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Ghosts of Girlfriends PastFollow

2009 • PG-13 • 1h 40m • Comedy, Fantasy, Romance • Warner Bros.

You can't always run from your past.

🍅 27% 40%

34

2.59

5.8

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$15.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$55.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$102.50M

$47.30M international

Domestic legs3.6x

2009 rank#58

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Cast & crew

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey Starring

Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Garner Starring

Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas Starring

Breckin Meyer

Breckin Meyer Starring

Lacey Chabert

Lacey Chabert Starring

Robert Forster

Robert Forster Starring

ScreenplayJon Lucas, Scott Moore Produced byJon Shestack, Brad Epstein CinematographyDaryn Okada Music byRolfe Kent StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 1-3 2 $15.4M — 3,175 $4,854 $15.4M

2 May 8-10 3 $10.3M −33.4% 3,175 $3,231 $30.1M

3 May 15-17 4 $6.7M −35.1% 3,150 $2,112 $39.9M

4 May 22-24 7 $3.8M −42.2% 2,255 $1,705 $46.0M

5 May 29-31 9 $1.9M −50.3% 1,450 $1,318 $50.0M

6 Jun 5-7 12 $932.2K −51.2% 879 $1,061 $51.9M

7 Jun 12-14 15 $466.3K −50.0% 545 $856 $52.9M

8 Jun 19-21 22 $217.2K −53.4% 375 $579 $53.4M

9 Jun 26-28 30 $126.3K −41.9% 146 $865 $53.7M

10 Jul 3-5 26 $218.2K +72.8% 303 $720 $54.0M

11 Jul 10-12 28 $191.3K −12.4% 241 $794 $54.4M

12 Jul 17-19 25 $243.3K +27.2% 222 $1,096 $54.8M

13 Jul 24-26 35 $110.3K −54.7% 145 $761 $55.0M

14 Jul 31-Aug 2 42 $63.2K −42.7% 78 $810 $55.2M

15 Aug 7-9 59 $21.4K −66.1% 45 $476 $55.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 1 #2 $5.8M — $5.8M 3,175 $1,829 1

