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2011 • PG • 1h 46m • Biography, Drama, Family • Sony Pictures Releasing

When you come back from a loss, beat the odds, and never say never, you find a champion.

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3.15

7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$43.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$47.10M

$3.30M international

Domestic legs4.1x

Budget$18M

2011 rank#71

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Cast & crew

Full McNamara filmography

Sean McNamara

Sean McNamara Director

AnnaSophia Robb

AnnaSophia Robb Starring

Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt Starring

Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid Starring

ScreenplaySean McNamara, Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, Deborah Schwartz Produced bySean McNamara, Douglas Schwartz, David Zelon, David Brookwell CinematographyJohn R. Leonetti MusicMarco Beltrami StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 8-10 4 $10.6M — 2,214 $4,789 $10.6M

2 Apr 15-17 5 $7.3M −31.4% 2,214 $3,283 $19.9M

3 Apr 22-24 7 $5.4M −25.2% 2,240 $2,427 $28.5M

4 Apr 29-May 1 7 $3.4M −38.1% 2,010 $1,676 $33.8M

5 May 6-8 8 $2.3M −31.5% 1,781 $1,295 $36.9M

6 May 13-15 10 $1.8M −20.8% 1,468 $1,244 $39.2M

7 May 20-22 11 $930.0K −49.1% 984 $945 $40.6M

8 May 27-29 14 $401.0K −56.9% 401 $1,000 $41.3M

9 Jun 3-5 19 $204.1K −49.1% 245 $833 $41.7M

10 Jun 10-12 16 $295.4K +44.8% 317 $932 $42.2M

11 Jun 17-19 19 $243.2K −17.7% 264 $921 $42.6M

12 Jun 24-26 23 $208.9K −14.1% 240 $870 $43.1M

13 Jul 1-3 24 $163.7K −21.6% 205 $798 $43.4M

14 Jul 8-10 27 $131.1K −19.9% 160 $819 $43.7M

15 Jul 15-17 38 $83.8K −36.1% 126 $665 $43.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 8 #5 $3.6M — $3.6M 2,214 $1,645 1

