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2008 • PG-13 • 1h 39m • Comedy, Romance • Universal Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$60.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$64.20M

$3.70M international

Domestic legs3.5x

Budget$30M

2008 rank#51

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Cast & crew

Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler Starring

Tina Fey

Tina Fey Starring

Greg Kinnear

Greg Kinnear Starring

Dax Shepard

Dax Shepard Starring

Romany Malco

Romany Malco Starring

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver Starring

ScreenplayMichael McCullers Produced byLorne Michaels, John Goldwyn CinematographyDaryn Okada MusicJeff Richmond, Sharon Jones Prod. DesignJess Gonchor StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 25-27 1 $17.4M — 2,543 $6,845 $17.4M

2 May 2-4 3 $10.1M −42.2% 2,548 $3,950 $32.1M

3 May 9-11 5 $6.2M −38.1% 2,627 $2,370 $40.8M

4 May 16-18 6 $4.7M −24.8% 2,503 $1,870 $47.3M

5 May 23-25 6 $3.4M −28.3% 2,158 $1,555 $52.2M

6 May 30-Jun 1 8 $2.2M −34.6% 1,784 $1,230 $56.1M

7 Jun 6-8 9 $806.8K −63.2% 922 $875 $57.9M

8 Jun 13-15 11 $441.7K −45.3% 453 $975 $58.8M

9 Jun 20-22 15 $247.2K −44.0% 296 $835 $59.3M

10 Jun 27-29 17 $205.7K −16.8% 278 $740 $59.6M

11 Jul 4-6 25 $135.7K −34.0% 234 $580 $59.9M

12 Jul 11-13 29 $113.5K −16.4% 194 $585 $60.1M

13 Jul 18-20 35 $77.2K −31.9% 150 $515 $60.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 25 #1 $6.4M — $6.4M 2,543 $2,500 1