Sat May 2 #2 $6.1M +5.1% $11.9M 3,175 $1,922 2

Sun May 3 #2 $3.5M −42.6% $15.4M 3,175 $1,103 3

Mon May 4 #2 $1.0M −70.2% $16.5M 3,175 $329 4

Tue May 5 #2 $1.2M +11.8% $17.6M 3,175 $368 5

Wed May 6 #2 $1.1M −4.2% $18.7M 3,175 $352 6

Thu May 7 #2 $1.1M −5.7% $19.8M 3,175 $332 7

Fri May 8 #3 $3.2M +200.7% −45.4% $23.0M 3,175 $999 8

Sat May 9 #3 $4.0M +25.2% −34.9% $26.9M 3,175 $1,251 9

Sun May 10 #3 $3.1M −21.6% −11.0% $30.1M 3,175 $981 10

Mon May 11 #3 $748.7K −76.0% −28.3% $30.8M 3,175 $236 11

Tue May 12 #3 $831.3K +11.0% −28.8% $31.6M 3,175 $262 12

Wed May 13 #3 $784.4K −5.6% −29.9% $32.4M 3,175 $247 13

Thu May 14 #3 $783.1K −0.2% −25.8% $33.2M 3,175 $247 14

Fri May 15 #4 $2.1M +172.4% −32.7% $35.3M 3,150 $677 15

Sat May 16 #4 $2.9M +34.4% −27.8% $38.2M 3,150 $910 16

Sun May 17 #4 $1.7M −42.3% −46.9% $39.9M 3,150 $525 17

Mon May 18 #4 $639.1K −61.3% −14.6% $40.5M 3,150 $203 18

Tue May 19 #4 $575.2K −10.0% −30.8% $41.1M 3,150 $183 19

Wed May 20 #4 $523.4K −9.0% −33.3% $41.6M 3,150 $166 20

Thu May 21 #5 $545.4K +4.2% −30.4% $42.1M 2,828 $193 21

Fri May 22 #7 $1.2M +111.0% −46.0% $43.3M 2,255 $510 22

Sat May 23 #7 $1.4M +22.7% −50.7% $44.7M 2,255 $626 23

Sun May 24 #7 $1.3M −9.2% −22.4% $46.0M 2,255 $569 24

Mon May 25 #7 $922.4K −28.1% +44.3% $46.9M 2,255 $409 25

Tue May 26 #7 $416.4K −54.9% −27.6% $47.3M 2,255 $185 26

Wed May 27 #7 $386.4K −7.2% −26.2% $47.7M 2,255 $171 27

Thu May 28 — $401.4K +3.9% −26.4% $48.1M 2,255 $178 28

Fri May 29 #9 $635.4K +58.3% −44.8% $48.7M 1,450 $438 29

Sat May 30 #9 $800.7K +26.0% −43.3% $49.5M 1,450 $552 30

Sun May 31 #9 $475.3K −40.6% −62.9% $50.0M 1,450 $328 31

Mon Jun 1 #9 $213.3K −55.1% −76.9% $50.2M 1,450 $147 32

Tue Jun 2 #9 $253.1K +18.7% −39.2% $50.5M 1,450 $175 33

Wed Jun 3 #9 $252.3K −0.3% −34.7% $50.7M 1,450 $174 34

Thu Jun 4 #9 $246.4K −2.3% −38.6% $51.0M 1,450 $170 35

Fri Jun 5 #12 $316.5K +28.4% −50.2% $51.3M 879 $360 36

Sat Jun 6 #12 $390.9K +23.5% −51.2% $51.7M 879 $445 37

Sun Jun 7 #12 $224.8K −42.5% −52.7% $51.9M 879 $256 38

Mon Jun 8 #12 $117.2K −47.8% −45.1% $52.0M 879 $133 39

Tue Jun 9 #12 $126.4K +7.8% −50.1% $52.2M 879 $144 40

Wed Jun 10 #12 $132.3K +4.7% −47.6% $52.3M 879 $151 41

Thu Jun 11 #12 $134.6K +1.7% −45.4% $52.4M 879 $153 42

Fri Jun 12 #15 $155.7K +15.7% −50.8% $52.6M 545 $286 43

Sat Jun 13 #15 $190.2K +22.2% −51.3% $52.8M 545 $349 44

Sun Jun 14 #15 $120.3K −36.8% −46.5% $52.9M 545 $221 45

Mon Jun 15 #14 $70.1K −41.7% −40.2% $53.0M 545 $129 46

Tue Jun 16 #15 $81.2K +15.8% −35.7% $53.0M 545 $149 47

Wed Jun 17 #17 $77.2K −5.0% −41.7% $53.1M 545 $142 48

Thu Jun 18 #15 $78.5K +1.7% −41.7% $53.2M 545 $144 49

Fri Jun 19 — $76.4K −2.7% −51.0% $53.3M 375 $204 50

Sat Jun 20 — $89.8K +17.6% −52.8% $53.4M 375 $239 51

Sun Jun 21 — $51.0K −43.2% −57.6% $53.4M 375 $136 52

Mon Jun 22 — $31.6K −38.0% −54.9% $53.5M 375 $84 53

Tue Jun 23 — $37.0K +17.0% −54.5% $53.5M 375 $99 54

Wed Jun 24 — $26.6K −28.0% −65.5% $53.5M 226 $118 55

Thu Jun 25 — $24.7K −7.3% −68.5% $53.5M 226 $109 56

Fri Jun 26 — $40.0K +62.0% −47.6% $53.6M 146 $274 57

Sat Jun 27 — $53.4K +33.6% −40.5% $53.6M 146 $366 58

