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End-of-Year Musicals
| Movie Summary |  Chicago |  The Phantom of the Opera |  Dreamgirls |  Sweeney Todd |  Nine |  Les Miserables |
| Genre | Musical | Musical | Musical | Musical | Drama | Musical |
| Studio | Miramax | Warner Bros. | Paramount (DreamWorks) | Paramount (DreamWorks) | Weinstein Company | Universal |
| Release Date | December 27, 2002 | December 22, 2004 | December 15, 2006 | December 21, 2007 | December 18, 2009 | December 25, 2012 |
| Domestic Gross | $170,687,518 | $51,268,815 | $103,365,956 | $52,898,073 | $19,676,965 | $148,809,770 |
| Production Budget | $45 million | $70 million | n/a | $50 million | $80 million | $61 million |
| Running Time | 1 hr. 47 min. | 2 hrs. 23 min. | 2 hrs. 5 min. | 1 hr. 56 min. | 1 hr. 50 min. | 2 hrs. 37 min. |
| MPAA Rating | PG-13 | PG-13 | PG-13 | R | PG-13 | PG-13 |
| MPAA Reason | sexual content and dialogue, violence and thematic elements | brief violent images | language, some sexuality and drug content | graphic bloody violence | sexual content and smoking | suggestive and sexual material, violence and thematic elements. |
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| Domestic Summary | Chicago | The Phantom of the Opera | Dreamgirls | Sweeney Todd | Nine | Les Miserables |
| Total Gross | $170,687,518 | $51,268,815 | $103,365,956 | $52,898,073 | $19,676,965 | $148,809,770 |
| Opening Weekend* | $8,238,709 | $4,001,890 | $14,100,050 | $9,300,805 | $5,452,513 | $27,281,735 |
| Theaters | 616 | 622 | 852 | 1,249 | 1,412 | 2,814 |
| Average | $13,374 | $6,433 | $16,549 | $7,446 | $3,862 | $9,695 |
| Opening % of Total | 4.8% | 7.8% | 13.6% | 17.6% | 27.7% | 18.3% |
| Second Weekend Drop | -14.4% | +19.0% | -38.6% | -11.9% | -28.5% | -41.3% |
| Widest Release | 2,701 | 1,515 | 2,797 | 1,507 | 1,412 | 2,927 |
| Close Date | September 4, 2003 | May 12, 2005 | April 19, 2007 | March 20, 2008 | March 18, 2010 | April 4, 2013 |
| In Release | 252 days / 36 weeks | n/a | 126 days / 18 weeks | 91 days / 13 weeks | 91 days / 13 weeks | 101 days / 14 weeks |
| *Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used. | ||||||
| Worldwide Summary | Chicago | The Phantom of the Opera | Dreamgirls | Sweeney Todd | Nine | Les Miserables |
| Worldwide Gross | $306,776,732 | $154,648,887 | $154,937,680 | $152,523,164 | $53,998,806 | $437,710,466 |
| Foreign Gross | $136,089,214 | $103,380,072 | $51,571,724 | $99,625,091 | $34,321,841 | $288,900,696 |
| Foreign % of Worldwide | 44.4% | 66.8% | 33.3% | 65.3% | 63.6% | 66.0% |
| Domestic Gross | $170,687,518 | $51,268,815 | $103,365,956 | $52,898,073 | $19,676,965 | $148,809,770 |
| Domestic % of Worldwide | 55.6% | 33.2% | 66.7% | 34.7% | 36.4% | 34.0% |
| People Summary | Chicago | The Phantom of the Opera | Dreamgirls | Sweeney Todd | Nine | Les Miserables |
| Actor: Helena Bonham Carter | - | - | - | #13 | - | #7 |
| Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen | - | - | - | #10 | - | #4 |
| Director: Rob Marshall | #2 | - | - | - | #4 | - |
| Writer: Bill Condon | #1 | - | #2 | - | - | - |
| Genres & Franchises | Chicago | The Phantom of the Opera | Dreamgirls | Sweeney Todd | Nine | Les Miserables |
| Genre: Musical | #2 | #16 | #8 | #15 | #33 | #3 |
| Genre: Travelogue - Paris | - | #15 | - | - | - | #3 |
| Showdown: End-of-Year Musicals | #1 | #5 | #3 | #4 | #6 | #2 |
| Chart Rankings | Chicago | The Phantom of the Opera | Dreamgirls | Sweeney Todd | Nine | Les Miserables |
| Opening Weekends Under 1,000 Theaters | #20 | #166 | #5 | - | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Under 1,000 Theaters Adjusted | #67 | - | #17 | - | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Under 1,500 Theaters | #117 | - | #16 | #80 | - | - |
| All Time Domestic | #192 | #1290 | #495 | #1237 | #2860 | #242 |
| All Time Worldwide | #279 | - | - | - | - | #146 |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends | - | - | #136 | - | - | #70 |
| Opening Weeks | #1819 | #2145 | #883 | #1117 | #2091 | #283 |
| Movies That Never Hit #1 | #10 | - | #84 | - | - | #20 |
| Theater Averages - All Time Adjusted | - | - | #14 | - | #57 | - |
| Theater Averages - Opening Weekends | - | - | #12 | - | #50 | - |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends | #192 | - | #109 | - | - | - |
| Christmas Day Openers | - | - | #10 | - | - | #2 |
| Opening Weekends | #1819 | #2965 | #1053 | #1670 | #2463 | #421 |
| Opening Weekends - December | - | - | #77 | #140 | - | #32 |
| Opening Weekends - Holiday | - | - | #193 | - | - | #91 |
| Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends | #94 | - | #89 | - | - | #109 |
| Fifth Weekends | #121 | - | #200 | - | - | - |
| Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases | #402 | #80 | #1615 | #356 | #910 | #1843 |
| Rated PG-13 | #101 | - | - | - | - | #126 |
| Slowest to $100 million | #74 | - | #62 | - | - | #349 |
| Best Picture Nomination Effect | #32 | - | - | - | - | #65 |
| BOM Users' Grades | #353 | #229 | #312 | #147 | - | - |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted | - | - | #150 | - | - | #98 |
| Opening Weeks Adjusted | #2069 | #2511 | #1154 | #1451 | #2800 | #443 |
| Movies That Never #1 Adjusted | #15 | - | - | - | - | #95 |
| Theater Averages - All Time Adjusted | - | - | #17 | - | #150 | - |
| Theater Averages - Opening Weekends Adjusted | - | - | #14 | - | #114 | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - December | - | - | #109 | #187 | - | #54 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted | #2110 | #3345 | #1320 | #2126 | #3190 | #676 |
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