Australia Box Office for The Muppets (2011)
Theatrical Performance (US$) | ||
Australia Box Office | $7,214,702 | Details |
Worldwide Box Office | $160,971,922 | Details |
Home Market Performance | ||
North America DVD Sales | $31,985,500 | Details |
North America Blu-ray Sales | $24,738,647 | Details |
Total North America Video Sales | $56,724,147 | |
Further financial details... |
Synopsis
On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world’s biggest Muppet fan, his brother Gary and Gary's girlfriend, Mary, from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman to raze Muppet Studios and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets’ former stomping grounds. To stage a telethon and raise the $10 million needed to save the studio, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate.
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Movie Details
Production Budget: | $45,000,000 |
Australia Releases: | September 30th, 2021 (Wide) |
Video Release: | March 20th, 2012 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment |
MPAA Rating: | PG for some mild rude humor. (Rating bulletin 2188, 9/7/2011) |
Running Time: | 98 minutes |
Franchise: | Muppets |
Keywords: | Gratuitous Cameos, Corporate Malfeasance, Voiceover/Narration, Prologue, Dream Sequence, Robot, Breaking the Fourth Wall, Road Trip, TV Industry, Relationships Gone Wrong, Kidnap, Performing Arts, Coming of Age, Character's Journey Shown on Map, Puppets in a Live-Action World, Family Adventure |
Source: | Based on TV |
Genre: | Adventure |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Kids Fiction |
Production/Financing Companies: | Walt Disney Pictures |
Production Countries: | United States |
Languages: | English |
2012 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part IV
December 19th, 2012
There are only a few days left till Christmas and we are officially in the panic zone for gift shopping. This week we have our final installment of our annual Holiday Gift Guide. Part I dealt with first run releases, Part II dealt with TV on DVD releases, Part III dealt with limited releases, foreign titles, and classics. This week, we deal with some music, books, games, as well as releases from the first three parts that I forgot the first time around. As always, there are quite a few in that last category. (I also use this time to burn off some releases that arrived late. This way I can get through all of the late reviews quicker than normal and actually have enough time to celebrate Christmas.)
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Blu-ray Sales: War Horse wins by a Nose
April 18th, 2012
This is becoming a pattern on the Blu-ray sales chart. Just like it has been for the past few weeks, new releases were soft. Granted, War Horse did top the Blu-ray sales chart, but with just 314,000 units / $7.84 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 36%, which is about average for the format.
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DVD Sales: Hop Leaps Up
April 18th, 2012
There were not a lot of new releases to reach the top 30 on this week's DVD Sales Chart, but at least there was some action on top. Hop overtook Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked for first place with 729,000 units / $10.52 million for the week and 2.04 million units / $33.51 million after three. It is now just the third DVD of 2012 to sell 2 million units.
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Blu-ray Sales: Families Happy to be Blu
April 10th, 2012
There were not many new releases on the Blu-ray sales chart and many of the top selling DVDs were family films, which tend to struggle on high definition. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked did grab first place, but with just 270,000 units / $6.29 million. Its opening week Blu-ray Share was just 23%, which is weak for the format as a whole and only average for the genre.
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DVD Sales: Alvin Hops to the Top
April 10th, 2012
Family films led the way on the DVD Sales Chart this week taking the top three spots. This included one and a half new releases. The best selling DVD was Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked, which sold 893,000 units / $15.56 million during its first full week of release. This is well below the opening week numbers of its predecessors, but the franchise collapsed at the box office, so this result is not surprising.
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Blu-ray Sales: Muppets Find it Easy to be Blu
April 4th, 2012
New releases really dominated the Blu-ray sales chart taking the top four spots and five of the top six. Leading the way was The Muppets with 967,000 units / $24.16 million. Its opening week Blu-ray ray share was 52%, which is stunning for a live action family film. In fact, it's would good for a visually impressive action film.
