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2004 • PG-13 • 1h 59m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Her uptown life gets turned inside out!

🍅 25% 61%

38

3.24

6.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$37.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$49.80M

$12.40M international

Domestic legs3.4x

Budget$50M

2004 rank#78

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Cast & crew

Full Marshall filmography

Garry Marshall

Garry Marshall Director

Kate Hudson

Kate Hudson Starring

John Corbett

John Corbett Starring

Joan Cusack

Joan Cusack Starring

Hayden Panettiere

Hayden Panettiere Starring

Spencer Breslin

Spencer Breslin Starring

ScreenplayMichael Begler, Jack Amiel Produced byDavid Hoberman, Ashok Amritraj CinematographyCharles Minsky MusicJohn Debney StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 28-30 4 $11.0M — 2,717 $4,043 $11.0M

2 Jun 4-6 4 $6.6M −40.4% 2,721 $2,407 $24.1M

3 Jun 11-13 7 $3.7M −43.4% 2,103 $1,762 $31.3M

4 Jun 18-20 11 $1.3M −65.1% 1,261 $1,025 $34.6M

5 Jun 25-27 18 $359.7K −72.2% 409 $879 $35.8M

6 Jul 2-4 28 $140.9K −60.8% 219 $643 $36.2M

7 Jul 9-11 36 $106.7K −24.2% 149 $716 $36.4M

8 Jul 16-18 43 $64.3K −39.8% 107 $601 $36.6M

9 Jul 23-25 31 $166.3K +158.8% 241 $690 $36.8M

10 Jul 30-Aug 1 34 $131.4K −21.0% 213 $617 $37.1M

11 Aug 6-8 42 $86.3K −34.3% 156 $553 $37.3M

12 Aug 13-15 54 $53.8K −37.6% 116 $464 $37.4M

13 Aug 20-22 62 $33.1K −38.5% 65 $509 $37.5M

14 Aug 27-29 72 $9.8K −70.4% 20 $489 $37.5M

15 Sep 3-6 90 $1.9K −80.8% 8 $234 $37.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 28 #3 $3.7M — $3.7M 2,717 $1,362 1

Sat May 29 #4 $3.9M +5.3% $7.4M 2,717 $1,434 2

Sun May 30 #4 $3.5M −9.0% $11.0M 2,717 $1,305 3

Mon May 31 #4 $3.3M −8.2% $14.2M 2,717 $1,198 4

Tue Jun 1 #4 $1.1M −65.9% $15.3M 2,717 $408 5

Wed Jun 2 #3 $1.1M −1.7% $16.4M 2,717 $401 6

Thu Jun 3 #3 $1.1M −1.3% $17.5M 2,717 $396 7

Fri Jun 4 #4 $2.0M +85.9% −45.9% $19.5M 2,721 $735 8

Sat Jun 5 #4 $2.7M +33.2% −31.6% $22.3M 2,721 $979 9

Sun Jun 6 #5 $1.8M −32.9% −49.6% $24.1M 2,721 $657 10

Mon Jun 7 #4 $761.0K −57.4% −76.6% $24.8M 2,721 $280 11

Tue Jun 8 #4 $884.0K +16.2% −20.3% $25.7M 2,721 $325 12

Wed Jun 9 #4 $911.0K +3.1% −16.4% $26.6M 2,721 $335 13

Thu Jun 10 #4 $957.0K +5.0% −11.1% $27.6M 2,721 $352 14

Fri Jun 11 #7 $1.2M +25.4% −40.0% $28.8M 2,103 $571 15

Sat Jun 12 #7 $1.5M +27.5% −42.5% $30.4M 2,103 $728 16

Sun Jun 13 #8 $931.9K −39.1% −47.8% $31.3M 2,103 $443 17

Mon Jun 14 #7 $526.0K −43.6% −30.9% $31.8M 2,103 $250 18

Tue Jun 15 #7 $551.0K +4.8% −37.7% $32.4M 2,103 $262 19

Wed Jun 16 #8 $476.0K −13.6% −47.7% $32.8M 1,633 $291 20

Thu Jun 17 #8 $491.0K +3.2% −48.7% $33.3M 1,633 $301 21

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

Cumulative total$33.3M

May 28Jun 2Jun 7Jun 12Jun 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $131.4K

$11.0M

$6.6M

$3.7M

$1.3M

$359.7K

$140.9K

$106.7K

$64.3K

$166.3K

$131.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,721 → 1,633 −40.0%

2,717 open1,633 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −21.0%

−40.4%

W1→2

−43.4%

W2→3

−65.1%

W3→4

−72.2%

W4→5

−60.8%

W5→6

−24.2%

W6→7

−39.8%

W7→8

+158.8%

W8→9

−21.0%

W9→10

Steepest −72.2%Biggest gain +158.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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