Showdowns
Computer Animation: Battle of the Average
Recent C.G. titles that had average range opening weekends ($30-40 million)
| Movie Summary | ![]() Bee Movie | ![]() Over the Hedge | ![]() Chicken Little | ![]() Robots | ![]() How to Train Your Dragon |
| Genre | Animation | Animation | Animation | Animation | Animation |
| Studio | Paramount (DreamWorks) | Paramount (DreamWorks) | Buena Vista | Fox | Paramount (DreamWorks) |
| Release Date | November 2, 2007 | May 19, 2006 | November 4, 2005 | March 11, 2005 | March 26, 2010 |
| Domestic Gross | $126,631,277 | $155,019,340 | $135,386,665 | $128,200,012 | $217,581,231 |
| Production Budget | $150 million | n/a | $150 million | $75 million | $165 million |
| Running Time | 1 hr. 30 min. | 1 hr. 27 min. | 1 hr. 21 min. | 1 hr. 30 min. | 1 hr. 38 min. |
| MPAA Rating | PG | PG | G | PG | PG |
| MPAA Reason | mild suggestive humor | some rude humor and mild comic action | some brief language and suggestive humor | for sequences of intense action and some scary images, and brief mild language. | |
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| Domestic Summary | Bee Movie | Over the Hedge | Chicken Little | Robots | How to Train Your Dragon |
| Total Gross | $126,631,277 | $155,019,340 | $135,386,665 | $128,200,012 | $217,581,231 |
| Opening Weekend* | $38,021,044 | $38,457,003 | $40,049,778 | $36,045,301 | $43,732,319 |
| Theaters | 3,928 | 4,059 | 3,654 | 3,776 | 4,055 |
| Average | $9,679 | $9,474 | $10,960 | $9,545 | $10,785 |
| Opening % of Total | 30.0% | 24.8% | 29.6% | 28.1% | 20.1% |
| Second Weekend Drop | -32.8% | -29.6% | -21.0% | -41.7% | -33.7% |
| Widest Release | 3,984 | 4,093 | 3,658 | 3,776 | 4,060 |
| Close Date | February 14, 2008 | September 4, 2006 | April 13, 2006 | September 5, 2005 | July 22, 2010 |
| In Release | 105 days / 15 weeks | 112 days / 16 weeks | 161 days / 23 weeks | 182 days / 26 weeks | 119 days / 17 weeks |
| *Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used. | |||||
| Worldwide Summary | Bee Movie | Over the Hedge | Chicken Little | Robots | How to Train Your Dragon |
| Worldwide Gross | $287,594,577 | $336,002,996 | $314,432,837 | $260,718,330 | $494,878,759 |
| Foreign Gross | $160,963,300 | $180,983,656 | $179,046,172 | $132,518,318 | $277,297,528 |
| Foreign % of Worldwide | 56.0% | 53.9% | 56.9% | 50.8% | 56.0% |
| Domestic Gross | $126,631,277 | $155,019,340 | $135,386,665 | $128,200,012 | $217,581,231 |
| Domestic % of Worldwide | 44.0% | 46.1% | 43.1% | 49.2% | 44.0% |
| People Summary | Bee Movie | Over the Hedge | Chicken Little | Robots | How to Train Your Dragon |
| Composer: John Powell | - | - | - | #20 | #5 |
| Genres & Franchises | Bee Movie | Over the Hedge | Chicken Little | Robots | How to Train Your Dragon |
| Brand: DreamWorks Animation | #22 | #17 | - | - | #5 |
| Genre: 3D | - | - | #104 | - | #55 |
| Genre: Animation | #80 | #62 | #76 | #79 | #30 |
| Genre: Animation - Computer | #71 | #55 | #67 | #70 | #28 |
| Genre: Animation - Sci-Fi | - | - | #6 | #7 | - |
| Genre: IMAX (Feature-length) | - | - | - | #109 | #66 |
| Showdown: Animated Heroes & Villains | - | - | #6 | - | #3 |
| Showdown: Computer Animation: Battle of the Average | #5 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #1 |
| Chart Rankings | Bee Movie | Over the Hedge | Chicken Little | Robots | How to Train Your Dragon |
| All Time Domestic | #461 | #312 | #398 | #441 | #154 |
| All Time Worldwide | #449 | #352 | #389 | #504 | #181 |
| Yearly 2005 | - | - | #14 | #15 | - |
| Yearly Opening Weekends 2005 | - | - | #13 | #14 | - |
