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A Very Harold & Kumar ChristmasFollow

2011 • R • 1h 29m • Adventure, Comedy • Warner Bros.

Christmas comes prematurely.

🍅 69% 59%

61

2.82

6.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$35.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$36.30M

$1.20M international

Domestic legs2.7x

Budget$20M

2011 rank#91

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Cast & crew

Full Strauss-Schulson filmography

Todd Strauss-Schulson

Todd Strauss-Schulson Director

John Cho

John Cho Starring

Kal Penn

Kal Penn Starring

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris Starring

Elias Koteas

Elias Koteas Starring

Jake Johnson

Jake Johnson Starring

ScreenplayHayden Schlossberg, Jon Hurwitz Produced byGreg Shapiro CinematographyMichael Barrett MusicWilliam Ross Prod. DesignRusty Smith StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 4-6 3 $13.0M — 2,875 $4,506 $13.0M

2 Nov 11-13 6 $5.9M −54.3% 2,875 $2,057 $23.2M

3 Nov 18-20 8 $2.9M −50.9% 1,808 $1,605 $28.3M

4 Nov 25-27 13 $1.6M −45.1% 875 $1,822 $31.6M

5 Dec 2-4 13 $985.4K −38.2% 710 $1,388 $33.1M

6 Dec 9-11 15 $474.7K −51.8% 470 $1,010 $34.0M

7 Dec 16-18 23 $175.1K −63.1% 202 $867 $34.4M

8 Dec 23-25 31 $112.0K −36.0% 245 $457 $34.6M

9 Dec 30-Jan 1 35 $98.5K −12.0% 245 $402 $34.9M

10 Jan 6-8 46 $56.0K −43.2% 125 $448 $35.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 4 #3 $5.4M — $5.4M 2,875 $1,876 1

