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Bringing Down the HouseFollow

2003 • PG-13 • 1h 45m • Comedy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison.

🍅 33% 49%

39

2.61

5.6

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$31.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$133.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$165.00M

$32.00M international

Domestic legs4.27x

Budget$33.0M

2003 rank#14

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Cast & crew

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Adam Shankman

Adam Shankman Director

Steve Martin

Steve Martin Starring

Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah Starring

Eugene Levy

Eugene Levy Starring

Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright Starring

Jean Smart

Jean Smart Starring

ScreenplayJason Filardi Produced byDavid Hoberman, Ashok Amritraj CinematographyJulio Macat MusicLalo Schifrin Prod. DesignLinda DeScenna StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 7-9 1 $31.1M — 2,801 $11,103 $31.1M

2 Mar 14-16 1 $22.1M −29.1% 2,801 $7,873 $61.3M

3 Mar 21-23 1 $16.2M −26.5% 2,871 $5,644 $83.3M

4 Mar 28-30 2 $12.5M −23.0% 2,910 $4,289 $100.1M

5 Apr 4-6 5 $8.3M −33.4% 2,910 $2,857 $111.1M

6 Apr 11-13 4 $4.5M −45.9% 2,830 $1,590 $117.6M

7 Apr 18-20 7 $3.3M −27.1% 2,284 $1,436 $122.7M

8 Apr 25-27 11 $2.1M −37.0% 1,668 $1,240 $126.1M

9 May 2-4 13 $1.1M −45.5% 1,113 $1,012 $127.6M

10 May 16-18 17 $300.4K −73.3% 399 $752 $129.1M

11 May 23-25 15 $483.3K +60.9% 461 $1,048 $129.7M

12 May 30-Jun 1 17 $381.8K −21.0% 366 $1,043 $130.4M

13 Jun 6-8 20 $269.1K −29.5% 318 $846 $130.8M

14 Jun 13-15 24 $208.5K −22.5% 263 $792 $131.2M

15 Jun 20-22 25 $181.3K −13.0% 226 $802 $131.5M

16 Jun 27-29 28 $139.6K −23.0% 181 $771 $131.8M

17 Jul 4-6 34 $103.4K −25.9% 155 $667 $132.0M

18 Jul 11-13 39 $101.7K −1.7% 125 $813 $132.2M

19 Jul 18-20 37 $98.3K −3.3% 107 $918 $132.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 7 #1 $9.8M — $9.8M 2,801 $3,512 1

