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2020 • PG • 1h 40m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • Paramount Pictures

He's Got Moves

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$58.00M

4-day Presidents Day weekend

Domestic total

$146.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$302.50M

Global release

Domestic legs2.52x

Budget$85M

2020 rank#2

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Cast & crew

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Jeff Fowler

Jeff Fowler Director

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey Starring

Ben Schwartz

Ben Schwartz Starring

James Marsden

James Marsden Starring

Tika Sumpter

Tika Sumpter Starring

ScreenplayPat Casey, Josh Miller Produced byNeal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher, Toru Nakahara CinematographyShelly Johnson MusicTom Holkenborg Prod. DesignDan Leigh SeriesSonic the Hedgehog

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 14-16 (opening) 1 $58.0M — 4,167 $13,923 $58.0M

2 Feb 21-23 2 $26.2M −54.9% 4,198 $6,239 $106.5M

3 Feb 28-1 2 $16.3M −37.7% 4,177 $3,905 $128.6M

4 Mar 6-8 5 $7.7M −52.8% 3,717 $2,072 $140.5M

5 Mar 13-15 6 $2.5M −67.3% 3,041 $829 $145.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Feb 13 #P $3.0M — $3.0M 3,150 $952 -1

Fri Feb 14 #1 $20.9M — $20.9M 4,167 $5,021 1

Sat Feb 15 #1 $20.6M −2% $41.5M 4,167 $4,932 2

Sun Feb 16 #1 $16.5M −20% $58.0M 4,167 $3,969 3

Mon Feb 17 #1 $12.0M −28% $70.0M 4,167 $2,875 4

Tue Feb 18 #1 $5.1M −58% $75.1M 4,167 $1,219 5

Wed Feb 19 #1 $2.7M −48% $77.8M 4,167 $639 6

Thu Feb 20 #1 $2.6M −4% $80.3M 4,167 $612 7

Fri Feb 21 #2 $6.4M +149% −70% $86.7M 4,198 $1,514 8

Sat Feb 22 #1 $12.0M +88% −42% $98.6M 4,198 $2,849 9

Sun Feb 23 #1 $7.9M −34% −52% $106.5M 4,198 $1,874 10

Mon Feb 24 #2 $1.2M −85% −90% $107.7M 4,198 $289 11

Tue Feb 25 #2 $2.2M +82% −56% $109.9M 4,198 $526 12

Wed Feb 26 #3 $1.2M −45% −55% $111.1M 4,198 $288 13

Thu Feb 27 #2 $1.2M −4% −54% $112.3M 4,198 $276 14

Fri Feb 28 #2 $3.5M +202% −45% $115.8M 4,177 $838 15

Sat Feb 29 #2 $7.7M +119% −36% $123.5M 4,177 $1,836 16

Sun Mar 1 #2 $5.1M −33% −35% $128.6M 4,177 $1,230 17

Mon Mar 2 #2 $898.3K −83% −26% $129.5M 4,177 $215 18

Tue Mar 3 #3 $1.6M +79% −27% $131.1M 4,177 $385 19

Wed Mar 4 #2 $892.7K −45% −26% $132.0M 4,177 $213 20

Thu Mar 5 #3 $808.8K −9% −30% $132.8M 4,177 $193 21

Fri Mar 6 #5 $1.8M +122% −49% $134.6M 3,717 $483 22

Sat Mar 7 #3 $3.7M +104% −52% $138.3M 3,717 $983 23

Sun Mar 8 #3 $2.3M −38% −56% $140.5M 3,717 $605 24

Mon Mar 9 #4 $617.8K −73% −31% $141.1M 3,717 $166 25

Tue Mar 10 #4 $972.4K +57% −40% $142.1M 3,717 $261 26

Wed Mar 11 #4 $598.0K −39% −33% $142.7M 3,717 $160 27

Thu Mar 12 #3 $520.9K −13% −36% $143.2M 3,717 $140 28

Fri Mar 13 #6 $737.6K +42% −59% $144.0M 3,041 $242 29

Sat Mar 14 #6 $1.1M +52% −69% $145.1M 3,041 $367 30

Sun Mar 15 #6 $667.4K −40% −70% $145.8M 3,041 $219 31

Mon Mar 16 #6 $202.9K −70% −67% $146.0M 3,041 $66 32

Tue Mar 17 #6 $84.1K −59% −91% $146.0M 3,041 $27 33

Wed Mar 18 #7 $16.4K −81% −97% $146.1M 3,041 $5 34

Thu Mar 19 #7 $9.2K −44% −98% $146.1M 3,041 $3 35

Cumulative total$146.1M

Feb 13Feb 22Mar 2Mar 10Mar 19

Weekend grossWk 5 · $2.5M

$58.0M

$26.2M

$16.3M

$7.7M

$2.5M

W1W2W3W4W5

Theater countPeak 4,198 → 3,041 −27.6%

3,150 open3,041 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · −67.3%

−54.9%

W1→2

−37.7%

W2→3

−52.8%

W3→4

−67.3%

W4→5

Steepest −67.3%Best hold −37.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 10 days

$100M

Day 10

Feb 23

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#7 Biggest video game moviesAll-time $146.1M #9 Biggest February openingsAll-time $58.0M

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