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2012 • R • 1h 44m • Romantic Comedy • Fox Searchlight Pictures

She's out of his mind.

🍅 79% 75%

67

7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$141K

Limited · 13 theaters

Domestic total

$2.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$8.80M

$6.30M international

Domestic legs5.7x from $443K biggest weekend

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Cast & crew

Full Faris filmography

Valerie Faris

Valerie Faris Director

Paul Dano

Paul Dano Starring

Zoe Kazan

Zoe Kazan Starring

Chris Messina

Chris Messina Starring

Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas Starring

Annette Bening

Annette Bening Starring

ScreenplayZoe Kazan Produced byAlbert Berger, Ron Yerxa CinematographyMatthew Libatique MusicNick Urata StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 27-29 29 $140.8K — 13 $10,832 $180.7K

2 Aug 3-5 21 $395.9K +181% 64 $6,186 $638.7K

3 Aug 10-12 17 $443.1K +12% 261 $1,697 $1.2M

4 Aug 17-19 24 $301.2K −32% 218 $1,381 $1.8M

5 Aug 24-26 33 $163.5K −46% 135 $1,211 $2.1M

6 Aug 31-Sep 2 47 $89.6K −45% 78 $1,148 $2.3M

7 Sep 7-9 48 $54.9K −39% 76 $722 $2.4M

8 Sep 14-16 53 $41.7K −24% 70 $595 $2.4M

9 Sep 21-23 69 $19.8K −53% 43 $460 $2.5M

10 Sep 28-30 71 $9.4K −53% 17 $550 $2.5M

11 Oct 5-7 77 $4.7K −50% 10 $472 $2.5M

12 Oct 12-14 61 $11.7K +147% 15 $779 $2.5M

13 Oct 19-21 78 $7.2K −38% 15 $481 $2.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jul 25 #- $19.6K — $19.6K 13 $1,504 -2

