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2009 • PG-13 • 1h 53m • Comedy • Universal Pictures

It may be paradise... but it's no vacation.

🍅 10% 40%

23

2.44

5.5

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$34.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$109.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$172.00M

$62.60M international

Domestic legs3.19x

Budget$70.0M

2009 rank#29

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Cast & crew

Vince Vaughn

Vince Vaughn Starring

Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman Starring

Jon Favreau

Jon Favreau Starring

Faizon Love

Faizon Love Starring

Kristin Davis

Kristin Davis Starring

Malin Åkerman

Malin Åkerman Starring

ScreenplayVince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Dana Fox Produced byScott Stuber, Vince Vaughn CinematographyEric Edwards MusicA. R. Rahman Prod. DesignShepherd Frankel StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 9-11 1 $34.3M — 3,000 $11,428 $34.3M

2 Oct 16-18 4 $17.2M −49.8% 3,009 $5,725 $62.6M

3 Oct 23-25 5 $10.6M −38.4% 3,074 $3,455 $77.7M

4 Oct 30-Nov 1 4 $6.5M −39.2% 3,026 $2,135 $87.0M

5 Nov 6-8 7 $6.1M −5.1% 2,857 $2,145 $95.7M

6 Nov 13-15 7 $4.2M −32.0% 2,509 $1,660 $102.0M

7 Nov 20-22 8 $1.9M −53.3% 1,712 $1,134 $105.0M

8 Nov 27-29 14 $961.0K −50.5% 862 $1,114 $106.7M

9 Dec 4-6 20 $313.0K −67.4% 432 $724 $107.2M

10 Dec 11-13 19 $257.8K −17.6% 371 $694 $107.6M

11 Dec 18-20 25 $170.6K −33.8% 294 $580 $107.9M

12 Dec 25-27 29 $162.2K −5.0% 230 $705 $108.1M

13 Jan 1-3 29 $214.3K +32.2% 222 $965 $108.5M

14 Jan 8-10 30 $147.8K −31.1% 197 $750 $108.7M

15 Jan 15-17 31 $126.8K −14.2% 169 $750 $108.9M

16 Jan 22-24 36 $107.5K −15.2% 157 $685 $109.1M

17 Jan 29-31 40 $80.0K −25.6% 144 $555 $109.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 9 #1 $12.5M — $12.5M 3,000 $4,159 1