Sun Jun 28 — $32.8K −38.6% −35.6% $53.7M 146 $225 59

Mon Jun 29 — $20.7K −37.0% −34.6% $53.7M 146 $142 60

Tue Jun 30 — $24.5K +18.5% −33.7% $53.7M 146 $168 61

Wed Jul 1 — $32.8K +33.8% +23.1% $53.7M 288 $114 62

Thu Jul 2 — $41.8K +27.5% +69.4% $53.8M 288 $145 63

Fri Jul 3 #21 $88.3K +111.2% +120.7% $53.9M 288 $307 64

Sat Jul 4 #21 $58.4K −33.8% +9.3% $53.9M 288 $203 65

Sun Jul 5 #20 $71.5K +22.4% +117.8% $54.0M 288 $248 66

Mon Jul 6 #19 $42.5K −40.5% +105.7% $54.0M 303 $140 67

Tue Jul 7 #17 $49.1K +15.5% +100.5% $54.1M 303 $162 68

Wed Jul 8 #17 $45.2K −8.0% +37.9% $54.1M 303 $149 69

Thu Jul 9 #18 $44.8K −1.0% +7.0% $54.2M 303 $148 70

Fri Jul 10 — $64.5K +44.2% −26.9% $54.3M 241 $268 71

Sat Jul 11 — $72.3K +12.0% +23.8% $54.3M 241 $300 72

Sun Jul 12 — $54.4K −24.7% −23.9% $54.4M 241 $226 73

Mon Jul 13 — $28.6K −47.4% −32.7% $54.4M 241 $119 74

Tue Jul 14 — $33.8K +18.0% −31.2% $54.4M 241 $140 75

Wed Jul 15 — $52.6K +55.5% +16.2% $54.5M 241 $218 76

Thu Jul 16 — $47.3K −10.0% +5.7% $54.5M 241 $196 77

Fri Jul 17 — $82.0K +73.3% +27.0% $54.6M 222 $369 78

Sat Jul 18 — $100.5K +22.6% +39.0% $54.7M 222 $453 79

Sun Jul 19 — $60.9K −39.4% +11.8% $54.8M 222 $274 80

Mon Jul 20 — $33.4K −45.0% +16.8% $54.8M 222 $151 81

Tue Jul 21 — $33.1K −1.0% −2.0% $54.8M 222 $149 82

Wed Jul 22 — $37.0K +11.7% −29.6% $54.9M 222 $167 83

Thu Jul 23 — $30.2K −18.4% −36.2% $54.9M 222 $136 84

Fri Jul 24 — $35.0K +16.0% −57.3% $55.0M 145 $241 85

Sat Jul 25 — $48.1K +37.4% −52.1% $55.0M 145 $332 86

Sun Jul 26 — $27.2K −43.4% −55.3% $55.0M 145 $188 87

Mon Jul 27 — $19.6K −28.1% −41.5% $55.0M 145 $135 88

Tue Jul 28 — $24.9K +27.0% −24.9% $55.1M 145 $171 89

Wed Jul 29 — $22.4K −10.0% −39.5% $55.1M 145 $154 90

Thu Jul 30 — $22.6K +1.0% −25.1% $55.1M 145 $156 91

Fri Jul 31 — $20.6K −9.0% −41.2% $55.1M 78 $264 92

Sat Aug 1 — $25.4K +23.3% −47.2% $55.2M 78 $325 93

Sun Aug 2 — $17.2K −32.1% −36.7% $55.2M 78 $221 94

Mon Aug 3 — $9.0K −47.8% −54.1% $55.2M 78 $115 95

Tue Aug 4 — $9.3K +3.5% −62.6% $55.2M 78 $119 96

Wed Aug 5 — $9.0K −3.0% −59.7% $55.2M 78 $116 97

Thu Aug 6 — $8.1K −10.0% −64.1% $55.2M 78 $104 98

Fri Aug 7 — $7.0K −13.3% −65.8% $55.2M 45 $156 99

Sat Aug 8 — $8.4K +20.0% −66.7% $55.2M 45 $188 100

Sun Aug 9 — $5.9K −29.8% −65.6% $55.2M 45 $132 101

Mon Aug 10 — $3.4K −43.5% −62.7% $55.2M 45 $74 102

Tue Aug 11 — $3.9K +15.0% −58.6% $55.2M 45 $86 103

Wed Aug 12 — $3.3K −14.0% −63.3% $55.2M 45 $74 104

Thu Aug 13 — $3.4K +2.0% −58.4% $55.3M 45 $75 105

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

Cumulative total$54.2M

May 1May 18Jun 5Jun 22Jul 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $218.2K

$15.4M

$10.3M

$6.7M

$3.8M

$1.9M

$932.2K

$466.3K

$217.2K

$126.3K

$218.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,175 → 303 −90.5%

3,175 open303 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +72.8%

−33.4%

W1→2

−35.1%

W2→3

−42.2%

W3→4

−50.3%

W4→5

−51.2%

W5→6

−50.0%

W6→7

−53.4%

W7→8

−41.9%

W8→9

+72.8%

W9→10

Steepest −53.4%Biggest gain +72.8%

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