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A fringe Disney project, Max Keeble's Big Move has the unfortunate task of trying to gather some box office in what is traditionally a very weak market for kids films. At this time of the year, with school just starting up and kids not having the time nor inclination to head to movie theatres, a release of a kid's movie is a big risk at best. The film's other challenge is that it has no product recognition and does not have any kind of fan base.

The relative success of successful live-action kids' movies to animated movies says it all. This comparison goes even beyond time of release. There is a secret formula for having successful kids' movies. A movie has a better chance of doing well if it is animated, is based on a familiar product and if it is from Disney. Very few movies can completely stray away from all these factors and still be successful, Spy Kids being the most obvious exception. Of course, upon further research, we see that other films, such as Snow Day, have fallen outside this formula and found moderate success, but these movies have also happened to fall at the end of winter, which is a detriment to our topic. Max Keeble, however, shares very little with Spy Kids and it doesn't seem that it'll leave a mark on the box office. (Walid Habboub/BOP)

Vital statistics for Max Keeble's Big Move Main Cast Alex D. Linz, Robert Carradine, Nora Dunn Supporting Cast Jamie Kennedy, Larry Miller, Amber Valletta, Orlando Brown, Clifton Davis, Zena Grey, Amy Hill, Josh Peck, Jeffrey Weissman Director Tim Hill Screenwriter Jonathan Bernstein, Mark Blackwell, James Greer Distributor Walt Disney Pictures Trailer Click Here for Trailer Official Site http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/liveaction/maxkeeble/splash.html Rating PG Running Time 86 minutes Screen Count 2,014 Talent in red has entry in The Big Picture

Comparison films for Max Keeble's Big Move
Title	Date	Opening	Adjusted Opening	Screens	PSA	Adj PSA	Total BO	Adjusted Total	Mult
Spy Kids	3/30/01	26.55	28.33	3104	8552.00	8779.0	106.26	113.41	4.00
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	8/9/02	16.71	17.37	3307	5053.00	5053.0	85.63	89.02	4.63
Snow Day	2/11/00	14.33	16.03	2664	5379.00	5788.2	60.01	67.13	4.19
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	6/23/89	14.26	21.55	1371	10401.00	15119.2	130.72	197.55	9.17
Honey, I Blew up the Kids	7/17/92	11.08	16.09	2311	4794.00	6700.0	58.69	85.27	5.30
Recess: School's Out	2/16/01	10.07	10.74	2624	3838.00	3939.9	36.70	39.16	3.64
See Spot Run	3/2/01	9.72	10.37	2656	3658.00	3755.1	33.36	35.60	3.43
Honeymoon in Vegas	8/28/92	7.32	10.63	1637	4472.00	6250.0	35.22	51.17	4.81
Baby Geniuses	3/12/99	5.61	6.68	1689	3321.00	3791.7	27.14	32.34	4.84
Doug's 1st Movie	3/26/99	4.47	5.32	2268	1971.00	2250.4	19.42	23.14	4.34