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2008 • PG • 1h 39m • Adventure, Comedy, Family • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Whatever they dream up... he has to survive.

🍅 27% 55%

33

2.90

6.0

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$27.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$110.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$213.00M

$103.00M international

Domestic legs4.01x

Budget$80.0M

2008 rank#24

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Cast & crew

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Keri Russell

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Guy Pearce

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Courteney Cox

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ScreenplayMatt Lopez, Tim Herlihy Produced byAndrew Gunn, Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo CinematographyMichael Barrett MusicRupert Gregson-Williams Prod. DesignLinda DeScenna StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 26-28 2 $27.5M — 3,681 $7,457 $38.0M

2 Jan 2-4 2 $20.5M −25.3% 3,684 $5,564 $85.5M

3 Jan 9-11 6 $8.8M −57.1% 3,511 $2,507 $97.4M

4 Jan 16-18 12 $4.7M −46.3% 2,619 $1,804 $103.6M

5 Jan 23-25 18 $2.0M −58.6% 1,660 $1,177 $107.6M

6 Jan 30-Feb 1 25 $555.5K −71.6% 639 $869 $108.6M

7 Feb 6-8 32 $244.7K −56.0% 265 $923 $108.9M

8 Feb 13-15 37 $198.9K −18.7% 166 $1,197 $109.2M

9 Feb 20-22 38 $143.9K −27.6% 145 $992 $109.4M

10 Feb 27-Mar 1 43 $131.4K −8.7% 123 $1,068 $109.6M

11 Mar 6-8 24 $368.5K +180.5% 283 $1,302 $110.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 25 #3 $10.5M — $10.5M 3,681 $2,860 1

Fri Dec 26 #3 $10.1M −4% $20.7M 3,681 $2,751 2

Sat Dec 27 #2 $9.9M −2% $30.6M 3,681 $2,696 3

Sun Dec 28 #2 $7.4M −26% $38.0M 3,681 $2,008 4

Mon Dec 29 #2 $6.4M −14% $44.4M 3,681 $1,737 5

Tue Dec 30 #2 $6.6M +3% $51.0M 3,681 $1,788 6

Fri Jan 2 #2 $8.5M — −16% $73.5M 3,684 $2,299 9

Sat Jan 3 #2 $7.6M −10% −23% $81.1M 3,684 $2,073 10

Sun Jan 4 #2 $4.4M −42% −41% $85.5M 3,684 $1,192 11

Mon Jan 5 #5 $1.0M −76% −84% $86.6M 3,684 $282 12

Tue Jan 6 #6 $748.2K −28% −89% $87.3M 3,684 $203 13

Wed Jan 7 #6 $677.6K −9% $88.0M 3,684 $183 14

Thu Jan 8 #5 $625.2K −8% $88.6M 3,684 $169 15

Fri Jan 9 #6 $2.2M +260% −73% $90.9M 3,511 $640 16

Sat Jan 10 #5 $4.1M +84% −46% $95.0M 3,511 $1,181 17

Sun Jan 11 #5 $2.4M −42% −45% $97.4M 3,511 $685 18

Mon Jan 12 #9 $336.4K −86% −68% $97.8M 3,511 $95 19

Tue Jan 13 #9 $358.7K +7% −52% $98.1M 3,511 $102 20

Wed Jan 14 #9 $335.8K −6% −50% $98.5M 3,511 $95 21

Thu Jan 15 #8 $442.3K +32% −29% $98.9M 3,511 $125 22

Fri Jan 16 #13 $1.2M +175% −46% $100.1M 2,619 $464 23

Sat Jan 17 #12 $2.2M +77% −48% $102.3M 2,619 $822 24

Sun Jan 18 #12 $1.4M −37% −44% $103.6M 2,619 $518 25

Mon Jan 19 #8 $1.4M +6% +329% $105.1M 2,619 $550 26

Mon Feb 16 #33 $59.5K — $109.2M 166 $358 54

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

Cumulative total$109.2M

Dec 25Jan 2Jan 8Jan 14Feb 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $131.4K

$27.5M

$20.5M

$8.8M

$4.7M

$2.0M

$555.5K

$244.7K

$198.9K

$143.9K

$131.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,684 → 166 −95.5%

3,681 open166 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −8.7%

−25.3%

W1→2

−57.1%

W2→3

−46.3%

W3→4

−58.6%

W4→5

−71.6%

W5→6

−56.0%

W6→7

−18.7%

W7→8

−27.6%

W8→9

−8.7%

W9→10

Steepest −71.6%Best hold −8.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 23 days

$100M

Day 23

Jan 16

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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