Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $114,326,736Details
International Box Office $53,464,968Details
Worldwide Box Office $167,791,704
OpusData ID: 3360100 More info...
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$30,070,196 (26.3% of total gross)
Legs:3.80 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:68.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$30,000,000 (worldwide box office is 5.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,694 opening theaters/3,020 max. theaters, 5.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $220,184,820

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: June 18th, 2004 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
International Releases: September 9th, 2004 (Wide), released as Dodgeball: A True Under Dog Story (Australia)
Video Release: December 7th, 2004 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 for rude and sexual humor, and language.
Running Time: 92 minutes
Franchise: Dodgeball
Cast, crew, or production detail: Frat Pack
Plot point: Fake Sports, Miscellaneous Sports
Social setting: Slobs vs. Snobs
Subgenre: Sports Comedy
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Red Hour Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 18, 2004 1 $30,070,196   2,694 $11,162   $30,070,196 1
Jun 25, 2004 3 $18,787,419 -38% 3,020 $6,221   $67,458,145 2
Jul 2, 2004 4 $8,114,758 -57% 2,950 $2,751   $84,369,182 3
Jul 9, 2004 7 $5,709,817 -30% 2,444 $2,336   $97,865,599 4
Jul 16, 2004 8 $3,813,719 -33% 1,945 $1,961   $105,165,752 5
Jul 23, 2004 11 $2,022,019 -47% 1,373 $1,473   $109,335,049 6
Jul 30, 2004 19 $589,971 -71% 555 $1,063   $111,093,939 7
Aug 6, 2004 23 $434,307 -26% 401 $1,083   $111,940,168 8
Aug 13, 2004 24 $306,438 -29% 320 $958   $112,539,175 9
Aug 20, 2004 26 $282,594 -8% 283 $999   $113,005,058 10
Aug 27, 2004 31 $187,944 -33% 247 $761   $113,341,786 11
Sep 3, 2004 32 $225,928 +20% 238 $949   $113,672,350 12
Sep 10, 2004 34 $151,334 -33% 191 $792   $113,915,206 13
Sep 17, 2004 44 $101,090 -33% 181 $559   $114,057,240 14
Sep 24, 2004 46 $82,235 -19% 124 $663   $114,173,690 15
Oct 1, 2004 53 $50,218 -39% 85 $591   $114,242,918 16
Oct 8, 2004 59 $24,236 -52% 47 $516   $114,283,204 17
Oct 15, 2004 83 $11,968 -51% 25 $479   $114,303,265 18
Oct 22, 2004 83 $9,082 -24% 14 $649   $114,316,047 19
Oct 29, 2004 86 $4,305 -53% 10 $431   $114,324,072 20

