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2007 • PG-13 • 1h 38m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Touchstone Pictures

Something's happening to Dan. It's confusing. It's awkward. It's family.

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65

3.34

6.8

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$47.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$65.70M

$18.00M international

Domestic legs4.0x

2007 rank#57

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Cast & crew

Steve Carell

Steve Carell Starring

Juliette Binoche

Juliette Binoche Starring

Dane Cook

Dane Cook Starring

John Mahoney

John Mahoney Starring

Emily Blunt

Emily Blunt Starring

Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest Starring

ScreenplayPierce Gardner, Peter Hedges Produced byJonathan Shestack, Brad Epstein CinematographyLawrence Sher Music bySondre Lerche StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 26-28 2 $11.8M — 1,921 $6,148 $11.8M

2 Nov 2-4 4 $7.9M −33.4% 1,925 $4,088 $22.7M

3 Nov 9-11 5 $6.0M −23.7% 1,941 $3,093 $30.8M

4 Nov 16-18 6 $4.3M −27.6% 1,901 $2,285 $36.9M

5 Nov 23-25 12 $3.0M −30.5% 1,502 $2,009 $42.2M

6 Nov 30-Dec 2 13 $1.7M −44.7% 1,505 $1,108 $44.4M

7 Dec 7-9 14 $1.1M −36.3% 1,251 $849 $45.9M

8 Dec 14-16 21 $333.9K −68.6% 611 $547 $46.6M

9 Dec 21-23 32 $52.7K −84.2% 135 $390 $46.8M

10 Dec 28-30 42 $54.3K +3.0% 97 $559 $46.9M

11 Jan 4-6 31 $170.6K +214.5% 244 $699 $47.1M

12 Jan 11-13 32 $140.6K −17.6% 228 $617 $47.3M

13 Jan 18-20 38 $71.3K −49.3% 157 $454 $47.5M

14 Jan 25-27 45 $52.9K −25.9% 102 $518 $47.6M

15 Feb 1-3 52 $29.7K −43.8% 67 $443 $47.6M

16 Feb 8-10 62 $16.8K −43.6% 35 $479 $47.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 26 #2 $4.2M — $4.2M 1,921 $2,169 1

Sat Oct 27 #2 $4.9M +18.1% $9.1M 1,921 $2,561 2

Sun Oct 28 #2 $2.7M −44.6% $11.8M 1,921 $1,417 3

Mon Oct 29 #2 $758.4K −72.1% $12.6M 1,921 $395 4

Tue Oct 30 #2 $740.3K −2.4% $13.3M 1,921 $385 5

Wed Oct 31 #3 $730.0K −1.4% $14.0M 1,921 $380 6

Thu Nov 1 #2 $787.4K +7.9% $14.8M 1,921 $410 7

Fri Nov 2 #4 $2.6M +229.9% −37.7% $17.4M 1,925 $1,350 8

Sat Nov 3 #4 $3.6M +39.2% −26.5% $21.0M 1,925 $1,879 9

Sun Nov 4 #4 $1.7M −54.2% −39.2% $22.7M 1,925 $860 10

Mon Nov 5 #4 $513.9K −69.0% −32.2% $23.2M 1,925 $267 11

Tue Nov 6 #4 $566.9K +10.3% −23.4% $23.8M 1,925 $294 12

Wed Nov 7 #4 $498.9K −12.0% −31.7% $24.3M 1,925 $259 13

Thu Nov 8 #4 $531.0K +6.4% −32.6% $24.8M 1,925 $276 14

Fri Nov 9 #5 $1.8M +247.8% −28.9% $26.7M 1,941 $951 15

Sat Nov 10 #5 $2.6M +40.3% −28.4% $29.2M 1,941 $1,334 16

Sun Nov 11 #5 $1.6M −39.5% −5.5% $30.8M 1,941 $807 17

Mon Nov 12 #4 $770.3K −50.8% +49.9% $31.6M 1,941 $397 18

Tue Nov 13 #5 $346.5K −55.0% −38.9% $31.9M 1,941 $179 19

Wed Nov 14 #5 $324.7K −6.3% −34.9% $32.3M 1,941 $167 20

Thu Nov 15 #5 $338.1K +4.1% −36.3% $32.6M 1,941 $174 21

Fri Nov 16 #6 $1.4M +318.8% −23.3% $34.0M 1,901 $745 22

Sat Nov 17 #6 $2.0M +39.1% −24.0% $36.0M 1,901 $1,036 23

Sun Nov 18 #6 $958.5K −51.3% −38.8% $36.9M 1,901 $504 24

Mon Nov 19 #6 $376.1K −60.8% −51.2% $37.3M 1,901 $198 25

Tue Nov 20 #6 $545.9K +45.2% +57.6% $37.9M 1,901 $287 26

Wed Nov 21 #12 $591.7K +8.4% +82.3% $38.4M 1,490 $397 27

Thu Nov 22 #12 $714.8K +20.8% +111.4% $39.2M 1,490 $480 28

Fri Nov 23 #12 $1.3M +78.0% −10.1% $40.4M 1,502 $847 29

Sat Nov 24 #12 $1.2M −4.1% −38.0% $41.7M 1,502 $813 30

Sun Nov 25 #12 $523.9K −57.1% −45.3% $42.2M 1,502 $349 31

Mon Nov 26 #12 $140.2K −73.2% −62.7% $42.3M 1,502 $93 32

Tue Nov 27 #12 $133.7K −4.6% −75.5% $42.5M 1,502 $89 33

Wed Nov 28 #12 $134.3K +0.5% −77.3% $42.6M 1,502 $89 34

Thu Nov 29 #12 $132.0K −1.7% −81.5% $42.7M 1,502 $88 35

Fri Nov 30 — $597.2K +352.4% −53.1% $43.3M 1,505 $397 36

Sat Dec 1 — $728.1K +21.9% −40.3% $44.0M 1,505 $484 37

Sun Dec 2 #13 $341.8K −53.1% −34.8% $44.4M 1,505 $227 38

Mon Jan 21 #37 $13.4K — $47.5M 157 $85 88

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

Cumulative total$44.4M

Oct 26Nov 4Nov 14Nov 23Dec 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $54.3K

$11.8M

$7.9M

$6.0M

$4.3M

$3.0M

$1.7M

$1.1M

$333.9K

$52.7K

$54.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,941 → 1,505 −22.5%

1,921 open1,505 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +3.0%

−33.4%

W1→2

−23.7%

W2→3

−27.6%

W3→4

−30.5%

W4→5

−44.7%

W5→6

−36.3%

W6→7

−68.6%

W7→8

−84.2%

W8→9

+3.0%

W9→10

Steepest −84.2%Biggest gain +3.0%

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