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2010 • PG-13 • 1h 54m • Comedy • DreamWorks

Takes one to know one.

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56

2.68

5.9

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$23.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$73.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$86.80M

$13.80M international

Domestic legs3.10x

Budget$69.0M

2010 rank#46

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Cast & crew

Full Roach filmography

Jay Roach

Jay Roach Director

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd Starring

Steve Carell

Steve Carell Starring

Jemaine Clement

Jemaine Clement Starring

Zach Galifianakis

Zach Galifianakis Starring

Lucy Punch

Lucy Punch Starring

ScreenplayDavid Guion, Michael Handelman Produced byWalter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Jay Roach CinematographyJim Denault MusicTheodore Shapiro Prod. DesignMichael Corenblith StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 30-Aug 1 2 $23.5M — 2,911 $8,082 $23.5M

2 Aug 6-8 5 $10.4M −55.9% 3,004 $3,453 $46.6M

3 Aug 13-15 8 $6.3M −39.4% 3,046 $2,063 $58.8M

4 Aug 20-22 12 $3.5M −44.0% 2,149 $1,638 $65.8M

5 Aug 27-29 16 $1.8M −49.5% 1,501 $1,185 $69.2M

6 Sep 3-5 21 $1.0M −42.0% 804 $1,283 $70.9M

7 Sep 10-12 25 $480.2K −53.4% 536 $895 $71.8M

8 Sep 17-19 31 $220.0K −54.2% 313 $702 $72.2M

9 Sep 24-26 26 $260.2K +18.3% 323 $805 $72.5M

10 Oct 1-3 31 $165.8K −36.3% 261 $635 $72.8M

11 Oct 8-10 37 $100.5K −39.4% 159 $631 $73.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 30 #1 $8.4M — $8.4M 2,911 $2,883 1

