The Polar Express (2004) - Box Office Mojo

The Polar Express

Domestic Total Gross: $162,775,358 Domestic Lifetime Gross: $183,373,735
Distributor: Warner Bros.	Release Date: November 10, 2004
Genre: Animation	Runtime: 1 hrs. 40 min.
MPAA Rating: G	Production Budget: $165 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$183,373,735	59.6%
+ Foreign:	$124,140,582	40.4%

= Worldwide:	$307,514,317

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$23,323,463
(#2 rank, 3,650 theaters, $6,389 average)
% of Total Gross:	14.3%
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Widest Release:

3,650 theaters

Close Date:

March 10, 2005

In Release:

121 days / 17.3 weeks

The Players

Director:	Robert Zemeckis
Actors:	Tom Hanks (Voice) Josh Hutcherson* (Voice)
Producers:	Gary Goetzman Tom Hanks (executive)
Cinematographer:	Don Burgess
Composer:	Alan Silvestri
* Denotes minor role

2004 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Three Oscars.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
3D	24
Animation	32
Animation - Computer	29
Animation - Motion Capture	1
Christmas	2
Family - Children's Book Adaptation	17
IMAX (Feature-length)	43

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Showdown: Family Christmas Clash	3

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	154
All Time Worldwide	277
Yearly 2004	10
Yearly G Rated 2004	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 2004	33
Worldwide Yearly 2004	15
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	83
Opening Weeks	624
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends	49
Thanksgiving 5-day Weekends	46
Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Best Holds	68
Movies That Never Hit #1	16
Opening Weekends Not At #1	103
Saturday Share of Opening Weekends	198
Opening Weekends	525
Opening Weekends - November	71
Opening Weekends - Holiday	113
Ninth Weekends	182
Third Weekends	89
Fourth Weekends	148
Fifth Weekends	73
Sixth Weekends	45
Seventh Weekends	53
Eighth Weekends	38
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	99
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	234
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	375
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	1,186
Rated G	15
Rated G and PG	60
Rated G, Opening Weekends	29
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends	135
Widest Releases	150
Widest Opening Releases	133
Widest G Rated Openings	10
Widest G Rated Releases	12
Slowest to $100 million	184
BOM Users' Grades	285
BOM Users' Grades (2004 Releases)	37
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on January 22, 2006)	98
Yearly (Wide) 2004	10
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2004	33
Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted	86
Opening Weeks Adjusted	693
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends Adjusted	59
Thanksgiving 5-day Weekends Adjusted	49
Movies That Never #1 Adjusted	25
Opening Weekends Not At #1 Adjusted	100
Opening Weekends Adjusted - November	80
Opening Weekends Adjusted	565
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	125
Third Weekends Adjusted	110
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	124
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	90
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	95
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	84
Rated G Adjusted	41
Rated G and PG Adjusted	127
Rated G, Opening Weekends Adjusted	32
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	168