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jun 18, 2004 1 $11,300,000     2,694 $4,195   $11,700,000 1
Jun 19, 2004 1 $10,567,802 -6%   2,694 $3,923   $21,896,895 2
Jun 20, 2004 1 $8,173,301 -23%   2,694 $3,034   $30,070,196 3
Jun 21, 2004 1 $5,561,000 -32%   2,694 $2,064   $35,631,000 4
Jun 22, 2004 1 $5,226,000 -6%   2,694 $1,940   $40,857,000 5
Jun 23, 2004 2 $4,008,000 -23%   2,694 $1,488   $44,865,000 6
Jun 24, 2004 1 $3,806,000 -5%   2,694 $1,413   $48,671,000 7
Jun 25, 2004 3 $6,500,000 +71% -42% 3,020 $2,152   $55,200,000 8
Jun 26, 2004 3 $7,027,340 +8% -34% 3,020 $2,327   $62,247,710 9
Jun 27, 2004 3 $5,210,435 -26% -36% 3,020 $1,725   $67,458,145 10
Jun 28, 2004 2 $2,830,000 -46% -49% 3,020 $937   $70,288,000 11
Jun 29, 2004 2 $2,445,000 -14% -53% 3,020 $810   $72,733,000 12
Jun 30, 2004 4 $1,806,000 -26% -55% 3,020 $598   $74,539,000 13
Jul 1, 2004 4 $1,716,000 -5% -55% 3,020 $568   $76,254,000 14
Jul 2, 2004 4 $3,032,362 +77% -53% 2,953 $1,027   $79,286,362 15
Jul 3, 2004 4 $3,148,971 +4% -55% 2,953 $1,066   $82,435,333 16
Jul 4, 2004 5 $1,933,425 -39% -63% 2,953 $655   $84,369,182 17
Jul 5, 2004 3 $3,240,407 +68% +15% 2,953 $1,097   $87,609,589 18
Jul 6, 2004 4 $1,628,000 -50% -33% 2,953 $551   $89,237,589 19
Jul 7, 2004 5 $1,476,000 -9% -18% 2,953 $500   $90,713,589 20
Jul 8, 2004 5 $1,442,000 -2% -16% 2,953 $488   $92,156,000 21
Jul 9, 2004 7 $1,885,587 +31% -38% 2,444 $772   $94,041,587 22
Jul 10, 2004 7 $2,211,624 +17% -30% 2,444 $905   $96,253,211 23
Jul 11, 2004 7 $1,612,606 -27% -17% 2,444 $660   $97,865,599 24
Jul 12, 2004 6 $906,000 -44% -72% 2,444 $371   $98,771,000 25
Jul 13, 2004 6 $906,000 n/c -44% 2,444 $371   $99,678,000 26
Jul 14, 2004 6 $874,000 -4% -41% 2,444 $358   $100,551,000 27
Jul 15, 2004 7 $801,000 -8% -44% 2,444 $328   $101,352,000 28
Jul 16, 2004 8 $1,100,000 +37% -42% 1,945 $566   $102,500,000 29
Jul 17, 2004 8 $1,504,542 +37% -32% 1,945 $774   $104,053,152 30
Jul 18, 2004 9 $1,112,600 -26% -31% 1,945 $572   $105,165,752 31
Jul 19, 2004 8 $567,000 -49% -37% 1,945 $292   $105,732,000 32
Jul 20, 2004 8 $545,000 -4% -40% 1,945 $280   $106,277,000 33
Jul 21, 2004 8 $520,000 -5% -41% 1,945 $267   $106,797,000 34
Jul 22, 2004 9 $516,000 -1% -36% 1,945 $265   $107,313,000 35

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 18, 2004 1 $48,670,726   2,694 $18,066   $48,670,726 1
Jun 25, 2004 4 $27,583,698 -43% 3,020 $9,134   $76,254,424 2
Jul 2, 2004 3 $15,901,358 -42% 2,950 $5,390   $92,155,782 3
Jul 9, 2004 7 $9,196,251 -42% 2,444 $3,763   $101,352,033 4
Jul 16, 2004 8 $5,960,997 -35% 1,945 $3,065   $107,313,030 5
Jul 23, 2004 11 $3,190,938 -46% 1,373 $2,324   $110,503,968 6
Jul 30, 2004 18 $1,001,893 -69% 555 $1,805   $111,505,861 7
Aug 6, 2004 23 $726,876 -27% 401 $1,813   $112,232,737 8
Aug 13, 2004 24 $489,727 -33% 320 $1,530   $112,722,464 9
Aug 20, 2004 26 $431,378 -12% 283 $1,524   $113,153,842 10
Aug 27, 2004 31 $292,580 -32% 247 $1,185   $113,446,422 11
Sep 3, 2004 33 $317,450 +9% 238 $1,334   $113,763,872 12
Sep 10, 2004 35 $192,278 -39% 191 $1,007   $113,956,150 13
Sep 17, 2004 43 $135,305 -30% 181 $748   $114,091,455 14
Sep 24, 2004 46 $101,245 -25% 124 $816   $114,192,700 15
Oct 1, 2004 53 $66,268 -35% 85 $780   $114,258,968 16
Oct 8, 2004 60 $32,329 -51% 47 $688   $114,291,297 17
Oct 15, 2004 84 $15,668 -52% 25 $627   $114,306,965 18
Oct 22, 2004 79 $12,802 -18% 14 $914   $114,319,767 19
Oct 29, 2004 79 $6,969 -46% 10 $697   $114,326,736 20

