Australia Box Office for Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

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Napoleon Dynamite
Theatrical Performance (US$)
Australia Box Office $381,505Details
Worldwide Box Office $46,122,713Details
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Synopsis

In small-town Preston, Idaho, awkward teen Napoleon Dynamite has trouble fitting in. After his grandmother is injured in an accident, his life is made even worse when his strangely nostalgic uncle, Rico, shows up to keep an eye on him. With no safe haven at home or at school, Napoleon befriends the new kid, Pedro, a morose Hispanic boy who speaks little English. Together the two launch a campaign to run for class president.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$400,000
Australia Releases: November 5th, 2004 (Wide)
Video Release: December 21st, 2004 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic elements and language
Running Time: 96 minutes
Keywords: High School Hell, Bullies, Dysfunctional Family, Romance, Political Campaign, Director Remaking Their Own Movie, New Guy/Girl in School, Slobs vs. Snobs, Long Distance Romance, Interracial Romance, Farcical / Slapstick Comedy
Source:Based on Short Film
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Paramount Pictures, MTV Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2004/11/05 - $13,758   10 $1,376   $22,181 1
2004/11/12 - $53,556 +289% 10 $5,356   $75,926 2
2004/11/19 - $56,569 +6% 10 $5,657   $157,893 3
2004/11/26 - $32,972 -42% 10 $3,297   $216,044 4
2004/12/03 - $27,254 -17% 10 $2,725   $257,002 5
2004/12/10 - $31,187 +14% 26 $1,200   $293,044 6
2004/12/17 - $17,200 -45% 27 $637   $336,791 7
2004/12/24 - $7,354 -57% 20 $368   $362,022 8
2004/12/31 - $6,240 -15% 8 $780   $381,505 9

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Australia 11/5/2004 $13,758 10 27 131 $381,505 9/4/2020
New Zealand 5/4/2023 $0 0 0 0 $947 11/24/2025
North America 6/11/2004 $116,666 6 1,236 12,551 $44,540,956 7/2/2013
 
Rest of World $1,199,305
 
Worldwide Total$46,122,713 11/24/2025

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Leading Cast

Jon Heder    Napoleon Dynamite

Supporting Cast

Jon Gries    Uncle Rico
Aaron Ruell    Kipland Ronald "Kip" Dynamite
Efren Ramirez    Pedro Sanchez
Tina Majorino    Deb Bradshaw
Diedrich Bader    Rex
Haylie Duff    Summer Wheatly
Trevor Snarr    Don
Shondrella Avery    Lafawnduh

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Production and Technical Credits

Jared Hess    Director
Jared Hess    Screenwriter
Jerusha Hess    Screenwriter
Jeremy Coon    Producer
Chris Wyatt    Producer
Sean Covel    Producer
Jory Weitz    Executive Producer
Munn Powell    Director of Photography
Cory Lorenzen    Production Designer
Jeremy Coon    Editor
John Swihart    Composer
Jory Weitz    Casting Director