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Our Idiot BrotherFollow

2011 • R • 1h 35m • Comedy, Drama • The Weinstein Company

Everybody has one

🍅 70% 51%

60

3.06

6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$24.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$25.90M

$1.00M international

Domestic legs3.5x

Budget$5M

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Cast & crew

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd Starring

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks Starring

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel Starring

Emily Mortimer

Emily Mortimer Starring

Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan Starring

Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones Starring

ScreenplayEvgenia Peretz, David Schisgall Produced byAnthony Bregman, Marc Turtletaub, Peter Saraf CinematographyYaron Orbach Prod. DesignInbal Weinberg StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 26-28 5 $7.0M — 2,555 $2,744 $7.0M

2 Sep 2-4 7 $5.5M −22.3% 2,555 $2,133 $15.7M

3 Sep 9-11 9 $2.7M −51.4% 2,396 $1,106 $21.3M

4 Sep 16-18 14 $1.3M −51.1% 1,747 $741 $23.7M

5 Sep 23-25 28 $253.0K −80.5% 411 $616 $24.4M

6 Sep 30-Oct 2 43 $64.3K −74.6% 136 $472 $24.6M

7 Oct 7-9 59 $28.2K −56.1% 67 $421 $24.7M

8 Oct 14-16 71 $17.6K −37.4% 41 $430 $24.7M

9 Oct 21-23 54 $33.6K +90.7% 79 $426 $24.7M

10 Oct 28-30 72 $12.9K −61.7% 51 $253 $24.8M

11 Nov 4-6 61 $19.9K +54.4% 35 $568 $24.8M

12 Nov 11-13 72 $7.3K −63.4% 12 $606 $24.8M

13 Nov 18-20 87 $2.2K −69.6% 6 $368 $24.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 26 #5 $2.4M — $2.4M 2,555 $936 1

Sat Aug 27 #6 $2.6M +8.5% $5.0M 2,555 $1,015 2

Sun Aug 28 #4 $2.0M −21.8% $7.0M 2,555 $794 3

Mon Aug 29 #4 $868.7K −57.2% $7.9M 2,555 $340 4

Tue Aug 30 #4 $995.6K +14.6% $8.9M 2,555 $390 5

Wed Aug 31 #5 $719.1K −27.8% $9.6M 2,555 $281 6

Thu Sep 1 #5 $640.4K −10.9% $10.2M 2,555 $251 7

Fri Sep 2 #8 $1.4M +124.3% −39.9% $11.7M 2,555 $562 8

Sat Sep 3 #8 $1.9M +33.2% −26.2% $13.6M 2,555 $749 9

Sun Sep 4 #7 $2.1M +9.8% +3.6% $15.7M 2,555 $822 10

Mon Sep 5 #9 $1.6M −24.4% +82.7% $17.3M 2,555 $621 11

Tue Sep 6 #6 $564.9K −64.4% −43.3% $17.8M 2,555 $221 12

Wed Sep 7 #4 $447.6K −20.8% −37.7% $18.3M 2,555 $175 13

Thu Sep 8 #5 $372.8K −16.7% −41.8% $18.7M 2,555 $146 14

Fri Sep 9 #9 $835.1K +124.0% −41.9% $19.5M 2,396 $349 15

Sat Sep 10 #10 $1.2M +43.7% −37.3% $20.7M 2,396 $501 16

Sun Sep 11 #10 $615.5K −48.7% −70.7% $21.3M 2,396 $257 17

Mon Sep 12 #7 $231.5K −62.4% −85.4% $21.5M 2,396 $97 18

Tue Sep 13 #7 $313.5K +35.4% −44.5% $21.9M 2,396 $131 19

Wed Sep 14 #7 $261.4K −16.6% −41.6% $22.1M 2,396 $109 20

Thu Sep 15 #7 $261.5K +0.1% −29.8% $22.4M 2,396 $109 21

Fri Sep 16 #14 $408.5K +56.2% −51.1% $22.8M 1,747 $234 22

Sat Sep 17 #15 $572.3K +40.1% −52.3% $23.4M 1,747 $328 23

Sun Sep 18 #15 $314.0K −45.1% −49.0% $23.7M 1,747 $180 24

Mon Sep 19 #12 $121.1K −61.4% −47.7% $23.8M 1,747 $69 25

Tue Sep 20 #12 $142.9K +18.0% −54.4% $23.9M 1,747 $82 26

Wed Sep 21 #12 $121.7K −14.8% −53.4% $24.1M 1,747 $70 27

Thu Sep 22 #12 $127.4K +4.6% −51.3% $24.2M 1,747 $73 28

Fri Sep 23 — $81.3K −36.2% −80.1% $24.3M 411 $198 29

Sat Sep 24 — $111.4K +37.0% −80.5% $24.4M 411 $271 30

Sun Sep 25 — $60.3K −45.8% −80.8% $24.4M 411 $147 31

Mon Sep 26 — $22.2K −63.2% −81.6% $24.5M 411 $54 32

Tue Sep 27 — $28.8K +29.6% −79.8% $24.5M 411 $70 33

Wed Sep 28 — $23.5K −18.3% −80.7% $24.5M 411 $57 34

Thu Sep 29 — $26.0K +10.5% −79.6% $24.5M 411 $63 35

Fri Sep 30 — $20.5K −21.1% −74.8% $24.6M 136 $151 36

Sat Oct 1 — $27.7K +35.0% −75.1% $24.6M 136 $204 37

Sun Oct 2 — $16.0K −42.1% −73.4% $24.6M 136 $118 38

Mon Oct 3 — $5.8K −63.9% −74.0% $24.6M 136 $43 39

Tue Oct 4 — $7.6K +31.4% −73.6% $24.6M 136 $56 40

Wed Oct 5 — $6.5K −14.5% −72.4% $24.6M 136 $48 41

Thu Oct 6 — $6.4K −1.1% −75.3% $24.6M 136 $47 42

Fri Oct 7 — $9.7K +50.1% −53.0% $24.6M 67 $144 43

Sat Oct 8 — $11.1K +14.9% −59.9% $24.7M 67 $166 44

Sun Oct 9 — $7.4K −33.0% −53.6% $24.7M 67 $111 45

Mon Oct 10 — $5.0K −32.5% −13.2% $24.7M 67 $75 46

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

Cumulative total$24.7M

Aug 26Sep 6Sep 18Sep 29Oct 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $12.9K

$7.0M

$5.5M

$2.7M

$1.3M

$253.0K

$64.3K

$28.2K

$17.6K

$33.6K

$12.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,555 → 67 −97.4%

2,555 open67 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −61.7%

−22.3%

W1→2

−51.4%

W2→3

−51.1%

W3→4

−80.5%

W4→5

−74.6%

W5→6

−56.1%

W6→7

−37.4%

W7→8

+90.7%

W8→9

−61.7%

W9→10

Steepest −80.5%Biggest gain +90.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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