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2013 • R • 2h 3m • Comedy, Drama • Universal Pictures

Times change. Friendship doesn't.

🍅 71% 83%

59

3.30

6.6

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$70.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$72.80M

$2.30M international

Domestic legs2.34x

Budget$17.0M

2013 rank#50

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Cast & crew

Full Lee filmography

Malcolm D. Lee

Malcolm D. Lee Director

Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard Starring

Harold Perrineau

Harold Perrineau Starring

Morris Chestnut

Morris Chestnut Starring

Sanaa Lathan

Sanaa Lathan Starring

Taye Diggs

Taye Diggs Starring

ScreenplayMalcolm D. Lee Produced byMalcolm D. Lee, Sean Daniel CinematographyGreg Gardiner MusicStanley Clarke StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 15-17 2 $30.1M — 2,024 $14,875 $30.1M

2 Nov 22-24 3 $12.5M −58.5% 2,041 $6,120 $50.4M

3 Nov 29-Dec 1 4 $8.2M −34.6% 1,717 $4,760 $63.1M

4 Dec 6-8 8 $2.6M −68.1% 1,577 $1,654 $67.2M

5 Dec 13-15 12 $1.1M −59.6% 922 $1,145 $69.0M

6 Dec 20-22 18 $393.1K −62.8% 351 $1,120 $69.8M

7 Dec 27-29 30 $216.7K −44.9% 120 $1,805 $70.2M

8 Jan 3-5 33 $105.9K −51.1% 130 $814 $70.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 15 #1 $10.7M — $10.7M 2,024 $5,280 1

Sat Nov 16 #2 $12.3M +15% $23.0M 2,024 $6,060 2

Sun Nov 17 #2 $7.2M −42% $30.1M 2,024 $3,535 3

Mon Nov 18 #1 $2.4M −66% $32.5M 2,024 $1,199 4

Tue Nov 19 #2 $2.3M −7% $34.8M 2,024 $1,115 5

Wed Nov 20 #2 $1.7M −26% $36.5M 2,024 $820 6

Thu Nov 21 #2 $1.4M −15% $37.9M 2,024 $700 7

Fri Nov 22 #3 $3.8M +169% −64% $41.7M 2,041 $1,870 8

Sat Nov 23 #3 $5.7M +48% −54% $47.3M 2,041 $2,770 9

Sun Nov 24 #3 $3.0M −47% −58% $50.4M 2,041 $1,480 10

Mon Nov 25 #3 $938.6K −69% −61% $51.3M 2,041 $459 11

Tue Nov 26 #4 $1.0M +8% −55% $52.3M 2,041 $495 12

Wed Nov 27 #6 $1.2M +21% −26% $53.5M 1,785 $685 13

Thu Nov 28 #6 $1.4M +13% −2% $54.9M 1,785 $775 14

Fri Nov 29 #4 $3.4M +144% −12% $58.3M 1,717 $1,965 15

Sat Nov 30 #4 $3.3M −1% −41% $61.6M 1,717 $1,945 16

Sun Dec 1 #5 $1.5M −56% −52% $63.1M 1,717 $850 17

Mon Dec 2 #5 $411.2K −72% −56% $63.5M 1,717 $239 18

Tue Dec 3 #7 $430.1K +5% −57% $63.9M 1,717 $250 19

Wed Dec 4 #8 $327.0K −24% −73% $64.3M 1,717 $190 20

Thu Dec 5 #8 $308.8K −6% −78% $64.6M 1,717 $179 21

Fri Dec 6 #7 $780.6K +153% −77% $65.3M 1,577 $495 22

Sat Dec 7 #7 $1.3M +62% −62% $66.6M 1,577 $799 23

Sun Dec 8 #8 $567.7K −55% −61% $67.2M 1,577 $360 24

Mon Dec 9 #9 $205.0K −64% −50% $67.4M 1,577 $130 25

Tue Dec 10 #9 $220.8K +8% −49% $67.6M 1,577 $140 26

Wed Dec 11 #9 $189.2K −14% −42% $67.8M 1,577 $120 27

Thu Dec 12 #10 $173.5K −8% −44% $68.0M 1,577 $110 28

Fri Dec 13 $331.9K +91% −57% $68.3M 922 $360 29

Sat Dec 14 $428.7K +29% −66% $68.7M 922 $465 30

Sun Dec 15 $295.0K −31% −48% $69.0M 922 $320 31

Mon Dec 16 #12 $114.8K −61% −44% $69.1M 922 $124 32

Tue Dec 17 #13 $106.0K −8% −52% $69.2M 922 $115 33

Wed Dec 18 #15 $83.8K −21% −56% $69.3M 922 $90 34

Thu Dec 19 #15 $77.0K −8% −56% $69.4M 922 $83 35

Fri Dec 20 #15 $112.3K +46% −66% $69.5M 351 $320 36

Sat Dec 21 $166.7K +48% −61% $69.7M 351 $475 37

Sun Dec 22 $114.1K −32% −61% $69.8M 351 $325 38

Mon Dec 23 $70.2K −38% −39% $69.9M 351 $200 39

Tue Dec 24 $61.4K −13% −42% $69.9M 351 $175 40

Wed Dec 25 $53.3K −13% −36% $70.0M 351 $151 41

Thu Dec 26 $54.0K +1% −30% $70.0M 351 $153 42

Fri Dec 27 $79.2K +47% −29% $70.1M 120 $659 43

Sat Dec 28 $88.9K +12% −47% $70.2M 120 $740 44

Sun Dec 29 $48.6K −45% −57% $70.2M 120 $405 45

Mon Dec 30 $37.8K −22% −46% $70.3M 120 $315 46

Tue Dec 31 $25.8K −32% −58% $70.3M 120 $215 47

Wed Jan 1 $51.6K +100% −3% $70.4M 120 $430 48

Thu Jan 2 $21.6K −58% −60% $70.4M 120 $180 49

Fri Jan 3 $35.1K +63% −56% $70.4M 130 $270 50

Sat Jan 4 $50.7K +44% −43% $70.5M 130 $389 51

Sun Jan 5 $20.1K −60% −59% $70.5M 130 $155 52

Mon Jan 6 $7.8K −61% −79% $70.5M 130 $60 53

Tue Jan 7 $8.4K +8% −67% $70.5M 130 $65 54

Wed Jan 8 $7.8K −7% −85% $70.5M 130 $60 55

Thu Jan 9 $8.4K +8% −61% $70.5M 130 $64 56

Cumulative total$70.5M

Nov 15Nov 29Dec 13Dec 26Jan 9

Weekend grossWk 8 · $105.9K

$30.1M

$12.5M

$8.2M

$2.6M

$1.1M

$393.1K

$216.7K

$105.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 2,041 → 130 −93.6%

2,024 open130 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −51.1%

−58.5%

W1→2

−34.6%

W2→3

−68.1%

W3→4

−59.6%

W4→5

−62.8%

W5→6

−44.9%

W6→7

−51.1%

W7→8

Steepest −68.1%Best hold −34.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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