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2012 • PG • 1h 34m • Comedy, Family • 20th Century Fox

School's out for summer.

🍅 52% 63%

54

3.23

6.3

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$14.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$49.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$77.20M

$28.20M international

Domestic legs3.4x

Budget$22M

2012 rank#68

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Cast & crew

Zachary Gordon

Zachary Gordon Starring

Robert Capron

Robert Capron Starring

Devon Bostick

Devon Bostick Starring

Rachael Harris

Rachael Harris Starring

Steve Zahn

Steve Zahn Starring

ScreenplayMaya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky Produced byNina Jacobson, Brad Simpson CinematographyAnthony B. Richmond Music byEdward Shearmur Studio20th Century Fox SeriesDiary of a Wimpy Kid

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 3-5 3 $14.6M — 3,391 $4,312 $14.6M

2 Aug 10-12 6 $8.0M −45.3% 3,401 $2,353 $30.4M

3 Aug 17-19 9 $3.8M −52.1% 2,737 $1,401 $38.7M

4 Aug 24-26 13 $2.2M −41.4% 1,965 $1,143 $42.9M

5 Aug 31-Sep 2 16 $1.4M −36.8% 1,204 $1,178 $45.2M

6 Sep 7-9 17 $817.5K −42.4% 931 $878 $46.7M

7 Sep 14-16 22 $509.3K −37.7% 591 $862 $47.3M

8 Sep 21-23 27 $330.9K −35.0% 374 $885 $47.8M

9 Sep 28-30 29 $190.7K −42.4% 332 $574 $48.0M

10 Oct 5-7 26 $177.1K −7.2% 257 $689 $48.3M

11 Oct 12-14 26 $122.2K −31.0% 176 $694 $48.4M

12 Oct 19-21 32 $102.4K −16.2% 149 $687 $48.6M

13 Oct 26-28 38 $64.6K −36.9% 116 $557 $48.7M

14 Nov 2-4 42 $63.2K −2.2% 95 $665 $48.7M

15 Nov 9-11 40 $54.0K −14.6% 82 $658 $48.8M

16 Nov 16-18 42 $41.0K −24.0% 72 $570 $48.9M

17 Nov 23-25 46 $39.4K −4.0% 59 $667 $48.9M

18 Nov 30-Dec 2 56 $22.5K −42.9% 52 $432 $49.0M

19 Dec 7-9 62 $17.8K −20.6% 47 $380 $49.0M

20 Dec 14-16 58 $15.1K −15.6% 41 $368 $49.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 3 #3 $5.8M — $5.8M 3,391 $1,722 1

