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Anchorman 2: The Legend ContinuesFollow

2013 • PG-13 • 1h 59m • Comedy • Paramount Pictures

Bigger. Better. Burgundy-er.

🍅 74% 52%

61

3.01

6.3

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$26.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$125.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$171.00M

$46.30M international

Domestic legs4.77x

Budget$50.0M

2013 rank#23

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Cast & crew

Full McKay filmography

Adam McKay

Adam McKay Director

Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell Starring

Steve Carell

Steve Carell Starring

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd Starring

David Koechner

David Koechner Starring

Christina Applegate

Christina Applegate Starring

ScreenplayAdam McKay, Will Ferrell Produced byJudd Apatow, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay CinematographyOliver Wood MusicJohn Nau & Andrew Feltenstein Prod. DesignClayton Hartley StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 20-22 2 $26.2M — 3,507 $7,480 $39.5M

2 Dec 27-29 3 $19.7M −25.0% 3,507 $5,606 $83.2M

3 Jan 3-5 6 $10.6M −45.9% 3,407 $3,121 $108.7M

4 Jan 10-12 10 $5.8M −45.1% 3,012 $1,938 $118.3M

5 Jan 17-19 15 $2.2M −62.9% 1,731 $1,252 $122.1M

6 Jan 24-26 22 $817.5K −62.3% 824 $992 $123.8M

7 Jan 31-Feb 2 25 $319.7K −60.9% 420 $761 $124.4M

8 Feb 7-9 28 $260.0K −18.7% 346 $751 $124.8M

9 Feb 14-16 32 $192.4K −26.0% 261 $737 $125.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 18 #1 $8.1M — $8.1M 3,450 $2,348 1