Top International Territories

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens/Theaters
Maximum
Screens/Theaters
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 9/9/2004 $1,635,951 255 256 1,432 $7,391,476 8/28/2020
  
Rest of World $46,073,492
  
International Total $53,464,968 8/28/2020

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Lead Ensemble Member

Vince Vaughn    Peter
Christine Taylor    Kate
Ben Stiller    White Goodman

Supporting

Rip Torn    Patches O'Houlihan

Lead Ensemble Member

Justin Long    Justin
Stephen Root    Gordon
Joel David Moore    Stephen Root
Christopher Williams    Dwight
Alan Tudyk    Steve the Pirate
Missi Pyle    Fran
Jamal Duff    Me'Shell Jones

Supporting

Gary Cole    Cotton McKnight
Jason Bateman    Pepper Brooks
Hank Azaria    Young Patches O'Houlihan
Al Kaplon    Tournament Referee

Cameo

Lance Armstrong    Himself
Chuck Norris    Himself
William Shatner    Chancellor
David Hasselhoff    German Coach

Curtis Armstrong    Mr. Ralph

Cameo

Brooke Burke    Herself

Julie Gonzalo    Amber

Supporting

Joel Moore    Owen
Brandon Molale    Blazer

Production and Technical Credits

Rawson Marshall Thurber    Director
Rawson Marshall Thurber    Screenwriter
Ben Stiller    Producer
Stuart Cornfeld    Producer
Mary McLaglen    Executive Producer
Rhoades Rader    Executive Producer
Jerzy Zielinski    Cinematographer
Alan Baumgarten    Editor
Theodore Shapiro    Composer
George Drakoulias    Music Supervisor
Maher Ahmad    Production Designer
Andrew Max Cahn    Art Director
Carol Ramsey    Costume Designer
Steve Cantamessa    Sound
George Bamber    Assistant Director
Juel Bestrop    Casting Director
Jeanne McCarthy    Casting Director
Blythe Cappello    Casting
Mildred Iatrou Morgan*    Dialogue Editor

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.


Metrics

Opening Weekend:$30,070,196 (26.3% of total gross)
Legs:3.80 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:68.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$30,000,000 (worldwide box office is 5.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,694 opening theaters/3,020 max. theaters, 5.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $220,184,820

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: June 18th, 2004 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
International Releases: September 9th, 2004 (Wide), released as Dodgeball: A True Under Dog Story (Australia)
Video Release: December 7th, 2004 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 for rude and sexual humor, and language.
Running Time: 92 minutes
Franchise: Dodgeball
Cast, crew, or production detail: Frat Pack
Plot point: Fake Sports, Miscellaneous Sports
Social setting: Slobs vs. Snobs
Subgenre: Sports Comedy
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Red Hour Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 18, 2004 1 $30,070,196   2,694 $11,162   $30,070,196 1
Jun 25, 2004 3 $18,787,419 -38% 3,020 $6,221   $67,458,145 2
Jul 2, 2004 4 $8,114,758 -57% 2,950 $2,751   $84,369,182 3
Jul 9, 2004 7 $5,709,817 -30% 2,444 $2,336   $97,865,599 4
Jul 16, 2004 8 $3,813,719 -33% 1,945 $1,961   $105,165,752 5
Jul 23, 2004 11 $2,022,019 -47% 1,373 $1,473   $109,335,049 6
Jul 30, 2004 19 $589,971 -71% 555 $1,063   $111,093,939 7
Aug 6, 2004 23 $434,307 -26% 401 $1,083   $111,940,168 8
Aug 13, 2004 24 $306,438 -29% 320 $958   $112,539,175 9
Aug 20, 2004 26 $282,594 -8% 283 $999   $113,005,058 10
Aug 27, 2004 31 $187,944 -33% 247 $761   $113,341,786 11
Sep 3, 2004 32 $225,928 +20% 238 $949   $113,672,350 12
Sep 10, 2004 34 $151,334 -33% 191 $792   $113,915,206 13
Sep 17, 2004 44 $101,090 -33% 181 $559   $114,057,240 14
Sep 24, 2004 46 $82,235 -19% 124 $663   $114,173,690 15
Oct 1, 2004 53 $50,218 -39% 85 $591   $114,242,918 16
Oct 8, 2004 59 $24,236 -52% 47 $516   $114,283,204 17
Oct 15, 2004 83 $11,968 -51% 25 $479   $114,303,265 18
Oct 22, 2004 83 $9,082 -24% 14 $649   $114,316,047 19
Oct 29, 2004 86 $4,305 -53% 10 $431   $114,324,072 20

