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Life of the PartyFollow

2018 • PG-13 • 1h 45m • Comedy • Warner Bros.

Give life the old college try.

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46

2.61

5.6

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$53.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$65.70M

$12.60M international

Domestic legs3.0x

Budget$30M

2018 rank#54

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Cast & crew

Full Falcone filmography

Ben Falcone

Ben Falcone Director

Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy Starring

Maya Rudolph

Maya Rudolph Starring

Julie Bowen

Julie Bowen Starring

Molly Gordon

Molly Gordon Starring

Stephen Root

Stephen Root Starring

ScreenplayBen Falcone, Melissa McCarthy Produced byBen Falcone, Melissa McCarthy, Chris Henchy CinematographyJulio Macat Music byFil Eisler StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 11-13 2 $17.9M — 3,656 $4,892 $17.9M

2 May 18-20 4 $7.6M −57.5% 3,656 $2,080 $30.9M

3 May 25-27 5 $5.4M −29.3% 2,937 $1,832 $39.4M

4 Jun 1-3 7 $3.5M −34.9% 2,511 $1,396 $46.4M

5 Jun 8-10 10 $2.2M −38.2% 1,842 $1,177 $50.3M

6 Jun 15-17 18 $448.4K −79.3% 608 $737 $51.9M

7 Jun 22-24 22 $121.8K −72.8% 188 $648 $52.2M

8 Jun 29-Jul 1 33 $64.9K −46.7% 118 $550 $52.4M

9 Jul 6-8 29 $110.4K +70.2% 152 $727 $52.5M

10 Jul 13-15 32 $76.5K −30.7% 141 $543 $52.7M

11 Jul 20-22 38 $54.2K −29.2% 111 $488 $52.8M

12 Jul 27-29 37 $33.3K −38.6% 72 $462 $52.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 11 #2 $4.9M — $4.9M 3,656 $1,350 1

