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Diary of a Wimpy KidFollow

2010 • PG • 1h 34m • Comedy, Drama, Family • 20th Century Fox

It's not a diary, it's a movie.

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3.31

6.3

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$64.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$77.00M

$13.00M international

Domestic legs2.89x

Budget$15.0M

2010 rank#49

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Cast & crew

Full Freudenthal filmography

Thor Freudenthal

Thor Freudenthal Director

Zachary Gordon

Zachary Gordon Starring

Robert Capron

Robert Capron Starring

Steve Zahn

Steve Zahn Starring

Devon Bostick

Devon Bostick Starring

Rachael Harris

Rachael Harris Starring

ScreenplayJeff Filgo, Gabe Sachs, Jeff Judah, Jackie Filgo Produced byNina Jacobson, Brad Simpson CinematographyJack Green MusicTheodore Shapiro Studio20th Century Fox SeriesDiary of a Wimpy Kid

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 19-21 2 $22.1M — 3,077 $7,190 $22.1M

2 Mar 26-28 5 $10.1M −54.3% 3,083 $3,283 $35.9M

3 Apr 2-4 8 $5.3M −47.6% 2,842 $1,865 $46.0M

4 Apr 9-11 9 $4.0M −24.9% 2,453 $1,622 $53.6M

5 Apr 16-18 11 $2.8M −29.9% 2,149 $1,298 $57.1M

6 Apr 23-25 12 $1.9M −32.4% 1,605 $1,175 $59.6M

7 Apr 30-May 2 14 $981.5K −48.0% 1,166 $841 $60.9M

8 May 7-9 17 $449.9K −54.2% 625 $719 $61.5M

9 May 14-16 19 $386.9K −14.0% 468 $826 $62.0M

10 May 21-23 23 $278.0K −28.1% 352 $789 $62.3M

11 May 28-30 21 $252.2K −9.3% 283 $891 $62.7M

12 Jun 4-6 23 $208.5K −17.3% 244 $854 $63.1M

13 Jun 11-13 28 $155.4K −25.5% 202 $769 $63.4M

14 Jun 18-20 43 $75.6K −51.3% 146 $518 $63.5M

15 Jun 25-27 45 $61.8K −18.2% 105 $588 $63.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 19 #3 $7.4M — $7.4M 3,077 $2,396 1

