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2009 • PG-13 • 1h 59m • Drama, Romance • Universal Pictures

Sometimes when you least expect it...

🍅 17% 37%

33

2.54

5.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$23.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$36.10M

$13.20M international

Domestic legs2.9x

Budget$18M

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Cast & crew

Aaron Eckhart

Aaron Eckhart Starring

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston Starring

Dan Fogler

Dan Fogler Starring

Judy Greer

Judy Greer Starring

Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen Starring

John Carroll Lynch

John Carroll Lynch Starring

ScreenplayBrandon Camp, Mike Thompson Produced byScott Stuber, Mike Thompson CinematographyEric Alan Edwards MusicChristopher Young Prod. DesignSharon Seymour StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 18-20 4 $8.1M — 1,898 $4,245 $8.1M

2 Sep 25-27 7 $4.3M −46.5% 1,898 $2,270 $14.7M

3 Oct 2-4 10 $2.7M −36.2% 1,922 $1,430 $18.9M

4 Oct 9-11 13 $1.5M −46.6% 1,894 $775 $21.3M

5 Oct 16-18 17 $547.8K −62.7% 1,043 $525 $22.4M

6 Oct 23-25 30 $179.8K −67.2% 327 $550 $22.8M

7 Oct 30-Nov 1 36 $87.9K −51.1% 189 $465 $22.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 18 #3 $3.1M — $3.1M 1,898 $1,630 1

Sat Sep 19 #4 $3.2M +2.8% $6.3M 1,898 $1,675 2

Sun Sep 20 #4 $1.8M −43.9% $8.1M 1,898 $940 3

Mon Sep 21 #4 $550.6K −69.1% $8.6M 1,898 $290 4

Tue Sep 22 #3 $692.8K +25.8% $9.3M 1,898 $365 5

Wed Sep 23 #3 $578.0K −16.6% $9.9M 1,898 $305 6

Thu Sep 24 #3 $522.4K −9.6% $10.4M 1,898 $275 7

Fri Sep 25 #7 $1.4M +176.0% −53.4% $11.8M 1,898 $760 8

Sat Sep 26 #6 $1.9M +28.3% −41.8% $13.7M 1,898 $975 9

Sun Sep 27 #7 $1.0M −45.1% −43.1% $14.7M 1,898 $535 10

Mon Sep 28 #7 $341.6K −66.3% −37.9% $15.1M 1,898 $180 11

Tue Sep 29 #6 $399.0K +16.8% −42.4% $15.4M 1,898 $210 12

Wed Sep 30 #6 $351.1K −12.0% −39.3% $15.8M 1,898 $185 13

Thu Oct 1 #5 $332.6K −5.3% −36.3% $16.1M 1,898 $175 14

Fri Oct 2 #10 $913.0K +174.5% −36.7% $17.0M 1,922 $475 15

Sat Oct 3 #11 $1.2M +34.8% −33.5% $18.3M 1,922 $640 16

Sun Oct 4 #10 $605.6K −50.8% −40.3% $18.9M 1,922 $315 17

Mon Oct 5 #11 $192.4K −68.2% −43.7% $19.1M 1,922 $100 18

Tue Oct 6 #10 $249.9K +29.8% −37.4% $19.3M 1,922 $130 19

Wed Oct 7 #9 $230.4K −7.8% −34.4% $19.6M 1,922 $120 20

Thu Oct 8 #10 $230.6K +0.1% −30.7% $19.8M 1,922 $120 21

Fri Oct 9 #12 $482.1K +109.1% −47.2% $20.3M 1,894 $255 22

Sat Oct 10 #13 $624.1K +29.4% −49.3% $20.9M 1,894 $330 23

Sun Oct 11 #13 $360.8K −42.2% −40.4% $21.3M 1,894 $190 24

Mon Oct 12 #12 $189.4K −47.5% −1.6% $21.4M 1,894 $100 25

Tue Oct 13 #12 $142.1K −25.0% −43.1% $21.6M 1,894 $75 26

Wed Oct 14 #12 $133.0K −6.4% −42.3% $21.7M 1,894 $70 27

Thu Oct 15 #12 $151.5K +13.9% −34.3% $21.9M 1,894 $80 28

Fri Oct 16 — $187.7K +23.8% −61.1% $22.1M 1,043 $180 29

Sat Oct 17 — $245.1K +30.6% −60.7% $22.3M 1,043 $235 30

Sun Oct 18 — $115.0K −53.1% −68.1% $22.4M 1,043 $110 31

Mon Oct 19 — $41.3K −64.1% −78.2% $22.5M 1,043 $40 32

Tue Oct 20 — $47.3K +14.5% −66.7% $22.5M 1,043 $45 33

Wed Oct 21 — $47.1K −0.4% −64.6% $22.6M 1,043 $45 34

Thu Oct 22 — $52.1K +10.7% −65.6% $22.6M 1,043 $50 35

Fri Oct 23 — $63.8K +22.3% −66.0% $22.7M 327 $195 36

Sat Oct 24 — $78.5K +23.1% −68.0% $22.7M 327 $240 37

Sun Oct 25 — $37.6K −52.1% −67.3% $22.8M 327 $115 38

Mon Oct 26 — $14.7K −60.9% −64.4% $22.8M 327 $45 39

Tue Oct 27 — $16.4K +11.2% −65.4% $22.8M 327 $50 40

Wed Oct 28 — $12.8K −21.7% −72.8% $22.8M 327 $39 41

Thu Oct 29 — $11.7K −9.1% −77.7% $22.8M 327 $36 42

Fri Oct 30 — $31.2K +167.7% −51.1% $22.9M 189 $165 43

Sat Oct 31 — $32.1K +3.0% −59.1% $22.9M 189 $170 44

Sun Nov 1 — $24.6K −23.5% −34.7% $22.9M 189 $130 45

Mon Nov 2 — $7.6K −69.2% −48.6% $22.9M 189 $40 46

Tue Nov 3 — $10.4K +37.5% −36.5% $22.9M 189 $55 47

Wed Nov 4 — $9.4K −9.1% −26.3% $23.0M 189 $50 48

Thu Nov 5 — $10.3K +9.2% −11.5% $23.0M 189 $55 49

Cumulative total$23.0M

Sep 18Sep 30Oct 12Oct 24Nov 5

Weekend grossWk 7 · $87.9K

$8.1M

$4.3M

$2.7M

$1.5M

$547.8K

$179.8K

$87.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 1,922 → 189 −90.2%

1,898 open189 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −51.1%

−46.5%

W1→2

−36.2%

W2→3

−46.6%

W3→4

−62.7%

W4→5

−67.2%

W5→6

−51.1%

W6→7

Steepest −67.2%Best hold −36.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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