Thu Dec 19 #1 $5.1M −37% $13.2M 3,450 $1,484 2

Fri Dec 20 #1 $8.7M +71% $22.0M 3,507 $2,491 3

Sat Dec 21 #2 $9.6M +10% $31.6M 3,507 $2,737 4

Sun Dec 22 #2 $7.9M −18% $39.5M 3,507 $2,250 5

Mon Dec 23 $5.8M −27% $45.2M 2,507 $2,309 6

Tue Dec 24 $2.8M −52% $48.1M 2,507 $1,119 7

Wed Dec 25 $8.1M +106% −29% $56.2M 2,537 $2,282 8

Thu Dec 26 #3 $7.4M +27% +44% $63.5M 2,507 $2,937 9

Fri Dec 27 #3 $7.1M −3% −18% $70.7M 3,507 $2,036 10

Sat Dec 28 #3 $7.1M n/c −26% $77.8M 3,507 $2,037 11

Sun Dec 29 #3 $5.4M −25% −32% $83.2M 3,507 $1,532 12

Mon Dec 30 $4.4M −18% −24% $87.6M 3,507 $1,249 13

Tue Dec 31 $3.0M −31% +8% $90.6M 3,507 $860 14

Wed Jan 1 #5 $4.9M +61% −16% $95.5M 3,507 $1,388 15

Thu Jan 2 #4 $2.6M −46% −64% $98.1M 3,507 $750 16

Fri Jan 3 $3.9M +48% −46% $102.0M 3,407 $1,139 17

Sat Jan 4 $4.5M +15% −38% $106.5M 3,407 $1,310 18

Sun Jan 5 $2.3M −49% −57% $108.8M 3,407 $671 19

Mon Jan 6 #6 $921.2K −60% −79% $109.7M 3,407 $270 20

Tue Jan 7 #5 $1.1M +24% −62% $110.8M 3,407 $336 21

Wed Jan 8 #5 $862.7K −25% −82% $111.7M 3,407 $253 22

Thu Jan 9 #6 $775.2K −10% −71% $112.5M 3,407 $227 23

Fri Jan 10 #10 $1.9M +141% −52% $114.3M 3,012 $620 24

Sat Jan 11 #10 $2.7M +44% −40% $117.0M 3,012 $894 25

Sun Jan 12 #11 $1.3M −53% −44% $118.3M 3,012 $423 26

Mon Jan 13 #10 $413.6K −68% −55% $118.7M 3,012 $137 27

Tue Jan 14 #10 $497.8K +20% −57% $119.2M 3,012 $165 28

Wed Jan 15 #10 $394.5K −21% −54% $119.6M 3,012 $130 29

Thu Jan 16 #10 $368.6K −7% −52% $120.0M 3,012 $122 30

Fri Jan 17 #14 $655.9K +78% −65% $120.6M 1,731 $378 31

Sat Jan 18 #15 $974.3K +49% −64% $121.6M 1,731 $562 32

Sun Jan 19 #15 $537.5K −45% −58% $122.2M 1,731 $310 33

Mon Jan 20 #17 $411.1K −24% −1% $122.6M 1,731 $237 34

Tue Jan 21 #14 $170.1K −59% −66% $122.7M 1,731 $98 35

Wed Jan 22 #15 $151.7K −11% −62% $122.9M 1,731 $87 36

Thu Jan 23 #15 $153.8K +1% −58% $123.0M 1,731 $88 37

Fri Jan 24 $242.3K +57% −63% $123.3M 824 $294 38

Sat Jan 25 $387.7K +60% −60% $123.7M 824 $470 39

Sun Jan 26 $187.5K −52% −65% $123.9M 824 $227 40

Mon Jan 27 $68.4K −64% −83% $123.9M 824 $83 41

Tue Jan 28 $82.4K +20% −52% $124.0M 824 $99 42

Wed Jan 29 $65.5K −21% −57% $124.1M 824 $79 43

Thu Jan 30 $71.8K +10% −53% $124.2M 824 $87 44

Fri Jan 31 $109.1K +52% −55% $124.3M 420 $259 45

Sat Feb 1 $169.6K +56% −56% $124.4M 420 $403 46

Sun Feb 2 $41.0K −76% −78% $124.5M 420 $97 47

Mon Feb 3 $31.5K −23% −54% $124.5M 420 $75 48

Tue Feb 4 $31.4K n/c −62% $124.5M 420 $74 49

Wed Feb 5 $30.7K −2% −53% $124.6M 420 $73 50

Thu Feb 6 $29.6K −4% −59% $124.6M 420 $70 51

Fri Feb 7 $70.3K +138% −36% $124.7M 346 $203 52

Sat Feb 8 $122.2K +74% −28% $124.8M 346 $353 53

Sun Feb 9 $67.6K −45% +65% $124.9M 346 $195 54

Mon Feb 10 $26.7K −61% −15% $124.9M 346 $77 55

Tue Feb 11 $27.8K +4% −11% $124.9M 346 $80 56

Wed Feb 12 $21.9K −21% −29% $124.9M 346 $63 57

Thu Feb 13 $23.7K +8% −20% $125.0M 346 $68 58

Fri Feb 14 $64.8K +173% −8% $125.0M 261 $248 59

Sat Feb 15 $71.1K +10% −42% $125.1M 261 $272 60

Sun Feb 16 $56.5K −21% −16% $125.1M 261 $216 61

Mon Feb 17 $31.3K −45% +17% $125.2M 261 $119 62

Tue Feb 18 $17.4K −45% −38% $125.2M 261 $66 63

Wed Feb 19 $16.3K −6% −26% $125.2M 261 $62 64

Thu Feb 20 $16.6K +2% −30% $125.2M 261 $63 65

Fri Feb 28 #14 $420.4K — $125.6M 1,317 $319 73

Sat Mar 1 #14 $614.0K +46% $126.3M 1,317 $466 74

Sun Mar 2 #13 $324.4K −47% $126.6M 1,317 $246 75

Mon Mar 3 #13 $138.5K −57% $126.7M 1,317 $105 76

Tue Mar 4 #15 $154.5K +12% $126.9M 1,317 $117 77

Wed Mar 5 #12 $137.7K −11% $127.0M 1,317 $104 78

Thu Mar 6 #13 $143.5K +4% $127.2M 1,317 $108 79

Fri Mar 7 $53.5K −63% −87% $127.2M 304 $175 80

Sat Mar 8 $65.6K +23% −89% $127.3M 304 $215 81

Sun Mar 9 $36.2K −45% −89% $127.3M 304 $119 82

Mon Mar 10 $16.4K −55% −88% $127.3M 304 $54 83

Tue Mar 11 $15.8K −4% −90% $127.3M 304 $51 84

Wed Mar 12 $17.9K +13% −87% $127.4M 304 $58 85

Thu Mar 13 $15.6K −13% −89% $127.4M 304 $51 86

Fri Mar 14 $6.4K −59% −88% $127.4M 50 $128 87

Sat Mar 15 $9.5K +47% −86% $127.4M 50 $189 88

Sun Mar 16 $5.3K −44% −85% $127.4M 50 $106 89

Mon Mar 17 $2.1K −60% −87% $127.4M 50 $42 90

Tue Mar 18 $2.6K +23% −83% $127.4M 50 $52 91

Wed Mar 19 $2.4K −7% −86% $127.4M 50 $48 92

Thu Mar 20 $1.8K −26% −88% $127.4M 50 $36 93

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

Cumulative total$125.2M

Dec 18Jan 3Jan 19Feb 4Feb 20

Weekend grossWk 9 · $192.4K

$26.2M

$19.7M

$10.6M

$5.8M

$2.2M

$817.5K

$319.7K

$260.0K

$192.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,507 → 261 −92.6%

3,450 open261 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −26.0%

−25.0%

W1→2

−45.9%

W2→3

−45.1%

W3→4

−62.9%

W4→5

−62.3%

W5→6

−60.9%

W6→7

−18.7%

W7→8

−26.0%

W8→9

Steepest −62.9%Best hold −18.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 17 days

$100M

Day 17

Jan 3

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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