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DVD Sales: Muppets Show How it's Done
April 3rd, 2012
New releases dominated the DVD sales chart earning the top three spots and five of the top ten. Leading the way was The Muppets with 884,000 units / $15.05 million. This is a little weaker than I would like, but perhaps it performed better on Blu-ray. I'm not overly optimistic, because live action kids movies tend to struggle on high definition.
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Blu-ray Sales: Tintin Finds First Spot
March 28th, 2012
The Adventures of Tintin led all new releases and took top spot on the Blu-ray sales chart. It sold 504,000 units and generated $11.09 million in opening week sales. This represents an opening Blu-ray share of very nearly 50%, which is an excellent start for a kids film.
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DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 20th, 2012
March 20th, 2012
It's another week were there are a lot of Awards Season players hitting the home market and a lot of screeners that are late. There are a trio of films that are high on the list of contenders for Pick of the Week. These include two serious drama / thrillers: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy on Blu-ray Combo Pack and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on Blu-ray. However, in the end, I went with the extreme other end of the serious scale with The Muppets's Wocka Wocka Value Pack
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Featured DVD / Blu-ray Review: The Muppets
March 18th, 2012
The Muppets have lasted around 40 years starting as a TV special in 1974. However, as a franchise, it has been neglected for the past decade or so. When it was announced The Muppets would return to the big screen in more than a decade, there was a lot of excitement, but also a lot of trepidation. Would the series return to hits heights from the 1970s and 1980s? Or would it be mired in the doldrums of the 1990s and 2000s?
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2012 Awards Season: Live Blogging the Oscars... Best Picture... The Arist
February 26th, 2012
It's Oscars night. (Actually, it's 3:43 in the morning as I'm typing this, but I thought I would get a jump on the celebration.) As I do every year, I will follow the announcements live and update our list of Oscar winners. However, this year I will be doing it a little differently and the list of nominees below will include the favorites as picked by our readers in Italics and as picked by me in Bold. So you can watch live and tell when I'm out of the running for our Oscar contest. (I figure it will take at least 17 wins out of 24 to come out on top. Maybe even 18 or 19 wins.) So, will The Artist be the big winner tonight as our readers predict? Or will Hugo score the upset? Stay tuned to fine out.
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2012 Awards Season: Hugo and The Artist Compete for Oscar Glory
January 24th, 2012
Yesterday was one of the biggest days during Awards Season as The Oscar nominations were announced in the morning. It was a two horse race for top spot as far as the big winners are concerned. Hugo earned the most nominations with eleven, while The Artist was right behind with ten. However, one could argue The Artist is the bigger winner, as more of its nominations were in the more prestigious categories.
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Weekend Wrap-Up: Box Office on Scrooge-Like Run
December 13th, 2011
After an extended slump with only a few bright spots over the past couple months, expectations for this weekend were lowered. Unfortunately, the new releases managed to fail to live up to lowered expectations and we had the worst weekend of the year. That can't be right. It's the worst weekend in three years. The overall box office was down 7% from last weekend to just $75 million, while it was down 18% when compared with last year. With only a few weeks left in the year, 2011 is down by 4% to 2010 at $9.57 billion to $9.95 billion. At this point, 2011 has virtually no chance of catching up to 2010. In fact, the box office is so weak, I think it is wise to reduce all predictions by at least 10%. ... Maybe 20%.
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Weekend Predictions: Winter is Looking Frightful
December 8th, 2011
We could be in for a bad weekend. Then again, most weekends this year have been bad. Neither New Year's Eve nor The Sitter are winning over many critics, while their box office potential might be even lower than previously expected. The only good news is that this time last year wasn't a great weekend at the box office either and, if one new release can be a pleasant surprise, there's still a chance 2011 can pull out a win. However, there are not many reasons to feel optimistic at this point. On the one hand, there is a chance the extended box office slump is just the new norm and the two back-to-back years of $10 billion were a fluke. On the other hand, maybe there is a pent up demand and as soon as a the big releases come out next week, we will see an explosion at the box office. We will know more after next week.
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Contest: Thanksgiving Leftovers: Winning Announcement
December 8th, 2011
The winners of our Thanksgiving Leftovers contest were determined and they are...
