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Name: National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Director: Walt Becker
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2002
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Tim Matheson, Kal Penn, Teck Holmes

2002 • R • 1h 32m • Comedy • Artisan Entertainment

Don't Graduate. Celebrate.

🍅 18% 73%

2.79

6.4

CS C+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$21.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$39.20M

$17.90M international

Domestic legs2.9x

Budget$6M

2002 rank#103

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Cast & crew

Ryan Reynolds Starring

Tara Reid Starring

Tim Matheson Starring

Kal Penn Starring

ScreenplayBrent Goldberg, David T. Wagner Produced byPeter Abrams, Robert L. Levy, Andrew Panay, Jonathon Komack Martin CinematographyJames Bagdonas Music byDavid Lawrence StudioArtisan Entertainment

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 5-7 6 $7.3M — 2,022 $3,612 $7.3M

2 Apr 12-14 10 $4.1M −43.7% 2,104 $1,954 $13.7M

3 Apr 19-21 11 $2.2M −47.5% 1,806 $1,196 $17.2M

4 Apr 26-28 12 $1.5M −29.7% 1,352 $1,123 $19.6M

5 May 3-5 21 $469.3K −69.1% 575 $816 $20.7M

6 May 10-12 31 $160.7K −65.8% 253 $635 $21.0M

Weekend grossWk 6 · $160.7K

$7.3M

$4.1M

$2.2M

$1.5M

$469.3K

$160.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −65.8%

−43.7%

W1→2

−47.5%

W2→3

−29.7%

W3→4

−69.1%

W4→5

−65.8%

W5→6

Steepest −69.1%Best hold −29.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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