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2008 • PG • 1h 51m • Drama, Family • 20th Century Fox

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53

3.43

7.0

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$36.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$143.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$256.00M

$113.00M international

Domestic legs3.94x

Budget$60.0M

2008 rank#14

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Cast & crew

Full Frankel filmography

David Frankel

David Frankel Director

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson Starring

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston Starring

Kathleen Turner

Kathleen Turner Starring

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin Starring

Nathan Gamble

Nathan Gamble Starring

ScreenplayScott Frank, Don Roos Produced byKaren Rosenfelt, Gil Netter CinematographyFlorian Ballhaus MusicTheodore Shapiro Prod. DesignStuart Wurtzel Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 26-28 1 $36.4M — 3,480 $10,447 $50.7M

2 Jan 2-4 1 $24.3M −33.3% 3,505 $6,922 $106.7M

3 Jan 9-11 4 $11.4M −53.1% 3,478 $3,275 $123.8M

4 Jan 16-18 9 $6.1M −46.1% 2,952 $2,079 $132.5M

5 Jan 23-25 15 $3.0M −50.6% 2,036 $1,489 $138.1M

6 Jan 30-Feb 1 22 $960.2K −68.3% 1,022 $939 $139.8M

7 Feb 6-8 27 $455.3K −52.6% 450 $1,011 $140.5M

8 Feb 13-15 30 $392.1K −13.9% 334 $1,174 $141.1M

9 Feb 20-22 30 $321.0K −18.1% 304 $1,055 $141.5M

10 Feb 27-Mar 1 31 $345.1K +7.5% 314 $1,099 $142.0M

11 Mar 6-8 29 $257.5K −25.4% 297 $867 $142.3M

12 Mar 13-15 32 $192.2K −25.4% 222 $865 $142.6M

13 Mar 20-22 31 $139.2K −27.6% 190 $732 $142.8M

14 Mar 27-29 29 $98.1K −29.5% 129 $760 $143.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 25 #1 $14.4M — $14.4M 3,480 $4,132 1

