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
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Jun 11-1725$210,630-6-$35,105$210,6301
Jun 18-2424$354,473+68.3%18+12$19,692$565,1032
Jun 25-Jul 117$666,048+87.9%73+55$9,123$1,231,1513
Jul 2-816$1,194,442+79.3%142+69$8,411$2,425,5934
Jul 16-2217$1,445,214+39.2%179+38$8,073$4,909,4006
Jul 23-2910$3,003,907+107.9%389+210$7,722$7,913,3077
Jul 9-1518$1,038,593-13%141-1$7,365$3,464,1865
Jul 30-Aug 513$2,879,076-4.2%423+34$6,806$10,792,3838
Aug 6-1212$3,331,944+15.7%546+123$6,102$14,124,3279
Aug 13-1911$3,199,381-4%563+17$5,682$17,323,70810
Aug 20-2614$2,972,993-7.1%577+14$5,152$20,296,70111
Sep 3-911$4,320,836+36.7%886+180$4,876$27,777,51813
Aug 27-Sep 214$3,159,981+6.3%706+129$4,475$23,456,68212
Sep 10-1611$3,279,470-24.1%921+35$3,560$31,056,98814
Sep 17-239$2,856,343-12.9%1,024+103$2,789$33,913,33115
Sep 24-3011$2,309,664-19.1%1,024-$2,255$36,222,99516
Oct 1-712$1,812,507-21.5%855-169$2,119$38,035,50217
Oct 8-1410$1,452,411-19.9%715-140$2,031$39,487,91318
Nov 5-1120$524,383-11.9%271-116$1,934$42,586,31022
Oct 15-2113$1,164,702-19.8%619-96$1,881$40,652,61519
Nov 19-2528$304,941-2.8%173-23$1,762$43,205,12024
Nov 26-Dec 224$328,891+7.9%193+20$1,704$43,534,01125
Oct 22-2815$814,232-30.1%479-140$1,699$41,466,84720
Nov 12-1825$313,869-40.1%196-75$1,601$42,900,17923
Dec 17-2330$227,688+3.7%144-74$1,581$44,243,87328
Oct 29-Nov 415$595,080-26.9%387-92$1,537$42,061,92721
Dec 3-922$262,554-20.2%223+30$1,177$43,796,56526
Dec 10-1623$219,620-16.4%218-5$1,007$44,016,18527
Dec 24-3038$119,279-47.6%141-3$845$44,363,15229
Jan 7-1349$56,034-25.4%80-34$700$44,494,32731
Dec 31-Jan 6, 200545$75,141-37%114-27$659$44,438,29330
Jan 14-2057$27,808-50.4%46-34$604$44,522,13532
Jan 28-Feb 381$5,454-51.6%11-19$495$44,538,86334
Jan 21-2766$11,274-59.5%30-16$375$44,533,40933