Sat Aug 4 #3 $5.1M −13.5% $10.9M 3,391 $1,490 2

Sun Aug 5 #3 $3.7M −26.1% $14.6M 3,391 $1,101 3

Mon Aug 6 #3 $2.0M −47.0% $16.6M 3,391 $583 4

Tue Aug 7 #3 $2.3M +15.9% $18.9M 3,391 $676 5

Wed Aug 8 #4 $1.7M −24.9% $20.6M 3,391 $507 6

Thu Aug 9 #4 $1.7M +1.3% $22.4M 3,391 $514 7

Fri Aug 10 #5 $2.9M +64.4% −51.0% $25.2M 3,401 $842 8

Sat Aug 11 #6 $3.1M +8.9% −38.3% $28.3M 3,401 $917 9

Sun Aug 12 #6 $2.0M −35.2% −45.8% $30.4M 3,401 $594 10

Mon Aug 13 #5 $1.1M −44.9% −43.7% $31.5M 3,401 $327 11

Tue Aug 14 #5 $1.5M +35.2% −34.3% $33.0M 3,401 $443 12

Wed Aug 15 #6 $1.0M −31.2% −39.8% $34.0M 3,401 $305 13

Thu Aug 16 #7 $900.9K −13.0% −48.3% $34.9M 3,401 $265 14

Fri Aug 17 #9 $1.2M +29.7% −59.2% $36.1M 2,737 $427 15

Sat Aug 18 #9 $1.6M +36.5% −48.8% $37.7M 2,737 $583 16

Sun Aug 19 #9 $1.1M −32.9% −47.0% $38.7M 2,737 $391 17

Mon Aug 20 #9 $513.7K −52.0% −53.9% $39.3M 2,737 $188 18

Tue Aug 21 #9 $605.1K +17.8% −59.8% $39.9M 2,737 $221 19

Wed Aug 22 #10 $401.6K −33.6% −61.2% $40.3M 2,308 $174 20

Thu Aug 23 #11 $370.1K −7.8% −58.9% $40.6M 2,308 $160 21

Fri Aug 24 #13 $613.1K +65.6% −47.5% $41.3M 1,965 $312 22

Sat Aug 25 #13 $986.4K +60.9% −38.2% $42.2M 1,965 $502 23

Sun Aug 26 #12 $646.4K −34.5% −39.6% $42.9M 1,965 $329 24

Mon Aug 27 #12 $279.2K −56.8% −45.7% $43.2M 1,965 $142 25

Tue Aug 28 #12 $300.7K +7.7% −50.3% $43.5M 1,965 $153 26

Wed Aug 29 #14 $152.8K −49.2% −61.9% $43.6M 1,547 $99 27

Thu Aug 30 #- $151.4K −0.9% −59.1% $43.8M 1,547 $98 28

Fri Aug 31 #- $299.4K +97.8% −51.2% $44.1M 1,204 $249 29

Sat Sep 1 #- $548.1K +83.1% −44.4% $44.6M 1,204 $455 30

Sun Sep 2 #- $571.2K +4.2% −11.6% $45.2M 1,204 $474 31

Mon Sep 3 #- $582.2K +1.9% +108.5% $45.8M 1,204 $484 32

Tue Sep 4 #- $89.7K −84.6% −70.2% $45.9M 1,204 $75 33

Wed Sep 5 #- $44.9K −50.0% −70.6% $45.9M 1,204 $37 34

Thu Sep 6 #- $21.5K −52.2% −85.8% $45.9M 1,204 $18 35

Fri Sep 7 #- $144.6K +573.3% −51.7% $46.1M 931 $155 36

Sat Sep 8 #- $434.5K +200.5% −20.7% $46.5M 931 $467 37

Sun Sep 9 #- $238.4K −45.1% −58.3% $46.7M 931 $256 38

Mon Sep 10 #- $22.5K −90.6% −96.1% $46.8M 931 $24 39

Tue Sep 11 #- $26.4K +17.2% −70.6% $46.8M 931 $28 40

Wed Sep 12 #- $21.1K −20.0% −53.0% $46.8M 931 $23 41

Thu Sep 13 #- $20.7K −1.7% −3.5% $46.8M 931 $22 42

Fri Sep 14 #- $102.1K +392.3% −29.4% $46.9M 591 $173 43

Sat Sep 15 #- $249.6K +144.6% −42.6% $47.2M 591 $422 44

Sun Sep 16 #- $157.7K −36.8% −33.8% $47.3M 591 $267 45

Mon Sep 17 #- $40.8K −74.1% +81.4% $47.4M 591 $69 46

Tue Sep 18 #- $34.4K −15.7% +30.4% $47.4M 591 $58 47

Wed Sep 19 #- $16.0K −53.5% −24.1% $47.4M 591 $27 48

Thu Sep 20 #- $15.1K −5.9% −27.4% $47.4M 591 $25 49

Fri Sep 21 #- $69.2K +359.4% −32.2% $47.5M 374 $185 50