Sat May 12 #2 $6.1M +23.0% $11.0M 3,656 $1,660 2

Sun May 13 #3 $6.9M +13.3% $17.9M 3,656 $1,882 3

Mon May 14 #2 $1.3M −81.4% $19.2M 3,656 $349 4

Tue May 15 #2 $1.9M +48.6% $21.1M 3,656 $519 5

Wed May 16 #2 $1.2M −35.4% $22.3M 3,656 $335 6

Thu May 17 #2 $1.0M −16.0% $23.3M 3,656 $281 7

Fri May 18 #4 $2.2M +114.9% −55.2% $25.5M 3,656 $604 8

Sat May 19 #4 $3.3M +47.6% −46.3% $28.8M 3,656 $892 9

Sun May 20 #4 $2.1M −34.6% −69.0% $30.9M 3,656 $583 10

Mon May 21 #4 $736.7K −65.5% −42.3% $31.7M 3,656 $202 11

Tue May 22 #4 $1.0M +41.1% −45.2% $32.7M 3,656 $284 12

Wed May 23 #4 $676.1K −34.9% −44.8% $33.4M 3,656 $185 13

Thu May 24 #4 $617.6K −8.6% −39.9% $34.0M 3,656 $169 14

Fri May 25 #5 $1.4M +125.4% −37.0% $35.4M 2,937 $474 15

Sat May 26 #5 $2.0M +42.3% −39.2% $37.4M 2,937 $675 16

Sun May 27 #5 $2.0M +1.2% −6.0% $39.4M 2,937 $683 17

Mon May 28 #5 $1.5M −25.4% +103.1% $40.9M 2,937 $509 18

Tue May 29 #5 $801.5K −46.4% −22.9% $41.7M 2,937 $273 19

Wed May 30 #5 $628.9K −21.5% −7.0% $42.3M 2,937 $214 20

Thu May 31 #5 $554.4K −11.9% −10.2% $42.8M 2,937 $189 21

Fri Jun 1 #7 $1.1M +91.5% −23.7% $43.9M 2,511 $423 22

Sat Jun 2 #7 $1.5M +40.9% −24.5% $45.4M 2,511 $596 23

Sun Jun 3 #7 $946.6K −36.7% −52.8% $46.4M 2,511 $377 24

Mon Jun 4 #7 $417.3K −55.9% −72.1% $46.8M 2,511 $166 25

Tue Jun 5 #7 $642.6K +54.0% −19.8% $47.4M 2,511 $256 26

Wed Jun 6 #7 $432.7K −32.7% −31.2% $47.8M 2,511 $172 27

Thu Jun 7 #7 $318.7K −26.3% −42.5% $48.2M 2,511 $127 28

Fri Jun 8 #9 $645.7K +102.6% −39.2% $48.8M 1,842 $351 29

Sat Jun 9 #10 $931.4K +44.2% −37.8% $49.7M 1,842 $506 30

Sun Jun 10 #10 $590.0K −36.7% −37.7% $50.3M 1,842 $320 31

Mon Jun 11 #10 $272.1K −53.9% −34.8% $50.6M 1,842 $148 32

Tue Jun 12 #10 $382.5K +40.6% −40.5% $51.0M 1,842 $208 33

Wed Jun 13 #11 $258.0K −32.6% −40.4% $51.2M 1,842 $140 34

Thu Jun 14 #10 $160.4K −37.8% −49.7% $51.4M 1,842 $87 35

Fri Jun 15 #- $161.6K +0.8% −75.0% $51.6M 608 $266 36

Sat Jun 16 #- $192.1K +18.9% −79.4% $51.8M 608 $316 37

Sun Jun 17 #- $94.6K −50.8% −84.0% $51.9M 608 $156 38

Mon Jun 18 #- $65.3K −31.0% −76.0% $51.9M 608 $107 39

Tue Jun 19 #- $85.3K +30.7% −77.7% $52.0M 608 $140 40

Wed Jun 20 #- $70.0K −17.9% −72.9% $52.1M 608 $115 41

Thu Jun 21 #- $50.7K −27.6% −68.4% $52.1M 608 $83 42

Fri Jun 22 #- $35.9K −29.2% −77.8% $52.2M 188 $191 43

Sat Jun 23 #- $54.9K +52.8% −71.4% $52.2M 188 $292 44

Sun Jun 24 #- $31.0K −43.6% −67.3% $52.2M 188 $165 45

Mon Jun 25 #- $13.2K −57.3% −79.7% $52.3M 188 $70 46

Tue Jun 26 #- $18.1K +36.4% −78.8% $52.3M 188 $96 47

Wed Jun 27 #- $15.6K −13.7% −77.7% $52.3M 188 $83 48

Thu Jun 28 #- $13.8K −11.3% −72.7% $52.3M 188 $74 49

Fri Jun 29 #- $19.3K +39.4% −46.4% $52.3M 118 $163 50

Sat Jun 30 #- $26.8K +39.2% −51.1% $52.3M 118 $227 51

Sun Jul 1 #- $18.8K −29.9% −39.3% $52.4M 118 $159 52

Mon Jul 2 #- $11.2K −40.3% −15.1% $52.4M 118 $95 53

Tue Jul 3 #- $11.8K +5.5% −34.4% $52.4M 118 $100 54

Wed Jul 4 #- $11.2K −5.6% −28.2% $52.4M 118 $95 55

Thu Jul 5 #- $9.9K −11.6% −28.5% $52.4M 118 $84 56

Fri Jul 6 #- $33.8K +241.6% +75.2% $52.4M 152 $222 57

Sat Jul 7 #- $43.5K +28.8% +62.2% $52.5M 152 $286 58

Sun Jul 8 #- $33.2K −23.7% +76.4% $52.5M 152 $218 59

Mon Jul 9 #- $15.0K −54.9% +33.2% $52.5M 152 $98 60

Tue Jul 10 #- $19.8K +32.5% +67.3% $52.6M 152 $130 61

Wed Jul 11 #- $16.3K −17.6% +46.0% $52.6M 152 $107 62

Thu Jul 12 #- $15.6K −4.6% +57.6% $52.6M 152 $102 63

Fri Jul 13 #- $23.4K +50.3% −30.6% $52.6M 141 $166 64

Sat Jul 14 #- $30.1K +28.4% −30.9% $52.6M 141 $213 65

Sun Jul 15 #- $23.0K −23.4% −30.5% $52.7M 141 $163 66

Mon Jul 16 #- $11.5K −50.0% −23.0% $52.7M 141 $82 67

Tue Jul 17 #- $13.3K +15.1% −33.1% $52.7M 141 $94 68

Wed Jul 18 #- $11.5K −13.0% −29.3% $52.7M 141 $82 69

Thu Jul 19 #- $11.8K +2.2% −24.3% $52.7M 141 $84 70

Fri Jul 20 #- $15.6K +32.5% −33.3% $52.7M 111 $141 71

Sat Jul 21 #- $21.7K +39.1% −27.7% $52.8M 111 $196 72

Sun Jul 22 #- $16.8K −22.7% −27.1% $52.8M 111 $151 73

Mon Jul 23 #- $7.2K −57.0% −37.3% $52.8M 111 $65 74

Tue Jul 24 #- $9.0K +24.9% −32.0% $52.8M 111 $81 75

Wed Jul 25 #- $8.1K −9.8% −29.5% $52.8M 111 $73 76

Thu Jul 26 #- $8.0K −1.3% −31.9% $52.8M 111 $72 77

Fri Jul 27 #- $9.4K +17.7% −39.5% $52.8M 72 $131 78

Sat Jul 28 #- $13.7K +44.5% −37.2% $52.8M 72 $190 79

Sun Jul 29 #- $10.2K −25.5% −39.5% $52.8M 72 $141 80

Mon Jul 30 #- $5.0K −50.6% −30.4% $52.8M 72 $70 81

Tue Jul 31 #- $6.4K +26.5% −29.5% $52.8M 72 $88 82

Wed Aug 1 #- $5.2K −18.0% −35.9% $52.9M 72 $72 83

Thu Aug 2 #- $4.9K −5.8% −38.8% $52.9M 72 $68 84

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

Cumulative total$52.7M

May 11May 28Jun 15Jul 2Jul 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $76.5K

$17.9M

$7.6M

$5.4M

$3.5M

$2.2M

$448.4K

$121.8K

$64.9K

$110.4K

$76.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,656 → 141 −96.1%

3,656 open141 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.7%

−57.5%

W1→2

−29.3%

W2→3

−34.9%

W3→4

−38.2%

W4→5

−79.3%

W5→6

−72.8%

W6→7

−46.7%

W7→8

+70.2%

W8→9

−30.7%

W9→10

Steepest −79.3%Biggest gain +70.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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