Biggest Animated Openers (January - April)
Ice Age | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Monsters vs. Aliens | The Lorax | The Lego Movie | |
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Release Summary | |||||
| Genre | Cold/Icy Setting CGI Animation | Cold/Icy Setting CGI Animation | CGI Animation Alien Invasion 3D IMAX | Children's Book Adaptation 3D Environmentalist Family CGI Animation IMAX | CGI Animation Based on a Toy 3D |
| Distributor | 20th Century Fox Film Corporation | 20th Century Fox Film Corporation | DreamWorks (at Paramount) | Universal Pictures | Warner Bros. |
| Release Date | Mar 15, 2002 | Mar 31, 2006 | Mar 27, 2009 | Mar 2, 2012 | Feb 7, 2014 |
| Gross To Date | $176,387,405 | $195,330,621 | $198,351,526 | $214,151,550 | $257,760,692 |
| Production Budget | $59,000,000 | $80,000,000 | $175,000,000 | $70,000,000 | $60,000,000 |
| Running Time | 1 hr 21 min | 1 hr 31 min | 1 hr 34 min | 1 hr 26 min | 1 hr 40 min |
| MPA Rating | PG | PG | PG | PG | PG |
Domestic Summary | |||||
| Total Gross | $176,387,405 | $195,330,621 | $198,351,526 | $214,151,550 | $257,760,692 |
| Opening Weekend | $46,312,454 | $68,033,544 | $59,321,095 | $70,217,070 | $69,050,279 |
| Opening % of Total | 26.3% | 34.8% | 29.9% | 32.8% | 26.8% |
| Widest Release | 3,345 | 3,969 | 4,136 | 3,769 | 3,890 |
| Close Date | Sep 2, 2002 | Sep 7, 2006 | Aug 27, 2009 | Jul 26, 2012 | Sep 4, 2014 |
| In Release | 292 days / 41 weeks | 276 days / 39 weeks | 280 days / 40 weeks | 4,646 days / 663 weeks | 328 days / 46 weeks |
| Weekends at #1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Weekends in Top 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
Worldwide Summary | |||||
| Worldwide Gross | $383,257,136 | $660,998,756 | $381,509,870 | $348,961,366 | $468,060,692 |
| Foreign Gross | $206,869,731 | $465,668,135 | $183,158,344 | $134,809,816 | $210,300,000 |
| Foreign % of Worldwide | 54% | 70.4% | 48% | 38.6% | 44.9% |
| Domestic Gross | $176,387,405 | $195,330,621 | $198,351,526 | $214,151,550 | $257,760,692 |
| Domestic % of Worldwide | 46% | 29.6% | 52% | 61.4% | 55.1% |
