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2011 • R • 1h 38m • Comedy, Crime • Warner Bros.

Ever wish your boss was dead?

🍅 69% 70%

57

3.11

6.9

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$28.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$118.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$210.00M

$92.30M international

Domestic legs4.15x

Budget$35.0M

2011 rank#23

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Cast & crew

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ScreenplayMichael Markowitz, Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley Produced byBrett Ratner, Jay Stern CinematographyDavid Hennings MusicChristopher Lennertz Prod. DesignShepherd Frankel StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 8-10 2 $28.3M — 3,040 $9,309 $28.3M

2 Jul 15-17 3 $17.8M −37.2% 3,134 $5,672 $60.1M

3 Jul 22-24 5 $11.9M −33.1% 3,104 $3,828 $82.6M

4 Jul 29-31 7 $7.2M −39.5% 2,510 $2,864 $96.3M

5 Aug 5-7 9 $4.6M −36.2% 2,025 $2,263 $105.1M

6 Aug 12-14 12 $2.4M −46.8% 1,338 $1,822 $110.0M

7 Aug 19-21 16 $1.3M −47.5% 755 $1,694 $112.6M

8 Aug 26-28 20 $639.2K −50.0% 465 $1,374 $113.8M

9 Sep 2-4 25 $698.0K +9.2% 422 $1,654 $114.9M

10 Sep 9-11 20 $585.9K −16.1% 503 $1,164 $115.8M

11 Sep 16-18 24 $445.4K −24.0% 440 $1,012 $116.5M

12 Sep 23-25 27 $266.9K −40.1% 313 $852 $116.9M

13 Sep 30-Oct 2 32 $171.7K −35.7% 222 $773 $117.2M

14 Oct 7-9 34 $101.0K −41.2% 142 $711 $117.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 7 $365.0K — $365.0K — — -1

