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2018 • PG-13 • 1h 43m • Comedy, Romance • STX Entertainment

Her talent was real. Her résumé was not.

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2.53

5.8

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$6.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$39.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$72.30M

$33.00M international

Domestic legs6.1x

Budget$15.7M

2018 rank#75

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Cast & crew

Full Segal filmography

Peter Segal

Peter Segal Director

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez Starring

Vanessa Hudgens

Vanessa Hudgens Starring

Treat Williams

Treat Williams Starring

Milo Ventimiglia

Milo Ventimiglia Starring

Dave Foley

Dave Foley Starring

ScreenplayJustin Zackham, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas Produced byJennifer Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Justin Zackham, Benny Medina CinematographyUeli Steiger Music byMichael Andrews StudioSTX Entertainment

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 21-23 7 $6.5M — 2,607 $2,489 $6.5M

2 Dec 28-30 8 $7.4M +13.4% 2,607 $2,823 $21.9M

3 Jan 4-6 8 $4.8M −35.4% 2,523 $1,885 $32.8M

4 Jan 11-13 16 $1.7M −64.9% 1,681 $994 $36.4M

5 Jan 18-20 19 $675.3K −59.6% 1,051 $642 $37.8M

6 Jan 25-27 25 $224.2K −66.8% 301 $745 $38.4M

7 Feb 1-3 27 $419.0K +86.9% 1,250 $335 $38.9M

8 Feb 8-10 40 $73.0K −82.6% 127 $575 $39.2M

9 Feb 15-17 48 $30.1K −58.9% 67 $449 $39.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 21 #6 $2.5M — $2.5M 2,607 $951 1

