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2014 • PG • 2h 3m • Biography, Drama, Family • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Sometimes to win, you have to change the game.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$36.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$39.20M

$2.80M international

Domestic legs3.5x

Budget$25M

2014 rank#83

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Cast & crew

Full Gillespie filmography

Craig Gillespie

Craig Gillespie Director

Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm Starring

Aasif Mandvi

Aasif Mandvi Starring

Lake Bell

Lake Bell Starring

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin Starring

ScreenplayTom McCarthy Produced byJoe Roth, Gordon Gray, Mark Ciardi CinematographyGyula Pados MusicA.R. Rahman Prod. DesignBarry Robison StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 16-18 4 $10.5M — 3,019 $3,483 $10.5M

2 May 23-25 6 $7.0M −33.7% 3,019 $2,308 $20.5M

3 May 30-Jun 1 8 $3.6M −48.5% 2,329 $1,541 $28.0M

4 Jun 6-8 10 $2.0M −43.5% 1,643 $1,233 $31.6M

5 Jun 13-15 13 $804.4K −60.3% 577 $1,394 $33.5M

6 Jun 20-22 15 $538.0K −33.1% 444 $1,212 $34.4M

7 Jun 27-29 20 $300.3K −44.2% 273 $1,100 $35.0M

8 Jul 4-6 29 $182.8K −39.1% 163 $1,122 $35.4M

9 Jul 11-13 29 $186.2K +1.8% 224 $831 $35.6M

10 Jul 18-20 31 $169.8K −8.8% 175 $970 $36.0M

11 Jul 25-27 38 $104.5K −38.5% 140 $747 $36.2M

12 Aug 1-3 39 $77.2K −26.2% 101 $764 $36.3M

13 Aug 8-10 50 $42.2K −45.3% 66 $640 $36.4M

14 Aug 15-17 60 $17.9K −57.6% 35 $511 $36.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 16 #4 $3.5M — $3.5M 3,019 $1,149 1

Sat May 17 #4 $4.3M +24.4% $7.8M 3,019 $1,430 2

Sun May 18 #4 $2.7M −36.7% $10.5M 3,019 $905 3

Mon May 19 #4 $818.5K −70.0% $11.3M 3,019 $271 4

Tue May 20 #4 $858.8K +4.9% $12.2M 3,019 $284 5

Wed May 21 #4 $655.8K −23.6% $12.8M 3,019 $217 6

Thu May 22 #4 $686.1K +4.6% $13.5M 3,019 $227 7

Fri May 23 #6 $1.8M +165.3% −47.5% $15.4M 3,019 $603 8

Sat May 24 #6 $2.7M +48.5% −37.4% $18.1M 3,019 $895 9

Sun May 25 #6 $2.4M −9.6% −10.5% $20.5M 3,019 $810 10

Mon May 26 #5 $2.2M −10.0% +168.8% $22.7M 3,019 $729 11

Tue May 27 #6 $624.7K −71.6% −27.3% $23.3M 3,019 $207 12

Wed May 28 #6 $546.2K −12.6% −16.7% $23.9M 3,019 $181 13

Thu May 29 #6 $522.2K −4.4% −23.9% $24.4M 3,019 $173 14

Fri May 30 #7 $1.0M +100.0% −42.6% $25.4M 2,329 $448 15

Sat May 31 #8 $1.6M +52.6% −41.1% $27.0M 2,329 $684 16

Sun Jun 1 #8 $950.9K −40.3% −61.1% $28.0M 2,329 $408 17

Mon Jun 2 #8 $344.8K −63.7% −84.3% $28.3M 2,329 $148 18

Tue Jun 3 #8 $429.4K +24.5% −31.3% $28.8M 2,329 $184 19

Wed Jun 4 #8 $399.1K −7.0% −26.9% $29.2M 2,329 $171 20

Thu Jun 5 #8 $366.8K −8.1% −29.8% $29.5M 2,329 $157 21

Fri Jun 6 #10 $616.4K +68.1% −41.0% $30.1M 1,643 $375 22

Sat Jun 7 #10 $853.3K +38.4% −46.4% $31.0M 1,643 $519 23

Sun Jun 8 #11 $556.3K −34.8% −41.5% $31.6M 1,643 $339 24

Mon Jun 9 #11 $264.7K −52.4% −23.2% $31.8M 1,643 $161 25

Tue Jun 10 #11 $309.4K +16.9% −27.9% $32.1M 1,643 $188 26

Wed Jun 11 #10 $296.1K −4.3% −25.8% $32.4M 1,643 $180 27

Thu Jun 12 #10 $245.6K −17.1% −33.0% $32.7M 1,643 $149 28

Fri Jun 13 #13 $211.1K −14.0% −65.7% $32.9M 577 $366 29

Sat Jun 14 #13 $284.9K +35.0% −66.6% $33.2M 577 $494 30

Sun Jun 15 #12 $308.4K +8.2% −44.6% $33.5M 577 $534 31

Mon Jun 16 #13 $81.7K −73.5% −69.1% $33.6M 577 $142 32

Tue Jun 17 #13 $105.9K +29.6% −65.8% $33.7M 577 $184 33

Wed Jun 18 #13 $101.9K −3.7% −65.6% $33.8M 577 $177 34

Thu Jun 19 #13 $103.3K +1.4% −57.9% $33.9M 577 $179 35

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

Cumulative total$33.9M

May 16May 25Jun 2Jun 11Jun 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $169.8K

$10.5M

$7.0M

$3.6M

$2.0M

$804.4K

$538.0K

$300.3K

$182.8K

$186.2K

$169.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,019 → 577 −80.9%

3,019 open577 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −8.8%

−33.7%

W1→2

−48.5%

W2→3

−43.5%

W3→4

−60.3%

W4→5

−33.1%

W5→6

−44.2%

W6→7

−39.1%

W7→8

+1.8%

W8→9

−8.8%

W9→10

Steepest −60.3%Biggest gain +1.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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