Sat Apr 26 #1 $7.0M +10.2% $13.4M 2,543 $2,755 2

Sun Apr 27 #1 $4.0M −42.3% $17.4M 2,543 $1,590 3

Mon Apr 28 #2 $1.2M −69.5% $18.6M 2,543 $485 4

Tue Apr 29 #1 $1.2M −1.0% $19.9M 2,543 $480 5

Wed Apr 30 #1 $1.1M −11.6% $20.9M 2,543 $425 6

Thu May 1 #1 $1.1M −2.3% $22.0M 2,543 $415 7

Fri May 2 #3 $3.5M +229.7% −45.3% $25.5M 2,548 $1,365 8

Sat May 3 #3 $4.4M +25.6% −37.6% $29.8M 2,548 $1,715 9

Sun May 4 #3 $2.2M −49.3% −45.2% $32.1M 2,548 $870 10

Mon May 5 #3 $573.3K −74.1% −53.5% $32.6M 2,548 $225 11

Tue May 6 #3 $675.2K +17.8% −44.7% $33.3M 2,548 $265 12

Wed May 7 #3 $650.0K −3.7% −39.8% $34.0M 2,548 $255 13

Thu May 8 #3 $649.6K −0.1% −38.4% $34.6M 2,548 $255 14

Fri May 9 #5 $1.9M +191.1% −45.6% $36.5M 2,627 $720 15

Sat May 10 #5 $2.4M +26.4% −45.3% $38.9M 2,627 $910 16

Sun May 11 #5 $1.9M −18.7% −12.3% $40.8M 2,627 $740 17

Mon May 12 #6 $459.7K −76.4% −19.8% $41.3M 2,627 $175 18

Tue May 13 #5 $460.9K +0.2% −31.7% $41.8M 2,627 $175 19

Wed May 14 #5 $445.6K −3.3% −31.5% $42.2M 2,627 $170 20

Thu May 15 #5 $460.1K +3.3% −29.2% $42.7M 2,627 $175 21

Fri May 16 #6 $1.5M +229.1% −19.9% $44.2M 1,604 $944 22

Sat May 17 #5 $2.0M +30.6% −17.3% $46.2M 1,604 $1,233 23

Sun May 18 #6 $1.2M −39.9% −38.8% $47.3M 1,604 $741 24

Mon May 19 #6 $413.0K −65.3% −10.2% $47.8M 1,604 $257 25

Tue May 20 #6 $387.4K −6.2% −15.9% $48.1M 1,604 $242 26

Wed May 21 #6 $350.0K −9.7% −21.5% $48.5M 1,604 $218 27

Thu May 22 #7 $314.5K −10.1% −31.6% $48.8M 2,503 $126 28

Fri May 23 #7 $992.7K +215.6% −34.4% $49.8M 2,152 $461 29

Sat May 24 #6 $1.3M +27.2% −36.2% $51.1M 2,152 $587 30

Sun May 25 #6 $1.1M −12.8% −7.4% $52.2M 2,152 $511 31

Mon May 26 #7 $852.4K −22.5% +106.4% $53.0M 2,152 $396 32

Tue May 27 #6 $324.1K −62.0% −16.3% $53.3M 2,158 $150 33

Wed May 28 #6 $302.0K −6.8% −13.7% $53.6M 2,158 $140 34

Thu May 29 #7 $281.1K −6.9% −10.6% $53.9M 2,158 $130 35

Fri May 30 #7 $722.5K +157.0% −27.2% $54.6M 1,772 $408 36

Sat May 31 #8 $945.5K +30.9% −25.1% $55.6M 1,772 $534 37

Sun Jun 1 #8 $526.3K −44.3% −52.2% $56.1M 1,772 $297 38

Mon Jun 2 #7 $232.1K −55.9% −72.8% $56.3M 1,772 $131 39

Tue Jun 3 #8 $257.9K +11.1% −20.4% $56.6M 1,772 $146 40

Wed Jun 4 #8 $258.7K +0.3% −14.3% $56.9M 1,772 $146 41

Thu Jun 5 #9 $257.9K −0.3% −8.2% $57.1M 1,772 $146 42

Fri Jun 6 #10 $272.0K +5.4% −62.4% $57.4M 921 $295 43

Sat Jun 7 #10 $327.3K +20.3% −65.4% $57.7M 921 $355 44

Sun Jun 8 #9 $207.4K −36.6% −60.6% $57.9M 921 $225 45

Mon Jun 9 #9 $106.0K −48.9% −54.3% $58.0M 921 $115 46

Tue Jun 10 #10 $106.0K −0.0% −58.9% $58.1M 921 $115 47

Wed Jun 11 #9 $106.2K +0.2% −58.9% $58.2M 921 $115 48

Thu Jun 12 #9 $105.9K −0.3% −58.9% $58.4M 921 $115 49

Fri Jun 13 #11 $147.2K +39.0% −45.9% $58.5M 453 $325 50

Sat Jun 14 #11 $197.1K +33.8% −39.8% $58.7M 453 $435 51

Sun Jun 15 #12 $97.4K −50.6% −53.0% $58.8M 453 $215 52

Mon Jun 16 #11 $56.6K −41.9% −46.6% $58.9M 453 $125 53

Tue Jun 17 #11 $63.5K +12.2% −40.1% $58.9M 453 $140 54

Wed Jun 18 #11 $61.2K −3.7% −42.4% $59.0M 453 $135 55

Thu Jun 19 #11 $65.5K +7.1% −38.1% $59.0M 453 $145 56

Fri Jun 20 — $84.4K +28.8% −42.7% $59.1M 296 $285 57

Sat Jun 21 — $94.7K +12.3% −51.9% $59.2M 296 $320 58

Sun Jun 22 — $68.1K −28.1% −30.1% $59.3M 296 $230 59

Fri Jul 4 — $29.3K — $59.8M 234 $125 71

Sat Jul 5 — $63.2K +116.0% $59.9M 234 $270 72

Sun Jul 6 — $43.3K −31.5% $59.9M 234 $185 73

Mon Jul 7 — $24.6K −43.2% $59.9M 234 $105 74

Tue Jul 8 — $28.1K +14.4% $59.9M 234 $120 75

Wed Jul 9 — $28.1K −0.1% $60.0M 234 $120 76

Thu Jul 10 — $25.8K −8.1% $60.0M 234 $110 77

Fri Jul 11 — $35.9K +39.1% +22.7% $60.0M 194 $185 78

Sat Jul 12 — $47.5K +32.4% −24.8% $60.1M 194 $245 79

Sun Jul 13 — $30.1K −36.7% −30.5% $60.1M 194 $155 80

Mon Jul 14 — $17.5K −41.8% −28.7% $60.1M 194 $90 81

Tue Jul 15 — $20.3K +15.9% −27.8% $60.2M 194 $105 82

Wed Jul 16 — $19.4K −4.4% −30.9% $60.2M 194 $100 83

Thu Jul 17 — $19.4K +0.1% −24.8% $60.2M 194 $100 84

Fri Jul 18 — $23.3K +19.8% −35.2% $60.2M 150 $155 85

Sat Jul 19 — $31.5K +35.4% −33.8% $60.2M 150 $210 86

Sun Jul 20 — $22.5K −28.5% −25.2% $60.3M 150 $150 87

Mon Jul 21 — $12.0K −46.6% −31.5% $60.3M 150 $80 88

Tue Jul 22 — $13.5K +12.4% −33.5% $60.3M 150 $90 89

Wed Jul 23 — $13.4K −0.4% −30.7% $60.3M 150 $90 90

Thu Jul 24 — $13.5K +0.4% −30.4% $60.3M 150 $90 91

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

Cumulative total$59.3M

Apr 25May 10May 24Jun 8Jun 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $205.7K

$17.4M

$10.1M

$6.2M

$4.7M

$3.4M

$2.2M

$806.8K

$441.7K

$247.2K

$205.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,627 → 296 −88.7%

2,543 open296 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.8%

−42.2%

W1→2

−38.1%

W2→3

−24.8%

W3→4

−28.3%

W4→5

−34.6%

W5→6

−63.2%

W6→7

−45.3%

W7→8

−44.0%

W8→9

−16.8%

W9→10

Steepest −63.2%Best hold −16.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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