Napoleon Dynamite

A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.

Grosses

Domestic (96.6%)
$44,540,956
Summary Details
DistributorFox Searchlight
Opening$116,666
6 theaters
Budget$400,000
Release Date (Wide)Jun 11, 2004 (Aug 27, 2004) - Feb 6, 2005
MPAAPG
Running Time1 hr 36 min
GenresComedy
In Release569 days/81 weeks
Widest Release1,027 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jun 11-1329$116,666-6-$19,444$116,6661
Jun 18-2021$193,506+65.9%18+12$10,750$404,1362
Jun 25-2717$388,112+100.6%73+55$5,316$953,2153
Jul 2-415$513,387+32.3%142+69$3,615$1,744,5384
Jul 2-5
July 4th long wknd
15$794,558-142-$5,595$2,025,709-
Jul 9-1117$554,769+8.1%141-1$3,934$2,980,3625
Jul 16-1817$750,491+35.3%179+38$4,192$4,214,6776
Jul 23-2516$1,608,412+114.3%389+210$4,134$6,517,8127
Jul 30-Aug 114$1,402,563-12.8%423+34$3,315$9,315,8708
Aug 6-813$1,739,326+24%546+123$3,185$12,531,7099
Aug 13-15
Athens Olympics
11$1,756,496+1%563+17$3,119$15,880,82310
Aug 20-22
Athens Olympics
14$1,787,873+1.8%577+14$3,098$19,111,58111
Aug 27-29
Athens Olympics
14$2,083,493+16.5%706+129$2,951$22,380,19412
Sep 3-513$2,811,411+34.9%886+180$3,173$26,268,09313
Sep 3-6
Labor Day wknd
13$3,742,949-886-$4,224$27,199,631-
Sep 10-1210$2,516,879-10.5%921+35$2,732$30,294,39714
Sep 17-198$2,286,541-9.2%1,024+103$2,232$33,343,52915
Sep 24-2611$1,808,393-20.9%1,024-$1,766$35,721,72416
Oct 1-312$1,391,097-23.1%855-169$1,627$37,614,09217
Oct 8-1012$1,056,903-24%715-140$1,478$39,092,40518
Oct 8-11
Indig. Peoples' Day wknd
9$1,199,959-715-$1,678$39,235,461-
Oct 15-1713$883,817-16.4%619-96$1,427$40,371,73019
Oct 22-2414$619,569-29.9%479-140$1,293$41,272,18420
Oct 29-3115$410,800-33.7%387-92$1,061$41,877,64721
Nov 5-719$367,689-10.5%271-116$1,356$42,429,61622
Nov 12-1425$235,139-36%196-75$1,199$42,821,44923
Nov 19-2127$168,006-28.6%170-26$988$43,068,18524
Nov 24-28
Thanksgiving 5-Day
20$331,829-193-$1,719$43,447,097-
Nov 25-28
Thanksgiving 4-Day
20$286,631-193-$1,485$43,447,097-
Nov 26-28
Thanksgiving 3-Day
24$241,977+44%193+23$1,253$43,447,09725
Dec 3-5
Post-Thanksgiving
20$192,752-20.3%223+30$864$43,726,76326
Dec 10-1223$143,089-25.8%218-5$656$43,939,65427
Dec 17-1926$124,804-12.8%177-41$705$44,140,98928
Dec 24-2637$41,148-67%141-36$291$44,285,02129
Dec 31-Jan 2, 200542$47,898+16.4%114-27$420$44,411,05030
Jan 7-948$39,725-17.1%80-34$496$44,478,01831
Jan 14-1654$19,347-51.3%46-34$420$44,513,67432
Jan 14-17
MLK wknd
55$23,661-46-$514$44,517,988-
Jan 21-2366$8,119-58%30-16$270$44,530,25433
Jan 28-3083$4,011-50.6%11-19$364$44,537,42034
Feb 4-699$2,093-47.8%6-5$348$44,540,95635