Sat Oct 10 #1 $13.4M +7% $25.9M 3,000 $4,459 2

Sun Oct 11 #1 $8.4M −37% $34.3M 3,000 $2,809 3

Mon Oct 12 #1 $4.0M −52% $38.3M 3,000 $1,335 4

Tue Oct 13 #1 $2.6M −36% $40.9M 3,000 $860 5

Wed Oct 14 #1 $2.3M −12% $43.2M 3,000 $760 6

Thu Oct 15 #1 $2.2M −2% $45.4M 3,000 $745 7

Fri Oct 16 #4 $5.8M +159% −54% $51.2M 3,009 $1,925 8

Sat Oct 17 #4 $7.6M +32% −43% $58.8M 3,009 $2,540 9

Sun Oct 18 #4 $3.8M −50% −55% $62.6M 3,009 $1,260 10

Mon Oct 19 #4 $1.1M −71% −73% $63.7M 3,009 $360 11

Tue Oct 20 #4 $1.2M +11% −53% $64.9M 3,009 $399 12

Wed Oct 21 #4 $1.1M −9% −52% $66.0M 3,009 $364 13

Thu Oct 22 #4 $1.1M +1% −50% $67.1M 3,009 $370 14

Fri Oct 23 #5 $3.6M +227% −37% $70.8M 3,074 $1,185 15

Sat Oct 24 #4 $4.8M +32% −37% $75.6M 3,074 $1,570 16

Sun Oct 25 #5 $2.2M −55% −43% $77.7M 3,074 $700 17

Mon Oct 26 #5 $691.6K −68% −36% $78.4M 3,074 $225 18

Tue Oct 27 #5 $799.6K +16% −34% $79.2M 3,074 $260 19

Wed Oct 28 #6 $646.0K −19% −41% $79.9M 3,074 $210 20

Thu Oct 29 #5 $691.6K +7% −38% $80.6M 3,074 $225 21

Fri Oct 30 #4 $2.4M +246% −34% $83.0M 3,026 $790 22

Sat Oct 31 #4 $2.2M −7% −54% $85.2M 3,026 $735 23

Sun Nov 1 #5 $1.8M −17% −14% $87.0M 3,026 $610 24

Mon Nov 2 #4 $590.1K −68% −15% $87.6M 3,026 $195 25

Tue Nov 3 #5 $680.9K +15% −15% $88.3M 3,026 $225 26

Wed Nov 4 #4 $588.6K −14% −9% $88.9M 3,026 $194 27

Thu Nov 5 #4 $665.7K +13% −4% $89.6M 3,026 $220 28

Fri Nov 6 #7 $2.0M +205% −15% $91.6M 2,857 $710 29

Sat Nov 7 #7 $2.9M +42% +30% $94.5M 2,857 $1,010 30

Sun Nov 8 #8 $1.2M −58% −34% $95.7M 2,857 $425 31

Mon Nov 9 #8 $385.7K −68% −35% $96.1M 2,857 $135 32

Tue Nov 10 #8 $600.5K +56% −12% $96.7M 2,857 $210 33

Wed Nov 11 #9 $799.4K +33% +36% $97.5M 2,857 $279 34

Thu Nov 12 #7 $414.3K −48% −38% $97.9M 2,857 $145 35

Fri Nov 13 #8 $1.4M +242% −30% $99.3M 2,509 $565 36

Sat Nov 14 #6 $2.0M +38% −32% $101.3M 2,509 $780 37

Sun Nov 15 #9 $790.3K −60% −35% $102.0M 2,509 $315 38

Mon Nov 16 #9 $250.9K −68% −35% $102.3M 2,509 $99 39

Tue Nov 17 #8 $276.0K +10% −54% $102.6M 2,509 $110 40

Wed Nov 18 #8 $263.5K −5% −67% $102.8M 2,509 $105 41

Thu Nov 19 #10 $213.3K −19% −49% $103.0M 2,509 $85 42

Fri Nov 20 #8 $650.6K +205% −54% $103.7M 1,712 $380 43

Sat Nov 21 #8 $898.8K +38% −54% $104.6M 1,712 $524 44

Sun Nov 22 #11 $393.8K −56% −50% $105.0M 1,712 $230 45

Mon Nov 23 #11 $162.6K −59% −35% $105.2M 1,712 $95 46

Tue Nov 24 #9 $231.1K +42% −16% $105.4M 1,712 $135 47

Wed Nov 25 $163.8K −29% −38% $105.5M 862 $190 48

Thu Nov 26 $189.6K +16% −11% $105.7M 862 $220 49

Fri Nov 27 #14 $383.2K +102% −41% $106.1M 862 $444 50

Sat Nov 28 #13 $418.3K +9% −53% $106.5M 862 $485 51

Sun Nov 29 #16 $159.5K −62% −60% $106.7M 862 $185 52

Mon Nov 30 #15 $51.7K −68% −68% $106.8M 862 $60 53

Tue Dec 1 $56.0K +8% −76% $106.8M 862 $65 54

Wed Dec 2 $56.3K n/c −66% $106.9M 862 $65 55

Thu Dec 3 $56.0K −1% −70% $106.9M 862 $64 56

Fri Dec 4 $106.0K +89% −72% $107.0M 432 $245 57

Sat Dec 5 $140.3K +32% −66% $107.2M 432 $324 58

Sun Dec 6 $66.7K −52% −58% $107.2M 432 $154 59

Mon Dec 7 $26.1K −61% −50% $107.3M 432 $60 60

Tue Dec 8 $25.7K −1% −54% $107.3M 432 $59 61

Wed Dec 9 $23.6K −8% −58% $107.3M 432 $54 62

Thu Dec 10 $25.9K +10% −54% $107.3M 432 $59 63

Fri Dec 11 $81.6K +215% −23% $107.4M 371 $219 64

Sat Dec 12 $115.0K +41% −18% $107.5M 371 $310 65