Sat Mar 8 #1 $13.4M +36% $23.2M 2,801 $4,769 2

Sun Mar 9 #1 $7.9M −41% $31.1M 2,801 $2,820 3

Mon Mar 10 #1 $2.1M −74% $33.2M 2,801 $733 4

Tue Mar 11 #1 $2.1M +3% $35.3M 2,801 $757 5

Wed Mar 12 #1 $2.0M −7% $37.2M 2,801 $702 6

Thu Mar 13 #1 $2.0M +1% $39.2M 2,801 $710 7

Fri Mar 14 #1 $6.7M +239% −31% $46.0M 2,801 $2,408 8

Sat Mar 15 #1 $9.9M +47% −26% $55.9M 2,801 $3,550 9

Sun Mar 16 #1 $5.4M −46% −32% $61.3M 2,801 $1,915 10

Mon Mar 17 #1 $1.4M −73% −29% $62.7M 2,801 $517 11

Tue Mar 18 #1 $1.6M +9% −25% $64.3M 2,801 $564 12

Wed Mar 19 #1 $1.3M −15% −32% $65.7M 2,801 $480 13

Thu Mar 20 #1 $1.5M +10% −25% $67.1M 2,801 $529 14

Fri Mar 21 #2 $5.0M +235% −26% $72.1M 2,871 $1,729 15

Sat Mar 22 #1 $7.7M +54% −23% $79.8M 2,871 $2,666 16

Sun Mar 23 #2 $3.6M −53% −33% $83.3M 2,871 $1,247 17

Mon Mar 24 #2 $1.0M −72% −31% $84.3M 2,871 $348 18

Tue Mar 25 #1 $1.1M +7% −32% $85.4M 2,871 $372 19

Wed Mar 26 #1 $1.0M −5% −24% $86.4M 2,871 $354 20

Thu Mar 27 #1 $1.1M +13% −23% $87.6M 2,871 $399 21

Fri Mar 28 #4 $3.6M +216% −27% $91.2M 2,910 $1,245 22

Sat Mar 29 #2 $5.8M +60% −24% $97.0M 2,910 $1,988 23

Sun Mar 30 #2 $3.1M −47% −14% $100.1M 2,910 $1,055 24

Mon Mar 31 #3 $732.0K −76% −27% $100.8M 2,910 $251 25

Tue Apr 1 #3 $716.0K −2% −33% $101.5M 2,910 $246 26

Wed Apr 2 #3 $641.0K −10% −37% $102.2M 2,910 $220 27

Thu Apr 3 #3 $660.0K +3% −42% $102.8M 2,910 $226 28

Fri Apr 4 #5 $2.4M +269% −33% $105.3M 2,910 $836 29

Sat Apr 5 #4 $3.9M +62% −32% $109.2M 2,910 $1,354 30

Sun Apr 6 #5 $1.9M −51% −37% $111.1M 2,910 $666 31

Mon Apr 7 #4 $453.0K −77% −38% $111.6M 2,910 $155 32

Tue Apr 8 #4 $520.0K +15% −27% $112.1M 2,910 $178 33

Wed Apr 9 #4 $490.0K −6% −24% $112.6M 2,910 $168 34

Thu Apr 10 #4 $516.0K +5% −22% $113.1M 2,910 $177 35

Fri Apr 11 #6 $1.3M +155% −46% $114.4M 2,830 $465 36

Sat Apr 12 #4 $2.1M +59% −47% $116.6M 2,830 $739 37

Sun Apr 13 #5 $1.0M −50% −46% $117.6M 2,830 $370 38

Mon Apr 14 #5 $381.0K −64% −16% $118.0M 2,830 $134 39

Tue Apr 15 #5 $406.0K +7% −22% $118.4M 2,830 $143 40

Wed Apr 16 #6 $399.0K −2% −19% $118.8M 2,830 $140 41

Thu Apr 17 #5 $596.0K +49% +16% $119.4M 2,830 $210 42

Fri Apr 18 #7 $1.2M +104% −7% $120.6M 2,284 $533 43

Sat Apr 19 #7 $1.3M +4% −40% $121.9M 2,284 $553 44

Sun Apr 20 #9 $797.4K −37% −24% $122.7M 2,284 $349 45

Mon Apr 21 #7 $380.0K −52% n/c $123.1M 2,284 $166 46

Tue Apr 22 #7 $321.0K −16% −21% $123.4M 2,284 $140 47

Wed Apr 23 #7 $307.0K −4% −23% $123.7M 2,284 $134 48

Thu Apr 24 #7 $309.0K +1% −48% $124.0M 2,284 $135 49

Fri Apr 25 #11 $654.2K +112% −46% $124.6M 2,284 $286 50

Sat Apr 26 #10 $1.0M +54% −21% $125.7M 1,668 $602 51

Mon May 26 #16 $114.5K — $129.8M 461 $248 81

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

Cumulative total$125.7M

Mar 7Mar 20Apr 1Apr 14Apr 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $300.4K

$31.1M

$22.1M

$16.2M

$12.5M

$8.3M

$4.5M

$3.3M

$2.1M

$1.1M

$300.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,910 → 1,668 −42.7%

2,801 open1,668 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −73.3%

−29.1%

W1→2

−26.5%

W2→3

−23.0%

W3→4

−33.4%

W4→5

−45.9%

W5→6

−27.1%

W6→7

−37.0%

W7→8

−45.5%

W8→9

−73.3%

W9→10

Steepest −73.3%Best hold −23.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 24 days

$100M

Day 24

Mar 30

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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