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2003 • R • 1h 36m • Comedy • Universal Pictures

Forever hold your piece.

🍅 53% 63%

43

2.79

6.3

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$33.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$105.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$233.00M

$128.00M international

Domestic legs3.13x

Budget$55.0M

2003 rank#26

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Cast & crew

Full Dylan filmography

Jesse Dylan

Jesse Dylan Director

Jason Biggs

Jason Biggs Starring

Seann William Scott

Seann William Scott Starring

Alyson Hannigan

Alyson Hannigan Starring

Eddie Kaye Thomas

Eddie Kaye Thomas Starring

Thomas Ian Nicholas

Thomas Ian Nicholas Starring

ScreenplayAdam Herz Produced byChris Moore, Warren Zide, Craig Perry, Adam Herz, Chris Bender CinematographyLloyd Ahern MusicChristophe Beck Prod. DesignClayton Hartley StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 1-3 1 $33.4M — 3,172 $10,520 $33.4M

2 Aug 8-10 3 $15.5M −53.7% 3,175 $4,870 $65.2M

3 Aug 15-17 7 $8.4M −45.7% 2,985 $2,814 $80.9M

4 Aug 22-24 9 $5.5M −35.0% 2,467 $2,215 $90.5M

5 Aug 29-31 10 $3.7M −31.6% 1,810 $2,064 $96.7M

6 Sep 5-7 11 $2.2M −41.3% 1,514 $1,450 $100.7M

7 Sep 12-14 14 $1.1M −48.2% 1,011 $1,125 $102.5M

8 Sep 19-21 18 $549.8K −51.7% 561 $980 $103.4M

9 Sep 26-28 24 $273.9K −50.2% 332 $825 $103.8M

10 Oct 3-5 30 $171.3K −37.5% 250 $685 $104.1M

11 Oct 10-12 38 $103.5K −39.5% 174 $594 $104.2M

12 Oct 17-19 38 $87.8K −15.2% 144 $609 $104.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 1 #1 $12.2M — $12.2M 3,172 $3,855 1

Sat Aug 2 #1 $11.3M −8% $23.5M 3,172 $3,565 2

Sun Aug 3 #1 $9.8M −13% $33.4M 3,172 $3,100 3

Mon Aug 4 #1 $5.0M −49% $38.4M 3,172 $1,585 4

Tue Aug 5 #1 $4.5M −10% $42.9M 3,172 $1,419 5

Wed Aug 6 #2 $3.6M −20% $46.5M 3,172 $1,139 6

Thu Aug 7 #2 $3.2M −11% $49.8M 3,172 $1,019 7

Fri Aug 8 #3 $4.9M +52% −60% $54.7M 3,175 $1,549 8

Sat Aug 9 #3 $5.8M +19% −48% $60.5M 3,175 $1,840 9

Sun Aug 10 #3 $4.7M −20% −52% $65.2M 3,175 $1,480 10

Mon Aug 11 #3 $2.1M −55% −58% $67.3M 3,175 $659 11

Tue Aug 12 #3 $2.1M −1% −54% $69.4M 3,175 $655 12

Wed Aug 13 #3 $1.7M −18% −53% $71.1M 3,175 $540 13

Thu Aug 14 #3 $1.3M −21% −58% $72.5M 3,175 $424 14

Fri Aug 15 #6 $2.6M +93% −47% $75.1M 2,985 $870 15

Sat Aug 16 #8 $3.4M +29% −43% $78.4M 2,985 $1,125 16

Sun Aug 17 #7 $2.4M −27% −48% $80.9M 2,985 $819 17

Mon Aug 18 #7 $1.1M −55% −48% $81.9M 2,985 $365 18

Tue Aug 19 #7 $1.2M +8% −43% $83.1M 2,985 $394 19

Wed Aug 20 #7 $1.0M −15% −42% $84.1M 2,985 $335 20

Thu Aug 21 #8 $925.0K −8% −31% $85.1M 2,985 $309 21

Fri Aug 22 #10 $1.7M +81% −35% $86.7M 2,465 $680 22

Sat Aug 23 #8 $2.2M +31% −35% $89.0M 2,467 $890 23

Sun Aug 24 #8 $1.5M −31% −39% $90.5M 2,467 $610 24

Mon Aug 25 #8 $654.0K −57% −40% $91.2M 2,467 $265 25

Tue Aug 26 #9 $691.0K +6% −41% $91.9M 2,467 $280 26

Wed Aug 27 #8 $568.0K −18% −43% $92.4M 2,467 $230 27

Thu Aug 28 #9 $506.0K −11% −45% $92.9M 2,467 $205 28

Sat Aug 30 #10 $1.3M — −39% $95.2M 1,810 $739 30

Sun Aug 31 #10 $1.4M +5% −6% $96.7M 1,810 $780 31

Tue Sep 2 #9 $308.0K — −55% $98.0M 1,810 $170 33

Wed Sep 3 #8 $244.0K −21% −57% $98.2M 1,810 $134 34

Thu Sep 4 #8 $226.0K −7% −55% $98.5M 1,810 $124 35

Mon Sep 8 #10 $151.0K — $100.8M 1,514 $99 39

Tue Sep 9 #10 $204.0K +35% −34% $101.0M 1,514 $134 40

Wed Sep 10 #10 $159.0K −22% −35% $101.2M 1,514 $105 41

Thu Sep 11 #10 $167.0K +5% −26% $101.3M 1,514 $110 42

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

Cumulative total$101.3M

Aug 1Aug 10Aug 19Aug 28Sep 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $171.3K

$33.4M

$15.5M

$8.4M

$5.5M

$3.7M

$2.2M

$1.1M

$549.8K

$273.9K

$171.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,175 → 1,514 −52.3%

3,172 open1,514 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.5%

−53.7%

W1→2

−45.7%

W2→3

−35.0%

W3→4

−31.6%

W4→5

−41.3%

W5→6

−48.2%

W6→7

−51.7%

W7→8

−50.2%

W8→9

−37.5%

W9→10

Steepest −53.7%Best hold −31.6%

Run milestones

$100M in 39 days

$100M

Day 39

Sep 8

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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