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Weekend Wrap-up: Box Office was Left Starving
December 5th, 2011
Well that was depressing. No one was expecting a huge boom at the box office this weekend, but the overall results were even weaker than expected. In fact, at just $81 million it was the worst weekend of the entire year. Needless to say, the box office was down on a week-to-week basis plummeting 51%. Year-over-year there were also declines, albeit by a softer margin of 6%. Year-to-date, 2011 has pulled in $9.47 billion and it is now 4% behind last year's pace. There's almost no chance to close the gap in just four weeks and the only hope we have is to build momentum over the next four weeks, so that 2012 doesn't continue the year-over-year declines we've been suffering through for most of 2011.
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Weekend Estimates: Twilight Wins Again on Slow Weekend
December 4th, 2011
Breaking Dawn, Part 1 will complete a hat-trick of wins this weekend, according to studio estimates released on Sunday, but the fact that it can do so while falling almost 60% from last weekend shows just how weak business is overall. Based on the numbers reported so far, this will be the second-slowest weekend of the year, after the weekend of September 9 as moviegoers switch to Holiday shopping.
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Contest: Double Down: Winning Announcement
December 1st, 2011
The winners of our Double Down contest were determined and they are...
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Weekend Predictions: Leftovers are Getting Cold
December 1st, 2011
There are no wide releases opening this week, but that doesn't mean there definitely won't be a change at the top of the box office. The Fangirl Factor for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 will likely eat away at its box office much more than the three family films, and this could leave The Muppets on top over the weekend. This is what happened last year with Tangled. Unfortunately for this year, Tangled started out much better and even if The Muppets holds on better as a percentage of its opening, that likely won't be enough to for the total box office to earn a win in the year-over-year comparison.
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Weekend Wrap-Up: A Thankless Way to End the Month
November 28th, 2011
November ended the same way it began, on a losing note. Of the three wide releases, only The Muppets really made an impact at the box office. Hugo was able to top expectations and it was the only film in the top five to do so, but it was also the smallest of the three new releases in the top five. This meant the overall box office was down 26% from last weekend to $164 million. That was behind last year's haul by 9% leaving 2011 further behind last year's pace. At the moment, the gap is close to 4% at $9.35 billion to $9.71 billion.
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Weekend Estimates: Twilight Tops Over Thanksgiving
November 27th, 2011
In spite of a hefty 70% weekend-to-weekend decline, Breaking Dawn, Part 1 will run out an easy winner at the box office over Thanksgiving, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. Its $42 million Friday-Sunday performance is exactly in line with the $42 million earned by New Moon during its Thanksgiving weekend, but it is currently running about $9 million behind the second film in the franchise, suggesting a total gross of around $285 million. A bevy of family-friendly new releases will be unable to come all that close to the vampire film, although all studios involved are projecting strong business for the films in question throughout the Holiday Season.
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Contest: Thanksgiving Leftovers
November 25th, 2011
Next week there are no wide releases. None. I'm not even sure any of the limited releases will have that much luck at the box office. (Sleeping Beauty has the most buzz, but the reviews are mixed.) So we are left with one of two options. A.) Skip this week's box office prediction contest. Or B.) go with a holdover. We're going with Option B using The Muppets as the target film in this week's contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the second weekend box office number for The Muppets.
Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of Gift Of The Magi on DVD.
Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will win a copy of Nickelodeon Favorites: Merry Christmas on DVD.
Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay!
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Weekend Predictions: Three Reasons to Give Thanks
November 23rd, 2011
It's the Thanksgiving long weekend and that means families should be flooding theaters. Fortunately, there's plenty of choices, as there are three family films opening tonight: The Muppets, Arthur Chrstmas, and Hugo. Unfortunately, this direct competition will likely mean one or two of them won't be able to match their box office potential and the studio will end up disappointed. Also, it will be nearly impossible for any of them to top The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 over the weekend. This weekend last year, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 was the number one film, but Tangled came very, very close to overtaking it as both films came within $2 million of $50 million. I don't think any film will do that well this year, so we will likely see a sharp decline on the year-over-year comparison.
