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2010 • R • 1h 40m • Comedy • Roadside Attractions

The Conman who wouldn't go straight.

🍅 71% 61%

65

6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$113K

Limited · 7 theaters

Domestic total

$2.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$23.00M

$21.00M international

Budget$13.0M

Domestic legs9.4x from $217K biggest weekend

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Cast & crew

Full Ficarra filmography

Glenn Ficarra

Glenn Ficarra Director

John Requa

John Requa Director

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey Starring

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor Starring

Leslie Mann

Leslie Mann Starring

Rodrigo Santoro

Rodrigo Santoro Starring

ScreenplayGlenn Ficarra, John Requa Produced byAndrew Lazar, Far Shariat CinematographyXavier Perez Grobet MusicNick Urata StudioRoadside Attractions

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 3-5 28 $112.7K — 7 $16,101 $112.7K

2 Dec 10-12 25 $153.3K +36% 35 $4,378 $304.4K

3 Dec 17-19 23 $148.3K −3% 49 $3,026 $522.8K

4 Dec 24-26 23 $155.3K +5% 69 $2,250 $762.3K

5 Dec 31-Jan 2 24 $196.6K +27% 68 $2,891 $1.1M

6 Jan 7-9 24 $217.3K +10% 100 $2,172 $1.4M

7 Jan 14-16 33 $132.0K −39% 95 $1,389 $1.7M

8 Jan 21-23 39 $78.2K −41% 75 $1,042 $1.8M

9 Jan 28-30 46 $43.5K −44% 49 $887 $1.9M

10 Feb 4-6 49 $18.3K −58% 39 $468 $1.9M

11 Feb 11-13 58 $9.4K −49% 23 $408 $1.9M

12 Feb 18-20 74 $5.1K −46% 9 $566 $1.9M

13 Feb 25-27 72 $6.5K +28% 15 $435 $6.5K

14 Mar 4-6 78 $5.5K −16% 13 $421 $2.0M

15 Mar 11-13 72 $8.8K +60% 12 $731 $2.0M

16 Mar 18-20 69 $13.2K +51% 11 $1,203 $2.0M

17 Mar 25-27 77 $10.2K −23% 9 $1,129 $2.0M

18 Apr 1-3 83 $7.9K −22% 12 $661 $2.0M

19 Apr 8-10 86 $4.7K −41% 7 $673 $2.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 3 #- $30.6K — $30.6K 7 $4,374 1

