Name: Meet the Parents
Director: Jay Roach
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 2000
Cast: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Nicole DeHuff

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Oct 6	#1	$8.56M		—	$8.56M	2,612	$3.3K	1
Sat Oct 7	#1	$11.82M	+38%	—	$20.38M	2,612	$4.5K	2
Sun Oct 8	#1	$8.29M	-30%	—	$28.62M	2,614	$3.2K	3
Mon Oct 9	#1	$3.54M	-57%	—	$32.17M	2,614	$1.4K	4
Tue Oct 10	#1	$2.07M	-42%	—	$34.23M	2,614	$790	5
Wed Oct 11	#1	$1.71M	-17%	—	$35.94M	2,614	$655	6
Thu Oct 12	#1	$1.71M	n/c	—	$37.66M	2,614	$655	7
Fri Oct 13	#1	$6.77M	+295%	-21%	$44.43M	2,615	$2.6K	8
Sat Oct 14	#1	$9.76M	+44%	-17%	$54.19M	2,615	$3.7K	9
Sun Oct 15	#1	$5.27M	-46%	-36%	$58.82M	2,615	$2.0K	10
Mon Oct 16	#1	$1.41M	-73%	-60%	$60.24M	2,615	$540	11
Tue Oct 17	#1	$1.49M	+6%	-28%	$61.73M	2,615	$569	12
Wed Oct 18	#1	$1.46M	-2%	-14%	$63.19M	2,615	$559	13
Thu Oct 19	#1	$1.52M	+4%	-12%	$64.71M	2,615	$579	14
Fri Oct 20	#1	$5.13M	+239%	-24%	$69.84M	2,620	$2.0K	15
Sat Oct 21	#1	$7.72M	+50%	-21%	$77.56M	2,620	$2.9K	16
Sun Oct 22	#1	$3.86M	-50%	-27%	$80.72M	2,619	$1.5K	17
Mon Oct 23	#1	$1.01M	-74%	-29%	$81.73M	2,619	$385	18
Tue Oct 24	#1	$1.10M	+9%	-26%	$82.83M	2,619	$420	19
Wed Oct 25	#1	$1.05M	-5%	-28%	$83.88M	2,619	$399	20
Thu Oct 26	#1	$1.09M	+4%	-28%	$84.97M	2,619	$415	21
Fri Oct 27	#1	$4.24M	+290%	-17%	$89.21M	2,619	$1.6K	22
Sat Oct 28	#1	$6.76M	+59%	-12%	$95.97M	2,645	$2.6K	23
Sun Oct 29	#1	$3.71M	-45%	-4%	$100.01M	2,645	$1.4K	24
Mon Oct 30	#2	$847K	-77%	-16%	$100.86M	2,647	$320	25
Tue Oct 31	#2	$993K	+17%	-10%	$101.85M	2,647	$375	26
Wed Nov 1	#1	$953K	-4%	-9%	$102.81M	2,647	$360	27
Thu Nov 2	#1	$1.02M	+7%	-6%	$103.83M	2,647	$385	28
Fri Nov 3	#3	$3.81M	+274%	-10%	$107.64M	2,670	$1.4K	29
Sat Nov 4	#2	$5.83M	+53%	-14%	$113.46M	2,670	$2.2K	30
Sun Nov 5	#2	$2.89M	-50%	-22%	$116.46M	2,672	$1.1K	31
Mon Nov 6	#3	$721K	-75%	-15%	$117.19M	2,672	$270	32
Tue Nov 7	#2	$855K	+19%	-14%	$118.04M	2,672	$320	33
Wed Nov 8	#2	$681K	-20%	-28%	$118.72M	2,672	$255	34
Thu Nov 9	#2	$949K	+39%	-7%	$119.67M	2,672	$355	35
Fri Nov 10	#4	$3.23M	+240%	-15%	$122.90M	2,695	$1.2K	36
Sat Nov 11	#4	$3.89M	+21%	-33%	$126.78M	2,695	$1.4K	37
Sun Nov 12	#5	$2.23M	-43%	-23%	$130.01M	2,697	$824	38
Mon Nov 13	#4	$512K	-77%	-29%	$130.53M	2,697	$190	39
Tue Nov 14	#4	$581K	+13%	-32%	$131.11M	2,697	$215	40
Wed Nov 15	#4	$513K	-12%	-25%	$131.62M	2,697	$190	41
Thu Nov 16	#4	$526K	+3%	-45%	$132.15M	2,697	$195	42
Fri Nov 17	#8	$1.55M	+195%	-52%	$133.70M	2,420	$641	43
Sat Nov 18	#8	$2.35M	+52%	-39%	$136.05M	2,420	$973	44
Sun Nov 19	#8	$1.47M	-38%	-34%	$138.51M	2,412	$609	45
Mon Nov 20	#8	$386K	-74%	-25%	$138.90M	2,412	$160	46
Tue Nov 21	#7	$615K	+59%	+6%	$139.51M	2,412	$254	47
Mon Nov 27	#9	$227K		-41%	$148.58M	2,159	$105	53
Tue Nov 28	#9	$281K	+24%	-54%	$148.86M	2,159	$130	54
Wed Nov 29	#9	$259K	-8%		$149.12M	2,159	$120	55
Thu Nov 30	#9	$259K	n/c		$149.38M	2,159	$119	56
Fri Dec 1	#9	$1.16M	+347%		$150.53M	2,317	$500	57
Sat Dec 2	#8	$1.80M	+55%		$152.34M	2,317	$776	58
Sun Dec 3	#9	$857K	-52%		$153.20M	2,317	$369	59
Mon Dec 4	#9	$198K	-77%	-13%	$153.40M	2,317	$85	60
Tue Dec 5	#8	$233K	+18%	-17%	$153.63M	2,317	$100	61
Wed Dec 6	#9	$220K	-5%	-15%	$153.85M	2,317	$95	62
Thu Dec 7	#9	$231K	+5%	-11%	$154.08M	2,317	$99	63
Fri Dec 8	#8	$816K	+253%	-30%	$154.90M	1,940	$420	64
Sat Dec 9	#8	$1.39M	+70%	-23%	$156.28M	1,940	$713	65
Sun Dec 10	#10	$522K	-62%	-39%	$157.11M	1,934	$269	66
Mon Dec 11	#10	$145K	-72%	-27%	$157.25M	1,934	$75	67
Tue Dec 12	#10	$184K	+27%	-21%	$157.44M	1,934	$95	68
Wed Dec 13	#10	$164K	-11%	-25%	$157.60M	1,934	$85	69
Thu Dec 14	#9	$203K	+24%	-12%	$157.80M	1,934	$105	70
Fri Dec 15	#10	$343K	+69%	-58%	$158.15M	1,385	$247	71
Sun Dec 17	#13	$290K		-44%	$159.00M	1,380	$210	73
Mon Dec 18	#13	$117K	-60%	-19%	$159.12M	1,380	$84	74
Tue Dec 19	#13	$152K	+29%	-17%	$159.27M	1,380	$109	75
Wed Dec 27	#20	$138K			$160.39M	602	$230	83
Thu Dec 28	#20	$154K	+11%		$160.55M	602	$255	84
Mon Jan 8	#20	$53K			$162.21M	558	$94	95
Tue Jan 9	#20	$61K	+17%		$162.27M	558	$110	96
Wed Jan 10	#20	$56K	-9%		$162.33M	558	$100	97
Thu Jan 11	#20	$59K	+5%		$162.38M	558	$105	98
Mon Jan 15	#27	$66K		+26%	$162.91M	415	$159	102

