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2014 • R • 1h 29m • Comedy, Drama • Focus Features

The end justifies the mean.

🍅 66% 61%

57

3.19

6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$113K

Limited · 6 theaters

Domestic total

$7.80M

Final

Domestic legs3.0x from $2.6M first wide weekend

Budget$10M

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Full Bateman filmography

Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman Director

Kathryn Hahn

Kathryn Hahn Starring

Philip Baker Hall

Philip Baker Hall Starring

Allison Janney

Allison Janney Starring

Ben Falcone

Ben Falcone Starring

Beth Grant

Beth Grant Starring

ScreenplayAndrew Dodge Produced byJason Bateman, Mason Novick, Sean McKittrick, Jeff Culotta CinematographyKen Seng MusicRolfe Kent Prod. DesignShepherd Frankel StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 14-16 33 $113.3K — 6 $18,884 $113.3K

2 Mar 21-23 16 $505.0K +345.8% 87 $5,805 $660.8K

3 Mar 28-30 13 $2.6M +406.9% 842 $3,041 $3.5M

4 Apr 4-6 11 $1.6M −37.0% 1,074 $1,502 $5.9M

5 Apr 11-13 14 $596.2K −63.0% 763 $781 $7.1M

6 Apr 18-20 28 $164.8K −72.4% 223 $739 $7.6M

7 Apr 25-27 40 $48.3K −70.7% 223 $217 $7.7M

8 May 2-4 56 $18.3K −62.2% 40 $457 $7.7M

9 May 9-11 66 $8.5K −53.4% 29 $294 $7.7M

10 May 16-18 54 $21.0K +146.7% 83 $253 $7.8M

11 May 23-25 70 $2.9K −86.1% 21 $139 $7.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 14 — $37.9K — $37.9K 6 $6,310 1

