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2005 • PG-13 • 1h 59m • Comedy, Crime, Music • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

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🍅 29% 42%

37

2.61

5.6

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$23.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$56.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$94.90M

$38.90M international

Domestic legs2.39x

Budget$53.0M

2005 rank#49

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Cast & crew

Full Gray filmography

F. Gary Gray

F. Gary Gray Director

John Travolta

John Travolta Starring

Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman Starring

Vince Vaughn

Vince Vaughn Starring

Cedric the Entertainer

Cedric the Entertainer Starring

Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson Starring

ScreenplayPeter Steinfeld Produced byDanny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher CinematographyJeffrey L. Kimball MusicJohn Powell Prod. DesignMichael Corenblith StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 4-6 2 $23.5M — 3,216 $7,291 $23.5M

2 Mar 11-13 3 $10.3M −56.3% 3,216 $3,187 $38.4M

3 Mar 18-20 6 $5.9M −42.7% 2,660 $2,207 $47.3M

4 Mar 25-27 9 $2.8M −51.8% 1,883 $1,503 $52.3M

5 Apr 1-3 13 $1.0M −62.9% 1,202 $872 $54.5M

6 Apr 8-10 18 $354.2K −66.2% 564 $628 $55.2M

7 Apr 15-17 20 $293.0K −17.3% 421 $695 $55.6M

8 Apr 22-24 32 $138.5K −52.7% 264 $524 $55.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 4 #2 $8.2M — $8.2M 3,216 $2,543 1

Sat Mar 5 #2 $9.6M +18% $17.8M 3,216 $2,991 2

Sun Mar 6 #2 $5.7M −41% $23.5M 3,216 $1,756 3

Mon Mar 7 #2 $1.3M −76% $24.8M 3,216 $415 4

Tue Mar 8 #2 $1.2M −12% $26.0M 3,216 $367 5

Wed Mar 9 #2 $1.1M −4% $27.1M 3,216 $354 6

Thu Mar 10 #2 $1.0M −11% $28.1M 3,216 $316 7

Fri Mar 11 #3 $3.5M +244% −57% $31.6M 3,216 $1,088 8

Sat Mar 12 #3 $4.4M +27% −54% $35.7M 3,216 $1,378 9

Sun Mar 13 #4 $2.7M −39% −52% $38.4M 3,216 $834 10

Mon Mar 14 #4 $805.0K −70% −40% $39.2M 3,216 $250 11

Tue Mar 15 #4 $807.0K n/c −32% $40.0M 3,216 $250 12

Wed Mar 16 #5 $738.0K −9% −35% $40.7M 3,216 $229 13

Thu Mar 17 #5 $678.0K −8% −33% $41.4M 3,216 $210 14

Fri Mar 18 #6 $1.7M +151% −51% $43.1M 2,660 $639 15

Sat Mar 19 #7 $2.5M +49% −43% $45.7M 2,660 $953 16

Sun Mar 20 #6 $1.6M −37% −41% $47.3M 2,660 $600 17

Mon Mar 21 #7 $536.0K −66% −33% $47.8M 2,660 $201 18

Tue Mar 22 #7 $577.0K +8% −29% $48.4M 2,660 $216 19

Wed Mar 23 #7 $570.0K −1% −23% $49.0M 2,660 $214 20

Thu Mar 24 #8 $590.0K +4% −13% $49.5M 2,660 $221 21

Fri Mar 25 #10 $900.0K +53% −47% $50.4M 1,883 $477 22

Sat Mar 26 #9 $1.1M +21% −57% $51.5M 1,883 $579 23

Sun Mar 27 #8 $791.1K −28% −50% $52.3M 1,883 $420 24

Mon Mar 28 #9 $371.0K −53% −31% $52.7M 1,883 $197 25

Tue Mar 29 #9 $290.0K −22% −50% $53.0M 1,883 $154 26

Cumulative total$53.0M

Mar 4Mar 10Mar 17Mar 23Mar 29

Weekend grossWk 8 · $138.5K

$23.5M

$10.3M

$5.9M

$2.8M

$1.0M

$354.2K

$293.0K

$138.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 3,216 → 1,883 −41.4%

3,216 open1,883 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −52.7%

−56.3%

W1→2

−42.7%

W2→3

−51.8%

W3→4

−62.9%

W4→5

−66.2%

W5→6

−17.3%

W6→7

−52.7%

W7→8

Steepest −66.2%Best hold −17.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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