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2008 • R • 1h 42m • Adventure, Comedy • Warner Bros.

This time they're running from the joint.

🍅 53% 60%

57

3.03

6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$14.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$38.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$43.40M

$5.20M international

Domestic legs2.6x

Budget$12M

2008 rank#75

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Cast & crew

Full Hurwitz filmography

Jon Hurwitz

Jon Hurwitz Director

Hayden Schlossberg

Hayden Schlossberg Director

John Cho

John Cho Starring

Kal Penn

Kal Penn Starring

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris Starring

Rob Corddry

Rob Corddry Starring

ScreenplayJon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg Produced byJon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, Greg Shapiro, Nathan Kahane CinematographyDaryn Okada MusicGeorge S. Clinton Prod. DesignTony Fanning StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 25-27 2 $14.9M — 2,510 $5,940 $14.9M

2 May 2-4 4 $6.1M −59.0% 2,545 $2,403 $25.4M

3 May 9-11 7 $3.1M −49.2% 2,264 $1,372 $30.7M

4 May 16-18 8 $2.0M −35.7% 1,403 $1,424 $34.1M

5 May 23-25 9 $927.3K −53.6% 750 $1,236 $35.9M

6 May 30-Jun 1 12 $487.0K −47.5% 474 $1,027 $37.0M

7 Jun 6-8 20 $178.4K −63.4% 240 $743 $37.4M

8 Jun 13-15 36 $48.0K −73.1% 71 $677 $37.6M

9 Jun 20-22 23 $138.2K +187.7% 223 $620 $37.7M

10 Jun 27-29 28 $94.6K −31.5% 153 $618 $37.9M

11 Jul 4-6 46 $41.6K −56.0% 91 $458 $38.0M

12 Jul 11-13 51 $29.2K −29.9% 69 $423 $38.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 25 #2 $6.0M — $6.0M 2,510 $2,380 1

