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2000 • R • 1h 28m • Comedy • Miramax

No mercy. No shame. No sequel.

🍅 52% 43%

48

3.22

6.3

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$42.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$157.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$277.20M

$120.20M international

Domestic legs3.71x

Budget$19.0M

2000 rank#9

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Cast & crew

Full Wayans filmography

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Keenen Ivory Wayans Director

Anna Faris

Anna Faris Starring

Regina Hall

Regina Hall Starring

Marlon Wayans

Marlon Wayans Starring

Shawn Wayans

Shawn Wayans Starring

Jon Abrahams

Jon Abrahams Starring

ScreenplayJason Friedberg, Marlon Wayans, Phil Beauman, Buddy Johnson Produced byEric L. Gold, Lee R. Mayes, Bo Zenga CinematographyFrancis Kenny MusicDavid Kitay StudioMiramax SeriesScary Movie

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 7-9 1 $42.3M — 2,912 $14,542 $42.3M

2 Jul 14-16 2 $26.2M −38.1% 3,152 $8,311 $89.1M

3 Jul 21-23 4 $15.1M −42.3% 3,301 $4,582 $116.4M

4 Jul 28-30 4 $8.3M −45.1% 3,256 $2,552 $132.1M

5 Aug 4-6 7 $4.2M −48.9% 2,597 $1,636 $140.1M

6 Aug 11-13 11 $2.5M −40.5% 1,944 $1,299 $144.8M

7 Aug 18-20 14 $1.3M −49% 1,501 $859 $147.2M

8 Aug 25-27 19 $682.3K −47.1% 649 $1,051 $148.5M

9 Sep 1-4 28 $562.9K — 602 $935 $149.3M

10 Sep 8-10 35 $199.3K — 373 $534 $149.6M

11 Sep 15-17 9 $2.0M +923.1% 1,997 $1,021 $151.8M

12 Sep 22-24 12 $1.3M −35.7% 1,678 $782 $153.7M

13 Sep 29-Oct 1 14 $816.6K −37.7% 1,253 $652 $154.9M

14 Oct 6-8 21 $420.7K −48.5% 761 $553 $155.5M

15 Oct 13-15 32 $197.8K −53% 493 $401 $155.9M

16 Oct 20-22 36 $113.0K −42.9% 334 $338 $156.1M

17 Oct 27-29 43 $72.2K −36.1% 230 $314 $156.2M

18 Nov 3-5 20 $307.1K +325.1% 336 $914 $156.5M

19 Nov 10-12 23 $210.4K −31.5% 301 $699 $156.8M

20 Nov 17-19 31 $128.2K −39.1% 251 $511 $157.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 7 #1 $15.0M — $15.0M 2,912 $5,164 1

