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2009 • R • 1h 47m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Miramax Films

It was the worst job they ever imagined… and the best time of their lives.

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3.32

6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$16.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$17.60M

$1.50M international

Domestic legs2.8x

Budget$9.8M

2009 rank#131

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Cast & crew

Full Mottola filmography

Greg Mottola

Greg Mottola Director

Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Eisenberg Starring

Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart Starring

Bill Hader

Bill Hader Starring

Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig Starring

Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds Starring

ScreenplayGreg Mottola Produced bySidney Kimmel, Anne Carey, Ted Hope CinematographyTerry Stacey Music byYo La Tengo StudioMiramax Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 3-5 6 $5.7M — 1,862 $3,073 $5.7M

2 Apr 10-12 9 $3.4M −41.4% 1,876 $1,788 $11.4M

3 Apr 17-19 12 $1.3M −60.3% 1,412 $943 $14.1M

4 Apr 24-26 16 $532.3K −60.0% 581 $916 $15.1M

5 May 1-3 24 $201.6K −62.1% 202 $998 $15.6M

6 May 8-10 25 $131.0K −35.0% 216 $607 $15.8M

7 May 15-17 30 $83.6K −36.2% 144 $580 $15.9M

8 May 22-24 45 $40.6K −51.4% 69 $589 $16.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 3 #6 $2.2M — $2.2M 1,862 $1,160 1

Sat Apr 4 #6 $2.1M −1.1% $4.3M 1,862 $1,148 2

Sun Apr 5 #6 $1.4M −33.3% $5.7M 1,862 $765 3

Mon Apr 6 #6 $531.5K −62.7% $6.3M 1,862 $285 4

Tue Apr 7 #6 $600.6K +13.0% $6.9M 1,862 $323 5

Wed Apr 8 #6 $522.7K −13.0% $7.4M 1,862 $281 6

Thu Apr 9 #6 $640.4K +22.5% $8.0M 1,862 $344 7

Fri Apr 10 #9 $1.2M +91.8% −43.1% $9.2M 1,876 $655 8

Sat Apr 11 #9 $1.3M +8.9% −37.4% $10.6M 1,876 $713 9

Sun Apr 12 #9 $787.3K −41.1% −44.7% $11.4M 1,876 $420 10

Mon Apr 13 #9 $401.2K −49.0% −24.5% $11.8M 1,876 $214 11

Tue Apr 14 #9 $366.3K −8.7% −39.0% $12.1M 1,876 $195 12

Wed Apr 15 #9 $306.6K −16.3% −41.4% $12.4M 1,876 $163 13

Thu Apr 16 #8 $287.8K −6.1% −55.1% $12.7M 1,876 $153 14

Fri Apr 17 #12 $417.5K +45.1% −66.0% $13.2M 1,412 $296 15

Sat Apr 18 #12 $540.6K +29.5% −59.6% $13.7M 1,412 $383 16

Sun Apr 19 #12 $373.6K −30.9% −52.6% $14.1M 1,412 $265 17

Mon Apr 20 #12 $139.9K −62.6% −65.1% $14.2M 1,412 $99 18

Tue Apr 21 #11 $145.1K +3.7% −60.4% $14.3M 1,412 $103 19

Wed Apr 22 #12 $122.6K −15.5% −60.0% $14.5M 1,412 $87 20

Thu Apr 23 #12 $120.7K −1.5% −58.1% $14.6M 1,412 $85 21

Fri Apr 24 - $159.4K +32.1% −61.8% $14.8M 581 $274 22

Sat Apr 25 - $225.5K +41.5% −58.3% $15.0M 581 $388 23

Sun Apr 26 - $147.3K −34.7% −60.6% $15.1M 581 $254 24

Cumulative total$15.1M

Apr 3Apr 9Apr 15Apr 20Apr 26

Weekend grossWk 8 · $40.6K

$5.7M

$3.4M

$1.3M

$532.3K

$201.6K

$131.0K

$83.6K

$40.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 1,876 → 581 −69.0%

1,862 open581 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −51.4%

−41.4%

W1→2

−60.3%

W2→3

−60.0%

W3→4

−62.1%

W4→5

−35.0%

W5→6

−36.2%

W6→7

−51.4%

W7→8

Steepest −62.1%Best hold −35.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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