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2000 • PG-13 • 1h 48m • Comedy, Romance • Universal Pictures

First comes love. Then comes the interrogation.

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3.34

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$28.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$166.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$330.40M

$164.20M international

Domestic legs5.81x

Budget$55.0M

2000 rank#7

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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

Teri Polo

Teri Polo Starring

Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner Starring

Jon Abrahams

Jon Abrahams Starring

ScreenplayJim Herzfeld, John Hamburg Produced byNancy Tenenbaum, Jay Roach, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro CinematographyPeter James MusicRandy Newman StudioUniversal Pictures SeriesMeet the Parents

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 6-8 1 $28.6M — 2,614 $10,950 $28.6M

2 Oct 13-15 1 $21.2M −26.0% 2,615 $8,094 $58.8M

3 Oct 20-22 1 $16.0M −24.3% 2,619 $6,115 $80.7M

4 Oct 27-29 1 $15.0M −6.0% 2,647 $5,685 $100.0M

5 Nov 3-5 2 $12.6M −16.0% 2,672 $4,730 $116.5M

6 Nov 10-12 4 $10.3M −18.2% 2,697 $3,835 $130.0M

7 Nov 17-19 8 $6.4M −38.4% 2,412 $2,640 $138.5M

8 Nov 24-26 9 $6.5M +1.9% 2,159 $3,005 $148.4M

9 Dec 1-3 9 $3.8M −41.1% 2,317 $1,650 $153.2M

10 Dec 8-10 8 $3.0M −20.8% 1,934 $1,565 $157.1M

11 Dec 15-17 11 $1.2M −60.3% 1,380 $870 $159.0M

12 Dec 22-24 9 $343.1K −71.4% 602 $569 $160.0M

13 Dec 29-31 13 $600.3K +74.9% 569 $1,055 $161.1M

14 Jan 5-7 21 $605.4K +0.9% 558 $1,085 $162.2M

15 Jan 12-14 9 $460.6K −23.9% 415 $1,110 $162.8M

16 Jan 19-21 23 $420.6K −8.7% 414 $1,015 $163.4M

17 Jan 26-28 22 $387.5K −7.9% 378 $1,025 $164.0M

18 Feb 2-4 25 $360.2K −7.0% 326 $1,104 $164.5M

19 Feb 9-11 26 $294.8K −18.2% 289 $1,020 $164.8M

20 Feb 16-18 9 $250.3K −15.1% 242 $1,034 $165.2M

21 Feb 23-25 34 $210.2K −16.0% 219 $959 $165.5M

22 Mar 2-4 33 $205.3K −2.3% 185 $1,109 $165.8M

23 Mar 9-11 37 $161.8K −21.2% 161 $1,005 $166.0M

24 Mar 16-18 41 $103.5K −36.0% 138 $750 $166.1M

25 Mar 23-25 54 $54.1K −47.7% 119 $455 $166.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 6 #1 $8.6M — $8.6M 2,612 $3,277 1

