Production The principal filming locations were in Fort Lauderdale and Lauderdale by the Sea, on Florida's Atlantic Coast, and the Gulf Coast hamlet of Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island. Most of Hoot was shot in Florida between July 6, 2005, and September 2, 2005. Some new scenes were shot in Los Angeles on January 21, 2006. For example, the scene where Mullet Fingers leaps out of a tree after dropping a bulldozer seat was actually shot in Los Angeles. Hoot was shot during summer months, and the set did not escape Hurricane Katrina, which struck Southern Florida on August 25, 2005. Brie Larson and Cody Linley were moved from their beach-front hotel (Marriott Harbor Beach) to another hotel because of the storm. Distribution Theatrical release New Line Cinema and Walden Media pushed the film's initial release date of April 14, 2006 back to May 5, 2006, as only Mission: Impossible III and An American Haunting were opening wide that weekend. The gambit failed and Hoot opened at #10 at the U.S. and Canadian box office on 3,018 screens. The film's opening U.S. and Canadian box office was $3.4 million. Hoot held on at #10 for its second week then the movie broke a record set by Gigli for biggest drop in cinemas screening the film as it lost 2200 screens and came in at #19 on its third weekend. The film grossed $8,224,998 worldwide. In 2007, Walden Media's The Seeker nudged Hoot into second place in terms of 'biggest theatre drops'. Hoot topped The Seeker in reaching number one in the "worst super-saturated (3000 plus screens)" openings in the US and Canada until The Rhythm Section topped the record: Hoot opened in almost 42% of all screens. The film's production budget was $15 million, although the costs for such a wide opening would probably have made the film considerably more expensive to distribute than it was to produce – the cost of its prints would have been twice as much as the production budget, according to respected industry opinions. Hoot entered the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in 2009. Home media DVD sales were more successful than the box office gross. The DVD was released on August 15, 2006, and sold 114,528 units, bringing in $2,058,068 in the opening weekend. A newer figure indicates that 703,786 units have been sold, translating to $10,972,266 in revenue. Reception Critical