Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $118,627,117Details
International Box Office $94,328,907Details
Worldwide Box Office $212,956,024
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$30,061,756 (25.3% of total gross)
Legs:3.95 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:55.7% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$100,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,620 opening theaters/3,623 max. theaters, 5.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $226,434,326

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 17th, 2004 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures, released as Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
International Releases: December 17th, 2004 (Wide), released as Lemony Snicket's... (Australia)
Video Release: April 26th, 2005 by Warner Home Video, released as Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
MPA Rating: PG for thematic elements, scary situations and brief language
Running Time: 107 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Motion Capture Performance, Voiceover/Narration
Plot point: Dysfunctional Family, Familial Murder, Inheritance, Non-Chronological, Orphan, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent
Subgenre: Family Adventure
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Parkes+Macdonald Productions, Nikelodeon Movies
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 17, 2004 1 $30,061,756   3,620 $8,304   $30,061,756 1
Dec 24, 2004 2 $12,611,876 -58% 3,623 $3,481   $59,411,366 2
Dec 31, 2004 2 $14,587,219 +16% 3,623 $4,026   $94,616,745 3
Jan 7, 2005 4 $7,438,867 -49% 3,343 $2,225   $105,568,980 4
Jan 14, 2005 8 $4,040,709 -46% 2,540 $1,591   $111,118,911 5
Jan 21, 2005 13 $1,622,636 -60% 1,524 $1,065   $114,592,758 6
Jan 28, 2005 18 $972,836 -40% 793 $1,227   $116,022,076 7
Feb 4, 2005 19 $441,354 -55% 630 $701   $116,652,720 8
Feb 11, 2005 31 $186,101 -58% 280 $665   $116,956,597 9
Feb 18, 2005 25 $319,912 +72% 346 $925   $117,325,582 10
Feb 25, 2005 28 $231,720 -28% 316 $733   $117,719,036 11
Mar 4, 2005 31 $205,993 -11% 253 $814   $118,006,566 12
Mar 11, 2005 34 $125,166 -39% 233 $537   $118,198,795 13
Mar 18, 2005 44 $85,870 -31% 149 $576   $118,352,845 14
Mar 25, 2005 51 $59,596 -31% 109 $547   $118,461,298 15
Apr 1, 2005 55 $34,455 -42% 68 $507   $118,537,888 16
Apr 8, 2005 61 $21,248 -38% 48 $443   $118,575,406 17
Apr 15, 2005 72 $19,515 -8% 26 $751   $118,604,722 18
Apr 22, 2005 69 $14,677 -25% 20 $734   $118,627,117 19

