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2015 • PG-13 • 1h 45m • Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi • Sony Pictures

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🍅 17% 36%

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1.9

5.6

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$78.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$243.50M

$164.70M international

Domestic legs3.28x

Budget$90.0M

2015 rank#37

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Cast & crew

Full Columbus filmography

Chris Columbus

Chris Columbus Director

Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler Starring

Kevin James

Kevin James Starring

Michelle Monaghan

Michelle Monaghan Starring

Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage Starring

Josh Gad

Josh Gad Starring

ScreenplayTim Herlihy, Timothy Dowling Produced byAdam Sandler, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe CinematographyAmir Mokri MusicHenry Jackman StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 24-26 2 $24.0M — 3,723 $6,450 $24.0M

2 Jul 31-33 5 $10.5M −56.3% 3,723 $2,821 $45.7M

3 Aug 7-9 9 $5.4M −48.2% 2,864 $1,898 $57.7M

4 Aug 14-16 11 $3.4M −38.1% 2,176 $1,547 $64.5M

5 Aug 21-23 14 $2.1M −36.3% 1,349 $1,590 $68.6M

6 Aug 28-30 18 $1.5M −28.3% 1,005 $1,529 $71.0M

7 Sep 4-6 16 $1.9M +20.8% 1,420 $1,307 $73.3M

8 Sep 11-13 18 $1.1M −39.7% 1,040 $1,077 $75.3M

9 Sep 18-20 20 $708.2K −36.8% 760 $932 $76.3M

10 Sep 25-27 15 $773.1K +9.2% 503 $1,537 $77.2M

11 Oct 2-4 14 $471.1K −39.1% 331 $1,423 $77.8M

12 Oct 9-11 22 $289.6K −38.5% 238 $1,217 $78.2M

13 Oct 16-18 25 $168.8K −41.7% 182 $927 $78.5M

14 Oct 23-25 31 $102.4K −39.3% 139 $737 $78.6M

15 Oct 30-32 44 $53.8K −47.5% 115 $468 $78.7M

16 Nov 6-8 45 $46.1K −14.2% 81 $569 $78.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 23 #P $1.5M — $1.5M 0 $0 -1

