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Going the DistanceFollow

2010 • R • 1h 49m • Comedy, Romance • Warner Bros.

A comedy about meeting each other halfway.

🍅 54% 52%

51

2.89

6.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$6.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$17.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$43.60M

$25.80M international

Domestic legs2.6x

Budget$32M

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Cast & crew

Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore Starring

Justin Long

Justin Long Starring

Charlie Day

Charlie Day Starring

Jason Sudeikis

Jason Sudeikis Starring

Christina Applegate

Christina Applegate Starring

Ron Livingston

Ron Livingston Starring

ScreenplayGeoff LaTulippe Produced byAdam Shankman, Jennifer Gibgot, Garrett Grant CinematographyEric Steelberg MusicMychael Danna Prod. DesignKevin Kavanaugh StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 3-5 5 $6.9M — 3,030 $2,272 $6.9M

2 Sep 10-12 5 $3.8M −45.0% 3,030 $1,250 $14.0M

3 Sep 17-19 13 $1.4M −64.2% 2,007 $675 $16.8M

4 Sep 24-26 27 $248.2K −81.7% 475 $522 $17.5M

5 Oct 1-3 56 $39.3K −84.2% 121 $325 $17.7M

6 Oct 8-10 43 $65.5K +66.7% 196 $334 $17.7M

7 Oct 15-17 68 $14.2K −78.3% 58 $244 $17.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 3 #5 $2.2M — $2.2M 3,030 $736 1

Sat Sep 4 #6 $2.4M +7.1% $4.6M 3,030 $788 2

Sun Sep 5 #6 $2.3M −5.0% $6.9M 3,030 $748 3

Mon Sep 6 #5 $1.6M −28.4% $8.5M 3,030 $536 4

Tue Sep 7 #4 $616.3K −62.0% $9.1M 3,030 $203 5

Wed Sep 8 #4 $534.4K −13.3% $9.7M 3,030 $176 6

Thu Sep 9 #4 $505.2K −5.5% $10.2M 3,030 $167 7

Fri Sep 10 #5 $1.3M +155.2% −42.2% $11.5M 3,030 $425 8

Sat Sep 11 #5 $1.6M +25.6% −32.2% $13.1M 3,030 $534 9

Sun Sep 12 #5 $879.8K −45.7% −61.2% $14.0M 3,030 $290 10

Mon Sep 13 #5 $308.0K −65.0% −81.0% $14.3M 3,030 $102 11

Tue Sep 14 #5 $451.2K +46.5% −26.8% $14.7M 3,030 $149 12

Wed Sep 15 #5 $344.4K −23.7% −35.6% $15.1M 3,030 $114 13

Thu Sep 16 #5 $360.1K +4.6% −28.7% $15.4M 3,030 $119 14

Fri Sep 17 #12 $460.0K +27.7% −64.3% $15.9M 2,007 $229 15

Sat Sep 18 #13 $563.9K +22.6% −65.2% $16.4M 2,007 $281 16

Sun Sep 19 #13 $331.4K −41.2% −62.3% $16.8M 2,007 $165 17

Mon Sep 20 #12 $117.2K −64.6% −61.9% $16.9M 2,007 $58 18

Tue Sep 21 #12 $144.4K +23.2% −68.0% $17.0M 2,007 $72 19

Wed Sep 22 #12 $132.2K −8.5% −61.6% $17.2M 2,007 $66 20

Thu Sep 23 #12 $125.4K −5.1% −65.2% $17.3M 2,007 $62 21

Fri Sep 24 — $84.4K −32.7% −81.7% $17.4M 475 $178 22

Sat Sep 25 — $107.3K +27.2% −81.0% $17.5M 475 $226 23

Sun Sep 26 — $56.5K −47.4% −83.0% $17.5M 475 $119 24

Mon Sep 27 — $21.1K −62.7% −82.0% $17.6M 475 $44 25

Tue Sep 28 — $23.5K +11.5% −83.7% $17.6M 475 $49 26

Wed Sep 29 — $21.8K −7.0% −83.5% $17.6M 475 $46 27

Thu Sep 30 — $22.1K +1.0% −82.4% $17.6M 475 $46 28

Fri Oct 1 — $12.7K −42.6% −85.0% $17.6M 121 $105 29

Sat Oct 2 — $17.8K +40.2% −83.5% $17.7M 121 $147 30

Sun Oct 3 — $8.9K −50.1% −84.3% $17.7M 121 $73 31

Mon Oct 4 — $3.7K −58.7% −82.6% $17.7M 121 $30 32

Tue Oct 5 — $4.1K +13.3% −82.4% $17.7M 121 $34 33

Wed Oct 6 — $3.9K −5.2% −82.0% $17.7M 121 $32 34

Thu Oct 7 — $4.4K +12.0% −80.1% $17.7M 121 $36 35

Fri Oct 8 — $20.3K +361.3% +60.3% $17.7M 196 $104 36

Sat Oct 9 — $26.2K +28.9% +47.3% $17.7M 196 $133 37

Sun Oct 10 — $19.0K −27.2% +114.7% $17.7M 196 $97 38

Mon Oct 11 — $9.8K −48.8% +166.6% $17.8M 196 $50 39

Tue Oct 12 — $9.4K −3.7% +126.7% $17.8M 196 $48 40

Wed Oct 13 — $7.9K −16.2% +100.4% $17.8M 196 $40 41

Thu Oct 14 — $8.1K +2.9% +84.2% $17.8M 196 $41 42

Fri Oct 15 — $4.5K −44.9% −78.0% $17.8M 58 $77 43

Sat Oct 16 — $5.6K +25.7% −78.5% $17.8M 58 $97 44

Sun Oct 17 — $4.1K −26.9% −78.4% $17.8M 58 $71 45

Mon Oct 18 — $1.3K −68.3% −86.7% $17.8M 58 $22 46

Tue Oct 19 — $1.6K +26.3% −82.5% $17.8M 58 $28 47

Wed Oct 20 — $2.3K +39.3% −70.9% $17.8M 58 $39 48

Thu Oct 21 — $1.8K −23.5% −78.4% $17.8M 58 $30 49

Cumulative total$17.8M

Sep 3Sep 15Sep 27Oct 9Oct 21

Weekend grossWk 7 · $14.2K

$6.9M

$3.8M

$1.4M

$248.2K

$39.3K

$65.5K

$14.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 3,030 → 58 −98.1%

3,030 open58 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −78.3%

−45.0%

W1→2

−64.2%

W2→3

−81.7%

W3→4

−84.2%

W4→5

+66.7%

W5→6

−78.3%

W6→7

Steepest −84.2%Biggest gain +66.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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