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 17, 2004 1 $10,500,000     3,620 $2,901   $10,500,000 1
Dec 18, 2004 1 $11,349,235 +8%   3,620 $3,135   $21,713,194 2
Dec 19, 2004 1 $8,348,562 -26%   3,620 $2,306   $30,061,756 3
Dec 20, 2004 1 $4,420,000 -47%   3,620 $1,221   $34,482,000 4
Dec 21, 2004 1 $4,218,000 -5%   3,620 $1,165   $38,700,000 5
Dec 22, 2004 2 $3,778,000 -10%   3,622 $1,043   $42,478,000 6
Dec 23, 2004 2 $4,400,000 +16%   3,620 $1,215   $46,878,000 7
Dec 24, 2004 2 $2,900,000 -34% -72% 3,620 $801   $49,778,000 8
Dec 25, 2004 3 $4,303,746 +48% -62% 3,620 $1,189   $54,081,746 9
Dec 26, 2004 2 $5,498,921 +28% -34% 3,620 $1,519   $59,411,366 10
Dec 27, 2004 2 $5,302,000 -4% +20% 3,620 $1,465   $64,714,000 11
Dec 28, 2004 2 $5,282,000 n/c +25% 3,623 $1,458   $69,996,000 12
Dec 29, 2004 2 $5,005,000 -5% +32% 3,623 $1,381   $75,000,000 13
Dec 30, 2004 2 $5,100,000 +2% +16% 3,623 $1,408   $80,100,000 14
Dec 31, 2004 2 $4,700,000 -8% +62% 3,623 $1,297   $84,800,000 15
Jan 1, 2005 2 $5,722,235 +22% +33% 3,623 $1,579   $90,479,307 16
Jan 2, 2005 2 $4,137,438 -28% -25% 3,623 $1,142   $94,616,745 17
Jan 3, 2005 2 $1,388,000 -66% -74% 3,623 $383   $96,004,000 18
Jan 4, 2005 3 $813,000 -41% -85% 3,623 $224   $96,817,000 19
Jan 5, 2005 3 $636,000 -22% -87% 3,623 $176   $97,453,000 20
Jan 6, 2005 3 $677,000 +6% -87% 3,623 $187   $98,130,000 21
Jan 7, 2005 4 $1,600,000 +136% -66% 3,343 $479   $99,700,000 22
Jan 8, 2005 3 $3,773,361 +136% -34% 3,343 $1,129   $103,590,163 23
Jan 9, 2005 4 $1,978,817 -48% -52% 3,343 $592   $105,568,980 24
Jan 10, 2005 5 $368,000 -81% -73% 3,343 $110   $105,937,000 25
Jan 11, 2005 5 $392,000 +7% -52% 3,343 $117   $106,330,000 26
Jan 12, 2005 5 $367,000 -6% -42% 3,343 $110   $106,697,000 27
Jan 13, 2005 5 $381,000 +4% -44% 3,343 $114   $107,078,000 28
Jan 14, 2005 9 $900,000 +136% -44% 2,540 $354   $108,000,000 29
Jan 15, 2005 8 $1,744,982 +94% -54% 2,540 $687   $109,744,730 30
Jan 16, 2005 8 $1,344,181 -23% -32% 2,540 $529   $111,088,911 31
Jan 17, 2005 7 $1,302,706 -3% +254% 2,540 $513   $112,391,617 32
Feb 21, 2005 23 $85,643     346 $248   $117,411,225 67

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 17, 2004 1 $46,799,490   3,620 $12,928   $46,799,490 1
Dec 24, 2004 2 $33,230,036 -29% 3,623 $9,172   $80,029,526 2
Dec 31, 2004 2 $18,100,587 -46% 3,623 $4,996   $98,130,113 3
Jan 7, 2005 4 $8,948,089 -51% 3,343 $2,677   $107,078,202 4
Jan 14, 2005 8 $5,891,920 -34% 2,540 $2,320   $112,970,122 5
Jan 21, 2005 13 $2,079,118 -65% 1,524 $1,364   $115,049,240 6
Jan 28, 2005 18 $1,162,126 -44% 793 $1,465   $116,211,366 7
Feb 4, 2005 19 $559,130 -52% 630 $888   $116,770,496 8
Feb 11, 2005 31 $235,174 -58% 280 $840   $117,005,670 9
Feb 18, 2005 24 $481,646 +105% 346 $1,392   $117,487,316 10
Feb 25, 2005 29 $313,257 -35% 316 $991   $117,800,573 11
Mar 4, 2005 32 $273,056 -13% 253 $1,079   $118,073,629 12
Mar 11, 2005 36 $193,346 -29% 233 $830   $118,266,975 13
Mar 18, 2005 44 $134,727 -30% 149 $904   $118,401,702 14
Mar 25, 2005 46 $101,731 -24% 109 $933   $118,503,433 15
Apr 1, 2005 51 $50,725 -50% 68 $746   $118,554,158 16
Apr 8, 2005 62 $31,049 -39% 48 $647   $118,585,207 17
Apr 15, 2005 70 $27,233 -12% 26 $1,047   $118,612,440 18
Apr 22, 2005 79 $14,677 -46% 20 $734   $118,627,117 19

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 12/17/2004 $1,569,681 243 243 1,397 $7,267,403 9/10/2020
  
