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Justin Bieber: Never Say NeverFollow

2011 • 1h 45m • Documentary, Music • Paramount Pictures

Find out what's possible if you never give up.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$29.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$73.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$99.00M

$26.00M international

Domestic legs2.47x

Budget$13.0M

2011 rank#49

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Cast & crew

Directed byJon M. Chu Produced byScooter Braun, Justin Bieber, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Usher Raymond IV, Dan Cutforth CinematographyReed Smoot MusicDeborah Lurie StarringJustin Bieber, Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, Miley Cyrus, Ludacris StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 11-13 2 $29.5M — 3,105 $9,505 $30.3M

2 Feb 18-20 6 $13.3M −54.9% 3,118 $4,268 $48.2M

3 Feb 25-27 6 $9.4M −29.5% 2,810 $3,340 $63.0M

4 Mar 4-6 10 $4.3M −54.4% 2,254 $1,897 $68.8M

5 Mar 11-13 13 $1.4M −67.8% 1,247 $1,105 $71.0M

6 Mar 18-20 19 $470.5K −65.9% 480 $980 $72.2M

7 Mar 25-27 26 $214.1K −54.5% 289 $740 $72.6M

8 Apr 1-3 46 $55.4K −74.1% 113 $489 $72.7M

9 Apr 22-24 44 $66.6K +20.3% 166 $401 $72.8M

10 Apr 29-May 1 47 $59.5K −10.6% 109 $546 $72.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Feb 9 #1 $742.5K — $742.5K — — 1

