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2004 • PG-13 • 1h 37m • Comedy • Paramount Pictures

Watch your back.

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3.82

7.1

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$86.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$130.00M

$44.10M international

Domestic legs3.52x

Budget$17.0M

2004 rank#27

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Cast & crew

Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan Starring

Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams Starring

Lizzy Caplan

Lizzy Caplan Starring

Lacey Chabert

Lacey Chabert Starring

Amanda Seyfried

Amanda Seyfried Starring

ScreenplayTina Fey Produced byLorne Michaels CinematographyDaryn Okada MusicRolfe Kent Prod. DesignCary White StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 30-May 2 1 $24.4M — 2,839 $8,605 $24.4M

2 May 7-9 2 $13.7M −44.0% 2,972 $4,601 $42.1M

3 May 14-16 3 $10.2M −25.5% 3,015 $3,377 $55.4M

4 May 21-23 4 $6.9M −32.2% 3,054 $2,261 $64.7M

5 May 28-30 7 $5.0M −27.2% 2,618 $1,922 $72.3M

6 Jun 4-6 6 $2.9M −41.8% 1,817 $1,611 $78.2M

7 Jun 11-13 10 $1.5M −49.2% 944 $1,574 $81.3M

8 Jun 18-20 14 $557.3K −62.5% 616 $904 $82.8M

9 Jun 25-27 22 $256.2K −54.0% 291 $880 $83.5M

10 Jul 2-4 27 $124.6K −51.4% 220 $566 $83.8M

11 Jul 9-11 22 $330.9K +165.7% 311 $1,063 $84.3M

12 Jul 16-18 26 $255.9K −22.7% 268 $954 $84.8M

13 Jul 23-25 28 $182.7K −28.6% 236 $773 $85.2M

14 Jul 30-Aug 1 35 $135.6K −25.7% 196 $691 $85.5M

15 Aug 6-8 43 $93.4K −31.2% 153 $610 $85.8M

16 Aug 13-15 53 $55.5K −40.6% 102 $544 $85.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 30 #1 $8.6M — $8.6M 2,839 $3,029 1

Sat May 1 #1 $10.2M +18% $18.7M 2,839 $3,578 2

Sun May 2 #1 $5.7M −44% $24.4M 2,839 $2,007 3

Mon May 3 #1 $1.2M −79% $25.6M 2,839 $419 4

Tue May 4 #1 $1.1M −9% $26.7M 2,839 $383 5

Wed May 5 #1 $891.0K −18% $27.6M 2,839 $313 6

Thu May 6 #1 $793.0K −11% $28.4M 2,839 $279 7

Fri May 7 #2 $4.9M +518% −43% $33.3M 2,972 $1,648 8

Sat May 8 #2 $5.8M +18% −43% $38.9M 2,972 $1,941 9

Sun May 9 #2 $3.2M −44% −44% $42.1M 2,972 $1,077 10

Mon May 10 #2 $832.0K −74% −30% $42.9M 2,972 $279 11

Tue May 11 #2 $813.0K −2% −25% $43.7M 2,972 $273 12

Wed May 12 #2 $731.0K −10% −18% $44.5M 2,972 $245 13

Thu May 13 #2 $768.0K +5% −3% $45.2M 2,972 $258 14

Fri May 14 #3 $3.2M +317% −35% $48.4M 3,015 $1,061 15

Sat May 15 #3 $4.4M +39% −23% $52.9M 3,015 $1,471 16

Sun May 16 #3 $2.5M −43% −21% $55.4M 3,015 $835 17

Mon May 17 #3 $622.0K −75% −25% $56.0M 3,015 $206 18

Tue May 18 #3 $650.0K +5% −20% $56.7M 3,015 $215 19

Wed May 19 #4 $523.0K −20% −28% $57.2M 3,015 $173 20

Thu May 20 #4 $603.0K +15% −21% $57.8M 3,015 $200 21

Fri May 21 #4 $2.1M +248% −34% $59.9M 3,054 $687 22

Sat May 22 #4 $3.0M +43% −32% $62.9M 3,054 $982 23

Sun May 23 #4 $1.8M −40% −28% $64.7M 3,054 $593 24

Mon May 24 #4 $727.0K −60% +17% $65.4M 3,054 $238 25

Tue May 25 #4 $574.0K −21% −12% $66.0M 3,054 $187 26

Wed May 26 #4 $591.0K +3% +13% $66.6M 3,054 $193 27

Thu May 27 #4 $678.0K +15% +12% $67.3M 3,054 $222 28

Fri May 28 #6 $1.5M +121% −29% $68.8M 2,618 $572 29

Sat May 29 #7 $1.9M +24% −38% $70.7M 2,618 $711 30

Sun May 30 #7 $1.6M −13% −10% $72.3M 2,618 $622 31

Mon May 31 #6 $1.4M −14% +93% $73.7M 2,618 $535 32

Tue Jun 1 #5 $507.0K −64% −12% $74.2M 2,618 $193 33

Wed Jun 2 #5 $510.0K +1% −14% $74.7M 2,618 $194 34

Thu Jun 3 #5 $503.0K −1% −26% $75.2M 2,618 $192 35

Fri Jun 4 #7 $800.0K +59% −47% $76.0M 1,817 $440 36

Sat Jun 5 #6 $1.2M +52% −35% $77.4M 1,817 $670 37

Sun Jun 6 #6 $791.9K −35% −51% $78.2M 1,817 $435 38

Mon Jun 7 #6 $358.0K −55% −74% $78.5M 1,817 $197 39

Tue Jun 8 #6 $394.0K +10% −22% $78.9M 1,817 $216 40

Wed Jun 9 #6 $442.0K +12% −13% $79.4M 1,817 $243 41

Thu Jun 10 #6 $466.0K +5% −7% $79.8M 1,817 $256 42

Fri Jun 11 #10 $600.0K +29% −25% $80.4M 944 $635 43

Sat Jun 12 #10 $568.4K −5% −53% $80.9M 944 $602 44

Sun Jun 13 #10 $396.3K −30% −50% $81.3M 944 $419 45

Mon Jun 14 #10 $241.0K −39% −33% $81.5M 944 $255 46

Tue Jun 15 #10 $234.0K −3% −41% $81.8M 944 $247 47

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

Cumulative total$81.8M

Apr 30May 12May 23Jun 4Jun 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $124.6K

$24.4M

$13.7M

$10.2M

$6.9M

$5.0M

$2.9M

$1.5M

$557.3K

$256.2K

$124.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,054 → 944 −69.1%

2,839 open944 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.4%

−44.0%

W1→2

−25.5%

W2→3

−32.2%

W3→4

−27.2%

W4→5

−41.8%

W5→6

−49.2%

W6→7

−62.5%

W7→8

−54.0%

W8→9

−51.4%

W9→10

Steepest −62.5%Best hold −25.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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