Thu Jul 26 #- $20.3K +4% $39.8K 13 $1,559 -1

Fri Jul 27 #- $34.6K +70% $74.4K 13 $2,657 1

Sat Jul 28 #- $63.3K +83% $137.7K 13 $4,871 2

Sun Jul 29 #- $42.9K −32% $180.7K 13 $3,303 3

Mon Jul 30 #- $15.9K −63% $196.5K 13 $1,220 4

Tue Jul 31 #- $14.9K −6% $211.4K 13 $1,143 5

Wed Aug 1 #- $16.1K +8% −18% $227.5K 13 $1,239 6

Thu Aug 2 #- $15.3K −5% −25% $242.8K 13 $1,175 7

Fri Aug 3 #- $103.1K +575% +198% $345.9K 64 $1,611 8

Sat Aug 4 #- $173.6K +68% +174% $519.5K 64 $2,713 9

Sun Aug 5 #- $119.2K −31% +177% $638.7K 64 $1,861 10

Mon Aug 6 #- $46.0K −61% +190% $684.6K 64 $718 11

Tue Aug 7 #- $45.2K −2% +204% $729.9K 64 $706 12

Wed Aug 8 #- $33.7K −25% +109% $763.6K 64 $527 13

Thu Aug 9 #- $33.9K +0% +122% $797.5K 64 $529 14

Fri Aug 10 #- $126.5K +273% +23% $924.0K 261 $484 15

Sat Aug 11 #- $191.8K +52% +10% $1.1M 261 $734 16

Sun Aug 12 #- $124.8K −35% +5% $1.2M 261 $478 17

Mon Aug 13 #- $60.3K −52% +31% $1.3M 261 $231 18

Tue Aug 14 #- $76.2K +26% +69% $1.4M 261 $292 19

Wed Aug 15 #- $59.6K −22% +77% $1.4M 252 $236 20

Thu Aug 16 #- $58.6K −2% +73% $1.5M 252 $232 21

Fri Aug 17 #- $82.7K +41% −35% $1.6M 218 $379 22

Sat Aug 18 #- $133.4K +61% −30% $1.7M 218 $611 23

Sun Aug 19 #- $85.1K −36% −32% $1.8M 218 $390 24

Mon Aug 20 #- $34.7K −59% −43% $1.8M 218 $158 25

Tue Aug 21 #- $43.7K +26% −43% $1.9M 218 $200 26

Wed Aug 22 #- $32.2K −26% −46% $1.9M 194 $166 27

Thu Aug 23 #- $34.7K +8% −41% $1.9M 194 $178 28

Fri Aug 24 #- $44.2K +28% −47% $2.0M 135 $327 29

Sat Aug 25 #- $75.0K +70% −44% $2.1M 135 $555 30

Sun Aug 26 #- $44.4K −41% −48% $2.1M 135 $328 31

Mon Aug 27 #- $18.8K −58% −46% $2.1M 135 $138 32

Tue Aug 28 #- $21.8K +16% −50% $2.1M 135 $161 33

Wed Aug 29 #- $17.2K −21% −47% $2.2M 119 $144 34

Thu Aug 30 #- $17.0K −1% −51% $2.2M 119 $142 35

Fri Aug 31 #- $21.7K +28% −51% $2.2M 78 $278 36

Sat Sep 1 #- $35.4K +63% −53% $2.2M 78 $453 37

Sun Sep 2 #- $32.5K −8% −27% $2.3M 78 $416 38

Mon Sep 3 #- $26.3K −19% +40% $2.3M 78 $336 39

Tue Sep 4 #- $8.0K −70% −63% $2.3M 78 $102 40

Wed Sep 5 #- $6.9K −14% −60% $2.3M 78 $88 41

Thu Sep 6 #- $7.3K +7% −57% $2.3M 78 $94 42

Fri Sep 7 #- $15.3K +108% −30% $2.3M 76 $201 43

Sat Sep 8 #- $25.9K +70% −27% $2.4M 76 $341 44

Sun Sep 9 #- $13.7K −47% −58% $2.4M 76 $179 45

Mon Sep 10 #- $5.0K −64% −81% $2.4M 76 $65 46

Tue Sep 11 #- $5.8K +16% −28% $2.4M 76 $75 47

Wed Sep 12 #- $5.2K −10% −25% $2.4M 76 $68 48

Thu Sep 13 #- $5.1K −2% −31% $2.4M 76 $66 49

Fri Sep 14 #- $13.2K +160% −13% $2.4M 70 $188 50

Sat Sep 15 #- $18.9K +43% −27% $2.4M 70 $269 51

Sun Sep 16 #- $9.6K −49% −30% $2.4M 70 $137 52

Mon Sep 17 #- $5.3K −45% +6% $2.4M 70 $75 53

Tue Sep 18 #- $6.2K +18% +8% $2.4M 70 $88 54

Wed Sep 19 #- $5.5K −11% +6% $2.5M 70 $78 55

Thu Sep 20 #- $5.7K +5% +13% $2.5M 70 $81 56

Fri Sep 21 #- $6.1K +6% −54% $2.5M 43 $141 57

Sat Sep 22 #- $8.7K +42% −54% $2.5M 43 $201 58

Sun Sep 23 #- $5.0K −42% −48% $2.5M 43 $117 59

Mon Sep 24 #- $2.0K −61% −62% $2.5M 43 $46 60

Tue Sep 25 #- $3.0K +50% −52% $2.5M 43 $69 61

Wed Sep 26 #- $2.9K −2% −47% $2.5M 43 $67 62

Thu Sep 27 #- $2.6K −11% −55% $2.5M 43 $60 63

Fri Sep 28 #- $2.4K −7% −60% $2.5M 17 $142 64

Sat Sep 29 #- $4.9K +100% −44% $2.5M 17 $285 65

Sun Sep 30 #- $2.1K −57% −59% $2.5M 17 $122 66

Mon Oct 1 #- $2.0K −4% +1% $2.5M 17 $117 67

Tue Oct 2 #- $1.7K −18% −44% $2.5M 17 $97 68

Wed Oct 3 #- $1.1K −34% −63% $2.5M 17 $64 69

Thu Oct 4 #- $1.9K +75% −27% $2.5M 17 $112 70

Fri Oct 5 #- $1.3K −33% −47% $2.5M 10 $128 71

Sat Oct 6 #- $2.0K +55% −59% $2.5M 10 $198 72

Sun Oct 7 #- $1.5K −27% −30% $2.5M 10 $145 73

Mon Oct 8 #- $898 −38% −55% $2.5M 10 $89 74

Tue Oct 9 #- $654 −27% −60% $2.5M 10 $65 75

Wed Oct 10 #- $521 −20% −52% $2.5M 10 $52 76

Thu Oct 11 #- $589 +13% −69% $2.5M 10 $58 77

Fri Oct 12 #- $2.3K +297% +82% $2.5M 15 $155 78

Sat Oct 13 #- $6.5K +176% +225% $2.5M 15 $430 79

Sun Oct 14 #- $2.9K −55% +100% $2.5M 15 $193 80

Mon Oct 15 #- $819 −72% −9% $2.5M 15 $54 81

Tue Oct 16 #- $1.8K +125% +182% $2.5M 15 $123 82

Wed Oct 17 #- $1.1K −39% +115% $2.5M 15 $74 83

Thu Oct 18 #- $987 −12% +68% $2.5M 15 $65 84

Fri Oct 19 #- $1.7K +72% −27% $2.5M 15 $113 85

Sat Oct 20 #- $3.5K +108% −45% $2.5M 15 $235 86

Sun Oct 21 #- $2.0K −44% −31% $2.5M 15 $132 87

Mon Oct 22 #- $836 −58% +2% $2.5M 15 $55 88

Tue Oct 23 #- $1.2K +39% −37% $2.5M 15 $77 89

Wed Oct 24 #- $1.2K +5% +9% $2.5M 15 $81 90

Thu Oct 25 #- $1.1K −12% +8% $2.5M 15 $71 91

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

Cumulative total$2.5M

Jul 25Aug 12Aug 30Sep 16Oct 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $9.4K

$140.8K

$395.9K

$443.1K

$301.2K

$163.5K

$89.6K

$54.9K

$41.7K

$19.8K

$9.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 261 → 17 −93.5%

13 open17 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −53%

+181%

W1→2

+12%

W2→3

−32%

W3→4

−46%

W4→5

−45%

W5→6

−39%

W6→7

−24%

W7→8

−53%

W8→9

−53%

W9→10

Steepest −53%Biggest gain +181%

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