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2004 • PG-13 • 1h 55m • Comedy, Romance • Universal Pictures

Misery loves family.

🍅 38% 58%

41

3.01

6.4

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$46.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$279.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$516.60M

$237.40M international

Domestic legs6.06x

Budget$80.0M

2004 rank#4

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Cast & crew

Full Roach filmography

Jay Roach

Jay Roach Director

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller Starring

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro Starring

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman Starring

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand Starring

Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner Starring

ScreenplayJim Herzfeld, John Hamburg Produced byJane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Jay Roach CinematographyJohn Schwartzman MusicRandy Newman Prod. DesignRusty Smith StudioUniversal Pictures SeriesMeet the Parents

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 24-26 1 $46.1M — 3,518 $13,110 $70.5M

2 Dec 31-Jan 2 1 $41.7M −9.5% 3,524 $11,845 $162.5M

3 Jan 7-9 1 $28.5M −31.7% 3,527 $8,080 $204.3M

4 Jan 14-16 2 $19.3M −32.2% 3,554 $5,435 $231.1M

5 Jan 21-23 3 $9.7M −49.9% 3,446 $2,810 $247.2M

6 Jan 28-30 4 $8.0M −17.1% 3,006 $2,670 $258.4M

7 Feb 4-6 7 $4.8M −40.1% 2,504 $1,919 $265.2M

8 Feb 11-13 10 $3.5M −28.1% 1,883 $1,835 $269.9M

9 Feb 18-20 13 $2.0M −41.6% 1,289 $1,564 $273.2M

10 Feb 25-27 17 $1.1M −45.5% 816 $1,348 $275.0M

11 Mar 4-6 21 $605.1K −45.0% 515 $1,175 $275.9M

12 Mar 11-13 19 $430.7K −28.8% 397 $1,085 $276.6M

13 Mar 18-20 20 $374.1K −13.1% 358 $1,044 $277.1M

14 Mar 25-27 20 $349.8K −6.5% 350 $999 $277.6M

15 Apr 1-3 20 $277.0K −20.8% 313 $884 $278.1M

16 Apr 8-10 20 $267.6K −3.4% 299 $895 $278.5M

17 Apr 15-17 22 $221.6K −17.2% 268 $826 $278.8M

18 Apr 22-24 30 $144.2K −34.9% 179 $805 $279.0M

19 Apr 29-May 1 41 $89.0K −38.3% 139 $640 $279.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 22 #1 $12.1M — $12.1M 3,518 $3,430 1

