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Budget Notes

After being originally budgeted at about $79 million (Variety, 9/8/2008, p. 30), Where the Wild Things Are eventually cost about $100 million to make, thanks to reshoots. The total cost to the production companies, however, was about $80 million thanks to foreign tax incentives (see L.A. Times, 10/15/2009). As is our practice, we use the pre-incentive production cost, in order to most accurately reflect the work that went in to making the movie.

Premise

The film concerns the imaginary adventures of a young boy named Max, who is angry after being sent to his room without supper. He then creates a forest inhabited by many large imaginary monsters, who crown him their ruler.

Trailer

Cast

Max Records		Max
Catherine Keener		Mom
Mark Ruffalo		Boyfriend
Lauren Ambrose		KW
Chris Cooper		Douglas
James Gandolfini		Carol
Catherine O'Hara		Judith
Forest Whitaker		Ira
Paul Dano		Alexander

Production and Technical Credits

Producer		Tom Hanks
Producer		Gary Goetzman
Producer		John Carls
Producer		Maurice Sendak
Producer		Vincent Landay
Executive Producer		Thomas Tull
Executive Producer		Jon Jashni
Executive Producer		Scott Mednick
Executive Producer		Bruce Berman
Director		Spike Jonze
Screenwriter		Spike Jonze
Screenwriter		Dave Eggers
Story		Maurice Sendak
Cinematographer		Lance Acord
Editor		James Haygood
Editor		Eric Zumbrunnen
Composer		Karen O
Composer		Carter Burwell
Music Supervisor		Ren Klyce
Production Designer		K.K. Barrett
Supervising Art Director		Jeff Thorp
Art Director		Lucinda Thomson
Set Designer		Michael Bell
Set Designer		Tel Stolfo
Set Decorator		Lisa Thompson
Costume Designer		Casey Storm
Sound Mixer		Gary Wilkins
Sound Designer		Ren Klyce
Re-recording Mixer		Michael Semanick
Re-recording Mixer		Juan Peralta
Re-recording Mixer		Ren Klyce
Visual Effects Supervisor		Daniel Jeannette
Animation Supervisor		Michael Eames
Visual Effects Supervisor		Marc Klobe
Visual Effects Supervisor		Ben Gibbs
Associate Producer		Natalie Farrey
Associate Producer		Catherine Keener
Associate Producer		Emma Wilcockson
Assistant Director		Thomas Patrick Smith
Second Unit Director		John Mahaffie
Second Unit Camera		Brad Shield
Casting Director		Justine Baddeley
Casting Director		Kimberly Davis-Wagner

Weekend Chart Record

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
2009/10/16	1	$32,695,407		3,735	$8,754	$32,695,407	3
2009/10/23	3	$14,019,406	-57%	3,735	$3,754	$53,558,981	10
2009/10/30	5	$5,931,417	-58%	3,645	$1,627	$62,650,379	17
2009/11/06	9	$4,177,249	-30%	2,756	$1,516	$69,220,584	24
2009/11/13	12	$2,418,140	-42%	2,090	$1,157	$73,440,413	31
2009/11/20	15	$688,060	-72%	1,010	$681	$74,665,359	38
2009/11/27	23	$398,406	-42%	404	$986	$75,369,208	45
2009/12/04	28	$125,018	-69%	235	$532	$75,575,341	52
2009/12/11	35	$75,065	-40%	145	$518	$75,698,188	59
2009/12/18	37	$56,636	-25%	123	$460	$75,789,686	66
2009/12/25	27	$197,658	+249%	267	$740	$76,038,911	73
2010/01/01	27	$264,512	+34%	267	$991	$76,566,491	80
2010/01/08	28	$171,676	-35%	243	$706	$76,826,594	87
2010/01/15	36	$101,481	-41%	185	$549	$76,979,401	94
2010/01/22	41	$70,969	-30%	142	$500	$77,105,362	101
2010/01/29	45	$49,634	-30%	109	$455	$77,175,874	108
2010/02/05	47	$30,848	-38%	88	$351	$77,222,184	115

