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THE POLAR EXPRESS

Domestic Total Gross: $162,775,358
Domestic Lifetime Gross: $180,806,128
Distributor: Warner Bros.Release Date: November 10, 2004
Genre: AnimationRunning Time: 1 hrs. 40 min.
MPAA Rating: GProduction Budget: $165 million
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TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
Domestic:  $180,806,128    59.3%
Foreign:  $124,140,582    40.7%

= Worldwide:  $304,946,710  

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


GENRES (click to view) Rank
Animation 22
Animation - Computer 19
Christmas 2
Family - Children's Book Adaptation 12

FRANCHISES (click to view) Rank
Showdown: Family Christmas Clash 3

CHARTS (click to view) Rank
All Time Domestic 121
All Time Worldwide 203
Yearly 2004 10
Yearly G Rated 2004 1
Yearly Opening Weekends 2004 33
Worldwide Yearly 2004 15
Non-Friday Opening Weekends 63
Opening Weeks 460
Worst Openings - Super Saturated 165
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends 38
Thanksgiving 5-day Weekends 35
Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Best Holds 62
Movies That Never Hit #1 10
Opening Weekends Not At #1 54
Saturday Share of Opening Weekends 147
Opening Weekends 380
Opening Weekends - November 55
Opening Weekends - Holiday 84
Ninth Weekends 161
Third Weekends 62
Fourth Weekends 114
Fifth Weekends 63
Sixth Weekends 37
Seventh Weekends 47
Eighth Weekends 32
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) 74
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) 188
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) 322
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases 1,108
Rated G 12
Rated G and PG 46
Rated G, Opening Weekends 22
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends 98
Widest Releases 86
Widest Opening Releases 76
Widest G Rated Openings 6
Widest G Rated Releases 8
Slowest to $100 million 165
BOM Users' Grades 237
BOM Users' Grades (2004 Releases) 34
CHARTS (Premier Pass Users Only)Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on January 22, 2006) 98
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2004 ACADEMY AWARDS®
Nominated for 3 Oscars. CLICK TO VIEW FULL BREAKDOWN...

THE PLAYERS (click name to view)
Director:Robert Zemeckis
Actor:Tom Hanks (Voice)
Producer:Tom Hanks (executive)
Cinematographer:Don Burgess
Composer:Alan Silvestri
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GRADE BREAKDOWN
As: 509 40.2%
Bs: 491 38.8%
Cs: 153 12.1%
Ds: 50 4.0%
Fs: 62 4.9%

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MOVIE REVIEW: Ticket to Ride (by Scott Holleran)

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MERCHANDISE LINKS
• DVD: The Polar Express (HD-DVD), The Polar Express (Blu-ray)
• Blu-ray: The Polar Express Presented in 3-D, Essential Holiday Collection (Polar Express, Christmas Vacation, Elf, Christmas Story)
• DVD: The Polar Express
Special Edition Soundtrack
Soundtrack
• Books: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg, The Art of The Polar Express, Guide for Using The Polar Express in the Classroom, The Journey Begins: An Early Reader, Interactive Shadow-Casting Bedtime Story, Trip to the North: A Junior Novel, The Magic Journey
Holiday Box Cards
• Games: GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation2, PC/Windows
• Posters: Poster 1, Poster 2, IMAX Poster
• Toys: Polar Express Train Set


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