Thu Dec 23 #1 $12.3M +2% $24.4M 3,518 $3,504 2

Fri Dec 24 #1 $7.2M −42% $31.6M 3,518 $2,035 3

Sat Dec 25 #1 $19.5M +173% $51.1M 3,518 $5,555 4

Sun Dec 26 #1 $19.4M −1% $70.5M 3,518 $5,520 5

Mon Dec 27 #1 $13.9M −28% $84.4M 3,518 $3,955 6

Tue Dec 28 #1 $12.6M −9% $97.1M 3,518 $3,590 7

Wed Dec 29 #1 $11.5M −9% −5% $108.5M 3,518 $3,264 8

Thu Dec 30 #1 $12.0M +4% −3% $120.5M 3,518 $3,411 9

Fri Dec 31 #1 $12.0M n/c +68% $133.0M 3,524 $3,405 10

Sat Jan 1 #1 $18.3M +52% −7% $151.1M 3,524 $5,185 11

Sun Jan 2 #1 $11.3M −38% −42% $162.5M 3,524 $3,215 12

Mon Jan 3 #1 $4.4M −61% −68% $166.9M 3,524 $1,255 13

Tue Jan 4 #1 $3.2M −28% −75% $170.1M 3,524 $904 14

Wed Jan 5 #1 $2.8M −12% −76% $172.9M 3,524 $795 15

Thu Jan 6 #1 $2.9M +4% −76% $175.8M 3,524 $830 16

Fri Jan 7 #2 $8.8M +201% −27% $184.6M 3,527 $2,495 17

Sat Jan 8 #1 $12.9M +47% −29% $197.6M 3,527 $3,670 18

Sun Jan 9 #1 $6.7M −48% −41% $204.3M 3,527 $1,905 19

Mon Jan 10 #1 $1.9M −72% −58% $206.2M 3,527 $525 20

Tue Jan 11 #1 $2.0M +11% −36% $208.2M 3,527 $580 21

Wed Jan 12 #1 $1.8M −14% −37% $210.0M 3,527 $499 22

Thu Jan 13 #1 $1.8M +4% −37% $211.8M 3,527 $519 23

Fri Jan 14 #2 $5.5M +200% −38% $217.3M 3,554 $1,547 24

Sat Jan 15 #2 $8.2M +50% −36% $225.6M 3,554 $2,315 25

Sun Jan 16 #2 $5.5M −33% −19% $231.1M 3,554 $1,540 26

Mon Jan 17 #3 $3.2M −42% +73% $234.3M 3,554 $899 27

Tue Jan 18 #1 $1.2M −63% −42% $235.5M 3,554 $335 28

Wed Jan 19 #1 $995.0K −16% −44% $236.5M 3,554 $279 29

Thu Jan 20 #2 $1.1M +7% −42% $237.6M 3,554 $299 30

Fri Jan 21 #3 $3.3M +210% −40% $240.9M 3,446 $957 31

Sat Jan 22 #3 $4.3M +29% −48% $245.1M 3,446 $1,235 32

Sun Jan 23 #3 $2.2M −49% −60% $247.2M 3,446 $635 33

Mon Jan 24 #2 $775.0K −65% −76% $248.0M 3,446 $224 34

Tue Jan 25 #1 $811.0K +5% −32% $248.8M 3,446 $235 35

Wed Jan 26 #3 $741.0K −9% −26% $249.6M 3,446 $215 36

Thu Jan 27 #2 $775.0K +5% −27% $250.3M 3,446 $224 37

Fri Jan 28 #5 $2.2M +184% −33% $252.5M 3,006 $731 38

Sat Jan 29 #4 $3.8M +71% −12% $256.3M 3,006 $1,250 39

Sun Jan 30 #7 $2.0M −46% −7% $258.4M 3,006 $675 40

Mon Jan 31 #5 $467.0K −77% −40% $258.8M 3,006 $155 41

Tue Feb 1 #5 $511.0K +9% −37% $259.4M 3,006 $169 42

Wed Feb 2 #6 $494.0K −3% −33% $259.8M 3,006 $164 43

Thu Feb 3 #5 $511.0K +3% −34% $260.4M 3,006 $169 44

Fri Feb 4 #7 $1.5M +194% −32% $261.9M 2,504 $599 45

Sat Feb 5 #7 $2.5M +69% −32% $264.4M 2,504 $1,015 46

Sun Feb 6 #9 $763.7K −70% −62% $265.2M 2,504 $305 47

Mon Feb 7 #8 $337.0K −56% −28% $265.5M 2,504 $134 48

Tue Feb 8 #8 $327.0K −3% −36% $265.8M 2,504 $130 49

Wed Feb 9 #8 $313.0K −4% −37% $266.1M 2,504 $125 50

Thu Feb 10 #8 $350.0K +12% −32% $266.5M 2,504 $139 51

Fri Feb 11 #10 $900.0K +157% −40% $267.4M 1,883 $477 52

Sat Feb 12 #10 $1.7M +90% −33% $269.1M 1,883 $910 53

Sun Feb 13 #11 $875.0K −49% +15% $269.9M 1,883 $464 54

Mon Feb 14 #8 $537.0K −39% +59% $270.5M 1,883 $285 55

Tue Feb 15 #10 $235.0K −56% −28% $270.7M 1,883 $124 56

Wed Feb 16 #10 $207.0K −12% −34% $270.9M 1,883 $109 57

Thu Feb 17 #10 $217.0K +5% −38% $271.1M 1,883 $115 58

Mon Feb 21 #16 $328.7K — −39% $273.5M 1,289 $255 62

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

Cumulative total$273.5M

Dec 22Jan 6Jan 20Feb 4Feb 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.1M

$46.1M

$41.7M

$28.5M

$19.3M

$9.7M

$8.0M

$4.8M

$3.5M

$2.0M

$1.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,554 → 1,289 −63.7%

3,518 open1,289 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −45.5%

−9.5%

W1→2

−31.7%

W2→3

−32.2%

W3→4

−49.9%

W4→5

−17.1%

W5→6

−40.1%

W6→7

−28.1%

W7→8

−41.6%

W8→9

−45.5%

W9→10

Steepest −49.9%Best hold −9.5%

Run milestones

$200M in 19 days

$100M

Day 8

Dec 29

$200M

Day 19

Jan 9

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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