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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

Weekend Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
10/16/2009	1		$32,695,407		3,735	$8,754	$32,695,407	3
10/23/2009	3		$14,019,406	-57.12%	3,735	$3,754	$53,558,981	10
10/30/2009	5		$5,931,417	-57.69%	3,645	$1,627	$62,650,379	17
11/6/2009	9		$4,177,249	-29.57%	2,756	$1,516	$69,220,584	24
11/13/2009	12		$2,418,140	-42.11%	2,090	$1,157	$73,440,413	31
11/20/2009	15		$688,060	-71.55%	1,010	$681	$74,665,359	38
11/27/2009	23		$398,406	-42.10%	404	$986	$75,369,208	45
12/4/2009	28		$125,018	-68.62%	235	$532	$75,575,341	52
12/11/2009	35		$75,065	-39.96%	145	$518	$75,698,188	59
12/18/2009	37		$56,636	-24.55%	123	$460	$75,789,686	66
12/25/2009	27		$197,658	+249.00%	267	$740	$76,038,911	73
1/1/2010	27		$264,512	+33.82%	267	$991	$76,566,491	80
1/8/2010	28		$171,676	-35.10%	243	$706	$76,826,594	87
1/15/2010	36		$101,481	-40.89%	185	$549	$76,979,401	94
1/22/2010	41		$70,969	-30.07%	142	$500	$77,105,362	101
1/29/2010	45		$49,634	-30.06%	109	$455	$77,175,874	108
2/5/2010	47		$30,848	-37.85%	88	$351	$77,222,184	115

Daily Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
10/16/2009	1		$12,077,282		3,735	$3,234	$12,007,282	1
10/17/2009	1		$12,335,551	+2.14%	3,735	$3,303	$24,342,833	2
10/18/2009	1		$8,282,574	-32.86%	3,735	$2,218	$32,625,407	3
10/19/2009	1		$1,974,279	-76.16%	3,735	$529	$34,599,686	4
10/20/2009	3		$1,757,127	-11.00%	3,735	$470	$36,426,813	5
10/21/2009	2		$1,566,443	-10.85%	3,735	$419	$37,993,256	6
10/22/2009	2		$1,546,319	-1.28%	3,735	$414	$39,539,575	7
10/23/2009	3		$4,344,010	+180.93%	3,735	$1,163	$43,883,585	8
10/24/2009	2		$6,130,231	+41.12%	3,735	$1,641	$50,013,816	9
10/25/2009	2		$3,545,165	-42.17%	3,735	$949	$53,558,981	10
10/26/2009	4		$832,457	-76.52%	3,735	$223	$54,391,438	11
10/27/2009	4		$845,364	+1.55%	3,735	$226	$55,236,802	12
10/28/2009	4		$715,018	-15.42%	3,683	$194	$55,951,820	13
10/29/2009	4		$767,142	+7.29%	3,683	$208	$56,718,962	14
10/30/2009	5		$1,948,875	+154.04%	3,645	$535	$58,667,837	15
10/31/2009	6		$1,684,455	-13.57%	3,645	$462	$60,352,292	16
11/1/2009	3		$2,298,087	+36.43%	3,645	$630	$62,650,379	17
11/2/2009	5		$578,371	-74.83%	3,645	$159	$63,228,750	18
11/3/2009	4		$713,234	+23.32%	3,645	$196	$63,941,984	19
11/4/2009	5		$508,292	-28.73%	3,645	$139	$64,450,276	20
11/5/2009	5		$593,059	+16.68%	3,645	$163	$65,043,335	21
11/6/2009	9		$1,187,850	+100.29%	2,756	$431	$66,231,185	22
11/7/2009	9		$1,867,001	+57.17%	2,756	$677	$68,098,186	23
11/8/2009	9		$1,122,398	-39.88%	2,756	$407	$69,220,584	24
