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2007 • PG-13 • 1h 26m • Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy • 20th Century Fox

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🍅 2% 29%

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1.4

2.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$39.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$86.90M

$47.10M international

Domestic legs2.1x

Budget$20M

2007 rank#67

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Cast & crew

Kal Penn

Kal Penn Starring

Jennifer Coolidge

Jennifer Coolidge Starring

Jayma Mays

Jayma Mays Starring

Crispin Glover

Crispin Glover Starring

ScreenplayJason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer Produced byPaul Schiff CinematographyShawn Maurer MusicEdward Shearmur Prod. DesignWilliam A. Elliott Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 26-28 1 $18.6M — 2,801 $6,645 $18.6M

2 Feb 2-4 3 $8.4M −54.8% 2,840 $2,962 $29.6M

3 Feb 9-11 6 $4.6M −45.7% 2,806 $1,629 $35.6M

4 Feb 16-18 14 $1.4M −69.7% 1,426 $973 $38.0M

5 Feb 23-25 25 $400.2K −71.1% 553 $724 $38.9M

6 Mar 2-4 29 $187.1K −53.2% 294 $636 $39.2M

7 Mar 9-11 38 $120.5K −35.6% 194 $621 $39.4M

8 Mar 16-18 40 $83.8K −30.4% 154 $544 $39.5M

9 Mar 23-25 41 $74.3K −11.4% 122 $609 $39.6M

10 Mar 30-Apr 1 44 $43.1K −42.0% 90 $479 $39.7M

11 Apr 6-8 60 $18.0K −58.3% 36 $499 $39.7M

12 Apr 13-15 73 $12.1K −32.3% 23 $528 $39.7M

13 Apr 20-22 77 $7.7K −36.4% 16 $483 $39.7M

14 Apr 27-29 86 $5.7K −26.0% 16 $358 $39.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 26 #1 $6.8M — $6.8M 2,801 $2,440 1

