MOVIE

The Tale of Despereaux

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

2008

93 minutes (1 hrs 33 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Sam Fell · Robert Stevenhagen

Starring

Matthew Broderick · Dustin Hoffman · Emma Watson · Tracey Ullman · Kevin Kline · William H. Macy

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 19th December 2008

United Arab Emirates release: 17th December 2008

Australia release: 17th December 2008

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 19th Dec '08
Debut position: 5
Highest position: 5
Debut gross: £560.9 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 19

US box office

Box Office debut: 19th Dec '08
Debut position: 3
Highest position: 3
Debut gross: $10.1 Million
Total chart weeks: 11

Chart position history

UK box office

19 Dec, 2008
5

26 Dec, 2008
10

2 Jan, 2009
11

9 Jan, 2009
14

US box office

19 Dec, 2008
3

26 Dec, 2008
7

2 Jan, 2009
7

9 Jan, 2009
13

Global box office

Certificates

US
G

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag

£2.5 Million

US total gross
United States Flag

$50.9 Million

Global total gross
Global Flag

$87 Million

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Box Office Release Breakdown

United Arab Emirates release date: 17th December 2008
Australia release date: 17th December 2008
Hong Kong release date: 17th December 2008
New Zealand release date: 17th December 2008
Portugal release date: 18th December 2008
Spain release date: 19th December 2008
UK release date: 19th December 2008
Ireland release date: 19th December 2008
USA release date: 19th December 2008
Hong Kong release date: 20th December 2008
Hungary release date: 25th December 2008
Mexico release date: 25th December 2008
Russia release date: 25th December 2008
Ukraine release date: 25th December 2008
Lithuania release date: 26th December 2008
Norway release date: 26th December 2008
Chile release date: 1st January 2009
Croatia release date: 1st January 2009
Peru release date: 1st January 2009
Estonia release date: 2nd January 2009
Australia release date: 8th January 2009
Panama release date: 9th January 2009
Brazil release date: 16th January 2009
Sweden release date: 16th January 2009
Bulgaria release date: 23rd January 2009
Turkey release date: 23rd January 2009
Kuwait release date: 29th January 2009
Romania release date: 30th January 2009
Netherlands release date: 4th February 2009
Argentina release date: 5th February 2009
Czechia release date: 5th February 2009
France release date: 11th February 2009
South Korea release date: 12th February 2009
Slovakia release date: 12th February 2009
Belgium release date: 25th February 2009
Egypt release date: 25th February 2009
Greece release date: 26th February 2009
Iceland release date: 27th February 2009
Denmark release date: 6th March 2009
Malaysia release date: 12th March 2009
Singapore release date: 12th March 2009
Finland release date: 13th March 2009
Germany release date: 19th March 2009
Austria release date: 20th March 2009
Poland release date: 27th March 2009
Italy release date: 24th April 2009
Latvia release date: 29th May 2009
Israel release date: 30th July 2009
Japan release date: 22nd June 2013