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2002 • PG-13 • 1h 48m • Comedy, Romance • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Sometimes What You're Looking For Is Right Where You Left It.

🍅 39% 78%

45

2.80

6.2

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$35.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$127.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$181.00M

$53.40M international

Domestic legs3.57x

Budget$30.0M

2002 rank#18

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Cast & crew

Full Tennant filmography

Andy Tennant

Andy Tennant Director

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon Starring

Josh Lucas

Josh Lucas Starring

Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Dempsey Starring

Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen Starring

ScreenplayC. Jay Cox Produced byNeal H. Moritz, Stokely Chaffin CinematographyAndrew Dunn MusicGeorge Fenton StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 27-29 1 $35.6M — 3,293 $10,825 $35.6M

2 Oct 4-6 2 $21.3M −40.2% 3,303 $6,456 $65.3M

3 Oct 11-13 2 $14.3M −33.1% 3,313 $4,304 $84.7M

4 Oct 18-20 2 $9.6M −33.0% 3,282 $2,912 $98.5M

5 Oct 25-27 4 $6.5M −31.8% 3,182 $2,050 $107.3M

6 Nov 1-3 7 $4.6M −29.5% 2,441 $1,883 $113.4M

7 Nov 8-10 7 $3.8M −17.1% 2,004 $1,901 $118.5M

8 Nov 15-17 10 $2.2M −41.4% 1,469 $1,520 $121.9M

9 Nov 22-24 14 $1.0M −53.4% 952 $1,093 $123.4M

10 Nov 29-Dec 1 23 $410.8K −60.5% 378 $1,086 $124.2M

11 Dec 6-8 28 $160.4K −61.0% 287 $558 $124.4M

12 Dec 13-15 36 $82.5K −48.5% 203 $406 $124.5M

13 Dec 20-22 29 $209.4K +153.7% 338 $619 $124.8M

14 Dec 27-29 29 $401.3K +91.7% 326 $1,230 $125.4M

15 Jan 3-5 31 $333.3K −16.9% 294 $1,133 $126.1M

16 Jan 10-12 34 $231.3K −30.6% 267 $866 $126.4M

17 Jan 17-19 36 $172.6K −25.4% 219 $788 $126.7M

18 Jan 24-26 39 $112.2K −35.0% 182 $616 $126.9M

19 Jan 31-Feb 2 41 $115.5K +3.0% 137 $843 $127.0M

20 Feb 7-9 48 $74.4K −35.6% 114 $652 $127.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 27 #1 $13.1M — $13.1M 3,293 $3,983 1

