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2010 • R • 2h 1m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Sony Pictures Releasing

How do you know it's love?

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46

2.34

5.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$30.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$49.60M

$19.40M international

Domestic legs4.0x

Budget$120M

2010 rank#95

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Cast & crew

Full Brooks filmography

James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks Director

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon Starring

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd Starring

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson Starring

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson Starring

Kathryn Hahn

Kathryn Hahn Starring

ScreenplayJames L. Brooks Produced byJames L. Brooks, Paula Weinstein, Laurence Mark, Julie Ansell CinematographyJanusz Kamiński MusicHans Zimmer Prod. DesignJeannine Oppewall StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 17-19 8 $7.5M — 2,483 $3,014 $7.5M

2 Dec 24-26 12 $3.5M −52.6% 2,483 $1,429 $15.0M

3 Dec 31-Jan 2 13 $4.5M +28.1% 2,483 $1,831 $25.0M

4 Jan 7-9 15 $1.9M −58.7% 1,902 $987 $28.8M

5 Jan 14-16 21 $399.6K −78.7% 615 $650 $29.9M

6 Jan 21-23 35 $114.5K −71.4% 261 $439 $30.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 17 #5 $2.6M — $2.6M 2,483 $1,036 1

Sat Dec 18 #8 $2.9M +14.4% $5.5M 2,483 $1,185 2

Sun Dec 19 #8 $2.0M −33.0% $7.5M 2,483 $794 3

Mon Dec 20 #8 $1.1M −46.1% $8.5M 2,483 $428 4

Tue Dec 21 #8 $1.2M +12.7% $9.7M 2,483 $482 5

Wed Dec 22 #11 $856.2K −28.5% $10.6M 2,483 $345 6

Thu Dec 23 #11 $852.4K −0.4% $11.5M 2,483 $343 7

Fri Dec 24 #11 $521.0K −38.9% −79.7% $12.0M 2,483 $210 8

Sat Dec 25 #12 $1.5M +195.4% −47.7% $13.5M 2,483 $620 9

Sun Dec 26 #12 $1.5M −3.3% −24.4% $15.0M 2,483 $600 10

Mon Dec 27 #13 $1.4M −8.5% +28.3% $16.4M 2,483 $549 11

Tue Dec 28 #13 $1.4M +0.7% +14.6% $17.7M 2,483 $553 12

Wed Dec 29 #13 $1.4M −1.2% +58.4% $19.1M 2,483 $546 13

Thu Dec 30 #13 $1.4M +3.3% +64.3% $20.5M 2,483 $564 14

Fri Dec 31 #13 $1.3M −6.1% +152.5% $21.8M 2,483 $530 15

Sat Jan 1 #12 $2.0M +50.7% +28.8% $23.8M 2,483 $798 16

Sun Jan 2 #13 $1.2M −37.0% −16.0% $25.0M 2,483 $503 17

Mon Jan 3 #13 $541.5K −56.7% −60.3% $25.6M 2,483 $218 18

Tue Jan 4 #12 $526.3K −2.8% −61.7% $26.1M 2,483 $212 19

Wed Jan 5 #12 $423.8K −19.5% −68.7% $26.5M 2,483 $171 20

Thu Jan 6 #11 $424.3K +0.1% −69.7% $27.0M 2,483 $171 21

Fri Jan 7 #15 $620.7K +46.3% −52.8% $27.6M 1,902 $326 22

Sat Jan 8 #15 $839.6K +35.3% −57.6% $28.4M 1,902 $441 23

Sun Jan 9 #15 $416.6K −50.4% −66.7% $28.8M 1,902 $219 24

Mon Jan 10 #15 $148.6K −64.3% −72.6% $29.0M 1,902 $78 25

Tue Jan 11 #15 $181.0K +21.8% −65.6% $29.2M 1,902 $95 26

Wed Jan 12 #14 $187.3K +3.5% −55.8% $29.4M 1,902 $98 27

Thu Jan 13 #15 $190.1K +1.5% −55.2% $29.5M 1,902 $100 28

Fri Jan 14 — $126.4K −33.5% −79.6% $29.7M 615 $206 29

Sat Jan 15 — $162.4K +28.5% −80.7% $29.8M 615 $264 30

Sun Jan 16 — $110.8K −31.8% −73.4% $29.9M 615 $180 31

Mon Jan 17 #22 $70.1K −36.7% −52.8% $30.0M 615 $114 32

Tue Jan 18 #22 $29.9K −57.3% −83.5% $30.0M 615 $49 33

Wed Jan 19 #21 $27.8K −7.2% −85.2% $30.1M 615 $45 34

Thu Jan 20 #21 $30.1K +8.5% −84.2% $30.1M 615 $49 35

Fri Jan 21 — $39.9K +32.6% −68.4% $30.1M 261 $153 36

Sat Jan 22 — $53.0K +32.8% −67.3% $30.2M 261 $203 37

Sun Jan 23 — $21.5K −59.5% −80.6% $30.2M 261 $82 38

Cumulative total$30.2M

Dec 17Dec 26Jan 5Jan 14Jan 23

Weekend grossWk 6 · $114.5K

$7.5M

$3.5M

$4.5M

$1.9M

$399.6K

$114.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6

Theater countPeak 2,483 → 261 −89.5%

2,483 open261 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −71.4%

−52.6%

W1→2

+28.1%

W2→3

−58.7%

W3→4

−78.7%

W4→5

−71.4%

W5→6

Steepest −78.7%Biggest gain +28.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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