11/9/2009	9		$257,076	-77.10%	2,756	$93	$69,477,660	25
11/10/2009	9		$368,132	+43.20%	2,756	$134	$69,845,792	26
11/11/2009	6		$918,150	+149.41%	2,756	$333	$70,763,942	27
11/12/2009	9		$258,331	-71.86%	2,756	$94	$71,022,273	28
11/13/2009	12		$628,772	+143.40%	2,090	$301	$71,651,045	29
11/14/2009	12		$1,109,569	+76.47%	2,090	$531	$72,760,614	30
11/15/2009	11		$679,799	-38.73%	2,090	$325	$73,440,413	31
11/16/2009	12		$143,167	-78.94%	2,090	$69	$73,583,580	32
11/17/2009	12		$133,012	-7.09%	2,090	$64	$73,716,592	33
11/18/2009	12		$133,489	+0.36%	2,090	$64	$73,850,081	34
11/19/2009	13		$127,218	-4.70%	2,090	$61	$73,977,299	35
11/20/2009	16		$163,444	+28.48%	1,010	$162	$74,140,743	36
11/21/2009	14		$301,573	+84.51%	1,010	$299	$74,442,316	37
11/22/2009	14		$223,043	-26.04%	1,010	$221	$74,665,359	38
11/23/2009	-		$79,251	-64.47%	1,010	$78	$74,744,610	39
11/24/2009	-		$98,167	+23.87%	1,010	$97	$74,842,777	40
11/25/2009	-		$69,885	-28.81%	404	$173	$74,912,662	41
11/26/2009	-		$58,140	-16.81%	404	$144	$74,970,802	42
11/27/2009	-		$161,261	+177.37%	404	$399	$75,132,063	43
11/28/2009	-		$150,232	-6.84%	404	$372	$75,282,295	44
11/29/2009	-		$86,913	-42.15%	404	$215	$75,369,208	45
11/30/2009	-		$19,990	-77.00%	404	$49	$75,389,198	46
12/1/2009	-		$22,095	+10.53%	404	$55	$75,411,293	47
12/2/2009	-		$19,442	-12.01%	404	$48	$75,430,735	48
12/3/2009	-		$19,588	+0.75%	404	$48	$75,450,323	49
12/4/2009	-		$32,910	+68.01%	235	$140	$75,483,233	50
12/5/2009	-		$52,456	+59.39%	235	$223	$75,535,689	51
12/6/2009	-		$39,652	-24.41%	235	$169	$75,575,341	52
12/7/2009	-		$11,325	-71.44%	235	$48	$75,586,666	53
12/8/2009	-		$12,797	+13.00%	235	$54	$75,599,463	54
12/9/2009	-		$10,804	-15.57%	235	$46	$75,610,267	55
12/10/2009	-		$12,856	+18.99%	235	$55	$75,623,123	56
12/11/2009	-		$19,799	+54.01%	145	$137	$75,642,922	57
12/12/2009	-		$31,948	+61.36%	145	$220	$75,674,870	58
12/13/2009	-		$23,318	-27.01%	145	$161	$75,698,188	59
12/14/2009	-		$7,929	-66.00%	145	$55	$75,706,117	60
12/15/2009	-		$9,812	+23.75%	145	$68	$75,715,929	61
12/16/2009	-		$7,946	-19.02%	145	$55	$75,723,875	62
12/17/2009	-		$9,175	+15.47%	145	$63	$75,733,050	63
12/18/2009	-		$14,702	+60.24%	123	$120	$75,747,752	64
12/19/2009	-		$22,021	+49.78%	123	$179	$75,769,773	65
12/20/2009	-		$19,913	-9.57%	123	$162	$75,789,686	66
12/21/2009	-		$13,987	-29.76%	123	$114	$75,803,673	67
12/22/2009	-		$16,304	+16.57%	123	$133	$75,819,977	68
12/23/2009	-		$13,859	-15.00%	108	$128	$75,833,836	69
12/24/2009	-		$7,417	-46.48%	108	$69	$75,841,253	70
12/25/2009	-		$42,425	+472.00%	267	$159	$75,883,678	71
