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2009 • R • 1h 38m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Focus Features

🍅 67% 74%

58

3.47

7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$130K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$9.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$10.10M

$656K international

Domestic legs5.6x from $1.7M biggest weekend

Budget$21M

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Full Mendes filmography

Sam Mendes

Sam Mendes Director

John Krasinski

John Krasinski Starring

Maya Rudolph

Maya Rudolph Starring

Carmen Ejogo

Carmen Ejogo Starring

Catherine O'Hara

Catherine O'Hara Starring

Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels Starring

ScreenplayDave Eggers, Vendela Vida Produced byMarc Turtletaub, Peter Saraf, Edward Saxon CinematographyEllen Kuras Prod. DesignJess Gonchor StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 5-7 26 $130.4K — 4 $32,603 $130.4K

2 Jun 12-14 14 $560.8K +330.0% 45 $12,463 $757.6K

3 Jun 19-21 13 $871.2K +55.3% 132 $6,600 $1.9M

4 Jun 26-28 10 $1.7M +96.2% 495 $3,453 $4.1M

5 Jul 3-5 12 $1.1M −35.8% 506 $2,170 $6.1M

6 Jul 10-12 14 $728.8K −33.6% 406 $1,795 $7.4M

7 Jul 17-19 17 $496.9K −31.8% 299 $1,662 $8.3M

8 Jul 24-26 25 $286.5K −42.3% 206 $1,391 $8.9M

9 Jul 31-Aug 2 31 $157.5K −45.0% 142 $1,109 $9.2M

10 Aug 7-9 42 $72.2K −54.2% 97 $744 $9.4M

11 Aug 14-16 55 $27.4K −62.1% 54 $507 $9.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 5 — $33.0K — $33.0K 4 $8,248 1

