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2009 • R • 2h 26m • Comedy, Drama • Universal Pictures

George Simmons was prepared to die, but then a funny thing happened.

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60

3.08

6.3

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$51.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$71.90M

$20.00M international

Domestic legs2.3x

Budget$72.5M

2009 rank#59

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Cast & crew

Full Apatow filmography

Judd Apatow

Judd Apatow Director

Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler Starring

Seth Rogen

Seth Rogen Starring

Leslie Mann

Leslie Mann Starring

Eric Bana

Eric Bana Starring

Jonah Hill

Jonah Hill Starring

ScreenplayJudd Apatow Produced byJudd Apatow, Clayton Townsend, Barry Mendel CinematographyJanusz Kamiński Music byJason Schwartzman, Michael Andrews StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 31-Aug 2 1 $22.7M — 3,007 $7,535 $22.7M

2 Aug 7-9 5 $8.0M −64.8% 3,008 $2,655 $40.5M

3 Aug 14-16 10 $3.0M −62.3% 2,584 $1,165 $47.9M

4 Aug 21-23 17 $922.6K −69.4% 932 $990 $50.6M

5 Aug 28-30 26 $330.4K −64.2% 413 $800 $51.3M

6 Sep 4-6 35 $170.1K −48.5% 252 $675 $51.6M

7 Sep 11-13 40 $87.9K −48.3% 174 $505 $51.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 31 #1 $8.7M — $8.7M 3,007 $2,890 1

Sat Aug 1 #1 $7.4M −15.4% $16.0M 3,007 $2,445 2

Sun Aug 2 #1 $6.6M −10.0% $22.7M 3,007 $2,200 3

Mon Aug 3 #1 $3.1M −53.0% $25.8M 3,007 $1,035 4

Tue Aug 4 #1 $2.7M −13.5% $28.5M 3,007 $895 5

Wed Aug 5 #3 $2.2M −20.1% $30.6M 3,007 $715 6

Thu Aug 6 #3 $1.9M −9.8% $32.6M 3,007 $645 7

Fri Aug 7 #4 $2.6M +34.1% −70.1% $35.2M 3,008 $865 8

Sat Aug 8 #5 $2.9M +12.7% −60.1% $38.1M 3,008 $975 9

Sun Aug 9 #5 $2.5M −16.4% −62.9% $40.5M 3,008 $815 10

Mon Aug 10 #5 $1.2M −50.3% −60.9% $41.8M 3,008 $405 11

Tue Aug 11 #5 $1.2M −1.1% −55.2% $43.0M 3,008 $400 12

Wed Aug 12 #5 $1.0M −15.1% −52.4% $44.0M 3,008 $340 13

Thu Aug 13 #6 $917.0K −10.3% −52.7% $44.9M 3,008 $305 14

Fri Aug 14 #10 $943.6K +2.9% −63.7% $45.8M 2,584 $365 15

Sat Aug 15 #10 $1.2M +24.6% −59.9% $47.0M 2,584 $455 16

Sun Aug 16 #10 $891.5K −24.2% −63.6% $47.9M 2,584 $345 17

Mon Aug 17 #11 $452.2K −49.3% −62.9% $48.4M 2,584 $175 18

Tue Aug 18 #11 $477.9K +5.7% −60.3% $48.8M 2,584 $185 19

Wed Aug 19 #11 $413.4K −13.5% −59.6% $49.3M 2,584 $160 20

Thu Aug 20 #11 $374.7K −9.4% −59.1% $49.6M 2,584 $145 21

Fri Aug 21 — $293.6K −21.6% −68.9% $49.9M 932 $315 22

Sat Aug 22 — $382.0K +30.1% −67.5% $50.3M 932 $410 23

Sun Aug 23 — $247.0K −35.3% −72.3% $50.6M 932 $265 24

Mon Aug 24 — $116.3K −52.9% −74.3% $50.7M 932 $125 25

Tue Aug 25 — $121.0K +4.0% −74.7% $50.8M 932 $130 26

Wed Aug 26 — $107.3K −11.3% −74.0% $50.9M 932 $115 27

Thu Aug 27 — $97.9K −8.8% −73.9% $51.0M 932 $105 28

Fri Aug 28 — $101.2K +3.4% −65.5% $51.1M 413 $245 29

Sat Aug 29 — $146.6K +44.9% −61.6% $51.2M 413 $355 30

Sun Aug 30 — $82.6K −43.7% −66.6% $51.3M 413 $200 31

Mon Aug 31 — $37.2K −55.0% −68.0% $51.4M 413 $90 32

Tue Sep 1 — $37.3K +0.5% −69.1% $51.4M 413 $90 33

Wed Sep 2 — $33.0K −11.6% −69.3% $51.4M 413 $80 34

Thu Sep 3 — $35.0K +6.0% −64.2% $51.5M 413 $85 35

Fri Sep 4 — $46.6K +33.3% −53.9% $51.5M 252 $185 36

Sat Sep 5 — $59.2K +27.0% −59.6% $51.6M 252 $235 37

Sun Sep 6 — $64.3K +8.5% −22.2% $51.6M 252 $255 38

Mon Sep 7 #35 $42.8K −33.3% +15.3% $51.7M 252 $170 39

Tue Sep 8 — $17.6K −58.8% −52.8% $51.7M 252 $70 40

Wed Sep 9 — $15.1K −14.7% −54.4% $51.7M 252 $60 41

Thu Sep 10 — $13.8K −8.2% −60.5% $51.7M 252 $55 42

Fri Sep 11 — $26.9K +94.8% −42.2% $51.8M 174 $155 43

Sat Sep 12 — $39.1K +45.4% −33.9% $51.8M 174 $225 44

Sun Sep 13 — $21.8K −44.3% −66.1% $51.8M 174 $125 45

Mon Sep 14 — $10.4K −52.1% −75.6% $51.8M 174 $60 46

Tue Sep 15 — $11.3K +8.3% −35.9% $51.8M 174 $65 47

Wed Sep 16 — $9.6K −15.4% −36.4% $51.8M 174 $55 48

Thu Sep 17 — $9.5K −0.4% −31.0% $51.9M 174 $55 49

Cumulative total$51.9M

Jul 31Aug 12Aug 24Sep 5Sep 17

Weekend grossWk 7 · $87.9K

$22.7M

$8.0M

$3.0M

$922.6K

$330.4K

$170.1K

$87.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 3,008 → 174 −94.2%

3,007 open174 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −48.3%

−64.8%

W1→2

−62.3%

W2→3

−69.4%

W3→4

−64.2%

W4→5

−48.5%

W5→6

−48.3%

W6→7

Steepest −69.4%Best hold −48.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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