Sat Mar 20 #2 $8.7M +18% $16.1M 3,077 $2,839 2

Sun Mar 21 #2 $6.0M −31% $22.1M 3,077 $1,954 3

Mon Mar 22 #3 $1.0M −83% $23.2M 3,077 $336 4

Tue Mar 23 #3 $924.5K −11% $24.1M 3,077 $300 5

Wed Mar 24 #3 $796.8K −14% $24.9M 3,077 $258 6

Thu Mar 25 #3 $893.7K +12% $25.8M 3,077 $290 7

Fri Mar 26 #5 $2.9M +221% −61% $28.6M 3,083 $930 8

Sat Mar 27 #5 $4.2M +48% −52% $32.9M 3,083 $1,373 9

Sun Mar 28 #4 $3.0M −29% −50% $35.9M 3,083 $978 10

Mon Mar 29 #4 $1.2M −59% +20% $37.1M 3,083 $402 11

Tue Mar 30 #4 $1.2M −1% +33% $38.4M 3,083 $399 12

Wed Mar 31 #5 $1.1M −11% +38% $39.5M 3,083 $356 13

Thu Apr 1 #6 $1.2M +13% +39% $40.7M 3,083 $402 14

Fri Apr 2 #7 $2.4M +90% −18% $43.1M 2,842 $831 15

Sat Apr 3 #8 $1.9M −20% −55% $45.0M 2,842 $667 16

Sun Apr 4 #8 $1.0M −45% −65% $46.0M 2,842 $366 17

Mon Apr 5 #6 $1.2M +14% −5% $47.2M 2,842 $416 18

Tue Apr 6 #7 $872.4K −26% −29% $48.1M 2,842 $306 19

Wed Apr 7 #7 $758.1K −13% −31% $48.8M 2,842 $266 20

Thu Apr 8 #7 $829.2K +9% −33% $49.7M 2,842 $291 21

Fri Apr 9 #9 $1.3M +60% −44% $51.0M 2,453 $539 22

Sat Apr 10 #9 $1.6M +25% −13% $52.6M 2,453 $672 23

Sun Apr 11 #8 $1.0M −39% −3% $53.6M 2,453 $410 24

Mon Apr 12 #9 $171.6K −83% −86% $53.8M 2,453 $69 25

Tue Apr 13 #9 $184.7K +8% −79% $54.0M 2,453 $75 26

Wed Apr 14 #9 $151.5K −18% −80% $54.1M 2,453 $61 27

Thu Apr 15 #9 $155.9K +3% −81% $54.3M 2,453 $63 28

Fri Apr 16 #11 $656.7K +321% −50% $55.0M 2,142 $306 29

Sat Apr 17 #11 $1.3M +101% −20% $56.3M 2,142 $615 30

Sun Apr 18 #10 $815.3K −38% −19% $57.1M 2,149 $379 31

Mon Apr 19 #11 $166.7K −80% −3% $57.3M 2,149 $77 32

Tue Apr 20 #11 $159.7K −4% −14% $57.4M 2,149 $74 33

Wed Apr 21 #11 $149.6K −6% −1% $57.6M 2,149 $69 34

Thu Apr 22 #12 $175.8K +17% +13% $57.7M 2,149 $81 35

Fri Apr 23 #14 $426.7K +143% −35% $58.2M 1,605 $265 36

Sat Apr 24 #12 $826.5K +94% −37% $59.0M 1,605 $514 37

Sun Apr 25 #11 $633.3K −23% −22% $59.6M 1,605 $394 38

Mon Apr 26 $79.7K −87% −52% $59.7M 1,605 $49 39

Tue Apr 27 $73.1K −8% −54% $59.8M 1,605 $45 40

Wed Apr 28 $70.7K −3% −53% $59.9M 1,605 $44 41

Thu Apr 29 $66.2K −6% −62% $59.9M 1,605 $41 42

Fri Apr 30 $238.2K +260% −44% $60.2M 1,166 $204 43

Sat May 1 $446.1K +87% −46% $60.6M 1,166 $382 44

Sun May 2 $297.2K −33% −53% $60.9M 1,166 $254 45

Mon May 3 $44.3K −85% −44% $60.9M 1,166 $37 46

Tue May 4 $37.0K −17% −49% $61.0M 1,166 $31 47

Wed May 5 $34.5K −7% −51% $61.0M 1,166 $29 48

Thu May 6 $36.9K +7% −44% $61.1M 1,166 $31 49

Fri May 7 $107.2K +190% −55% $61.2M 625 $171 50

Sat May 8 $206.6K +93% −54% $61.4M 625 $330 51

Sun May 9 $136.1K −34% −54% $61.5M 625 $217 52

Mon May 10 $23.6K −83% −47% $61.5M 625 $37 53

Tue May 11 $22.2K −6% −40% $61.5M 625 $35 54

Wed May 12 $22.0K −1% −36% $61.6M 625 $35 55

Thu May 13 $21.8K −1% −41% $61.6M 625 $34 56

Fri May 14 $98.7K +352% −8% $61.7M 468 $210 57

Sat May 15 $181.9K +84% −12% $61.9M 468 $388 58

Sun May 16 $106.3K −42% −22% $62.0M 468 $227 59

Mon May 17 $19.6K −82% −17% $62.0M 468 $41 60

Tue May 18 $26.3K +34% +18% $62.0M 468 $56 61

Wed May 19 $21.3K −19% −3% $62.0M 468 $45 62

Thu May 20 $20.5K −4% −6% $62.1M 468 $43 63

Fri May 21 $73.3K +258% −26% $62.1M 352 $208 64

Sat May 22 $124.8K +70% −31% $62.3M 352 $354 65