Sat Jan 27 #1 $7.7M +12.9% $14.5M 2,801 $2,754 2

Sun Jan 28 #1 $4.1M −47.3% $18.6M 2,801 $1,451 3

Mon Jan 29 #2 $760.0K −81.3% $19.4M 2,801 $271 4

Tue Jan 30 #2 $630.2K −17.1% $20.0M 2,801 $225 5

Wed Jan 31 #2 $552.8K −12.3% $20.6M 2,801 $197 6

Thu Feb 1 #2 $588.1K +6.4% $21.1M 2,801 $210 7

Fri Feb 2 #3 $2.7M +366.3% −59.9% $23.9M 2,840 $966 8

Sat Feb 3 #3 $4.2M +53.7% −45.4% $28.1M 2,840 $1,484 9

Sun Feb 4 #3 $1.5M −65.4% −64.2% $29.6M 2,840 $513 10

Mon Feb 5 #4 $455.0K −68.8% −40.1% $30.0M 2,840 $160 11

Tue Feb 6 #4 $378.7K −16.8% −39.9% $30.4M 2,840 $133 12

Wed Feb 7 #4 $325.5K −14.0% −41.1% $30.7M 2,840 $115 13

Thu Feb 8 #6 $309.5K −4.9% −47.4% $31.0M 2,840 $109 14

Fri Feb 9 #5 $1.3M +312.4% −53.5% $32.3M 2,806 $455 15

Sat Feb 10 #6 $2.1M +67.1% −49.4% $34.4M 2,806 $760 16

Sun Feb 11 #7 $1.2M −45.5% −20.3% $35.6M 2,806 $414 17

Mon Feb 12 #9 $240.3K −79.3% −47.2% $35.8M 2,806 $86 18

Tue Feb 13 #10 $160.4K −33.2% −57.6% $36.0M 2,806 $57 19

Wed Feb 14 #10 $385.3K +140.1% +18.4% $36.4M 2,506 $154 20

Thu Feb 15 #12 $216.4K −43.8% −30.1% $36.6M 2,506 $86 21

Fri Feb 16 #13 $387.8K +79.2% −69.6% $37.0M 1,426 $272 22

Sat Feb 17 — $566.5K +46.1% −73.4% $37.6M 1,426 $397 23

Sun Feb 18 #12 $432.6K −23.6% −62.7% $38.0M 1,426 $303 24

Mon Feb 19 #14 $285.4K −34.0% +18.8% $38.3M 1,426 $200 25

Tue Feb 20 — $97.7K −65.8% −39.1% $38.4M 1,426 $69 26

Wed Feb 21 — $88.8K −9.1% −76.9% $38.5M 1,426 $62 27

Thu Feb 22 — $85.7K −3.5% −60.4% $38.5M 1,426 $60 28

Fri Feb 23 — $125.2K +46.0% −67.7% $38.7M 553 $226 29

Sat Feb 24 — $178.8K +42.8% −68.4% $38.8M 553 $323 30

Sun Feb 25 — $96.2K −46.2% −77.8% $38.9M 553 $174 31

Mon Feb 26 — $21.6K −77.6% −92.4% $39.0M 553 $39 32

Tue Feb 27 — $20.1K −7.0% −79.5% $39.0M 553 $36 33

Wed Feb 28 — $17.8K −11.1% −79.9% $39.0M 553 $32 34

Thu Mar 1 — $20.0K +12.1% −76.7% $39.0M 553 $36 35

Fri Mar 2 — $57.1K +185.1% −54.4% $39.1M 294 $194 36

Sat Mar 3 — $84.6K +48.2% −52.7% $39.2M 294 $288 37

Sun Mar 4 — $45.5K −46.2% −52.7% $39.2M 294 $155 38

Mon Mar 5 — $11.4K −75.0% −47.3% $39.2M 294 $39 39

Tue Mar 6 — $11.5K +1.4% −42.6% $39.2M 294 $39 40

Wed Mar 7 — $11.4K −1.3% −36.3% $39.2M 294 $39 41

Thu Mar 8 — $11.0K −3.6% −45.2% $39.3M 294 $37 42

Fri Mar 9 — $39.2K +257.7% −31.3% $39.3M 194 $202 43

Sat Mar 10 — $53.8K +37.3% −36.3% $39.3M 194 $277 44

Sun Mar 11 — $27.4K −49.1% −39.8% $39.4M 194 $141 45

Mon Mar 12 — $8.7K −68.4% −23.9% $39.4M 194 $45 46

Tue Mar 13 — $10.8K +24.3% −6.6% $39.4M 194 $55 47

Wed Mar 14 — $9.2K −14.7% −19.3% $39.4M 194 $47 48

Thu Mar 15 — $10.0K +8.7% −9.0% $39.4M 194 $51 49

Fri Mar 16 — $26.4K +164.8% −32.7% $39.4M 154 $171 50

Sat Mar 17 — $35.2K +33.3% −34.6% $39.5M 154 $229 51

Sun Mar 18 — $22.2K −36.9% −19.0% $39.5M 154 $144 52

Mon Mar 19 — $7.5K −66.2% −13.2% $39.5M 154 $49 53

Tue Mar 20 — $7.0K −6.3% −34.6% $39.5M 154 $46 54

Wed Mar 21 — $6.6K −6.5% −28.3% $39.5M 154 $43 55

Thu Mar 22 — $7.1K +7.7% −29.0% $39.5M 154 $46 56

Fri Mar 23 — $21.8K +207.6% −17.5% $39.5M 122 $179 57

Sat Mar 24 — $33.5K +53.6% −5.0% $39.6M 122 $274 58

Sun Mar 25 — $19.0K −43.2% −14.4% $39.6M 122 $156 59

Mon Mar 26 — $5.8K −69.4% −22.5% $39.6M 122 $48 60

Tue Mar 27 — $5.7K −1.6% −18.6% $39.6M 122 $47 61

Wed Mar 28 — $6.4K +12.0% −2.5% $39.6M 122 $53 62

Thu Mar 29 — $6.4K +0.3% −9.2% $39.6M 122 $53 63

Fri Mar 30 — $12.6K +96.2% −42.1% $39.6M 122 $103 64

Sat Mar 31 — $19.3K +53.1% −42.3% $39.7M 122 $158 65

Sun Apr 1 — $11.2K −42.2% −41.3% $39.7M 122 $91 66

Mon Apr 2 — $3.1K −71.8% −45.9% $39.7M 122 $26 67

Tue Apr 3 — $3.9K +24.1% −31.8% $39.7M 122 $32 68

Wed Apr 4 — $3.8K −3.7% −41.4% $39.7M 122 $31 69

Thu Apr 5 — $5.7K +52.0% −11.1% $39.7M 122 $47 70

Fri Apr 6 — $6.9K +19.9% −45.7% $39.7M 36 $190 71

Sat Apr 7 — $7.0K +1.6% −63.9% $39.7M 36 $194 72

Sun Apr 8 — $4.1K −40.7% −63.0% $39.7M 36 $115 73

Mon Apr 9 — $2.4K −41.4% −23.0% $39.7M 36 $67 74

Tue Apr 10 — $1.5K −39.8% −62.7% $39.7M 36 $40 75

Wed Apr 11 — $1.4K −7.3% −64.1% $39.7M 36 $38 76

Thu Apr 12 — $1.1K −15.0% −79.9% $39.7M 36 $32 77

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

Cumulative total$39.7M

Jan 26Feb 12Mar 2Mar 19Apr 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $43.1K

$18.6M

$8.4M

$4.6M

$1.4M

$400.2K

$187.1K

$120.5K

$83.8K

$74.3K

$43.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,840 → 122 −95.7%

2,801 open122 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.0%

−54.8%

W1→2

−45.7%

W2→3

−69.7%

W3→4

−71.1%

W4→5

−53.2%

W5→6

−35.6%

W6→7

−30.4%

W7→8

−11.4%

W8→9

−42.0%

W9→10

Steepest −71.1%Best hold −11.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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