– Fiction Plane "Eyes Down" – Eels "Down To The Valley" – Little Axe Reception Box office Holes grossed $16.3 million in its opening weekend, finishing #2 at the box office behind Anger Managements second weekend. It went on to gross a domestic total of $67.4 million and an additional $4 million in international revenue, totaling $71.4 million at the box office, against a $20 million budget, making the film a moderate financial success. The film was released in the United Kingdom on October 24, 2003, and opened at #9. Critical response On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 78% based on 139 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Faithful to its literary source, this is imaginative, intelligent family entertainment." On Metacritic, which uses an average of critics' reviews, the film has a 71 out of 100 rating, based on 28 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times rated the film 3.5 of four stars and wrote, "Davis has always been a director with a strong visual sense, and the look of Holes has a noble, dusty loneliness. We feel we are actually in a limitless desert. The cinematographer, Stephen St. John, thinks big and frames his shots for an epic feel that adds weight to the story. I walked in expecting a movie for thirteen somethings, and walked out feeling challenged and satisfied. Curious, how much more grown up and sophisticated Holes is than Anger Management", which was released the same month. Awards References External links 2003 films 2000s Western (genre) comedy films American Western (genre) comedy films Neo-Western films 2000s adventure comedy-drama films 2000s buddy comedy-drama films American adventure comedy-drama films American buddy films American comedy-drama films American mystery films 2000s English-language films Films directed by Andrew Davis Films based on children's books Films about curses Films about lizards Films set in the 1850s Films set in the 1890s Films set in the 1900s Films set in the 1990s Films set in Texas Films shot in California Films shot in Los Angeles Films about interracial romance American prison films Walt Disney Pictures films Walden Media films Films based on American novels Films scored by Joel McNeely Phoenix Pictures films Films set in deserts Films based on young