| Worldwide Yearly 2005 | - | - | #12 | #14 | - |
| Opening Weeks | #434 | #389 | #396 | #459 | #258 |
| Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends | #119 | - | #106 | - | - |
| Thanksgiving 5-day Weekends | #105 | - | #98 | - | - |
| Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Biggest Drops | #46 | - | #29 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Not At #1 | #42 | #41 | - | - | - |
| Single Day Gross | #887 | - | #842 | - | #821 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross | #353 | - | #330 | - | #323 |
| Opening Weekends | #348 | #340 | #317 | #374 | #270 |
| Opening Weekends - March | - | - | - | #30 | #22 |
| Opening Weekends - November | #47 | - | #43 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends - Holiday | #69 | - | #61 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends - Spring | - | - | - | #44 | #29 |
| Top 3-Day Grosses | - | - | #303 | - | #257 |
| Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) | - | - | #276 | - | #249 |
| Consecutive Weekends At #1 | - | - | #275 | - | #245 |
| Second Weekends | - | - | #152 | - | #181 |
| Third Weekends | - | #107 | - | - | #62 |
| Fourth Weekends | #157 | - | #136 | - | #33 |
| Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) | #128 | #86 | #49 | #290 | #144 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) | #283 | #196 | #97 | #580 | #307 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) | #433 | #313 | #156 | #850 | #468 |
| Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases | #1298 | #1047 | #635 | #2109 | #1368 |
| Rated G and PG | #153 | #107 | #136 | #147 | #55 |
| Rated PG | #122 | #88 | - | #116 | #46 |
| Rated PG, Opening Weekends | #79 | #75 | - | #82 | #65 |
| Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends | #96 | #92 | #87 | #99 | #77 |
| Widest Releases | #111 | #69 | #270 | #199 | #84 |
| Widest Opening Releases | #130 | #75 | #246 | #181 | #78 |
| Widest PG Rated Openings | #46 | #21 | - | #65 | #23 |
| Widest PG Rated Releases | #36 | #20 | - | #71 | #27 |
| Fastest to $100 million | - | #273 | #329 | - | #227 |
| Slowest to $100 million | #298 | #383 | #327 | #278 | #429 |
| BOM Users' Grades | - | #223 | - | #421 | #3 |
| BOM Users' Grades (2005 Releases) | - | - | #115 | #84 | - |
| Yearly (Wide) 2005 | - | - | #14 | #15 | - |
| Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2005 | - | - | #13 | #14 | - |
| Opening Weeks Adjusted | #481 | #410 | #391 | #446 | #358 |
| Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends Adjusted | #138 | - | #120 | - | - |
| Thanksgiving 5-day Weekends Adjusted | #110 | - | #100 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Not At #1 Adjusted | #26 | #19 | - | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - March | - | - | - | #24 | #27 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - November | #66 | - | #48 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted | #377 | #342 | #303 | #367 | #379 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday | #88 | - | #68 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - Spring | - | - | - | #34 | #37 |
| Third Weekends Adjusted | - | #128 | - | - | #127 |
| Fourth Weekends Adjusted | - | - | #174 | - | #80 |
| Rated PG Adjusted | - | #151 | - | #188 | #113 |
| Rated PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted | #88 | #76 | - | #83 | #89 |
| Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted | #109 | #95 | #82 | #104 | #110 |
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