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Monster-in-LawFollow

2005 • PG-13 • 1h 41m • Comedy, Romance • New Line Cinema

This relationship is going to be a real mother.

🍅 19% 55%

31

2.81

5.6

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$23.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$82.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$155.00M

$72.50M international

Domestic legs3.6x

Budget$43.0M

2005 rank#24

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Cast & crew

Full Luketic filmography

Robert Luketic

Robert Luketic Director

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez Starring

Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda Starring

Michael Vartan

Michael Vartan Starring

Wanda Sykes

Wanda Sykes Starring

Adam Scott

Adam Scott Starring

ScreenplayAnya Kochoff Produced byChris Bender, J.C. Spink, Paula Weinstein CinematographyRussell Carpenter MusicDavid Newman StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

3 May 27-30 4 $12.8M — 3,230 $3,959 $62.4M

8 Jul 1-3 20 $334.4K −97.4% 366 $913 $80.4M

9 Jul 8-10 21 $311.2K −6.9% 354 $879 $81.0M

10 Jul 15-17 20 $298.4K −4.1% 302 $988 $81.5M

11 Jul 22-24 23 $255.7K −14.3% 304 $840 $82.0M

12 Jul 29-31 27 $181.4K −29.0% 258 $703 $82.3M

13 Aug 5-7 37 $99.2K −45.3% 188 $527 $82.5M

14 Aug 12-14 40 $99.9K +0.7% 161 $620 $82.7M

15 Aug 19-21 48 $58.4K −41.5% 106 $551 $82.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 13 #1 $7.9M — $7.9M 3,424 $2,307 1

Sat May 14 #1 $9.5M +20% $17.4M 3,424 $2,774 2

Sun May 15 #1 $5.7M −40% $23.1M 3,424 $1,664 3

Mon May 16 #1 $1.8M −69% $24.9M 3,424 $520 4

Tue May 17 #1 $1.8M +1% $26.7M 3,424 $525 5

Wed May 18 #1 $1.5M −15% $28.2M 3,424 $449 6

Thu May 19 #2 $1.5M −1% $29.8M 3,424 $445 7

Fri May 20 #2 $4.6M +201% −42% $34.4M 3,424 $1,343 8

Sat May 21 #2 $5.9M +28% −38% $40.3M 3,424 $1,723 9

Sun May 22 #2 $3.9M −34% −32% $44.2M 3,424 $1,139 10

Mon May 23 #2 $1.6M −59% −10% $45.8M 3,424 $467 11

Tue May 24 #2 $1.3M −20% −29% $47.1M 3,424 $374 12

Wed May 25 #2 $1.3M −2% −18% $48.3M 3,424 $366 13

Thu May 26 #2 $1.5M +17% −3% $49.7M 3,424 $430 14

Fri May 27 #4 $2.9M +97% −37% $52.6M 3,230 $897 15

Sat May 28 #4 $3.8M +31% −36% $56.4M 3,230 $1,176 16

Sun May 29 #4 $3.5M −8% −10% $59.9M 3,230 $1,083 17

Mon May 30 #4 $2.5M −27% +59% $62.4M 3,230 $788 18

Tue May 31 #4 $911.0K −64% −29% $63.4M 3,230 $282 19

Wed Jun 1 #5 $855.0K −6% −32% $64.2M 3,230 $264 20

Thu Jun 2 #5 $870.0K +2% −41% $65.1M 3,230 $269 21

Fri Jun 3 #7 $1.8M +107% −38% $66.9M 3,025 $595 22

Sat Jun 4 #6 $2.6M +44% −32% $69.5M 3,025 $859 23

Sun Jun 5 #6 $1.6M −38% −54% $71.1M 3,025 $528 24

Mon Jun 6 #7 $580.0K −64% −77% $71.7M 3,025 $191 25

Tue Jun 7 #6 $700.0K +21% −23% $72.4M 3,025 $231 26

Wed Jun 8 #6 $705.0K +1% −18% $73.1M 3,025 $233 27

Thu Jun 9 #6 $705.0K n/c −19% $73.9M 3,025 $233 28

Fri Jun 10 #9 $900.0K +28% −50% $74.8M 1,949 $461 29

Sat Jun 11 #9 $1.0M +11% −62% $75.8M 1,949 $513 30

Sun Jun 12 #9 $700.0K −30% −56% $76.5M 1,949 $359 31

Mon Jun 13 #9 $290.0K −59% −50% $76.8M 1,949 $148 32

Tue Jun 14 #9 $345.0K +19% −51% $77.1M 1,949 $177 33

Wed Jun 15 #9 $310.0K −10% −56% $77.4M 1,949 $159 34

Thu Jun 16 #9 $330.0K +6% −53% $77.6M 1,949 $169 35

Mon Jul 4 #21 $65.0K — $80.5M 366 $177 53

Mon Sep 5 #61 $4.6K — $82.9M 40 $114 116

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

Cumulative total$80.5M

May 13May 22May 31Jun 8Jul 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $298.4K

$12.8M

$334.4K

$311.2K

$298.4K

W3W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,424 → 366 −89.3%

3,424 open366 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −4.1%

−97.4%

W3→8

−6.9%

W8→9

−4.1%

W9→10

Steepest −97.4%Best hold −4.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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