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Failure to LaunchFollow

2006 • PG-13 • 1h 37m • Comedy, Romance • Paramount Pictures

To leave the nest, some men just need a little push.

🍅 23% 52%

47

2.59

5.7

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$88.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$130.00M

$41.50M international

Domestic legs3.63x

Budget$50.0M

2006 rank#21

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Cast & crew

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey Starring

Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker Starring

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel Starring

Justin Bartha

Justin Bartha Starring

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper Starring

ScreenplayTom J. Astle, Matt Ember Produced byScott Rudin, Scott Aversano CinematographyClaudio Miranda MusicRolfe Kent Prod. DesignJeremy Conway StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 10-12 1 $24.4M — 3,057 $7,985 $24.4M

2 Mar 17-19 2 $15.6M −36.1% 3,117 $5,006 $48.3M

3 Mar 24-26 4 $10.5M −33.0% 3,202 $3,267 $63.5M

4 Mar 31-Apr 2 4 $6.5M −38.2% 3,074 $2,102 $73.1M

5 Apr 7-9 6 $4.1M −36.1% 2,616 $1,579 $79.1M

6 Apr 14-16 9 $2.6M −36.9% 1,950 $1,337 $83.2M

7 Apr 21-23 13 $1.4M −45.9% 1,295 $1,089 $85.6M

8 Apr 28-30 17 $615.1K −56.4% 664 $926 $86.6M

9 May 5-7 19 $394.1K −35.9% 437 $901 $87.2M

10 May 12-14 25 $237.0K −39.9% 283 $837 $87.6M

11 May 19-21 35 $83.1K −64.9% 156 $532 $87.7M

12 May 26-28 24 $210.7K +153.6% 320 $658 $88.0M

13 Jun 2-4 26 $173.5K −17.7% 280 $619 $88.3M

14 Jun 9-11 33 $127.1K −26.7% 217 $585 $88.5M

15 Jun 16-18 35 $78.7K −38.1% 175 $449 $88.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 10 #1 $8.5M — $8.5M 3,057 $2,784 1

Sat Mar 11 #1 $10.3M +21% $18.8M 3,057 $3,362 2

Sun Mar 12 #1 $5.6M −45% $24.4M 3,057 $1,837 3

Mon Mar 13 #1 $2.0M −64% $26.4M 3,057 $666 4

Tue Mar 14 #1 $2.1M +5% $28.6M 3,057 $698 5

Wed Mar 15 #1 $2.0M −5% $30.6M 3,057 $665 6

Thu Mar 16 #1 $2.1M +1% $32.7M 3,057 $670 7

Fri Mar 17 #2 $4.7M +128% −45% $37.4M 3,117 $1,501 8

Sat Mar 18 #2 $7.3M +57% −29% $44.7M 3,117 $2,352 9

Sun Mar 19 #3 $3.6M −51% −36% $48.3M 3,117 $1,151 10

Mon Mar 20 #2 $1.1M −69% −45% $49.4M 3,117 $358 11

Tue Mar 21 #2 $1.2M +9% −43% $50.6M 3,117 $390 12

Wed Mar 22 #2 $1.2M −3% −42% $51.8M 3,117 $377 13

Thu Mar 23 #2 $1.3M +10% −37% $53.1M 3,117 $414 14

Fri Mar 24 #4 $3.4M +165% −27% $56.5M 3,202 $1,067 15

Sat Mar 25 #3 $4.7M +39% −35% $61.2M 3,202 $1,482 16

Sun Mar 26 #4 $2.3M −52% −36% $63.5M 3,202 $717 17

Mon Mar 27 #3 $728.3K −68% −35% $64.3M 3,202 $227 18

Tue Mar 28 #3 $812.8K +12% −33% $65.1M 3,202 $253 19

Wed Mar 29 #3 $768.4K −5% −35% $65.8M 3,202 $239 20

Thu Mar 30 #3 $778.0K +1% −40% $66.6M 3,202 $242 21

Fri Mar 31 #4 $2.2M +185% −35% $68.8M 3,074 $721 22

Sat Apr 1 #4 $2.9M +30% −39% $71.7M 3,074 $937 23

Sun Apr 2 #5 $1.4M −53% −41% $73.1M 3,074 $443 24

Mon Apr 3 #5 $431.3K −68% −41% $73.5M 3,074 $140 25

Tue Apr 4 #5 $500.7K +16% −38% $74.0M 3,074 $162 26

Wed Apr 5 #4 $480.0K −4% −38% $74.5M 3,074 $156 27

Thu Apr 6 #4 $513.6K +7% −34% $75.0M 3,074 $167 28

Fri Apr 7 #6 $1.3M +151% −42% $76.3M 2,616 $492 29

Sat Apr 8 #6 $2.0M +56% −30% $78.3M 2,616 $767 30

Sun Apr 9 #8 $835.2K −58% −39% $79.1M 2,616 $319 31

Mon Apr 10 #7 $305.4K −63% −29% $79.5M 2,616 $116 32

Tue Apr 11 #7 $328.6K +8% −34% $79.8M 2,616 $125 33

Wed Apr 12 #7 $338.5K +3% −29% $80.1M 2,616 $129 34

Thu Apr 13 #6 $453.5K +34% −12% $80.6M 2,616 $173 35

Fri Apr 14 #9 $966.6K +113% −25% $81.5M 1,950 $495 36

Sat Apr 15 #9 $1.0M +6% −49% $82.6M 1,950 $524 37

Sun Apr 16 #9 $619.1K −39% −26% $83.2M 1,950 $317 38

Mon Apr 17 #9 $287.0K −54% −6% $83.5M 1,950 $147 39

Tue Apr 18 #9 $233.0K −19% −29% $83.7M 1,950 $119 40

Wed Apr 19 #9 $244.1K +5% −28% $83.9M 1,950 $125 41

Thu Apr 20 #9 $250.0K +2% −45% $84.2M 1,950 $128 42

Mon May 29 #26 $59.6K — $88.0M 320 $186 81

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

Cumulative total$84.2M

Mar 10Mar 20Mar 31Apr 10Apr 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $237.0K

$24.4M

$15.6M

$10.5M

$6.5M

$4.1M

$2.6M

$1.4M

$615.1K

$394.1K

$237.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,202 → 1,950 −39.1%

3,057 open1,950 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.9%

−36.1%

W1→2

−33.0%

W2→3

−38.2%

W3→4

−36.1%

W4→5

−36.9%

W5→6

−45.9%

W6→7

−56.4%

W7→8

−35.9%

W8→9

−39.9%

W9→10

Steepest −56.4%Best hold −33.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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