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About a BoyFollow

2002 • PG-13 • 1h 41m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Universal Pictures

Growing up has nothing to do with age.

🍅 93% 55%

75

3.57

7.1

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$41.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$131.00M

$89.20M international

Domestic legs4.84x

Budget$30.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Weitz filmography

Chris Weitz

Chris Weitz Director

Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant Starring

Nicholas Hoult

Nicholas Hoult Starring

Toni Collette

Toni Collette Starring

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz Starring

ScreenplayChris Weitz, Paul Weitz, Peter Hedges Produced byJane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Brad Epstein, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner CinematographyRemi Adefarasin MusicBadly Drawn Boy Prod. DesignJim Clay StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 17-19 4 $8.6M — 1,207 $7,090 $8.6M

2 May 24-26 6 $7.9M −8.1% 1,749 $4,495 $19.8M

3 May 31-Jun 2 8 $4.1M −47.5% 1,756 $2,350 $27.8M

4 Jun 7-9 10 $2.7M −35.7% 1,618 $1,640 $32.4M

5 Jun 14-16 14 $1.5M −44.1% 947 $1,565 $35.3M

6 Jun 21-23 16 $1.2M −18.4% 804 $1,504 $37.3M

7 Jun 28-30 15 $939.8K −22.3% 696 $1,350 $38.9M

8 Jul 5-7 19 $579.5K −38.3% 487 $1,190 $40.1M

9 Jul 12-14 25 $198.0K −65.8% 220 $900 $40.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 17 #4 $2.6M — $2.6M 1,207 $2,159 1

Sat May 18 #4 $3.6M +38% $6.2M 1,207 $2,982 2

Sun May 19 #4 $2.4M −35% $8.6M 1,207 $1,948 3

Mon May 20 #4 $984.0K −58% $9.5M 1,207 $815 4

Tue May 21 #4 $821.0K −17% $10.4M 1,207 $680 5

Wed May 22 #4 $760.0K −7% $11.1M 1,207 $629 6

Thu May 23 #4 $808.0K +6% $11.9M 1,207 $669 7

Fri May 24 #6 $2.0M +150% −23% $13.9M 1,749 $1,153 8

Sat May 25 #6 $2.9M +46% −18% $17.0M 1,749 $1,679 9

Sun May 26 #6 $2.7M −8% +15% $19.7M 1,749 $1,540 10

Mon May 27 #6 $2.0M −27% +99% $21.8M 1,749 $1,120 11

Tue May 28 #6 $648.0K −67% −21% $22.4M 1,749 $370 12

Wed May 29 #6 $638.0K −2% −16% $23.0M 1,749 $364 13

Thu May 30 #6 $681.0K +7% −16% $23.7M 1,749 $389 14

Fri May 31 #8 $1.3M +84% −38% $25.0M 1,753 $715 15

Sat Jun 1 #8 $1.8M +43% −39% $26.8M 1,753 $1,026 16

Sun Jun 2 #8 $1.1M −41% −61% $27.8M 1,756 $605 17

Mon Jun 3 #8 $429.0K −60% −78% $28.3M 1,756 $244 18

Tue Jun 4 #8 $535.0K +25% −17% $28.8M 1,756 $304 19

Wed Jun 5 #8 $502.0K −6% −21% $29.3M 1,756 $285 20

Thu Jun 6 #8 $483.5K −4% −29% $29.8M 1,756 $275 21

Fri Jun 7 #10 $845.0K +75% −33% $30.6M 1,605 $526 22

Sat Jun 8 #10 $1.1M +30% −39% $31.7M 1,605 $684 23

Sun Jun 9 #10 $720.0K −34% −32% $32.4M 1,618 $444 24

Mon Jun 10 #10 $291.0K −60% −32% $32.7M 1,618 $179 25

Tue Jun 11 #10 $364.0K +25% −32% $33.1M 1,618 $224 26

Wed Jun 12 #10 $347.9K −4% −31% $33.5M 1,618 $215 27

Thu Jun 13 #10 $356.1K +2% −26% $33.8M 1,618 $220 28

Fri Jun 14 #13 $464.4K +30% −45% $34.3M 947 $490 29

Sat Jun 15 #13 $648.6K +40% −41% $34.9M 947 $684 30

Sun Jun 16 #13 $369.4K −43% −49% $35.3M 947 $390 31

Cumulative total$35.3M

May 17May 25Jun 1Jun 9Jun 16

Weekend grossWk 9 · $198.0K

$8.6M

$7.9M

$4.1M

$2.7M

$1.5M

$1.2M

$939.8K

$579.5K

$198.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 1,756 → 947 −46.1%

1,207 open947 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −65.8%

−8.1%

W1→2

−47.5%

W2→3

−35.7%

W3→4

−44.1%

W4→5

−18.4%

W5→6

−22.3%

W6→7

−38.3%

W7→8

−65.8%

W8→9

Steepest −65.8%Best hold −8.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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