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The Back-up PlanFollow

2010 • PG-13 • 1h 44m • Comedy, Romance • CBS Films

Fall in love, get married, have a baby. Not necessarily in that order.

🍅 18% 46%

34

2.64

5.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$37.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$75.30M

$37.80M international

Domestic legs3.1x

Budget$35M

2010 rank#82

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Cast & crew

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez Starring

Michaela Watkins

Michaela Watkins Starring

Eric Christian Olsen

Eric Christian Olsen Starring

Anthony Anderson

Anthony Anderson Starring

Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy Starring

ScreenplayKate Angelo Produced bySteve Tisch, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal CinematographyXavier Grobet StudioCBS Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 23-25 2 $12.2M — 3,280 $3,720 $12.2M

2 Apr 30-May 2 4 $7.3M −40.5% 3,280 $2,212 $23.0M

3 May 7-9 5 $5.0M −30.6% 3,003 $1,676 $30.1M

4 May 14-16 8 $2.4M −52.6% 2,497 $956 $34.1M

5 May 21-23 11 $942.9K −60.5% 1,079 $874 $35.9M

6 May 28-30 18 $291.2K −69.1% 391 $745 $36.5M

7 Jun 4-6 34 $95.6K −67.2% 153 $625 $36.8M

8 Jun 11-13 37 $79.7K −16.6% 112 $712 $36.9M

9 Jun 18-20 36 $93.3K +17.0% 166 $562 $37.1M

10 Jun 25-27 31 $124.6K +33.6% 147 $847 $37.2M

11 Jul 2-4 43 $51.7K −58.5% 97 $533 $37.4M

12 Jul 9-11 48 $36.4K −29.6% 61 $597 $37.4M

13 Jul 16-18 56 $12.3K −66.3% 25 $492 $37.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 23 #1 $4.3M — $4.3M 3,280 $1,298 1