Sat Apr 9 #4 $4.4M +19.9% $8.0M 2,214 $1,972 2

Sun Apr 10 #4 $2.6M −40.6% $10.6M 2,214 $1,171 3

Mon Apr 11 #7 $476.4K −81.6% $11.1M 2,214 $215 4

Tue Apr 12 #7 $567.6K +19.2% $11.6M 2,214 $256 5

Wed Apr 13 #7 $471.6K −16.9% $12.1M 2,214 $213 6

Thu Apr 14 #7 $479.2K +1.6% $12.6M 2,214 $216 7

Fri Apr 15 #5 $2.1M +344.9% −41.5% $14.7M 2,214 $963 8

Sat Apr 16 #4 $3.3M +53.9% −24.8% $18.0M 2,214 $1,482 9

Sun Apr 17 #5 $1.9M −43.5% −28.5% $19.9M 2,214 $838 10

Mon Apr 18 #5 $618.4K −66.7% +29.8% $20.5M 2,214 $279 11

Tue Apr 19 #6 $794.9K +28.5% +40.0% $21.3M 2,214 $359 12

Wed Apr 20 #4 $761.0K −4.3% +61.4% $22.0M 2,214 $344 13

Thu Apr 21 #4 $1.0M +34.8% +114.1% $23.1M 2,214 $463 14

Fri Apr 22 #7 $2.3M +128.6% +10.0% $25.4M 2,240 $1,047 15

Sat Apr 23 #9 $2.0M −13.2% −37.9% $27.4M 2,240 $909 16

Sun Apr 24 #8 $1.1M −48.2% −43.1% $28.5M 2,240 $471 17

Mon Apr 25 #6 $729.6K −30.8% +18.0% $29.2M 2,240 $326 18

Tue Apr 26 #8 $440.7K −39.6% −44.6% $29.7M 2,240 $197 19

Wed Apr 27 #7 $390.8K −11.3% −48.7% $30.1M 2,240 $174 20

Thu Apr 28 #7 $412.0K +5.4% −59.8% $30.5M 2,240 $184 21

Fri Apr 29 #7 $1.0M +148.0% −56.4% $31.5M 2,010 $508 22

Sat Apr 30 #7 $1.5M +43.7% −27.9% $33.0M 2,010 $730 23

Sun May 1 #7 $878.4K −40.2% −16.7% $33.8M 2,010 $437 24

Mon May 2 #11 $166.1K −81.1% −77.2% $34.0M 2,010 $83 25

Tue May 3 #9 $211.3K +27.3% −52.1% $34.2M 2,010 $105 26

Wed May 4 #8 $180.2K −14.7% −53.9% $34.4M 2,010 $90 27

Thu May 5 #8 $178.5K −1.0% −56.7% $34.6M 2,010 $89 28

Fri May 6 #9 $593.8K +232.7% −41.9% $35.2M 1,781 $333 29

Sat May 7 #10 $853.4K +43.7% −41.9% $36.0M 1,781 $479 30

Sun May 8 #8 $860.0K +0.8% −2.1% $36.9M 1,781 $483 31

Mon May 9 #8 $116.1K −86.5% −30.1% $37.0M 1,781 $65 32

Tue May 10 #9 $138.9K +19.6% −34.3% $37.1M 1,781 $78 33

Wed May 11 #9 $130.1K −6.4% −27.8% $37.3M 1,781 $73 34

Thu May 12 #10 $134.8K +3.7% −24.5% $37.4M 1,781 $76 35

Fri May 13 #10 $489.3K +262.9% −17.6% $37.9M 1,468 $333 36

Sat May 14 #10 $824.4K +68.5% −3.4% $38.7M 1,468 $562 37

Sun May 15 #10 $513.1K −37.8% −40.3% $39.2M 1,468 $350 38

Mon May 16 #10 $100.7K −80.4% −13.3% $39.3M 1,468 $69 39

Tue May 17 #10 $127.5K +26.7% −8.2% $39.5M 1,468 $87 40

Wed May 18 #10 $105.6K −17.2% −18.8% $39.6M 1,468 $72 41

Thu May 19 #10 $114.0K +8.0% −15.5% $39.7M 1,468 $78 42

Fri May 20 #10 $277.5K +143.5% −43.3% $40.0M 984 $282 43

Sat May 21 #11 $401.1K +44.5% −51.3% $40.4M 984 $408 44

Sun May 22 #10 $251.4K −37.3% −51.0% $40.6M 984 $256 45

Mon May 23 #12 $85.6K −65.9% −14.9% $40.7M 984 $87 46

Tue May 24 #11 $77.7K −9.2% −39.0% $40.8M 984 $79 47

Wed May 25 #10 $80.5K +3.6% −23.8% $40.9M 984 $82 48

Thu May 26 — $34.5K −57.1% −69.7% $40.9M 401 $86 49

Fri May 27 — $109.5K +217.2% −60.5% $41.0M 401 $273 50

Sat May 28 — $152.8K +39.5% −61.9% $41.2M 401 $381 51

Sun May 29 — $138.8K −9.2% −44.8% $41.3M 401 $346 52

Mon May 30 #14 $131.9K −5.0% +54.0% $41.4M 401 $329 53

Tue May 31 — $37.2K −71.8% −52.2% $41.5M 401 $93 54

Wed Jun 1 — $38.1K +2.6% −52.6% $41.5M 401 $95 55

Thu Jun 2 — $45.0K +18.1% +30.5% $41.5M 401 $112 56

Fri Jun 3 — $66.2K +47.0% −39.5% $41.6M 245 $270 57

Sat Jun 4 — $83.4K +25.9% −45.4% $41.7M 245 $340 58

Sun Jun 5 — $54.5K −34.6% −60.7% $41.7M 245 $222 59

Fri Jun 10 — $100.4K — +51.6% $42.0M 317 $317 64

Sat Jun 11 — $117.1K +16.7% +40.5% $42.1M 317 $369 65

Sun Jun 12 — $77.9K −33.5% +43.0% $42.2M 317 $246 66

Fri Jun 17 — $81.3K — −19.0% $42.5M 264 $308 71

Sat Jun 18 — $91.4K +12.4% −22.0% $42.6M 264 $346 72

Sun Jun 19 — $70.6K −22.7% −9.4% $42.6M 264 $267 73

Fri Jun 24 — $77.4K — −4.7% $42.9M 240 $323 78

Sat Jun 25 — $75.7K −2.2% −17.1% $43.0M 240 $316 79

Sun Jun 26 — $55.7K −26.4% −21.1% $43.1M 240 $232 80

Fri Jul 1 — $54.9K — −29.0% $43.3M 205 $268 85

Sat Jul 2 — $61.4K +11.7% −18.9% $43.4M 205 $299 86

Sun Jul 3 — $47.3K −22.9% −15.1% $43.4M 205 $231 87

Mon Jul 4 #23 $38.7K −18.2% $43.4M 205 $189 88

Fri Jul 8 — $46.5K — −15.3% $43.6M 160 $291 92

Sat Jul 9 — $50.8K +9.2% −17.2% $43.7M 160 $318 93

Sun Jul 10 — $33.7K −33.7% −28.8% $43.7M 160 $211 94

Fri Jul 15 — $28.7K — −38.3% $43.8M 126 $228 99

Sat Jul 16 — $33.4K +16.2% −34.4% $43.8M 126 $265 100

Sun Jul 17 — $21.7K −34.9% −35.5% $43.9M 126 $172 101

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

Cumulative total$42.2M

Apr 8Apr 23May 9May 24Jun 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $295.4K

$10.6M

$7.3M

$5.4M

$3.4M

$2.3M

$1.8M

$930.0K

$401.0K

$204.1K

$295.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,240 → 317 −85.8%

2,214 open317 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +44.8%

−31.4%

W1→2

−25.2%

W2→3

−38.1%

W3→4

−31.5%

W4→5

−20.8%

W5→6

−49.1%

W6→7

−56.9%

W7→8

−49.1%

W8→9

+44.8%

W9→10

Steepest −56.9%Biggest gain +44.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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