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2014 • PG • 1h 21m • Comedy, Family • Walt Disney Studios

One day can change everything.

🍅 63% 51%

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2.5

6.2

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$67.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$101.40M

$34.40M international

Domestic legs3.41x

Budget$28.0M

2014 rank#44

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Cast & crew

Full Arteta filmography

Miguel Arteta

Miguel Arteta Director

Steve Carell

Steve Carell Starring

Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Garner Starring

Dylan Minnette

Dylan Minnette Starring

ScreenplayRob Lieber Produced byShawn Levy, Lisa Henson, Dan Levine CinematographyTerry Stacey MusicChristophe Beck Prod. DesignMichael Corenblith StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 10-12 3 $18.4M — 3,088 $5,946 $18.4M

2 Oct 17-19 4 $11.5M −37.6% 3,088 $3,710 $36.3M

3 Oct 24-26 7 $7.2M −37.2% 3,117 $2,309 $45.7M

4 Oct 31-33 8 $6.6M −8.5% 2,896 $2,274 $53.7M

5 Nov 7-9 9 $3.5M −46.2% 2,381 $1,487 $59.3M

6 Nov 14-16 12 $1.6M −54.4% 1,633 $989 $62.4M

7 Nov 21-23 15 $612.2K −62.1% 754 $812 $63.3M

8 Nov 28-30 19 $399.2K −34.8% 376 $1,062 $64.1M

9 Dec 5-7 26 $192.3K −51.8% 329 $584 $64.4M

10 Dec 12-14 29 $142.7K −25.8% 234 $610 $64.6M

11 Dec 19-21 21 $189.5K +32.8% 261 $726 $64.8M

12 Dec 26-28 26 $294.9K +55.6% 240 $1,229 $65.3M

13 Jan 2-4 27 $291.3K −1.2% 229 $1,272 $66.0M

14 Jan 9-11 30 $182.0K −37.5% 208 $875 $66.3M

15 Jan 16-18 31 $213.6K +17.3% 173 $1,234 $66.5M

16 Jan 23-25 35 $115.9K −45.7% 157 $738 $66.7M

17 Jan 30-32 41 $81.4K −29.7% 120 $678 $66.8M

18 Feb 6-8 46 $64.4K −20.9% 96 $671 $66.9M

19 Feb 13-15 50 $42.6K −33.8% 53 $804 $66.9M

20 Feb 20-22 63 $12.6K −70.3% 27 $468 $67.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 10 #3 $5.3M — $5.3M 3,088 $1,717 1

