Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
“Mishaps. Misadventures. Mayhem. Oh joy.”
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.
Genres
Adventure, Comedy, Family
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events performed
Budget
$140.0M
Worldwide Gross
$209.1M
Gross Profit
$69.1M
Return
1.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$24M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~33/67, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Adventure) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Violet Baudelaire
Emily Browning
Violet Baudelaire
Klaus Baudelaire
Liam Aiken
Klaus Baudelaire
Sunny Baudelaire
Kara Hoffman
Sunny Baudelaire
Sunny Baudelaire
Shelby Hoffman
Sunny Baudelaire
Count Olaf / Dr. Stephano / Captain Sham
Jim Carrey
Count Olaf / Dr. Stephano / Captain Sham
Mr. Poe
Timothy Spall
Mr. Poe
Josephine Anwhistle
Meryl Streep
Josephine Anwhistle
Dr. Montgomery Montgomery
Billy Connolly
Dr. Montgomery Montgomery
Lemony Snicket
Jude Law
Lemony Snicket
Justice Strauss
Catherine O'Hara
Justice Strauss
White-Faced Women
Jennifer Coolidge
White-Faced Women
White-Faced Women
Jane Adams
White-Faced Women
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