Name: Monster-in-Law
Director: Robert Luketic
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 2005
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes, Adam Scott

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri May 13	#1	$7.90M		—	$7.90M	3,424	$2.3K	1
Sat May 14	#1	$9.50M	+20%	—	$17.40M	3,424	$2.8K	2
Sun May 15	#1	$5.70M	-40%	—	$23.11M	3,424	$1.7K	3
Mon May 16	#1	$1.78M	-69%	—	$24.89M	3,424	$520	4
Tue May 17	#1	$1.80M	+1%	—	$26.69M	3,424	$525	5
Wed May 18	#1	$1.54M	-15%	—	$28.23M	3,424	$449	6
Thu May 19	#2	$1.53M	-1%	—	$29.82M	3,424	$445	7
Fri May 20	#2	$4.60M	+201%	-42%	$34.40M	3,424	$1.3K	8
Sat May 21	#2	$5.90M	+28%	-38%	$40.30M	3,424	$1.7K	9
Sun May 22	#2	$3.90M	-34%	-32%	$44.17M	3,424	$1.1K	10
Mon May 23	#2	$1.60M	-59%	-10%	$45.77M	3,424	$467	11
Tue May 24	#2	$1.28M	-20%	-29%	$47.06M	3,424	$374	12
Wed May 25	#2	$1.26M	-2%	-18%	$48.31M	3,424	$366	13
Thu May 26	#2	$1.47M	+17%	-3%	$49.66M	3,424	$430	14
Fri May 27	#4	$2.90M	+97%	-37%	$52.60M	3,230	$897	15
Sat May 28	#4	$3.80M	+31%	-36%	$56.40M	3,230	$1.2K	16
Sun May 29	#4	$3.50M	-8%	-10%	$59.90M	3,230	$1.1K	17
Mon May 30	#4	$2.55M	-27%	+59%	$62.45M	3,230	$788	18
Tue May 31	#4	$911K	-64%	-29%	$63.36M	3,230	$282	19
Wed Jun 1	#5	$855K	-6%	-32%	$64.21M	3,230	$264	20
Thu Jun 2	#5	$870K	+2%	-41%	$65.09M	3,230	$269	21
Fri Jun 3	#7	$1.80M	+107%	-38%	$66.90M	3,025	$595	22
Sat Jun 4	#6	$2.60M	+44%	-32%	$69.50M	3,025	$859	23
Sun Jun 5	#6	$1.60M	-38%	-54%	$71.11M	3,025	$528	24
Mon Jun 6	#7	$580K	-64%	-77%	$71.69M	3,025	$191	25
Tue Jun 7	#6	$700K	+21%	-23%	$72.43M	3,025	$231	26
Wed Jun 8	#6	$705K	+1%	-18%	$73.14M	3,025	$233	27
Thu Jun 9	#6	$705K	n/c	-19%	$73.85M	3,025	$233	28
Fri Jun 10	#9	$900K	+28%	-50%	$74.80M	1,949	$461	29
Sat Jun 11	#9	$1.00M	+11%	-62%	$75.80M	1,949	$513	30
Sun Jun 12	#9	$700K	-30%	-56%	$76.48M	1,949	$359	31
Mon Jun 13	#9	$290K	-59%	-50%	$76.77M	1,949	$148	32
Tue Jun 14	#9	$345K	+19%	-51%	$77.13M	1,949	$177	33
Wed Jun 15	#9	$310K	-10%	-56%	$77.44M	1,949	$159	34
Thu Jun 16	#9	$330K	+6%	-53%	$77.57M	1,949	$169	35
Mon Jul 4	#21	$65K			$80.51M	366	$177	53
Mon Sep 5	#61	$5K			$82.93M	40	$114	116

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
May 27-30	4	$12.79M	—	$62.45M	3,230	$4.0K	3
Jul 1-3	20	$334K	-97.4%	$80.44M	366	$913	8
Jul 8-10	21	$311K	-6.9%	$80.99M	354	$879	9
Jul 15-17	20	$298K	-4.1%	$81.51M	302	$988	10
Jul 22-24	23	$256K	-14.3%	$81.96M	304	$840	11
Jul 29-31	27	$181K	-29.0%	$82.31M	258	$703	12
Aug 5-7	37	$99K	-45.3%	$82.53M	188	$527	13
Aug 12-14	40	$100K	+0.7%	$82.71M	161	$620	14
Aug 19-21	48	$58K	-41.5%	$82.82M	106	$551	15

Performance Charts

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

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRobert Luketic

ScreenplayAnya Kochoff

Produced byChris Bender, J.C. Spink, Paula Weinstein

CinematographyRussell Carpenter

MusicDavid Newman

StarringJennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes, Adam Scott, Monet Mazur

StudioNew Line Cinema

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