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2003 • PG-13 • 1h 56m • Comedy, Romance • Paramount Pictures

One of them is lying. So is the other.

🍅 42% 77%

45

3.79

6.5

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$23.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$106.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$178.00M

$71.70M international

Domestic legs4.45x

Budget$50.0M

2003 rank#25

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Cast & crew

Full Petrie filmography

Donald Petrie

Donald Petrie Director

Kate Hudson

Kate Hudson Starring

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey Starring

Bebe Neuwirth

Bebe Neuwirth Starring

Kathryn Hahn

Kathryn Hahn Starring

Adam Goldberg

Adam Goldberg Starring

ScreenplayBurr Steers, Brian Regan, Kristen Buckley Produced byLynda Obst, Robert Evans, Christine Peters CinematographyJohn Bailey MusicDavid Newman Prod. DesignThérèse DePrez StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 7-9 1 $23.8M — 2,923 $8,133 $23.8M

2 Feb 14-16 2 $18.7M −21.3% 2,923 $6,402 $47.4M

3 Feb 21-23 3 $11.6M −38.1% 2,923 $3,965 $64.6M

4 Feb 28-Mar 2 4 $10.3M −11.5% 2,923 $3,507 $77.6M

5 Mar 7-9 5 $6.7M −34.8% 2,897 $2,308 $86.9M

6 Mar 14-16 7 $4.7M −29.9% 2,430 $1,928 $93.7M

7 Mar 21-23 11 $2.9M −37.1% 1,840 $1,601 $98.3M

8 Mar 28-30 14 $1.8M −39.3% 1,176 $1,519 $101.0M

9 Apr 4-6 19 $882.2K −50.6% 827 $1,066 $102.4M

10 Apr 11-13 20 $460.7K −47.8% 527 $874 $103.1M

11 Apr 18-20 26 $290.0K −37.0% 320 $906 $103.6M

12 Apr 25-27 32 $168.5K −41.9% 219 $769 $103.9M

13 May 2-4 38 $103.9K −38.3% 140 $742 $104.0M

14 May 9-11 41 $96.0K −7.6% 123 $780 $104.2M

15 May 23-25 21 $240.1K +150.1% 270 $889 $104.5M

16 May 30-Jun 1 27 $175.5K −26.9% 238 $737 $104.9M

17 Jun 6-8 28 $169.2K −3.6% 185 $914 $105.1M

18 Jun 13-15 36 $112.8K −33.3% 155 $727 $105.3M

19 Jun 20-22 35 $92.3K −18.1% 123 $750 $105.5M

20 Jun 27-29 42 $63.3K −31.4% 105 $602 $105.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 7 #1 $8.1M — $8.1M 2,923 $2,767 1

Sat Feb 8 #1 $10.1M +24% $18.0M 2,923 $3,440 2

Sun Feb 9 #1 $5.8M −43% $23.8M 2,923 $1,968 3

Mon Feb 10 #1 $1.2M −79% $25.0M 2,923 $409 4

Tue Feb 11 #1 $1.3M +8% $26.3M 2,923 $442 5

Wed Feb 12 #2 $1.2M −10% $27.4M 2,923 $399 6

Thu Feb 13 #1 $1.3M +9% $28.7M 2,923 $434 7

Fri Feb 14 #2 $7.3M +471% −10% $36.0M 2,923 $2,484 8

Sat Feb 15 #2 $7.3M n/c −27% $42.7M 2,923 $2,496 9

Sun Feb 16 #2 $4.7M −36% −19% $47.4M 2,923 $1,600 10

Mon Feb 17 #3 $2.0M −57% +67% $49.4M 2,923 $682 11

Tue Feb 18 #2 $1.3M −33% +3% $50.7M 2,923 $453 12

Wed Feb 19 #2 $1.1M −20% −9% $51.8M 2,923 $363 13

Thu Feb 20 #2 $1.2M +16% −3% $53.0M 2,923 $419 14

Fri Feb 21 #3 $3.7M +205% −48% $56.8M 2,923 $1,282 15

Sat Feb 22 #3 $5.1M +37% −30% $62.1M 2,923 $1,757 16

Sun Feb 23 #4 $2.5M −51% −46% $64.6M 2,923 $865 17

Mon Feb 24 #3 $592.0K −77% −70% $65.2M 2,923 $202 18

Tue Feb 25 #4 $738.0K +25% −44% $66.0M 2,923 $252 19

Wed Feb 26 #4 $687.0K −7% −35% $66.6M 2,923 $235 20

Thu Feb 27 #4 $729.0K +6% −41% $67.4M 2,923 $249 21

Fri Feb 28 #4 $3.1M +329% −16% $70.5M 2,923 $1,071 22

Sat Mar 1 #4 $4.6M +48% −10% $75.3M 2,923 $1,587 23

Sun Mar 2 #5 $2.3M −49% −7% $77.6M 2,923 $802 24

Mon Mar 3 #4 $602.0K −74% +2% $78.2M 2,923 $205 25

Tue Mar 4 #4 $672.0K +12% −9% $78.9M 2,923 $229 26

Wed Mar 5 #4 $629.0K −6% −8% $79.5M 2,923 $215 27

Thu Mar 6 #4 $673.0K +7% −8% $80.2M 2,923 $230 28

Fri Mar 7 #4 $2.1M +218% −32% $82.3M 2,897 $739 29

Sat Mar 8 #5 $3.0M +39% −36% $85.3M 2,897 $1,029 30

Sun Mar 9 #6 $1.6M −48% −33% $86.9M 2,897 $539 31

Mon Mar 10 #5 $480.0K −69% −20% $87.4M 2,897 $165 32

Tue Mar 11 #5 $598.0K +25% −11% $88.0M 2,897 $206 33

Wed Mar 12 #5 $523.0K −13% −17% $88.5M 2,897 $180 34

Thu Mar 13 #5 $552.0K +6% −18% $89.0M 2,897 $190 35

Fri Mar 14 #7 $1.6M +181% −27% $90.6M 2,430 $639 36

Sat Mar 15 #7 $2.1M +36% −29% $92.7M 2,430 $866 37

Sun Mar 16 #7 $1.0M −51% −34% $93.7M 2,430 $422 38

Mon Mar 17 #7 $339.0K −67% −29% $94.1M 2,430 $139 39

Tue Mar 18 #7 $444.0K +31% −26% $94.5M 2,430 $182 40

Wed Mar 19 #7 $376.0K −15% −28% $94.9M 2,430 $154 41

Thu Mar 20 #7 $428.0K +14% −22% $95.3M 2,430 $176 42

Mon May 26 #21 $54.1K — $104.6M 270 $200 109

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

Cumulative total$95.3M

Feb 7Feb 17Feb 28Mar 10Mar 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $460.7K

$23.8M

$18.7M

$11.6M

$10.3M

$6.7M

$4.7M

$2.9M

$1.8M

$882.2K

$460.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,923 → 2,430 −16.9%

2,923 open2,430 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.8%

−21.3%

W1→2

−38.1%

W2→3

−11.5%

W3→4

−34.8%

W4→5

−29.9%

W5→6

−37.1%

W6→7

−39.3%

W7→8

−50.6%

W8→9

−47.8%

W9→10

Steepest −50.6%Best hold −11.5%

Run milestones

$100M in 109 days

$100M

Day 109

May 26

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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