Mean Girls (2004)

Mean Girls
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $86,047,227Details
International Box Office $44,078,151
Worldwide Box Office $130,125,378
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Teenage Cady Heron was educated in Africa by her scientist parents. When her family moves to the suburbs of Illinois, Cady finally gets to experience public school and gets a quick primer on the cruel, tacit laws of popularity that divide her fellow students into tightly knit cliques. She unwittingly finds herself in the good graces of an elite group of cool students dubbed “the Plastics,” but Cady soon realizes how her shallow group of new friends earned this nickname.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$24,432,195 (28.4% of total gross)
Legs:3.52 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:66.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$18,000,000 (worldwide box office is 7.2 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,839 opening theaters/3,054 max. theaters, 6.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $165,720,583

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: April 30th, 2004 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
October 3rd, 2024 (Special Engagement) by Fathom Events (20th Anniversary)
International Releases: June 24th, 2004 (Wide) (Australia)
June 24th, 2004 (Wide) (New Zealand)
December 9th, 2022 (Limited) (New Zealand)
February 7th, 2024 (Wide) (Belgium)
September 27th, 2024 (Limited) (20th Anniversary) (United Kingdom)
Video Release: September 21st, 2004 by Warner Home Video
MPA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content, language and some teen partying
Running Time: 96 minutes
Franchise: Mean Girls
Cast, crew, or production detail: Voiceover/Narration
Plot point: Bullies, Framed, New Guy/Girl in School, Revenge, Romance
Subgenre: Satirical Comedy
Target audience: Tween
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Paramount Pictures, Lorne Michaels
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 30, 2004 1 $24,432,195   2,839 $8,606   $24,432,195 1
May 7, 2004 2 $13,676,552 -44% 2,972 $4,602   $42,073,762 2
May 14, 2004 3 $10,182,766 -26% 3,015 $3,377   $55,400,970 3
May 21, 2004 4 $6,907,627 -32% 3,054 $2,262   $64,706,896 4
May 28, 2004 7 $5,031,834 -27% 2,618 $1,922   $72,308,727 5
Jun 4, 2004 6 $2,927,211 -42% 1,817 $1,611   $78,157,529 6
Jun 11, 2004 10 $1,486,032 -49% 944 $1,574   $81,303,696 7
Jun 18, 2004 14 $557,319 -62% 616 $905   $82,809,530 8
Jun 25, 2004 21 $256,247 -54% 291 $881   $83,478,583 9
Jul 2, 2004 30 $124,561 -51% 220 $566   $83,430,406 10
Jul 9, 2004 22 $330,898 +166% 311 $1,064   $84,255,348 11
Jul 16, 2004 25 $255,916 -23% 268 $955   $84,815,603 12
Jul 23, 2004 28 $182,651 -29% 236 $774   $85,222,509 13
Jul 30, 2004 32 $135,624 -26% 196 $692   $85,521,965 14
Aug 6, 2004 40 $93,374 -31% 153 $610   $85,752,823 15
Aug 13, 2004 53 $55,489 -41% 102 $544   $85,888,167 16
Aug 20, 2004 50 $54,919 -1% 79 $695   $85,974,306 17
Aug 27, 2004 63 $21,241 -61% 79 $269   $86,026,965 18
Sep 3, 2004 70 $14,063 -34% 13 $1,082   $86,047,227 19

