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2017 • PG • 1h 40m • Adventure, Comedy, Drama • Universal Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$64.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$203.60M

$139.10M international

Domestic legs3.53x

Budget$22M

2017 rank#45

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Cast & crew

Full Hallström filmography

Lasse Hallström

Lasse Hallström Director

Britt Robertson

Britt Robertson Starring

Josh Gad

Josh Gad Starring

Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid Starring

ScreenplayAudrey Wells Produced byGavin Polone CinematographyTerry Stacey MusicRachel Portman Prod. DesignMichael Carlin StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 27-29 2 $18.2M — 3,059 $5,957 $18.2M

2 Feb 3-5 3 $10.5M −42.3% 3,178 $3,307 $32.6M

3 Feb 10-12 6 $7.3M −30.8% 3,025 $2,404 $42.5M

4 Feb 17-19 8 $5.7M −21.4% 2,400 $2,381 $50.8M

5 Feb 24-26 12 $3.6M −37.5% 2,089 $1,710 $57.6M

6 Mar 3-5 16 $1.8M −50.7% 1,494 $1,178 $60.2M

7 Mar 10-12 15 $1.1M −37.8% 1,022 $1,072 $61.8M

8 Mar 17-19 16 $477.9K −56.4% 594 $805 $62.9M

9 Mar 24-26 22 $258.3K −45.9% 299 $864 $63.4M

10 Mar 31-Apr 2 25 $132.3K −48.8% 189 $700 $63.7M

11 Apr 7-9 28 $131.2K −0.9% 175 $750 $63.9M

12 Apr 14-16 31 $93.3K −28.9% 149 $626 $64.0M

13 Apr 21-23 35 $75.6K −19.0% 122 $620 $64.1M

14 Apr 28-30 37 $74.1K −2.0% 123 $603 $64.2M

15 May 5-7 40 $54.7K −26.2% 103 $532 $64.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jan 26 #P $455.0K — $455.0K 0 $0 -1

