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2006 • PG-13 • 1h 29m • Comedy, Romance • 20th Century Fox

Don't get mad. Get even.

🍅 28% 69%

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3.16

5.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$14.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$41.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$68.80M

$27.80M international

Domestic legs2.9x

Budget$18M

2006 rank#76

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Cast & crew

Full Thomas filmography

Betty Thomas

Betty Thomas Director

Brittany Snow

Brittany Snow Starring

Penn Badgley

Penn Badgley Starring

ScreenplayJeff Lowell Produced byBob Cooper, Michael Birnbaum CinematographyAnthony B. Richmond MusicRichard Gibbs Prod. DesignMarcia Hinds Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 28-30 3 $14.3M — 2,560 $5,577 $14.3M

2 Aug 4-6 6 $6.2M −56.9% 2,566 $2,397 $28.7M

3 Aug 11-13 11 $3.0M −51.1% 2,213 $1,360 $35.8M

4 Aug 18-20 17 $1.1M −63.3% 1,218 $906 $38.6M

5 Aug 25-27 28 $336.0K −69.6% 460 $730 $39.5M

6 Sep 1-3 29 $350.9K +4.4% 361 $972 $40.0M

7 Sep 8-10 31 $238.4K −32.0% 322 $741 $40.4M

8 Sep 15-17 36 $165.1K −30.8% 238 $694 $40.6M

9 Sep 22-24 39 $135.6K −17.8% 183 $741 $40.8M

10 Sep 29-Oct 1 48 $57.7K −57.4% 90 $641 $40.9M

11 Oct 6-8 53 $24.1K −58.2% 40 $603 $41.0M

12 Oct 13-15 77 $10.5K −56.3% 19 $555 $41.0M

13 Oct 20-22 75 $9.5K −9.9% 15 $634 $41.0M

14 Oct 27-29 87 $7.0K −26.2% 9 $780 $41.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 28 #2 $6.1M — $6.1M 2,560 $2,397 1