Sat Sep 28 #1 $14.7M +12% $27.8M 3,293 $4,466 2

Sun Sep 29 #1 $7.8M −47% $35.6M 3,293 $2,375 3

Mon Sep 30 #1 $2.1M −73% $37.7M 3,293 $629 4

Tue Oct 1 #1 $2.3M +11% $40.0M 3,293 $700 5

Wed Oct 2 #1 $2.0M −11% $42.1M 3,293 $620 6

Thu Oct 3 #1 $1.9M −5% $44.0M 3,293 $587 7

Fri Oct 4 #2 $7.2M +273% −45% $51.2M 3,303 $2,183 8

Sat Oct 5 #2 $9.4M +31% −36% $60.6M 3,303 $2,853 9

Sun Oct 6 #2 $4.7M −50% −40% $65.3M 3,303 $1,420 10

Mon Oct 7 #2 $1.3M −73% −39% $66.6M 3,303 $380 11

Tue Oct 8 #2 $1.4M +10% −40% $68.0M 3,303 $416 12

Wed Oct 9 #2 $1.2M −12% −41% $69.1M 3,303 $368 13

Thu Oct 10 #2 $1.3M +10% −31% $70.5M 3,303 $403 14

Fri Oct 11 #2 $4.4M +233% −38% $74.9M 3,313 $1,342 15

Sat Oct 12 #2 $6.1M +38% −35% $81.0M 3,313 $1,855 16

Sun Oct 13 #2 $3.7M −40% −22% $84.7M 3,313 $1,107 17

Mon Oct 14 #2 $1.5M −58% +22% $86.2M 3,313 $460 18

Tue Oct 15 #2 $903.0K −41% −34% $87.1M 3,313 $272 19

Wed Oct 16 #2 $848.0K −6% −30% $88.0M 3,313 $255 20

Thu Oct 17 #2 $922.0K +9% −31% $88.9M 3,313 $278 21

Fri Oct 18 #2 $3.0M +226% −32% $91.9M 3,282 $917 22

Sat Oct 19 #2 $4.4M +47% −28% $96.4M 3,282 $1,352 23

Sun Oct 20 #2 $2.1M −52% −42% $98.5M 3,282 $642 24

Mon Oct 21 #3 $530.0K −75% −65% $99.0M 3,282 $161 25

Tue Oct 22 #4 $611.0K +15% −32% $99.6M 3,282 $186 26

Wed Oct 23 #3 $558.0K −9% −34% $100.2M 3,282 $170 27

Thu Oct 24 #2 $607.0K +9% −34% $100.8M 3,282 $184 28

Fri Oct 25 #4 $2.1M +251% −29% $102.9M 3,182 $670 29

Sat Oct 26 #4 $3.0M +38% −34% $105.9M 3,182 $927 30

Sun Oct 27 #4 $1.4M −51% −32% $107.3M 3,182 $452 31

Mon Oct 28 #5 $368.0K −74% −31% $107.7M 3,182 $115 32

Tue Oct 29 #5 $434.0K +18% −29% $108.1M 3,182 $136 33

Wed Oct 30 #5 $364.0K −16% −35% $108.5M 3,182 $114 34

Thu Oct 31 #5 $380.0K +4% −37% $108.8M 3,182 $119 35

Fri Nov 1 #7 $1.3M +254% −37% $110.2M 2,441 $550 36

Sat Nov 2 #7 $2.0M +52% −31% $112.2M 2,441 $839 37

Sun Nov 3 #7 $1.2M −41% −16% $113.4M 2,441 $494 38

Mon Nov 4 #7 $304.0K −75% −17% $113.8M 2,441 $124 39

Tue Nov 5 #7 $381.0K +25% −12% $114.1M 2,441 $156 40

Wed Nov 6 #8 $282.0K −26% −23% $114.4M 2,441 $115 41

Thu Nov 7 #7 $323.0K +15% −15% $114.7M 2,441 $132 42

Fri Nov 8 #7 $1.1M +256% −15% $115.9M 2,004 $573 43

Sat Nov 9 #7 $1.7M +46% −18% $117.6M 2,004 $838 44

Sun Nov 10 #7 $982.0K −42% −19% $118.5M 2,004 $490 45

Mon Nov 11 #7 $495.0K −50% +63% $119.0M 2,004 $247 46

Tue Nov 12 #9 $211.0K −57% −45% $119.3M 2,004 $105 47

Wed Nov 13 #9 $196.0K −7% −30% $119.5M 2,004 $97 48

Thu Nov 14 #8 $202.0K +3% −37% $119.7M 2,004 $100 49

Fri Nov 15 #10 $719.2K +256% −37% $120.4M 1,469 $489 50

Sat Nov 16 #10 $1.1M +47% −37% $121.4M 1,469 $719 51

Sun Nov 17 #10 $457.8K −57% −53% $121.9M 1,469 $311 52

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

Cumulative total$121.9M

Sep 27Oct 10Oct 23Nov 4Nov 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $410.8K

$35.6M

$21.3M

$14.3M

$9.6M

$6.5M

$4.6M

$3.8M

$2.2M

$1.0M

$410.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,313 → 1,469 −55.7%

3,293 open1,469 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −60.5%

−40.2%

W1→2

−33.1%

W2→3

−33.0%

W3→4

−31.8%

W4→5

−29.5%

W5→6

−17.1%

W6→7

−41.4%

W7→8

−53.4%

W8→9

−60.5%

W9→10

Steepest −60.5%Best hold −17.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 27 days

$100M

Day 27

Oct 23

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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