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2011 • PG • 1h 39m • Comedy, Family • 20th Century Fox

Welcome to the next grade.

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3.81

6.7

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$23.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$52.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$73.70M

$21.00M international

Domestic legs2.2x

Budget$18M

2011 rank#65

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Cast & crew

Zachary Gordon

Zachary Gordon Starring

Devon Bostick

Devon Bostick Starring

Rachael Harris

Rachael Harris Starring

Robert Capron

Robert Capron Starring

Steve Zahn

Steve Zahn Starring

ScreenplayGabe Sachs, Jeff Judah Produced byNina Jacobson, Brad Simpson CinematographyJack N. Green Music byEdward Shearmur Studio20th Century Fox SeriesDiary of a Wimpy Kid

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 25-27 1 $23.8M — 3,167 $7,500 $23.8M

2 Apr 1-3 4 $10.0M −57.7% 3,169 $3,168 $38.2M

3 Apr 8-10 9 $4.8M −52.5% 2,881 $1,656 $45.3M

4 Apr 15-17 13 $2.1M −56.4% 1,849 $1,126 $48.1M

5 Apr 22-24 17 $933.5K −55.2% 928 $1,006 $50.3M

6 Apr 29-May 1 24 $382.7K −59.0% 503 $761 $51.0M

7 May 6-8 27 $220.4K −42.4% 339 $650 $51.3M

8 May 13-15 26 $291.4K +32.2% 311 $937 $51.6M

9 May 20-22 32 $185.3K −36.4% 253 $732 $51.9M

10 May 27-29 29 $161.2K −13.0% 214 $753 $52.1M

11 Jun 3-5 32 $105.7K −34.4% 182 $581 $52.3M

12 Jun 10-12 37 $74.7K −29.3% 117 $639 $52.5M

13 Jun 17-19 40 $49.9K −33.2% 90 $555 $52.6M

14 Jun 24-26 51 $28.1K −43.7% 58 $485 $52.6M

15 Jul 1-3 60 $11.8K −58.1% 31 $380 $52.7M

16 Jul 8-10 68 $8.3K −29.9% 19 $435 $52.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 25 #2 $7.3M — $7.3M 3,167 $2,300 1