Sat Dec 22 #7 $2.2M −13.3% $4.6M 2,607 $825 2

Sun Dec 23 #7 $1.9M −13.6% $6.5M 2,607 $713 3

Mon Dec 24 #8 $1.0M −46.1% $7.5M 2,607 $384 4

Tue Dec 25 #8 $3.1M +206.5% $10.6M 2,607 $1,177 5

Wed Dec 26 #8 $2.1M −33.1% $12.6M 2,607 $787 6

Thu Dec 27 #10 $2.0M −5.0% $14.6M 2,607 $748 7

Fri Dec 28 #9 $2.4M +24.2% −2.3% $17.0M 2,607 $929 8

Sat Dec 29 #7 $2.7M +9.7% +23.5% $19.6M 2,607 $1,019 9

Sun Dec 30 #7 $2.3M −14.2% +22.7% $21.9M 2,607 $875 10

Mon Dec 31 #8 $1.6M −28.9% +61.9% $23.5M 2,607 $622 11

Tue Jan 1 #6 $2.4M +50.2% −20.7% $26.0M 2,607 $934 12

Wed Jan 2 #7 $1.1M −55.7% −47.5% $27.1M 2,607 $414 13

Thu Jan 3 #8 $978.9K −9.3% −49.8% $28.0M 2,607 $375 14

Fri Jan 4 #8 $1.6M +59.4% −35.6% $29.6M 2,523 $619 15

Sat Jan 5 #8 $2.0M +28.6% −24.5% $31.6M 2,523 $796 16

Sun Jan 6 #9 $1.2M −40.9% −47.9% $32.8M 2,523 $471 17

Mon Jan 7 #9 $392.8K −66.9% −75.8% $33.2M 2,523 $156 18

Tue Jan 8 #8 $744.1K +89.5% −69.4% $33.9M 2,523 $295 19

Wed Jan 9 #8 $431.8K −42.0% −60.0% $34.4M 2,523 $171 20

Thu Jan 10 #9 $352.8K −18.3% −64.0% $34.7M 2,523 $140 21

Fri Jan 11 #15 $518.9K +47.1% −66.7% $35.2M 1,681 $309 22

Sat Jan 12 #- $705.6K +36.0% −64.8% $35.9M 1,681 $420 23

Sun Jan 13 #- $446.6K −36.7% −62.4% $36.4M 1,681 $266 24

Mon Jan 14 #15 $149.3K −66.6% −62.0% $36.5M 1,681 $89 25

Tue Jan 15 #15 $285.8K +91.5% −61.6% $36.8M 1,681 $170 26

Wed Jan 16 #- $147.6K −48.4% −65.8% $37.0M 1,681 $88 27

Thu Jan 17 #15 $137.5K −6.8% −61.0% $37.1M 1,681 $82 28

Fri Jan 18 #- $193.0K +40.4% −62.8% $37.3M 1,051 $184 29

Sat Jan 19 #- $268.9K +39.3% −61.9% $37.6M 1,051 $256 30

Sun Jan 20 #- $213.4K −20.6% −52.2% $37.8M 1,051 $203 31

Mon Jan 21 #- $141.8K −33.6% −5.0% $37.9M 1,051 $135 32

Tue Jan 22 #- $118.4K −16.5% −58.6% $38.0M 1,051 $113 33

Wed Jan 23 #- $71.9K −39.3% −51.3% $38.1M 1,051 $68 34

Thu Jan 24 #- $78.1K +8.6% −43.2% $38.2M 1,051 $74 35

Fri Jan 25 #- $63.1K −19.2% −67.3% $38.3M 301 $210 36

Sat Jan 26 #- $101.0K +59.9% −62.4% $38.4M 301 $335 37

Sun Jan 27 #- $60.1K −40.5% −71.8% $38.4M 301 $200 38

Mon Jan 28 #- $19.9K −66.9% −86.0% $38.4M 301 $66 39

Tue Jan 29 #- $30.3K +52.4% −74.4% $38.5M 301 $101 40

Wed Jan 30 #- $21.9K −27.9% −69.6% $38.5M 301 $73 41

Thu Jan 31 #- $21.5K −1.7% −72.5% $38.5M 301 $71 42

Fri Feb 1 #- $125.9K +485.3% +99.4% $38.6M 1,250 $101 43

Sat Feb 2 #- $203.5K +61.7% +101.6% $38.8M 1,250 $163 44

Sun Feb 3 #- $89.6K −56.0% +49.0% $38.9M 1,250 $72 45

Mon Feb 4 #- $46.8K −47.8% +134.9% $39.0M 1,250 $37 46

Tue Feb 5 #- $75.9K +62.3% +150.1% $39.1M 1,250 $61 47

Wed Feb 6 #- $47.0K −38.0% +114.9% $39.1M 1,250 $38 48

Thu Feb 7 #- $36.3K −22.8% +68.7% $39.1M 1,250 $29 49

Fri Feb 8 #- $19.1K −47.4% −84.8% $39.2M 127 $150 50

Sat Feb 9 #- $34.7K +81.6% −83.0% $39.2M 127 $273 51

Sun Feb 10 #- $19.3K −44.3% −78.5% $39.2M 127 $152 52

Mon Feb 11 #- $6.1K −68.5% −87.0% $39.2M 127 $48 53

Tue Feb 12 #- $9.0K +47.4% −88.2% $39.2M 127 $71 54

Wed Feb 13 #- $5.2K −41.8% −88.9% $39.2M 127 $41 55

Thu Feb 14 #- $10.2K +96.3% −71.8% $39.2M 127 $81 56

Fri Feb 15 #- $7.4K −28.2% −61.5% $39.2M 67 $110 57

Sat Feb 16 #- $12.8K +74.6% −63.0% $39.3M 67 $192 58

Sun Feb 17 #- $9.9K −23.2% −48.9% $39.3M 67 $147 59

Mon Feb 18 #- $5.7K −42.5% −6.7% $39.3M 67 $85 60

Tue Feb 19 #- $3.5K −38.8% −61.3% $39.3M 67 $52 61

Wed Feb 20 #- $2.5K −26.6% −51.2% $39.3M 67 $38 62

Thu Feb 21 #- $3.6K +42.0% −64.7% $39.3M 67 $54 63

Cumulative total$39.3M

Dec 21Jan 6Jan 21Feb 6Feb 21

Weekend grossWk 9 · $30.1K

$6.5M

$7.4M

$4.8M

$1.7M

$675.3K

$224.2K

$419.0K

$73.0K

$30.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,607 → 67 −97.4%

2,607 open67 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −58.9%

+13.4%

W1→2

−35.4%

W2→3

−64.9%

W3→4

−59.6%

W4→5

−66.8%

W5→6

+86.9%

W6→7

−82.6%

W7→8

−58.9%

W8→9

Steepest −82.6%Biggest gain +86.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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