Fri Jul 8 #2 $9.9M — $9.9M 3,040 $3,250 1

Sat Jul 9 #2 $10.4M +5% $20.3M 3,040 $3,418 2

Sun Jul 10 #2 $8.0M −23% $28.3M 3,040 $2,640 3

Mon Jul 11 #2 $3.8M −53% $32.1M 3,040 $1,238 4

Tue Jul 12 #2 $4.1M +8% $36.1M 3,040 $1,336 5

Wed Jul 13 #2 $3.4M −17% $39.5M 3,040 $1,109 6

Thu Jul 14 #2 $2.9M −15% $42.4M 3,040 $943 7

Fri Jul 15 #3 $5.5M +92% −44% $47.9M 3,134 $1,753 8

Sat Jul 16 #3 $7.1M +29% −32% $54.9M 3,134 $2,258 9

Sun Jul 17 #3 $5.2M −26% −35% $60.1M 3,134 $1,660 10

Mon Jul 18 #3 $2.6M −50% −31% $62.8M 3,134 $833 11

Tue Jul 19 #3 $2.9M +11% −28% $65.7M 3,134 $928 12

Wed Jul 20 #2 $2.5M −14% −26% $68.2M 3,134 $798 13

Thu Jul 21 #3 $2.5M n/c −13% $70.7M 3,134 $800 14

Fri Jul 22 #4 $3.7M +48% −33% $74.4M 3,104 $1,193 15

Sat Jul 23 #5 $4.8M +29% −33% $79.1M 3,104 $1,533 16

Sun Jul 24 #5 $3.4M −28% −34% $82.6M 3,104 $1,102 17

Mon Jul 25 #4 $1.6M −53% −38% $84.2M 3,104 $520 18

Tue Jul 26 #4 $1.8M +13% −37% $86.0M 3,104 $588 19

Wed Jul 27 #4 $1.6M −15% −38% $87.6M 3,104 $500 20

Thu Jul 28 #4 $1.5M −1% −39% $89.1M 3,104 $495 21

Fri Jul 29 #7 $2.2M +44% −40% $91.3M 2,510 $882 22

Sat Jul 30 #7 $2.8M +27% −41% $94.1M 2,510 $1,124 23

Sun Jul 31 #7 $2.2M −24% −37% $96.3M 2,510 $858 24

Mon Aug 1 #7 $1.1M −50% −34% $97.4M 2,510 $425 25

Tue Aug 2 #7 $1.2M +9% −36% $98.5M 2,510 $465 26

Wed Aug 3 #7 $1.1M −8% −31% $99.6M 2,510 $427 27

Thu Aug 4 #7 $942.6K −12% −39% $100.5M 2,510 $375 28

Fri Aug 5 #9 $1.4M +44% −39% $101.9M 2,025 $668 29

Sat Aug 6 #8 $1.9M +38% −34% $103.8M 2,025 $922 30

Sun Aug 7 #9 $1.4M −27% −37% $105.1M 2,025 $672 31

Mon Aug 8 #9 $638.4K −53% −40% $105.8M 2,025 $315 32

Tue Aug 9 #9 $747.4K +17% −36% $106.5M 2,025 $369 33

Wed Aug 10 #10 $565.1K −24% −47% $107.1M 2,025 $279 34

Thu Aug 11 #10 $488.3K −14% −48% $107.6M 2,025 $241 35

Fri Aug 12 #12 $706.1K +45% −48% $108.3M 1,338 $527 36

Sat Aug 13 #12 $1.0M +42% −46% $109.3M 1,338 $750 37

Sun Aug 14 #12 $728.8K −27% −46% $110.0M 1,338 $544 38

Mon Aug 15 #12 $333.1K −54% −48% $110.3M 1,338 $248 39

Tue Aug 16 #12 $357.2K +7% −52% $110.7M 1,338 $266 40

Wed Aug 17 #12 $306.1K −14% −46% $111.0M 1,338 $228 41

Thu Aug 18 #12 $296.2K −3% −39% $111.3M 1,338 $221 42

Fri Aug 19 $389.0K +31% −45% $111.7M 755 $515 43

Sat Aug 20 $539.9K +39% −46% $112.2M 755 $715 44

Sun Aug 21 $350.4K −35% −52% $112.6M 755 $464 45

Mon Aug 22 $158.1K −55% −53% $112.7M 755 $209 46

Tue Aug 23 $162.5K +3% −55% $112.9M 755 $215 47

Wed Aug 24 $141.2K −13% −54% $113.0M 755 $186 48

Thu Aug 25 $139.2K −1% −53% $113.2M 755 $184 49

Fri Aug 26 $202.2K +45% −48% $113.4M 465 $434 50

Sat Aug 27 $260.9K +29% −52% $113.6M 465 $561 51

Sun Aug 28 $176.2K −32% −50% $113.8M 465 $378 52

Mon Aug 29 $86.1K −51% −46% $113.9M 465 $185 53

Tue Aug 30 $99.1K +15% −39% $114.0M 465 $213 54

Wed Aug 31 $78.4K −21% −44% $114.1M 465 $168 55

Thu Sep 1 $76.0K −3% −45% $114.2M 465 $163 56

Fri Sep 2 $176.7K +133% −13% $114.3M 422 $418 57

Sat Sep 3 $253.5K +43% −3% $114.6M 422 $600 58

Sun Sep 4 $267.8K +6% +52% $114.9M 422 $634 59

Mon Sep 5 #28 $182.9K −32% +112% $115.0M 422 $433 60

Tue Sep 6 $64.3K −65% −35% $115.1M 422 $152 61

Wed Sep 7 $58.5K −9% −25% $115.2M 422 $138 62

