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2006 • PG-13 • 1h 48m • Comedy, Sport • Sony Pictures Releasing

The story of a man who could only count to #1.

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3.36

6.6

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$47.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$148.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$163.00M

$15.10M international

Domestic legs3.15x

Budget$72.5M

2006 rank#12

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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

Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Baron Cohen Starring

Gary Cole

Gary Cole Starring

Leslie Bibb

Leslie Bibb Starring

ScreenplayAdam McKay, Will Ferrell StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 4-6 1 $47.0M — 3,803 $12,369 $47.0M

2 Aug 11-13 1 $22.1M −53.0% 3,807 $5,811 $90.3M

3 Aug 18-20 2 $13.8M −37.8% 3,741 $3,676 $114.3M

4 Aug 25-27 2 $8.1M −40.9% 3,370 $2,410 $127.8M

5 Sep 1-3 6 $6.1M −24.9% 3,001 $2,032 $136.8M

6 Sep 8-10 9 $3.0M −50.6% 2,617 $1,151 $142.2M

7 Sep 15-17 13 $2.0M −34.5% 1,912 $1,032 $145.0M

8 Sep 22-24 16 $1.2M −40.1% 1,167 $1,013 $146.7M

9 Sep 29-Oct 1 19 $468.2K −60.4% 669 $699 $147.4M

10 Oct 6-8 23 $348.0K −25.7% 476 $731 $147.9M

11 Oct 13-15 25 $230.8K −33.7% 332 $695 $148.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 4 #1 $18.0M — $18.0M 3,803 $4,737 1

Sat Aug 5 #1 $16.0M −11% $34.1M 3,803 $4,216 2

Sun Aug 6 #1 $13.0M −19% $47.0M 3,803 $3,415 3

Mon Aug 7 #1 $7.0M −46% $54.0M 3,803 $1,832 4

Tue Aug 8 #1 $5.4M −23% $59.4M 3,803 $1,410 5

Wed Aug 9 #1 $4.5M −15% $63.9M 3,803 $1,193 6

Thu Aug 10 #1 $4.3M −5% $68.2M 3,803 $1,131 7

Fri Aug 11 #2 $7.2M +68% −60% $75.4M 3,807 $1,894 8

Sat Aug 12 #1 $8.7M +21% −46% $84.1M 3,807 $2,283 9

Sun Aug 13 #1 $6.2M −28% −52% $90.3M 3,807 $1,634 10

Mon Aug 14 #1 $2.9M −53% −58% $93.2M 3,807 $762 11

Tue Aug 15 #1 $2.8M −4% −48% $96.0M 3,807 $732 12

Wed Aug 16 #1 $2.3M −16% −49% $98.4M 3,807 $613 13

Thu Aug 17 #1 $2.2M −5% −48% $100.6M 3,807 $582 14

Fri Aug 18 #2 $4.2M +88% −42% $104.7M 3,741 $1,112 15

Sat Aug 19 #1 $5.8M +39% −33% $110.5M 3,741 $1,547 16

Sun Aug 20 #1 $3.8M −34% −39% $114.3M 3,741 $1,016 17

Mon Aug 21 #2 $1.4M −62% −50% $115.8M 3,741 $384 18

Tue Aug 22 #1 $1.4M −3% −50% $117.2M 3,741 $371 19

Wed Aug 23 #1 $1.3M −9% −46% $118.4M 3,741 $337 20

Thu Aug 24 #1 $1.3M −1% −44% $119.7M 3,741 $334 21

Fri Aug 25 #3 $2.4M +94% −42% $122.1M 3,370 $720 22

Sat Aug 26 #2 $3.3M +38% −42% $125.5M 3,370 $993 23

Sun Aug 27 #2 $2.3M −30% −38% $127.8M 3,370 $695 24

Mon Aug 28 #4 $801.9K −66% −44% $128.6M 3,370 $237 25

Tue Aug 29 #4 $786.2K −2% −43% $129.4M 3,370 $233 26

Wed Aug 30 #4 $683.9K −13% −46% $130.1M 3,370 $202 27

Thu Aug 31 #4 $594.8K −13% −53% $130.7M 3,370 $176 28

Fri Sep 1 #6 $1.5M +151% −39% $132.2M 3,001 $497 29

Sat Sep 2 #6 $2.3M +57% −30% $134.5M 3,001 $779 30

Sun Sep 3 #6 $2.3M −3% −3% $136.8M 3,001 $756 31

Mon Sep 4 #7 $1.5M −33% +90% $138.3M 3,001 $508 32

Tue Sep 5 #7 $330.7K −78% −58% $138.6M 3,001 $110 33

Wed Sep 6 #7 $288.2K −13% −58% $138.9M 3,001 $96 34

Thu Sep 7 #7 $260.8K −10% −56% $139.2M 3,001 $86 35

Fri Sep 8 #9 $892.3K +242% −40% $140.1M 2,617 $340 36

Sat Sep 9 #9 $1.4M +57% −40% $141.5M 2,617 $534 37

Sun Sep 10 #10 $722.7K −48% −68% $142.2M 2,617 $276 38

Mon Sep 11 #10 $195.3K −73% −87% $142.4M 2,617 $74 39

Tue Sep 12 #9 $215.9K +11% −35% $142.6M 2,617 $82 40

Wed Sep 13 #9 $214.8K −1% −25% $142.8M 2,617 $82 41

Thu Sep 14 #9 $221.1K +3% −15% $143.0M 2,617 $84 42

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

Cumulative total$143.0M

Aug 4Aug 14Aug 25Sep 4Sep 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $348.0K

$47.0M

$22.1M

$13.8M

$8.1M

$6.1M

$3.0M

$2.0M

$1.2M

$468.2K

$348.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,807 → 2,617 −31.3%

3,803 open2,617 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.7%

−53.0%

W1→2

−37.8%

W2→3

−40.9%

W3→4

−24.9%

W4→5

−50.6%

W5→6

−34.5%

W6→7

−40.1%

W7→8

−60.4%

W8→9

−25.7%

W9→10

Steepest −60.4%Best hold −24.9%

Run milestones

$100M in 14 days

$100M

Day 14

Aug 17

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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