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2007 • R • 1h 53m • Comedy • Sony Pictures Releasing

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3.89

7.6

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$33.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$121.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$170.00M

$48.60M international

Domestic legs3.67x

Budget$20.0M

2007 rank#22

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Cast & crew

Full Mottola filmography

Greg Mottola

Greg Mottola Director

Jonah Hill

Jonah Hill Starring

Michael Cera

Michael Cera Starring

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Christopher Mintz-Plasse Starring

Bill Hader

Bill Hader Starring

Seth Rogen

Seth Rogen Starring

ScreenplayEvan Goldberg, Seth Rogen Produced byJudd Apatow, Shauna Robertson CinematographyRuss Alsobrook MusicLyle Workman StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 17-19 1 $33.1M — 2,948 $11,211 $33.1M

2 Aug 24-26 1 $18.0M −45.4% 2,948 $6,120 $68.6M

3 Aug 31-Sep 2 2 $12.5M −30.9% 3,002 $4,152 $89.3M

4 Sep 7-9 3 $7.6M −39.4% 3,069 $2,460 $103.2M

5 Sep 14-16 5 $5.1M −32.4% 2,910 $1,754 $111.2M

6 Sep 21-23 8 $3.1M −39.1% 2,305 $1,349 $116.2M

7 Sep 28-30 13 $1.6M −47.5% 1,517 $1,077 $118.9M

8 Oct 5-7 19 $882.9K −46.0% 756 $1,167 $120.3M

9 Oct 12-14 29 $406.5K −54.0% 369 $1,101 $121.1M

10 Oct 19-21 37 $171.6K −57.8% 175 $980 $121.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 17 #1 $12.3M — $12.3M 2,948 $4,184 1

Sat Aug 18 #1 $10.4M −15% $22.8M 2,948 $3,544 2

Sun Aug 19 #1 $10.3M −2% $33.1M 2,948 $3,482 3

Mon Aug 20 #1 $5.4M −47% $38.5M 2,948 $1,846 4

Tue Aug 21 #1 $4.8M −13% $43.3M 2,948 $1,613 5

Wed Aug 22 #1 $3.9M −19% $47.1M 2,948 $1,307 6

Thu Aug 23 #1 $3.5M −10% $50.6M 2,948 $1,175 7

Fri Aug 24 #1 $5.7M +64% −54% $56.2M 2,948 $1,923 8

Sat Aug 25 #1 $6.7M +18% −36% $62.9M 2,948 $2,264 9

Sun Aug 26 #1 $5.7M −15% −44% $68.6M 2,948 $1,933 10

Mon Aug 27 #1 $2.4M −58% −56% $71.0M 2,948 $820 11

Tue Aug 28 #1 $2.2M −10% −54% $73.2M 2,948 $740 12

Wed Aug 29 #1 $1.9M −14% −51% $75.1M 2,948 $638 13

Thu Aug 30 #1 $1.7M −8% −50% $76.8M 2,948 $588 14

Fri Aug 31 #2 $3.5M +100% −39% $80.3M 3,002 $1,154 15

Sat Sep 1 #2 $4.3M +23% −36% $84.6M 3,002 $1,419 16

Sun Sep 2 #2 $4.7M +11% −17% $89.3M 3,002 $1,578 17

Mon Sep 3 #2 $3.4M −29% +40% $92.7M 3,002 $1,127 18

Tue Sep 4 #2 $1.1M −67% −49% $93.8M 3,002 $372 19

Wed Sep 5 #2 $976.6K −13% −48% $94.8M 3,002 $325 20

Thu Sep 6 #2 $885.6K −9% −49% $95.7M 3,002 $295 21

Fri Sep 7 #3 $2.4M +170% −31% $98.1M 3,069 $779 22

Sat Sep 8 #3 $3.2M +34% −25% $101.3M 3,069 $1,044 23

Sun Sep 9 #3 $2.0M −39% −59% $103.2M 3,069 $636 24

Mon Sep 10 #2 $683.6K −65% −80% $103.9M 3,069 $222 25

Tue Sep 11 #2 $784.7K +15% −30% $104.7M 3,069 $255 26

Wed Sep 12 #2 $721.6K −8% −26% $105.4M 3,069 $235 27

Thu Sep 13 #2 $726.8K +1% −18% $106.1M 3,069 $236 28

Fri Sep 14 #4 $1.7M +129% −30% $107.8M 2,910 $572 29

Sat Sep 15 #4 $2.2M +33% −31% $110.0M 2,910 $760 30

Sun Sep 16 #5 $1.2M −45% −37% $111.2M 2,910 $421 31

Mon Sep 17 #4 $446.1K −64% −35% $111.7M 2,910 $153 32

Tue Sep 18 #4 $485.6K +9% −38% $112.2M 2,910 $166 33

Wed Sep 19 #4 $443.8K −9% −38% $112.6M 2,910 $152 34

Thu Sep 20 #4 $454.1K +2% −38% $113.1M 2,910 $156 35

Fri Sep 21 #8 $998.4K +120% −40% $114.1M 2,305 $433 36

Sat Sep 22 #9 $1.4M +37% −38% $115.4M 2,305 $593 37

Sun Sep 23 #9 $743.7K −46% −39% $116.2M 2,305 $322 38

Mon Sep 24 #6 $261.6K −65% −41% $116.4M 2,305 $113 39

Tue Sep 25 #6 $267.5K +2% −45% $116.7M 2,305 $116 40

Wed Sep 26 #6 $259.2K −3% −42% $117.0M 2,305 $112 41

Thu Sep 27 #6 $255.0K −2% −44% $117.2M 2,305 $110 42

Mon Oct 1 #11 $144.0K — −45% $119.0M 1,517 $94 46

Tue Oct 2 #10 $165.4K +15% −38% $119.2M 1,517 $109 47

Wed Oct 3 #11 $143.3K −13% −45% $119.3M 1,517 $94 48

Thu Oct 4 #10 $144.7K +1% −43% $119.5M 1,517 $95 49

Cumulative total$119.5M

Aug 17Aug 28Sep 9Sep 20Oct 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $171.6K

$33.1M

$18.0M

$12.5M

$7.6M

$5.1M

$3.1M

$1.6M

$882.9K

$406.5K

$171.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,069 → 1,517 −50.6%

2,948 open1,517 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −57.8%

−45.4%

W1→2

−30.9%

W2→3

−39.4%

W3→4

−32.4%

W4→5

−39.1%

W5→6

−47.5%

W6→7

−46.0%

W7→8

−54.0%

W8→9

−57.8%

W9→10

Steepest −57.8%Best hold −30.9%

Run milestones

$100M in 23 days

$100M

Day 23

Sep 8

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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