Sat Apr 26 #2 $5.2M −13.2% $11.2M 2,510 $2,067 2

Sun Apr 27 #2 $3.7M −27.7% $14.9M 2,510 $1,493 3

Mon Apr 28 #1 $1.3M −64.8% $16.2M 2,510 $525 4

Tue Apr 29 #2 $1.2M −11.8% $17.4M 2,510 $463 5

Wed Apr 30 #2 $977.3K −15.9% $18.4M 2,510 $389 6

Thu May 1 #2 $888.5K −9.1% $19.3M 2,510 $354 7

Fri May 2 #4 $2.1M +136.2% −64.9% $21.4M 2,545 $824 8

Sat May 3 #5 $2.4M +16.0% −53.1% $23.8M 2,545 $956 9

Sun May 4 #4 $1.6M −35.0% −57.8% $25.4M 2,545 $622 10

Mon May 5 #4 $518.4K −67.2% −60.7% $25.9M 2,545 $204 11

Tue May 6 #4 $603.3K +16.4% −48.1% $26.5M 2,545 $237 12

Wed May 7 #5 $541.4K −10.3% −44.6% $27.0M 2,545 $213 13

Thu May 8 #5 $528.5K −2.4% −40.5% $27.6M 2,545 $208 14

Fri May 9 #7 $1.1M +101.2% −49.3% $28.6M 2,264 $470 15

Sat May 10 #7 $1.3M +18.3% −48.3% $29.9M 2,264 $556 16

Sun May 11 #7 $784.3K −37.7% −50.4% $30.7M 2,264 $346 17

Mon May 12 #7 $388.5K −50.5% −25.1% $31.1M 2,264 $172 18

Tue May 13 #7 $383.3K −1.3% −36.5% $31.4M 2,264 $169 19

Wed May 14 #7 $333.4K −13.0% −38.4% $31.8M 2,264 $147 20

Thu May 15 #7 $328.5K −1.5% −37.8% $32.1M 2,264 $145 21

Fri May 16 #8 $595.0K +81.1% −44.1% $32.7M 1,403 $424 22

Sat May 17 #8 $756.9K +27.2% −39.9% $33.5M 1,403 $539 23

Sun May 18 #8 $645.6K −14.7% −17.7% $34.1M 1,403 $460 24

Mon May 19 #8 $333.5K −48.3% −14.2% $34.4M 1,403 $238 25

Tue May 20 #8 $244.3K −26.8% −36.3% $34.7M 1,403 $174 26

Wed May 21 #8 $191.4K −21.6% −42.6% $34.9M 1,403 $136 27

Thu May 22 #9 $125.0K −34.7% −61.9% $35.0M 1,403 $89 28

Fri May 23 #9 $275.3K +120.2% −53.7% $35.3M 750 $367 29

Sat May 24 #9 $331.3K +20.4% −56.2% $35.6M 750 $442 30

Sun May 25 #9 $320.8K −3.2% −50.3% $35.9M 750 $428 31

Mon May 26 #9 $236.1K −26.4% −29.2% $36.2M 750 $315 32

Tue May 27 #9 $127.4K −46.1% −47.9% $36.3M 750 $170 33

Wed May 28 #9 $108.3K −15.0% −43.4% $36.4M 750 $144 34

Thu May 29 #9 $92.0K −15.0% −26.4% $36.5M 750 $123 35

Fri May 30 — $145.7K +58.4% −47.1% $36.6M 474 $307 36

Sat May 31 #12 $201.4K +38.2% −39.2% $36.8M 474 $425 37

Sun Jun 1 #12 $139.9K −30.5% −56.4% $37.0M 474 $295 38

Mon Jun 2 #11 $61.0K −56.4% −74.2% $37.0M 474 $129 39

Tue Jun 3 #11 $67.4K +10.4% −47.1% $37.1M 474 $142 40

Wed Jun 4 #11 $66.4K −1.4% −38.7% $37.2M 474 $140 41

Thu Jun 5 #11 $61.5K −7.4% −33.2% $37.2M 474 $130 42

Fri Jun 6 — $59.6K −3.1% −59.1% $37.3M 240 $248 43

Sat Jun 7 — $72.8K +22.1% −63.9% $37.4M 240 $303 44

Sun Jun 8 — $46.0K −36.8% −67.1% $37.4M 240 $192 45

Mon Jun 9 — $24.4K −47.0% −60.0% $37.4M 240 $102 46

Tue Jun 10 — $26.7K +9.4% −60.4% $37.5M 240 $111 47

Wed Jun 11 — $26.9K +0.9% −59.5% $37.5M 240 $112 48

Thu Jun 12 — $23.5K −12.8% −61.9% $37.5M 240 $98 49

Fri Jun 13 — $15.2K −35.1% −74.4% $37.5M 71 $215 50

Sat Jun 14 — $20.7K +35.8% −71.6% $37.5M 71 $291 51

Sun Jun 15 — $12.1K −41.4% −73.7% $37.6M 71 $171 52

Mon Jun 16 — $10.4K −14.6% −57.5% $37.6M 71 $146 53

Tue Jun 17 — $10.7K +3.1% −60.0% $37.6M 71 $150 54

Wed Jun 18 — $10.6K −0.6% −60.5% $37.6M 71 $149 55

Thu Jun 19 — $10.8K +2.2% −53.8% $37.6M 71 $153 56

Fri Jun 20 — $41.3K +280.8% +171.1% $37.6M 223 $185 57

Sat Jun 21 — $53.2K +28.9% +157.4% $37.7M 223 $239 58

Sun Jun 22 — $43.6K −18.0% +260.1% $37.7M 223 $196 59

Mon Jun 23 — $24.3K −44.4% +134.3% $37.8M 223 $109 60

Tue Jun 24 — $24.5K +1.0% +129.5% $37.8M 223 $110 61

Wed Jun 25 — $27.7K +13.2% +161.3% $37.8M 223 $124 62

Thu Jun 26 — $25.5K −8.0% +135.3% $37.8M 223 $114 63

Fri Jun 27 — $25.9K +1.7% −37.2% $37.9M 153 $170 64

Sat Jun 28 — $41.9K +61.5% −21.3% $37.9M 153 $274 65

Sun Jun 29 — $26.8K −36.0% −38.6% $37.9M 153 $175 66

Mon Jun 30 — $18.2K −32.2% −25.1% $38.0M 153 $119 67

Tue Jul 1 — $14.2K −22.0% −42.2% $38.0M 153 $93 68

Fri Jul 4 — $9.1K — −64.7% $38.0M 91 $100 71

Sat Jul 5 — $17.3K +88.9% −58.8% $38.0M 91 $190 72

Sun Jul 6 — $15.2K −12.0% −43.2% $38.0M 91 $167 73

Mon Jul 7 — $9.0K −41.0% −50.6% $38.0M 91 $99 74

Tue Jul 8 — $9.2K +3.0% −34.8% $38.0M 91 $102 75

Wed Jul 9 — $9.1K −2.0% $38.0M 91 $100 76

Thu Jul 10 — $8.2K −9.0% $38.1M 91 $91 77

Fri Jul 11 — $8.5K +3.6% −6.6% $38.1M 69 $124 78

Sat Jul 12 — $11.2K +31.1% −35.2% $38.1M 69 $162 79

Sun Jul 13 — $9.4K −15.7% −37.9% $38.1M 69 $137 80

Mon Jul 14 — $5.7K −40.0% −36.9% $38.1M 69 $82 81

Tue Jul 15 — $5.3K −7.2% −43.2% $38.1M 69 $76 82

Wed Jul 16 — $5.7K +8.0% −37.4% $38.1M 69 $82 83

Thu Jul 17 — $4.8K −16.0% −42.2% $38.1M 69 $69 84

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

Cumulative total$38.0M

Apr 25May 12May 29Jun 14Jul 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $94.6K

$14.9M

$6.1M

$3.1M

$2.0M

$927.3K

$487.0K

$178.4K

$48.0K

$138.2K

$94.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,545 → 153 −94.0%

2,510 open153 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.5%

−59.0%

W1→2

−49.2%

W2→3

−35.7%

W3→4

−53.6%

W4→5

−47.5%

W5→6

−63.4%

W6→7

−73.1%

W7→8

+187.7%

W8→9

−31.5%

W9→10

Steepest −73.1%Biggest gain +187.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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