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Parental GuidanceFollow

2012 • PG • 1h 45m • Comedy, Family • 20th Century Fox

Here come the grandparents. There go the rules.

🍅 18% 59%

36

2.87

6.0

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$6.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$77.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$121.00M

$43.50M international

Domestic legs12.2x

Budget$25.0M

2012 rank#39

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Cast & crew

Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal Starring

Bette Midler

Bette Midler Starring

Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei Starring

Tom Everett Scott

Tom Everett Scott Starring

Bailee Madison

Bailee Madison Starring

ScreenplayJoe Syracuse, Lisa Addario Produced byBilly Crystal, Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark CinematographyDean Semler MusicMarc Shaiman Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 21-25 12 $6.3M — 3,358 $1,881 $6.3M

2 Dec 28-30 4 $14.6M +130.4% 3,367 $4,322 $29.3M

3 Jan 4-6 5 $9.7M −33.3% 3,368 $2,881 $52.3M

4 Jan 11-13 8 $6.1M −37.3% 2,957 $2,059 $60.6M

5 Jan 18-20 12 $4.3M −30.2% 2,337 $1,819 $66.3M

6 Jan 25-27 15 $2.5M −41.1% 1,736 $1,441 $70.8M

7 Feb 1-3 17 $1.5M −40.5% 1,480 $1,005 $72.9M

8 Feb 8-10 17 $1.1M −28.0% 1,219 $879 $74.3M

9 Feb 15-17 21 $489.5K −54.3% 603 $811 $75.2M

10 Feb 22-24 26 $296.9K −39.3% 381 $779 $75.8M

11 Mar 1-3 30 $208.4K −29.8% 258 $807 $76.1M

12 Mar 8-10 30 $165.8K −20.5% 219 $757 $76.3M

13 Mar 15-17 32 $153.0K −7.7% 222 $689 $76.5M

14 Mar 22-24 35 $135.5K −11.4% 185 $732 $76.7M

15 Mar 29-31 38 $88.7K −34.6% 140 $633 $76.9M

16 Apr 5-7 40 $82.4K −7.1% 110 $749 $77.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue Dec 25 #4 $6.3M — $6.3M 3,359 $1,880 1

