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2009 • R • 2h 1m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Universal Pictures

First comes marriage. Then comes divorce. And then...

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$113.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$219.00M

$106.00M international

Domestic legs5.10x

Budget$85.0M

2009 rank#28

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Cast & crew

Full Meyers filmography

Nancy Meyers

Nancy Meyers Director

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep Starring

Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin Starring

Steve Martin

Steve Martin Starring

John Krasinski

John Krasinski Starring

ScreenplayNancy Meyers Produced byNancy Meyers, Scott Rudin CinematographyJohn Toll MusicHans Zimmer & Heitor Pereira Prod. DesignJon Hutman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 25-27 4 $22.1M — 2,887 $7,655 $22.1M

2 Jan 1-3 4 $18.8M −14.9% 2,897 $6,490 $59.2M

3 Jan 8-10 5 $11.0M −41.5% 2,955 $3,725 $76.4M

4 Jan 15-17 7 $8.1M −26.3% 2,670 $3,038 $88.7M

5 Jan 22-24 9 $5.8M −28.4% 2,301 $2,525 $98.3M

6 Jan 29-31 10 $3.8M −34.5% 2,096 $1,814 $104.1M

7 Feb 5-7 15 $2.1M −45.3% 1,671 $1,245 $107.5M

8 Feb 12-14 18 $1.2M −41.6% 787 $1,545 $109.6M

9 Feb 19-21 18 $699.5K −42.5% 598 $1,169 $110.7M

10 Feb 26-28 21 $512.8K −26.7% 462 $1,110 $111.5M

11 Mar 5-7 24 $317.7K −38.1% 321 $989 $112.0M

12 Mar 12-14 26 $201.1K −36.7% 221 $910 $112.4M

13 Mar 19-21 33 $102.2K −49.2% 145 $704 $112.6M

14 Mar 26-28 36 $74.8K −26.9% 115 $650 $112.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 25 #4 $7.2M — $7.2M 2,887 $2,485 1