Daily Chart Record

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
2009/10/16	1	$12,077,282		3,735	$3,234	$12,007,282	1
2009/10/17	1	$12,335,551	+2%	3,735	$3,303	$24,342,833	2
2009/10/18	1	$8,282,574	-33%	3,735	$2,218	$32,625,407	3
2009/10/19	1	$1,974,279	-76%	3,735	$529	$34,599,686	4
2009/10/20	3	$1,757,127	-11%	3,735	$470	$36,426,813	5
2009/10/21	2	$1,566,443	-11%	3,735	$419	$37,993,256	6
2009/10/22	2	$1,546,319	-1%	3,735	$414	$39,539,575	7
2009/10/23	3	$4,344,010	+181%	3,735	$1,163	$43,883,585	8
2009/10/24	2	$6,130,231	+41%	3,735	$1,641	$50,013,816	9
2009/10/25	2	$3,545,165	-42%	3,735	$949	$53,558,981	10
2009/10/26	4	$832,457	-77%	3,735	$223	$54,391,438	11
2009/10/27	4	$845,364	+2%	3,735	$226	$55,236,802	12
2009/10/28	4	$715,018	-15%	3,683	$194	$55,951,820	13
2009/10/29	4	$767,142	+7%	3,683	$208	$56,718,962	14
2009/10/30	5	$1,948,875	+154%	3,645	$535	$58,667,837	15
2009/10/31	6	$1,684,455	-14%	3,645	$462	$60,352,292	16
2009/11/01	3	$2,298,087	+36%	3,645	$630	$62,650,379	17
2009/11/02	5	$578,371	-75%	3,645	$159	$63,228,750	18
2009/11/03	4	$713,234	+23%	3,645	$196	$63,941,984	19
2009/11/04	5	$508,292	-29%	3,645	$139	$64,450,276	20
2009/11/05	5	$593,059	+17%	3,645	$163	$65,043,335	21
2009/11/06	9	$1,187,850	+100%	2,756	$431	$66,231,185	22
2009/11/07	9	$1,867,001	+57%	2,756	$677	$68,098,186	23
2009/11/08	9	$1,122,398	-40%	2,756	$407	$69,220,584	24
2009/11/09	9	$257,076	-77%	2,756	$93	$69,477,660	25
2009/11/10	9	$368,132	+43%	2,756	$134	$69,845,792	26
2009/11/11	6	$918,150	+149%	2,756	$333	$70,763,942	27
2009/11/12	9	$258,331	-72%	2,756	$94	$71,022,273	28
2009/11/13	12	$628,772	+143%	2,090	$301	$71,651,045	29
2009/11/14	12	$1,109,569	+76%	2,090	$531	$72,760,614	30
2009/11/15	11	$679,799	-39%	2,090	$325	$73,440,413	31
2009/11/16	12	$143,167	-79%	2,090	$69	$73,583,580	32
2009/11/17	12	$133,012	-7%	2,090	$64	$73,716,592	33
2009/11/18	12	$133,489	n/c	2,090	$64	$73,850,081	34
2009/11/19	13	$127,218	-5%	2,090	$61	$73,977,299	35
2009/11/20	16	$163,444	+28%	1,010	$162	$74,140,743	36
2009/11/21	14	$301,573	+85%	1,010	$299	$74,442,316	37
2009/11/22	14	$223,043	-26%	1,010	$221	$74,665,359	38
2009/11/23	-	$79,251	-64%	1,010	$78	$74,744,610	39
2009/11/24	-	$98,167	+24%	1,010	$97	$74,842,777	40
2009/11/25	-	$69,885	-29%	404	$173	$74,912,662	41
2009/11/26	-	$58,140	-17%	404	$144	$74,970,802	42
2009/11/27	-	$161,261	+177%	404	$399	$75,132,063	43
2009/11/28	-	$150,232	-7%	404	$372	$75,282,295	44
2009/11/29	-	$86,913	-42%	404	$215	$75,369,208	45
2009/11/30	-	$19,990	-77%	404	$49	$75,389,198	46
2009/12/01	-	$22,095	+11%	404	$55	$75,411,293	47
2009/12/02	-	$19,442	-12%	404	$48	$75,430,735	48
2009/12/03	-	$19,588	+1%	404	$48	$75,450,323	49
2009/12/04	-	$32,910	+68%	235	$140	$75,483,233	50
2009/12/05	-	$52,456	+59%	235	$223	$75,535,689	51
2009/12/06	-	$39,652	-24%	235	$169	$75,575,341	52
2009/12/07	-	$11,325	-71%	235	$48	$75,586,666	53
2009/12/08	-	$12,797	+13%	235	$54	$75,599,463	54
2009/12/09	-	$10,804	-16%	235	$46	$75,610,267	55
2009/12/10	-	$12,856	+19%	235	$55	$75,623,123	56
2009/12/11	-	$19,799	+54%	145	$137	$75,642,922	57
2009/12/12	-	$31,948	+61%	145	$220	$75,674,870	58
2009/12/13	-	$23,318	-27%	145	$161	$75,698,188	59
2009/12/14	-	$7,929	-66%	145	$55	$75,706,117	60
2009/12/15	-	$9,812	+24%	145	$68	$75,715,929	61
2009/12/16	-	$7,946	-19%	145	$55	$75,723,875	62