Sat Jul 31 #2 $8.3M −1% $16.7M 2,911 $2,866 2

Sun Aug 1 #2 $6.8M −19% $23.5M 2,911 $2,332 3

Mon Aug 2 #2 $3.6M −48% $27.1M 2,911 $1,220 4

Tue Aug 3 #2 $3.4M −4% $30.5M 2,911 $1,174 5

Wed Aug 4 #2 $3.0M −12% $33.5M 2,911 $1,031 6

Thu Aug 5 #2 $2.7M −9% $36.2M 2,911 $942 7

Fri Aug 6 #4 $3.4M +23% −60% $39.6M 3,004 $1,122 8

Sat Aug 7 #5 $3.9M +17% −53% $43.5M 3,004 $1,308 9

Sun Aug 8 #5 $3.1M −22% −55% $46.6M 3,004 $1,022 10

Mon Aug 9 #4 $1.6M −48% −55% $48.2M 3,004 $528 11

Tue Aug 10 #5 $1.6M +2% −53% $49.8M 3,004 $538 12

Wed Aug 11 #5 $1.3M −17% −55% $51.2M 3,004 $447 13

Thu Aug 12 #5 $1.3M −1% −52% $52.5M 3,004 $442 14

Fri Aug 13 #8 $2.0M +51% −40% $54.5M 3,004 $670 15

Sat Aug 14 #9 $2.5M +22% −37% $57.0M 3,004 $818 16

Sun Aug 15 #8 $1.8M −26% −41% $58.8M 3,004 $603 17

Mon Aug 16 #8 $956.7K −47% −40% $59.7M 3,004 $318 18

Tue Aug 17 #8 $969.6K +1% −40% $60.7M 3,004 $322 19

Wed Aug 18 #9 $818.3K −16% −39% $61.5M 3,004 $272 20

Thu Aug 19 #9 $750.1K −8% −44% $62.3M 3,004 $249 21

Fri Aug 20 #12 $1.1M +45% −46% $63.4M 2,149 $506 22

Sat Aug 21 #13 $1.4M +30% −42% $64.8M 2,149 $659 23

Sun Aug 22 #12 $1.0M −28% −44% $65.8M 2,149 $472 24

Mon Aug 23 #12 $451.2K −56% −53% $66.3M 2,149 $209 25

Tue Aug 24 #13 $456.5K +1% −53% $66.7M 2,149 $212 26

Wed Aug 25 #12 $378.8K −17% −54% $67.1M 2,149 $176 27

Thu Aug 26 #12 $337.4K −11% −55% $67.4M 2,149 $157 28

Fri Aug 27 #16 $552.8K +64% −49% $68.0M 1,501 $368 29

Sat Aug 28 $779.1K +41% −45% $68.8M 1,501 $519 30

Sun Aug 29 $447.6K −43% −56% $69.2M 1,501 $298 31

Mon Aug 30 #15 $184.8K −59% −59% $69.4M 1,501 $123 32

Tue Aug 31 #16 $202.6K +10% −56% $69.6M 1,501 $134 33

Wed Sep 1 #16 $151.3K −25% −60% $69.7M 1,501 $100 34

Thu Sep 2 #17 $148.4K −2% −56% $69.9M 1,501 $98 35

Fri Sep 3 $262.1K +77% −53% $70.2M 804 $326 36

Sat Sep 4 $380.4K +45% −51% $70.5M 804 $473 37

Sun Sep 5 $389.1K +2% −13% $70.9M 804 $483 38

Mon Sep 6 #21 $243.6K −37% +32% $71.2M 804 $303 39

Tue Sep 7 $65.0K −73% −68% $71.2M 804 $80 40

Wed Sep 8 $61.1K −6% −60% $71.3M 804 $75 41

Thu Sep 9 $59.7K −2% −60% $71.4M 804 $74 42

Fri Sep 10 $149.8K +151% −43% $71.5M 536 $279 43

Sat Sep 11 $230.3K +54% −39% $71.7M 536 $429 44

Sun Sep 12 $100.2K −56% −74% $71.8M 536 $186 45

Mon Sep 13 $32.6K −67% −87% $71.9M 536 $60 46

Tue Sep 14 $40.7K +25% −37% $71.9M 536 $76 47

Wed Sep 15 $37.2K −9% −39% $71.9M 536 $69 48

Thu Sep 16 $41.2K +11% −31% $72.0M 536 $76 49

Fri Sep 17 $72.3K +75% −52% $72.1M 313 $231 50

Sat Sep 18 $99.0K +37% −57% $72.2M 313 $316 51

Sun Sep 19 $48.7K −51% −51% $72.2M 313 $155 52

Mon Sep 20 $17.8K −63% −45% $72.2M 313 $56 53

Tue Sep 21 $19.7K +11% −52% $72.2M 313 $63 54

Wed Sep 22 $18.6K −5% −50% $72.3M 313 $59 55

Thu Sep 23 $18.2K −2% −56% $72.3M 313 $58 56

Fri Sep 24 $78.7K +331% +9% $72.4M 323 $243 57

Sat Sep 25 $112.3K +43% +13% $72.5M 323 $347 58

Sun Sep 26 $69.2K −38% +42% $72.5M 323 $214 59

Mon Sep 27 $26.0K −62% +46% $72.6M 323 $80 60

Tue Sep 28 $29.0K +12% +47% $72.6M 323 $89 61

Wed Sep 29 $25.5K −12% +37% $72.6M 323 $79 62

Thu Sep 30 $24.6K −3% +35% $72.6M 323 $76 63

Fri Oct 1 $51.1K +107% −35% $72.7M 261 $195 64

Sat Oct 2 $73.6K +44% −35% $72.8M 261 $281 65

Sun Oct 3 $41.1K −44% −41% $72.8M 261 $157 66

Mon Oct 4 $16.0K −61% −38% $72.8M 261 $61 67

Tue Oct 5 $18.0K +12% −38% $72.8M 261 $69 68

Wed Oct 6 $17.7K −2% −31% $72.9M 261 $67 69

Thu Oct 7 $17.6K −1% −29% $72.9M 261 $67 70

Fri Oct 8 $31.9K +81% −38% $72.9M 159 $200 71

Sat Oct 9 $42.4K +33% −42% $73.0M 159 $266 72

Sun Oct 10 $26.2K −38% −36% $73.0M 159 $164 73

Mon Oct 11 $13.1K −50% −18% $73.0M 159 $82 74

Tue Oct 12 $11.0K −16% −39% $73.0M 159 $69 75

Wed Oct 13 $10.2K −7% −42% $73.0M 159 $64 76

Thu Oct 14 $11.8K +15% −33% $73.0M 159 $74 77

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

Cumulative total$72.9M

Jul 30Aug 16Sep 3Sep 20Oct 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $165.8K

$23.5M

$10.4M

$6.3M

$3.5M

$1.8M

$1.0M

$480.2K

$220.0K

$260.2K

$165.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,004 → 261 −91.3%

2,911 open261 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.3%

−55.9%

W1→2

−39.4%

W2→3

−44.0%

W3→4

−49.5%

W4→5

−42.0%

W5→6

−53.4%

W6→7

−54.2%

W7→8

+18.3%

W8→9

−36.3%

W9→10

Steepest −55.9%Biggest gain +18.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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