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Daddy Day CareFollow

2003 • PG • 1h 32m • Comedy, Family • Revolution Studios

Who's your daddy?

🍅 28% 49%

39

3.03

5.7

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$27.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$104.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$164.00M

$60.10M international

Domestic legs3.78x

Budget$60.0M

2003 rank#27

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Cast & crew

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy Starring

Jeff Garlin

Jeff Garlin Starring

Steve Zahn

Steve Zahn Starring

Regina King

Regina King Starring

Kevin Nealon

Kevin Nealon Starring

ScreenplayGeoff Rodkey Produced byJohn Davis, Wyck Godfrey, Matt Berenson CinematographySteven Poster MusicDavid Newman Prod. DesignGarreth Stover StudioRevolution Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 9-11 2 $27.6M — 3,370 $8,196 $27.6M

2 May 16-18 2 $18.9M −31.7% 3,408 $5,539 $51.1M

3 May 23-25 3 $14.0M −25.8% 3,472 $4,035 $69.2M

4 May 30-Jun 1 5 $6.7M −51.9% 3,128 $2,156 $81.9M

5 Jun 6-8 6 $4.6M −31.6% 2,713 $1,700 $88.5M

6 Jun 13-15 9 $2.2M −52.2% 1,982 $1,112 $92.3M

7 Jun 20-22 13 $1.1M −51.9% 1,040 $1,019 $94.8M

8 Jun 27-29 12 $2.3M +117.2% 1,540 $1,495 $97.8M

9 Jul 4-6 17 $583.6K −74.7% 532 $1,096 $99.4M

10 Jul 11-13 23 $241.4K −58.6% 273 $884 $100.0M

11 Jul 18-20 34 $103.1K −57.3% 125 $825 $100.3M

12 Jul 25-27 24 $333.5K +223.4% 262 $1,272 $100.6M

13 Aug 1-3 22 $432.6K +29.7% 319 $1,356 $101.4M

14 Aug 8-10 26 $344.7K −20.3% 324 $1,064 $102.0M

15 Aug 15-17 29 $223.3K −35.2% 287 $778 $102.4M

16 Aug 22-24 34 $215.1K −3.7% 283 $760 $102.7M

17 Aug 29-31 36 $203.0K −5.6% 226 $898 $103.0M

18 Sep 5-7 37 $158.1K −22.1% 222 $712 $103.3M

19 Sep 12-14 36 $153.8K −2.7% 204 $754 $103.6M

20 Sep 19-21 38 $145.7K −5.3% 207 $704 $103.8M

21 Sep 26-28 37 $122.7K −15.8% 165 $743 $103.9M

22 Oct 3-5 58 $51.5K −58.0% 122 $422 $104.0M

23 Oct 10-12 55 $50.4K −2.3% 113 $445 $104.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 9 #2 $7.6M — $7.6M 3,370 $2,254 1

Sat May 10 #2 $10.9M +44% $18.5M 3,370 $3,246 2

Sun May 11 #2 $9.1M −17% $27.6M 3,370 $2,695 3

Mon May 12 #2 $1.3M −86% $28.9M 3,370 $371 4

Tue May 13 #2 $1.2M −6% $30.0M 3,370 $347 5

Wed May 14 #2 $1.1M −10% $31.1M 3,370 $312 6

Thu May 15 #3 $1.1M +2% $32.2M 3,370 $319 7

Fri May 16 #3 $4.9M +358% −35% $37.1M 3,408 $1,444 8

Sat May 17 #2 $8.5M +73% −22% $45.7M 3,408 $2,495 9

Sun May 18 #2 $5.4M −36% −41% $51.1M 3,408 $1,585 10

Mon May 19 #3 $1.1M −79% −10% $52.2M 3,408 $331 11

Tue May 20 #3 $904.0K −20% −23% $53.1M 3,408 $265 12

Wed May 21 #3 $902.0K n/c −14% $54.0M 3,408 $264 13

Thu May 22 #3 $1.1M +27% +7% $55.1M 3,408 $336 14

Fri May 23 #3 $3.3M +186% −33% $58.4M 3,067 $1,070 15

Sat May 24 #3 $6.0M +83% −29% $64.5M 3,067 $1,959 16

Sun May 25 #3 $4.7M −22% −14% $69.2M 3,067 $1,519 17

Mon May 26 #3 $4.1M −12% +263% $73.3M 3,472 $1,181 18

Tue May 27 #4 $634.0K −85% −30% $73.9M 3,472 $182 19

Wed May 28 #4 $596.0K −6% −34% $74.5M 3,472 $171 20

Thu May 29 #4 $673.0K +13% −41% $75.2M 3,472 $193 21

Fri May 30 #5 $1.7M +146% −50% $76.8M 3,128 $529 22

Sat May 31 #5 $3.1M +87% −48% $79.9M 3,128 $992 23

Sun Jun 1 #5 $2.0M −36% −57% $81.9M 3,128 $634 24

Mon Jun 2 #7 $412.0K −79% −90% $82.3M 3,128 $131 25

Tue Jun 3 #6 $515.0K +25% −19% $82.8M 3,128 $164 26

Wed Jun 4 #5 $502.0K −3% −16% $83.3M 3,128 $160 27

Thu Jun 5 #5 $522.0K +4% −22% $83.9M 3,128 $166 28

Fri Jun 6 #6 $1.2M +132% −27% $85.1M 2,713 $446 29

Sat Jun 7 #6 $2.2M +81% −30% $87.2M 2,713 $805 30

Sun Jun 8 #6 $1.2M −44% −39% $88.5M 2,713 $448 31

Mon Jun 9 #6 $352.0K −71% −15% $88.8M 2,713 $129 32

Tue Jun 10 #6 $406.0K +15% −21% $89.2M 2,713 $149 33

Wed Jun 11 #6 $423.0K +4% −16% $89.6M 2,713 $155 34

Thu Jun 12 #6 $476.0K +13% −9% $90.1M 2,713 $175 35

Fri Jun 13 #9 $643.0K +35% −47% $90.8M 1,982 $324 36

Sat Jun 14 #9 $850.0K +32% −61% $91.6M 1,982 $428 37

Sun Jun 15 #9 $712.0K −16% −42% $92.3M 1,982 $359 38

Mon Jun 16 #9 $281.0K −61% −20% $92.6M 1,982 $141 39

Tue Jun 17 #9 $344.0K +22% −15% $93.0M 1,982 $173 40

Wed Jun 18 #9 $385.0K +12% −9% $93.3M 1,982 $194 41

Thu Jun 19 #9 $382.0K −1% −20% $93.7M 1,982 $192 42

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

Cumulative total$93.7M

May 9May 19May 30Jun 9Jun 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $241.4K

$27.6M

$18.9M

$14.0M

$6.7M

$4.6M

$2.2M

$1.1M

$2.3M

$583.6K

$241.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,472 → 1,982 −42.9%

3,370 open1,982 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −58.6%

−31.7%

W1→2

−25.8%

W2→3

−51.9%

W3→4

−31.6%

W4→5

−52.2%

W5→6

−51.9%

W6→7

+117.2%

W7→8

−74.7%

W8→9

−58.6%

W9→10

Steepest −74.7%Biggest gain +117.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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