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Apr 30, 2004 1 $8,600,000     2,839 $3,029   $8,600,000 1
May 1, 2004 1 $10,160,404 +18%   2,839 $3,579   $18,731,966 2
May 2, 2004 1 $5,700,229 -44%   2,839 $2,008   $24,432,195 3
May 3, 2004 1 $1,192,000 -79%   2,839 $420   $25,625,000 4
May 4, 2004 1 $1,088,000 -9%   2,839 $383   $26,713,000 5
May 5, 2004 1 $891,000 -18%   2,839 $314   $27,604,000 6
May 6, 2004 1 $793,000 -11%   2,839 $279   $28,397,000 7
May 7, 2004 2 $4,900,000 +518% -43% 2,972 $1,649   $33,300,000 8
May 8, 2004 2 $5,769,235 +18% -43% 2,972 $1,941   $38,871,163 9
May 9, 2004 2 $3,202,599 -44% -44% 2,972 $1,078   $42,073,762 10
May 10, 2004 2 $832,000 -74% -30% 2,972 $280   $42,906,000 11
May 11, 2004 2 $813,000 -2% -25% 2,972 $274   $43,719,000 12
May 12, 2004 2 $731,000 -10% -18% 2,972 $246   $44,450,000 13
May 13, 2004 2 $768,000 +5% -3% 2,972 $258   $45,218,000 14
May 14, 2004 3 $3,200,000 +317% -35% 3,015 $1,061   $48,400,000 15
May 15, 2004 3 $4,436,056 +39% -23% 3,015 $1,471   $52,880,483 16
May 16, 2004 3 $2,520,487 -43% -21% 3,015 $836   $55,400,970 17
May 17, 2004 3 $622,000 -75% -25% 3,015 $206   $56,023,000 18
May 18, 2004 3 $650,000 +5% -20% 3,015 $216   $56,673,000 19
May 19, 2004 4 $523,000 -20% -28% 3,015 $173   $57,196,000 20
May 20, 2004 4 $603,000 +15% -21% 3,015 $200   $57,799,000 21
May 21, 2004 4 $2,100,000 +248% -34% 3,054 $688   $59,900,000 22
May 22, 2004 4 $3,000,000 +43% -32% 3,054 $982   $62,900,000 23
May 23, 2004 4 $1,813,332 -40% -28% 3,054 $594   $64,706,896 24
May 24, 2004 4 $727,000 -60% +17% 3,054 $238   $65,434,000 25
May 25, 2004 4 $574,000 -21% -12% 3,054 $188   $66,008,000 26
May 26, 2004 4 $591,000 +3% +13% 3,054 $194   $66,599,000 27
May 27, 2004 4 $678,000 +15% +12% 3,054 $222   $67,277,000 28
May 28, 2004 6 $1,500,000 +121% -29% 2,618 $573   $68,800,000 29
May 29, 2004 7 $1,862,430 +24% -38% 2,618 $711   $70,680,205 30
May 30, 2004 7 $1,628,522 -13% -10% 2,618 $622   $72,308,727 31
May 31, 2004 6 $1,401,779 -14% +93% 2,618 $535   $73,710,506 32
Jun 1, 2004 5 $507,000 -64% -12% 2,618 $194   $74,218,000 33
Jun 2, 2004 5 $510,000 +1% -14% 2,618 $195   $74,728,000 34
Jun 3, 2004 5 $503,000 -1% -26% 2,618 $192   $75,230,000 35
Jun 4, 2004 7 $800,000 +59% -47% 1,817 $440   $76,000,000 36
Jun 5, 2004 6 $1,217,816 +52% -35% 1,817 $670   $77,365,622 37
Jun 6, 2004 6 $791,907 -35% -51% 1,817 $436   $78,157,529 38
Jun 7, 2004 6 $358,000 -55% -74% 1,817 $197   $78,516,000 39
Jun 8, 2004 6 $394,000 +10% -22% 1,817 $217   $78,910,000 40
Jun 9, 2004 6 $442,000 +12% -13% 1,817 $243   $79,352,000 41
Jun 10, 2004 6 $466,000 +5% -7% 1,817 $256   $79,818,000 42
Jun 11, 2004 10 $600,000 +29% -25% 944 $636   $80,400,000 43
Jun 12, 2004 10 $568,408 -5% -53% 944 $602   $80,907,408 44
Jun 13, 2004 10 $396,288 -30% -50% 944 $420   $81,303,696 45
Jun 14, 2004 10 $241,000 -39% -33% 944 $255   $81,545,000 46
Jun 15, 2004 10 $234,000 -3% -41% 944 $248   $81,779,000 47