Sat Sep 22 #- $162.2K +134.5% −35.0% $47.7M 374 $434 51

Sun Sep 23 #- $99.5K −38.7% −36.9% $47.8M 374 $266 52

Mon Sep 24 #- $14.8K −85.1% −63.6% $47.8M 374 $40 53

Tue Sep 25 #- $14.7K −0.9% −57.2% $47.8M 374 $39 54

Wed Sep 26 #- $23.2K +57.9% +45.1% $47.8M 374 $62 55

Thu Sep 27 #- $11.9K −48.9% −21.1% $47.8M 374 $32 56

Fri Sep 28 #- $44.3K +272.8% −36.0% $47.9M 332 $133 57

Sat Sep 29 #- $91.4K +106.3% −43.7% $48.0M 332 $275 58

Sun Sep 30 #- $55.1K −39.8% −44.7% $48.0M 332 $166 59

Mon Oct 1 #- $10.3K −81.4% −30.9% $48.0M 332 $31 60

Tue Oct 2 #- $11.1K +8.3% −24.5% $48.1M 332 $33 61

Wed Oct 3 #- $9.0K −18.5% −61.1% $48.1M 332 $27 62

Thu Oct 4 #- $10.4K +15.0% −12.4% $48.1M 332 $31 63

Fri Oct 5 #- $44.6K +328.4% +0.6% $48.1M 257 $173 64

Sat Oct 6 #- $79.4K +78.1% −13.2% $48.2M 257 $309 65

Sun Oct 7 #- $53.2K −33.0% −3.5% $48.3M 257 $207 66

Mon Oct 8 #- $31.4K −41.0% +205.8% $48.3M 257 $122 67

Tue Oct 9 #- $12.8K −59.1% +15.4% $48.3M 257 $50 68

Wed Oct 10 #- $9.7K −24.0% +7.7% $48.3M 257 $38 69

Thu Oct 11 #- $12.0K +23.5% +15.7% $48.3M 257 $47 70

Fri Oct 12 #- $30.1K +150.4% −32.3% $48.3M 176 $171 71

Sat Oct 13 #- $55.2K +83.2% −30.4% $48.4M 176 $314 72

Sun Oct 14 #- $36.8K −33.3% −30.7% $48.4M 176 $209 73

Mon Oct 15 #- $7.2K −80.4% −76.9% $48.4M 176 $41 74

Tue Oct 16 #- $5.9K −18.4% −53.9% $48.5M 176 $34 75

Wed Oct 17 #- $7.0K +18.1% −28.5% $48.5M 176 $40 76

Thu Oct 18 #- $11.1K +58.8% −8.0% $48.5M 176 $63 77

Fri Oct 19 #- $26.9K +142.5% −10.9% $48.5M 149 $180 78

Sat Oct 20 #- $45.8K +70.6% −17.1% $48.5M 149 $307 79

Sun Oct 21 #- $29.8K −35.0% −19.2% $48.6M 149 $200 80

Mon Oct 22 #- $4.7K −84.4% −35.6% $48.6M 149 $31 81

Tue Oct 23 #- $5.1K +9.7% −13.5% $48.6M 149 $34 82

Wed Oct 24 #- $4.3K −16.6% −38.9% $48.6M 149 $29 83

Thu Oct 25 #- $5.7K +33.4% −48.7% $48.6M 149 $38 84

Fri Oct 26 #- $15.8K +177.3% −41.3% $48.6M 116 $136 85

Sat Oct 27 #- $28.9K +83.1% −37.0% $48.6M 116 $249 86

Sun Oct 28 #- $19.9K −30.9% −33.0% $48.7M 116 $172 87

Mon Oct 29 #- $3.8K −81.2% −19.4% $48.7M 116 $32 88

Tue Oct 30 #- $3.9K +4.0% −23.6% $48.7M 116 $34 89

Wed Oct 31 #- $3.6K −8.3% −16.0% $48.7M 116 $31 90

Thu Nov 1 #- $4.0K +10.9% −30.1% $48.7M 116 $34 91

Fri Nov 2 #- $11.0K +177.7% −30.0% $48.7M 95 $116 92

Sat Nov 3 #- $29.8K +170.0% +3.1% $48.7M 95 $313 93

Sun Nov 4 #- $22.4K −24.9% +12.1% $48.7M 95 $235 94

Mon Nov 5 #- $3.0K −86.4% −19.2% $48.7M 95 $32 95

Tue Nov 6 #- $7.4K +144.3% +89.9% $48.7M 95 $78 96

Wed Nov 7 #- $2.4K −68.0% −33.7% $48.7M 95 $25 97

Thu Nov 8 #- $2.6K +11.4% −33.4% $48.8M 95 $28 98

Fri Nov 9 #- $10.6K +302.3% −3.5% $48.8M 82 $130 99

Sat Nov 10 #- $24.1K +126.9% −18.9% $48.8M 82 $294 100

Sun Nov 11 #- $19.2K −20.6% −14.3% $48.8M 82 $234 101