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Oct 6-8	1	$28.62M	—	$28.62M	2,614	$10.9K	1
Oct 13-15	1	$21.17M	-26.0%	$58.82M	2,615	$8.1K	2
Oct 20-22	1	$16.02M	-24.3%	$80.72M	2,619	$6.1K	3
Oct 27-29	1	$15.05M	-6.0%	$100.01M	2,647	$5.7K	4
Nov 3-5	2	$12.64M	-16.0%	$116.46M	2,672	$4.7K	5
Nov 10-12	4	$10.34M	-18.2%	$130.01M	2,697	$3.8K	6
Nov 17-19	8	$6.37M	-38.4%	$138.51M	2,412	$2.6K	7
Nov 24-26	9	$6.49M	+1.9%	$148.35M	2,159	$3.0K	8
Dec 1-3	9	$3.82M	-41.1%	$153.20M	2,317	$1.6K	9
Dec 8-10	8	$3.03M	-20.8%	$157.11M	1,934	$1.6K	10
Dec 15-17	11	$1.20M	-60.3%	$159.00M	1,380	$870	11
Dec 22-24	9	$343K	-71.4%	$159.99M	602	$569	12
Dec 29-31	13	$600K	+74.9%	$161.15M	569	$1.1K	13
Jan 5-7	21	$605K	+0.9%	$162.16M	558	$1.1K	14
Jan 12-14	9	$461K	-23.9%	$162.85M	415	$1.1K	15
Jan 19-21	23	$421K	-8.7%	$163.44M	414	$1.0K	16
Jan 26-28	22	$387K	-7.9%	$163.97M	378	$1.0K	17
Feb 2-4	25	$360K	-7.0%	$164.45M	326	$1.1K	18
Feb 9-11	26	$295K	-18.2%	$164.84M	289	$1.0K	19
Feb 16-18	9	$250K	-15.1%	$165.19M	242	$1.0K	20
Feb 23-25	34	$210K	-16.0%	$165.50M	219	$959	21
Mar 2-4	33	$205K	-2.3%	$165.76M	185	$1.1K	22
Mar 9-11	37	$162K	-21.2%	$165.99M	161	$1.0K	23
Mar 16-18	41	$104K	-36.0%	$166.14M	138	$750	24
Mar 23-25	54	$54K	-47.7%	$166.23M	119	$455	25

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byJay Roach

ScreenplayJim Herzfeld, John Hamburg

Produced byNancy Tenenbaum, Jay Roach, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro

CinematographyPeter James

MusicRandy Newman

StarringBen Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Nicole DeHuff, Jon Abrahams

StudioUniversal Pictures

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