Fri Jan 27 #2 $5.3M — $5.3M 3,059 $1,727 1

Sat Jan 28 #2 $7.7M +46.1% $13.0M 3,059 $2,523 2

Sun Jan 29 #2 $5.2M −32.3% $18.2M 3,059 $1,708 3

Mon Jan 30 #5 $904.8K −82.7% $19.1M 3,059 $296 4

Tue Jan 31 #3 $1.4M +50.4% $20.5M 3,059 $445 5

Wed Feb 1 #4 $808.4K −40.6% $21.3M 3,059 $264 6

Thu Feb 2 #4 $804.7K −0.4% $22.1M 3,059 $263 7

Fri Feb 3 #4 $2.8M +251.4% −46.5% $24.9M 3,178 $890 8

Sat Feb 4 #3 $5.5M +94.8% −28.6% $30.4M 3,178 $1,734 9

Sun Feb 5 #1 $2.2M −60.6% −58.4% $32.6M 3,178 $684 10

Mon Feb 6 #5 $605.9K −72.1% −33.0% $33.2M 3,178 $191 11

Tue Feb 7 #4 $906.8K +49.6% −33.4% $34.1M 3,178 $285 12

Wed Feb 8 #4 $577.8K −36.3% −28.5% $34.7M 3,178 $182 13

Thu Feb 9 #4 $528.7K −8.5% −34.3% $35.2M 3,178 $166 14

Fri Feb 10 #6 $1.7M +229.6% −38.4% $37.0M 3,025 $576 15

Sat Feb 11 #6 $3.4M +95.9% −38.0% $40.4M 3,025 $1,129 16

Sun Feb 12 #6 $2.1M −38.1% −2.7% $42.5M 3,025 $699 17

Mon Feb 13 #7 $504.5K −76.1% −16.7% $43.0M 3,025 $167 18

Tue Feb 14 #7 $1.3M +148.3% +38.2% $44.3M 3,025 $414 19

Wed Feb 15 #7 $427.4K −65.9% −26.0% $44.7M 3,025 $141 20

Thu Feb 16 #7 $429.8K +0.6% −18.7% $45.1M 3,025 $142 21

Fri Feb 17 #9 $1.4M +225.0% −19.8% $46.5M 2,400 $582 22

Sat Feb 18 #8 $2.4M +71.1% −30.0% $48.9M 2,400 $996 23

Sun Feb 19 #8 $1.9M −19.4% −8.9% $50.8M 2,400 $803 24

Mon Feb 20 #7 $1.8M −8.7% +248.6% $52.6M 2,400 $733 25

Tue Feb 21 #8 $620.9K −64.7% −50.4% $53.2M 2,400 $259 26

Wed Feb 22 #10 $437.2K −29.6% +2.3% $53.6M 2,400 $182 27

Thu Feb 23 #11 $362.8K −17.0% −15.6% $54.0M 2,400 $151 28

Fri Feb 24 #12 $862.3K +137.7% −38.3% $54.9M 2,089 $413 29

Sat Feb 25 #12 $1.7M +92.8% −30.4% $56.5M 2,089 $796 30

Sun Feb 26 #10 $1.0M −37.0% −45.6% $57.6M 2,089 $502 31

Mon Feb 27 #11 $197.1K −81.2% −88.8% $57.8M 2,089 $94 32

Tue Feb 28 #11 $294.0K +49.1% −52.7% $58.1M 2,089 $141 33

Wed Mar 1 #11 $207.6K −29.4% −52.5% $58.3M 2,089 $99 34

Thu Mar 2 #12 $177.8K −14.3% −51.0% $58.5M 2,089 $85 35

Fri Mar 3 #- $381.4K +114.5% −55.8% $58.8M 1,494 $255 36

Sat Mar 4 #- $826.2K +116.6% −50.3% $59.7M 1,494 $553 37

Sun Mar 5 #15 $553.1K −33.1% −47.2% $60.2M 1,494 $370 38

Mon Mar 6 #- $112.9K −79.6% −42.7% $60.3M 1,494 $76 39

Tue Mar 7 #- $144.2K +27.7% −51.0% $60.5M 1,494 $97 40

Wed Mar 8 #- $110.1K −23.7% −47.0% $60.6M 1,494 $74 41

Thu Mar 9 #- $114.6K +4.2% −35.5% $60.7M 1,494 $77 42

Fri Mar 10 #- $245.9K +114.5% −35.5% $60.9M 1,022 $241 43

Sat Mar 11 #15 $501.3K +103.9% −39.3% $61.4M 1,022 $490 44

Sun Mar 12 #15 $348.3K −30.5% −37.0% $61.8M 1,022 $341 45

Mon Mar 13 #10 $161.4K −53.7% +42.9% $62.0M 1,022 $158 46

Tue Mar 14 #11 $193.9K +20.1% +34.5% $62.2M 1,022 $190 47

Wed Mar 15 #10 $171.2K −11.7% +55.5% $62.3M 1,022 $167 48

Thu Mar 16 #10 $133.0K −22.3% +16.1% $62.5M 1,022 $130 49

Fri Mar 17 #- $131.7K −1.0% −46.5% $62.6M 594 $222 50

Sat Mar 18 #- $212.5K +61.4% −57.6% $62.8M 594 $358 51

Sun Mar 19 #- $133.7K −37.1% −61.6% $62.9M 594 $225 52

Mon Mar 20 #- $44.6K −66.7% −72.4% $63.0M 594 $75 53

Tue Mar 21 #- $63.0K +41.4% −67.5% $63.0M 594 $106 54

Wed Mar 22 #- $50.8K −19.4% −70.3% $63.1M 594 $86 55

Thu Mar 23 #14 $47.9K −5.7% −64.0% $63.1M 594 $81 56

Fri Mar 24 #- $64.7K +35.0% −50.9% $63.2M 299 $216 57