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 30, 2004 1 $28,397,210   2,839 $10,003   $28,397,210 1
May 7, 2004 2 $16,820,994 -41% 2,972 $5,660   $45,218,204 2
May 14, 2004 4 $12,581,065 -25% 3,015 $4,173   $57,799,269 3
May 21, 2004 4 $9,477,624 -25% 3,054 $3,103   $67,276,893 4
May 28, 2004 7 $7,953,425 -16% 2,618 $3,038   $75,230,318 5
Jun 4, 2004 7 $4,587,346 -42% 1,817 $2,525   $79,817,664 6
Jun 11, 2004 10 $2,434,547 -47% 944 $2,579   $82,252,211 7
Jun 18, 2004 14 $970,125 -60% 616 $1,575   $83,222,336 8
Jun 25, 2004 31 $83,509 -91% 291 $287   $83,305,845 9
Jul 2, 2004 19 $618,605 +641% 220 $2,812   $83,924,450 10
Jul 9, 2004 20 $635,237 +3% 311 $2,043   $84,559,687 11
Jul 16, 2004 24 $480,171 -24% 268 $1,792   $85,039,858 12
Jul 23, 2004 25 $346,483 -28% 236 $1,468   $85,386,341 13
Jul 30, 2004 31 $273,108 -21% 196 $1,393   $85,659,449 14
Aug 6, 2004 38 $173,229 -37% 153 $1,132   $85,832,678 15
Aug 13, 2004 51 $86,709 -50% 102 $850   $85,919,387 16
Aug 20, 2004 47 $86,337 n/c 79 $1,093   $86,005,724 17
Aug 27, 2004 62 $27,440 -68% 79 $347   $86,033,164 18
Sep 3, 2004 73 $14,063 -49% 13 $1,082   $86,047,227 19

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Synopsis

Teenage Cady Heron was educated in Africa by her scientist parents. When her family moves to the suburbs of Illinois, Cady finally gets to experience public school and gets a quick primer on the cruel, tacit laws of popularity that divide her fellow students into tightly knit cliques. She unwittingly finds herself in the good graces of an elite group of cool students dubbed “the Plastics,” but Cady soon realizes how her shallow group of new friends earned this nickname.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$24,432,195 (28.4% of total gross)
Legs:3.52 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:66.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$18,000,000 (worldwide box office is 7.2 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,839 opening theaters/3,054 max. theaters, 6.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $165,720,583