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jun 18, 2004 1 $11,300,000     2,694 $4,195   $11,700,000 1
Jun 19, 2004 1 $10,567,802 -6%   2,694 $3,923   $21,896,895 2
Jun 20, 2004 1 $8,173,301 -23%   2,694 $3,034   $30,070,196 3
Jun 21, 2004 1 $5,561,000 -32%   2,694 $2,064   $35,631,000 4
Jun 22, 2004 1 $5,226,000 -6%   2,694 $1,940   $40,857,000 5
Jun 23, 2004 2 $4,008,000 -23%   2,694 $1,488   $44,865,000 6
Jun 24, 2004 1 $3,806,000 -5%   2,694 $1,413   $48,671,000 7
Jun 25, 2004 3 $6,500,000 +71% -42% 3,020 $2,152   $55,200,000 8
Jun 26, 2004 3 $7,027,340 +8% -34% 3,020 $2,327   $62,247,710 9
Jun 27, 2004 3 $5,210,435 -26% -36% 3,020 $1,725   $67,458,145 10
Jun 28, 2004 2 $2,830,000 -46% -49% 3,020 $937   $70,288,000 11
Jun 29, 2004 2 $2,445,000 -14% -53% 3,020 $810   $72,733,000 12
Jun 30, 2004 4 $1,806,000 -26% -55% 3,020 $598   $74,539,000 13
Jul 1, 2004 4 $1,716,000 -5% -55% 3,020 $568   $76,254,000 14
Jul 2, 2004 4 $3,032,362 +77% -53% 2,953 $1,027   $79,286,362 15
Jul 3, 2004 4 $3,148,971 +4% -55% 2,953 $1,066   $82,435,333 16
Jul 4, 2004 5 $1,933,425 -39% -63% 2,953 $655   $84,369,182 17
Jul 5, 2004 3 $3,240,407 +68% +15% 2,953 $1,097   $87,609,589 18
Jul 6, 2004 4 $1,628,000 -50% -33% 2,953 $551   $89,237,589 19
Jul 7, 2004 5 $1,476,000 -9% -18% 2,953 $500   $90,713,589 20
Jul 8, 2004 5 $1,442,000 -2% -16% 2,953 $488   $92,156,000 21
Jul 9, 2004 7 $1,885,587 +31% -38% 2,444 $772   $94,041,587 22
Jul 10, 2004 7 $2,211,624 +17% -30% 2,444 $905   $96,253,211 23
Jul 11, 2004 7 $1,612,606 -27% -17% 2,444 $660   $97,865,599 24
Jul 12, 2004 6 $906,000 -44% -72% 2,444 $371   $98,771,000 25
Jul 13, 2004 6 $906,000 n/c -44% 2,444 $371   $99,678,000 26
Jul 14, 2004 6 $874,000 -4% -41% 2,444 $358   $100,551,000 27
Jul 15, 2004 7 $801,000 -8% -44% 2,444 $328   $101,352,000 28
Jul 16, 2004 8 $1,100,000 +37% -42% 1,945 $566   $102,500,000 29
Jul 17, 2004 8 $1,504,542 +37% -32% 1,945 $774   $104,053,152 30
Jul 18, 2004 9 $1,112,600 -26% -31% 1,945 $572   $105,165,752 31
Jul 19, 2004 8 $567,000 -49% -37% 1,945 $292   $105,732,000 32
Jul 20, 2004 8 $545,000 -4% -40% 1,945 $280   $106,277,000 33
Jul 21, 2004 8 $520,000 -5% -41% 1,945 $267   $106,797,000 34
Jul 22, 2004 9 $516,000 -1% -36% 1,945 $265   $107,313,000 35

