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2006 • PG • 1h 31m • Animation, Comedy, Family • Sony Pictures Releasing

There goes the neighborhood.

🍅 75% 64%

68

3.44

6.7

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$73.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$142.00M

$68.20M international

Domestic legs3.32x

Budget$75.0M

2006 rank#32

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Cast & crew

Full Kenan filmography

Gil Kenan

Gil Kenan Director

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi Starring

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal Starring

Kevin James

Kevin James Starring

ScreenplayPamela Pettler, Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab Produced bySteve Starkey, Jack Rapke CinematographyXavier Pérez Grobet MusicDouglas Pipes StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 21-23 2 $22.2M — 3,553 $6,253 $22.2M

2 Jul 28-30 4 $11.7M −47.5% 3,553 $3,282 $44.0M

3 Aug 4-6 7 $6.1M −48.1% 3,029 $2,000 $57.0M

4 Aug 11-13 10 $3.3M −45.8% 2,434 $1,349 $63.7M

5 Aug 18-20 14 $2.0M −40.0% 1,673 $1,178 $67.4M

6 Aug 25-27 16 $1.1M −42.1% 906 $1,260 $69.4M

7 Sep 1-3 20 $795.5K −30.3% 568 $1,400 $70.6M

8 Sep 8-10 24 $451.7K −43.2% 446 $1,012 $71.4M

9 Sep 15-17 23 $390.2K −13.6% 354 $1,102 $71.9M

10 Sep 22-24 24 $365.5K −6.3% 303 $1,206 $72.3M

11 Sep 29-Oct 1 30 $229.4K −37.2% 252 $910 $72.6M

12 Oct 6-8 19 $395.8K +72.5% 331 $1,195 $73.0M

13 Oct 13-15 24 $240.9K −39.1% 248 $971 $73.4M

14 Oct 20-22 32 $202.5K −16.0% 250 $809 $73.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 21 #2 $7.4M — $7.4M 3,553 $2,072 1

Sat Jul 22 #2 $8.7M +18% $16.0M 3,553 $2,444 2

Sun Jul 23 #2 $6.2M −29% $22.2M 3,553 $1,736 3

Mon Jul 24 #2 $2.7M −57% $24.9M 3,553 $749 4

Tue Jul 25 #2 $2.7M n/c $27.5M 3,553 $747 5

Wed Jul 26 #2 $2.4M −9% $29.9M 3,553 $678 6

Thu Jul 27 #2 $2.4M +1% $32.4M 3,553 $683 7

Fri Jul 28 #4 $3.6M +48% −51% $36.0M 3,553 $1,013 8

Sat Jul 29 #4 $4.5M +25% −48% $40.5M 3,553 $1,264 9

Sun Jul 30 #3 $3.6M −21% −42% $44.0M 3,553 $1,004 10

Mon Jul 31 #4 $1.6M −55% −39% $45.7M 3,553 $457 11

Tue Aug 1 #4 $1.8M +12% −31% $47.5M 3,553 $512 12

Wed Aug 2 #4 $1.8M −1% −25% $49.3M 3,553 $507 13

Thu Aug 3 #4 $1.7M −8% −31% $51.0M 3,553 $468 14

Fri Aug 4 #7 $1.9M +12% −48% $52.8M 3,029 $616 15

Sat Aug 5 #6 $2.4M +26% −48% $55.2M 3,029 $778 16

Sun Aug 6 #6 $1.8M −22% −49% $57.0M 3,029 $605 17

Mon Aug 7 #7 $930.5K −49% −43% $57.9M 3,029 $307 18

Tue Aug 8 #7 $851.4K −8% −53% $58.8M 3,029 $281 19

Wed Aug 9 #8 $776.9K −9% −57% $59.6M 3,029 $256 20

Thu Aug 10 #8 $808.5K +4% −51% $60.4M 3,029 $266 21

Fri Aug 11 #11 $978.2K +21% −48% $61.4M 2,434 $401 22

Sat Aug 12 #10 $1.3M +35% −44% $62.7M 2,434 $543 23

Sun Aug 13 #10 $984.2K −26% −46% $63.7M 2,434 $404 24

Wed Aug 16 #10 $415.4K — −47% $65.0M 2,434 $170 27

Thu Aug 17 #10 $401.0K −3% −50% $65.4M 2,434 $164 28

Mon Sep 4 #17 $322.2K — $70.9M 568 $567 46

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

Cumulative total$70.9M

Jul 21Jul 28Aug 3Aug 10Sep 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $365.5K

$22.2M

$11.7M

$6.1M

$3.3M

$2.0M

$1.1M

$795.5K

$451.7K

$390.2K

$365.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,553 → 568 −84.0%

3,553 open568 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −6.3%

−47.5%

W1→2

−48.1%

W2→3

−45.8%

W3→4

−40.0%

W4→5

−42.1%

W5→6

−30.3%

W6→7

−43.2%

W7→8

−13.6%

W8→9

−6.3%

W9→10

Steepest −48.1%Best hold −6.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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