Rest of World $87,061,504
  
International Total $94,328,907 9/10/2020

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

Leading

Jim Carrey    Count Olaf

Supporting

Jude Law    Lemony Snicket
Liam Aiken    Klaus Baudelaire
Emily Browning    Violet Baudelaire
Timothy Spall    Mr. Poe
Catherine O'Hara    Justice Strauss
Billy Connolly    Uncle Monty
Cedric the Entertainer    Detective
Luis Guzmán    Bald Man
Jennifer Coolidge    White Faced Woman #1
Meryl Streep    Aunt Josephine
Craig Ferguson    Person of Indeterminate Gender

Cameo

Dustin Hoffman    The Critic

Production and Technical Credits

Brad Silberling    Director
Robert Gordon    Screenwriter
Laurie MacDonald    Producer
Walter F. Parkes    Producer
Jim Van Wyck    Producer
Scott Rudin    Executive Producer
Barry Sonnenfeld    Executive Producer
Julia Pistor    Executive Producer
Albie Hecht    Executive Producer
Minor Childers    Co-Producer
Scott Aversano    Co-Producer
Lemony Snicket    Story Creator
Emmanuel Lubezki    Cinematographer
Robert Yeoman    Additional Camera
Michael Kahn    Editor
Dylan Tichenor    Additional Editing
Thomas Newman    Composer
Rick Heinrichs    Production Designer
John Dexter    Supervising Art Director
William Hawkins    Art Director
Martin Whist    Art Director
Tony Fanning    Art Director
Cheryl Carasik    Set Decorator
Colleen Atwood    Costume Designer
Pud Cusack    Sound
Richard King    Sound Designer
Richard King    Supervising Sound Editor
Andy Nelson    Re-recording Mixer
Anna Behlmer    Re-recording Mixer
Michael Lantieri    Special Effects Supervisor
Stefen Fangmeier    Visual Effects Supervisor
Bill Corso    Jim Carry's makeup designer
Kevin Yagher    Special Make-up Effects
Linda Hill    Associate Producer
Michelle Panelli-Venetis    Associate Producer
Michelle Panelli-Venetis    Assistant Director
Avy Kaufman    Casting Director
Easton Smith    Set Designer

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:$30,061,756 (25.3% of total gross)
Legs:3.95 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:55.7% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$100,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,620 opening theaters/3,623 max. theaters, 5.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $226,434,326

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 17th, 2004 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures, released as Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
International Releases: December 17th, 2004 (Wide), released as Lemony Snicket's... (Australia)
Video Release: April 26th, 2005 by Warner Home Video, released as Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
MPA Rating: PG for thematic elements, scary situations and brief language
Running Time: 107 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Motion Capture Performance, Voiceover/Narration
Plot point: Dysfunctional Family, Familial Murder, Inheritance, Non-Chronological, Orphan, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent
Subgenre: Family Adventure
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Parkes+Macdonald Productions, Nikelodeon Movies
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 17, 2004 1 $30,061,756   3,620 $8,304   $30,061,756 1
Dec 24, 2004 2 $12,611,876 -58% 3,623 $3,481   $59,411,366 2
Dec 31, 2004 2 $14,587,219 +16% 3,623 $4,026   $94,616,745 3
Jan 7, 2005 4 $7,438,867 -49% 3,343 $2,225   $105,568,980 4
Jan 14, 2005 8 $4,040,709 -46% 2,540 $1,591   $111,118,911 5
Jan 21, 2005 13 $1,622,636 -60% 1,524 $1,065   $114,592,758 6
Jan 28, 2005 18 $972,836 -40% 793 $1,227   $116,022,076 7
Feb 4, 2005 19 $441,354 -55% 630 $701   $116,652,720 8
Feb 11, 2005 31 $186,101 -58% 280 $665   $116,956,597 9
Feb 18, 2005 25 $319,912 +72% 346 $925   $117,325,582 10
Feb 25, 2005 28 $231,720 -28% 316 $733   $117,719,036 11
Mar 4, 2005 31 $205,993 -11% 253 $814   $118,006,566 12
Mar 11, 2005 34 $125,166 -39% 233 $537   $118,198,795 13
Mar 18, 2005 44 $85,870 -31% 149 $576   $118,352,845 14
Mar 25, 2005 51 $59,596 -31% 109 $547   $118,461,298 15
Apr 1, 2005 55 $34,455 -42% 68 $507   $118,537,888 16
Apr 8, 2005 61 $21,248 -38% 48 $443   $118,575,406 17
Apr 15, 2005 72 $19,515 -8% 26 $751   $118,604,722 18
Apr 22, 2005 69 $14,677 -25% 20 $734   $118,627,117 19