Sat Oct 11 #3 $8.0M +50.4% $13.3M 3,176 $2,510 2

Sun Oct 12 #3 $5.1M −36.2% $18.4M 3,176 $1,601 3

Mon Oct 13 #2 $3.7M −27.7% $22.0M 3,088 $1,190 4

Tue Oct 14 #5 $1.1M −71.2% $23.1M 3,088 $343 5

Wed Oct 15 #5 $784.4K −26.0% $23.9M 3,088 $254 6

Thu Oct 16 #4 $951.9K +21.3% $24.8M 3,088 $308 7

Fri Oct 17 #5 $3.3M +243.4% −38.4% $28.1M 3,088 $1,059 8

Sat Oct 18 #4 $5.2M +59.6% −34.5% $33.3M 3,088 $1,690 9

Sun Oct 19 #4 $3.0M −43.1% −41.6% $36.3M 3,088 $962 10

Mon Oct 20 #7 $596.6K −79.9% −83.8% $36.9M 3,088 $193 11

Tue Oct 21 #8 $593.6K −0.5% −44.0% $37.5M 3,088 $192 12

Wed Oct 22 #7 $480.0K −19.2% −38.8% $38.0M 3,088 $155 13

Thu Oct 23 #7 $562.8K +17.3% −40.9% $38.5M 3,088 $182 14

Fri Oct 24 #7 $2.0M +254.2% −39.0% $40.5M 3,117 $640 15

Sat Oct 25 #7 $3.3M +63.7% −37.5% $43.8M 3,117 $1,047 16

Sun Oct 26 #6 $1.9M −40.5% −34.6% $45.7M 3,117 $623 17

Mon Oct 27 #9 $354.0K −81.8% −40.7% $46.1M 3,117 $114 18

Tue Oct 28 #10 $397.8K +12.4% −33.0% $46.5M 3,117 $128 19

Wed Oct 29 #10 $314.7K −20.9% −34.4% $46.8M 3,117 $101 20

Thu Oct 30 #9 $355.3K +12.9% −36.9% $47.1M 3,117 $114 21

Fri Oct 31 #8 $907.2K +155.3% −54.5% $48.0M 2,896 $313 22

Sat Nov 1 #8 $3.6M +298.6% +10.8% $51.7M 2,896 $1,249 23

Sun Nov 2 #7 $2.1M −43.0% +6.3% $53.7M 2,896 $712 24

Mon Nov 3 #8 $426.1K −79.3% +20.4% $54.2M 2,896 $147 25

Tue Nov 4 #4 $943.8K +121.5% +137.3% $55.1M 2,896 $326 26

Wed Nov 5 #10 $257.8K −72.7% −18.1% $55.4M 2,896 $89 27

Thu Nov 6 #8 $359.3K +39.4% +1.1% $55.7M 2,896 $124 28

Fri Nov 7 #9 $919.7K +156.0% +1.4% $56.6M 2,381 $386 29

Sat Nov 8 #9 $1.7M +80.8% −54.0% $58.3M 2,381 $698 30

Sun Nov 9 #9 $957.7K −42.4% −53.6% $59.3M 2,381 $402 31

Mon Nov 10 #9 $400.8K −58.1% −5.9% $59.7M 2,381 $168 32

Tue Nov 11 #5 $889.2K +121.8% −5.8% $60.5M 2,381 $373 33

Wed Nov 12 #11 $116.3K −86.9% −54.9% $60.7M 2,381 $49 34

Thu Nov 13 #11 $118.5K +1.9% −67.0% $60.8M 2,381 $50 35

Fri Nov 14 #- $376.9K +218.1% −59.0% $61.2M 1,633 $231 36

Sat Nov 15 #- $776.2K +105.9% −53.3% $61.9M 1,633 $475 37

Sun Nov 16 #- $461.1K −40.6% −51.8% $62.4M 1,633 $282 38

Mon Nov 17 #14 $70.3K −84.8% −82.5% $62.5M 1,633 $43 39

Tue Nov 18 #14 $83.6K +18.9% −90.6% $62.5M 1,633 $51 40

Wed Nov 19 #14 $71.0K −15.0% −38.9% $62.6M 1,633 $43 41

Thu Nov 20 #14 $73.1K +2.9% −38.3% $62.7M 1,633 $45 42

Fri Nov 21 #- $133.6K +82.8% −64.6% $62.8M 754 $177 43

Sat Nov 22 #14 $289.3K +116.6% −62.7% $63.1M 754 $384 44

Sun Nov 23 #14 $189.3K −34.6% −58.9% $63.3M 754 $251 45

Mon Nov 24 #14 $103.1K −45.6% +46.6% $63.4M 754 $137 46

Tue Nov 25 #12 $153.1K +48.5% +83.1% $63.6M 754 $203 47

Wed Nov 26 #- $108.3K −29.2% +52.5% $63.7M 754 $144 48

Thu Nov 27 #- $67.9K −37.3% −7.1% $63.7M 754 $90 49

Fri Nov 28 #- $173.8K +155.8% +30.1% $63.9M 376 $462 50

Sat Nov 29 #- $150.5K −13.4% −48.0% $64.1M 376 $400 51

Sun Nov 30 #- $75.0K −50.2% −60.4% $64.1M 376 $199 52

Mon Dec 1 #- $16.6K −77.9% −83.9% $64.2M 376 $44 53

Tue Dec 2 #- $13.5K −18.8% −91.2% $64.2M 376 $36 54

Wed Dec 3 #- $13.9K +3.1% −87.2% $64.2M 376 $37 55

Thu Dec 4 #- $12.0K −13.2% −82.3% $64.2M 376 $32 56

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

Cumulative total$64.2M

Oct 10Oct 24Nov 7Nov 20Dec 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $142.7K

$18.4M

$11.5M

$7.2M

$6.6M

$3.5M

$1.6M

$612.2K

$399.2K

$192.3K

$142.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,176 → 376 −88.2%

3,088 open376 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.8%

−37.6%

W1→2

−37.2%

W2→3

−8.5%

W3→4

−46.2%

W4→5

−54.4%

W5→6

−62.1%

W6→7

−34.8%

W7→8

−51.8%

W8→9

−25.8%

W9→10

Steepest −62.1%Best hold −8.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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