Thu Sep 8 $51.5K −12% −32% $115.2M 422 $122 63

Fri Sep 9 $183.5K +256% +4% $115.4M 503 $364 64

Sat Sep 10 $262.5K +43% +4% $115.7M 503 $521 65

Sun Sep 11 $139.9K −47% −48% $115.8M 503 $278 66

Mon Sep 12 $57.3K −59% −69% $115.9M 503 $113 67

Tue Sep 13 $74.5K +30% +16% $115.9M 503 $148 68

Wed Sep 14 $64.1K −14% +9% $116.0M 503 $127 69

Thu Sep 15 $67.3K +5% +31% $116.1M 503 $133 70

Fri Sep 16 $140.4K +109% −23% $116.2M 444 $316 71

Sat Sep 17 $199.7K +42% −24% $116.4M 444 $449 72

Sun Sep 18 $105.3K −47% −25% $116.5M 444 $237 73

Mon Sep 19 $39.0K −63% −32% $116.5M 444 $87 74

Tue Sep 20 $46.4K +19% −38% $116.6M 444 $104 75

Wed Sep 21 $44.0K −5% −31% $116.6M 444 $99 76

Thu Sep 22 $43.0K −2% −36% $116.7M 444 $96 77

Fri Sep 23 $88.7K +107% −37% $116.8M 313 $283 78

Sat Sep 24 $116.8K +32% −42% $116.9M 313 $373 79

Sun Sep 25 $61.4K −47% −42% $116.9M 313 $196 80

Mon Sep 26 $24.6K −60% −37% $117.0M 313 $78 81

Tue Sep 27 $28.9K +18% −38% $117.0M 313 $92 82

Wed Sep 28 $26.5K −8% −40% $117.0M 313 $84 83

Thu Sep 29 $28.6K +8% −33% $117.1M 313 $91 84

Fri Sep 30 $55.1K +92% −38% $117.1M 222 $248 85

Sat Oct 1 $75.4K +37% −35% $117.2M 222 $339 86

Sun Oct 2 $41.3K −45% −33% $117.2M 222 $185 87

Mon Oct 3 $14.7K −64% −40% $117.2M 222 $66 88

Tue Oct 4 $16.9K +14% −42% $117.3M 222 $75 89

Wed Oct 5 $16.0K −5% −40% $117.3M 222 $72 90

Thu Oct 6 $15.5K −3% −46% $117.3M 222 $69 91

Fri Oct 7 $31.7K +104% −42% $117.3M 142 $223 92

Sat Oct 8 $41.4K +31% −45% $117.4M 142 $291 93

Sun Oct 9 $28.0K −32% −32% $117.4M 142 $197 94

Mon Oct 10 $13.0K −54% −12% $117.4M 142 $91 95

Tue Oct 11 $9.9K −24% −41% $117.4M 142 $69 96

Wed Oct 12 $10.0K +1% −38% $117.4M 142 $70 97

Thu Oct 13 $10.1K +1% −35% $117.4M 142 $71 98

Fri Oct 14 $18.9K +87% −40% $117.4M 85 $222 99

Sat Oct 15 $24.1K +27% −42% $117.5M 85 $283 100

Sun Oct 16 $11.4K −53% −59% $117.5M 85 $134 101

Mon Oct 17 $4.3K −62% −67% $117.5M 85 $50 102

Tue Oct 18 $5.8K +35% −41% $117.5M 85 $68 103

Wed Oct 19 $5.0K −15% −50% $117.5M 85 $58 104

Thu Oct 20 $5.7K +15% −43% $117.5M 85 $67 105

Fri Oct 21 $7.5K +31% −61% $117.5M 50 $149 106

Sat Oct 22 $10.3K +38% −57% $117.5M 50 $206 107

Sun Oct 23 $4.6K −55% −60% $117.5M 50 $92 108

Mon Oct 24 $2.2K −53% −50% $117.5M 50 $43 109

Tue Oct 25 $2.5K +17% −57% $117.5M 50 $50 110

Wed Oct 26 $2.6K +2% −48% $117.5M 50 $51 111

Thu Oct 27 $2.6K +2% −54% $117.5M 50 $52 112

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

Cumulative total$116.1M

Jul 7Jul 25Aug 11Aug 29Sep 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $585.9K

$28.3M

$17.8M

$11.9M

$7.2M

$4.6M

$2.4M

$1.3M

$639.2K

$698.0K

$585.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,134 → 503 −84.0%

3,040 open503 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.1%

−37.2%

W1→2

−33.1%

W2→3

−39.5%

W3→4

−36.2%

W4→5

−46.8%

W5→6

−47.5%

W6→7

−50.0%

W7→8

+9.2%

W8→9

−16.1%

W9→10

Steepest −50.0%Biggest gain +9.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 28 days

$100M

Day 28

Aug 4

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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