Sat Jul 29 #3 $4.6M −25.0% $10.7M 2,560 $1,798 2

Sun Jul 30 #4 $3.5M −23.1% $14.3M 2,560 $1,382 3

Mon Jul 31 #3 $2.5M −30.5% $16.7M 2,560 $961 4

Tue Aug 1 #3 $2.2M −9.1% $19.0M 2,560 $874 5

Wed Aug 2 #3 $1.9M −15.6% $20.9M 2,560 $737 6

Thu Aug 3 #3 $1.7M −9.2% $22.6M 2,560 $669 7

Fri Aug 4 #6 $2.4M +38.2% −61.4% $24.9M 2,566 $922 8

Sat Aug 5 #7 $2.1M −9.4% −53.4% $27.1M 2,566 $835 9

Sun Aug 6 #7 $1.6M −23.4% −53.6% $28.7M 2,566 $639 10

Mon Aug 7 #5 $1.2M −29.0% −52.7% $29.9M 2,566 $454 11

Tue Aug 8 #5 $1.1M −9.0% −52.6% $30.9M 2,566 $413 12

Wed Aug 9 #6 $915.1K −13.6% −51.5% $31.9M 2,566 $357 13

Thu Aug 10 #6 $889.3K −2.8% −48.1% $32.8M 2,566 $347 14

Fri Aug 11 #10 $1.1M +28.0% −51.9% $33.9M 2,213 $514 15

Sat Aug 12 #11 $1.1M −2.8% −48.3% $35.0M 2,213 $500 16

Sun Aug 13 #12 $763.9K −31.0% −53.4% $35.8M 2,213 $345 17

Mon Aug 14 #10 $490.3K −35.8% −57.9% $36.3M 2,213 $222 18

Tue Aug 15 #10 $497.5K +1.5% −53.0% $36.7M 2,213 $225 19

Wed Aug 16 #11 $410.4K −17.5% −55.2% $37.2M 2,213 $185 20

Thu Aug 17 #11 $374.2K −8.8% −57.9% $37.5M 2,213 $169 21

Fri Aug 18 — $367.9K −1.7% −67.7% $37.9M 1,218 $302 22

Sat Aug 19 — $449.9K +22.3% −59.4% $38.4M 1,218 $369 23

Sun Aug 20 — $286.2K −36.4% −62.5% $38.6M 1,218 $235 24

Mon Aug 21 — $150.7K −47.4% −69.3% $38.8M 1,218 $124 25

Tue Aug 22 — $150.5K −0.1% −69.7% $38.9M 1,218 $124 26

Wed Aug 23 — $135.0K −10.3% −67.1% $39.1M 1,218 $111 27

Thu Aug 24 — $134.5K −0.4% −64.1% $39.2M 1,218 $110 28

Fri Aug 25 — $106.0K −21.1% −71.2% $39.3M 460 $231 29

Sat Aug 26 — $146.0K +37.7% −67.5% $39.5M 460 $317 30

Sun Aug 27 — $83.9K −42.5% −70.7% $39.5M 460 $182 31

Mon Aug 28 — $36.9K −56.1% −75.5% $39.6M 460 $80 32

Tue Aug 29 — $39.6K +7.3% −73.7% $39.6M 460 $86 33

Wed Aug 30 — $35.2K −10.9% −73.9% $39.7M 460 $77 34

Thu Aug 31 — $29.8K −15.3% −77.8% $39.7M 460 $65 35

Fri Sep 1 — $87.3K +192.5% −17.7% $39.8M 361 $242 36

Sat Sep 2 — $132.5K +51.7% −9.3% $39.9M 361 $367 37

Sun Sep 3 — $131.2K −1.0% +56.3% $40.0M 361 $363 38

Mon Sep 4 #32 $74.7K −43.0% +102.7% $40.1M 361 $207 39

Tue Sep 5 — $20.6K −72.5% −48.0% $40.1M 361 $57 40

Wed Sep 6 — $19.1K −7.2% −45.8% $40.2M 361 $53 41

Thu Sep 7 — $20.4K +7.2% −31.5% $40.2M 361 $57 42

Fri Sep 8 — $73.1K +257.7% −16.2% $40.2M 361 $203 43

Sat Sep 9 — $114.2K +56.1% −13.8% $40.4M 361 $316 44

Sun Sep 10 — $51.1K −55.2% −61.0% $40.4M 361 $142 45

Mon Sep 11 — $16.1K −68.5% −78.4% $40.4M 361 $45 46

Tue Sep 12 — $17.7K +9.6% −14.1% $40.4M 361 $49 47

Wed Sep 13 — $15.6K −11.4% −18.0% $40.5M 361 $43 48

Thu Sep 14 — $15.1K −3.5% −26.1% $40.5M 361 $42 49

Fri Sep 15 — $49.4K +226.8% −32.5% $40.5M 238 $207 50

Sat Sep 16 — $75.4K +52.7% −34.0% $40.6M 238 $317 51

Sun Sep 17 — $40.3K −46.5% −21.1% $40.6M 238 $170 52

Mon Sep 18 — $12.6K −68.8% −21.9% $40.7M 238 $53 53

Tue Sep 19 — $14.9K +18.0% −15.9% $40.7M 238 $62 54

Wed Sep 20 — $12.9K −12.9% −17.4% $40.7M 238 $54 55

Thu Sep 21 — $13.2K +1.7% −12.9% $40.7M 238 $55 56

Fri Sep 22 — $40.9K +210.6% −17.2% $40.7M 238 $172 57

Sat Sep 23 — $63.1K +54.5% −16.2% $40.8M 238 $265 58

Sun Sep 24 — $31.6K −49.9% −21.6% $40.8M 238 $133 59

Mon Sep 25 — $8.7K −72.6% −31.1% $40.8M 238 $36 60

Tue Sep 26 — $9.9K +13.6% −33.6% $40.8M 238 $41 61

Wed Sep 27 — $9.2K −6.3% −28.5% $40.9M 238 $39 62

Thu Sep 28 — $8.3K −10.1% −36.8% $40.9M 238 $35 63

Fri Sep 29 — $18.5K +122.1% −54.8% $40.9M 238 $78 64

Sat Sep 30 — $25.7K +39.3% −59.2% $40.9M 238 $108 65

Sun Oct 1 — $13.5K −47.4% −57.2% $40.9M 238 $57 66

Mon Oct 2 — $4.1K −69.9% −53.1% $40.9M 238 $17 67

Tue Oct 3 — $6.1K +49.6% −38.2% $40.9M 238 $26 68

Wed Oct 4 — $4.5K −26.5% −51.6% $40.9M 238 $19 69

Thu Oct 5 — $3.6K −19.1% −56.5% $40.9M 238 $15 70

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

Cumulative total$40.9M

Jul 28Aug 14Sep 1Sep 18Oct 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $57.7K

$14.3M

$6.2M

$3.0M

$1.1M

$336.0K

$350.9K

$238.4K

$165.1K

$135.6K

$57.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,566 → 238 −90.7%

2,560 open238 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −57.4%

−56.9%

W1→2

−51.1%

W2→3

−63.3%

W3→4

−69.6%

W4→5

+4.4%

W5→6

−32.0%

W6→7

−30.8%

W7→8

−17.8%

W8→9

−57.4%

W9→10

Steepest −69.6%Biggest gain +4.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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