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: April 30th, 2004 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
October 3rd, 2024 (Special Engagement) by Fathom Events (20th Anniversary)
International Releases: June 24th, 2004 (Wide) (Australia)
June 24th, 2004 (Wide) (New Zealand)
December 9th, 2022 (Limited) (New Zealand)
February 7th, 2024 (Wide) (Belgium)
September 27th, 2024 (Limited) (20th Anniversary) (United Kingdom)
Video Release: September 21st, 2004 by Warner Home Video
MPA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content, language and some teen partying
Running Time: 96 minutes
Franchise: Mean Girls
Cast, crew, or production detail: Voiceover/Narration
Plot point: Bullies, Framed, New Guy/Girl in School, Revenge, Romance
Subgenre: Satirical Comedy
Target audience: Tween
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Paramount Pictures, Lorne Michaels
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 30, 2004 1 $24,432,195   2,839 $8,606   $24,432,195 1
May 7, 2004 2 $13,676,552 -44% 2,972 $4,602   $42,073,762 2
May 14, 2004 3 $10,182,766 -26% 3,015 $3,377   $55,400,970 3
May 21, 2004 4 $6,907,627 -32% 3,054 $2,262   $64,706,896 4
May 28, 2004 7 $5,031,834 -27% 2,618 $1,922   $72,308,727 5
Jun 4, 2004 6 $2,927,211 -42% 1,817 $1,611   $78,157,529 6
Jun 11, 2004 10 $1,486,032 -49% 944 $1,574   $81,303,696 7
Jun 18, 2004 14 $557,319 -62% 616 $905   $82,809,530 8
Jun 25, 2004 21 $256,247 -54% 291 $881   $83,478,583 9
Jul 2, 2004 30 $124,561 -51% 220 $566   $83,430,406 10
Jul 9, 2004 22 $330,898 +166% 311 $1,064   $84,255,348 11
Jul 16, 2004 25 $255,916 -23% 268 $955   $84,815,603 12
Jul 23, 2004 28 $182,651 -29% 236 $774   $85,222,509 13
Jul 30, 2004 32 $135,624 -26% 196 $692   $85,521,965 14
Aug 6, 2004 40 $93,374 -31% 153 $610   $85,752,823 15
Aug 13, 2004 53 $55,489 -41% 102 $544   $85,888,167 16
Aug 20, 2004 50 $54,919 -1% 79 $695   $85,974,306 17
Aug 27, 2004 63 $21,241 -61% 79 $269   $86,026,965 18
Sep 3, 2004 70 $14,063 -34% 13 $1,082   $86,047,227 19

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Apr 30, 2004 1 $8,600,000     2,839 $3,029   $8,600,000 1
May 1, 2004 1 $10,160,404 +18%   2,839 $3,579   $18,731,966 2
May 2, 2004 1 $5,700,229 -44%   2,839 $2,008   $24,432,195 3
May 3, 2004 1 $1,192,000 -79%   2,839 $420   $25,625,000 4
May 4, 2004 1 $1,088,000 -9%   2,839 $383   $26,713,000 5
May 5, 2004 1 $891,000 -18%   2,839 $314   $27,604,000 6
May 6, 2004 1 $793,000 -11%   2,839 $279   $28,397,000 7
May 7, 2004 2 $4,900,000 +518% -43% 2,972 $1,649   $33,300,000 8
May 8, 2004 2 $5,769,235 +18% -43% 2,972 $1,941   $38,871,163 9
May 9, 2004 2 $3,202,599 -44% -44% 2,972 $1,078   $42,073,762 10
May 10, 2004 2 $832,000 -74% -30% 2,972 $280   $42,906,000 11
May 11, 2004 2 $813,000 -2% -25% 2,972 $274   $43,719,000 12
May 12, 2004 2 $731,000 -10% -18% 2,972 $246   $44,450,000 13
May 13, 2004 2 $768,000 +5% -3% 2,972 $258   $45,218,000 14
May 14, 2004 3 $3,200,000 +317% -35% 3,015 $1,061   $48,400,000 15
May 15, 2004 3 $4,436,056 +39% -23% 3,015 $1,471   $52,880,483 16
May 16, 2004 3 $2,520,487 -43% -21% 3,015 $836   $55,400,970 17
May 17, 2004 3 $622,000 -75% -25% 3,015 $206   $56,023,000 18
May 18, 2004 3 $650,000 +5% -20% 3,015 $216   $56,673,000 19
May 19, 2004 4 $523,000 -20% -28% 3,015 $173   $57,196,000 20
May 20, 2004 4 $603,000 +15% -21% 3,015 $200   $57,799,000 21
May 21, 2004 4 $2,100,000 +248% -34% 3,054 $688   $59,900,000 22
May 22, 2004 4 $3,000,000 +43% -32% 3,054 $982   $62,900,000 23
May 23, 2004 4 $1,813,332 -40% -28% 3,054 $594   $64,706,896 24
May 24, 2004 4 $727,000 -60% +17% 3,054 $238   $65,434,000 25
May 25, 2004 4 $574,000 -21% -12% 3,054 $188   $66,008,000 26
May 26, 2004 4 $591,000 +3% +13% 3,054 $194   $66,599,000 27
May 27, 2004 4 $678,000 +15% +12% 3,054 $222   $67,277,000 28
May 28, 2004 6 $1,500,000 +121% -29% 2,618 $573   $68,800,000 29
May 29, 2004 7 $1,862,430 +24% -38% 2,618 $711   $70,680,205 30
May 30, 2004 7 $1,628,522 -13% -10% 2,618 $622   $72,308,727 31
May 31, 2004 6 $1,401,779 -14% +93% 2,618 $535   $73,710,506 32
Jun 1, 2004 5 $507,000 -64% -12% 2,618 $194   $74,218,000 33
Jun 2, 2004 5 $510,000 +1% -14% 2,618 $195   $74,728,000 34
Jun 3, 2004 5 $503,000 -1% -26% 2,618 $192   $75,230,000 35
Jun 4, 2004 7 $800,000 +59% -47% 1,817 $440   $76,000,000 36
Jun 5, 2004 6 $1,217,816 +52% -35% 1,817 $670   $77,365,622 37
Jun 6, 2004 6 $791,907 -35% -51% 1,817 $436   $78,157,529 38
Jun 7, 2004 6 $358,000 -55% -74% 1,817 $197   $78,516,000 39
Jun 8, 2004 6 $394,000 +10% -22% 1,817 $217   $78,910,000 40
Jun 9, 2004 6 $442,000 +12% -13% 1,817 $243   $79,352,000 41
Jun 10, 2004 6 $466,000 +5% -7% 1,817 $256   $79,818,000 42
Jun 11, 2004 10 $600,000 +29% -25% 944 $636   $80,400,000 43
Jun 12, 2004 10 $568,408 -5% -53% 944 $602   $80,907,408 44
Jun 13, 2004 10 $396,288 -30% -50% 944 $420   $81,303,696 45
Jun 14, 2004 10 $241,000 -39% -33% 944 $255   $81,545,000 46
Jun 15, 2004 10 $234,000 -3% -41% 944 $248   $81,779,000 47