Sat Apr 24 #2 $5.0M +17.3% $9.3M 3,280 $1,522 2

Sun Apr 25 #2 $3.0M −40.9% $12.2M 3,280 $900 3

Mon Apr 26 #2 $843.9K −71.4% $13.0M 3,280 $257 4

Tue Apr 27 #1 $1.0M +21.3% $14.1M 3,280 $312 5

Wed Apr 28 #1 $832.4K −18.7% $14.9M 3,280 $254 6

Thu Apr 29 #1 $805.9K −3.2% $15.7M 3,280 $246 7

Fri Apr 30 #4 $2.4M +200.0% −43.2% $18.1M 3,280 $737 8

Sat May 1 #4 $3.1M +27.8% −38.1% $21.2M 3,280 $942 9

Sun May 2 #4 $1.7M −43.4% −40.8% $23.0M 3,280 $533 10

Mon May 3 #3 $495.6K −71.7% −41.3% $23.5M 3,280 $151 11

Tue May 4 #2 $622.0K +25.5% −39.2% $24.1M 3,280 $190 12

Wed May 5 #3 $482.1K −22.5% −42.1% $24.6M 3,280 $147 13

Thu May 6 #2 $507.2K +5.2% −37.1% $25.1M 3,280 $155 14

Fri May 7 #5 $1.4M +179.6% −41.3% $26.5M 3,003 $472 15

Sat May 8 #5 $1.9M +37.1% −37.1% $28.4M 3,003 $647 16

Sun May 9 #5 $1.7M −14.0% −4.4% $30.1M 3,003 $556 17

Mon May 10 #5 $362.4K −78.3% −26.9% $30.5M 3,003 $121 18

Tue May 11 #3 $465.8K +28.5% −25.1% $30.9M 3,003 $155 19

Wed May 12 #5 $409.9K −12.0% −15.0% $31.3M 3,003 $136 20

Thu May 13 #5 $395.2K −3.6% −22.1% $31.7M 3,003 $132 21

Fri May 14 #8 $786.2K +98.9% −44.6% $32.5M 2,497 $315 22

Sat May 15 #8 $1.1M +34.0% −45.8% $33.6M 2,497 $422 23

Sun May 16 #9 $547.7K −48.0% −67.2% $34.1M 2,497 $219 24

Mon May 17 #8 $201.9K −63.1% −44.3% $34.3M 2,497 $81 25

Tue May 18 #8 $235.1K +16.4% −49.5% $34.6M 2,497 $94 26

Wed May 19 #8 $208.8K −11.2% −49.1% $34.8M 2,497 $84 27

Thu May 20 #8 $206.2K −1.2% −47.8% $35.0M 2,497 $83 28

Fri May 21 #11 $310.0K +50.3% −60.6% $35.3M 1,079 $287 29

Sat May 22 #10 $410.9K +32.5% −61.0% $35.7M 1,079 $381 30

Sun May 23 #12 $222.1K −45.9% −59.5% $35.9M 1,079 $206 31

Mon May 24 #10 $95.3K −57.1% −52.8% $36.0M 1,079 $88 32

Tue May 25 #10 $91.5K −4.0% −61.1% $36.1M 1,079 $85 33

Wed May 26 — $76.9K −16.0% −63.2% $36.2M 1,079 $71 34

Thu May 27 — $52.0K −32.4% −74.8% $36.2M 1,079 $48 35

Fri May 28 — $81.2K +56.3% −73.8% $36.3M 391 $208 36

Sat May 29 — $106.7K +31.3% −74.0% $36.4M 391 $273 37

Sun May 30 — $103.3K −3.2% −53.5% $36.5M 391 $264 38

Mon May 31 #21 $68.5K −33.7% −28.1% $36.6M 391 $175 39

Tue Jun 1 — $36.0K −47.4% −60.6% $36.6M 391 $92 40

Wed Jun 2 — $33.4K −7.2% −56.5% $36.7M 391 $85 41

Thu Jun 3 — $33.6K +0.7% −35.3% $36.7M 391 $86 42

Fri Jun 4 — $29.1K −13.6% −64.2% $36.7M 153 $190 43

Sat Jun 5 — $42.9K +47.6% −59.8% $36.8M 153 $280 44

Sun Jun 6 — $23.7K −44.7% −77.1% $36.8M 153 $155 45

Mon Jun 7 — $9.1K −61.7% −86.8% $36.8M 153 $59 46

Tue Jun 8 — $12.4K +36.6% −65.6% $36.8M 153 $81 47

Wed Jun 9 — $11.4K −7.5% −65.7% $36.8M 153 $75 48

Thu Jun 10 — $11.2K −1.9% −66.6% $36.8M 153 $73 49

Fri Jun 11 — $30.6K +172.3% +5.3% $36.9M 112 $273 50

Sat Jun 12 — $30.5K −0.2% −28.8% $36.9M 112 $273 51

Sun Jun 13 — $18.6K −39.0% −21.4% $36.9M 112 $166 52

Mon Jun 14 — $9.1K −51.3% +0.1% $36.9M 112 $81 53

Tue Jun 15 — $9.9K +8.9% −20.2% $36.9M 112 $88 54

Wed Jun 16 — $11.0K +11.0% −4.2% $36.9M 112 $98 55

Thu Jun 17 — $9.9K −9.7% −11.9% $37.0M 112 $88 56

Fri Jun 18 — $32.5K +228.6% +6.3% $37.0M 166 $196 57

Sat Jun 19 — $37.0K +13.7% +21.1% $37.0M 166 $223 58

Sun Jun 20 — $23.8K −35.7% +27.7% $37.1M 166 $143 59

Mon Jun 21 — $16.3K −31.4% +79.8% $37.1M 166 $98 60

Tue Jun 22 — $19.4K +18.9% +96.2% $37.1M 166 $117 61

Wed Jun 23 — $15.0K −22.4% +37.3% $37.1M 166 $91 62

Thu Jun 24 — $17.3K +15.0% +74.9% $37.1M 166 $104 63

Fri Jun 25 — $44.5K +157.3% +36.9% $37.2M 147 $303 64

Sat Jun 26 — $50.3K +13.0% +36.1% $37.2M 147 $342 65

Sun Jun 27 — $29.7K −40.9% +25.1% $37.2M 147 $202 66

Mon Jun 28 — $16.0K −46.2% −1.9% $37.3M 147 $109 67

Tue Jun 29 — $20.0K +25.1% +3.2% $37.3M 147 $136 68

Wed Jun 30 — $12.4K −37.8% −17.3% $37.3M 147 $85 69

Thu Jul 1 — $15.2K +21.8% −12.4% $37.3M 147 $103 70

Fri Jul 2 — $18.8K +24.2% −57.7% $37.3M 97 $194 71

Sat Jul 3 — $20.0K +6.3% −60.2% $37.3M 97 $206 72

Sun Jul 4 — $12.9K −35.5% −56.6% $37.4M 97 $133 73

Mon Jul 5 #44 $17.2K +33.1% +7.5% $37.4M 97 $177 74

Tue Jul 6 — $12.0K −30.0% −39.9% $37.4M 97 $124 75

Wed Jul 7 — $10.9K −9.4% −12.5% $37.4M 97 $112 76

Thu Jul 8 — $12.7K +17.0% −16.0% $37.4M 97 $131 77

Fri Jul 9 — $12.1K −5.1% −35.7% $37.4M 61 $198 78

Sat Jul 10 — $14.9K +23.0% −25.6% $37.4M 61 $244 79

Sun Jul 11 — $9.5K −36.3% −26.6% $37.4M 61 $155 80

Mon Jul 12 — $5.2K −45.4% −69.9% $37.5M 61 $85 81

Tue Jul 13 — $5.7K +10.9% −52.4% $37.5M 61 $94 82

Wed Jul 14 — $4.8K −16.6% −56.1% $37.5M 61 $78 83

Thu Jul 15 — $5.5K +15.5% −56.7% $37.5M 61 $90 84

Fri Jul 16 — $3.9K −29.8% −68.0% $37.5M 25 $155 85

Sat Jul 17 — $5.0K +29.9% −66.2% $37.5M 25 $201 86

Sun Jul 18 — $3.4K −32.8% −64.3% $37.5M 25 $135 87

Mon Jul 19 — $1.7K −48.9% −66.5% $37.5M 25 $69 88

Tue Jul 20 — $2.8K +63.3% −50.7% $37.5M 25 $113 89

Wed Jul 21 — $1.9K −34.2% −61.1% $37.5M 25 $74 90

Thu Jul 22 — $2.4K +26.9% −57.3% $37.5M 25 $94 91

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

Cumulative total$37.3M

Apr 23May 10May 28Jun 14Jul 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $124.6K

$12.2M

$7.3M

$5.0M

$2.4M

$942.9K

$291.2K

$95.6K

$79.7K

$93.3K

$124.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,280 → 147 −95.5%

3,280 open147 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +33.6%

−40.5%

W1→2

−30.6%

W2→3

−52.6%

W3→4

−60.5%

W4→5

−69.1%

W5→6

−67.2%

W6→7

−16.6%

W7→8

+17.0%

W8→9

+33.6%

W9→10

Steepest −69.1%Biggest gain +33.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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