,559,000	16
12/23/2007	8		$1,430,000	-18.66%	2,953	$484	$48,998,000	17
12/24/2007	6		$1,002,000	-29.93%	2,953	$339	$50,000,000	18
12/25/2007	12		$1,379,000	+37.62%	2,953	$467	$51,379,000	19
12/26/2007	11		$1,760,000	+27.63%	2,953	$596	$53,453,000	20
12/27/2007	12		$1,385,000	-21.31%	2,953	$469	$54,585,000	21
12/28/2007	12		$1,573,000	+13.57%	2,266	$694	$56,158,000	22
1/2/2008	11		$795,000		1,953	$407	$62,010,000	27
1/3/2008	11		$705,000	-11.32%	1,953	$361	$62,791,029	28
1/4/2008	14		$809,000	+14.75%	1,611	$502	$63,600,000	29
1/21/2008	24		$127,661		340	$375	$68,425,138	46
2/18/2008	33		$37,818		206	$184	$69,851,227	74

Worldwide Weekly Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross
2007-12-06	12		$6,650,680				$6,650,680
2007-12-13	1		$86,966,474	+1,207.63%	8,791	$9,893	$93,617,154
2007-12-20	2		$61,940,417	-28.78%	9,763	$6,344	$155,557,571
2007-12-27	4		$57,214,820	-7.63%	8,784	$6,514	$212,772,391
2008-01-03	4		$63,693,342	+11.32%	8,995	$7,081	$276,465,733
2008-01-10	4		$27,021,386	-57.58%	7,765	$3,480	$303,487,119
2008-01-17	11		$12,598,924	-53.37%	6,449	$1,954	$316,086,043
2008-01-24	18		$6,759,739	-46.35%	4,064	$1,663	$322,845,782
2008-01-31	28		$4,825,551	-28.61%	2,611	$1,848	$327,671,333
2008-02-07	51		$1,552,802	-67.82%			$329,224,135
2008-02-14	66		$783,694	-49.53%			$330,007,829
2008-02-21	58		$766,614	-2.18%			$330,774,443
2008-02-28	81		$201,365	-73.73%			$330,975,808
2008-03-06	10		$11,393,331	+5,558.05%	904	$12,603	$342,369,139
2008-03-13	15		$6,379,549	-44.01%	702	$9,088	$348,748,688
2008-03-20	16		$6,529,900	+2.36%	722	$9,044	$355,278,588
2008-03-27	25		$4,183,874	-35.93%	681	$6,144	$359,462,462
2008-04-03	26		$4,543,673	+8.60%	948	$4,793	$364,006,135
2008-04-10	22		$4,491,603	-1.15%	932	$4,819	$368,497,738
2008-04-17	47		$1,566,402	-65.13%			$370,064,140
2008-04-24	54		$1,150,667	-26.54%			$371,214,807
2008-05-01	92		$279,921	-75.67%			$371,494,728
2008-05-08	85		$318,978	+13.95%			$371,813,706
2008-05-15	121		$46,976	-85.27%			$371,860,682
2008-05-22	115		$78,305	+66.69%			$371,938,987
2008-05-29	65		$285,922	+265.14%			$372,224,909
2008-06-05	131		$5,808	-97.97%			$372,230,717
2008-06-12	128		$2,869	-50.60%			$372,233,586
2008-06-19	134		$601	-79.05%			$372,234,187
2008-06-26	141		$194	-67.72%			$372,234,381
2008-07-03	138		$374	+92.78%			$372,234,755
2008-07-10	142		$109	-70.86%			$372,234,864

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