Sun Dec 13 $61.2K −47% −8% $107.6M 371 $165 66

Mon Dec 14 $24.3K −60% −7% $107.6M 371 $65 67

Tue Dec 15 $26.0K +7% +1% $107.6M 371 $70 68

Wed Dec 16 $24.1K −7% +2% $107.7M 371 $65 69

Thu Dec 17 $26.0K +8% n/c $107.7M 371 $70 70

Fri Dec 18 $53.0K +104% −35% $107.7M 294 $180 71

Sat Dec 19 $67.6K +28% −41% $107.8M 294 $230 72

Sun Dec 20 $50.0K −26% −18% $107.9M 294 $170 73

Mon Dec 21 $32.3K −35% +33% $107.9M 294 $110 74

Tue Dec 22 $33.8K +5% +30% $107.9M 294 $115 75

Wed Dec 23 $29.4K −13% +22% $108.0M 294 $100 76

Thu Dec 24 $13.2K −55% −49% $108.0M 294 $45 77

Fri Dec 25 $35.6K +169% −33% $108.0M 230 $155 78

Sat Dec 26 $70.2K +97% +4% $108.1M 230 $305 79

Sun Dec 27 $56.4K −20% +13% $108.1M 230 $245 80

Mon Dec 28 $40.3K −29% +24% $108.2M 230 $175 81

Tue Dec 29 $42.6K +6% +26% $108.2M 230 $185 82

Wed Dec 30 $44.9K +5% +53% $108.3M 230 $195 83

Thu Dec 31 $35.6K −21% +169% $108.3M 230 $155 84

Fri Jan 1 $81.1K +127% +127% $108.4M 222 $365 85

Sat Jan 2 $91.0K +12% +30% $108.5M 222 $410 86

Sun Jan 3 $42.2K −54% −25% $108.5M 222 $190 87

Mon Jan 4 $18.9K −55% −53% $108.5M 222 $85 88

Tue Jan 5 $20.0K +6% −53% $108.6M 222 $90 89

Wed Jan 6 $17.8K −11% −60% $108.6M 222 $80 90

Thu Jan 7 $15.5K −13% −56% $108.6M 222 $70 91

Fri Jan 8 $45.3K +192% −44% $108.6M 197 $230 92

Sat Jan 9 $67.0K +48% −26% $108.7M 197 $340 93

Sun Jan 10 $35.5K −47% −16% $108.7M 197 $180 94

Mon Jan 11 $11.8K −67% −37% $108.7M 197 $60 95

Tue Jan 12 $13.8K +16% −31% $108.8M 197 $69 96

Wed Jan 13 $13.7K n/c −23% $108.8M 197 $69 97

Thu Jan 14 $13.8K +1% −11% $108.8M 197 $70 98

Fri Jan 15 $37.2K +169% −18% $108.8M 169 $220 99

Sat Jan 16 $53.2K +43% −21% $108.9M 169 $315 100

Sun Jan 17 $36.3K −32% +2% $108.9M 169 $215 101

Mon Jan 18 #39 $19.4K −47% +64% $108.9M 169 $115 102

Tue Jan 19 $9.3K −52% −32% $108.9M 169 $55 103

Wed Jan 20 $8.4K −9% −39% $108.9M 169 $50 104

Thu Jan 21 $9.3K +10% −33% $109.0M 169 $55 105

Fri Jan 22 $33.8K +263% −9% $109.0M 157 $215 106

Sat Jan 23 $53.4K +58% n/c $109.0M 157 $340 107

Sun Jan 24 $20.4K −62% −44% $109.1M 157 $130 108

Mon Jan 25 $7.1K −65% −64% $109.1M 157 $45 109

Tue Jan 26 $7.8K +11% −16% $109.1M 157 $50 110

Wed Jan 27 $7.8K n/c −7% $109.1M 157 $49 111

Thu Jan 28 $7.9K +1% −15% $109.1M 157 $50 112

Fri Jan 29 $23.8K +201% −30% $109.1M 144 $165 113

Sat Jan 30 $38.2K +61% −28% $109.2M 144 $265 114

Sun Jan 31 $18.0K −53% −12% $109.2M 144 $124 115

Mon Feb 1 $6.5K −64% −8% $109.2M 144 $45 116

Tue Feb 2 $7.2K +11% −8% $109.2M 144 $49 117

Wed Feb 3 $7.9K +10% +1% $109.2M 144 $55 118

Thu Feb 4 $7.8K −1% −1% $109.2M 144 $54 119

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

Cumulative total$107.7M

Oct 9Oct 26Nov 13Nov 30Dec 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $257.8K

$34.3M

$17.2M

$10.6M

$6.5M

$6.1M

$4.2M

$1.9M

$961.0K

$313.0K

$257.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,074 → 371 −87.9%

3,000 open371 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −17.6%

−49.8%

W1→2

−38.4%

W2→3

−39.2%

W3→4

−5.1%

W4→5

−32.0%

W5→6

−53.3%

W6→7

−50.5%

W7→8

−67.4%

W8→9

−17.6%

W9→10

Steepest −67.4%Best hold −5.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 37 days

$100M

Day 37

Nov 14

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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