Fri Jul 24 #1 $9.1M +507.4% $9.1M 3,723 $2,447 1

Sat Jul 25 #3 $8.4M −7.6% $17.5M 3,723 $2,261 2

Sun Jul 26 #3 $6.5M −23.0% $24.0M 3,723 $1,741 3

Mon Jul 27 #3 $2.9M −55.9% $26.9M 3,723 $769 4

Tue Jul 28 #3 $3.7M +29.5% $30.6M 3,723 $996 5

Wed Jul 29 #4 $2.4M −35.6% $33.0M 3,723 $641 6

Thu Jul 30 #4 $2.2M −5.9% $35.2M 3,723 $603 7

Fri Jul 31 #5 $3.2M +41.0% −65.2% $38.4M 3,723 $851 8

Sat Aug 1 #5 $4.2M +31.6% −50.5% $42.5M 3,723 $1,119 9

Sun Aug 2 #5 $3.2M −23.9% −51.1% $45.7M 3,723 $851 10

Mon Aug 3 #5 $1.6M −48.2% −42.6% $47.4M 3,723 $441 11

Tue Aug 4 #5 $2.1M +28.0% −43.3% $49.5M 3,723 $565 12

Wed Aug 5 #6 $1.5M −30.4% −38.7% $50.9M 3,723 $393 13

Thu Aug 6 #5 $1.3M −11.7% −42.5% $52.2M 3,723 $347 14

Fri Aug 7 #9 $1.6M +25.9% −48.6% $53.8M 2,864 $568 15

Sat Aug 8 #9 $2.2M +35.7% −47.0% $56.0M 2,864 $771 16

Sun Aug 9 #9 $1.6M −27.4% −49.4% $57.7M 2,864 $559 17

Mon Aug 10 #7 $794.8K −50.4% −51.6% $58.4M 2,864 $278 18

Tue Aug 11 #7 $1.3M +58.9% −39.9% $59.7M 2,864 $441 19

Wed Aug 12 #8 $760.8K −39.8% −48.0% $60.5M 2,864 $266 20

Thu Aug 13 #8 $648.3K −14.8% −49.8% $61.1M 2,864 $226 21

Fri Aug 14 #11 $966.9K +49.1% −40.6% $62.1M 2,176 $444 22

Sat Aug 15 #11 $1.4M +45.6% −36.2% $63.5M 2,176 $647 23

Sun Aug 16 #11 $992.2K −29.5% −38.1% $64.5M 2,176 $456 24

Mon Aug 17 #11 $445.9K −55.1% −43.9% $64.9M 2,176 $205 25

Tue Aug 18 #10 $639.0K +43.3% −49.4% $65.6M 2,176 $294 26

Wed Aug 19 #11 $436.3K −31.7% −42.7% $66.0M 2,176 $200 27

Thu Aug 20 #12 $405.9K −7.0% −37.4% $66.4M 2,176 $187 28

Fri Aug 21 #14 $606.2K +49.3% −37.3% $67.0M 1,349 $449 29

Sat Aug 22 #14 $928.9K +53.2% −34.0% $67.9M 1,349 $689 30

Sun Aug 23 #14 $609.3K −34.4% −38.6% $68.6M 1,349 $452 31

Mon Aug 24 #14 $205.2K −66.3% −54.0% $68.8M 1,349 $152 32

Tue Aug 25 #14 $286.1K +39.5% −55.2% $69.0M 1,349 $212 33

Wed Aug 26 #15 $203.8K −28.8% −53.3% $69.3M 1,326 $154 34

Thu Aug 27 #15 $183.4K −10.0% −54.8% $69.4M 1,326 $138 35

Fri Aug 28 #- $358.3K +95.4% −40.9% $69.8M 1,005 $357 36

Sat Aug 29 #- $716.0K +99.8% −22.9% $70.5M 1,005 $712 37

Sun Aug 30 #15 $462.6K −35.4% −24.1% $71.0M 1,005 $460 38

Mon Aug 31 #- $119.6K −74.1% −41.7% $71.1M 1,005 $119 39

Tue Sep 1 #- $143.2K +19.7% −50.0% $71.2M 1,005 $142 40

Wed Sep 2 #- $109.8K −23.3% −46.1% $71.3M 1,005 $109 41

Thu Sep 3 #- $104.8K −4.6% −42.8% $71.4M 1,005 $104 42

Fri Sep 4 #- $370.7K +253.7% +3.5% $71.8M 1,420 $261 43

Sat Sep 5 #15 $740.6K +99.8% +3.4% $72.6M 1,420 $522 44

Sun Sep 6 #15 $745.0K +0.6% +61.1% $73.3M 1,420 $525 45

Mon Sep 7 #14 $684.6K −8.1% +472.2% $74.0M 1,420 $482 46

Tue Sep 8 #- $95.8K −86.0% −33.1% $74.1M 1,420 $67 47

Wed Sep 9 #- $66.4K −30.7% −39.6% $74.2M 1,420 $47 48

Thu Sep 10 #- $57.9K −12.8% −44.8% $74.2M 1,420 $41 49

Fri Sep 11 #- $222.5K +284.6% −40.0% $74.4M 1,040 $214 50

Sat Sep 12 #- $559.6K +151.5% −24.4% $75.0M 1,040 $538 51

Sun Sep 13 #14 $337.9K −39.6% −54.6% $75.3M 1,040 $325 52

Mon Sep 14 #- $78.4K −76.8% −88.6% $75.4M 1,040 $75 53

Tue Sep 15 #- $73.4K −6.3% −23.3% $75.5M 1,040 $71 54

Wed Sep 16 #- $51.0K −30.5% −23.2% $75.5M 1,040 $49 55

Thu Sep 17 #- $42.0K −17.6% −27.3% $75.6M 1,040 $40 56

Fri Sep 18 #- $152.4K +262.4% −31.5% $75.7M 760 $200 57

Sat Sep 19 #- $348.6K +128.8% −37.7% $76.1M 760 $459 58

Sun Sep 20 #- $207.3K −40.5% −38.6% $76.3M 760 $273 59

Mon Sep 21 #- $36.9K −82.2% −52.9% $76.3M 760 $49 60

Tue Sep 22 #- $49.8K +34.9% −32.2% $76.4M 760 $65 61

Wed Sep 23 #- $52.1K +4.8% +2.2% $76.4M 760 $69 62

Thu Sep 24 #- $34.8K −33.3% −17.3% $76.5M 760 $46 63

Fri Sep 25 #13 $269.8K +676.3% +77.1% $76.7M 503 $536 64

Sat Sep 26 #14 $398.4K +47.6% +14.3% $77.1M 503 $792 65

Sun Sep 27 #- $115.5K −71.0% −44.3% $77.2M 503 $230 66

Mon Sep 28 #- $23.6K −79.6% −36.0% $77.3M 503 $47 67

Tue Sep 29 #- $30.1K +27.5% −39.5% $77.3M 503 $60 68

Wed Sep 30 #- $22.6K −25.0% −56.7% $77.3M 503 $45 69

Thu Oct 1 #- $24.0K +6.4% −30.8% $77.3M 503 $48 70

Fri Oct 2 #14 $139.1K +478.7% −48.4% $77.5M 331 $420 71

Sat Oct 3 #13 $226.4K +62.7% −43.2% $77.7M 331 $684 72

Sun Oct 4 #13 $105.6K −53.4% −8.6% $77.8M 331 $319 73

Mon Oct 5 #- $22.0K −79.2% −7.0% $77.8M 331 $66 74

Tue Oct 6 #15 $27.8K +26.6% −7.7% $77.9M 331 $84 75

Wed Oct 7 #15 $23.5K −15.5% +4.0% $77.9M 331 $71 76

Thu Oct 8 #14 $27.8K +18.5% +15.8% $77.9M 331 $84 77

Fri Oct 9 #- $74.9K +169.2% −46.1% $78.0M 238 $315 78

Sat Oct 10 #- $137.0K +82.8% −39.5% $78.1M 238 $575 79

Sun Oct 11 #- $77.7K −43.3% −26.4% $78.2M 238 $327 80

Fri Oct 30 #- $14.0K — $78.6M 115 $122 99

Sat Oct 31 #- $16.3K +15.8% $78.7M 115 $141 100

Sun Nov 1 #- $23.5K +44.3% $78.7M 115 $204 101

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

Cumulative total$77.3M

Jul 23Aug 10Aug 27Sep 14Oct 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $773.1K

$24.0M

$10.5M

$5.4M

$3.4M

$2.1M

$1.5M

$1.9M

$1.1M

$708.2K

$773.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,723 → 503 −86.5%

3,723 open503 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +9.2%

−56.3%

W1→2

−48.2%

W2→3

−38.1%

W3→4

−36.3%

W4→5

−28.3%

W5→6

+20.8%

W6→7

−39.7%

W7→8

−36.8%

W8→9

+9.2%

W9→10

Steepest −56.3%Biggest gain +20.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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