Sat Dec 4 #- $44.7K +46% $75.3K 7 $6,383 2

Sun Dec 5 #- $37.4K −16% $112.7K 7 $5,343 3

Mon Dec 6 #- $9.2K −76% $121.9K 7 $1,308 4

Tue Dec 7 #- $11.8K +29% $133.7K 7 $1,689 5

Wed Dec 8 #- $8.9K −24% $142.6K 7 $1,278 6

Thu Dec 9 #- $8.5K −5% $151.1K 7 $1,211 7

Fri Dec 10 #- $42.2K +397% +38% $193.3K 35 $1,205 8

Sat Dec 11 #- $63.8K +51% +43% $257.1K 35 $1,824 9

Sun Dec 12 #- $47.2K −26% +26% $304.4K 35 $1,349 10

Mon Dec 13 #- $16.9K −64% +85% $321.3K 35 $483 11

Tue Dec 14 #- $18.1K +7% +53% $339.4K 35 $515 12

Wed Dec 15 #- $17.6K −3% +97% $357.0K 35 $502 13

Thu Dec 16 #- $17.5K −0% +107% $374.5K 35 $501 14

Fri Dec 17 #23 $36.1K +106% −14% $410.6K 50 $721 15

Sat Dec 18 #23 $60.8K +69% −5% $471.4K 50 $1,216 16

Sun Dec 19 #22 $50.2K −17% +6% $521.7K 50 $1,004 17

Mon Dec 20 #- $22.1K −56% +31% $543.8K 50 $442 18

Tue Dec 21 #- $25.6K +16% +42% $569.4K 50 $511 19

Wed Dec 22 #- $17.4K −32% −1% $586.8K 50 $348 20

Thu Dec 23 #- $20.2K +16% +15% $607.0K 50 $403 21

Fri Dec 24 #- $20.1K −0% −44% $627.1K 38 $528 22

Sat Dec 25 #- $71.5K +256% +18% $698.6K 69 $1,036 23

Sun Dec 26 #- $63.7K −11% +27% $762.3K 69 $923 24

Mon Dec 27 #- $40.4K −37% +83% $802.7K 69 $585 25

Tue Dec 28 #- $39.6K −2% +55% $842.4K 69 $574 26

Wed Dec 29 #- $42.5K +7% +144% $884.9K 69 $616 27

Thu Dec 30 #- $44.8K +5% +122% $929.7K 69 $649 28

Fri Dec 31 #- $40.3K −10% +100% $969.9K 68 $591 29

Sat Jan 1 #- $90.8K +126% +27% $1.1M 68 $1,336 30

Sun Jan 2 #- $65.5K −28% +3% $1.1M 68 $963 31

Mon Jan 3 #- $25.0K −62% −38% $1.2M 68 $367 32

Tue Jan 4 #- $23.7K −5% −40% $1.2M 68 $348 33

Wed Jan 5 #- $21.6K −9% −49% $1.2M 68 $316 34

Thu Jan 6 #- $21.7K +1% −52% $1.2M 68 $318 35

Fri Jan 7 #- $59.8K +176% +49% $1.3M 100 $598 36

Sat Jan 8 #- $93.8K +57% +3% $1.4M 100 $937 37

Sun Jan 9 #- $63.7K −32% −3% $1.4M 100 $636 38

Mon Jan 10 #- $20.0K −69% −20% $1.5M 100 $199 39

Tue Jan 11 #- $25.1K +26% +6% $1.5M 100 $251 40

Wed Jan 12 #- $23.1K −8% +7% $1.5M 100 $231 41

Thu Jan 13 #- $24.3K +5% +12% $1.5M 100 $243 42

Fri Jan 14 #- $33.9K +39% −43% $1.6M 95 $356 43

Sat Jan 15 #- $55.0K +62% −41% $1.6M 95 $578 44

Sun Jan 16 #- $43.2K −21% −32% $1.7M 95 $454 45

Mon Jan 17 #34 $27.4K −37% +37% $1.7M 95 $287 46

Tue Jan 18 #- $12.9K −53% −49% $1.7M 95 $135 47

Wed Jan 19 #- $11.2K −13% −52% $1.7M 95 $117 48

Thu Jan 20 #- $11.3K +1% −54% $1.7M 95 $118 49

Fri Jan 21 #- $22.2K +97% −34% $1.7M 75 $296 50

Sat Jan 22 #- $36.9K +66% −33% $1.8M 75 $491 51

Sun Jan 23 #- $19.1K −48% −56% $1.8M 75 $254 52

Mon Jan 24 #- $7.9K −59% −71% $1.8M 75 $105 53

Tue Jan 25 #- $9.5K +21% −26% $1.8M 75 $126 54

Wed Jan 26 #- $9.8K +3% −12% $1.8M 75 $131 55

Thu Jan 27 #- $9.4K −5% −17% $1.8M 75 $124 56

Fri Jan 28 #- $12.7K +36% −43% $1.9M 48 $265 57

Sat Jan 29 #- $18.8K +48% −49% $1.9M 48 $391 58

Sun Jan 30 #- $13.1K −30% −31% $1.9M 48 $272 59

Mon Jan 31 #- $3.4K −74% −57% $1.9M 48 $71 60

Tue Feb 1 #- $4.4K +28% −54% $1.9M 48 $91 61

Wed Feb 2 #- $4.2K −4% −57% $1.9M 48 $87 62

Thu Feb 3 #- $4.9K +17% −47% $1.9M 48 $102 63

Fri Feb 4 #- $5.9K +20% −53% $1.9M 39 $152 64

Sat Feb 5 #- $9.0K +53% −52% $1.9M 39 $232 65

Sun Feb 6 #- $3.3K −64% −75% $1.9M 39 $84 66

Mon Feb 7 #- $2.3K −31% −34% $1.9M 39 $57 67

Tue Feb 8 #- $2.1K −8% −53% $1.9M 39 $53 68

Wed Feb 9 #- $2.6K +27% −37% $1.9M 39 $67 69

Thu Feb 10 #- $2.6K −2% −48% $1.9M 39 $65 70

Fri Feb 11 #- $2.9K +12% −52% $1.9M 23 $124 71

Sat Feb 12 #- $4.0K +40% −56% $1.9M 23 $174 72

Sun Feb 13 #- $2.5K −37% −23% $1.9M 23 $109 73