Sat Oct 7 #1 $11.8M +38% $20.4M 2,612 $4,524 2

Sun Oct 8 #1 $8.3M −30% $28.6M 2,614 $3,169 3

Mon Oct 9 #1 $3.5M −57% $32.2M 2,614 $1,355 4

Tue Oct 10 #1 $2.1M −42% $34.2M 2,614 $790 5

Wed Oct 11 #1 $1.7M −17% $35.9M 2,614 $655 6

Thu Oct 12 #1 $1.7M n/c $37.7M 2,614 $655 7

Fri Oct 13 #1 $6.8M +295% −21% $44.4M 2,615 $2,590 8

Sat Oct 14 #1 $9.8M +44% −17% $54.2M 2,615 $3,733 9

Sun Oct 15 #1 $5.3M −46% −36% $58.8M 2,615 $2,014 10

Mon Oct 16 #1 $1.4M −73% −60% $60.2M 2,615 $540 11

Tue Oct 17 #1 $1.5M +6% −28% $61.7M 2,615 $569 12

Wed Oct 18 #1 $1.5M −2% −14% $63.2M 2,615 $559 13

Thu Oct 19 #1 $1.5M +4% −12% $64.7M 2,615 $579 14

Fri Oct 20 #1 $5.1M +239% −24% $69.8M 2,620 $1,958 15

Sat Oct 21 #1 $7.7M +50% −21% $77.6M 2,620 $2,946 16

Sun Oct 22 #1 $3.9M −50% −27% $80.7M 2,619 $1,474 17

Mon Oct 23 #1 $1.0M −74% −29% $81.7M 2,619 $385 18

Tue Oct 24 #1 $1.1M +9% −26% $82.8M 2,619 $420 19

Wed Oct 25 #1 $1.0M −5% −28% $83.9M 2,619 $399 20

Thu Oct 26 #1 $1.1M +4% −28% $85.0M 2,619 $415 21

Fri Oct 27 #1 $4.2M +290% −17% $89.2M 2,619 $1,619 22

Sat Oct 28 #1 $6.8M +59% −12% $96.0M 2,645 $2,555 23

Sun Oct 29 #1 $3.7M −45% −4% $100.0M 2,645 $1,401 24

Mon Oct 30 #2 $847.0K −77% −16% $100.9M 2,647 $320 25

Tue Oct 31 #2 $992.6K +17% −10% $101.9M 2,647 $375 26

Wed Nov 1 #1 $952.9K −4% −9% $102.8M 2,647 $360 27

Thu Nov 2 #1 $1.0M +7% −6% $103.8M 2,647 $385 28

Fri Nov 3 #3 $3.8M +274% −10% $107.6M 2,670 $1,426 29

Sat Nov 4 #2 $5.8M +53% −14% $113.5M 2,670 $2,182 30

Sun Nov 5 #2 $2.9M −50% −22% $116.5M 2,672 $1,080 31

Mon Nov 6 #3 $721.4K −75% −15% $117.2M 2,672 $270 32

Tue Nov 7 #2 $855.0K +19% −14% $118.0M 2,672 $320 33

Wed Nov 8 #2 $681.4K −20% −28% $118.7M 2,672 $255 34

Thu Nov 9 #2 $948.6K +39% −7% $119.7M 2,672 $355 35

Fri Nov 10 #4 $3.2M +240% −15% $122.9M 2,695 $1,196 36

Sat Nov 11 #4 $3.9M +21% −33% $126.8M 2,695 $1,442 37

Sun Nov 12 #5 $2.2M −43% −23% $130.0M 2,697 $824 38

Mon Nov 13 #4 $512.4K −77% −29% $130.5M 2,697 $190 39

Tue Nov 14 #4 $581.0K +13% −32% $131.1M 2,697 $215 40

Wed Nov 15 #4 $512.6K −12% −25% $131.6M 2,697 $190 41

Thu Nov 16 #4 $525.9K +3% −45% $132.1M 2,697 $195 42

Fri Nov 17 #8 $1.6M +195% −52% $133.7M 2,420 $641 43

Sat Nov 18 #8 $2.4M +52% −39% $136.1M 2,420 $973 44

Sun Nov 19 #8 $1.5M −38% −34% $138.5M 2,412 $609 45

Mon Nov 20 #8 $385.9K −74% −25% $138.9M 2,412 $160 46

Tue Nov 21 #7 $615.0K +59% +6% $139.5M 2,412 $254 47

Mon Nov 27 #9 $226.7K — −41% $148.6M 2,159 $105 53

Tue Nov 28 #9 $280.7K +24% −54% $148.9M 2,159 $130 54

Wed Nov 29 #9 $259.1K −8% $149.1M 2,159 $120 55

Thu Nov 30 #9 $259.0K n/c $149.4M 2,159 $119 56

Fri Dec 1 #9 $1.2M +347% $150.5M 2,317 $500 57

Sat Dec 2 #8 $1.8M +55% $152.3M 2,317 $776 58

Sun Dec 3 #9 $857.0K −52% $153.2M 2,317 $369 59

Mon Dec 4 #9 $198.0K −77% −13% $153.4M 2,317 $85 60

Tue Dec 5 #8 $232.8K +18% −17% $153.6M 2,317 $100 61

Wed Dec 6 #9 $220.1K −5% −15% $153.8M 2,317 $95 62

Thu Dec 7 #9 $231.1K +5% −11% $154.1M 2,317 $99 63

Fri Dec 8 #8 $816.0K +253% −30% $154.9M 1,940 $420 64

Sat Dec 9 #8 $1.4M +70% −23% $156.3M 1,940 $713 65

Sun Dec 10 #10 $522.0K −62% −39% $157.1M 1,934 $269 66

Mon Dec 11 #10 $145.1K −72% −27% $157.3M 1,934 $75 67

Tue Dec 12 #10 $183.7K +27% −21% $157.4M 1,934 $95 68

Wed Dec 13 #10 $164.4K −11% −25% $157.6M 1,934 $85 69

Thu Dec 14 #9 $203.1K +24% −12% $157.8M 1,934 $105 70

Fri Dec 15 #10 $343.0K +69% −58% $158.2M 1,385 $247 71

Sun Dec 17 #13 $290.0K — −44% $159.0M 1,380 $210 73

Mon Dec 18 #13 $117.3K −60% −19% $159.1M 1,380 $84 74

Tue Dec 19 #13 $151.8K +29% −17% $159.3M 1,380 $109 75

Wed Dec 27 #20 $138.5K — $160.4M 602 $230 83

Thu Dec 28 #20 $153.5K +11% $160.5M 602 $255 84

Mon Jan 8 #20 $52.7K — $162.2M 558 $94 95

Tue Jan 9 #20 $61.4K +17% $162.3M 558 $110 96

Wed Jan 10 #20 $56.1K −9% $162.3M 558 $100 97

Thu Jan 11 #20 $58.6K +5% $162.4M 558 $105 98

Mon Jan 15 #27 $66.4K — +26% $162.9M 415 $159 102

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

Cumulative total$157.8M

Oct 6Oct 22Nov 7Nov 28Dec 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.0M

$28.6M

$21.2M

$16.0M

$15.0M

$12.6M

$10.3M

$6.4M

$6.5M

$3.8M

$3.0M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,697 → 1,934 −28.3%

2,612 open1,934 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.8%

−26.0%

W1→2

−24.3%

W2→3

−6.0%

W3→4

−16.0%

W4→5

−18.2%

W5→6

−38.4%

W6→7

+1.9%

W7→8

−41.1%

W8→9

−20.8%

W9→10

Steepest −41.1%Biggest gain +1.9%

Run milestones

$100M in 24 days

$100M

Day 24

Oct 29

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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