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 17, 2004 1 $10,500,000     3,620 $2,901   $10,500,000 1
Dec 18, 2004 1 $11,349,235 +8%   3,620 $3,135   $21,713,194 2
Dec 19, 2004 1 $8,348,562 -26%   3,620 $2,306   $30,061,756 3
Dec 20, 2004 1 $4,420,000 -47%   3,620 $1,221   $34,482,000 4
Dec 21, 2004 1 $4,218,000 -5%   3,620 $1,165   $38,700,000 5
Dec 22, 2004 2 $3,778,000 -10%   3,622 $1,043   $42,478,000 6
Dec 23, 2004 2 $4,400,000 +16%   3,620 $1,215   $46,878,000 7
Dec 24, 2004 2 $2,900,000 -34% -72% 3,620 $801   $49,778,000 8
Dec 25, 2004 3 $4,303,746 +48% -62% 3,620 $1,189   $54,081,746 9
Dec 26, 2004 2 $5,498,921 +28% -34% 3,620 $1,519   $59,411,366 10
Dec 27, 2004 2 $5,302,000 -4% +20% 3,620 $1,465   $64,714,000 11
Dec 28, 2004 2 $5,282,000 n/c +25% 3,623 $1,458   $69,996,000 12
Dec 29, 2004 2 $5,005,000 -5% +32% 3,623 $1,381   $75,000,000 13
Dec 30, 2004 2 $5,100,000 +2% +16% 3,623 $1,408   $80,100,000 14
Dec 31, 2004 2 $4,700,000 -8% +62% 3,623 $1,297   $84,800,000 15
Jan 1, 2005 2 $5,722,235 +22% +33% 3,623 $1,579   $90,479,307 16
Jan 2, 2005 2 $4,137,438 -28% -25% 3,623 $1,142   $94,616,745 17
Jan 3, 2005 2 $1,388,000 -66% -74% 3,623 $383   $96,004,000 18
Jan 4, 2005 3 $813,000 -41% -85% 3,623 $224   $96,817,000 19
Jan 5, 2005 3 $636,000 -22% -87% 3,623 $176   $97,453,000 20
Jan 6, 2005 3 $677,000 +6% -87% 3,623 $187   $98,130,000 21
Jan 7, 2005 4 $1,600,000 +136% -66% 3,343 $479   $99,700,000 22
Jan 8, 2005 3 $3,773,361 +136% -34% 3,343 $1,129   $103,590,163 23
Jan 9, 2005 4 $1,978,817 -48% -52% 3,343 $592   $105,568,980 24
Jan 10, 2005 5 $368,000 -81% -73% 3,343 $110   $105,937,000 25
Jan 11, 2005 5 $392,000 +7% -52% 3,343 $117   $106,330,000 26
Jan 12, 2005 5 $367,000 -6% -42% 3,343 $110   $106,697,000 27
Jan 13, 2005 5 $381,000 +4% -44% 3,343 $114   $107,078,000 28
Jan 14, 2005 9 $900,000 +136% -44% 2,540 $354   $108,000,000 29
Jan 15, 2005 8 $1,744,982 +94% -54% 2,540 $687   $109,744,730 30
Jan 16, 2005 8 $1,344,181 -23% -32% 2,540 $529   $111,088,911 31
Jan 17, 2005 7 $1,302,706 -3% +254% 2,540 $513   $112,391,617 32
Feb 21, 2005 23 $85,643     346 $248   $117,411,225 67

