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2008 • PG-13 • 1h 52m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • Warner Bros.

This February true love takes a dive.

🍅 11% 48%

29

2.71

5.7

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$70.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$109.00M

$39.20M international

Domestic legs3.25x

Budget$70.0M

2008 rank#46

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Cast & crew

Full Tennant filmography

Andy Tennant

Andy Tennant Director

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey Starring

Kate Hudson

Kate Hudson Starring

Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland Starring

Alexis Dziena

Alexis Dziena Starring

Ewen Bremner

Ewen Bremner Starring

ScreenplayAndy Tennant, John Claflin, Daniel Zelman Produced byDonald De Line, Bernie Goldmann, Jon Klane CinematographyDon Burgess MusicGeorge Fenton Prod. DesignCharles Wood StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 8-10 1 $21.6M — 3,125 $6,908 $21.6M

2 Feb 15-17 4 $12.9M −40.2% 3,125 $4,130 $41.9M

3 Feb 22-24 5 $6.6M −49.2% 3,075 $2,131 $52.7M

4 Feb 29-Mar 2 7 $4.4M −32.6% 2,845 $1,552 $58.8M

5 Mar 7-9 10 $2.8M −37.0% 2,322 $1,198 $62.8M

6 Mar 14-16 13 $1.7M −39.3% 1,505 $1,121 $65.4M

7 Mar 21-23 16 $953.1K −43.5% 1,011 $942 $67.1M

8 Mar 28-30 18 $578.2K −39.3% 640 $903 $68.1M

9 Apr 4-6 23 $345.9K −40.2% 436 $793 $68.6M

10 Apr 11-13 30 $255.0K −26.3% 275 $927 $69.0M

11 Apr 18-20 38 $142.3K −44.2% 220 $647 $69.2M

12 Apr 25-27 23 $321.4K +125.8% 494 $650 $69.6M

13 May 2-4 26 $167.2K −48.0% 303 $551 $69.9M

14 May 9-11 27 $137.3K −17.9% 216 $635 $70.1M

15 May 16-18 42 $63.0K −54.1% 162 $388 $70.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 8 #1 $7.5M — $7.5M 3,125 $2,404 1

Sat Feb 9 #1 $9.2M +23% $16.7M 3,125 $2,948 2

Sun Feb 10 #1 $4.9M −47% $21.6M 3,125 $1,555 3

Mon Feb 11 #1 $1.3M −73% $22.9M 3,125 $414 4

Tue Feb 12 #1 $1.2M −4% $24.1M 3,125 $397 5

Wed Feb 13 #1 $1.3M +3% $25.4M 3,125 $408 6

Thu Feb 14 #3 $3.6M +178% $29.0M 3,125 $1,136 7

Fri Feb 15 #4 $3.9M +9% −48% $32.8M 3,125 $1,239 8

Sat Feb 16 #4 $5.5M +42% −40% $38.3M 3,125 $1,760 9

Sun Feb 17 #4 $3.5M −36% −27% $41.9M 3,125 $1,131 10

Mon Feb 18 #4 $1.9M −45% +50% $43.8M 3,125 $622 11

Tue Feb 19 #4 $824.4K −58% −34% $44.6M 3,125 $263 12

Wed Feb 20 #4 $741.4K −10% −42% $45.4M 3,125 $237 13

Thu Feb 21 #4 $787.2K +6% −78% $46.2M 3,125 $251 14

Fri Feb 22 #5 $2.0M +152% −49% $48.1M 3,075 $644 15

Sat Feb 23 #5 $3.0M +53% −45% $51.2M 3,075 $986 16

Sun Feb 24 #5 $1.5M −49% −56% $52.7M 3,075 $500 17

Mon Feb 25 #5 $388.4K −75% −80% $53.1M 3,075 $126 18

Tue Feb 26 #4 $423.4K +9% −49% $53.5M 3,075 $137 19

Wed Feb 27 #4 $420.0K −1% −43% $53.9M 3,075 $136 20

Thu Feb 28 #4 $433.4K +3% −45% $54.4M 3,075 $140 21

Fri Feb 29 #7 $1.3M +203% −34% $55.7M 2,845 $460 22

Sat Mar 1 #7 $2.1M +59% −31% $57.8M 2,845 $731 23

Sun Mar 2 #8 $1.0M −51% −33% $58.8M 2,845 $360 24

Mon Mar 3 #8 $289.0K −72% −26% $59.1M 2,845 $101 25

Tue Mar 4 #8 $314.7K +9% −26% $59.4M 2,845 $110 26

Wed Mar 5 #8 $296.2K −6% −29% $59.7M 2,845 $104 27

Thu Mar 6 #8 $319.9K +8% −26% $60.0M 2,845 $112 28

Fri Mar 7 #10 $862.8K +170% −34% $60.9M 2,322 $371 29

Sat Mar 8 #10 $1.3M +50% −38% $62.2M 2,322 $556 30

Sun Mar 9 #11 $626.7K −52% −39% $62.8M 2,322 $269 31

Mon Mar 10 #11 $208.4K −67% −28% $63.0M 2,322 $89 32

Tue Mar 11 #11 $222.1K +7% −29% $63.2M 2,322 $95 33

Wed Mar 12 #10 $207.0K −7% −30% $63.4M 2,322 $89 34

Thu Mar 13 #10 $228.3K +10% −29% $63.7M 2,322 $98 35

Fri Mar 14 #13 $546.4K +139% −37% $64.2M 1,505 $363 36

Sat Mar 15 #12 $760.4K +39% −41% $65.0M 1,505 $505 37

Sun Mar 16 #12 $381.5K −50% −39% $65.4M 1,505 $253 38

Mon Mar 17 #13 $152.5K −60% −27% $65.5M 1,505 $101 39

Tue Mar 18 #13 $177.1K +16% −20% $65.7M 1,505 $117 40

Mon May 26 #55 $5.3K — $70.2M 58 $91 109

Tue May 27 $2.3K −56% $70.2M 58 $40 110

Wed May 28 $2.2K −8% $70.2M 58 $37 111

Thu May 29 $2.3K +9% $70.2M 58 $40 112

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

Cumulative total$65.7M

Feb 8Feb 18Feb 28Mar 8Mar 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $255.0K

$21.6M

$12.9M

$6.6M

$4.4M

$2.8M

$1.7M

$953.1K

$578.2K

$345.9K

$255.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,125 → 1,505 −51.8%

3,125 open1,505 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.3%

−40.2%

W1→2

−49.2%

W2→3

−32.6%

W3→4

−37.0%

W4→5

−39.3%

W5→6

−43.5%

W6→7

−39.3%

W7→8

−40.2%

W8→9

−26.3%

W9→10

Steepest −49.2%Best hold −26.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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