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2008 • PG-13 • 1h 28m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Warner Bros.

His father, her mother, his mother and her father all in one day.

🍅 25% 47%

41

2.70

5.7

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$31.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$120.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$164.00M

$44.00M international

Domestic legs3.87x

Budget$80.0M

2008 rank#21

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Cast & crew

Full Gordon filmography

Seth Gordon

Seth Gordon Director

Vince Vaughn

Vince Vaughn Starring

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon Starring

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall Starring

Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek Starring

Mary Steenburgen

Mary Steenburgen Starring

ScreenplayMatt Allen, Caleb Wilson, Scott Moore, Jon Lucas Produced byGary Barber, Jonathan Glickman, Roger Birnbaum CinematographyJeffrey L. Kimball MusicAlex Wurman Prod. DesignShepherd Frankel StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 28-30 1 $31.1M — 3,310 $9,386 $46.1M

2 Dec 5-7 1 $16.8M −46.1% 3,335 $5,024 $69.4M

3 Dec 12-14 2 $13.1M −22.0% 3,540 $3,693 $87.8M

4 Dec 19-21 5 $7.7M −41.1% 3,515 $2,191 $100.1M

5 Dec 26-28 11 $4.8M −37.2% 2,510 $1,928 $111.6M

6 Jan 2-4 15 $2.8M −41.9% 2,307 $1,218 $118.2M

7 Jan 9-11 25 $373.4K −86.7% 777 $480 $119.2M

8 Jan 16-18 32 $263.9K −29.3% 362 $728 $119.6M

9 Jan 23-25 33 $208.7K −20.9% 310 $673 $119.9M

10 Jan 30-Feb 1 39 $84.6K −59.5% 183 $462 $120.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 26 #2 $6.1M — $6.1M 3,200 $1,900 1

