Pettson & Findus: The Santa Machine

The old man PETTSON and his cat FINDUS live on a small farm way out in the countryside in Sweden. Christmas is approaching, and Pettson has given Findus the rash promise that THE TOMTE will come around with gifts for him at Christmas Eve. Pettson does not believe in the Tomte, but in order not to disappoint his cat, he decides to build an artificial Tomte - a mechanical TOMTE MACHINE. Pettson has a hard time keeping the project secret from Findus and getting the machine to actually work in due time. But somehow a mysterious magical force interferes...

Grosses

Norway
$104,737
Domestic ()
Summary Details
DistributorSvensk Filmindustri (SF)
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Opening$112,968
35 theaters
Release DateDec 2, 2005
Running Time1 hr 19 min
GenresAnimation Comedy Family
In Release395 days/56 weeks
Widest Release35 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Dec 2-42$112,968-35-$3,227$122,1191
Dec 9-113$100,331-11.2%35-$2,866$258,3132
Dec 16-183$65,845-34.4%35-$1,881$359,6623
Dec 23-253$32,610-50.5%35-$931$393,4454
Dec 30-Jan 1, 20064$44,366+36.1%35-$1,267$557,7645
Jan 6-86$36,648-17.4%34-1$1,077$637,8306
Jan 13-157$52,833+44.2%33-1$1,601$687,1247
Jan 20-2210$21,761-58.8%33-$659$713,7778
Jan 27-2913$13,550-37.7%21-12$645$736,8499
Feb 3-516$13,165-2.8%20-1$658$749,37210
Feb 10-12
Torino Olympics
18$8,742-33.6%26+6$336$752,55111
Feb 17-19
Torino Olympics
19$8,744<0.1%24-2$364$765,44612
Dec 8-1013$12,189-25-$487$62,05454
Dec 15-1715$8,272-32.1%22-3$376$77,05355
Dec 22-2417$1,292-84.4%15-7$86$90,03856
Dec 29-3120$7,098+449.4%20+5$354$104,73757