Sat Dec 26 #4 $8.4M +17% $15.6M 2,886 $2,911 2

Sun Dec 27 #4 $6.5M −22% $22.1M 2,886 $2,260 3

Mon Dec 28 #4 $4.3M −35% $26.4M 2,887 $1,480 4

Tue Dec 29 #4 $4.3M n/c $30.6M 2,887 $1,480 5

Wed Dec 30 #4 $4.4M +3% $35.0M 2,887 $1,525 6

Thu Dec 31 #4 $5.3M +21% $40.4M 2,887 $1,845 7

Fri Jan 1 #4 $7.1M +34% −1% $47.5M 2,897 $2,460 8

Sat Jan 2 #4 $7.7M +8% −8% $55.2M 2,897 $2,655 9

Sun Jan 3 #4 $4.0M −48% −39% $59.2M 2,897 $1,375 10

Mon Jan 4 #4 $1.5M −63% −66% $60.6M 2,897 $504 11

Tue Jan 5 #3 $1.7M +19% −59% $62.4M 2,897 $600 12

Wed Jan 6 #3 $1.6M −8% −64% $64.0M 2,897 $550 13

Thu Jan 7 #3 $1.4M −13% −74% $65.4M 2,897 $479 14

Fri Jan 8 #6 $3.2M +133% −55% $68.6M 2,955 $1,095 15

Sat Jan 9 #5 $4.9M +51% −37% $73.5M 2,955 $1,650 16

Sun Jan 10 #5 $2.9M −41% −27% $76.4M 2,955 $980 17

Mon Jan 11 #4 $901.3K −69% −38% $77.3M 2,955 $305 18

Tue Jan 12 #3 $1.2M +28% −34% $78.4M 2,955 $390 19

Wed Jan 13 #3 $1.1M −8% −33% $79.5M 2,955 $359 20

Thu Jan 14 #3 $1.1M n/c −23% $80.6M 2,955 $360 21

Fri Jan 15 #7 $2.3M +119% −28% $82.9M 2,673 $870 22

Sat Jan 16 #7 $3.4M +47% −30% $86.3M 2,673 $1,280 23

Sun Jan 17 #7 $2.4M −31% −18% $88.7M 2,673 $885 24

Mon Jan 18 #7 $1.5M −36% +68% $90.2M 2,673 $565 25

Tue Jan 19 #5 $788.5K −48% −32% $91.0M 2,673 $295 26

Wed Jan 20 #4 $722.0K −8% −32% $91.7M 2,673 $270 27

Thu Jan 21 #3 $774.9K +7% −27% $92.5M 2,673 $289 28

Fri Jan 22 #8 $1.7M +124% −25% $94.2M 2,301 $755 29

Sat Jan 23 #9 $2.8M +62% −18% $97.0M 2,301 $1,225 30

Sun Jan 24 #9 $1.3M −56% −47% $98.3M 2,301 $545 31

Mon Jan 25 #7 $448.7K −64% −70% $98.7M 2,301 $195 32

Tue Jan 26 #4 $575.8K +28% −27% $99.3M 2,301 $250 33

Wed Jan 27 #4 $529.0K −8% −27% $99.8M 2,301 $229 34

Thu Jan 28 #6 $483.2K −9% −38% $100.3M 2,301 $210 35

Fri Jan 29 #9 $1.0M +113% −41% $101.3M 2,096 $490 36

Sat Jan 30 #10 $1.8M +73% −37% $103.1M 2,096 $849 37

Sun Jan 31 #10 $995.6K −44% −21% $104.1M 2,096 $475 38

Mon Feb 1 #9 $303.9K −69% −32% $104.4M 2,096 $145 39

Tue Feb 2 #7 $367.1K +21% −36% $104.8M 2,096 $175 40

Wed Feb 3 #7 $335.5K −9% −37% $105.1M 2,096 $160 41

Thu Feb 4 #7 $336.4K n/c −30% $105.5M 2,096 $160 42

Fri Feb 5 #14 $635.0K +89% −38% $106.1M 2,096 $302 43

Sat Feb 6 #15 $1.1M +68% −40% $107.2M 2,096 $510 44

Sun Feb 7 #14 $376.0K −65% −62% $107.5M 2,096 $179 45

Mon Feb 8 #14 $175.5K −53% −42% $107.7M 2,096 $83 46

Tue Feb 9 #13 $217.2K +24% −41% $107.9M 2,096 $103 47

Wed Feb 10 #12 $200.5K −8% −40% $108.1M 2,096 $95 48

Thu Feb 11 #13 $217.3K +8% −35% $108.3M 2,096 $103 49

Fri Feb 12 #17 $244.0K +12% −62% $108.6M 787 $310 50

Sat Feb 13 #18 $495.8K +103% −54% $109.1M 787 $630 51

Sun Feb 14 #18 $476.1K −4% +27% $109.6M 787 $605 52

Mon Feb 15 #19 $181.0K −62% +3% $109.7M 787 $230 53

Tue Feb 16 $94.4K −48% −57% $109.8M 787 $120 54

Wed Feb 17 $90.6K −4% −55% $109.9M 787 $115 55

Thu Feb 18 $98.4K +9% −55% $110.0M 787 $125 56

Fri Feb 19 $191.3K +94% −22% $110.2M 598 $319 57

Sat Feb 20 $337.9K +77% −32% $110.6M 598 $565 58

Sun Feb 21 $170.3K −50% −64% $110.7M 598 $284 59

Mon Feb 22 $68.5K −60% −62% $110.8M 598 $114 60

Tue Feb 23 $65.8K −4% −30% $110.9M 598 $110 61

Wed Feb 24 $72.0K +9% −21% $110.9M 598 $120 62

Thu Feb 25 $68.9K −4% −30% $111.0M 598 $115 63

Fri Feb 26 $134.0K +94% −30% $111.1M 462 $290 64

Sat Feb 27 $265.7K +98% −21% $111.4M 462 $575 65

Sun Feb 28 $113.2K −57% −34% $111.5M 462 $245 66

Mon Mar 1 $39.3K −65% −43% $111.6M 462 $85 67

Tue Mar 2 $64.8K +65% −1% $111.6M 462 $140 68

Wed Mar 3 $57.8K −11% −20% $111.7M 462 $125 69

Thu Mar 4 $55.3K −4% −20% $111.7M 462 $119 70

Fri Mar 5 $96.2K +74% −28% $111.8M 321 $299 71

Sat Mar 6 $158.9K +65% −40% $112.0M 321 $495 72

Sun Mar 7 $62.5K −61% −45% $112.0M 321 $194 73

Mon Mar 8 $28.9K −54% −26% $112.1M 321 $90 74

Tue Mar 9 $38.5K +33% −41% $112.1M 321 $120 75

Wed Mar 10 $33.7K −13% −42% $112.1M 321 $105 76

Thu Mar 11 $44.9K +33% −19% $112.2M 321 $140 77

Fri Mar 12 $67.4K +50% −30% $112.3M 221 $305 78

Sat Mar 13 $90.6K +34% −43% $112.4M 221 $410 79

Sun Mar 14 $43.1K −52% −31% $112.4M 221 $195 80

Mon Mar 15 $19.9K −54% −31% $112.4M 221 $89 81

Tue Mar 16 $23.2K +17% −40% $112.4M 221 $105 82

Wed Mar 17 $21.0K −10% −38% $112.5M 221 $95 83

Thu Mar 18 $22.1K +5% −51% $112.5M 221 $99 84

Fri Mar 19 $29.7K +35% −56% $112.5M 145 $205 85

Sat Mar 20 $45.0K +51% −50% $112.6M 145 $310 86

Sun Mar 21 $27.5K −39% −36% $112.6M 145 $189 87

Mon Mar 22 $10.9K −60% −45% $112.6M 145 $75 88

Tue Mar 23 $13.8K +27% −41% $112.6M 145 $95 89

Wed Mar 24 $10.2K −26% −52% $112.6M 145 $70 90

Thu Mar 25 $10.8K +6% −51% $112.6M 145 $74 91

Fri Mar 26 $22.4K +108% −25% $112.7M 115 $195 92

Sat Mar 27 $34.5K +54% −23% $112.7M 115 $300 93

Sun Mar 28 $17.8K −48% −35% $112.7M 115 $155 94

Mon Mar 29 $7.5K −58% −31% $112.7M 115 $65 95

Tue Mar 30 $8.6K +15% −37% $112.7M 115 $75 96

Wed Mar 31 $7.6K −12% −25% $112.7M 109 $70 97

Thu Apr 1 $8.2K +7% −24% $112.7M 109 $75 98

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

Cumulative total$111.7M

Dec 25Jan 11Jan 29Feb 15Mar 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $512.8K

$22.1M

$18.8M

$11.0M

$8.1M

$5.8M

$3.8M

$2.1M

$1.2M

$699.5K

$512.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,955 → 462 −84.4%

2,887 open462 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.7%

−14.9%

W1→2

−41.5%

W2→3

−26.3%

W3→4

−28.4%

W4→5

−34.5%

W5→6

−45.3%

W6→7

−41.6%

W7→8

−42.5%

W8→9

−26.7%

W9→10

Steepest −45.3%Best hold −14.9%

Run milestones

$100M in 35 days

$100M

Day 35

Jan 28

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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