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2007 • PG • 1h 57m • Comedy, Drama, Musical • New Line Cinema

When you follow your own beat, the world will follow you.

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81

3.57

6.7

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$27.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$119.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$204.00M

$84.70M international

Domestic legs4.3x

Budget$75.0M

2007 rank#24

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Cast & crew

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Adam Shankman

Adam Shankman Director

John Travolta

John Travolta Starring

Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer Starring

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken Starring

Amanda Bynes

Amanda Bynes Starring

James Marsden

James Marsden Starring

ScreenplayLeslie Dixon Produced byCraig Zadan, Neil Meron CinematographyBojan Bazelli MusicMarc Shaiman StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

3 Aug 3-5 6 $9.2M — 3,115 $2,961 $78.9M

12 Oct 5-7 32 $242.8K −97.4% 316 $768 $118.3M

13 Oct 12-14 35 $181.6K −25.2% 226 $803 $118.6M

14 Oct 19-21 40 $144.2K −20.6% 192 $750 $118.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 20 #2 $11.0M — $11.0M 3,121 $3,519 1

Sat Jul 21 #3 $9.3M −15% $20.3M 3,121 $2,987 2

Sun Jul 22 #3 $7.2M −23% $27.5M 3,121 $2,297 3

Mon Jul 23 #3 $4.5M −37% $32.0M 3,121 $1,438 4

Tue Jul 24 #3 $4.3M −4% $36.3M 3,121 $1,387 5

Wed Jul 25 #3 $3.8M −11% $40.2M 3,121 $1,228 6

Thu Jul 26 #3 $3.7M −4% $43.9M 3,121 $1,175 7

Fri Jul 27 #3 $5.2M +41% −53% $49.0M 3,121 $1,653 8

Sat Jul 28 #4 $6.0M +17% −35% $55.1M 3,121 $1,932 9

Sun Jul 29 #4 $4.6M −24% −36% $59.7M 3,121 $1,475 10

Mon Jul 30 #3 $2.5M −46% −44% $62.2M 3,121 $802 11

Tue Jul 31 #2 $2.6M +5% −39% $64.8M 3,121 $845 12

Wed Aug 1 #2 $2.4M −8% −37% $67.2M 3,121 $780 13

Thu Aug 2 #2 $2.4M −2% −35% $69.6M 3,121 $762 14

Fri Aug 3 #5 $3.1M +29% −41% $72.7M 3,115 $983 15

Sat Aug 4 #6 $3.5M +14% −42% $76.2M 3,115 $1,122 16

Sun Aug 5 #6 $2.7M −24% −42% $78.9M 3,115 $854 17

Mon Aug 6 #3 $1.8M −32% −28% $80.7M 3,115 $581 18

Tue Aug 7 #3 $1.8M −2% −33% $82.4M 3,115 $571 19

Wed Aug 8 #3 $1.7M −2% −29% $84.2M 3,115 $558 20

Thu Aug 9 #3 $1.6M −10% −34% $85.8M 3,115 $502 21

Fri Aug 10 #6 $2.1M +37% −30% $87.9M 2,805 $761 22

Sat Aug 11 #5 $2.5M +16% −29% $90.4M 2,805 $884 23

Sun Aug 12 #6 $1.8M −29% −34% $92.1M 2,805 $629 24

Mon Aug 13 #5 $1.0M −42% −43% $93.2M 2,805 $365 25

Tue Aug 14 #5 $1.1M +5% −39% $94.2M 2,805 $385 26

Wed Aug 15 #5 $1.0M −4% −41% $95.3M 2,805 $368 27

Thu Aug 16 #5 $1.1M +3% −32% $96.3M 2,805 $381 28

Fri Aug 17 #7 $1.2M +12% −44% $97.5M 2,389 $501 29

Sat Aug 18 #7 $1.8M +51% −27% $99.3M 2,389 $759 30

Sun Aug 19 #7 $1.5M −18% −16% $100.8M 2,389 $622 31

Mon Aug 20 #5 $820.0K −45% −20% $101.6M 2,389 $343 32

Tue Aug 21 #5 $925.0K +13% −14% $102.6M 2,389 $387 33

Wed Aug 22 #5 $790.0K −15% −24% $103.3M 2,389 $330 34

Thu Aug 23 #5 $725.0K −8% −32% $104.0M 2,389 $303 35

Fri Aug 24 #9 $1.0M +39% −16% $105.0M 2,016 $498 36

Sat Aug 25 #9 $1.4M +40% −22% $106.4M 2,016 $697 37

Sun Aug 26 #9 $854.0K −39% −43% $107.3M 2,016 $423 38

Mon Aug 27 #9 $385.0K −55% −53% $107.7M 2,016 $190 39

Tue Aug 28 #9 $415.0K +8% −55% $108.1M 2,016 $205 40

Wed Aug 29 #9 $390.0K −6% −51% $108.5M 2,016 $193 41

Thu Aug 30 #9 $365.0K −6% −50% $108.8M 2,016 $181 42

Fri Aug 31 #11 $744.0K +104% −26% $109.5M 1,604 $463 43

Mon Sep 3 #11 $905.0K — +135% $112.4M 1,604 $564 46

Tue Sep 4 #11 $185.0K −80% −55% $112.6M 1,604 $115 47

Wed Sep 5 #11 $165.0K −11% −58% $112.8M 1,604 $102 48

Thu Sep 6 #11 $170.0K +3% −53% $112.9M 1,604 $105 49

Fri Sep 7 #12 $457.5K +169% −39% $113.4M 1,604 $285 50

Sat Sep 8 #10 $826.0K +81% $114.2M 1,393 $592 51

Sun Sep 9 #12 $462.0K −44% $114.7M 1,393 $331 52

Mon Sep 10 #22 — −100% −100% $114.7M — — 53

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

Cumulative total$114.7M

Jul 20Aug 2Aug 14Aug 27Sep 10

Theater countPeak 3,121 → 1,393 −55.4%

3,121 open1,393 now

Run milestones

$100M in 31 days

$100M

Day 31

Aug 19

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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