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Name: Big Fat Liar
Director: Shawn Levy
Genre: Comedy, Family
Released: 2002
Cast: Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Bynes, Amanda Detmer, Donald Faison

2002 • PG • 1h 28m • Comedy, Family • Universal Pictures

Two friends are about to cut one Hollywood big shot down to size.

🍅 45% 44%

2.94

5.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$47.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$52.50M

$4.60M international

Domestic legs4.1x

Budget$15M

2002 rank#53

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Cast & crew

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Shawn Levy Director

Paul Giamatti Starring

Amanda Bynes Starring

Donald Faison Starring

Sandra Oh Starring

Russell Hornsby Starring

ScreenplayDan Schneider Produced byBrian Robbins, Michael Tollin CinematographyJonathan Brown Music byChristophe Beck StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 8-10 2 $11.6M — 2,531 $4,565 $11.6M

2 Feb 15-17 4 $8.7M −24.6% 2,534 $3,440 $24.9M

3 Feb 22-24 6 $6.3M −27.5% 2,437 $2,595 $33.2M

4 Mar 1-3 7 $5.0M −21.6% 2,232 $2,221 $39.0M

5 Mar 8-10 9 $3.5M −29.7% 2,074 $1,680 $43.3M

6 Mar 15-17 13 $1.7M −51.0% 1,602 $1,065 $46.3M

7 Mar 22-24 21 $543.0K −68.2% 724 $750 $47.2M

8 Mar 29-31 37 $144.5K −73.4% 298 $485 $47.6M

9 Apr 5-7 39 $118.2K −18.2% 213 $555 $47.8M

Weekend grossWk 9 · $118.2K

$11.6M

$8.7M

$6.3M

$5.0M

$3.5M

$1.7M

$543.0K

$144.5K

$118.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −18.2%

−24.6%

W1→2

−27.5%

W2→3

−21.6%

W3→4

−29.7%

W4→5

−51.0%

W5→6

−68.2%

W6→7

−73.4%

W7→8

−18.2%

W8→9

Steepest −73.4%Best hold −18.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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