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2001 • PG-13 • 1h 46m • Comedy, Drama, Sport • Paramount Pictures

The most important thing in life is showing up

🍅 42% 70%

48

3.26

6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$40.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$43.70M

$3.50M international

Domestic legs4.5x

Budget$21M

2001 rank#62

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Cast & crew

Full Robbins filmography

Brian Robbins

Brian Robbins Director

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves Starring

Diane Lane

Diane Lane Starring

Michael B. Jordan

Michael B. Jordan Starring

ScreenplayJohn Gatins Produced byBrian Robbins, Michael Tollin, Tina Nides CinematographyTom Richmond MusicMark Isham Prod. DesignJaymes Hinkle StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 14-17 1 $9.4M — 2,137 $4,392 $9.4M

2 Sep 21-23 1 $8.1M −14.1% 2,210 $3,646 $19.3M

3 Sep 28-30 4 $5.2M −36.0% 2,218 $2,325 $26.3M

4 Oct 5-7 8 $3.6M −30.8% 2,314 $1,541 $30.6M

5 Oct 12-14 11 $2.3M −34.2% 2,012 $1,167 $33.8M

6 Oct 19-21 13 $1.6M −33.7% 1,652 $943 $35.8M

7 Oct 26-28 17 $947.9K −39.1% 975 $972 $37.0M

8 Nov 2-4 18 $674.3K −28.9% 710 $950 $37.8M

9 Nov 9-11 20 $461.4K −31.6% 506 $912 $38.4M

10 Nov 16-18 19 $304.8K −33.9% 382 $798 $38.8M

11 Nov 23-25 24 $218.8K −28.2% 276 $793 $39.2M

12 Nov 30-Dec 2 26 $132.9K −39.3% 168 $791 $39.4M

13 Dec 7-9 33 $78.3K −41.0% 123 $637 $39.5M

14 Dec 14-16 20 $209.4K +167.3% 286 $732 $39.7M

15 Dec 21-23 23 $136.1K −35.0% 202 $674 $39.9M

16 Dec 28-30 31 $97.2K −28.6% 186 $523 $40.1M

17 Jan 4-6 39 $48.6K −50.0% 149 $327 $40.1M

18 Jan 11-13 43 $29.5K −39.4% 77 $383 $40.2M

19 Jan 18-21 51 $18.9K −36.0% 77 $245 $40.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 14 #1 $2.5M — $2.5M 2,197 $1,138 1

Sat Sep 15 #1 $4.2M +66.0% $6.7M 2,197 $1,889 2

Sun Sep 16 #1 $2.3M −44.1% $9.4M 2,197 $1,056 3

Mon Sep 17 #1 $462.3K −80.1% $9.8M 2,197 $210 4

Tue Sep 18 #1 $565.4K +22.3% $10.4M 2,197 $257 5

Wed Sep 19 #1 $423.7K −25.1% $10.8M 2,137 $198 6

Thu Sep 20 #1 $384.4K −9.3% $11.2M 2,137 $180 7

Fri Sep 21 #1 $2.2M +463.9% −13.3% $13.4M 2,210 $981 8

Sat Sep 22 #1 $4.0M +85.9% −2.9% $17.4M 2,210 $1,824 9

Sun Sep 23 #1 $1.9M −51.6% −15.9% $19.3M 2,210 $882 10

Mon Sep 24 #1 $349.0K −82.1% −24.5% $19.6M 2,210 $158 11

Tue Sep 25 #1 $571.0K +63.6% +1.0% $20.2M 2,210 $258 12

Wed Sep 26 #1 $420.0K −26.4% −0.9% $20.6M 2,210 $190 13

Thu Sep 27 #1 $486.0K +15.7% +26.4% $21.1M 2,210 $220 14

Fri Sep 28 #5 $1.4M +186.8% −35.7% $22.5M 2,218 $628 15

Sat Sep 29 #4 $2.5M +78.6% −38.2% $25.0M 2,218 $1,123 16

Sun Sep 30 #4 $1.3M −49.8% −35.9% $26.3M 2,218 $564 17

Mon Oct 1 #5 $209.0K −83.3% −40.1% $26.5M 2,218 $94 18

Tue Oct 2 #5 $204.0K −2.4% −64.3% $26.7M 2,218 $92 19

Wed Oct 3 #5 $179.0K −12.3% −57.4% $26.9M 2,218 $81 20

Thu Oct 4 #5 $203.0K +13.4% −58.2% $27.1M 2,218 $92 21

Fri Oct 5 #8 $910.0K +348.3% −34.7% $28.0M 2,314 $393 22

Sat Oct 6 #8 $1.8M +92.3% −29.7% $29.7M 2,314 $756 23

Sun Oct 7 #8 $890.0K −49.1% −28.8% $30.6M 2,314 $385 24

Mon Oct 8 #8 $412.0K −53.7% +97.1% $31.0M 2,314 $178 25

Tue Oct 9 #9 $122.0K −70.4% −40.2% $31.2M 2,314 $53 26

Wed Oct 10 #9 $119.0K −2.5% −33.5% $31.3M 2,314 $51 27

Thu Oct 11 #9 $133.0K +11.8% −34.5% $31.4M 2,314 $57 28

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

Cumulative total$31.4M

Sep 14Sep 21Sep 28Oct 4Oct 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $304.8K

$9.4M

$8.1M

$5.2M

$3.6M

$2.3M

$1.6M

$947.9K

$674.3K

$461.4K

$304.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,314 → 2,314 +0.0%

2,197 open2,314 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.9%

−14.1%

W1→2

−36.0%

W2→3

−30.8%

W3→4

−34.2%

W4→5

−33.7%

W5→6

−39.1%

W6→7

−28.9%

W7→8

−31.6%

W8→9

−33.9%

W9→10

Steepest −39.1%Best hold −14.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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