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 30, 2004 1 $28,397,210   2,839 $10,003   $28,397,210 1
May 7, 2004 2 $16,820,994 -41% 2,972 $5,660   $45,218,204 2
May 14, 2004 4 $12,581,065 -25% 3,015 $4,173   $57,799,269 3
May 21, 2004 4 $9,477,624 -25% 3,054 $3,103   $67,276,893 4
May 28, 2004 7 $7,953,425 -16% 2,618 $3,038   $75,230,318 5
Jun 4, 2004 7 $4,587,346 -42% 1,817 $2,525   $79,817,664 6
Jun 11, 2004 10 $2,434,547 -47% 944 $2,579   $82,252,211 7
Jun 18, 2004 14 $970,125 -60% 616 $1,575   $83,222,336 8
Jun 25, 2004 31 $83,509 -91% 291 $287   $83,305,845 9
Jul 2, 2004 19 $618,605 +641% 220 $2,812   $83,924,450 10
Jul 9, 2004 20 $635,237 +3% 311 $2,043   $84,559,687 11
Jul 16, 2004 24 $480,171 -24% 268 $1,792   $85,039,858 12
Jul 23, 2004 25 $346,483 -28% 236 $1,468   $85,386,341 13
Jul 30, 2004 31 $273,108 -21% 196 $1,393   $85,659,449 14
Aug 6, 2004 38 $173,229 -37% 153 $1,132   $85,832,678 15
Aug 13, 2004 51 $86,709 -50% 102 $850   $85,919,387 16
Aug 20, 2004 47 $86,337 n/c 79 $1,093   $86,005,724 17
Aug 27, 2004 62 $27,440 -68% 79 $347   $86,033,164 18
Sep 3, 2004 73 $14,063 -49% 13 $1,082   $86,047,227 19

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.