On its limited day release, the film grossed $263,890 at two theaters and grossed $786,190 its opening weekend.[62][63] On its opening day in wide release, the film grossed $7 million at 3,434 theaters.[64] It went on to gross $24.2 million over the opening weekend averaging $7,050 per theater,[65] ranking at #1 for the weekend, and making it the highest-grossing start to date for an animated movie in December, a record previously held by Beavis and Butt-Head Do America.[66] The film went on to gross $104.4 million (in the United States and Canada) and over $270 million (worldwide), making it a box office success, and became the fifth-highest-grossing animated film of 2009.[1] While the film out-grossed Disney's more recent hand-drawn films such as The Emperor's New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Treasure Planet, Brother Bear, and Home on the Range, it was less auspicious than the animated films from Walt Disney Animation Studios' 1990s heyday, despite having a similar successful start compared to The Little Mermaid.