Sat Mar 26 #1 $10.1M +39.0% $17.4M 3,167 $3,196 2

Sun Mar 27 #1 $6.3M −37.3% $23.8M 3,167 $2,003 3

Mon Mar 28 #3 $1.3M −80.2% $25.0M 3,167 $398 4

Tue Mar 29 #3 $1.1M −8.9% $26.2M 3,167 $362 5

Wed Mar 30 #3 $969.5K −15.4% $27.1M 3,167 $306 6

Thu Mar 31 #2 $1.0M +6.1% $28.2M 3,167 $325 7

Fri Apr 1 #5 $2.8M +172.7% −61.5% $31.0M 3,169 $885 8

Sat Apr 2 #4 $4.5M +60.4% −55.6% $35.5M 3,169 $1,419 9

Sun Apr 3 #4 $2.7M −39.1% −56.8% $38.2M 3,169 $864 10

Mon Apr 4 #5 $605.7K −77.9% −51.9% $38.8M 3,169 $191 11

Tue Apr 5 #6 $735.3K +21.4% −35.9% $39.5M 3,169 $232 12

Wed Apr 6 #6 $528.1K −28.2% −45.5% $40.1M 3,169 $167 13

Thu Apr 7 #6 $512.0K −3.1% −50.2% $40.6M 3,169 $162 14

Fri Apr 8 #9 $1.3M +161.5% −52.3% $41.9M 2,881 $465 15

Sat Apr 9 #9 $2.2M +62.9% −51.5% $44.1M 2,881 $757 16

Sun Apr 10 #9 $1.3M −42.6% −54.3% $45.3M 2,881 $434 17

Mon Apr 11 #11 $159.6K −87.2% −73.6% $45.5M 2,881 $55 18

Tue Apr 12 #10 $207.9K +30.3% −71.7% $45.7M 2,881 $72 19

Wed Apr 13 #11 $162.1K −22.1% −69.3% $45.9M 2,881 $56 20

Thu Apr 14 #11 $163.0K +0.6% −68.2% $46.0M 2,881 $57 21

Fri Apr 15 #14 $484.1K +197.1% −63.8% $46.5M 1,849 $262 22

Sat Apr 16 #13 $1.0M +115.4% −52.2% $47.6M 1,849 $564 23

Sun Apr 17 #13 $555.1K −46.8% −55.6% $48.1M 1,849 $300 24

Mon Apr 18 #13 $227.1K −59.1% +42.3% $48.3M 1,849 $123 25

Tue Apr 19 #11 $360.5K +58.7% +73.4% $48.7M 1,849 $195 26

Wed Apr 20 #11 $312.9K −13.2% +93.1% $49.0M 1,849 $169 27

Thu Apr 21 #12 $333.7K +6.7% +104.8% $49.4M 1,849 $180 28

Fri Apr 22 — $436.1K +30.7% −9.9% $49.8M 928 $470 29

Sat Apr 23 — $349.4K −19.9% −66.5% $50.1M 928 $377 30

Sun Apr 24 — $148.0K −57.6% −73.3% $50.3M 928 $159 31

Mon Apr 25 — $154.3K +4.3% −32.0% $50.4M 928 $166 32

Tue Apr 26 — $65.1K −57.8% −81.9% $50.5M 928 $70 33

Wed Apr 27 — $52.0K −20.1% −83.4% $50.6M 928 $56 34

Thu Apr 28 — $57.2K +10.1% −82.9% $50.6M 928 $62 35

Fri Apr 29 — $100.9K +76.4% −76.9% $50.7M 503 $201 36

Sat Apr 30 — $177.5K +75.9% −49.2% $50.9M 503 $353 37

Sun May 1 — $104.2K −41.3% −29.6% $51.0M 503 $207 38

Mon May 2 — $18.4K −82.4% −88.1% $51.0M 503 $37 39

Tue May 3 — $17.6K −4.5% −73.0% $51.0M 503 $35 40

Wed May 4 — $14.5K −17.5% −72.1% $51.1M 503 $29 41

Thu May 5 — $17.1K +18.0% −70.1% $51.1M 503 $34 42

Fri May 6 — $57.9K +238.5% −42.6% $51.1M 339 $171 43

Sat May 7 — $99.6K +72.1% −43.9% $51.2M 339 $294 44

Sun May 8 — $63.0K −36.7% −39.6% $51.3M 339 $186 45

Mon May 9 — $14.3K −77.3% −22.4% $51.3M 339 $42 46

Tue May 10 — $14.0K −1.7% −20.1% $51.3M 339 $41 47

Wed May 11 — $13.7K −2.6% −5.6% $51.3M 339 $40 48

Thu May 12 — $12.5K −8.2% −26.6% $51.3M 339 $37 49

Fri May 13 — $65.6K +423.1% +13.3% $51.4M 311 $211 50

Sat May 14 — $134.2K +104.5% +34.7% $51.5M 311 $431 51

Sun May 15 — $91.6K −31.7% +45.5% $51.6M 311 $295 52

Mon May 16 — $20.3K −77.9% +42.1% $51.7M 311 $65 53

Tue May 17 — $18.5K −8.7% +31.9% $51.7M 311 $60 54

Wed May 18 — $15.0K −19.2% +9.5% $51.7M 311 $48 55

Thu May 19 — $13.0K −13.4% +3.3% $51.7M 311 $42 56

Fri May 20 — $48.2K +271.8% −26.6% $51.8M 253 $190 57

Sat May 21 — $81.4K +68.9% −39.3% $51.8M 253 $322 58

