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My Sister's KeeperFollow

2009 • PG-13 • 1h 49m • Drama • Warner Bros.

A tale of life, love, and letting go.

🍅 47% 72%

51

3.27

7.3

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$49.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$96.70M

$47.50M international

Domestic legs4.0x

Budget$27.5M

2009 rank#64

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Cast & crew

Full Cassavetes filmography

Nick Cassavetes

Nick Cassavetes Director

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz Starring

Abigail Breslin

Abigail Breslin Starring

Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin Starring

Jason Patric

Jason Patric Starring

Joan Cusack

Joan Cusack Starring

ScreenplayJeremy Leven, Nick Cassavetes Produced byMark Johnson, Chuck Pacheco, Scott Goldman, Stephen Furst, Mendel Tropper CinematographyCaleb Deschanel Music byAaron Zigman StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 26-28 5 $12.4M — 2,606 $4,774 $12.4M

2 Jul 3-5 7 $5.8M −53.5% 2,606 $2,221 $26.5M

3 Jul 10-12 9 $4.3M −25.8% 2,444 $1,757 $35.9M

4 Jul 17-19 9 $2.8M −34.1% 1,967 $1,438 $41.5M

5 Jul 24-26 14 $1.3M −52.6% 1,258 $1,066 $45.1M

6 Jul 31-Aug 2 18 $658.0K −50.9% 656 $1,003 $46.7M

7 Aug 7-9 24 $275.4K −58.1% 365 $755 $47.5M

8 Aug 14-16 32 $133.9K −51.4% 202 $663 $47.9M

9 Aug 21-23 36 $119.2K −11.0% 175 $681 $48.1M

10 Aug 28-30 29 $258.2K +116.6% 326 $792 $48.4M

11 Sep 4-6 33 $190.5K −26.2% 262 $727 $48.7M

12 Sep 11-13 33 $134.5K −29.4% 239 $563 $48.9M

13 Sep 18-20 45 $67.4K −49.9% 131 $514 $49.1M

14 Sep 25-27 56 $41.4K −38.6% 88 $470 $49.1M

15 Oct 2-4 60 $28.4K −31.4% 54 $526 $49.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 26 #4 $5.1M — $5.1M 2,606 $1,958 1