Fri Dec 26 #1 $14.0M −3% $28.3M 3,480 $4,009 2

Sat Dec 27 #1 $12.7M −9% $41.1M 3,480 $3,654 3

Sun Dec 28 #1 $9.7M −24% $50.7M 3,480 $2,783 4

Mon Dec 29 #1 $7.5M −23% $58.2M 3,480 $2,157 5

Tue Dec 30 #1 $7.3M −3% $65.6M 3,480 $2,101 6

Wed Dec 31 $6.9M −6% $72.4M 3,480 $1,978 7

Thu Jan 1 $10.0M +45% −31% $82.4M 3,480 $2,860 8

Fri Jan 2 #1 $9.6M −3% −31% $92.0M 3,505 $2,749 9

Sat Jan 3 #1 $9.2M −5% −28% $101.2M 3,505 $2,618 10

Sun Jan 4 #1 $5.4M −41% −44% $106.7M 3,505 $1,554 11

Mon Jan 5 #1 $1.6M −71% −79% $108.2M 3,505 $448 12

Tue Jan 6 #1 $1.5M −4% −79% $109.7M 3,505 $430 13

Wed Jan 7 #2 $1.4M −8% −80% $111.1M 3,505 $394 14

Thu Jan 8 #2 $1.2M −11% −88% $112.4M 3,505 $352 15

Fri Jan 9 #4 $3.2M +160% −67% $115.6M 3,478 $921 16

Sat Jan 10 #4 $5.1M +59% −44% $120.7M 3,478 $1,468 17

Sun Jan 11 #4 $3.1M −40% −44% $123.8M 3,478 $884 18

Mon Jan 12 #6 $646.0K −79% −59% $124.4M 3,478 $185 19

Tue Jan 13 #6 $706.2K +9% −53% $125.1M 3,478 $203 20

Wed Jan 14 #6 $616.1K −13% −55% $125.7M 3,478 $177 21

Thu Jan 15 #5 $689.3K +12% −44% $126.4M 3,478 $198 22

Fri Jan 16 #9 $1.7M +143% −48% $128.1M 2,952 $566 23

Sat Jan 17 #9 $2.7M +63% −47% $131.1M 2,952 $925 24

Sun Jan 18 #10 $1.7M −37% −44% $132.9M 2,952 $587 25

Mon Jan 19 #9 $1.4M −21% +113% $134.3M 2,952 $466 26

Tue Jan 20 #9 $387.2K −72% −45% $134.3M 2,952 $131 27

Wed Jan 21 #11 $367.2K −5% −40% $134.7M 2,952 $124 28

Thu Jan 22 #10 $381.9K +4% −45% $135.1M 2,952 $129 29

Fri Jan 23 $759.1K +99% −55% $135.8M 2,036 $372 30

Sat Jan 24 #15 $1.4M +84% −49% $137.2M 2,036 $685 31

Sun Jan 25 #14 $877.1K −37% −49% $138.1M 2,036 $430 32

Mon Jan 26 #17 $185.9K −79% −86% $138.3M 2,036 $91 33

Tue Jan 27 #17 $181.1K −3% −53% $138.5M 2,036 $88 34

Wed Jan 28 #17 $186.3K +3% −49% $138.6M 2,036 $91 35

Thu Jan 29 #17 $187.3K +1% −51% $138.8M 2,036 $91 36

Fri Jan 30 $271.1K +45% −64% $139.1M 1,022 $265 37

Sat Jan 31 $477.8K +76% −66% $139.6M 1,022 $467 38

Sun Feb 1 $211.4K −56% −76% $139.8M 1,022 $206 39

Mon Feb 2 $73.2K −65% −61% $139.9M 1,022 $71 40

Tue Feb 3 $70.4K −4% −61% $139.9M 1,021 $68 41

Wed Feb 4 $76.4K +8% −59% $140.0M 1,021 $74 42

Thu Feb 5 $80.6K +5% −57% $140.1M 1,021 $78 43

Fri Feb 6 $115.8K +44% −57% $140.2M 450 $257 44

Sat Feb 7 $204.1K +76% −57% $140.4M 450 $453 45

Sun Feb 8 $135.4K −34% −36% $140.5M 450 $300 46

Mon Feb 9 $32.3K −76% −56% $140.6M 450 $71 47

Tue Feb 10 $31.5K −3% −55% $140.6M 450 $69 48

Wed Feb 11 $25.9K −18% −66% $140.6M 450 $57 49

Thu Feb 12 $29.7K +15% −63% $140.7M 450 $65 50

Fri Feb 13 $86.2K +190% −26% $140.8M 334 $258 51

Sat Feb 14 $182.1K +111% −11% $140.9M 334 $545 52

Sun Feb 15 $123.8K −32% −9% $141.1M 334 $370 53

Mon Feb 16 #30 $80.3K −35% +148% $141.1M 334 $240 54

Tue Feb 17 $30.4K −62% −4% $141.2M 334 $90 55

Wed Feb 18 $25.9K −15% n/c $141.2M 334 $77 56

Thu Feb 19 $27.9K +8% −6% $141.2M 334 $83 57

Fri Feb 20 $90.8K +226% +5% $141.3M 304 $298 58

Sat Feb 21 $145.3K +60% −20% $141.5M 304 $477 59

Sun Feb 22 $84.9K −42% −31% $141.5M 304 $279 60

Mon Feb 23 $22.4K −74% −72% $141.6M 304 $73 61

Tue Feb 24 $24.3K +9% −20% $141.6M 304 $80 62

Wed Feb 25 $20.4K −16% −21% $141.6M 304 $67 63

Thu Feb 26 $23.2K +14% −17% $141.6M 304 $76 64

Fri Feb 27 $89.5K +285% −1% $141.7M 314 $284 65

Sat Feb 28 $161.2K +80% +11% $141.9M 314 $513 66