Sat Jun 6 — $50.2K +52.0% $83.2K 4 $12,540 2

Sun Jun 7 — $47.3K −5.8% $130.4K 4 $11,814 3

Mon Jun 8 — $15.5K −67.2% $145.9K 4 $3,873 4

Tue Jun 9 — $15.5K +0.1% $161.4K 4 $3,876 5

Wed Jun 10 — $18.7K +20.7% $180.1K 4 $4,678 6

Thu Jun 11 — $16.7K −10.7% $196.8K 4 $4,175 7

Fri Jun 12 #14 $163.6K +879.8% +395.9% $360.5K 45 $3,636 8

Sat Jun 13 #14 $241.4K +47.5% +381.2% $601.8K 45 $5,363 9

Sun Jun 14 #14 $155.8K −35.4% +229.8% $757.6K 45 $3,463 10

Mon Jun 15 #15 $70.0K −55.1% +351.9% $827.7K 45 $1,556 11

Tue Jun 16 #16 $80.1K +14.4% +416.6% $907.8K 45 $1,780 12

Wed Jun 17 #13 $80.8K +0.9% +331.8% $988.5K 45 $1,795 13

Thu Jun 18 #16 $77.3K −4.3% +363.1% $1.1M 45 $1,719 14

Fri Jun 19 #13 $249.2K +222.2% +52.3% $1.3M 132 $1,888 15

Sat Jun 20 #13 $382.4K +53.4% +58.4% $1.7M 132 $2,897 16

Sun Jun 21 #13 $239.7K −37.3% +53.8% $1.9M 132 $1,816 17

Mon Jun 22 #13 $103.5K −56.8% +47.9% $2.0M 132 $784 18

Tue Jun 23 #13 $116.9K +12.9% +45.9% $2.2M 132 $885 19

Wed Jun 24 #14 $111.8K −4.3% +38.4% $2.3M 132 $847 20

Thu Jun 25 #13 $109.8K −1.8% +41.9% $2.4M 132 $831 21

Fri Jun 26 #10 $516.0K +370.2% +107.1% $2.9M 495 $1,043 22

Sat Jun 27 #10 $701.6K +36.0% +83.5% $3.6M 495 $1,417 23

Sun Jun 28 #10 $491.7K −29.9% +105.1% $4.1M 495 $993 24

Mon Jun 29 #10 $210.2K −57.2% +103.1% $4.3M 495 $425 25

Tue Jun 30 #10 $236.0K +12.2% +101.9% $4.5M 495 $477 26

Wed Jul 1 #12 $196.5K −16.8% +75.7% $4.7M 495 $397 27

Thu Jul 2 #12 $248.0K +26.2% +126.0% $5.0M 495 $501 28

Fri Jul 3 #12 $436.4K +76.0% −15.4% $5.4M 506 $862 29

Sat Jul 4 #12 $302.3K −30.7% −56.9% $5.7M 506 $597 30

Sun Jul 5 #12 $359.5K +18.9% −26.9% $6.1M 506 $711 31

Mon Jul 6 #12 $147.7K −58.9% −29.7% $6.2M 506 $292 32

Tue Jul 7 #12 $165.2K +11.8% −30.0% $6.4M 506 $326 33

Wed Jul 8 #12 $160.3K −3.0% −18.4% $6.6M 506 $317 34

Thu Jul 9 #12 $141.3K −11.8% −43.0% $6.7M 506 $279 35

Fri Jul 10 #14 $219.0K +54.9% −49.8% $6.9M 406 $539 36

Sat Jul 11 #14 $305.1K +39.3% +0.9% $7.2M 406 $751 37

Sun Jul 12 #14 $204.8K −32.9% −43.0% $7.4M 406 $504 38

Mon Jul 13 #14 $87.8K −57.1% −40.6% $7.5M 406 $216 39

Tue Jul 14 #14 $93.8K +6.8% −43.2% $7.6M 406 $231 40

Wed Jul 15 #15 $88.6K −5.5% −44.7% $7.7M 406 $218 41

Thu Jul 16 #15 $95.8K +8.1% −32.2% $7.8M 406 $236 42

Fri Jul 17 — $152.8K +59.4% −30.2% $7.9M 299 $511 43

Sat Jul 18 — $208.6K +36.5% −31.6% $8.1M 299 $698 44

Sun Jul 19 — $135.6K −35.0% −33.8% $8.3M 299 $453 45

Mon Jul 20 — $65.7K −51.5% −25.2% $8.3M 299 $220 46

Tue Jul 21 — $81.5K +24.1% −13.1% $8.4M 299 $273 47

Wed Jul 22 — $71.5K −12.2% −19.3% $8.5M 299 $239 48

Thu Jul 23 — $76.4K +6.8% −20.3% $8.6M 299 $255 49

Fri Jul 24 — $81.6K +6.9% −46.6% $8.7M 206 $396 50

Sat Jul 25 — $122.4K +49.9% −41.3% $8.8M 206 $594 51

Sun Jul 26 — $82.5K −32.6% −39.1% $8.9M 206 $401 52

Mon Jul 27 — $38.9K −52.8% −40.7% $8.9M 206 $189 53

Tue Jul 28 — $45.0K +15.6% −44.8% $8.9M 206 $218 54

Wed Jul 29 — $49.0K +9.0% −31.5% $9.0M 206 $238 55

Thu Jul 30 — $44.1K −10.1% −42.3% $9.0M 206 $214 56

Fri Jul 31 — $45.1K +2.4% −44.7% $9.1M 142 $318 57

Sat Aug 1 — $64.5K +42.8% −47.3% $9.2M 142 $454 58

Sun Aug 2 — $47.9K −25.6% −41.9% $9.2M 142 $338 59

Mon Aug 3 — $21.6K −54.9% −44.4% $9.2M 142 $152 60

Tue Aug 4 — $22.4K +3.4% −50.3% $9.2M 142 $158 61

Wed Aug 5 — $21.3K −4.6% −56.5% $9.3M 142 $150 62

Thu Aug 6 — $21.3K −0.3% −51.7% $9.3M 142 $150 63

Fri Aug 7 — $20.5K −3.7% −54.6% $9.3M 97 $211 64

Sat Aug 8 — $29.6K +44.3% −54.1% $9.3M 97 $305 65

Sun Aug 9 — $22.1K −25.3% −53.9% $9.4M 97 $228 66

Mon Aug 10 — $12.2K −45.0% −43.8% $9.4M 97 $125 67

Tue Aug 11 — $11.3K −7.2% −49.6% $9.4M 97 $116 68

Wed Aug 12 — $11.0K −2.7% −48.6% $9.4M 97 $113 69

Thu Aug 13 — $10.8K −1.6% −49.2% $9.4M 97 $111 70

Fri Aug 14 — $8.0K −26.3% −61.1% $9.4M 54 $148 71

Sat Aug 15 — $10.6K +32.8% −64.2% $9.4M 54 $196 72

Sun Aug 16 — $8.8K −16.7% −60.1% $9.4M 54 $163 73

Mon Aug 17 — $4.0K −54.7% −67.1% $9.4M 54 $74 74

Tue Aug 18 — $4.6K +14.0% −59.6% $9.4M 54 $84 75

Wed Aug 19 — $4.8K +5.7% −56.1% $9.4M 54 $89 76

Thu Aug 20 — $7.6K +57.7% −29.7% $9.5M 54 $141 77

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

Cumulative total$9.4M

Jun 5Jun 22Jul 10Jul 27Aug 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $72.2K

$130.4K

$560.8K

$871.2K

$1.7M

$1.1M

$728.8K

$496.9K

$286.5K

$157.5K

$72.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 506 → 97 −80.8%

4 open97 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −54.2%

+330.0%

W1→2

+55.3%

W2→3

+96.2%

W3→4

−35.8%

W4→5

−33.6%

W5→6

−31.8%

W6→7

−42.3%

W7→8

−45.0%

W8→9

−54.2%

W9→10

Steepest −54.2%Biggest gain +330.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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