Sat Mar 25 #- $112.8K +74.5% −46.9% $63.3M 299 $377 58

Sun Mar 26 #- $80.8K −28.4% −39.6% $63.4M 299 $270 59

Mon Mar 27 #- $32.0K −60.3% −28.1% $63.4M 299 $107 60

Tue Mar 28 #- $36.7K +14.5% −41.8% $63.5M 299 $123 61

Wed Mar 29 #- $32.9K −10.4% −35.2% $63.5M 299 $110 62

Thu Mar 30 #- $34.0K +3.4% −29.0% $63.5M 299 $114 63

Fri Mar 31 #- $40.0K +17.7% −38.1% $63.6M 189 $212 64

Sat Apr 1 #- $55.1K +37.6% −51.2% $63.6M 189 $292 65

Sun Apr 2 #- $37.2K −32.6% −54.0% $63.7M 189 $197 66

Mon Apr 3 #- $17.9K −51.9% −44.2% $63.7M 189 $95 67

Tue Apr 4 #- $19.5K +9.1% −46.8% $63.7M 189 $103 68

Wed Apr 5 #- $16.8K −13.9% −48.9% $63.7M 189 $89 69

Thu Apr 6 #- $17.5K +4.4% −48.4% $63.7M 189 $93 70

Fri Apr 7 #- $35.5K +102.1% −11.4% $63.8M 175 $203 71

Sat Apr 8 #- $58.7K +65.7% +6.6% $63.8M 175 $336 72

Sun Apr 9 #- $37.0K −37.1% −0.5% $63.9M 175 $211 73

Mon Apr 10 #- $10.3K −72.2% −42.5% $63.9M 175 $59 74

Tue Apr 11 #- $14.6K +41.4% −25.5% $63.9M 175 $83 75

Wed Apr 12 #- $12.0K −17.4% −28.5% $63.9M 175 $69 76

Thu Apr 13 #- $16.3K +35.8% −7.0% $63.9M 175 $93 77

Fri Apr 14 #- $38.0K +132.7% +7.1% $64.0M 149 $255 78

Sat Apr 15 #- $36.7K −3.3% −37.5% $64.0M 149 $246 79

Sun Apr 16 #- $18.6K −49.2% −49.6% $64.0M 149 $125 80

Mon Apr 17 #- $14.4K −22.6% +40.3% $64.0M 149 $97 81

Tue Apr 18 #- $10.4K −28.2% −28.8% $64.0M 149 $70 82

Wed Apr 19 #- $10.0K −3.3% −16.6% $64.0M 149 $67 83

Thu Apr 20 #- $9.3K −6.9% −42.8% $64.1M 149 $63 84

Fri Apr 21 #- $18.5K +98.6% −51.2% $64.1M 122 $152 85

Sat Apr 22 #- $35.0K +89.0% −4.6% $64.1M 122 $287 86

Sun Apr 23 #- $22.1K −37.0% +18.3% $64.1M 122 $181 87

Mon Apr 24 #- $4.9K −77.9% −66.3% $64.1M 122 $40 88

Tue Apr 25 #- $6.8K +39.5% −34.5% $64.1M 122 $56 89

Wed Apr 26 #- $4.9K −27.2% −50.7% $64.2M 122 $40 90

Thu Apr 27 #- $5.5K +10.7% −41.4% $64.2M 122 $45 91

Fri Apr 28 #- $17.8K +225.1% −4.0% $64.2M 123 $145 92

Sat Apr 29 #- $34.1K +91.9% −2.5% $64.2M 123 $277 93

Sun Apr 30 #- $22.2K −34.9% +0.7% $64.2M 123 $181 94

Mon May 1 #- $4.7K −78.7% −2.7% $64.2M 123 $38 95

Tue May 2 #- $5.1K +8.1% −24.5% $64.2M 123 $42 96

Wed May 3 #- $4.6K −9.4% −6.1% $64.2M 123 $38 97

Thu May 4 #- $4.9K +4.6% −11.2% $64.3M 123 $39 98

Fri May 5 #- $12.4K +155.9% −30.1% $64.3M 103 $121 99

Sat May 6 #- $25.4K +104.0% −25.7% $64.3M 103 $246 100

Sun May 7 #- $17.0K −33.1% −23.6% $64.3M 103 $165 101

Mon May 8 #- $3.5K −79.1% −25.0% $64.3M 103 $34 102

Tue May 9 #- $4.9K +37.9% −4.4% $64.3M 103 $48 103

Wed May 10 #- $3.7K −24.0% −19.8% $64.3M 103 $36 104

Thu May 11 #- $4.8K +28.6% −1.4% $64.3M 103 $46 105

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$63.7M

Jan 26Feb 13Mar 2Mar 20Apr 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $132.3K

$18.2M

$10.5M

$7.3M

$5.7M

$3.6M

$1.8M

$1.1M

$477.9K

$258.3K

$132.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,178 → 189 −94.1%

3,059 open189 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.8%

−42.3%

W1→2

−30.8%

W2→3

−21.4%

W3→4

−37.5%

W4→5

−50.7%

W5→6

−37.8%

W6→7

−56.4%

W7→8

−45.9%

W8→9

−48.8%

W9→10

Steepest −56.4%Best hold −21.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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