Sun May 22 — $55.7K −31.5% −39.2% $51.9M 253 $220 59

Mon May 23 — $16.9K −69.7% −16.9% $51.9M 253 $67 60

Tue May 24 — $11.7K −30.5% −36.8% $51.9M 253 $46 61

Wed May 25 — $14.1K +20.4% −5.8% $51.9M 253 $56 62

Thu May 26 — $16.1K +14.5% +24.6% $51.9M 253 $64 63

Fri May 27 — $42.1K +160.9% −12.6% $52.0M 253 $166 64

Sat May 28 — $63.1K +49.8% −22.5% $52.1M 253 $249 65

Sun May 29 — $56.0K −11.2% +0.6% $52.1M 253 $221 66

Mon May 30 #30 $44.2K −21.1% +162.2% $52.2M 253 $175 67

Tue May 31 — $16.2K −63.4% +38.1% $52.2M 253 $64 68

Wed Jun 1 — $14.3K −11.3% +1.7% $52.2M 253 $57 69

Thu Jun 2 — $17.4K +21.6% +8.0% $52.2M 253 $69 70

Fri Jun 3 — $30.4K +74.3% −27.8% $52.2M 182 $167 71

Sat Jun 4 — $43.3K +42.5% −31.4% $52.3M 182 $238 72

Sun Jun 5 — $32.0K −26.2% −42.9% $52.3M 182 $176 73

Mon Jun 6 — $14.3K −55.3% −67.6% $52.3M 182 $79 74

Tue Jun 7 — $20.6K +44.0% +27.5% $52.3M 182 $113 75

Wed Jun 8 — $19.8K −3.8% +38.3% $52.4M 182 $109 76

Thu Jun 9 — $24.2K +21.8% +38.5% $52.4M 182 $133 77

Fri Jun 10 — $21.9K −9.2% −27.9% $52.4M 182 $120 78

Sat Jun 11 — $30.0K +37.0% −30.7% $52.4M 182 $165 79

Sun Jun 12 — $22.8K −24.2% −28.8% $52.5M 182 $125 80

Mon Jun 13 — $10.8K −52.4% −24.3% $52.5M 182 $60 81

Tue Jun 14 — $14.4K +32.8% −30.2% $52.5M 182 $79 82

Wed Jun 15 — $14.3K −0.7% −27.9% $52.5M 182 $79 83

Thu Jun 16 — $15.4K +7.9% −36.2% $52.5M 182 $85 84

Fri Jun 17 — $16.4K +6.7% −25.0% $52.5M 90 $183 85

Sat Jun 18 — $18.6K +13.3% −37.9% $52.5M 90 $207 86

Sun Jun 19 — $14.8K −20.4% −34.9% $52.6M 90 $165 87

Mon Jun 20 — $9.2K −38.0% −15.2% $52.6M 90 $102 88

Tue Jun 21 — $12.6K +36.9% −12.5% $52.6M 90 $140 89

Wed Jun 22 — $12.1K −3.7% −15.2% $52.6M 90 $135 90

Thu Jun 23 — $13.2K +8.6% −14.6% $52.6M 90 $146 91

Fri Jun 24 — $9.7K −26.4% −41.1% $52.6M 58 $167 92

Sat Jun 25 — $10.2K +5.1% −45.4% $52.6M 58 $176 93

Sun Jun 26 — $8.3K −18.9% −44.3% $52.6M 58 $142 94

Mon Jun 27 — $4.6K −43.9% −49.6% $52.6M 58 $80 95

Tue Jun 28 — $6.3K +35.2% −50.2% $52.7M 58 $108 96

Wed Jun 29 — $4.7K −25.7% −61.6% $52.7M 58 $80 97

Thu Jun 30 — $4.8K +4.2% −63.2% $52.7M 58 $84 98

Fri Jul 1 — $4.1K −16.2% −58.1% $52.7M 31 $131 99

Sat Jul 2 — $4.2K +2.5% −59.2% $52.7M 31 $134 100

Sun Jul 3 — $3.6K −14.3% −56.8% $52.7M 31 $115 101

Mon Jul 4 #59 $2.6K −26.6% −43.6% $52.7M 31 $84 102

Tue Jul 5 — $2.7K +4.6% −56.3% $52.7M 31 $88 103

Wed Jul 6 — $3.0K +8.5% −36.2% $52.7M 31 $96 104

Thu Jul 7 — $3.1K +3.3% −36.7% $52.7M 31 $99 105

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

Cumulative total$52.2M

Mar 25Apr 11Apr 29May 16Jun 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $161.2K

$23.8M

$10.0M

$4.8M

$2.1M

$933.5K

$382.7K

$220.4K

$291.4K

$185.3K

$161.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,169 → 253 −92.0%

3,167 open253 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −13.0%

−57.7%

W1→2

−52.5%

W2→3

−56.4%

W3→4

−55.2%

W4→5

−59.0%

W5→6

−42.4%

W6→7

+32.2%

W7→8

−36.4%

W8→9

−13.0%

W9→10

Steepest −59.0%Biggest gain +32.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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