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2001 • PG-13 • 1h 54m • Comedy, Drama, Fantasy • 20th Century Fox

Only a man this shallow could fall in love this deep.

🍅 49% 45%

48

2.58

6.0

CS C+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$70.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$141.00M

$70.20M international

Domestic legs3.15x

Budget$40.0M

2001 rank#34

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Cast & crew

Full Farrelly filmography

Bobby Farrelly

Bobby Farrelly Director

Peter Farrelly

Peter Farrelly Director

Jack Black

Jack Black Starring

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow Starring

Jason Alexander

Jason Alexander Starring

Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill Starring

ScreenplayBobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Sean Moynihan Produced byPeter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Charles B. Wessler, Bradley Thomas CinematographyRussell Carpenter MusicWilliam Goodrum & Ivy Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 9-11 2 $22.5M — 2,770 $8,129 $22.5M

2 Nov 16-18 3 $12.1M −46.2% 2,799 $4,325 $40.7M

3 Nov 23-25 5 $8.5M −29.7% 2,643 $3,222 $55.0M

4 Nov 30-Dec 2 6 $4.5M −46.9% 2,428 $1,863 $61.1M

5 Dec 7-9 7 $2.6M −43.0% 2,217 $1,162 $64.8M

6 Dec 14-16 9 $1.5M −42.1% 1,767 $844 $67.0M

7 Dec 21-23 17 $327.7K −78.0% 549 $596 $67.8M

8 Dec 28-30 21 $334.8K +2.2% 370 $904 $68.3M

9 Jan 4-6 23 $287.5K −14.1% 411 $699 $68.8M

10 Jan 11-13 25 $312.6K +8.7% 427 $732 $69.2M

11 Jan 18-20 27 $276.4K −11.6% 386 $716 $69.6M

12 Jan 25-27 29 $194.5K −29.6% 323 $602 $69.9M

13 Feb 1-3 30 $151.7K −22.0% 268 $566 $70.1M

14 Feb 8-10 35 $133.0K −12.3% 207 $642 $70.3M

15 Feb 15-17 33 $104.9K −21.1% 156 $672 $70.5M

16 Feb 22-24 39 $84.6K −19.4% 145 $583 $70.6M

17 Mar 1-3 46 $57.6K −31.9% 104 $554 $70.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 9 #2 $7.4M — $7.4M 2,771 $2,677 1

Sat Nov 10 #2 $9.3M +25% $16.7M 2,771 $3,338 2

Sun Nov 11 #2 $6.1M −34% $22.5M 2,771 $2,194 3

Mon Nov 12 #2 $2.5M −58% $25.1M 2,770 $914 4

Tue Nov 13 #2 $1.4M −46% $26.4M 2,770 $489 5

Wed Nov 14 #2 $1.1M −16% $27.5M 2,770 $410 6

Thu Nov 15 #2 $1.0M −9% $28.6M 2,770 $374 7

Fri Nov 16 #3 $3.9M +279% −47% $32.5M 2,803 $1,402 8

Sat Nov 17 #3 $5.0M +28% −45% $37.6M 2,803 $1,801 9

Sun Nov 18 #3 $2.9M −44% −53% $40.7M 2,803 $1,016 10

Mon Nov 19 #3 $905.0K −68% −64% $41.6M 2,799 $323 11

Tue Nov 20 #3 $1.3M +44% −4% $42.9M 2,799 $464 12

Wed Nov 21 #5 $1.6M +26% +45% $44.5M 2,643 $621 13

Thu Nov 22 #5 $2.0M +23% +95% $46.6M 2,643 $765 14

Fri Nov 23 #5 $3.4M +68% −14% $49.9M 2,643 $1,283 15

Sat Nov 24 #5 $3.5M +3% −31% $53.4M 2,643 $1,325 16

Sun Nov 25 #5 $1.6M −54% −43% $55.0M 2,643 $613 17

Mon Nov 26 #5 $386.0K −76% −57% $55.4M 2,643 $146 18

Tue Nov 27 #5 $430.0K +11% −67% $55.8M 2,643 $162 19

Wed Nov 28 #5 $379.0K −12% −77% $56.2M 2,643 $143 20

Thu Nov 29 #5 $382.0K +1% −81% $56.6M 2,643 $144 21

Fri Nov 30 #6 $1.4M +275% −58% $58.0M 2,643 $541 22

Sat Dec 1 #6 $2.0M +40% −43% $60.0M 2,643 $756 23

Sun Dec 2 #6 $1.0M −48% −36% $61.1M 2,643 $392 24

Mon Dec 3 #6 $261.0K −75% −32% $61.4M 2,643 $98 25

Tue Dec 4 #5 $305.0K +17% −29% $61.7M 2,643 $115 26

Wed Dec 5 #6 $269.0K −12% −29% $61.9M 2,643 $101 27

Thu Dec 6 #6 $259.0K −4% −32% $62.2M 2,643 $97 28

Fri Dec 7 #7 $793.0K +206% −45% $63.0M 2,428 $326 29

Sat Dec 8 #7 $1.1M +45% −43% $64.1M 2,428 $471 30

Sun Dec 9 #7 $580.0K −49% −44% $64.8M 2,428 $238 31

Mon Dec 10 #6 $165.0K −72% −37% $65.0M 2,217 $74 32

Tue Dec 11 #6 $189.0K +15% −38% $65.1M 2,217 $85 33

Wed Dec 12 #6 $172.0K −9% −36% $65.3M 2,217 $77 34

Thu Dec 13 #6 $164.0K −5% −37% $65.5M 2,217 $73 35

Fri Dec 14 #9 $463.0K +182% −42% $65.9M 1,767 $262 36

Sat Dec 15 #9 $671.0K +45% −41% $66.6M 1,767 $379 37

Sun Dec 16 #9 $340.0K −49% −41% $67.0M 1,767 $192 38

Mon Dec 17 #9 $120.0K −65% −27% $67.1M 1,767 $67 39

Tue Dec 18 #9 $131.0K +9% −31% $67.2M 1,767 $74 40

Wed Dec 19 #10 $103.0K −21% −40% $67.3M 1,767 $58 41

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

Cumulative total$67.3M

Nov 9Nov 19Nov 29Dec 9Dec 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $312.6K

$22.5M

$12.1M

$8.5M

$4.5M

$2.6M

$1.5M

$327.7K

$334.8K

$287.5K

$312.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,803 → 1,767 −37.0%

2,771 open1,767 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +8.7%

−46.2%

W1→2

−29.7%

W2→3

−46.9%

W3→4

−43.0%

W4→5

−42.1%

W5→6

−78.0%

W6→7

+2.2%

W7→8

−14.1%

W8→9

+8.7%

W9→10

Steepest −78.0%Biggest gain +8.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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