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2007 • PG • 1h 56m • Comedy, Family, Fantasy • Warner Bros.

Everybody has that one relative who can't help but cause problems over the holidays. Even Santa.

🍅 20% 45%

42

2.61

5.7

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$72.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$97.80M

$25.80M international

Domestic legs3.89x

Budget$100M

2007 rank#36

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Cast & crew

Vince Vaughn

Vince Vaughn Starring

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti Starring

John Michael Higgins

John Michael Higgins Starring

Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson Starring

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz Starring

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates Starring

ScreenplayDan Fogelman Produced byJoel Silver, Jessie Nelson, David Dobkin CinematographyRemi Adefarasin MusicChristophe Beck, Alan Silvestri (uncredited, score portions of MouseHunt ) Prod. DesignAllan Cameron StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 9-11 3 $18.5M — 3,603 $5,138 $18.5M

2 Nov 16-18 4 $11.9M −35.7% 3,603 $3,306 $35.7M

3 Nov 23-25 6 $10.6M −11.2% 3,603 $2,935 $52.9M

4 Nov 30-Dec 2 6 $5.5M −48.0% 3,420 $1,608 $59.8M

5 Dec 7-9 4 $4.6M −16.2% 3,185 $1,446 $65.5M

6 Dec 14-16 8 $2.2M −51.8% 2,750 $807 $68.9M

7 Dec 21-23 16 $864.9K −61.1% 1,155 $748 $70.6M

8 Dec 28-30 31 $198.8K −77.0% 503 $395 $71.3M

9 Jan 4-6 27 $200.4K +0.8% 404 $496 $71.7M

10 Jan 11-13 36 $94.9K −52.6% 240 $395 $71.8M

11 Feb 1-3 48 $66.1K −30.4% 112 $589 $72.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 9 #3 $5.3M — $5.3M 3,603 $1,479 1