Sat Jun 27 #5 $4.0M −22.5% $9.1M 2,606 $1,517 2

Sun Jun 28 #5 $3.4M −14.4% $12.4M 2,606 $1,299 3

Mon Jun 29 #5 $2.0M −39.9% $14.5M 2,606 $781 4

Tue Jun 30 #5 $2.3M +11.5% $16.7M 2,606 $871 5

Wed Jul 1 #6 $2.0M −13.2% $18.7M 2,606 $756 6

Thu Jul 2 #6 $2.0M +2.0% $20.7M 2,606 $771 7

Fri Jul 3 #7 $2.4M +21.8% −52.0% $23.2M 2,606 $940 8

Sat Jul 4 #7 $1.3M −45.2% −66.1% $24.5M 2,606 $514 9

Sun Jul 5 #6 $2.0M +49.1% −41.0% $26.5M 2,606 $767 10

Mon Jul 6 #6 $1.3M −36.7% −37.8% $27.8M 2,606 $486 11

Tue Jul 7 #6 $1.4M +11.6% −37.7% $29.2M 2,606 $542 12

Wed Jul 8 #6 $1.3M −9.8% −35.3% $30.5M 2,606 $489 13

Thu Jul 9 #6 $1.1M −9.9% −42.9% $31.6M 2,606 $441 14

Fri Jul 10 #8 $1.5M +26.4% −40.7% $33.1M 2,444 $594 15

Sat Jul 11 #9 $1.6M +9.3% +18.3% $34.7M 2,444 $649 16

Sun Jul 12 #8 $1.3M −20.7% −37.1% $35.9M 2,444 $514 17

Mon Jul 13 #8 $728.3K −42.1% −42.5% $36.6M 2,444 $298 18

Tue Jul 14 #7 $784.7K +7.7% −44.5% $37.4M 2,444 $321 19

Wed Jul 15 #8 $617.2K −21.3% −51.6% $38.0M 1,967 $314 20

Thu Jul 16 #8 $633.4K +2.6% −44.8% $38.7M 1,967 $322 21

Fri Jul 17 #10 $929.5K +46.7% −35.9% $39.6M 1,967 $473 22

Sat Jul 18 #9 $1.1M +17.0% −31.4% $40.7M 1,967 $553 23

Sun Jul 19 #9 $811.6K −25.4% −35.5% $41.5M 1,967 $413 24

Mon Jul 20 #9 $496.4K −38.8% −31.8% $42.0M 1,967 $252 25

Tue Jul 21 #10 $637.2K +28.4% −18.8% $42.6M 1,967 $324 26

Wed Jul 22 #9 $558.1K −12.4% −9.6% $43.2M 1,967 $284 27

Thu Jul 23 #9 $541.2K −3.0% −14.6% $43.7M 1,967 $275 28

Fri Jul 24 #13 $447.2K −17.4% −51.9% $44.2M 1,258 $355 29

Sat Jul 25 #14 $502.8K +12.4% −53.8% $44.7M 1,258 $400 30

Sun Jul 26 #14 $391.4K −22.1% −51.8% $45.1M 1,258 $311 31

Mon Jul 27 #13 $227.4K −41.9% −54.2% $45.3M 1,258 $181 32

Tue Jul 28 #13 $268.2K +18.0% −57.9% $45.6M 1,258 $213 33

Wed Jul 29 #13 $262.5K −2.1% −53.0% $45.8M 1,258 $209 34

Thu Jul 30 #13 $251.4K −4.2% −53.5% $46.1M 1,258 $200 35

Fri Jul 31 — $216.2K −14.0% −51.6% $46.3M 656 $330 36

Sat Aug 1 — $240.9K +11.4% −52.1% $46.5M 656 $367 37

Sun Aug 2 — $200.9K −16.6% −48.7% $46.7M 656 $306 38

Mon Aug 3 — $118.1K −41.2% −48.0% $46.9M 656 $180 39

Tue Aug 4 — $128.1K +8.4% −52.2% $47.0M 656 $195 40

Wed Aug 5 — $119.1K −7.0% −54.6% $47.1M 656 $182 41

Thu Aug 6 — $121.3K +1.8% −51.8% $47.2M 656 $185 42

Fri Aug 7 — $89.2K −26.5% −58.8% $47.3M 365 $244 43

Sat Aug 8 — $105.0K +17.7% −56.4% $47.4M 365 $288 44

Sun Aug 9 — $81.2K −22.6% −59.6% $47.5M 365 $223 45

Mon Aug 10 — $50.9K −37.4% −57.0% $47.6M 365 $139 46

Tue Aug 11 — $56.4K +11.0% −55.9% $47.6M 365 $155 47

Wed Aug 12 — $50.0K −11.4% −58.0% $47.7M 365 $137 48

Thu Aug 13 — $50.5K +1.0% −58.3% $47.7M 365 $138 49

Fri Aug 14 — $41.0K −18.8% −54.0% $47.8M 202 $203 50

Sat Aug 15 — $50.5K +23.0% −51.9% $47.8M 202 $250 51

Sun Aug 16 — $42.4K −16.0% −47.8% $47.9M 202 $210 52

Mon Aug 17 — $25.9K −39.0% −49.1% $47.9M 202 $128 53

Tue Aug 18 — $27.7K +7.3% −50.9% $47.9M 202 $137 54

Wed Aug 19 — $23.6K −15.0% −52.9% $47.9M 202 $117 55

Thu Aug 20 — $24.3K +3.0% −51.9% $48.0M 202 $120 56

Fri Aug 21 — $37.1K +52.6% −9.6% $48.0M 175 $212 57

Sat Aug 22 — $46.6K +25.6% −7.7% $48.0M 175 $266 58

