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2011 • R • 1h 44m • Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi • Universal Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$37.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$101.20M

$63.70M international

Domestic legs2.9x

Budget$40M

2011 rank#86

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Cast & crew

Full Mottola filmography

Greg Mottola

Greg Mottola Director

Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg Starring

Nick Frost

Nick Frost Starring

Seth Rogen

Seth Rogen Starring

Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman Starring

Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig Starring

ScreenplaySimon Pegg, Nick Frost Music byDavid Arnold StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 18-20 5 $13.0M — 2,802 $4,655 $13.0M

2 Mar 25-27 6 $7.9M −40.0% 2,806 $2,800 $25.0M

3 Apr 1-3 9 $4.2M −46.0% 2,550 $1,665 $31.8M

4 Apr 8-10 13 $1.7M −59.0% 1,667 $1,045 $35.1M

5 Apr 15-17 21 $485.1K −72.0% 536 $905 $36.1M

6 Apr 22-24 26 $242.5K −50.0% 245 $990 $36.6M

7 Apr 29-May 1 25 $299.0K +23.0% 224 $1,335 $36.9M

8 May 6-8 30 $202.0K −32.0% 204 $990 $37.2M

9 May 13-15 42 $105.0K −48.0% 181 $580 $37.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 18 #3 $4.5M — $4.5M 2,802 $1,595 1

Sat Mar 19 #5 $5.1M +14% $9.6M 2,801 $1,826 2

Sun Mar 20 #5 $3.5M −32% $13.0M 2,801 $1,235 3

Mon Mar 21 #5 $1.1M −69% $14.1M 2,801 $385 4

Tue Mar 22 #4 $1.1M +5% $15.3M 2,801 $405 5

Wed Mar 23 #5 $910.3K −20% $16.2M 2,801 $325 6

Thu Mar 24 #5 $937.5K +3% $17.1M 2,801 $335 7

Fri Mar 25 #6 $2.3M +142% −49% $19.4M 2,806 $810 8

Sat Mar 26 #6 $3.4M +49% −34% $22.8M 2,806 $1,210 9

Sun Mar 27 #6 $2.2M −36% −37% $25.0M 2,806 $780 10

Mon Mar 28 #6 $673.4K −69% −38% $25.6M 2,806 $240 11

Tue Mar 29 #6 $729.6K +8% −36% $26.4M 2,806 $260 12

Wed Mar 30 #6 $603.6K −17% −34% $27.0M 2,806 $215 13

Thu Mar 31 #6 $631.4K +5% −33% $27.6M 2,806 $225 14

Fri Apr 1 #8 $1.3M +104% −43% $28.9M 2,550 $505 15

Sat Apr 2 #9 $1.8M +42% −46% $30.7M 2,543 $717 16

Sun Apr 3 #9 $1.1M −38% −48% $31.8M 2,543 $446 17

Mon Apr 4 #8 $356.8K −69% −47% $32.2M 2,543 $140 18

Tue Apr 5 #8 $433.5K +21% −41% $32.6M 2,543 $170 19

Wed Apr 6 #9 $344.3K −21% −43% $33.0M 2,543 $135 20

Thu Apr 7 #9 $356.9K +4% −43% $33.3M 2,543 $140 21

Fri Apr 8 #13 $525.3K +47% −59% $33.9M 1,667 $315 22

Sat Apr 9 #13 $775.2K +48% −57% $34.6M 1,667 $465 23

Sun Apr 10 #13 $441.8K −43% −61% $35.1M 1,667 $265 24

Mon Apr 11 #12 $133.0K −70% −63% $35.2M 1,667 $80 25

Tue Apr 12 #12 $150.1K +13% −65% $35.4M 1,667 $90 26

Wed Apr 13 #13 $125.0K −17% −64% $35.5M 1,667 $75 27

Thu Apr 14 #12 $133.0K +6% −63% $35.6M 1,667 $80 28

Fri Apr 15 #- $139.4K +5% −73% $35.8M 536 $260 29

Sat Apr 16 #- $222.4K +60% −71% $36.0M 536 $415 30

Sun Apr 17 #- $123.3K −45% −72% $36.1M 536 $230 31

Mon Apr 18 #- $45.6K −63% −66% $36.2M 536 $85 32

Tue Apr 19 #- $50.9K +12% −66% $36.2M 536 $95 33

Wed Apr 20 #- $45.6K −11% −64% $36.2M 536 $85 34

Thu Apr 21 #- $64.3K +41% −52% $36.3M 536 $120 35

Fri Apr 22 #- $88.2K +37% −37% $36.4M 245 $360 36

Sat Apr 23 #- $93.1K +6% −58% $36.5M 245 $380 37

Sun Apr 24 #- $61.3K −34% −50% $36.6M 245 $250 38

Mon Apr 25 #- $31.9K −48% −30% $36.6M 245 $130 39

Tue Apr 26 #- $22.1K −31% −57% $36.6M 245 $90 40

Wed Apr 27 #- $19.5K −11% −57% $36.6M 245 $80 41

Thu Apr 28 #- $17.1K −12% −73% $36.6M 245 $70 42

Fri Apr 29 #- $109.8K +540% +24% $36.8M 224 $490 43

Sat Apr 30 #- $131.0K +19% +41% $36.9M 224 $585 44

Sun May 1 #- $58.2K −56% −5% $36.9M 224 $260 45

Mon May 2 #- $16.8K −71% −47% $37.0M 224 $75 46

Tue May 3 #- $20.2K +20% −9% $37.0M 224 $90 47

Wed May 4 #- $16.8K −17% −14% $37.0M 224 $75 48

Thu May 5 #- $15.7K −7% −9% $37.0M 224 $70 49

Fri May 6 #- $67.3K +329% −39% $37.1M 204 $330 50

Sat May 7 #- $90.8K +35% −31% $37.2M 204 $445 51

Sun May 8 #- $43.9K −52% −25% $37.2M 204 $215 52

Mon May 9 #- $12.2K −72% −27% $37.2M 204 $60 53

Tue May 10 #- $14.3K +17% −29% $37.2M 204 $70 54

Wed May 11 #- $12.2K −14% −27% $37.3M 204 $60 55

Thu May 12 #- $13.3K +8% −15% $37.3M 204 $65 56

Fri May 13 #- $30.8K +132% −54% $37.3M 181 $170 57

Sat May 14 #- $47.1K +53% −48% $37.3M 181 $260 58

Sun May 15 #- $27.1K −42% −38% $37.4M 181 $150 59

Mon May 16 #- $10.0K −63% −19% $37.4M 181 $55 60

Tue May 17 #- $11.8K +18% −18% $37.4M 181 $65 61

Wed May 18 #- $9.9K −16% −19% $37.4M 181 $55 62

Thu May 19 #- $9.9K — −25% $37.4M 181 $55 63

Cumulative total$37.4M

Mar 18Apr 3Apr 18May 4May 19

Weekend grossWk 9 · $105.0K

$13.0M

$7.9M

$4.2M

$1.7M

$485.1K

$242.5K

$299.0K

$202.0K

$105.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,806 → 181 −93.5%

2,802 open181 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −48.0%

−40.0%

W1→2

−46.0%

W2→3

−59.0%

W3→4

−72.0%

W4→5

−50.0%

W5→6

+23.0%

W6→7

−32.0%

W7→8

−48.0%

W8→9

Steepest −72.0%Biggest gain +23.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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