Mon Nov 12 #- $16.1K −16.3% +429.0% $48.8M 82 $196 102

Tue Nov 13 #- $2.0K −87.5% −72.9% $48.8M 82 $25 103

Wed Nov 14 #- $1.8K −10.3% −24.1% $48.8M 82 $22 104

Thu Nov 15 #- $2.2K +20.6% −17.8% $48.8M 82 $26 105

Fri Nov 16 #- $7.9K +264.7% −25.5% $48.8M 72 $110 106

Sat Nov 17 #- $19.6K +146.8% −19.0% $48.9M 72 $272 107

Sun Nov 18 #- $13.5K −30.8% −29.4% $48.9M 72 $188 108

Mon Nov 19 #- $6.9K −48.7% −56.7% $48.9M 72 $96 109

Tue Nov 20 #- $8.9K +27.8% +341.4% $48.9M 72 $123 110

Wed Nov 21 #- $8.6K −3.5% +375.3% $48.9M 62 $138 111

Thu Nov 22 #- $3.7K −56.4% +71.8% $48.9M 62 $60 112

Fri Nov 23 #- $14.1K +277.8% +77.9% $48.9M 59 $239 113

Sat Nov 24 #- $16.2K +14.8% −17.2% $48.9M 59 $274 114

Sun Nov 25 #- $9.1K −44.0% −33.0% $48.9M 59 $154 115

Mon Nov 26 #- $1.0K −88.6% −85.1% $48.9M 59 $18 116

Tue Nov 27 #- $1.1K +9.0% −87.3% $48.9M 59 $19 117

Wed Nov 28 #- $1.2K +4.1% −86.3% $48.9M 59 $20 118

Thu Nov 29 #- $757 −35.5% −79.7% $48.9M 59 $13 119

Fri Nov 30 #- $4.2K +451.4% −70.4% $48.9M 52 $80 120

Sat Dec 1 #- $11.1K +166.0% −31.4% $49.0M 52 $214 121

Sun Dec 2 #- $7.2K −35.1% −20.5% $49.0M 52 $138 122

Mon Dec 3 #- $598 −91.7% −42.2% $49.0M 52 $12 123

Tue Dec 4 #- $912 +52.5% −19.1% $49.0M 52 $18 124

Wed Dec 5 #- $1.1K +20.7% −6.2% $49.0M 52 $21 125

Thu Dec 6 #- $778 −29.3% +2.8% $49.0M 52 $15 126

Fri Dec 7 #- $3.5K +349.5% −16.2% $49.0M 47 $74 127

Sat Dec 8 #- $8.6K +144.6% −23.0% $49.0M 47 $182 128

Sun Dec 9 #- $5.8K −32.2% −19.5% $49.0M 47 $123 129

Mon Dec 10 #- $623 −89.3% +4.2% $49.0M 47 $13 130

Tue Dec 11 #- $762 +22.3% −16.4% $49.0M 47 $16 131

Wed Dec 12 #- $797 +4.6% −27.6% $49.0M 47 $17 132

Thu Dec 13 #- $772 −3.1% −0.8% $49.0M 47 $16 133

Fri Dec 14 #- $2.2K +191.2% −35.7% $49.0M 41 $55 134

Sat Dec 15 #- $8.0K +256.4% −6.3% $49.0M 41 $195 135

Sun Dec 16 #- $4.8K −40.0% −17.0% $49.0M 41 $117 136

Mon Dec 17 #- $817 −83.0% +31.1% $49.0M 41 $20 137

Tue Dec 18 #- $1.2K +46.9% +57.5% $49.0M 41 $29 138

Wed Dec 19 #- $1.8K +46.0% +119.8% $49.0M 41 $43 139

Thu Dec 20 #- $2.1K +18.6% +169.2% $49.0M 41 $51 140

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

Cumulative total$48.3M

Aug 3Aug 20Sep 7Sep 24Oct 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $177.1K

$14.6M

$8.0M

$3.8M

$2.2M

$1.4M

$817.5K

$509.3K

$330.9K

$190.7K

$177.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,401 → 257 −92.4%

3,391 open257 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −7.2%

−45.3%

W1→2

−52.1%

W2→3

−41.4%

W3→4

−36.8%

W4→5

−42.4%

W5→6

−37.7%

W6→7

−35.0%

W7→8

−42.4%

W8→9

−7.2%

W9→10

Steepest −52.1%Best hold −7.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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