Sun May 23 $80.0K −36% −25% $62.3M 352 $227 66

Mon May 24 $25.2K −69% +28% $62.4M 352 $71 67

Tue May 25 $22.5K −11% −14% $62.4M 352 $63 68

Wed May 26 $19.4K −14% −9% $62.4M 352 $55 69

Thu May 27 $23.4K +20% +14% $62.4M 352 $66 70

Fri May 28 $70.8K +202% −3% $62.5M 283 $250 71

Sat May 29 $101.5K +43% −19% $62.6M 283 $358 72

Sun May 30 $79.9K −21% n/c $62.7M 283 $282 73

Mon May 31 #18 $82.8K +4% +229% $62.8M 283 $292 74

Tue Jun 1 $28.2K −66% +26% $62.8M 283 $99 75

Wed Jun 2 $29.0K +3% +49% $62.8M 283 $102 76

Thu Jun 3 $31.5K +9% +34% $62.9M 283 $111 77

Fri Jun 4 $62.5K +99% −12% $62.9M 244 $256 78

Sat Jun 5 $87.3K +40% −14% $63.0M 244 $357 79

Sun Jun 6 $58.8K −33% −27% $63.1M 244 $240 80

Mon Jun 7 $26.1K −56% −68% $63.1M 244 $106 81

Tue Jun 8 $39.7K +52% +41% $63.1M 244 $162 82

Wed Jun 9 $39.9K n/c +38% $63.2M 244 $163 83

Thu Jun 10 $36.7K −8% +17% $63.2M 244 $150 84

Fri Jun 11 $51.1K +40% −18% $63.3M 202 $253 85

Sat Jun 12 $62.7K +23% −28% $63.3M 202 $310 86

Sun Jun 13 $41.6K −34% −29% $63.4M 202 $205 87

Mon Jun 14 $23.3K −44% −11% $63.4M 202 $115 88

Tue Jun 15 $31.0K +33% −22% $63.4M 202 $153 89

Wed Jun 16 $27.2K −12% −32% $63.4M 202 $134 90

Thu Jun 17 $25.7K −6% −30% $63.5M 202 $127 91

Fri Jun 18 $26.4K +3% −48% $63.5M 146 $180 92

Sat Jun 19 $27.8K +5% −56% $63.5M 146 $190 93

Sun Jun 20 $21.4K −23% −48% $63.5M 146 $146 94

Mon Jun 21 $17.0K −20% −27% $63.6M 146 $116 95

Tue Jun 22 $22.9K +35% −26% $63.6M 146 $156 96

Wed Jun 23 $22.4K −2% −18% $63.6M 146 $153 97

Thu Jun 24 $22.8K +2% −11% $63.6M 146 $156 98

Fri Jun 25 $22.0K −4% −17% $63.7M 105 $209 99

Sat Jun 26 $23.9K +9% −14% $63.7M 105 $227 100

Sun Jun 27 $15.9K −33% −26% $63.7M 105 $151 101

Mon Jun 28 $10.1K −37% −41% $63.7M 105 $96 102

Tue Jun 29 $15.4K +53% −33% $63.7M 105 $146 103

Wed Jun 30 $13.2K −14% −41% $63.7M 105 $126 104

Thu Jul 1 $13.4K +1% −41% $63.7M 105 $128 105

Fri Jul 2 $17.2K +28% −22% $63.8M 70 $245 106

Sat Jul 3 $15.1K −12% −37% $63.8M 70 $215 107

Sun Jul 4 $10.1K −33% −37% $63.8M 70 $143 108

Mon Jul 5 #48 $14.1K +40% +39% $63.8M 70 $200 109

Tue Jul 6 $11.5K −18% −26% $63.8M 70 $163 110

Wed Jul 7 $10.7K −7% −19% $63.8M 70 $152 111

Thu Jul 8 $12.8K +20% −4% $63.8M 70 $183 112

Fri Jul 9 $12.0K −7% −30% $63.9M 51 $235 113

Sat Jul 10 $12.2K +2% −19% $63.9M 51 $240 114

Sun Jul 11 $8.1K −34% −20% $63.9M 51 $157 115

Mon Jul 12 $7.0K −13% −50% $63.9M 51 $137 116

Tue Jul 13 $9.2K +31% −20% $63.9M 51 $179 117

Wed Jul 14 $7.6K −17% −29% $63.9M 51 $149 118

Thu Jul 15 $7.3K −4% −43% $63.9M 51 $143 119

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

Cumulative total$62.4M

Mar 19Apr 5Apr 23May 10May 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $278.0K

$22.1M

$10.1M

$5.3M

$4.0M

$2.8M

$1.9M

$981.5K

$449.9K

$386.9K

$278.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,083 → 352 −88.6%

3,077 open352 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.1%

−54.3%

W1→2

−47.6%

W2→3

−24.9%

W3→4

−29.9%

W4→5

−32.4%

W5→6

−48.0%

W6→7

−54.2%

W7→8

−14.0%

W8→9

−28.1%

W9→10

Steepest −54.3%Best hold −14.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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