Thu Nov 27 #1 $8.9M +46% $15.0M 3,200 $2,782 2

Fri Nov 28 #1 $13.1M +47% $28.1M 3,310 $3,955 3

Sat Nov 29 #1 $12.2M −7% $40.3M 3,310 $3,684 4

Sun Nov 30 #1 $5.8M −53% $46.1M 3,310 $1,746 5

Mon Dec 1 #1 $1.7M −71% $47.7M 3,310 $500 6

Tue Dec 2 #1 $1.8M +9% $49.5M 3,310 $544 7

Wed Dec 3 #1 $1.6M −14% −74% $51.1M 3,310 $470 8

Thu Dec 4 #1 $1.6M +2% −82% $52.7M 3,310 $480 9

Fri Dec 5 #1 $5.8M +262% −56% $58.4M 3,335 $1,724 10

Sat Dec 6 #1 $7.0M +21% −43% $65.4M 3,335 $2,089 11

Sun Dec 7 #1 $4.0M −42% −30% $69.4M 3,335 $1,209 12

Mon Dec 8 #1 $1.2M −70% −26% $70.6M 3,335 $368 13

Tue Dec 9 #1 $1.4M +11% −24% $72.0M 3,335 $409 14

Wed Dec 10 #1 $1.3M −2% −14% $73.3M 3,335 $400 15

Thu Dec 11 #1 $1.4M +1% −15% $74.7M 3,335 $405 16

Fri Dec 12 #2 $4.2M +209% −27% $78.9M 3,540 $1,181 17

Sat Dec 13 #2 $5.8M +40% −16% $84.7M 3,540 $1,651 18

Sun Dec 14 #2 $3.0M −48% −24% $87.8M 3,540 $860 19

Mon Dec 15 #2 $1.1M −64% −11% $88.9M 3,540 $309 20

Tue Dec 16 #2 $1.2M +7% −14% $90.1M 3,540 $332 21

Wed Dec 17 #2 $1.2M −1% −13% $91.2M 3,540 $329 22

Thu Dec 18 #2 $1.2M +2% −12% $92.4M 3,540 $336 23

Fri Dec 19 #5 $2.2M +88% −46% $94.7M 3,515 $637 24

Sat Dec 20 #5 $3.1M +40% −46% $97.8M 3,515 $891 25

Sun Dec 21 #5 $2.3M −26% −24% $100.1M 3,515 $662 26

Mon Dec 22 #5 $1.6M −33% +43% $101.7M 3,515 $446 27

Tue Dec 23 #5 $1.6M +3% +37% $103.3M 3,515 $460 28

Wed Dec 24 #4 $1.2M −25% +4% $104.5M 2,510 $484 29

Thu Dec 25 #9 $2.2M +84% +88% $106.7M 2,510 $890 30

Fri Dec 26 #10 $1.9M −17% −17% $108.6M 2,510 $739 31

Sat Dec 27 #11 $1.8M −5% −44% $110.4M 2,510 $699 32

Sun Dec 28 #12 $1.2M −30% −47% $111.6M 2,510 $490 33

Mon Dec 29 #14 $849.0K −31% −46% $112.4M 2,510 $338 34

Tue Dec 30 #14 $831.1K −2% −49% $113.3M 2,510 $331 35

Wed Dec 31 $867.3K +4% −29% $114.1M 2,510 $345 36

Thu Jan 1 $1.2M +43% −44% $115.4M 2,510 $494 37

Fri Jan 2 $1.1M −8% −38% $116.5M 2,307 $495 38

Sat Jan 3 $1.1M −2% −36% $117.6M 2,307 $486 39

Sun Jan 4 $547.2K −51% −56% $118.2M 2,307 $237 40

Mon Jan 5 #16 $162.5K −70% −81% $118.4M 2,307 $70 41

Tue Jan 6 #15 $167.3K +3% −80% $118.5M 2,307 $72 42

Wed Jan 7 #15 $163.9K −2% −81% $118.7M 2,307 $71 43

Thu Jan 8 #14 $152.4K −7% −88% $118.8M 2,307 $66 44

Fri Jan 9 $125.4K −18% −89% $119.0M 777 $161 45

Sat Jan 10 $165.5K +32% −85% $119.1M 777 $212 46

Sun Jan 11 $82.6K −50% −85% $119.2M 777 $106 47

Mon Jan 12 $29.3K −65% −82% $119.2M 777 $37 48

Tue Jan 13 $32.0K +9% −81% $119.3M 777 $41 49

Wed Jan 14 $27.4K −14% −83% $119.3M 777 $35 50

Thu Jan 15 $27.5K n/c −82% $119.3M 777 $35 51

Fri Jan 16 $73.5K +168% −41% $119.4M 362 $202 52

Sat Jan 17 $114.6K +56% −31% $119.5M 362 $316 53

Sun Jan 18 $75.8K −34% −8% $119.6M 362 $209 54

Mon Jan 19 #29 $62.4K −18% +113% $119.7M 362 $172 55

Tue Jan 20 $24.4K −61% −24% $119.7M 362 $67 56

Wed Jan 21 $21.2K −13% −23% $119.7M 362 $58 57

Thu Jan 22 $18.2K −14% −34% $119.7M 362 $50 58

Fri Jan 23 $64.7K +255% −12% $119.8M 310 $208 59

Sat Jan 24 $89.3K +38% −22% $119.9M 310 $288 60

Sun Jan 25 $54.7K −39% −28% $119.9M 310 $176 61

Mon Jan 26 $17.0K −69% −73% $119.9M 310 $54 62

Tue Jan 27 $16.6K −2% −32% $120.0M 310 $53 63

Wed Jan 28 $17.1K +3% −19% $120.0M 310 $55 64

Thu Jan 29 $14.2K −17% −22% $120.0M 310 $45 65

Fri Jan 30 $27.4K +93% −58% $120.0M 183 $149 66

Sat Jan 31 $42.4K +55% −53% $120.1M 183 $231 67

Sun Feb 1 $14.8K −65% −73% $120.1M 183 $80 68

Mon Feb 2 $6.8K −54% −60% $120.1M 183 $37 69

Tue Feb 3 $7.4K +9% −55% $120.1M 183 $40 70

Wed Feb 4 $7.3K −1% −57% $120.1M 183 $40 71

Thu Feb 5 $7.5K +2% −47% $120.1M 183 $40 72

Fri Feb 6 $8.0K +7% −71% $120.1M 87 $92 73

Sat Feb 7 $15.3K +91% −64% $120.1M 87 $175 74

Sun Feb 8 $9.8K −36% −33% $120.1M 87 $113 75

Mon Feb 9 $2.3K −77% −67% $120.1M 87 $25 76

Tue Feb 10 $2.8K +25% −62% $120.1M 87 $32 77

Wed Feb 11 $2.3K −19% −69% $120.1M 87 $26 78

Thu Feb 12 $2.6K +15% −65% $120.1M 87 $30 79

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

Cumulative total$120.1M

Nov 26Dec 13Dec 31Jan 17Feb 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $84.6K

$31.1M

$16.8M

$13.1M

$7.7M

$4.8M

$2.8M

$373.4K

$263.9K

$208.7K

$84.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,540 → 183 −94.8%

3,200 open183 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −59.5%

−46.1%

W1→2

−22.0%

W2→3

−41.1%

W3→4

−37.2%

W4→5

−41.9%

W5→6

−86.7%

W6→7

−29.3%

W7→8

−20.9%

W8→9

−59.5%

W9→10

Steepest −86.7%Best hold −20.9%

Run milestones

$100M in 26 days

$100M

Day 26

Dec 21

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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