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Weekend Estimates: Breaking Dawn Posts Fifth-Biggest Opening Weekend
November 20th, 2011
Twilight-mania continues this weekend at the box office, as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 is set to post a $139.5 million opening, according to Summit's Sunday estimate. That will be the fifth-biggest weekend in history, just behind The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which remains the best in the franchise with a $142.8 million debut, which was also posted the weekend before Thanksgiving, in 2009. Breaking Dawn's Friday performance of $72 million is the third-best day in history, also just a fraction behind New Moon's first day. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II continues to hold the records for biggest weekend and day.
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Contest: Double Down
November 18th, 2011
Next week there are three family films opening in theaters and, while Hugo is no longer going to open truly wide, both Arthur Christmas and The Muppets are opening in saturation level theater counts. It is likely the latter will be the biggest of the three new releases (although it will likely have to settle for second place) and it is the target film in this week's contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for The Muppets.
Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of The Devil's Double on DVD.
Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will win a copy of Boy Toy on DVD.
Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay!
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2011 Preview: November
November 1st, 2011
October was a bit of a write-off. After the last weekend of September, the 2011 box office was about $280 million behind 2010's pace, but after the final weekend in October, that gap increased to $340 million. November will obviously bring in more box office dollars than October did. After all, it has one of the most important long holiday weekends of the year, Thanksgiving. However, the important question is not, "Can this November top last month?" It's, "Can this November top last year?" The biggest hit of last November was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I, which earned just shy of $300 million. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 should match that figure. Tangled reached $200 million and maybe Happy Feet 2 will match that figure, but that's far less certain. There's a chance The Muppets will match Megamind while Tower Heist should top Due Date. If Jack and Jill and / or Hugo can become surprise $100 million hits and one of the limited releases can become a monster hit, like The King's Speech was able to, then suddenly the box office looks whole lot rosier going into the final month of the year. It's possible, but it's kind of like getting a backdoor full house in Texas Hold'em to beat a straight. I wouldn't bet on it. On the other hand, there doesn't appear to be many Skyline, The Next Three Days or Faster films that bombed at the box office. So while we might not be as strong at the top, there is better depth this year and hopefully that will be enough.
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
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2021/10/01 | - | $276 | 1 | $276 | $7,214,702 | 1 |
Box Office Summary Per Territory
Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens |
Maximum Screens |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Argentina | 1/12/2012 | $0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | $3,058,833 | 12/29/2018 |
Australia | 9/30/2021 | $276 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $7,214,702 | 10/5/2021 |
Belgium | 2/15/2012 | $0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | $1,220,246 | 12/6/2015 |
Brazil | 12/2/2011 | $0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | $2,071,284 | 12/15/2015 |
Indonesia | 1/27/2012 | $0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | $159,820 | 12/29/2018 |
North America | 11/23/2011 | $29,239,026 | 3,440 | 3,440 | 19,678 | $88,625,922 | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 1/12/2012 | $0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | $21,916 | 12/29/2018 |
Spain | 2/3/2012 | $0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | $3,276,120 | 12/6/2015 |
Ukraine | 3/29/2012 | $0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | $37,988 | 12/29/2018 |
United Kingdom | 2/10/2012 | $0 | 0 | 140 | 437 | $26,464,672 | 10/6/2015 |
Rest of World | $28,820,419 | ||||||
Worldwide Total | $160,971,922 | 10/5/2021 |
Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.
