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2004 • PG-13 • 1h 34m • Comedy • DreamWorks Distribution

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$28.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$85.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$89.50M

$4.20M international

Domestic legs3.00x

Budget$26.0M

2004 rank#29

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Cast & crew

Full McKay filmography

Adam McKay

Adam McKay Director

Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell Starring

Christina Applegate

Christina Applegate Starring

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd Starring

Steve Carell

Steve Carell Starring

David Koechner

David Koechner Starring

ScreenplayAdam McKay, Will Ferrell Produced byJudd Apatow CinematographyThomas E. Ackerman MusicAlex Wurman Prod. DesignClayton Hartley StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 9-11 2 $28.4M — 3,091 $9,193 $28.4M

2 Jul 16-18 3 $13.8M −51.3% 3,104 $4,461 $57.0M

3 Jul 23-25 6 $7.0M −49.6% 2,936 $2,375 $71.1M

4 Jul 30-Aug 1 9 $3.1M −55.1% 2,032 $1,541 $78.2M

5 Aug 6-8 14 $1.6M −49.5% 1,370 $1,154 $81.8M

6 Aug 13-15 20 $650.4K −58.9% 707 $919 $83.5M

7 Aug 20-22 31 $241.4K −62.9% 322 $749 $84.1M

8 Sep 3-6 33 $312.6K +29.5% 258 $1,211 $84.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 9 #2 $10.8M — $10.8M 3,091 $3,480 1

Sat Jul 10 #2 $9.6M −11% $20.3M 3,091 $3,105 2

Sun Jul 11 #2 $8.1M −16% $28.4M 3,091 $2,606 3

Mon Jul 12 #2 $4.3M −47% $32.7M 3,091 $1,387 4

Tue Jul 13 #2 $3.8M −12% $36.5M 3,091 $1,218 5

Wed Jul 14 #2 $3.6M −5% $40.0M 3,091 $1,152 6

Thu Jul 15 #2 $3.1M −14% $43.1M 3,091 $994 7

Fri Jul 16 #4 $4.4M +43% −59% $47.5M 3,104 $1,417 8

Sat Jul 17 #3 $5.1M +16% −47% $52.7M 3,104 $1,643 9

Sun Jul 18 #3 $4.3M −16% −47% $57.0M 3,104 $1,379 10

Mon Jul 19 #4 $2.0M −53% −53% $59.0M 3,104 $652 11

Tue Jul 20 #4 $1.9M −8% −51% $60.8M 3,104 $597 12

Wed Jul 21 #4 $1.6M −11% −54% $62.5M 3,104 $529 13

Thu Jul 22 #4 $1.6M −3% −48% $64.1M 3,104 $516 14

Fri Jul 23 #6 $2.4M +50% −45% $66.5M 2,936 $817 15

Sat Jul 24 #6 $2.7M +13% −47% $69.1M 2,936 $920 16

Sun Jul 25 #6 $2.0M −27% −54% $71.1M 2,936 $674 17

Mon Jul 26 #6 $1.0M −48% −49% $72.1M 2,936 $351 18

Tue Jul 27 #6 $1.1M +8% −40% $73.2M 2,936 $381 19

Wed Jul 28 #6 $988.0K −12% −40% $74.2M 2,936 $336 20

Thu Jul 29 #6 $834.0K −16% −48% $75.0M 2,936 $284 21

Fri Jul 30 #9 $1.0M +20% −58% $76.0M 2,032 $492 22

Sat Jul 31 #10 $1.2M +16% −57% $77.2M 2,032 $569 23

Sun Aug 1 #10 $953.2K −18% −52% $78.2M 2,032 $469 24

Mon Aug 2 #10 $532.0K −44% −48% $78.7M 2,032 $261 25

Tue Aug 3 #10 $525.0K −1% −53% $79.2M 2,032 $258 26

Wed Aug 4 #10 $522.0K −1% −47% $79.7M 2,032 $256 27

Thu Aug 5 #10 $496.0K −5% −41% $80.2M 2,032 $244 28

Cumulative total$80.2M

Jul 9Jul 16Jul 23Jul 29Aug 5

Weekend grossWk 8 · $312.6K

$28.4M

$13.8M

$7.0M

$3.1M

$1.6M

$650.4K

$241.4K

$312.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 3,104 → 2,032 −34.5%

3,091 open2,032 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · +29.5%

−51.3%

W1→2

−49.6%

W2→3

−55.1%

W3→4

−49.5%

W4→5

−58.9%

W5→6

−62.9%

W6→7

+29.5%

W7→8

Steepest −62.9%Biggest gain +29.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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