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2008 • R • 1h 51m • Action, Comedy, Crime • Sony Pictures Releasing

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64

3.33

6.9

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$23.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$87.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$102.00M

$15.10M international

Domestic legs3.76x

Budget$27.0M

2008 rank#35

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Cast & crew

Full Green filmography

David Gordon Green

David Gordon Green Director

Seth Rogen

Seth Rogen Starring

James Franco

James Franco Starring

Gary Cole

Gary Cole Starring

Danny McBride

Danny McBride Starring

Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Starring

ScreenplayEvan Goldberg, Seth Rogen Produced byJudd Apatow, Shauna Robertson CinematographyTim Orr MusicGraeme Revell StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 8-10 2 $23.2M — 3,072 $7,566 $41.3M

2 Aug 15-17 5 $9.8M −57.8% 3,072 $3,192 $62.7M

3 Aug 22-24 6 $5.5M −44.4% 2,620 $2,080 $73.8M

4 Aug 29-31 9 $3.5M −35.2% 2,047 $1,727 $79.9M

5 Sep 5-7 10 $2.3M −36.2% 1,802 $1,251 $84.0M

6 Sep 12-14 17 $1.1M −51.2% 1,030 $1,069 $86.0M

7 Sep 19-21 21 $500.7K −54.5% 550 $910 $87.0M

8 Sep 26-28 34 $174.6K −65.1% 236 $739 $87.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Aug 6 #1 $12.1M — $12.1M 3,072 $3,934 1

Thu Aug 7 #1 $6.0M −50% $18.1M 3,072 $1,949 2

Fri Aug 8 #1 $7.9M +32% $26.0M 3,072 $2,575 3

Sat Aug 9 #2 $7.7M −3% $33.7M 3,072 $2,497 4

Sun Aug 10 #2 $7.7M n/c $41.3M 3,072 $2,493 5

Mon Aug 11 #1 $3.8M −50% $45.2M 3,072 $1,252 6

Tue Aug 12 #2 $3.3M −15% $48.4M 3,072 $1,068 7

Wed Aug 13 #3 $2.4M −27% −80% $50.8M 3,072 $775 8

Thu Aug 14 #3 $2.1M −12% −65% $52.9M 3,072 $683 9

Fri Aug 15 #5 $3.2M +52% −60% $56.1M 3,072 $1,040 10

Sat Aug 16 #5 $3.5M +10% −54% $59.7M 3,072 $1,147 11

Sun Aug 17 #4 $3.1M −12% −60% $62.7M 3,072 $1,004 12

Mon Aug 18 #3 $1.6M −49% −59% $64.3M 3,072 $507 13

Tue Aug 19 #3 $1.6M +1% −52% $65.9M 3,072 $514 14

Wed Aug 20 #3 $1.3M −20% −47% $67.2M 3,072 $413 15

Thu Aug 21 #3 $1.2M −8% −44% $68.3M 3,072 $382 16

Fri Aug 22 #5 $1.7M +42% −48% $70.0M 2,620 $639 17

Sat Aug 23 #6 $2.1M +24% −41% $72.1M 2,620 $794 18

Sun Aug 24 #5 $1.7M −19% −45% $73.8M 2,620 $647 19

Mon Aug 25 #5 $765.2K −55% −51% $74.5M 2,620 $292 20

Tue Aug 26 #5 $714.8K −7% −55% $75.3M 2,620 $272 21

Wed Aug 27 #7 $582.9K −18% −54% $75.8M 2,620 $222 22

Thu Aug 28 #7 $540.3K −7% −54% $76.4M 2,620 $206 23

Fri Aug 29 #9 $960.8K +78% −43% $77.3M 2,047 $469 24

Sat Aug 30 #9 $1.2M +29% −40% $78.6M 2,047 $607 25

Sun Aug 31 #9 $1.3M +7% −21% $79.9M 2,047 $650 26

Mon Sep 1 #10 $913.6K −31% +19% $80.8M 2,047 $446 27

Tue Sep 2 #8 $337.4K −63% −53% $81.2M 2,047 $164 28

Wed Sep 3 #8 $302.2K −10% −48% $81.5M 2,047 $147 29

Thu Sep 4 #8 $286.1K −5% −47% $81.8M 2,047 $139 30

Fri Sep 5 #10 $696.1K +143% −28% $82.5M 1,802 $386 31

Sat Sep 6 #11 $1.0M +45% −19% $83.5M 1,802 $560 32

Sun Sep 7 #10 $549.5K −46% −59% $84.0M 1,802 $304 33

Mon Sep 8 #9 $210.1K −62% −77% $84.2M 1,802 $116 34

Tue Sep 9 #9 $253.9K +21% −25% $84.5M 1,802 $140 35

Wed Sep 10 #9 $225.1K −11% −26% $84.7M 1,802 $124 36

Thu Sep 11 #9 $230.2K +2% −20% $84.9M 1,802 $127 37

Fri Sep 12 #14 $356.8K +55% −49% $85.3M 1,802 $198 38

Sat Sep 13 #17 $465.1K +30% −54% $85.8M 1,802 $258 39

Sun Sep 14 #18 $279.4K −40% −49% $86.0M 1,802 $155 40

Mon Sep 15 #13 $104.3K −63% −50% $86.1M 1,802 $57 41

Tue Sep 16 #13 $118.9K +14% −53% $86.3M 1,802 $65 42

Wed Sep 17 #13 $105.5K −11% −53% $86.4M 1,802 $58 43

Thu Sep 18 #13 $110.6K +5% −52% $86.5M 1,802 $61 44

Fri Sep 19 $159.8K +44% −55% $86.6M 550 $290 45

Sat Sep 20 $219.2K +37% −53% $86.9M 550 $398 46

Sun Sep 21 $121.7K −44% −56% $87.0M 550 $221 47

Mon Sep 22 $47.0K −61% −55% $87.0M 550 $85 48

Tue Sep 23 $51.5K +10% −57% $87.1M 550 $93 49

Wed Sep 24 $47.9K −7% −55% $87.1M 550 $87 50

Thu Sep 25 $46.0K −4% −58% $87.2M 550 $83 51

Fri Sep 26 $52.0K +13% −67% $87.2M 550 $94 52

Sat Sep 27 $80.5K +55% −63% $87.3M 550 $146 53

Sun Sep 28 $42.1K −48% −65% $87.3M 550 $76 54

Cumulative total$87.3M

Aug 6Aug 19Sep 2Sep 15Sep 28

Weekend grossWk 8 · $174.6K

$23.2M

$9.8M

$5.5M

$3.5M

$2.3M

$1.1M

$500.7K

$174.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 3,072 → 550 −82.1%

3,072 open550 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −65.1%

−57.8%

W1→2

−44.4%

W2→3

−35.2%

W3→4

−36.2%

W4→5

−51.2%

W5→6

−54.5%

W6→7

−65.1%

W7→8

Steepest −65.1%Best hold −35.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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