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2008 • R • 1h 38m • Comedy • Sony Pictures Releasing

They grow up so fast.

🍅 54% 69%

51

3.50

6.9

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$100.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$128.00M

$27.60M international

Domestic legs3.25x

Budget$65.0M

2008 rank#28

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Cast & crew

Full McKay filmography

Adam McKay

Adam McKay Director

Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell Starring

John C. Reilly

John C. Reilly Starring

Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins Starring

Mary Steenburgen

Mary Steenburgen Starring

Adam Scott

Adam Scott Starring

ScreenplayAdam McKay, Will Ferrell Produced byJimmy Miller, Judd Apatow CinematographyOliver Wood MusicJon Brion StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 25-27 2 $30.9M — 3,094 $10,000 $30.9M

2 Aug 1-3 3 $16.5M −46.7% 3,094 $5,335 $63.2M

3 Aug 8-10 5 $9.1M −44.7% 3,182 $2,868 $81.1M

4 Aug 15-17 9 $4.8M −47.3% 2,648 $1,815 $90.7M

5 Aug 22-24 14 $2.3M −52.1% 1,639 $1,404 $95.6M

6 Aug 29-31 20 $1.4M −41.0% 1,036 $1,310 $97.9M

7 Sep 5-7 20 $864.2K −36.3% 846 $1,021 $99.4M

8 Sep 12-14 23 $416.6K −51.8% 454 $917 $100.1M

9 Sep 19-21 31 $202.2K −51.5% 258 $783 $100.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 25 #2 $11.8M — $11.8M 3,094 $3,829 1

Sat Jul 26 #2 $9.8M −17% $21.7M 3,094 $3,180 2

Sun Jul 27 #2 $9.3M −6% $30.9M 3,094 $2,990 3

Mon Jul 28 #2 $4.6M −50% $35.5M 3,094 $1,487 4

Tue Jul 29 #2 $4.1M −12% $39.6M 3,094 $1,311 5

Wed Jul 30 #2 $3.6M −10% $43.2M 3,094 $1,173 6

Thu Jul 31 #2 $3.4M −5% $46.7M 3,094 $1,109 7

Fri Aug 1 #3 $5.1M +48% −57% $51.7M 3,094 $1,638 8

Sat Aug 2 #3 $6.2M +23% −37% $58.0M 3,094 $2,010 9

Sun Aug 3 #3 $5.2M −16% −44% $63.2M 3,094 $1,685 10

Mon Aug 4 #3 $2.8M −46% −39% $66.0M 3,094 $906 11

Tue Aug 5 #3 $2.5M −12% −39% $68.4M 3,094 $795 12

Wed Aug 6 #6 $1.9M −23% −48% $70.3M 3,094 $615 13

Thu Aug 7 #6 $1.7M −13% −52% $72.0M 3,094 $536 14

Fri Aug 8 #5 $2.8M +67% −45% $74.8M 3,182 $869 15

Sat Aug 9 #5 $3.4M +24% −45% $78.2M 3,182 $1,077 16

Sun Aug 10 #5 $2.9M −14% −44% $81.1M 3,182 $922 17

Mon Aug 11 #5 $1.4M −51% −49% $82.6M 3,182 $452 18

Tue Aug 12 #6 $1.4M −5% −44% $83.9M 3,182 $431 19

Wed Aug 13 #7 $1.0M −26% −47% $85.0M 3,182 $319 20

Thu Aug 14 #7 $927.9K −9% −44% $85.9M 3,182 $291 21

Fri Aug 15 #9 $1.5M +63% −45% $87.4M 2,648 $571 22

Sat Aug 16 #9 $1.9M +25% −45% $89.3M 2,648 $715 23

Sun Aug 17 #9 $1.4M −26% −52% $90.7M 2,648 $529 24

Mon Aug 18 #9 $691.3K −51% −52% $91.4M 2,648 $261 25

Tue Aug 19 #9 $721.7K +4% −47% $92.1M 2,648 $272 26

Wed Aug 20 #9 $609.3K −16% −40% $92.7M 2,648 $230 27

Thu Aug 21 #9 $566.1K −7% −39% $93.3M 2,648 $213 28

Fri Aug 22 #14 $715.4K +26% −53% $94.0M 1,639 $436 29

Sat Aug 23 #14 $943.8K +32% −50% $94.9M 1,639 $575 30

Sun Aug 24 #14 $642.2K −32% −54% $95.6M 1,639 $391 31

Mon Aug 25 #15 $228.3K −64% −67% $95.9M 1,639 $139 32

Tue Aug 26 #14 $269.4K +18% −63% $96.1M 1,639 $164 33

Wed Aug 27 #15 $216.6K −20% −64% $96.4M 1,639 $132 34

Thu Aug 28 #16 $208.1K −4% −63% $96.6M 1,639 $126 35

Fri Aug 29 #20 $343.8K +65% −52% $96.9M 1,036 $331 36

Sat Aug 30 #20 $478.1K +39% −49% $97.4M 1,036 $461 37

Sun Aug 31 #18 $535.4K +12% −17% $97.9M 1,036 $516 38

Mon Sep 1 #21 $311.6K −42% +37% $98.2M 1,036 $300 39

Tue Sep 2 #17 $110.3K −65% −59% $98.3M 1,036 $106 40

Wed Sep 3 #18 $100.7K −9% −54% $98.4M 1,036 $97 41

Thu Sep 4 #16 $102.3K +2% −51% $98.6M 1,036 $98 42

Fri Sep 5 #17 $266.9K +161% −22% $98.8M 846 $315 43

Sat Sep 6 #20 $402.1K +51% −16% $99.2M 846 $475 44

Sun Sep 7 $195.2K −51% −64% $99.4M 846 $230 45

Mon Sep 8 #17 $67.5K −65% −78% $99.5M 846 $79 46

Tue Sep 9 #17 $80.3K +19% −27% $99.6M 846 $94 47

Wed Sep 10 #16 $72.6K −10% −28% $99.6M 846 $85 48

Thu Sep 11 #16 $73.6K +1% −28% $99.7M 846 $86 49

Fri Sep 12 #22 $124.0K +69% −54% $99.8M 846 $146 50

Sat Sep 13 #22 $190.7K +54% −53% $100.0M 846 $225 51

Sun Sep 14 #25 $101.9K −47% −48% $100.1M 846 $120 52

Mon Sep 15 #20 $32.1K −68% −52% $100.2M 846 $37 53

Tue Sep 16 $36.8K +15% −54% $100.2M 846 $43 54

Wed Sep 17 $33.6K −9% −54% $100.2M 846 $39 55

Thu Sep 18 $37.9K +13% −48% $100.3M 846 $44 56

Fri Sep 19 $60.8K +60% −51% $100.3M 258 $235 57

Sat Sep 20 $96.2K +58% −50% $100.4M 258 $373 58

Sun Sep 21 $45.1K −53% −56% $100.5M 258 $174 59

Cumulative total$100.5M

Jul 25Aug 9Aug 23Sep 7Sep 21

Weekend grossWk 9 · $202.2K

$30.9M

$16.5M

$9.1M

$4.8M

$2.3M

$1.4M

$864.2K

$416.6K

$202.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,182 → 258 −91.9%

3,094 open258 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −51.5%

−46.7%

W1→2

−44.7%

W2→3

−47.3%

W3→4

−52.1%

W4→5

−41.0%

W5→6

−36.3%

W6→7

−51.8%

W7→8

−51.5%

W8→9

Steepest −52.1%Best hold −36.3%

Run milestones

$100M in 51 days

$100M

Day 51

Sep 13

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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