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2007 • PG-13 • 1h 55m • Comedy, Romance • Universal Pictures

They're as straight as can be, but don't tell anyone.

🍅 15% 69%

37

2.52

5.9

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$34.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$120.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$187.00M

$67.10M international

Domestic legs3.51x

Budget$85.0M

2007 rank#23

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Cast & crew

Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler Starring

Kevin James

Kevin James Starring

Jessica Biel

Jessica Biel Starring

Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd Starring

Ving Rhames

Ving Rhames Starring

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi Starring

ScreenplayJim Taylor, Alexander Payne, Barry Fanaro Produced byAdam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo, Tom Shadyac, Michael Bostick CinematographyDean Semler MusicRupert Gregson-Williams Prod. DesignPerry Andelin Blake StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 20-22 1 $34.2M — 3,495 $9,795 $34.2M

2 Jul 27-29 2 $19.1M −44.1% 3,501 $5,465 $71.7M

3 Aug 3-5 4 $10.6M −44.5% 3,289 $3,230 $91.8M

4 Aug 10-12 7 $5.9M −44.7% 2,799 $2,100 $103.8M

5 Aug 17-19 10 $3.6M −38.7% 2,258 $1,595 $110.5M

6 Aug 24-26 14 $2.0M −43.5% 1,529 $1,330 $114.3M

7 Aug 31-Sep 2 17 $1.4M −32.0% 1,076 $1,284 $116.3M

8 Sep 7-9 18 $834.1K −39.7% 830 $1,004 $117.7M

9 Sep 14-16 20 $563.9K −32.4% 613 $919 $118.5M

10 Sep 21-23 24 $365.7K −35.2% 457 $800 $119.0M

11 Sep 28-30 31 $209.0K −42.9% 329 $635 $119.3M

12 Oct 5-7 40 $134.9K −35.4% 198 $681 $119.5M

13 Oct 12-14 39 $121.6K −9.9% 175 $695 $119.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 20 #1 $12.6M — $12.6M 3,495 $3,605 1

Sat Jul 21 #2 $11.8M −6% $24.4M 3,495 $3,390 2

Sun Jul 22 #2 $9.8M −17% $34.2M 3,495 $2,800 3

Mon Jul 23 #1 $5.6M −43% $39.8M 3,495 $1,600 4

Tue Jul 24 #1 $4.8M −15% $44.6M 3,495 $1,360 5

Wed Jul 25 #1 $4.1M −13% $48.7M 3,495 $1,184 6

Thu Jul 26 #1 $3.8M −8% $52.5M 3,495 $1,095 7

Fri Jul 27 #2 $6.2M +62% −51% $58.7M 3,501 $1,770 8

Sat Jul 28 #2 $7.3M +18% −38% $66.0M 3,501 $2,085 9

Sun Jul 29 #2 $5.6M −23% −42% $71.7M 3,501 $1,610 10

Mon Jul 30 #2 $2.6M −53% −53% $74.3M 3,501 $755 11

Tue Jul 31 #3 $2.4M −8% −49% $76.8M 3,501 $695 12

Wed Aug 1 #3 $2.2M −8% −46% $79.0M 3,501 $640 13

Thu Aug 2 #3 $2.2M −3% −43% $81.2M 3,501 $620 14

Fri Aug 3 #4 $3.4M +55% −46% $84.5M 3,289 $1,020 15

Sat Aug 4 #4 $4.2M +25% −43% $88.7M 3,289 $1,275 16

Sun Aug 5 #4 $3.1M −27% −45% $91.8M 3,289 $935 17

Mon Aug 6 #5 $1.7M −43% −34% $93.5M 3,289 $530 18

Tue Aug 7 #5 $1.6M −10% −36% $95.1M 3,289 $475 19

Wed Aug 8 #5 $1.5M −6% −35% $96.6M 3,289 $445 20

Thu Aug 9 #5 $1.3M −9% −39% $97.9M 3,289 $405 21

Fri Aug 10 #7 $1.9M +46% −42% $99.8M 2,798 $695 22

Sat Aug 11 #7 $2.3M +19% −45% $102.2M 2,798 $830 23

Sun Aug 12 #8 $1.6M −31% −48% $103.8M 2,798 $575 24

Mon Aug 13 #7 $784.5K −51% −55% $104.6M 2,798 $280 25

Tue Aug 14 #7 $782.9K n/c −50% $105.3M 2,799 $279 26

Wed Aug 15 #7 $769.7K −2% −47% $106.1M 2,799 $275 27

Thu Aug 16 #7 $768.5K n/c −42% $106.9M 2,799 $274 28

Fri Aug 17 #8 $1.1M +41% −44% $108.0M 2,799 $387 29

Sat Aug 18 #9 $1.5M +38% −36% $109.5M 2,799 $532 30

Sun Aug 19 #10 $1.0M −31% −36% $110.5M 2,799 $367 31

Mon Aug 20 #10 $474.2K −54% −40% $111.0M 2,258 $210 32

Tue Aug 21 #10 $495.8K +5% −37% $111.5M 2,258 $219 33

Wed Aug 22 #11 $395.1K −20% −49% $111.8M 2,258 $175 34

Thu Aug 23 #11 $384.6K −3% −50% $112.2M 2,258 $170 35

Fri Aug 24 $574.0K +49% −47% $112.8M 1,519 $377 36

Mon Sep 3 #21 $317.4K — $116.6M 1,076 $295 46

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

Cumulative total$116.6M

Jul 20Jul 29Aug 7Aug 16Sep 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $365.7K

$34.2M

$19.1M

$10.6M

$5.9M

$3.6M

$2.0M

$1.4M

$834.1K

$563.9K

$365.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,501 → 1,076 −69.3%

3,495 open1,076 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.2%

−44.1%

W1→2

−44.5%

W2→3

−44.7%

W3→4

−38.7%

W4→5

−43.5%

W5→6

−32.0%

W6→7

−39.7%

W7→8

−32.4%

W8→9

−35.2%

W9→10

Steepest −44.7%Best hold −32.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 23 days

$100M

Day 23

Aug 11

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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