Lead Ensemble Members
Jason Segel | Gary |
Amy Adams | Mary |
Steve Whitmire | Kermit, Beaker, Statler, Rizzo |
Dave Goelz | Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew |
Bill Barretta | Swedish Chef, Rowlf, De. Teeth, Pepe the Prawn, Bobo, Fozzie Moopet |
David Rudman | Scooter, Janice, Miss Poogy |
Matt Vogel | Sgt. Floyd Pepper, Camilla, Sweetums, 80's Robot, Lew Zealand, Uncle Deadly, Rowlf Moopet, Crazy Harry |
Supporting Cast
Chris Cooper | Tex Richman |
Rashida Jones | Executive |
Peter Linz | Walter |
Alan Arkin | Tour Guide |
Bill Cobbs | Grandfather |
Ken Jeong | "Punch Teacher" Host |
Jim Parsons | Human Walter |
Eddie Pepitone | Postman |
Kristen Schaal | Moderator |
Sarah Silverman | Greeter |
Eddie Sotelo | TV Executive |
Raymond Ma | Elderly Asian Man |
Shu Lan Tuan | Elderly Asian Woman |
Donald Glover | Junior CDE Executive |
Dahlia Waingort | TV Executive |
Jonathan Palmer | Reporter One |
Don Yanan | Reporter Two |
Michael Albala | TV Executive |
Julia Marie Franzese | "Punch Teacher" Kid |
Gunner Smith | Gary Age 6 |
Connor Gallagher | Gary Age 9 |
Justin Marco | Gary Age 13 |
Cameron Kasal | Laughing Kid |
Justin Tinucci | Laughing Kid |
Alex Long | Laughing Kid |
Aria Noelle Curzon | Waitress |
Tyler Bunch | Additional Muppet Performer |
Bruce Lanoil | Additional Muppet Performer |
Michelan Sisti | Additonal Muppet Performer |
Paul McGinnis | Additional Muppet Performer |
Greg Ballora | Additional Muppet Performer |
Tim Blaney | Additional Muppet Performer |
Leslie Carrara-Rudolph | Additional Muppet Performer |
Nathan Danforth | Additional Muppet Performer |
Julia Gunn | Additional Muppet Performer |
Tanya Haden | Additional Muppet Performer |
Sean Johnson | Additional Muppet Performer |
James Murphy | Additional Muppet Performer |
Karen Prell | Additional Muppet Performer |
David Skelly | Additional Muppet Performer |
Art Vega | Additional Muppet Performer |
Chase Woolner | Additional Muppet Performer |
David Barclay | Additional Muppet Performer |
Kevin Carlson | Additional Muppet Performer |
Kristin Charney | Additional Muppet Performer |
Alice Dinnean | Additional Muppet Performer |
B.J. Guyer | Additional Muppet Performer |
Patrick Johnson | Additional Muppet Performer |
Len Levitt | Additional Muppet Performer |
Michael Oosterom | Additional Muppet Performer |
Mike Quinn | Additional Muppet Performer |
Andy Stone | Additional Muppet Performer |
Alex Villa | Additional Muppet Performer |
Cameos
Emily Blunt | Herself |
James Carville | Himself |
Leslie Feist | Herself |
Whoopi Goldberg | Herself |
Selena Gomez | Herself |
Dave Grohl | Himself |
Neil Patrick Harris | Himself |
Judd Hirsch | Himself |
John Krasinski | Himself |
Rico Rodriguez | Himself |
Mickey Rooney | Himself |
For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.
Production and Technical Credits
James Bobin | Director |
Jason Segel | Screenwriter |
Nicholas Stoller | Screenwriter |
David Hoberman | Producer |
Todd Lieberman | Producer |
Jason Segel | Executive Producer |
Nicholas Stoller | Executive Producer |
John G. Scotti | Executive Producer |
Martin G. Baker | Executive Producer |
Don Burgess | Director of Photography |
Steve Saklad | Production Designer |
James Thomas | Editor |
Rahel Afiley | Costume Designer |
Christophe Beck | Composer |
Bret McKenzie | Music Supervisor |
Marcia Ross | Casting |
Gail Goldberg | Casting |
John G. Scotti | Unit Production Manager |
Josh King | First Assistant Director |
Brian F. Relyea | Second Assistant Director |
Janet Muswell Hamilton | Visual Effects Supervisor and Producer |
Alan Baumgarten | Additional Editor |
Michael Rooney | Choreography |
Bill Barretta | Associate Producer |