2009/12/17	-	$9,175	+15%	145	$63	$75,733,050	63
2009/12/18	-	$14,702	+60%	123	$120	$75,747,752	64
2009/12/19	-	$22,021	+50%	123	$179	$75,769,773	65
2009/12/20	-	$19,913	-10%	123	$162	$75,789,686	66
2009/12/21	-	$13,987	-30%	123	$114	$75,803,673	67
2009/12/22	-	$16,304	+17%	123	$133	$75,819,977	68
2009/12/23	-	$13,859	-15%	108	$128	$75,833,836	69
2009/12/24	-	$7,417	-46%	108	$69	$75,841,253	70
2009/12/25	-	$42,425	+472%	267	$159	$75,883,678	71
2009/12/26	-	$82,854	+95%	267	$310	$75,966,532	72
2009/12/27	-	$72,379	-13%	267	$271	$76,038,911	73
2009/12/28	-	$63,070	-13%	267	$236	$76,101,981	74
2009/12/29	-	$74,063	+17%	267	$277	$76,176,044	75
2009/12/30	-	$72,836	-2%	267	$273	$76,248,880	76
2009/12/31	-	$53,099	-27%	267	$199	$76,301,979	77
2010/01/01	-	$97,013	+83%	267	$363	$76,398,992	78
2010/01/02	-	$105,233	+8%	267	$394	$76,504,225	79
2010/01/03	-	$62,266	-41%	267	$233	$76,566,491	80
2010/01/04	-	$25,530	-59%	267	$96	$76,592,021	81
2010/01/05	-	$23,743	-7%	267	$89	$76,615,764	82
2010/01/06	-	$20,182	-15%	267	$76	$76,635,946	83
2010/01/07	-	$18,972	-6%	267	$71	$76,654,918	84
2010/01/08	-	$41,223	+117%	243	$170	$76,696,141	85
2010/01/09	-	$78,081	+89%	243	$321	$76,774,222	86
2010/01/10	-	$52,372	-33%	243	$216	$76,826,594	87
2010/01/11	-	$11,258	-79%	243	$46	$76,837,852	88
2010/01/12	-	$13,398	+19%	243	$55	$76,851,250	89
2010/01/13	-	$12,729	-5%	243	$52	$76,863,979	90
2010/01/14	-	$13,941	+10%	243	$57	$76,877,920	91
2010/01/15	-	$23,090	+66%	185	$125	$76,901,010	92
2010/01/16	-	$42,670	+85%	185	$231	$76,943,680	93
2010/01/17	-	$35,721	-16%	185	$193	$76,979,401	94
2010/01/18	30	$34,526	-3%	185	$187	$77,013,927	95
2010/01/19	-	$7,441	-78%	185	$40	$77,021,368	96
2010/01/20	-	$6,697	-10%	185	$36	$77,028,065	97
2010/01/21	-	$6,328	-6%	185	$34	$77,034,393	98
2010/01/22	-	$16,701	+164%	142	$118	$77,051,094	99
2010/01/23	-	$33,039	+98%	142	$233	$77,084,133	100
2010/01/24	-	$21,229	-36%	142	$150	$77,105,362	101
2010/01/25	-	$5,545	-74%	142	$39	$77,110,907	102
2010/01/26	-	$6,221	+12%	142	$44	$77,117,128	103
2010/01/27	-	$4,484	-28%	142	$32	$77,121,612	104
2010/01/28	-	$4,628	+3%	142	$33	$77,126,240	105
2010/01/29	-	$11,005	+138%	109	$101	$77,137,245	106
2010/01/30	-	$23,339	+112%	109	$214	$77,160,584	107
2010/01/31	-	$15,290	-34%	109	$140	$77,175,874	108
2010/02/01	-	$4,029	-74%	109	$37	$77,179,903	109
2010/02/02	-	$4,190	+4%	109	$38	$77,184,093	110
2010/02/03	-	$3,646	-13%	109	$33	$77,187,739	111
2010/02/04	-	$3,597	-1%	109	$33	$77,191,336	112
2010/02/05	-	$7,029	+95%	88	$80	$77,198,365	113
2010/02/06	-	$15,870	+126%	88	$180	$77,214,235	114
2010/02/07	-	$7,949	-50%	88	$90	$77,222,184	115
2010/02/08	-	$2,860	-64%	88	$33	$77,225,044	116
2010/02/09	-	$2,974	+4%	88	$34	$77,228,018	117
2010/02/10	-	$2,882	-3%	88	$33	$77,230,900	118
2010/02/11	-	$2,567	-11%	88	$29	$77,233,467	119

Worldwide Weekly Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross
2009-12-03	21		$479,521		404	$1,187	$76,519,051
2009-12-10	19		$2,291,754	+377.93%	550	$4,167	$78,810,805
2009-12-17	12		$4,523,328	+97.37%	911	$4,965	$83,334,133
2009-12-24	15		$4,446,026	-1.71%	1,637	$2,716	$87,780,159
2010-01-14	22		$223,002	-94.98%	243	$918	$94,016,574
2010-01-21	18		$3,450,921	+1,447.48%	1,356	$2,545	$97,467,495

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