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2003 • PG • 1h 49m • Comedy, Drama, Family • New Line Cinema

The McCann brothers have finally met their match.

🍅 60% 84%

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3.64

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$42.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$47.90M

$5.80M international

Domestic legs3.5x

Budget$30M

2003 rank#71

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Cast & crew

Michael Caine

Michael Caine Starring

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall Starring

Haley Joel Osment

Haley Joel Osment Starring

Josh Lucas

Josh Lucas Starring

Kyra Sedgwick

Kyra Sedgwick Starring

ScreenplayTim McCanlies Produced byDavid Kirschner CinematographyJack N. Green MusicPatrick Doyle Prod. DesignDavid J. Bomba StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 19-21 2 $12.1M — 3,013 $4,029 $12.1M

2 Sep 26-28 4 $8.3M −32.0% 3,038 $2,718 $23.5M

3 Oct 3-5 5 $5.2M −37.2% 3,032 $1,710 $30.6M

4 Oct 10-12 9 $3.3M −36.4% 2,563 $1,286 $35.4M

5 Oct 17-19 12 $1.9M −42.8% 1,610 $1,171 $38.4M

6 Oct 24-26 15 $997.9K −47.1% 986 $1,012 $40.0M

7 Oct 31-Nov 2 18 $665.2K −33.3% 794 $838 $40.9M

8 Nov 7-9 22 $301.9K −54.6% 355 $850 $41.4M

9 Nov 14-16 29 $120.0K −60.2% 149 $805 $41.6M

10 Nov 21-23 33 $83.1K −30.7% 149 $558 $41.8M

12 Dec 5-7 48 $42.4K — 108 $393 $41.9M

13 Dec 12-14 52 $36.9K −12.9% 103 $359 $42.0M

14 Dec 19-21 62 $18.1K −51.1% 57 $317 $42.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 19 #3 $3.7M — $3.7M 3,013 $1,215 1

Sat Sep 20 #3 $5.1M +40.2% $8.9M 3,013 $1,704 2

Sun Sep 21 #2 $3.2M −37.0% $12.1M 3,013 $1,073 3

Mon Sep 22 #2 $861.0K −73.4% $13.0M 3,013 $286 4

Tue Sep 23 #3 $845.0K −1.9% $13.8M 3,013 $280 5

Wed Sep 24 #2 $752.0K −11.0% $14.6M 3,013 $250 6

Thu Sep 25 #2 $706.0K −6.1% $15.2M 3,013 $234 7

Fri Sep 26 #4 $2.3M +223.2% −37.7% $17.5M 3,038 $751 8

Sat Sep 27 #4 $3.7M +62.7% −27.7% $21.2M 3,038 $1,222 9

Sun Sep 28 #4 $2.2M −39.5% −30.6% $23.5M 3,038 $739 10

Mon Sep 29 #4 $499.0K −77.8% −42.0% $24.0M 3,038 $164 11

Tue Sep 30 #4 $506.0K +1.4% −40.1% $24.5M 3,038 $167 12

Wed Oct 1 #4 $481.0K −4.9% −36.0% $24.9M 3,038 $158 13

Thu Oct 2 #4 $494.0K +2.7% −30.0% $25.4M 3,038 $163 14

Fri Oct 3 #5 $1.5M +209.3% −33.0% $27.0M 3,032 $504 15

Sat Oct 4 #5 $2.4M +55.6% −35.9% $29.3M 3,032 $784 16

Sun Oct 5 #6 $1.3M −45.5% −42.2% $30.6M 3,032 $427 17

Mon Oct 6 #6 $425.0K −67.2% −14.8% $31.1M 3,032 $140 18

Tue Oct 7 #6 $338.0K −20.5% −33.2% $31.4M 3,032 $111 19

Wed Oct 8 #6 $336.0K −0.6% −30.1% $31.7M 3,032 $111 20

Thu Oct 9 #6 $375.0K +11.6% −24.1% $32.1M 3,032 $124 21

Fri Oct 10 #9 $992.0K +164.5% −35.1% $33.1M 2,563 $387 22

Sat Oct 11 #9 $1.4M +41.7% −40.9% $34.5M 2,563 $549 23

Sun Oct 12 #9 $921.0K −34.5% −28.9% $35.4M 2,563 $359 24

Mon Oct 13 #9 $403.0K −56.2% −5.2% $35.8M 2,563 $157 25

Tue Oct 14 #9 $253.0K −37.2% −25.1% $36.0M 2,563 $99 26

Wed Oct 15 #10 $223.0K −11.9% −33.6% $36.3M 2,563 $87 27

Thu Oct 16 #9 $265.0K +18.8% −29.3% $36.5M 2,563 $103 28

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

Cumulative total$36.5M

Sep 19Sep 26Oct 3Oct 9Oct 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $83.1K

$12.1M

$8.3M

$5.2M

$3.3M

$1.9M

$997.9K

$665.2K

$301.9K

$120.0K

$83.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,038 → 2,563 −15.6%

3,013 open2,563 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.7%

−32.0%

W1→2

−37.2%

W2→3

−36.4%

W3→4

−42.8%

W4→5

−47.1%

W5→6

−33.3%

W6→7

−54.6%

W7→8

−60.2%

W8→9

−30.7%

W9→10

Steepest −60.2%Best hold −30.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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