Wed Dec 26 #4 $4.3M −31% $10.6M 3,359 $1,288 2

Thu Dec 27 #4 $4.1M −4% $14.8M 3,359 $1,233 3

Fri Dec 28 #4 $5.1M +22% $19.9M 3,367 $1,503 4

Sat Dec 29 #4 $5.3M +5% $25.2M 3,367 $1,583 5

Sun Dec 30 #4 $4.2M −22% $29.3M 3,367 $1,235 6

Mon Dec 31 #4 $4.7M +12% $34.0M 3,367 $1,381 7

Tue Jan 1 #4 $4.7M n/c −26% $38.7M 3,367 $1,384 8

Wed Jan 2 #4 $2.1M −54% −51% $40.8M 3,367 $636 9

Thu Jan 3 #4 $1.8M −14% −56% $42.6M 3,367 $545 10

Fri Jan 4 #5 $3.1M +71% −38% $45.8M 3,368 $931 11

Sat Jan 5 #5 $4.3M +36% −20% $50.0M 3,368 $1,268 12

Sun Jan 6 #5 $2.3M −46% −45% $52.3M 3,368 $681 13

Mon Jan 7 #7 $583.1K −75% −87% $52.9M 3,368 $173 14

Tue Jan 8 #7 $666.3K +14% −86% $53.6M 3,368 $197 15

Wed Jan 9 #8 $481.2K −28% −78% $54.1M 3,368 $142 16

Thu Jan 10 #9 $480.1K n/c −74% $54.6M 3,368 $142 17

Fri Jan 11 #9 $1.7M +252% −46% $56.2M 2,957 $571 18

Sat Jan 12 #7 $2.9M +70% −33% $59.1M 2,957 $972 19

Sun Jan 13 #8 $1.5M −47% −34% $60.6M 2,957 $515 20

Mon Jan 14 #12 $300.3K −80% −48% $60.9M 2,957 $101 21

Tue Jan 15 #11 $419.7K +40% −37% $61.4M 2,957 $141 22

Wed Jan 16 #11 $321.0K −24% −33% $61.7M 2,957 $108 23

Thu Jan 17 #10 $345.0K +8% −28% $62.0M 2,957 $116 24

Fri Jan 18 #12 $1.1M +211% −36% $63.1M 2,337 $459 25

Sat Jan 19 #12 $1.9M +78% −34% $65.0M 2,337 $815 26

Sun Jan 20 #12 $1.3M −33% −16% $66.3M 2,337 $544 27

Mon Jan 21 #8 $1.4M +8% +360% $67.7M 2,337 $590 28

Tue Jan 22 #13 $278.9K −80% −34% $67.9M 2,337 $119 29

Wed Jan 23 #13 $197.3K −29% −39% $68.1M 2,337 $84 30

Thu Jan 24 #13 $208.7K +6% −40% $68.3M 2,337 $89 31

Fri Jan 25 #16 $538.1K +158% −50% $68.9M 1,736 $309 32

Sat Jan 26 #14 $1.3M +133% −34% $70.1M 1,736 $722 33

Sun Jan 27 #15 $709.6K −43% −44% $70.8M 1,736 $408 34

Mon Jan 28 $157.2K −78% −89% $71.0M 1,736 $90 35

Tue Jan 29 $153.9K −2% −45% $71.2M 1,736 $88 36

Wed Jan 30 $121.7K −21% −38% $71.3M 1,736 $70 37

Thu Jan 31 $133.5K +10% −36% $71.4M 1,736 $76 38

Fri Feb 1 #19 $401.4K +201% −25% $71.8M 1,480 $271 39

Sat Feb 2 #17 $793.9K +98% −37% $72.6M 1,480 $536 40

Sun Feb 3 #14 $293.4K −63% −59% $72.9M 1,480 $198 41

Mon Feb 4 #20 $84.8K −71% −46% $73.0M 1,480 $57 42

Tue Feb 5 #20 $104.5K +23% −32% $73.1M 1,480 $70 43

Wed Feb 6 #20 $89.9K −14% −26% $73.2M 1,480 $60 44

Thu Feb 7 #20 $92.7K +3% −31% $73.3M 1,480 $62 45

Fri Feb 8 $240.9K +160% −40% $73.5M 1,219 $197 46

Sat Feb 9 $519.0K +115% −35% $74.0M 1,219 $425 47

Sun Feb 10 $311.9K −40% +6% $74.3M 1,219 $255 48

Mon Feb 11 $92.1K −70% +9% $74.4M 1,219 $75 49

Tue Feb 12 $87.4K −5% −16% $74.5M 1,219 $71 50

Wed Feb 13 $61.6K −30% −32% $74.6M 1,219 $50 51

Thu Feb 14 $78.6K +28% −15% $74.7M 642 $122 52