Sun Aug 23 — $35.5K −23.7% −16.2% $48.1M 175 $203 59

Mon Aug 24 — $18.0K −49.4% −30.4% $48.1M 175 $103 60

Tue Aug 25 — $21.6K +20.0% −22.2% $48.1M 175 $123 61

Wed Aug 26 — $18.3K −15.0% −22.2% $48.1M 175 $105 62

Thu Aug 27 — $17.8K −2.9% −26.6% $48.1M 175 $102 63

Fri Aug 28 — $73.6K +312.9% +98.5% $48.2M 326 $226 64

Sat Aug 29 — $109.7K +49.0% +135.5% $48.3M 326 $336 65

Sun Aug 30 — $74.9K −31.7% +110.8% $48.4M 326 $230 66

Mon Aug 31 — $27.4K −63.4% +52.5% $48.4M 326 $84 67

Tue Sep 1 — $31.9K +16.3% +47.8% $48.5M 326 $98 68

Wed Sep 2 — $28.1K −12.0% +53.0% $48.5M 326 $86 69

Thu Sep 3 — $29.4K +4.8% +65.1% $48.5M 326 $90 70

Fri Sep 4 — $50.1K +70.2% −32.0% $48.6M 262 $191 71

Sat Sep 5 — $71.3K +42.4% −35.0% $48.6M 262 $272 72

Sun Sep 6 — $69.1K −3.1% −7.8% $48.7M 262 $264 73

Mon Sep 7 #32 $53.1K −23.1% +93.6% $48.8M 262 $203 74

Tue Sep 8 — $17.0K −68.0% −46.7% $48.8M 262 $65 75

Wed Sep 9 — $14.8K −12.8% −47.2% $48.8M 262 $57 76

Thu Sep 10 — $15.0K +1.0% −49.1% $48.8M 262 $57 77

Fri Sep 11 — $39.1K +160.8% −22.0% $48.9M 239 $163 78

Sat Sep 12 — $58.7K +50.2% −17.7% $48.9M 239 $245 79

Sun Sep 13 — $36.8K −37.4% −46.8% $48.9M 239 $154 80

Mon Sep 14 — $11.7K −68.1% −77.9% $49.0M 239 $49 81

Tue Sep 15 — $14.0K +19.6% −17.5% $49.0M 239 $59 82

Wed Sep 16 — $13.1K −6.6% −11.6% $49.0M 239 $55 83

Thu Sep 17 — $13.4K +2.0% −10.7% $49.0M 239 $56 84

Fri Sep 18 — $20.1K +50.2% −48.6% $49.0M 131 $153 85

Sat Sep 19 — $29.8K +48.2% −49.3% $49.1M 131 $227 86

Sun Sep 20 — $17.5K −41.1% −52.3% $49.1M 131 $134 87

Mon Sep 21 — $5.2K −70.1% −55.3% $49.1M 131 $40 88

Tue Sep 22 — $7.7K +46.9% −45.2% $49.1M 131 $59 89

Wed Sep 23 — $8.2K +6.4% −37.5% $49.1M 131 $63 90

Thu Sep 24 — $6.2K −24.2% −53.6% $49.1M 131 $47 91

Fri Sep 25 — $12.2K +97.1% −39.1% $49.1M 88 $139 92

Sat Sep 26 — $17.1K +39.4% −42.7% $49.1M 88 $194 93

Sun Sep 27 — $12.1K −29.1% −31.1% $49.1M 88 $137 94

Mon Sep 28 — $4.7K −61.0% −10.0% $49.1M 88 $54 95

Tue Sep 29 — $5.3K +12.1% −31.3% $49.1M 88 $60 96

Wed Sep 30 — $4.4K −17.1% −46.5% $49.2M 88 $50 97

Thu Oct 1 — $5.2K +18.9% −16.0% $49.2M 88 $59 98

Fri Oct 2 — $8.0K +52.8% −34.9% $49.2M 54 $147 99

Sat Oct 3 — $13.4K +68.6% −21.3% $49.2M 54 $248 100

Sun Oct 4 — $7.0K −47.7% −42.0% $49.2M 54 $130 101

Mon Oct 5 — $3.0K −57.0% −36.0% $49.2M 54 $56 102

Tue Oct 6 — $3.9K +29.0% −26.4% $49.2M 54 $72 103

Wed Oct 7 — $3.7K −5.4% −16.0% $49.2M 54 $68 104

Thu Oct 8 — $3.6K −1.0% −30.1% $49.2M 54 $67 105

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

Cumulative total$48.5M

Jun 26Jul 13Jul 31Aug 17Sep 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $258.2K

$12.4M

$5.8M

$4.3M

$2.8M

$1.3M

$658.0K

$275.4K

$133.9K

$119.2K

$258.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,606 → 326 −87.5%

2,606 open326 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +116.6%

−53.5%

W1→2

−25.8%

W2→3

−34.1%

W3→4

−52.6%

W4→5

−50.9%

W5→6

−58.1%

W6→7

−51.4%

W7→8

−11.0%

W8→9

+116.6%

W9→10

Steepest −58.1%Biggest gain +116.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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