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2003 • R • 1h 28m • Comedy • DreamWorks Distribution

All the fun of college. None of the education.

🍅 60% 86%

54

3.17

7.0

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$75.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$86.70M

$11.10M international

Domestic legs4.33x

Budget$24.0M

2003 rank#40

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Cast & crew

Full Phillips filmography

Todd Phillips

Todd Phillips Director

Luke Wilson

Luke Wilson Starring

Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell Starring

Vince Vaughn

Vince Vaughn Starring

Jeremy Piven

Jeremy Piven Starring

Juliette Lewis

Juliette Lewis Starring

ScreenplayTodd Phillips, Scot Armstrong Produced byDaniel Goldberg, Joe Medjuck, Todd Phillips CinematographyMark Irwin MusicTheodore Shapiro StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 21-23 2 $17.5M — 2,689 $6,490 $17.5M

2 Feb 28-Mar 2 2 $14.0M −19.6% 2,742 $5,120 $37.4M

3 Mar 7-9 3 $9.2M −34.5% 2,707 $3,394 $50.8M

4 Mar 14-16 6 $6.7M −27.4% 2,452 $2,720 $60.8M

5 Mar 21-23 9 $3.9M −41.5% 2,033 $1,920 $67.0M

6 Mar 28-30 12 $2.4M −38.2% 1,407 $1,715 $70.8M

7 Apr 4-6 14 $1.4M −43.8% 925 $1,465 $73.0M

8 Apr 11-13 18 $493.6K −63.6% 586 $842 $73.9M

9 Apr 18-20 27 $279.3K −43.4% 301 $928 $74.4M

10 Apr 25-27 37 $126.2K −54.8% 211 $597 $74.6M

11 May 16-18 27 $138.5K +9.8% 173 $800 $75.0M

12 May 23-26 36 $125.0K −9.7% 108 $1,157 $75.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 21 #1 $6.2M — $6.2M 2,689 $2,299 1

Sat Feb 22 #2 $6.8M +10% $13.0M 2,689 $2,540 2

Sun Feb 23 #2 $4.5M −35% $17.5M 2,689 $1,657 3

Mon Feb 24 #1 $1.5M −67% $18.9M 2,689 $551 4

Tue Feb 25 #1 $1.5M +4% $20.5M 2,689 $572 5

Wed Feb 26 #1 $1.5M −5% $21.9M 2,689 $541 6

Thu Feb 27 #1 $1.4M −4% $23.3M 2,689 $522 7

Fri Feb 28 #2 $4.5M +221% −27% $27.9M 2,742 $1,648 8

Sat Mar 1 #2 $5.8M +28% −15% $33.6M 2,742 $2,116 9

Sun Mar 2 #2 $3.8M −35% −15% $37.4M 2,742 $1,383 10

Mon Mar 3 #2 $1.1M −71% −27% $38.5M 2,689 $405 11

Tue Mar 4 #2 $1.0M −4% −32% $39.5M 2,689 $387 12

Wed Mar 5 #1 $1.0M −3% −31% $40.5M 2,742 $368 13

Thu Mar 6 #1 $1.1M +5% −25% $41.6M 2,742 $385 14

Fri Mar 7 #3 $2.9M +174% −36% $44.5M 2,707 $1,070 15

Sat Mar 8 #3 $3.8M +32% −34% $48.3M 2,707 $1,417 16

Sun Mar 9 #3 $2.5M −36% −35% $50.8M 2,707 $906 17

Mon Mar 10 #3 $836.0K −66% −23% $51.6M 2,707 $308 18

Tue Mar 11 #4 $897.0K +7% −14% $52.5M 2,707 $331 19

Wed Mar 12 #4 $800.0K −11% −21% $53.3M 2,707 $295 20

Thu Mar 13 #4 $803.0K n/c −24% $54.1M 2,707 $296 21

Fri Mar 14 #5 $2.1M +163% −27% $56.2M 2,452 $861 22

Sat Mar 15 #6 $2.8M +35% −26% $59.1M 2,452 $1,160 23

Sun Mar 16 #6 $1.7M −40% −30% $60.8M 2,452 $698 24

Mon Mar 17 #6 $513.0K −70% −39% $61.3M 2,452 $209 25

Tue Mar 18 #6 $654.0K +27% −27% $61.9M 2,452 $266 26

Wed Mar 19 #6 $552.0K −16% −31% $62.5M 2,452 $225 27

Thu Mar 20 #6 $561.0K +2% −30% $63.1M 2,452 $228 28

Fri Mar 21 #9 $1.2M +122% −41% $64.3M 2,033 $613 29

Sat Mar 22 #9 $1.7M +39% −39% $66.0M 2,033 $851 30

Sun Mar 23 #10 $925.6K −47% −46% $67.0M 2,033 $455 31

Mon Mar 24 #9 $355.0K −62% −31% $67.3M 2,033 $174 32

Tue Mar 25 #9 $388.0K +9% −41% $67.7M 2,033 $190 33

Wed Mar 26 #9 $348.0K −10% −37% $68.1M 2,033 $171 34

Thu Mar 27 #9 $352.0K +1% −37% $68.4M 2,033 $173 35

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

Cumulative total$68.4M

Feb 21Mar 2Mar 10Mar 19Mar 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $126.2K

$17.5M

$14.0M

$9.2M

$6.7M

$3.9M

$2.4M

$1.4M

$493.6K

$279.3K

$126.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,742 → 2,033 −25.9%

2,689 open2,033 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −54.8%

−19.6%

W1→2

−34.5%

W2→3

−27.4%

W3→4

−41.5%

W4→5

−38.2%

W5→6

−43.8%

W6→7

−63.6%

W7→8

−43.4%

W8→9

−54.8%

W9→10

Steepest −63.6%Best hold −19.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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