12/26/2009	-		$82,854	+95.30%	267	$310	$75,966,532	72
12/27/2009	-		$72,379	-12.64%	267	$271	$76,038,911	73
12/28/2009	-		$63,070	-12.86%	267	$236	$76,101,981	74
12/29/2009	-		$74,063	+17.43%	267	$277	$76,176,044	75
12/30/2009	-		$72,836	-1.66%	267	$273	$76,248,880	76
12/31/2009	-		$53,099	-27.10%	267	$199	$76,301,979	77
1/1/2010	-		$97,013	+82.70%	267	$363	$76,398,992	78
1/2/2010	-		$105,233	+8.47%	267	$394	$76,504,225	79
1/3/2010	-		$62,266	-40.83%	267	$233	$76,566,491	80
1/4/2010	-		$25,530	-59.00%	267	$96	$76,592,021	81
1/5/2010	-		$23,743	-7.00%	267	$89	$76,615,764	82
1/6/2010	-		$20,182	-15.00%	267	$76	$76,635,946	83
1/7/2010	-		$18,972	-6.00%	267	$71	$76,654,918	84
1/8/2010	-		$41,223	+117.28%	243	$170	$76,696,141	85
1/9/2010	-		$78,081	+89.41%	243	$321	$76,774,222	86
1/10/2010	-		$52,372	-32.93%	243	$216	$76,826,594	87
1/11/2010	-		$11,258	-78.50%	243	$46	$76,837,852	88
1/12/2010	-		$13,398	+19.01%	243	$55	$76,851,250	89
1/13/2010	-		$12,729	-4.99%	243	$52	$76,863,979	90
1/14/2010	-		$13,941	+9.52%	243	$57	$76,877,920	91
1/15/2010	-		$23,090	+65.63%	185	$125	$76,901,010	92
1/16/2010	-		$42,670	+84.80%	185	$231	$76,943,680	93
1/17/2010	-		$35,721	-16.29%	185	$193	$76,979,401	94
1/18/2010	30		$34,526	-3.35%	185	$187	$77,013,927	95
1/19/2010	-		$7,441	-78.45%	185	$40	$77,021,368	96
1/20/2010	-		$6,697	-10.00%	185	$36	$77,028,065	97
1/21/2010	-		$6,328	-5.51%	185	$34	$77,034,393	98
1/22/2010	-		$16,701	+163.92%	142	$118	$77,051,094	99
1/23/2010	-		$33,039	+97.83%	142	$233	$77,084,133	100
1/24/2010	-		$21,229	-35.75%	142	$150	$77,105,362	101
1/25/2010	-		$5,545	-73.88%	142	$39	$77,110,907	102
1/26/2010	-		$6,221	+12.19%	142	$44	$77,117,128	103
1/27/2010	-		$4,484	-27.92%	142	$32	$77,121,612	104
1/28/2010	-		$4,628	+3.21%	142	$33	$77,126,240	105
1/29/2010	-		$11,005	+137.79%	109	$101	$77,137,245	106
1/30/2010	-		$23,339	+112.08%	109	$214	$77,160,584	107
1/31/2010	-		$15,290	-34.49%	109	$140	$77,175,874	108
2/1/2010	-		$4,029	-73.65%	109	$37	$77,179,903	109
2/2/2010	-		$4,190	+4.00%	109	$38	$77,184,093	110
2/3/2010	-		$3,646	-12.98%	109	$33	$77,187,739	111
2/4/2010	-		$3,597	-1.34%	109	$33	$77,191,336	112
2/5/2010	-		$7,029	+95.41%	88	$80	$77,198,365	113
2/6/2010	-		$15,870	+125.78%	88	$180	$77,214,235	114
2/7/2010	-		$7,949	-49.91%	88	$90	$77,222,184	115
2/8/2010	-		$2,860	-64.02%	88	$33	$77,225,044	116
2/9/2010	-		$2,974	+3.99%	88	$34	$77,228,018	117
2/10/2010	-		$2,882	-3.09%	88	$33	$77,230,900	118
2/11/2010	-		$2,567	-10.93%	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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