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 17, 2004 1 $46,799,490   3,620 $12,928   $46,799,490 1
Dec 24, 2004 2 $33,230,036 -29% 3,623 $9,172   $80,029,526 2
Dec 31, 2004 2 $18,100,587 -46% 3,623 $4,996   $98,130,113 3
Jan 7, 2005 4 $8,948,089 -51% 3,343 $2,677   $107,078,202 4
Jan 14, 2005 8 $5,891,920 -34% 2,540 $2,320   $112,970,122 5
Jan 21, 2005 13 $2,079,118 -65% 1,524 $1,364   $115,049,240 6
Jan 28, 2005 18 $1,162,126 -44% 793 $1,465   $116,211,366 7
Feb 4, 2005 19 $559,130 -52% 630 $888   $116,770,496 8
Feb 11, 2005 31 $235,174 -58% 280 $840   $117,005,670 9
Feb 18, 2005 24 $481,646 +105% 346 $1,392   $117,487,316 10
Feb 25, 2005 29 $313,257 -35% 316 $991   $117,800,573 11
Mar 4, 2005 32 $273,056 -13% 253 $1,079   $118,073,629 12
Mar 11, 2005 36 $193,346 -29% 233 $830   $118,266,975 13
Mar 18, 2005 44 $134,727 -30% 149 $904   $118,401,702 14
Mar 25, 2005 46 $101,731 -24% 109 $933   $118,503,433 15
Apr 1, 2005 51 $50,725 -50% 68 $746   $118,554,158 16
Apr 8, 2005 62 $31,049 -39% 48 $647   $118,585,207 17
Apr 15, 2005 70 $27,233 -12% 26 $1,047   $118,612,440 18
Apr 22, 2005 79 $14,677 -46% 20 $734   $118,627,117 19

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 12/17/2004 $1,569,681 243 243 1,397 $7,267,403 9/10/2020
  
Rest of World $87,061,504
  
International Total $94,328,907 9/10/2020

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

Leading

Jim Carrey    Count Olaf

Supporting

Jude Law    Lemony Snicket
Liam Aiken    Klaus Baudelaire
Emily Browning    Violet Baudelaire
Timothy Spall    Mr. Poe
Catherine O'Hara    Justice Strauss
Billy Connolly    Uncle Monty
Cedric the Entertainer    Detective
Luis Guzmán    Bald Man
Jennifer Coolidge    White Faced Woman #1
Meryl Streep    Aunt Josephine
Craig Ferguson    Person of Indeterminate Gender

Cameo

Dustin Hoffman    The Critic

Production and Technical Credits

Brad Silberling    Director
Robert Gordon    Screenwriter
Laurie MacDonald    Producer
Walter F. Parkes    Producer
Jim Van Wyck    Producer
Scott Rudin    Executive Producer
Barry Sonnenfeld    Executive Producer
Julia Pistor    Executive Producer
Albie Hecht    Executive Producer
Minor Childers    Co-Producer
Scott Aversano    Co-Producer
Lemony Snicket    Story Creator
Emmanuel Lubezki    Cinematographer
Robert Yeoman    Additional Camera
Michael Kahn    Editor
Dylan Tichenor    Additional Editing
Thomas Newman    Composer
Rick Heinrichs    Production Designer
John Dexter    Supervising Art Director
William Hawkins    Art Director
Martin Whist    Art Director
Tony Fanning    Art Director
Cheryl Carasik    Set Decorator
Colleen Atwood    Costume Designer
Pud Cusack    Sound
Richard King    Sound Designer
Richard King    Supervising Sound Editor
Andy Nelson    Re-recording Mixer
Anna Behlmer    Re-recording Mixer
Michael Lantieri    Special Effects Supervisor
Stefen Fangmeier    Visual Effects Supervisor
Bill Corso    Jim Carry's makeup designer
Kevin Yagher    Special Make-up Effects
Linda Hill    Associate Producer
Michelle Panelli-Venetis    Associate Producer
Michelle Panelli-Venetis    Assistant Director
Avy Kaufman    Casting Director
Easton Smith    Set Designer

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.