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2001 • PG-13 • 1h 35m • Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy • 20th Century Fox

A comedy about a man out of his time and out of his mind.

🍅 15% 34%

32

2.49

5.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$33.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$40.00M

$6.50M international

Domestic legs3.0x

Budget$35M

2001 rank#69

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Cast & crew

Martin Lawrence

Martin Lawrence Starring

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson Starring

Vincent Regan

Vincent Regan Starring

ScreenplayDon Rhymer, Gerry Swallow, Darryl Quarles, Peter Gaulke Produced byArnon Milchan, Darryl Quarles, Paul Schiff, Michael Green CinematographyUeli Steiger Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 23-25 4 $11.1M — 2,571 $4,319 $15.4M

2 Nov 30-Dec 2 5 $5.5M −50.3% 2,534 $2,179 $22.8M

3 Dec 7-9 6 $3.2M −42.9% 2,233 $1,413 $27.1M

4 Dec 14-17 8 $2.0M −35.5% 1,907 $1,067 $29.7M

5 Dec 21-23 15 $553.6K −72.8% 647 $856 $31.0M

6 Dec 28-30 20 $350.1K −36.8% 342 $1,024 $31.6M

7 Jan 4-6 23 $251.3K −28.2% 272 $924 $31.9M

8 Jan 11-13 27 $213.8K −14.9% 252 $848 $32.2M

9 Jan 18-21 28 $215.0K +0.6% 269 $799 $32.5M

10 Jan 25-27 31 $140.3K −34.7% 247 $568 $32.7M

11 Feb 1-3 33 $135.7K −3.3% 218 $622 $32.9M

12 Feb 8-10 39 $113.3K −16.5% 175 $647 $33.1M

13 Feb 15-18 43 $82.8K −26.9% 135 $614 $33.2M

14 Feb 22-24 44 $65.6K −20.9% 127 $516 $33.3M

15 Mar 1-3 50 $41.8K −36.3% 82 $510 $33.3M

16 Mar 8-10 59 $29.3K −30.0% 61 $480 $33.4M

17 Mar 15-17 62 $20.0K −31.6% 48 $417 $33.4M

18 Mar 22-24 81 $11.2K −44.1% 35 $319 $33.4M

19 Mar 29-31 101 $3.2K −71.6% 10 $317 $33.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 21 #4 $1.8M — $1.8M 2,570 $711 -2

Thu Nov 22 #4 $2.4M +33.5% $4.3M 2,570 $948 -1

Fri Nov 23 #4 $4.4M +80.5% $8.7M 2,570 $1,712 1

Sat Nov 24 #4 $4.5M +2.1% $13.2M 2,570 $1,748 2

Sun Nov 25 #4 $2.2M −50.8% $15.4M 2,570 $860 3

Mon Nov 26 #4 $507.0K −77.1% $15.9M 2,570 $197 4

Tue Nov 27 #4 $505.0K −0.4% $16.4M 2,570 $196 5

Wed Nov 28 #4 $423.0K −16.2% $16.8M 2,571 $165 6

Thu Nov 29 #4 $417.0K −1.4% $17.3M 2,571 $162 7

Fri Nov 30 #5 $1.6M +288.5% −63.2% $18.9M 2,534 $639 8

Sat Dec 1 #5 $2.5M +54.1% −44.4% $21.4M 2,534 $985 9

Sun Dec 2 #5 $1.4M −45.6% −38.6% $22.8M 2,534 $536 10

Mon Dec 3 #5 $280.0K −79.4% −44.8% $23.1M 2,534 $110 11

Tue Dec 4 #6 $297.0K +6.1% −41.2% $23.4M 2,534 $117 12

Wed Dec 5 #5 $273.0K −8.1% −35.5% $23.6M 2,534 $108 13

Thu Dec 6 #5 $271.0K −0.7% −35.0% $23.9M 2,534 $107 14

Fri Dec 7 #6 $894.0K +229.9% −44.8% $24.8M 2,534 $353 15

Sat Dec 8 #6 $1.5M +62.9% −41.7% $26.3M 2,534 $575 16

Sun Dec 9 #6 $780.0K −46.4% −42.6% $27.1M 2,534 $308 17

Mon Dec 10 #7 $157.0K −79.9% −43.9% $27.2M 2,233 $70 18

Tue Dec 11 #7 $170.0K +8.3% −42.8% $27.4M 2,233 $76 19

Wed Dec 12 #7 $162.0K −4.7% −40.7% $27.6M 2,233 $73 20

Thu Dec 13 #7 $162.0K +0.0% −40.2% $27.7M 2,233 $73 21

Fri Dec 14 #8 $543.0K +235.2% −39.3% $28.3M 1,909 $284 22

Sat Dec 15 #8 $864.0K +59.1% −40.7% $29.1M 1,909 $453 23

Sun Dec 16 #8 $510.0K −41.0% −34.6% $29.8M 1,909 $267 24

Mon Dec 17 #8 $134.0K −73.7% −14.6% $29.9M 1,907 $70 25

Tue Dec 18 #8 $143.0K +6.7% −15.9% $30.0M 1,907 $75 26

Wed Dec 19 #9 $114.0K −20.3% −29.6% $30.1M 1,907 $60 27

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

Cumulative total$30.1M

Nov 21Nov 28Dec 5Dec 12Dec 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $140.3K

$11.1M

$5.5M

$3.2M

$2.0M

$553.6K

$350.1K

$251.3K

$213.8K

$215.0K

$140.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,571 → 1,907 −25.8%

2,570 open1,907 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −34.7%

−50.3%

W1→2

−42.9%

W2→3

−35.5%

W3→4

−72.8%

W4→5

−36.8%

W5→6

−28.2%

W6→7

−14.9%

W7→8

+0.6%

W8→9

−34.7%

W9→10

Steepest −72.8%Biggest gain +0.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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