Mon Feb 14 #- $1.6K −37% −30% $1.9M 23 $68 74

Tue Feb 15 #- $1.3K −20% −39% $1.9M 23 $54 75

Wed Feb 16 #- $939 −25% −64% $1.9M 23 $40 76

Thu Feb 17 #- $1.0K +11% −59% $1.9M 23 $45 77

Fri Feb 18 #- $1.3K +29% −53% $1.9M 9 $149 78

Sat Feb 19 #- $2.2K +62% −46% $1.9M 9 $241 79

Sun Feb 20 #- $1.6K −27% −37% $1.9M 9 $175 80

Mon Feb 21 #70 $757 −52% −52% $1.9M 9 $84 81

Tue Feb 22 #- $238 −69% −81% $1.9M 9 $26 82

Wed Feb 23 #- $239 +0% −75% $1.9M 9 $26 83

Thu Feb 24 #- $270 +13% −74% $1.9M 9 $30 84

Fri Feb 25 #- $1.9K +607% +42% $1.9M 15 $127 85

Sat Feb 26 #- $3.0K +55% +36% $2.0M 15 $197 86

Sun Feb 27 #- $1.7K −44% +5% $2.0M 15 $111 87

Mon Feb 28 #- $862 −48% +14% $2.0M 15 $57 88

Tue Mar 1 #- $820 −5% +245% $2.0M 15 $54 89

Wed Mar 2 #- $1.4K +70% +484% $2.0M 15 $93 90

Thu Mar 3 #- $1.1K −18% +321% $2.0M 15 $75 91

Fri Mar 4 #- $1.3K +18% −30% $2.0M 13 $103 92

Sat Mar 5 #- $2.4K +80% −18% $2.0M 13 $186 93

Sun Mar 6 #- $1.7K −29% +3% $2.0M 13 $132 94

Mon Mar 7 #- $1.5K −15% +69% $2.0M 13 $112 95

Tue Mar 8 #- $1.9K +32% +135% $2.0M 13 $148 96

Wed Mar 9 #- $1.5K −23% +7% $2.0M 13 $114 97

Thu Mar 10 #- $1.3K −14% +13% $2.0M 13 $99 98

Fri Mar 11 #- $2.3K +76% +68% $2.0M 12 $188 99

Sat Mar 12 #- $3.3K +46% +36% $2.0M 12 $274 100

Sun Mar 13 #- $3.2K −2% +87% $2.0M 12 $268 101

Mon Mar 14 #- $1.0K −68% −28% $2.0M 12 $86 102

Tue Mar 15 #- $1.8K +68% −9% $2.0M 12 $146 103

Wed Mar 16 #- $1.7K −3% +15% $2.0M 12 $142 104

Thu Mar 17 #- $1.1K −35% −13% $2.0M 12 $93 105

Fri Mar 18 #- $3.1K +177% +37% $2.0M 11 $281 106

Sat Mar 19 #- $6.1K +98% +86% $2.0M 11 $556 107

Sun Mar 20 #- $4.0K −34% +25% $2.0M 11 $366 108

Mon Mar 21 #- $1.1K −73% +5% $2.0M 11 $99 109

Tue Mar 22 #- $2.1K +94% +21% $2.0M 11 $192 110

Wed Mar 23 #- $1.5K −29% −12% $2.0M 11 $136 111

Thu Mar 24 #- $1.3K −13% +17% $2.0M 11 $118 112

Fri Mar 25 #- $2.2K +65% −30% $2.0M 9 $239 113

Sat Mar 26 #- $4.8K +125% −21% $2.0M 9 $538 114

Sun Mar 27 #- $3.2K −34% −21% $2.0M 9 $352 115

Mon Mar 28 #- $1.3K −59% +19% $2.0M 9 $144 116

Tue Mar 29 #- $1.9K +42% −13% $2.0M 9 $205 117

Wed Mar 30 #- $1.3K −27% −11% $2.0M 9 $149 118

Thu Mar 31 #- $1.1K −18% −16% $2.0M 9 $122 119

Fri Apr 1 #- $2.2K +99% +2% $2.0M 12 $182 120

Sat Apr 2 #- $3.6K +64% −26% $2.0M 12 $299 121

Sun Apr 3 #- $2.1K −40% −32% $2.0M 12 $178 122

Mon Apr 4 #- $1.1K −51% −19% $2.0M 12 $88 123

Tue Apr 5 #- $1.0K −3% −45% $2.0M 12 $85 124

Wed Apr 6 #- $1.0K +0% −24% $2.0M 12 $85 125

Thu Apr 7 #- $387 −62% −65% $2.0M 12 $32 126

Fri Apr 8 #- $999 +158% −54% $2.0M 7 $142 127

Sat Apr 9 #- $2.4K +143% −33% $2.0M 7 $346 128

Sun Apr 10 #- $1.3K −47% −40% $2.0M 7 $184 129

Mon Apr 11 #- $548 −57% −48% $2.0M 7 $78 130

Tue Apr 12 #- $474 −14% −54% $2.0M 7 $67 131

Wed Apr 13 #- $557 +18% −46% $2.0M 7 $79 132

Thu Apr 14 #- $273 −51% −29% $2.0M 7 $39 133

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

Cumulative total$1.9M

Dec 3Dec 20Jan 7Jan 24Feb 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $18.3K

$112.7K

$153.3K

$148.3K

$155.3K

$196.6K

$217.3K

$132.0K

$78.2K

$43.5K

$18.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 100 → 39 −61.0%

7 open39 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −58%

+36%

W1→2

−3%

W2→3

+5%

W3→4

+27%

W4→5

+10%

W5→6

−39%

W6→7

−41%

W7→8

−44%

W8→9

−58%

W9→10

Steepest −58%Biggest gain +36%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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