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2003 • PG-13 • 1h 49m • Comedy, Music • Paramount Pictures

He just landed the gig of his life: 5th grade.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$81.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$131.00M

$49.80M international

Domestic legs4.14x

Budget$35.0M

2003 rank#37

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Cast & crew

Full Linklater filmography

Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater Director

Jack Black

Jack Black Starring

Joan Cusack

Joan Cusack Starring

Sarah Silverman

Sarah Silverman Starring

Miranda Cosgrove

Miranda Cosgrove Starring

ScreenplayMike White Produced byScott Rudin CinematographyRogier Stoffers MusicCraig Wedren StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 3-5 1 $19.6M — 2,614 $7,506 $19.6M

2 Oct 10-12 2 $15.5M −21.1% 2,929 $5,287 $39.7M

3 Oct 17-19 4 $11.0M −28.9% 2,951 $3,729 $54.9M

4 Oct 24-26 6 $6.5M −40.7% 2,951 $2,209 $63.4M

5 Oct 31-Nov 2 8 $4.5M −30.6% 2,786 $1,623 $69.2M

6 Nov 7-9 10 $3.0M −33.1% 1,982 $1,527 $73.5M

7 Nov 14-16 13 $1.8M −39.2% 1,208 $1,524 $76.4M

8 Nov 21-23 14 $1.0M −45.4% 780 $1,288 $77.7M

9 Nov 28-30 21 $513.0K −48.9% 565 $907 $78.7M

10 Dec 5-7 30 $146.7K −71.4% 302 $485 $78.9M

11 Dec 12-14 34 $85.1K −42.0% 152 $560 $79.0M

12 Dec 19-21 24 $238.6K +180.2% 375 $636 $79.3M

13 Dec 26-28 29 $258.4K +8.3% 279 $926 $79.7M

14 Jan 2-4 30 $264.6K +2.4% 237 $1,116 $80.2M

15 Jan 9-11 34 $205.1K −22.5% 216 $949 $80.5M

16 Jan 16-18 39 $156.5K −23.7% 182 $859 $80.8M

17 Jan 23-25 40 $117.2K −25.1% 130 $901 $80.9M

18 Jan 30-Feb 1 48 $73.4K −37.4% 117 $627 $81.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 3 #1 $6.0M — $6.0M 2,614 $2,288 1

Sat Oct 4 #1 $8.7M +46% $14.7M 2,614 $3,332 2

Sun Oct 5 #1 $4.9M −44% $19.6M 2,614 $1,876 3

Mon Oct 6 #1 $1.5M −69% $21.1M 2,614 $582 4

Tue Oct 7 #1 $1.1M −30% $22.2M 2,614 $406 5

Wed Oct 8 #1 $912.0K −14% $23.1M 2,614 $348 6

Thu Oct 9 #1 $1.1M +17% $24.2M 2,614 $407 7

Fri Oct 10 #2 $4.6M +330% −23% $28.8M 2,929 $1,562 8

Sat Oct 11 #2 $6.4M +40% −26% $35.2M 2,929 $2,189 9

Sun Oct 12 #2 $4.5M −30% −8% $39.7M 2,929 $1,538 10

Mon Oct 13 #2 $2.1M −54% +37% $41.8M 2,929 $713 11

Tue Oct 14 #3 $732.0K −65% −31% $42.5M 2,929 $249 12

Wed Oct 15 #4 $622.0K −15% −32% $43.1M 2,929 $212 13

Thu Oct 16 #3 $777.0K +25% −27% $43.9M 2,929 $265 14

Fri Oct 17 #4 $3.4M +343% −25% $47.3M 2,951 $1,167 15

Sat Oct 18 #4 $4.9M +42% −24% $52.2M 2,951 $1,653 16

Sun Oct 19 #6 $2.7M −45% −41% $54.9M 2,951 $902 17

Mon Oct 20 #5 $491.0K −82% −76% $55.4M 2,951 $166 18

Tue Oct 21 #6 $502.0K +2% −31% $55.9M 2,951 $170 19

Wed Oct 22 #6 $446.0K −11% −28% $56.3M 2,951 $151 20

Thu Oct 23 #5 $535.0K +20% −31% $56.9M 2,951 $181 21

Fri Oct 24 #7 $2.0M +270% −43% $58.9M 2,951 $670 22

Sat Oct 25 #6 $2.8M +42% −42% $61.7M 2,951 $952 23

Sun Oct 26 #7 $1.7M −38% −35% $63.4M 2,951 $586 24

Mon Oct 27 #7 $325.0K −81% −34% $63.7M 2,951 $110 25

Tue Oct 28 #7 $334.0K +3% −33% $64.1M 2,951 $113 26

Wed Oct 29 #7 $329.0K −1% −26% $64.4M 2,951 $111 27

Thu Oct 30 #7 $341.0K +4% −36% $64.7M 2,951 $115 28

Fri Oct 31 #7 $767.0K +125% −61% $65.5M 2,786 $275 29

Sat Nov 1 #7 $2.4M +215% −14% $67.9M 2,786 $866 30

Sun Nov 2 #8 $1.4M −43% −21% $69.2M 2,786 $493 31

Mon Nov 3 #8 $303.0K −78% −7% $69.5M 2,786 $108 32

Tue Nov 4 #8 $376.0K +24% +13% $69.9M 2,786 $134 33

Wed Nov 5 #9 $234.0K −38% −29% $70.2M 2,786 $83 34

Thu Nov 6 #9 $288.0K +23% −16% $70.4M 2,786 $103 35

Fri Nov 7 #10 $984.0K +242% +28% $71.4M 1,982 $496 36

Sat Nov 8 #10 $1.4M +39% −43% $72.7M 1,982 $692 37

Sun Nov 9 #10 $736.5K −46% −46% $73.5M 1,982 $371 38

Mon Nov 10 #11 $316.0K −57% +4% $73.8M 1,982 $159 39

Tue Nov 11 #10 $533.0K +69% +42% $74.3M 1,982 $268 40

Mon Jan 19 #35 $37.8K — $80.8M 182 $207 109

Mon Feb 16 #56 $7.9K — $81.2M 62 $126 137

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

Cumulative total$74.3M

Oct 3Oct 13Oct 23Nov 1Nov 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $146.7K

$19.6M

$15.5M

$11.0M

$6.5M

$4.5M

$3.0M

$1.8M

$1.0M

$513.0K

$146.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,951 → 1,982 −32.8%

2,614 open1,982 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −71.4%

−21.1%

W1→2

−28.9%

W2→3

−40.7%

W3→4

−30.6%

W4→5

−33.1%

W5→6

−39.2%

W6→7

−45.4%

W7→8

−48.9%

W8→9

−71.4%

W9→10

Steepest −71.4%Best hold −21.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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