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 18, 2004 1 $48,670,726   2,694 $18,066   $48,670,726 1
Jun 25, 2004 4 $27,583,698 -43% 3,020 $9,134   $76,254,424 2
Jul 2, 2004 3 $15,901,358 -42% 2,950 $5,390   $92,155,782 3
Jul 9, 2004 7 $9,196,251 -42% 2,444 $3,763   $101,352,033 4
Jul 16, 2004 8 $5,960,997 -35% 1,945 $3,065   $107,313,030 5
Jul 23, 2004 11 $3,190,938 -46% 1,373 $2,324   $110,503,968 6
Jul 30, 2004 18 $1,001,893 -69% 555 $1,805   $111,505,861 7
Aug 6, 2004 23 $726,876 -27% 401 $1,813   $112,232,737 8
Aug 13, 2004 24 $489,727 -33% 320 $1,530   $112,722,464 9
Aug 20, 2004 26 $431,378 -12% 283 $1,524   $113,153,842 10
Aug 27, 2004 31 $292,580 -32% 247 $1,185   $113,446,422 11
Sep 3, 2004 33 $317,450 +9% 238 $1,334   $113,763,872 12
Sep 10, 2004 35 $192,278 -39% 191 $1,007   $113,956,150 13
Sep 17, 2004 43 $135,305 -30% 181 $748   $114,091,455 14
Sep 24, 2004 46 $101,245 -25% 124 $816   $114,192,700 15
Oct 1, 2004 53 $66,268 -35% 85 $780   $114,258,968 16
Oct 8, 2004 60 $32,329 -51% 47 $688   $114,291,297 17
Oct 15, 2004 84 $15,668 -52% 25 $627   $114,306,965 18
Oct 22, 2004 79 $12,802 -18% 14 $914   $114,319,767 19
Oct 29, 2004 79 $6,969 -46% 10 $697   $114,326,736 20

Top International Territories

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens/Theaters
Maximum
Screens/Theaters
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 9/9/2004 $1,635,951 255 256 1,432 $7,391,476 8/28/2020
  
Rest of World $46,073,492
  
International Total $53,464,968 8/28/2020

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Lead Ensemble Member

Vince Vaughn    Peter
Christine Taylor    Kate
Ben Stiller    White Goodman

Supporting

Rip Torn    Patches O'Houlihan

Lead Ensemble Member

Justin Long    Justin
Stephen Root    Gordon
Joel David Moore    Stephen Root
Christopher Williams    Dwight
Alan Tudyk    Steve the Pirate
Missi Pyle    Fran
Jamal Duff    Me'Shell Jones

Supporting

Gary Cole    Cotton McKnight
Jason Bateman    Pepper Brooks
Hank Azaria    Young Patches O'Houlihan
Al Kaplon    Tournament Referee

Cameo

Lance Armstrong    Himself
Chuck Norris    Himself
William Shatner    Chancellor
David Hasselhoff    German Coach

Curtis Armstrong    Mr. Ralph

Cameo

Brooke Burke    Herself

Julie Gonzalo    Amber

Supporting

Joel Moore    Owen
Brandon Molale    Blazer

Production and Technical Credits

Rawson Marshall Thurber    Director
Rawson Marshall Thurber    Screenwriter
Ben Stiller    Producer
Stuart Cornfeld    Producer
Mary McLaglen    Executive Producer
Rhoades Rader    Executive Producer
Jerzy Zielinski    Cinematographer
Alan Baumgarten    Editor
Theodore Shapiro    Composer
George Drakoulias    Music Supervisor
Maher Ahmad    Production Designer
Andrew Max Cahn    Art Director
Carol Ramsey    Costume Designer
Steve Cantamessa    Sound
George Bamber    Assistant Director
Juel Bestrop    Casting Director
Jeanne McCarthy    Casting Director
Blythe Cappello    Casting
Mildred Iatrou Morgan*    Dialogue Editor

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.