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Theatrical Release	Genre	Rating	Worldwide Gross	Director	DVD Release
May 18, 2001	Animated	PG	$484.4 Million	Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson	Nov. 2, 2001

Shrek Box Office Results

When Shrek was released in May of 2001, few people could predict that it would be a mega-success at the box office, and DreamWorks/PDI highest grossing animated movie... until Shrek 2.

Here are the final box office numbers for Shrek:

Overall Worldwide Gross	$484.4 Million
Overall Domestic Gross	$267.7 Million
Overall Overseas Gross	$216.7 Million
Opening Weekend	$42.3 Million
Best Day	$17.6 Million (Saturday - May 19, 2006)
Best Weekday Gross	$11.5 Million (on its opening Friday - May 18, 2006)
Best Weekend Gross	$42.3 Million (its opening weekend)