Sat Jul 8 #1 $15.2M +1.2% $30.3M 2,912 $5,227 2

Sun Jul 9 #1 $12.1M −20.6% $42.3M 2,912 $4,152 3

Mon Jul 10 #1 $6.1M −49.5% $48.4M 2,912 $2,096 4

Tue Jul 11 #1 $5.8M −4.6% $54.3M 2,912 $1,998 5

Wed Jul 12 #1 $4.9M −16.6% $59.1M 2,912 $1,666 6

Thu Jul 13 #1 $4.6M −5% $63.7M 2,912 $1,582 7

Fri Jul 14 #2 $8.3M +79.5% −45% $72.0M 3,152 $2,624 8

Sat Jul 15 #2 $10.2M +23% −33.2% $82.2M 3,152 $3,227 9

Sun Jul 16 #2 $7.8M −23.8% −35.9% $89.1M 3,152 $2,460 10

Mon Jul 17 #2 $3.3M −57.6% −46.1% $92.4M 3,152 $1,044 11

Tue Jul 18 #2 $3.4M +3.2% −41.6% $95.8M 3,152 $1,078 12

Wed Jul 19 #2 $2.8M −17% −41.9% $98.6M 3,152 $894 13

Thu Jul 20 #2 $2.7M −5.2% −42% $101.3M 3,152 $848 14

Fri Jul 21 #4 $4.8M +80.4% −41.7% $106.1M 3,301 $1,460 15

Sat Jul 22 #4 $6.0M +23.6% −41.4% $112.1M 3,301 $1,805 16

Sun Jul 23 #3 $4.4M −27.1% −44% $116.4M 3,301 $1,328 17

Mon Jul 24 #4 $2.0M −54.5% −39.9% $118.4M 3,301 $600 18

Tue Jul 25 #3 $2.0M +1.4% −40.9% $120.4M 3,301 $608 19

Wed Jul 26 #4 $1.7M −16.3% −40.4% $122.1M 3,301 $509 20

Thu Jul 27 #3 $1.6M −6.5% −41.2% $123.7M 3,301 $476 21

Fri Jul 28 #4 $2.5M +59.9% −47.9% $126.2M 3,256 $772 22

Sat Jul 29 #4 $3.2M +26.5% −46.6% $129.4M 3,256 $977 23

Sun Jul 30 #4 $2.6M −17.7% −39.8% $132.1M 3,256 $803 24

Mon Jul 31 #4 $1.1M −57.6% −43.9% $133.3M 3,256 $341 25

Tue Aug 1 #4 $1.2M +12% −38.1% $134.5M 3,256 $382 26

Wed Aug 2 #4 $968.8K −22.1% −42.4% $135.5M 3,256 $298 27

Thu Aug 3 #4 $967.4K −0.1% −38.4% $136.4M 3,256 $297 28

Fri Aug 4 #6 $1.3M +34.4% −48.3% $137.7M 2,597 $501 29

Sat Aug 5 #6 $1.6M +23.5% −49.5% $139.3M 2,597 $618 30

Sun Aug 6 #6 $1.3M −16.3% −48.7% $140.1M 2,597 $517 31

Mon Aug 7 #6 $591.7K −55.9% −46.7% $140.7M 2,597 $228 32

Tue Aug 8 #6 $600.2K +1.4% −51.8% $141.3M 2,597 $231 33

Wed Aug 9 #6 $517.0K −13.7% −46.6% $141.8M 2,597 $199 34

Thu Aug 10 #7 $494.0K −4.5% −48.9% $142.3M 2,597 $190 35

Sun Aug 13 #8 $758.0K — −43.6% $144.8M 1,944 $390 38

Mon Aug 14 #9 $311.6K −58.9% −47.3% $145.1M 1,944 $160 39

Tue Aug 15 #8 $317.9K +2% −47% $145.4M 1,944 $164 40

Wed Aug 16 #8 $271.8K −14.5% −47.5% $145.7M 1,944 $140 41

Thu Aug 17 #9 $278.3K +2.4% −43.7% $146.0M 1,944 $143 42

Sun Aug 20 #10 $345.0K — −54.5% $147.2M 1,501 $230 45

Mon Aug 21 #10 $165.1K −52.2% −47% $147.4M 1,501 $110 46

Tue Aug 22 #10 $170.7K +3.4% −46.3% $147.6M 1,501 $114 47

Wed Aug 23 #11 $139.6K −18.2% −48.6% $147.7M 1,501 $93 48

Thu Aug 24 #10 $148.2K +6.1% −46.7% $147.8M 1,501 $99 49

Sun Aug 27 #12 $176.0K — −49% $148.5M 649 $271 52

Mon Aug 28 #11 $73.4K −58.3% −55.5% $148.6M 1,501 $49 53

Tue Aug 29 #11 $80.3K +9.4% −52.9% $148.7M 1,501 $54 54

Wed Aug 30 #12 $69.9K −12.9% −49.9% $148.7M 1,501 $47 55

Thu Aug 31 #11 $72.2K +3.2% −51.3% $148.8M 1,501 $48 56

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

Cumulative total$148.8M

Jul 7Jul 19Aug 1Aug 15Aug 31

Weekend grossWk 10 · $199.3K

$42.3M

$26.2M

$15.1M

$8.3M

$4.2M

$2.5M

$1.3M

$682.3K

$562.9K

$199.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,301 → 1,501 −54.5%

2,912 open1,501 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.1%

−38.1%

W1→2

−42.3%

W2→3

−45.1%

W3→4

−48.9%

W4→5

−40.5%

W5→6

−49%

W6→7

−47.1%

W7→8

Steepest −49%Best hold −38.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 14 days

$100M

Day 14

Jul 20

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

From the analysis desk

Ordered by how prominently this film features · all articles

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