Sat Mar 15 — $46.8K +23.6% $84.7K 6 $7,798 2

Sun Mar 16 — $28.7K −38.8% $113.3K 6 $4,775 3

Mon Mar 17 — $8.6K −70.1% $121.9K 6 $1,429 4

Tue Mar 18 — $9.6K +11.5% $131.4K 6 $1,594 5

Wed Mar 19 — $10.0K +5.1% $141.5K 6 $1,674 6

Thu Mar 20 — $14.3K +42.2% $155.8K 6 $2,382 7

Fri Mar 21 #16 $141.1K +887.7% +272.8% $296.9K 87 $1,622 8

Sat Mar 22 #16 $217.0K +53.7% +363.8% $513.9K 87 $2,494 9

Sun Mar 23 #16 $146.9K −32.3% +412.8% $660.8K 87 $1,689 10

Mon Mar 24 #16 $54.1K −63.2% +531.3% $714.9K 87 $622 11

Tue Mar 25 #17 $59.4K +9.8% +521.4% $774.3K 87 $683 12

Wed Mar 26 #15 $64.1K +8.0% +538.5% $838.5K 87 $737 13

Thu Mar 27 #13 $80.2K +25.0% +461.2% $918.7K 87 $922 14

Fri Mar 28 #12 $766.0K +855.1% +442.7% $1.7M 842 $910 15

Sat Mar 29 #12 $1.1M +50.1% +429.9% $2.8M 842 $1,366 16

Sun Mar 30 #13 $644.4K −44.0% +338.6% $3.5M 842 $765 17

Mon Mar 31 #13 $208.0K −67.7% +284.3% $3.7M 842 $247 18

Tue Apr 1 #12 $251.5K +20.9% +323.4% $3.9M 842 $299 19

Wed Apr 2 #12 $206.3K −18.0% +221.6% $4.1M 842 $245 20

Thu Apr 3 #12 $183.7K −11.0% +129.1% $4.3M 842 $218 21

Fri Apr 4 #11 $505.3K +175.1% −34.0% $4.8M 1,074 $471 22

Sat Apr 5 #11 $707.0K +39.9% −38.5% $5.5M 1,074 $658 23

Sun Apr 6 #13 $400.9K −43.3% −37.8% $5.9M 1,074 $373 24

Mon Apr 7 #11 $137.6K −65.7% −33.8% $6.1M 1,074 $128 25

Tue Apr 8 #11 $182.4K +32.6% −27.5% $6.3M 1,074 $170 26

Wed Apr 9 #9 $144.3K −20.9% −30.0% $6.4M 1,074 $134 27

Thu Apr 10 #9 $124.0K −14.1% −32.5% $6.5M 1,074 $115 28

Fri Apr 11 — $183.0K +47.6% −63.8% $6.7M 763 $240 29

Sat Apr 12 — $264.7K +44.7% −62.6% $7.0M 763 $347 30

Sun Apr 13 — $148.5K −43.9% −63.0% $7.1M 763 $195 31

Mon Apr 14 — $67.9K −54.3% −50.7% $7.2M 763 $89 32

Tue Apr 15 — $95.3K +40.3% −47.8% $7.3M 763 $125 33

Wed Apr 16 — $56.9K −40.3% −60.6% $7.3M 763 $75 34

Thu Apr 17 — $51.9K −8.8% −58.2% $7.4M 763 $68 35

Fri Apr 18 — $60.6K +16.9% −66.9% $7.5M 223 $272 36

Sat Apr 19 — $67.1K +10.7% −74.6% $7.5M 223 $301 37

Sun Apr 20 — $37.0K −44.8% −75.1% $7.6M 223 $166 38

Mon Apr 21 — $18.1K −51.1% −73.3% $7.6M 223 $81 39

Tue Apr 22 — $19.8K +9.3% −79.2% $7.6M 223 $89 40

Wed Apr 23 — $16.1K −18.7% −71.7% $7.6M 223 $72 41

Thu Apr 24 — $13.4K −16.5% −74.1% $7.6M 223 $60 42

Fri Apr 25 — $15.0K +11.9% −75.2% $7.6M 223 $67 43

Sat Apr 26 — $21.8K +44.8% −67.6% $7.7M 223 $98 44

Sun Apr 27 — $11.5K −47.1% −68.9% $7.7M 223 $52 45

Mon Apr 28 — $5.5K −51.9% −69.4% $7.7M 223 $25 46

Tue Apr 29 — $6.3K +13.9% −68.1% $7.7M 223 $28 47

Wed Apr 30 — $5.6K −11.9% −65.4% $7.7M 223 $25 48

Thu May 1 — $4.6K −17.9% −66.0% $7.7M 114 $40 49

Fri May 2 — $5.7K +25.4% −61.9% $7.7M 40 $143 50

Sat May 3 — $7.6K +31.8% −65.3% $7.7M 40 $189 51

Sun May 4 — $5.0K −33.7% −56.5% $7.7M 40 $125 52

Mon May 5 — $1.6K −67.3% −70.5% $7.7M 40 $41 53

Tue May 6 — $3.1K +87.1% −51.4% $7.7M 40 $77 54

Wed May 7 — $2.6K −16.6% −54.0% $7.7M 40 $64 55

Thu May 8 — $3.2K +24.7% −30.2% $7.7M 40 $80 56

Fri May 9 — $2.7K −14.9% −52.6% $7.7M 29 $94 57

Sat May 10 — $3.4K +26.0% −54.7% $7.7M 29 $118 58

Sun May 11 — $2.4K −30.1% −52.3% $7.7M 29 $82 59

Mon May 12 — $769 −67.8% −53.1% $7.7M 29 $27 60

Tue May 13 — $1.3K +69.7% −57.5% $7.7M 29 $45 61

Wed May 14 — $1.5K +11.8% −43.0% $7.7M 29 $50 62

Thu May 15 — $1.3K −9.1% −58.4% $7.7M 29 $46 63

Fri May 16 — $5.9K +343.5% +116.6% $7.7M 83 $71 64

Sat May 17 — $9.3K +58.9% +173.2% $7.8M 83 $113 65

Sun May 18 — $5.8K −37.8% +143.1% $7.8M 83 $70 66

Mon May 19 — $2.6K −55.9% +233.0% $7.8M 83 $31 67

Tue May 20 — $3.1K +20.0% +135.5% $7.8M 83 $37 68

Wed May 21 — $2.4K −21.5% +65.4% $7.8M 83 $29 69

Thu May 22 — $2.6K +6.3% +93.4% $7.8M 83 $31 70

Fri May 23 — $731 −71.5% −87.6% $7.8M 21 $35 71

Sat May 24 — $1.1K +51.8% −88.1% $7.8M 21 $53 72

Sun May 25 — $1.1K −2.7% −81.4% $7.8M 21 $51 73

Mon May 26 — $789 −26.9% −69.2% $7.8M 21 $38 74

Tue May 27 — $462 −41.4% −85.0% $7.8M 21 $22 75

Wed May 28 — $352 −23.8% −85.4% $7.8M 21 $17 76

Thu May 29 — $451 +28.1% −82.4% $7.8M 21 $21 77

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

Cumulative total$7.8M

Mar 14Mar 31Apr 18May 5May 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $21.0K

$113.3K

$505.0K

$2.6M

$1.6M

$596.2K

$164.8K

$48.3K

$18.3K

$8.5K

$21.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,074 → 83 −92.3%

6 open83 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +146.7%

+345.8%

W1→2

+406.9%

W2→3

−37.0%

W3→4

−63.0%

W4→5

−72.4%

W5→6

−70.7%

W6→7

−62.2%

W7→8

−53.4%

W8→9

+146.7%

W9→10

Steepest −72.4%Biggest gain +406.9%

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