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2006 • PG • 1h 32m • Comedy, Family, Sport • Paramount Pictures

He's nacho average hero.

🍅 39% 55%

52

3.43

5.9

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$28.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$80.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$99.30M

$19.10M international

Domestic legs2.83x

Budget$35.0M

2006 rank#29

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Cast & crew

Full Hess filmography

Jared Hess

Jared Hess Director

Jack Black

Jack Black Starring

Ana de la Reguera

Ana de la Reguera Starring

ScreenplayJared Hess, Jerusha Hess, Mike White Produced byMike White, Jack Black, Julia Pistor, David Klawans CinematographyXavier Pérez Grobet MusicDanny Elfman StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 16-18 2 $28.3M — 3,070 $9,221 $28.3M

2 Jun 23-25 3 $12.7M −55.1% 3,083 $4,119 $53.2M

3 Jun 30-Jul 2 5 $6.6M −48.0% 3,082 $2,141 $65.4M

4 Jul 7-9 6 $3.3M −49.4% 2,262 $1,476 $73.8M

5 Jul 14-16 9 $1.6M −51.6% 1,501 $1,076 $77.2M

6 Jul 21-23 15 $502.1K −68.9% 505 $994 $78.7M

7 Jul 28-30 32 $139.2K −72.3% 157 $886 $79.1M

8 Aug 18-20 27 $269.3K +93.5% 301 $894 $79.7M

9 Aug 25-27 38 $161.6K −40.0% 239 $676 $80.0M

10 Sep 1-3 45 $120.1K −25.7% 179 $670 $80.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 16 #1 $10.8M — $10.8M 3,070 $3,517 1

Sat Jun 17 #2 $9.3M −14% $20.1M 3,070 $3,028 2

Sun Jun 18 #2 $8.2M −12% $28.3M 3,070 $2,674 3

Mon Jun 19 #2 $3.6M −56% $31.9M 3,070 $1,175 4

Tue Jun 20 #2 $3.0M −16% $35.0M 3,070 $988 5

Wed Jun 21 #2 $2.8M −6% $37.8M 3,070 $925 6

Thu Jun 22 #2 $2.7M −4% $40.5M 3,070 $887 7

Fri Jun 23 #3 $3.9M +44% −64% $44.5M 3,083 $1,275 8

Sat Jun 24 #3 $4.6M +18% −50% $49.1M 3,083 $1,506 9

Sun Jun 25 #3 $4.1M −11% −50% $53.2M 3,083 $1,336 10

Mon Jun 26 #3 $1.7M −59% −53% $54.9M 3,083 $552 11

Tue Jun 27 #3 $1.5M −14% −52% $56.4M 3,083 $475 12

Wed Jun 28 #4 $1.2M −18% −58% $57.6M 3,083 $391 13

Thu Jun 29 #4 $1.2M −2% −57% $58.8M 3,083 $381 14

Fri Jun 30 #5 $1.9M +60% −52% $60.7M 3,082 $612 15

Sat Jul 1 #5 $2.3M +20% −51% $62.9M 3,082 $735 16

Sun Jul 2 #5 $2.4M +8% −41% $65.4M 3,082 $794 17

Mon Jul 3 #5 $1.8M −26% +6% $67.2M 3,082 $585 18

Tue Jul 4 #5 $1.3M −27% −10% $68.5M 3,082 $426 19

Wed Jul 5 #5 $1.1M −20% −13% $69.5M 3,082 $341 20

Thu Jul 6 #5 $928.9K −12% −21% $70.5M 3,082 $301 21

Fri Jul 7 #6 $1.1M +21% −40% $71.6M 2,262 $497 22

Sat Jul 8 #6 $1.3M +11% −45% $72.8M 2,262 $552 23

Sun Jul 9 #6 $964.4K −23% −61% $73.8M 2,262 $426 24

Mon Jul 10 #6 $428.6K −56% −76% $74.2M 2,262 $189 25

Tue Jul 11 #6 $452.0K +5% −66% $74.7M 2,262 $199 26

Wed Jul 12 #6 $475.4K +5% −55% $75.2M 2,262 $210 27

Thu Jul 13 #6 $447.6K −6% −52% $75.6M 2,262 $197 28

Fri Jul 14 #9 $480.4K +7% −57% $76.1M 1,501 $320 29

Sat Jul 15 #9 $600.1K +25% −52% $76.7M 1,501 $399 30

Sun Jul 16 #8 $534.8K −11% −45% $77.2M 1,501 $356 31

Mon Jul 17 #9 $241.1K −55% −44% $77.5M 1,501 $160 32

Tue Jul 18 #9 $241.8K n/c −47% $77.7M 1,501 $161 33

Wed Jul 19 #9 $231.5K −4% −51% $77.9M 1,501 $154 34

Thu Jul 20 #9 $240.3K +4% −46% $78.2M 1,501 $160 35

Mon Jul 24 $66.0K — −73% $78.8M 505 $130 39

Tue Jul 25 $64.0K −3% −74% $78.8M 505 $126 40

Wed Jul 26 $57.0K −11% −75% $78.9M 505 $112 41

Thu Jul 27 $59.0K +4% −75% $78.9M 505 $116 42

Fri Aug 4 $42.0K — $79.2M 83 $506 50

Sat Aug 5 $52.0K +24% $79.3M 83 $626 51

Sun Aug 6 $30.0K −42% $79.3M 83 $361 52

Mon Aug 7 $18.0K −40% $79.3M 83 $216 53

Mon Sep 4 #42 $34.9K — $80.2M 179 $194 81

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

Cumulative total$79.3M

Jun 16Jun 27Jul 7Jul 18Aug 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $120.1K

$28.3M

$12.7M

$6.6M

$3.3M

$1.6M

$502.1K

$139.2K

$269.3K

$161.6K

$120.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,083 → 83 −97.3%

3,070 open83 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.7%

−55.1%

W1→2

−48.0%

W2→3

−49.4%

W3→4

−51.6%

W4→5

−68.9%

W5→6

−72.3%

W6→7

+93.5%

W7→8

−40.0%

W8→9

−25.7%

W9→10

Steepest −72.3%Biggest gain +93.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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