Fri Feb 11 #1 $12.4M — $13.1M 3,105 $3,982 3

Sat Feb 12 #3 $10.7M −13% $23.8M 3,105 $3,459 4

Sun Feb 13 #3 $6.4M −40% $30.3M 3,105 $2,063 5

Mon Feb 14 #3 $1.8M −73% $32.0M 3,105 $566 6

Tue Feb 15 #2 $1.1M −39% $33.1M 3,105 $344 7

Wed Feb 16 #3 $830.5K −22% +12% $33.9M 3,105 $267 8

Thu Feb 17 #3 $959.6K +16% $34.9M 3,105 $309 9

Fri Feb 18 #6 $3.8M +295% −69% $38.7M 3,118 $1,215 10

Sat Feb 19 #6 $5.5M +44% −49% $44.1M 3,118 $1,753 11

Sun Feb 20 #6 $4.0M −26% −37% $48.2M 3,118 $1,298 12

Mon Feb 21 #5 $3.1M −25% +74% $51.2M 3,118 $980 13

Tue Feb 22 #5 $963.2K −68% −10% $52.2M 3,118 $308 14

Wed Feb 23 #5 $686.3K −29% −17% $52.9M 3,118 $220 15

Thu Feb 24 #6 $690.0K +1% −28% $53.6M 3,118 $221 16

Fri Feb 25 #6 $2.7M +285% −30% $56.2M 2,810 $946 17

Sat Feb 26 #6 $4.2M +56% −24% $60.4M 2,810 $1,478 18

Sun Feb 27 #5 $2.6M −38% −36% $63.0M 2,810 $915 19

Mon Feb 28 #8 $336.5K −87% −89% $63.3M 2,810 $119 20

Tue Mar 1 #8 $505.7K +50% −47% $63.8M 2,810 $179 21

Wed Mar 2 #8 $356.1K −30% −48% $64.2M 2,810 $126 22

Thu Mar 3 #7 $389.4K +9% −44% $64.6M 2,810 $138 23

Fri Mar 4 #11 $1.2M +219% −53% $65.8M 2,254 $550 24

Sat Mar 5 #10 $1.9M +51% −55% $67.7M 2,254 $830 25

Sun Mar 6 #10 $1.2M −38% −55% $68.8M 2,254 $516 26

Mon Mar 7 #12 $205.5K −82% −39% $69.0M 2,254 $91 27

Tue Mar 8 #12 $198.5K −3% −61% $69.2M 2,254 $88 28

Wed Mar 9 #12 $160.3K −19% −55% $69.4M 2,254 $71 29

Thu Mar 10 #12 $183.9K +15% −53% $69.6M 2,254 $81 30

Fri Mar 11 #14 $356.7K +94% −71% $69.9M 1,247 $286 31

Sat Mar 12 #14 $620.9K +74% −67% $70.6M 1,247 $497 32

Sun Mar 13 #13 $401.2K −35% −66% $71.0M 1,247 $321 33

Mon Mar 14 #13 $182.7K −54% −11% $71.1M 1,247 $146 34

Tue Mar 15 #13 $225.7K +24% +14% $71.4M 1,247 $180 35

Wed Mar 16 #13 $193.0K −14% +20% $71.6M 1,247 $154 36

Thu Mar 17 #13 $181.9K −6% −1% $71.7M 1,247 $145 37

Fri Mar 18 $144.5K −21% −60% $71.9M 480 $300 38

Sat Mar 19 $195.9K +36% −68% $72.1M 480 $408 39

Sun Mar 20 $130.1K −34% −68% $72.2M 480 $270 40

Mon Mar 21 $35.8K −72% −80% $72.2M 480 $74 41

Tue Mar 22 $31.8K −11% −86% $72.3M 480 $66 42

Wed Mar 23 $31.5K −1% −84% $72.3M 480 $65 43

Thu Mar 24 $34.4K +9% −81% $72.3M 480 $71 44

Fri Mar 25 $56.0K +63% −61% $72.4M 289 $193 45

Sat Mar 26 $95.9K +71% −51% $72.5M 289 $331 46

Sun Mar 27 $62.2K −35% −52% $72.6M 289 $215 47

Mon Mar 28 $18.3K −71% −49% $72.6M 289 $63 48

Tue Mar 29 $18.6K +2% −41% $72.6M 289 $64 49

Wed Mar 30 $17.3K −7% −45% $72.6M 289 $59 50

Thu Mar 31 $20.0K +16% −42% $72.6M 289 $69 51

Fri Apr 1 $15.7K −22% −72% $72.6M 113 $138 52

Sat Apr 2 $24.2K +54% −75% $72.7M 113 $213 53

Sun Apr 3 $15.5K −36% −75% $72.7M 113 $137 54

Mon Apr 4 $4.3K −72% −76% $72.7M 113 $38 55

Tue Apr 5 $6.4K +47% −66% $72.7M 113 $56 56

Wed Apr 6 $4.6K −27% −73% $72.7M 113 $41 57

Thu Apr 7 $5.5K +19% −72% $72.7M 113 $48 58

Fri Apr 8 $10.0K +81% −36% $72.7M 69 $144 59

Sat Apr 9 $15.2K +52% −37% $72.7M 69 $219 60

Sun Apr 10 $9.5K −37% −39% $72.7M 69 $137 61

Mon Apr 11 $3.3K −65% −24% $72.7M 69 $47 62

Tue Apr 12 $3.5K +5% −46% $72.7M 69 $50 63

Wed Apr 13 $2.8K −20% −40% $72.8M 69 $39 64

Thu Apr 14 $2.9K +4% −48% $72.8M 69 $41 65

Fri Apr 15 $5.8K +102% −42% $72.8M 35 $165 66

Sat Apr 16 $7.9K +37% −48% $72.8M 35 $226 67

Sun Apr 17 $3.9K −51% −59% $72.8M 35 $110 68

Mon Apr 18 $1.8K −53% −45% $72.8M 35 $52 69

Tue Apr 19 $2.2K +17% −38% $72.8M 35 $61 70

Wed Apr 20 $2.9K +34% +5% $72.8M 35 $82 71

Thu Apr 21 $3.4K +18% +19% $72.8M 35 $97 72

Fri Apr 22 $26.2K +669% +353% $72.8M 166 $157 73

Sat Apr 23 $26.6K +1% +236% $72.8M 166 $160 74

Sun Apr 24 $13.8K −48% +257% $72.8M 166 $83 75

Mon Apr 25 $10.6K −23% +478% $72.9M 166 $63 76

Tue Apr 26 $9.8K −8% +356% $72.9M 166 $59 77

Wed Apr 27 $7.8K −20% +170% $72.9M 166 $47 78

Thu Apr 28 $8.3K +6% +143% $72.9M 166 $49 79

Fri Apr 29 $14.5K +76% −44% $72.9M 109 $133 80

Sat Apr 30 $26.9K +85% +1% $72.9M 109 $246 81

Sun May 1 $18.1K −33% +31% $72.9M 109 $166 82

Mon May 2 $5.0K −73% −53% $73.0M 109 $45 83

Tue May 3 $5.7K +15% −42% $73.0M 109 $52 84

Wed May 4 $4.1K −27% −47% $73.0M 109 $38 85

Thu May 5 $4.6K +11% −44% $73.0M 109 $42 86

Fri May 6 $10.3K +123% −29% $73.0M 57 $180 87

Sat May 7 $15.6K +52% −42% $73.0M 57 $272 88

Sun May 8 $10.6K −32% −41% $73.0M 57 $186 89

Mon May 9 $2.5K −76% −50% $73.0M 57 $44 90

Tue May 10 $3.1K +25% −45% $73.0M 57 $54 91

Wed May 11 $3.1K −2% −26% $73.0M 57 $53 92

Thu May 12 $4.3K +39% −8% $73.0M 57 $74 93

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

Cumulative total$72.8M

Feb 9Feb 27Mar 16Apr 2Apr 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $59.5K

$29.5M

$13.3M

$9.4M

$4.3M

$1.4M

$470.5K

$214.1K

$55.4K

$66.6K

$59.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,118 → 35 −98.9%

3,105 open35 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −10.6%

−54.9%

W1→2

−29.5%

W2→3

−54.4%

W3→4

−67.8%

W4→5

−65.9%

W5→6

−54.5%

W6→7

−74.1%

W7→8

+20.3%

W8→9

−10.6%

W9→10

Steepest −74.1%Biggest gain +20.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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