Sat Nov 10 #3 $7.8M +46% $13.1M 3,603 $2,159 2

Sun Nov 11 #3 $5.4M −31% $18.5M 3,603 $1,500 3

Mon Nov 12 #2 $2.9M −46% $21.4M 3,603 $814 4

Tue Nov 13 #3 $827.5K −72% $22.3M 3,603 $229 5

Wed Nov 14 #3 $741.3K −10% $23.0M 3,603 $205 6

Thu Nov 15 #3 $781.0K +5% $23.8M 3,603 $216 7

Fri Nov 16 #4 $3.2M +313% −39% $27.0M 3,603 $895 8

Sat Nov 17 #4 $5.7M +76% −27% $32.7M 3,603 $1,575 9

Sun Nov 18 #4 $3.0M −47% −44% $35.7M 3,603 $835 10

Mon Nov 19 #4 $902.4K −70% −69% $36.6M 3,603 $250 11

Tue Nov 20 #3 $1.3M +46% +59% $37.9M 3,603 $366 12

Wed Nov 21 #7 $1.9M +43% +155% $39.8M 3,603 $524 13

Thu Nov 22 #5 $2.5M +30% +216% $42.3M 3,603 $685 14

Fri Nov 23 #6 $4.3M +75% +34% $46.6M 3,603 $1,200 15

Sat Nov 24 #6 $4.2M −4% −27% $50.8M 3,603 $1,154 16

Sun Nov 25 #6 $2.1M −50% −31% $52.9M 3,603 $580 17

Mon Nov 26 #10 $394.3K −81% −56% $53.3M 3,603 $109 18

Tue Nov 27 #9 $346.3K −12% −74% $53.6M 3,603 $96 19

Wed Nov 28 #9 $335.0K −3% −82% $53.9M 3,603 $92 20

Thu Nov 29 #9 $337.2K +1% −86% $54.3M 3,603 $93 21

Fri Nov 30 #7 $1.6M +376% −63% $55.9M 3,420 $468 22

Sat Dec 1 #4 $2.4M +52% −41% $58.3M 3,420 $714 23

Sun Dec 2 #5 $1.5M −41% −30% $59.8M 3,420 $425 24

Mon Dec 3 #10 $256.2K −82% −35% $60.0M 3,420 $74 25

Tue Dec 4 #10 $285.7K +12% −18% $60.3M 3,420 $83 26

Wed Dec 5 #10 $296.3K +4% −12% $60.6M 3,420 $86 27

Thu Dec 6 #9 $306.4K +3% −9% $60.9M 3,420 $89 28

Fri Dec 7 #5 $1.3M +312% −21% $62.2M 3,185 $396 29

Sat Dec 8 #4 $2.2M +71% −12% $64.3M 3,185 $676 30

Sun Dec 9 #4 $1.2M −45% −18% $65.5M 3,185 $374 31

Mon Dec 10 #9 $258.4K −78% +1% $65.8M 3,185 $81 32

Tue Dec 11 #6 $303.3K +17% +6% $66.1M 3,185 $95 33

Wed Dec 12 #8 $284.4K −6% −4% $66.4M 3,185 $89 34

Thu Dec 13 #7 $276.4K −3% −10% $66.7M 3,185 $86 35

Fri Dec 14 #7 $713.5K +158% −43% $67.4M 2,750 $259 36

Sat Dec 15 #8 $948.7K +33% −56% $68.3M 2,750 $344 37

Sun Dec 16 #7 $559.3K −41% −53% $68.9M 2,750 $203 38

Mon Dec 17 #8 $194.2K −65% −25% $69.1M 2,750 $70 39

Tue Dec 18 #8 $206.4K +6% −32% $69.3M 2,750 $75 40

Wed Dec 19 #8 $222.2K +8% −22% $69.5M 2,750 $80 41

Thu Dec 20 #7 $277.4K +25% n/c $69.8M 2,750 $100 42

Tue Jan 1 $47.3K — $71.4M 503 $94 54

Mon Jan 21 #38 $12.6K — $71.9M 88 $143 74

Tue Jan 22 $2.3K −82% $71.9M 88 $25 75

Wed Jan 23 $2.2K −4% $71.9M 88 $24 76

Thu Jan 24 $2.4K +10% $71.9M 88 $27 77

Fri Jan 25 $5.1K +113% $71.9M 86 $59 78

Sat Jan 26 $8.5K +65% $71.9M 86 $98 79

Sun Jan 27 $6.5K −24% $71.9M 86 $75 80

Mon Jan 28 $2.1K −68% −84% $71.9M 86 $23 81

Tue Jan 29 $2.2K +8% −2% $71.9M 86 $25 82

Wed Jan 30 $2.0K −8% −6% $71.9M 86 $23 83

Thu Jan 31 $2.5K +21% +3% $71.9M 86 $28 84

Fri Feb 1 $15.7K +532% +206% $71.9M 112 $140 85

Sat Feb 2 $32.1K +105% +279% $72.0M 112 $286 86

Sun Feb 3 $18.2K −43% +182% $72.0M 112 $162 87

Mon Feb 4 $4.1K −77% +101% $72.0M 112 $36 88

Tue Feb 5 $4.4K +7% +98% $72.0M 112 $39 89

Wed Feb 6 $4.0K −9% +95% $72.0M 112 $35 90

Thu Feb 7 $4.5K +13% +82% $72.0M 112 $40 91

Fri Feb 8 $3.3K −27% −79% $72.0M 33 $100 92

Sat Feb 9 $6.0K +81% −81% $72.0M 33 $181 93

Sun Feb 10 $4.0K −33% −78% $72.0M 33 $121 94

Mon Feb 11 $1.0K −75% −75% $72.0M 33 $30 95

Tue Feb 12 $1.9K +85% −57% $72.0M 33 $56 96

Wed Feb 13 $1.1K −43% −73% $72.0M 33 $32 97

Thu Feb 14 $1.9K +81% −57% $72.0M 33 $58 98

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

Cumulative total$71.4M

Nov 9Nov 20Nov 30Dec 11Jan 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $94.9K

$18.5M

$11.9M

$10.6M

$5.5M

$4.6M

$2.2M

$864.9K

$198.8K

$200.4K

$94.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,603 → 503 −86.0%

3,603 open503 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −52.6%

−35.7%

W1→2

−11.2%

W2→3

−48.0%

W3→4

−16.2%

W4→5

−51.8%

W5→6

−61.1%

W6→7

−77.0%

W7→8

+0.8%

W8→9

−52.6%

W9→10

Steepest −77.0%Biggest gain +0.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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