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2011 • PG • 1h 40m • Comedy • 20th Century Fox

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$3.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$7.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$7.70M

$480K international

Domestic legs2.2x

Budget$41M

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Cast & crew

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David Frankel

David Frankel Director

Steve Martin

Steve Martin Starring

Jack Black

Jack Black Starring

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson Starring

Brian Dennehy

Brian Dennehy Starring

Anjelica Huston

Anjelica Huston Starring

ScreenplayHoward Franklin Produced byCurtis Hanson, Karen Rosenfelt, Stuart Cornfeld CinematographyLawrence Sher MusicTheodore Shapiro Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 14-16 9 $3.3M — 2,150 $1,513 $3.3M

2 Oct 21-23 12 $1.7M −48.3% 2,150 $782 $6.0M

3 Oct 28-30 27 $227.1K −86.5% 423 $537 $6.8M

4 Nov 4-6 37 $100.8K −55.6% 213 $473 $7.0M

5 Nov 11-13 53 $32.6K −67.6% 83 $393 $7.1M

6 Nov 18-20 50 $28.0K −14.3% 59 $474 $7.1M

7 Nov 25-27 52 $25.0K −10.5% 53 $472 $7.2M

8 Dec 2-4 59 $11.5K −54.2% 25 $459 $7.2M

9 Dec 9-11 67 $8.7K −24.0% 25 $349 $7.2M

10 Dec 16-18 60 $7.5K −13.4% 25 $302 $7.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 14 #8 $1.2M — $1.2M 2,150 $535 1

Sat Oct 15 #8 $1.4M +18.5% $2.5M 2,150 $635 2

Sun Oct 16 #10 $736.4K −46.0% $3.3M 2,150 $343 3

Mon Oct 17 #9 $241.8K −67.2% $3.5M 2,150 $112 4

Tue Oct 18 #9 $314.9K +30.2% $3.8M 2,150 $146 5

Wed Oct 19 #9 $255.8K −18.8% $4.1M 2,150 $119 6

Thu Oct 20 #9 $255.0K −0.3% $4.3M 2,150 $119 7

Fri Oct 21 — $573.7K +124.9% −50.2% $4.9M 2,150 $267 8

Sat Oct 22 — $721.5K +25.8% −47.1% $5.6M 2,150 $336 9

Sun Oct 23 — $385.9K −46.5% −47.6% $6.0M 2,150 $179 10

Mon Oct 24 #12 $131.0K −66.0% −45.8% $6.1M 2,150 $61 11

Tue Oct 25 #12 $174.3K +33.0% −44.6% $6.3M 2,150 $81 12

Wed Oct 26 #12 $141.8K −18.6% −44.5% $6.4M 2,150 $66 13

Thu Oct 27 #12 $145.5K +2.6% −42.9% $6.6M 2,150 $68 14

Fri Oct 28 — $68.8K −52.7% −88.0% $6.7M 423 $163 15

Sat Oct 29 — $104.7K +52.2% −85.5% $6.8M 423 $248 16

Sun Oct 30 — $53.6K −48.8% −86.1% $6.8M 423 $127 17

Mon Oct 31 — $27.1K −49.5% −79.3% $6.8M 423 $64 18

Tue Nov 1 — $23.3K −14.1% −86.6% $6.9M 423 $55 19

Wed Nov 2 — $19.6K −15.8% −86.2% $6.9M 423 $46 20

Thu Nov 3 — $22.9K +16.8% −84.3% $6.9M 423 $54 21

Fri Nov 4 — $32.1K +40.4% −53.3% $6.9M 213 $151 22

Sat Nov 5 — $46.1K +43.3% −56.0% $7.0M 213 $216 23

Sun Nov 6 — $22.6K −50.9% −57.9% $7.0M 213 $106 24

Mon Nov 7 — $7.3K −67.5% −72.9% $7.0M 213 $34 25

Tue Nov 8 — $9.7K +31.5% −58.5% $7.0M 213 $45 26

Wed Nov 9 — $8.0K −17.4% −59.3% $7.0M 213 $37 27

Thu Nov 10 — $10.6K +32.7% −53.8% $7.0M 213 $50 28

Fri Nov 11 — $11.7K +10.1% −63.7% $7.1M 83 $140 29

Sat Nov 12 — $15.0K +28.3% −67.5% $7.1M 83 $180 30

Sun Nov 13 — $6.0K −59.7% −73.4% $7.1M 83 $73 31

Mon Nov 14 — $2.6K −56.5% −64.3% $7.1M 83 $32 32

Tue Nov 15 — $3.0K +13.9% −69.1% $7.1M 83 $36 33

Wed Nov 16 — $2.7K −10.8% −66.7% $7.1M 83 $32 34

Thu Nov 17 — $3.0K +11.5% −72.0% $7.1M 83 $36 35

Fri Nov 18 — $8.0K +168.3% −31.7% $7.1M 59 $135 36

Sat Nov 19 — $12.2K +53.0% −18.6% $7.1M 59 $206 37

Sun Nov 20 — $7.8K −35.6% +30.2% $7.1M 59 $133 38

Mon Nov 21 — $2.9K −63.5% +9.2% $7.1M 59 $48 39

Tue Nov 22 — $4.0K +38.3% +32.7% $7.1M 59 $67 40

Wed Nov 23 — $4.0K +1.7% +51.2% $7.1M 52 $77 41

Thu Nov 24 — $3.6K −11.5% +20.0% $7.1M 52 $68 42

Fri Nov 25 — $9.9K +178.0% +24.4% $7.1M 53 $187 43

Sat Nov 26 — $9.5K −4.2% −22.1% $7.2M 53 $179 44

Sun Nov 27 — $5.6K −40.5% −28.0% $7.2M 53 $106 45

Mon Nov 28 — $2.1K −62.7% −26.3% $7.2M 53 $40 46

Tue Nov 29 — $1.8K −14.4% −54.4% $7.2M 53 $34 47

Wed Nov 30 — $1.8K +2.2% −54.2% $7.2M 53 $35 48

Thu Dec 1 — $1.6K −11.0% −53.9% $7.2M 53 $31 49

Cumulative total$7.2M

Oct 14Oct 26Nov 7Nov 19Dec 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $7.5K

$3.3M

$1.7M

$227.1K

$100.8K

$32.6K

$28.0K

$25.0K

$11.5K

$8.7K

$7.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,150 → 53 −97.5%

2,150 open53 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −13.4%

−48.3%

W1→2

−86.5%

W2→3

−55.6%

W3→4

−67.6%

W4→5

−14.3%

W5→6

−10.5%

W6→7

−54.2%

W7→8

−24.0%

W8→9

−13.4%

W9→10

Steepest −86.5%Best hold −10.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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