Fri Feb 15 $118.6K +51% −51% $74.8M 603 $196 53

Sat Feb 16 $204.2K +72% −61% $75.0M 603 $338 54

Sun Feb 17 $166.6K −18% −47% $75.2M 603 $276 55

Mon Feb 18 $190.3K +14% +107% $75.3M 603 $315 56

Tue Feb 19 $48.6K −74% −44% $75.4M 603 $80 57

Wed Feb 20 $43.0K −11% −30% $75.4M 603 $71 58

Thu Feb 21 $40.4K −6% −49% $75.5M 603 $67 59

Fri Feb 22 $78.1K +93% −34% $75.6M 381 $204 60

Sat Feb 23 $147.2K +89% −28% $75.7M 381 $386 61

Sun Feb 24 $71.7K −51% −57% $75.8M 381 $188 62

Mon Feb 25 $16.6K −77% −91% $75.8M 381 $43 63

Tue Feb 26 $23.9K +44% −51% $75.8M 381 $62 64

Wed Feb 27 $18.9K −21% −56% $75.8M 381 $49 65

Thu Feb 28 $20.4K +8% −50% $75.9M 381 $53 66

Fri Mar 1 $53.4K +162% −32% $75.9M 258 $206 67

Sat Mar 2 $98.7K +85% −33% $76.0M 258 $382 68

Sun Mar 3 $56.4K −43% −21% $76.1M 258 $218 69

Mon Mar 4 $13.6K −76% −18% $76.1M 258 $52 70

Tue Mar 5 $15.2K +12% −36% $76.1M 258 $58 71

Wed Mar 6 $15.0K −1% −21% $76.1M 258 $58 72

Thu Mar 7 $14.8K −1% −27% $76.1M 258 $57 73

Fri Mar 8 $47.5K +221% −11% $76.2M 219 $216 74

Sat Mar 9 $78.3K +65% −21% $76.2M 219 $357 75

Sun Mar 10 $40.0K −49% −29% $76.3M 219 $182 76

Mon Mar 11 $22.4K −44% +65% $76.3M 219 $102 77

Tue Mar 12 $30.3K +35% +100% $76.3M 219 $138 78

Wed Mar 13 $25.5K −16% +70% $76.4M 219 $116 79

Thu Mar 14 $27.5K +8% +85% $76.4M 219 $125 80

Fri Mar 15 $52.1K +90% +10% $76.4M 222 $234 81

Sat Mar 16 $63.4K +22% −19% $76.5M 222 $285 82

Sun Mar 17 $37.5K −41% −6% $76.5M 222 $169 83

Mon Mar 18 $12.7K −66% −44% $76.6M 222 $57 84

Tue Mar 19 $15.5K +22% −49% $76.6M 222 $69 85

Wed Mar 20 $14.0K −10% −45% $76.6M 222 $63 86

Thu Mar 21 $14.5K +4% −47% $76.6M 222 $65 87

Fri Mar 22 $43.3K +198% −17% $76.6M 185 $233 88

Sat Mar 23 $62.2K +44% −2% $76.7M 185 $336 89

Sun Mar 24 $30.0K −52% −20% $76.7M 185 $162 90

Mon Mar 25 $14.2K −53% +12% $76.8M 185 $77 91

Tue Mar 26 $20.7K +45% +34% $76.8M 185 $112 92

Wed Mar 27 $17.6K −15% +25% $76.8M 185 $94 93

Thu Mar 28 $21.2K +21% +46% $76.8M 185 $114 94

Fri Mar 29 $37.5K +77% −13% $76.8M 140 $268 95

Sat Mar 30 $35.1K −6% −44% $76.9M 140 $250 96

Sun Mar 31 $16.0K −54% −47% $76.9M 140 $114 97

Mon Apr 1 $15.9K −1% +12% $76.9M 140 $113 98

Tue Apr 2 $16.4K +3% −21% $76.9M 140 $117 99

Wed Apr 3 $14.9K −9% −15% $76.9M 140 $106 100

Thu Apr 4 $17.4K +17% −18% $77.0M 140 $124 101

Fri Apr 5 $30.1K +73% −20% $77.0M 110 $273 102

Sat Apr 6 $37.4K +24% +6% $77.0M 110 $339 103

Sun Apr 7 $14.9K −60% −7% $77.0M 110 $135 104

Mon Apr 8 $4.5K −70% −72% $77.0M 110 $40 105

Tue Apr 9 $5.7K +27% −65% $77.1M 110 $51 106

Wed Apr 10 $5.0K −13% −66% $77.1M 110 $45 107

