The Tale of Despereaux

An unusually brave mouse helps to restore happiness to a forlorn kingdom after making friends with a gentleman rat.

Grosses

United Kingdom
$3,727,089
Summary Details
DistributorUniversal Pictures International (UPI)
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Opening$839,504
414 theaters
Budget$60,000,000
Release DateDec 19, 2008
Running Time1 hr 33 min
GenresAdventure Animation Comedy Family Fantasy
In Release378 days/54 weeks
Widest Release414 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Dec 19-215$839,504-414-$2,027$839,5041
Dec 26-2810$351,797-58.1%402-12$875$1,900,9192
Jan 2-411$440,217+25.1%316-86$1,393$3,020,7433
Jan 9-1114$176,671-59.9%307-9$575$3,452,7124
Jan 16-1819$75,512-57.3%178-129$424$3,423,0705
Jan 23-2522$49,982-33.8%115-63$434$3,481,9856
Jan 30-Feb 123$47,624-4.7%104-11$457$3,501,1607
Feb 6-837$8,481-82.2%43-61$197$3,540,4528
Feb 13-1546$4,093-51.7%22-21$186$3,545,9059
Feb 20-2228$44,320+982.8%82+60$540$3,542,86810
Feb 27-Mar 151$4,065-90.8%20-62$203$3,602,91411
Mar 6-822$44,995+1,006.9%105+85$428$3,513,58212
Mar 13-1551$3,471-92.3%21-84$165$3,651,43613
Mar 20-2228$15,249+339.3%85+64$179$3,622,06014
Mar 27-2931$14,296-6.2%80-5$178$3,600,24015
Apr 3-532$10,622-25.7%77-3$137$3,742,41816
Apr 10-1236$11,608+9.3%71-6$163$3,716,60317
Apr 17-1949$2,407-79.3%14-57$171$3,747,94218
Apr 24-2653$2,508+4.2%11-3$228$3,727,08919