Sun Mar 1 $94.5K −41% +11% $142.0M 314 $300 67

Mon Mar 2 $24.5K −74% +9% $142.0M 314 $78 68

Tue Mar 3 $28.5K +16% +17% $142.0M 314 $90 69

Wed Mar 4 $25.9K −9% +27% $142.1M 314 $82 70

Thu Mar 5 $25.1K −3% +8% $142.1M 314 $79 71

Fri Mar 6 $74.0K +195% −17% $142.2M 297 $249 72

Sat Mar 7 $118.2K +60% −27% $142.3M 297 $397 73

Sun Mar 8 $65.4K −45% −31% $142.3M 297 $220 74

Mon Mar 9 $16.6K −75% −32% $142.4M 297 $55 75

Tue Mar 10 $19.6K +18% −31% $142.4M 297 $65 76

Wed Mar 11 $19.3K −1% −26% $142.4M 297 $64 77

Thu Mar 12 $21.2K +10% −15% $142.4M 297 $71 78

Fri Mar 13 $51.8K +144% −30% $142.5M 222 $233 79

Sat Mar 14 $89.8K +73% −24% $142.6M 222 $404 80

Sun Mar 15 $50.6K −44% −23% $142.6M 222 $227 81

Mon Mar 16 $16.6K −67% n/c $142.6M 222 $74 82

Tue Mar 17 $19.2K +16% −2% $142.6M 222 $86 83

Wed Mar 18 $19.9K +4% +3% $142.7M 222 $89 84

Thu Mar 19 $22.9K +15% +8% $142.7M 222 $103 85

Fri Mar 20 $42.0K +83% −19% $142.7M 222 $189 86

Sat Mar 21 $59.6K +42% −34% $142.8M 222 $268 87

Sun Mar 22 $37.6K −37% −26% $142.8M 222 $169 88

Mon Mar 23 $13.5K −64% −18% $142.8M 222 $61 89

Tue Mar 24 $17.5K +29% −9% $142.9M 222 $78 90

Wed Mar 25 $17.1K −2% −14% $142.9M 222 $76 91

Thu Mar 26 $16.8K −2% −27% $142.9M 222 $75 92

Fri Mar 27 $27.3K +63% −35% $142.9M 129 $211 93

Sat Mar 28 $41.9K +53% −30% $143.0M 129 $324 94

Sun Mar 29 $28.9K −31% −23% $143.0M 129 $224 95

Mon Mar 30 $7.8K −73% −42% $143.0M 129 $60 96

Tue Mar 31 $8.5K +9% −51% $143.0M 129 $65 97

Wed Apr 1 $9.4K +10% −45% $143.0M 129 $72 98

Thu Apr 2 $9.1K −2% −46% $143.0M 129 $70 99

Fri Apr 3 $17.1K +87% −38% $143.0M 89 $191 100

Sat Apr 4 $26.1K +53% −38% $143.1M 89 $293 101

Sun Apr 5 $14.0K −46% −51% $143.1M 89 $157 102

Mon Apr 6 $4.8K −66% −39% $143.1M 89 $53 103

Tue Apr 7 $5.8K +23% −31% $143.1M 89 $65 104

Wed Apr 8 $4.8K −17% −48% $143.1M 89 $54 105

Thu Apr 9 $5.6K +15% −39% $143.1M 89 $62 106

Fri Apr 10 $7.8K +40% −54% $143.1M 48 $162 107

Sat Apr 11 $7.7K −1% −70% $143.1M 48 $161 108

Sun Apr 12 $4.7K −40% −67% $143.1M 48 $97 109

Mon Apr 13 $3.3K −29% −30% $143.1M 48 $69 110

Tue Apr 14 $2.8K −16% −52% $143.1M 48 $58 111

Wed Apr 15 $2.6K −5% −45% $143.1M 48 $55 112

Thu Apr 16 $2.5K −7% −56% $143.1M 48 $51 113

Fri Apr 17 $1.8K −28% −77% $143.1M 21 $84 114

Sat Apr 18 $3.0K +72% −61% $143.1M 21 $144 115

Sun Apr 19 $1.9K −38% −60% $143.1M 21 $89 116

Mon Apr 20 $634 −66% −81% $143.1M 21 $30 117

Tue Apr 21 $624 −2% −78% $143.1M 21 $29 118

Wed Apr 22 $742 +19% −72% $143.1M 21 $35 119

Thu Apr 23 $740 n/c −70% $143.1M 21 $35 120

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

Cumulative total$142.1M

Dec 25Jan 11Jan 29Feb 15Mar 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $345.1K

$36.4M

$24.3M

$11.4M

$6.1M

$3.0M

$960.2K

$455.3K

$392.1K

$321.0K

$345.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,505 → 314 −91.0%

3,480 open314 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +7.5%

−33.3%

W1→2

−53.1%

W2→3

−46.1%

W3→4

−50.6%

W4→5

−68.3%

W5→6

−52.6%

W6→7

−13.9%

W7→8

−18.1%

W8→9

+7.5%

W9→10

Steepest −68.3%Biggest gain +7.5%

Run milestones

$100M in 10 days

$100M

Day 10

Jan 3

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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Box office comparisons

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