Thu Apr 11 $5.6K +12% −68% $77.1M 110 $50 108

Fri Apr 12 $14.6K +160% −52% $77.1M 90 $161 109

Sat Apr 13 $26.5K +82% −29% $77.1M 90 $294 110

Sun Apr 14 $11.7K −56% −22% $77.1M 90 $129 111

Mon Apr 15 $2.3K −81% −49% $77.1M 90 $25 112

Tue Apr 16 $3.0K +31% −48% $77.1M 90 $32 113

Wed Apr 17 $2.4K −20% −53% $77.1M 90 $26 114

Thu Apr 18 $2.7K +16% −51% $77.1M 90 $30 115

Fri Apr 19 $15.0K +448% +3% $77.1M 90 $166 116

Sat Apr 20 $27.6K +83% +4% $77.2M 90 $306 117

Sun Apr 21 $13.0K −53% +11% $77.2M 90 $144 118

Mon Apr 22 $2.7K −79% +20% $77.2M 90 $30 119

Tue Apr 23 $3.7K +37% +25% $77.2M 90 $41 120

Wed Apr 24 $3.2K −15% +35% $77.2M 90 $35 121

Thu Apr 25 $3.2K +1% +17% $77.2M 90 $35 122

Fri Apr 26 $6.1K +90% −60% $77.2M 61 $99 123

Sat Apr 27 $11.7K +93% −57% $77.2M 61 $192 124

Sun Apr 28 $6.4K −46% −51% $77.2M 61 $104 125

Mon Apr 29 $1.3K −79% −51% $77.2M 61 $21 126

Tue Apr 30 $1.5K +11% −61% $77.2M 61 $24 127

Wed May 1 $1.4K −5% −56% $77.2M 61 $22 128

Thu May 2 $1.3K −5% −58% $77.2M 61 $21 129

Fri May 3 $3.1K +131% −49% $77.2M 42 $73 130

Sat May 4 $7.1K +130% −39% $77.2M 42 $169 131

Sun May 5 $3.1K −56% −51% $77.2M 42 $74 132

Mon May 6 $695 −78% −47% $77.2M 42 $16 133

Tue May 7 $906 +30% −38% $77.2M 42 $21 134

Wed May 8 $703 −22% −50% $77.2M 42 $16 135

Thu May 9 $691 −2% −48% $77.2M 42 $16 136

Fri May 10 $2.0K +183% −37% $77.2M 29 $67 137

Sat May 11 $4.2K +115% −41% $77.2M 29 $145 138

Sun May 12 $3.3K −23% +5% $77.3M 29 $112 139

Mon May 13 $548 −83% −21% $77.3M 29 $18 140

Tue May 14 $973 +78% +7% $77.3M 29 $33 141

Wed May 15 $798 −18% +14% $77.3M 29 $27 142

Thu May 16 $435 −45% −37% $77.3M 29 $15 143

Fri May 17 $2.0K +351% n/c $77.3M 22 $89 144

Sat May 18 $4.4K +123% +4% $77.3M 22 $199 145

Sun May 19 $2.7K −37% −15% $77.3M 22 $124 146

Mon May 20 $428 −84% −22% $77.3M 22 $19 147

Tue May 21 $577 +35% −41% $77.3M 22 $26 148

Wed May 22 $540 −6% −32% $77.3M 22 $24 149

Thu May 23 $825 +53% +90% $77.3M 22 $37 150

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

Cumulative total$76.1M

Dec 25Jan 11Jan 29Feb 15Mar 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $296.9K

$6.3M

$14.6M

$9.7M

$6.1M

$4.3M

$2.5M

$1.5M

$1.1M

$489.5K

$296.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,368 → 258 −92.3%

3,359 open258 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.3%

+130.4%

W1→2

−33.3%

W2→3

−37.3%

W3→4

−30.2%

W4→5

−41.1%

W5→6

−40.5%

W6→7

−28.0%

W7→8

−54.3%

W8→9

−39.3%

W9→10

Steepest −54.3%Biggest gain +130.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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