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2007 • PG-13 • 1h 42m • Comedy, Romance • Universal Pictures

She's just your normal, overprotective, overbearing, over-the-top mother.

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2.69

5.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$42.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$69.50M

$26.90M international

Domestic legs3.3x

Budget$39M

2007 rank#63

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Cast & crew

Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton Starring

Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore Starring

Gabriel Macht

Gabriel Macht Starring

Tom Everett Scott

Tom Everett Scott Starring

Lauren Graham

Lauren Graham Starring

Piper Perabo

Piper Perabo Starring

ScreenplayJessie Nelson, Karen Leigh Hopkins Produced byJessie Nelson, Paul Brooks CinematographyJulio Macat MusicDavid Kitay Prod. DesignSharon Seymour StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 2-4 2 $13.1M — 2,526 $5,195 $13.1M

2 Feb 9-11 3 $9.2M −29.7% 2,529 $3,646 $25.8M

3 Feb 16-18 8 $5.1M −44.7% 2,446 $2,085 $33.4M

4 Feb 23-25 11 $2.8M −45.9% 1,936 $1,425 $38.3M

5 Mar 2-4 15 $1.3M −51.6% 1,131 $1,180 $40.4M

6 Mar 9-11 19 $712.5K −46.6% 709 $1,005 $41.6M

7 Mar 16-18 24 $341.2K −52.1% 452 $755 $42.3M

8 Mar 23-25 38 $93.5K −72.6% 152 $615 $42.5M

9 Mar 30-Apr 1 40 $56.4K −39.7% 124 $455 $42.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 2 #2 $4.7M — $4.7M 2,526 $1,855 1

Sat Feb 3 #2 $6.0M +27.2% $10.6M 2,526 $2,360 2

Sun Feb 4 #1 $2.5M −58.5% $13.1M 2,526 $980 3

Mon Feb 5 #1 $895.8K −63.8% $14.0M 2,526 $355 4

Tue Feb 6 #1 $898.0K +0.2% $14.9M 2,526 $355 5

Wed Feb 7 #1 $859.7K −4.3% $15.8M 2,526 $340 6

Thu Feb 8 #1 $808.3K −6.0% $16.6M 2,526 $320 7

Fri Feb 9 #3 $2.8M +241.2% −41.1% $19.3M 2,529 $1,090 8

Sat Feb 10 #3 $4.1M +50.0% −30.6% $23.5M 2,529 $1,635 9

Sun Feb 11 #3 $2.3M −43.7% −6.0% $25.8M 2,529 $920 10

Mon Feb 12 #3 $581.7K −75.0% −35.1% $26.4M 2,529 $230 11

Tue Feb 13 #3 $493.2K −15.2% −45.1% $26.9M 2,529 $195 12

Wed Feb 14 #6 $871.4K +76.7% +1.4% $27.8M 2,529 $345 13

Thu Feb 15 #5 $505.8K −42.0% −37.4% $28.3M 2,529 $200 14

Fri Feb 16 #8 $1.4M +178.1% −49.0% $29.7M 2,446 $575 15

Sat Feb 17 #8 $2.1M +47.8% −49.7% $31.7M 2,446 $850 16

Sun Feb 18 #8 $1.6M −22.4% −30.6% $33.4M 2,446 $660 17

Mon Feb 19 #8 $953.9K −40.9% +64.0% $34.3M 2,446 $390 18

Tue Feb 20 #8 $429.1K −55.0% −13.0% $34.7M 2,446 $175 19

Wed Feb 21 #8 $391.4K −8.8% −55.1% $35.1M 2,446 $160 20

Thu Feb 22 #8 $378.4K −3.3% −25.2% $35.5M 2,446 $155 21

Fri Feb 23 #11 $810.0K +114.0% −42.4% $36.3M 1,928 $420 22

Mon Feb 26 #11 $203.0K — −78.7% $38.5M 1,936 $105 25

Tue Feb 27 #11 $213.0K +4.9% −50.4% $38.7M 1,936 $110 26

Wed Feb 28 #11 $212.4K −0.3% −45.7% $38.9M 1,936 $110 27

Thu Mar 1 #11 $212.8K +0.2% −43.8% $39.1M 1,936 $110 28

Mon Mar 5 #13 $96.5K — −52.5% $40.5M 1,131 $85 32

Tue Mar 6 #12 $118.8K +23.1% −44.2% $40.7M 1,131 $105 33

Cumulative total$40.7M

Feb 2Feb 9Feb 16Feb 22Mar 6

Weekend grossWk 9 · $56.4K

$13.1M

$9.2M

$5.1M

$2.8M

$1.3M

$712.5K

$341.2K

$93.5K

$56.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,529 → 1,131 −55.3%

2,526 open1,131 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −39.7%

−29.7%

W1→2

−44.7%

W2→3

−45.9%

W3→4

−51.6%

W4→5

−46.6%

W5→6

−52.1%

W6→7

−72.6%

W7→8

−39.7%

W8→9

Steepest −72.6%Best hold −29.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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