Sat Nov 5 #3 $4.7M −12.9% $10.1M 2,875 $1,633 2

Sun Nov 6 #3 $2.9M −39.0% $13.0M 2,875 $997 3

Mon Nov 7 #3 $1.0M −64.0% $14.0M 2,875 $359 4

Tue Nov 8 #3 $1.3M +25.5% $15.3M 2,875 $450 5

Wed Nov 9 #3 $921.5K −28.8% $16.2M 2,875 $321 6

Thu Nov 10 #3 $1.1M +21.7% $17.3M 2,875 $390 7

Fri Nov 11 #6 $2.3M +102.9% −57.8% $19.6M 2,875 $791 8

Sat Nov 12 #6 $2.3M +0.6% −51.3% $21.9M 2,875 $796 9

Sun Nov 13 #6 $1.4M −40.9% −52.8% $23.2M 2,875 $470 10

Mon Nov 14 #6 $509.1K −62.3% −50.6% $23.7M 2,875 $177 11

Tue Nov 15 #6 $712.1K +39.9% −45.0% $24.5M 2,875 $248 12

Wed Nov 16 #6 $521.0K −26.8% −43.5% $25.0M 2,875 $181 13

Thu Nov 17 #6 $453.1K −13.0% −59.6% $25.4M 2,875 $158 14

Fri Nov 18 #8 $912.7K +101.4% −59.9% $26.3M 1,808 $505 15

Sat Nov 19 #8 $1.2M +33.2% −46.9% $27.6M 1,808 $672 16

Sun Nov 20 #8 $774.3K −36.3% −42.7% $28.3M 1,808 $428 17

Mon Nov 21 #8 $361.3K −53.3% −29.0% $28.7M 1,808 $200 18

Tue Nov 22 #8 $523.3K +44.9% −26.5% $29.2M 1,808 $289 19

Wed Nov 23 — $377.2K −27.9% −27.6% $29.6M 960 $393 20

Thu Nov 24 — $368.3K −2.3% −18.7% $30.0M 960 $384 21

Fri Nov 25 — $629.0K +70.8% −31.1% $30.6M 875 $719 22

Sat Nov 26 — $668.0K +6.2% −45.0% $31.3M 875 $763 23

Sun Nov 27 — $297.1K −55.5% −61.6% $31.6M 875 $340 24

Mon Nov 28 — $124.4K −58.1% −65.6% $31.7M 875 $142 25

Tue Nov 29 — $153.5K +23.4% −70.7% $31.8M 875 $175 26

Wed Nov 30 — $127.2K −17.1% −66.3% $32.0M 875 $145 27

Thu Dec 1 — $135.5K +6.5% −63.2% $32.1M 875 $155 28

Fri Dec 2 #13 $334.7K +147.0% −46.8% $32.4M 710 $471 29

Sat Dec 3 #13 $410.0K +22.5% −38.6% $32.8M 710 $577 30

Sun Dec 4 #13 $240.7K −41.3% −19.0% $33.1M 710 $339 31

Mon Dec 5 #13 $96.2K −60.0% −22.6% $33.2M 710 $136 32

Tue Dec 6 #13 $123.1K +27.9% −19.8% $33.3M 710 $173 33

Wed Dec 7 #13 $100.7K −18.2% −20.8% $33.4M 710 $142 34

Thu Dec 8 #13 $106.1K +5.4% −21.7% $33.5M 710 $149 35

Fri Dec 9 — $154.5K +45.6% −53.8% $33.7M 470 $329 36

Sat Dec 10 — $199.2K +28.9% −51.4% $33.9M 470 $424 37

Sun Dec 11 — $121.0K −39.2% −49.7% $34.0M 470 $258 38

Mon Dec 12 — $57.9K −52.2% −39.8% $34.0M 470 $123 39

Tue Dec 13 — $73.8K +27.5% −40.0% $34.1M 470 $157 40

Wed Dec 14 — $62.5K −15.4% −37.9% $34.2M 470 $133 41

Thu Dec 15 — $57.6K −7.8% −45.7% $34.2M 470 $123 42

Fri Dec 16 — $53.9K −6.4% −65.1% $34.3M 202 $267 43

Sat Dec 17 — $69.1K +28.2% −65.3% $34.4M 202 $342 44

Sun Dec 18 — $52.1K −24.7% −57.0% $34.4M 202 $258 45

Mon Dec 19 — $32.8K −37.0% −43.4% $34.4M 202 $162 46

Tue Dec 20 — $33.0K +0.6% −55.3% $34.5M 202 $163 47

Wed Dec 21 — $26.6K −19.4% −57.5% $34.5M 245 $108 48

Thu Dec 22 — $28.8K +8.2% −50.0% $34.5M 245 $117 49

Fri Dec 23 — $39.0K +35.5% −27.6% $34.6M 245 $159 50

Sat Dec 24 — $20.2K −48.2% −70.8% $34.6M 245 $82 51

Sun Dec 25 — $52.8K +161.4% +1.4% $34.6M 245 $215 52

Mon Dec 26 — $45.4K −14.0% +38.4% $34.7M 245 $185 53

Tue Dec 27 — $36.7K −19.0% +11.4% $34.7M 245 $150 54

Wed Dec 28 — $34.2K −7.0% +28.5% $34.8M 245 $139 55

Thu Dec 29 — $34.1K −0.2% +18.5% $34.8M 245 $139 56

Fri Dec 30 — $38.0K +11.6% −2.4% $34.8M 245 $155 57

Sat Dec 31 — $18.5K −51.4% −8.4% $34.9M 245 $75 58

Sun Jan 1 — $42.0K +127.1% −20.5% $34.9M 245 $171 59

Mon Jan 2 — $33.5K −20.2% −26.2% $34.9M 245 $137 60

Tue Jan 3 — $18.8K −44.0% −48.9% $34.9M 245 $77 61

Wed Jan 4 — $16.2K −13.7% −52.6% $35.0M 245 $66 62

Thu Jan 5 — $14.3K −12.0% −58.2% $35.0M 245 $58 63

Fri Jan 6 — $16.9K +18.9% −55.5% $35.0M 125 $136 64

Sat Jan 7 — $23.0K +35.9% +24.6% $35.0M 125 $184 65

Sun Jan 8 — $16.0K −30.5% −61.9% $35.0M 125 $128 66

Mon Jan 9 — $6.9K −57.0% −79.5% $35.0M 125 $55 67

Tue Jan 10 — $7.8K +13.5% −58.4% $35.0M 125 $63 68

Wed Jan 11 — $6.2K −21.0% −61.9% $35.1M 125 $49 69

Thu Jan 12 — $6.4K +3.7% −55.1% $35.1M 125 $51 70

Cumulative total$35.1M

Nov 4Nov 21Dec 9Dec 26Jan 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $56.0K

$13.0M

$5.9M

$2.9M

$1.6M

$985.4K

$474.7K

$175.1K

$112.0K

$98.5K

$56.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,875 → 125 −95.7%

2,875 open125 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43.2%

−54.3%

W1→2

−50.9%

W2→3

−45.1%

W3→4

−38.2%

W4→5

−51.8%

W5→6

−63.1%

W6→7

−36.0%

W7→8

−12.0%

W8→9

−43.2%

W9→10

Steepest −63.1%Best hold −12.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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