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The BoxFollow

2009 • PG-13 • 1h 55m • Drama, Mystery, Thriller • Warner Bros.

You are the experiment.

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2.71

5.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$15.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$34.40M

$19.30M international

Domestic legs2.0x

Budget$25M

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Cast & crew

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz Starring

James Marsden

James Marsden Starring

Frank Langella

Frank Langella Starring

James Rebhorn

James Rebhorn Starring

ScreenplayRichard Kelly Produced byRichard Kelly, Dan Lin, Sean McKittrick CinematographySteven Poster MusicOwen Pallett StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 6-8 6 $7.6M — 2,635 $2,873 $7.6M

2 Nov 13-15 10 $3.2M −58.3% 2,635 $1,199 $13.2M

3 Nov 20-22 17 $494.3K −84.3% 965 $512 $14.5M

4 Nov 27-29 37 $95.4K −80.7% 144 $662 $14.7M

5 Dec 4-6 51 $22.2K −76.8% 75 $295 $14.8M

6 Dec 11-13 33 $81.6K +268.3% 203 $402 $14.9M

7 Dec 18-20 39 $40.7K −50.1% 131 $311 $15.0M

8 Dec 25-27 47 $17.6K −56.6% 50 $353 $15.0M

9 Jan 1-3 53 $20.4K +15.6% 50 $408 $15.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 6 #6 $2.8M — $2.8M 2,635 $1,081 1

Sat Nov 7 #6 $3.2M +11.8% $6.0M 2,635 $1,208 2

Sun Nov 8 #6 $1.5M −51.6% $7.6M 2,635 $585 3

Mon Nov 9 #7 $478.2K −69.0% $8.0M 2,635 $181 4

Tue Nov 10 #7 $702.4K +46.9% $8.8M 2,635 $267 5

Wed Nov 11 #7 $863.1K +22.9% $9.6M 2,635 $328 6

Thu Nov 12 #8 $406.2K −52.9% $10.0M 2,635 $154 7

Fri Nov 13 #10 $1.1M +182.2% −59.7% $11.2M 2,635 $435 8

Sat Nov 14 #10 $1.4M +18.3% −57.4% $12.5M 2,635 $515 9

Sun Nov 15 #12 $655.7K −51.7% −57.4% $13.2M 2,635 $249 10

Mon Nov 16 #11 $199.5K −69.6% −58.3% $13.4M 2,635 $76 11

Tue Nov 17 #10 $236.4K +18.5% −66.3% $13.6M 2,635 $90 12

Wed Nov 18 #10 $211.1K −10.7% −75.5% $13.8M 2,635 $80 13

Thu Nov 19 #11 $182.2K −13.7% −55.1% $14.0M 2,635 $69 14

Fri Nov 20 #15 $175.9K −3.5% −84.7% $14.2M 965 $182 15

Sat Nov 21 #17 $213.3K +21.3% −84.3% $14.4M 965 $221 16

Sun Nov 22 #19 $105.1K −50.7% −84.0% $14.5M 965 $109 17

Mon Nov 23 — $47.1K −55.2% −76.4% $14.6M 965 $49 18

Tue Nov 24 — $61.3K +30.2% −74.1% $14.6M 965 $64 19

Wed Nov 25 — $17.2K −71.9% −91.8% $14.6M 208 $83 20

Thu Nov 26 — $21.0K +21.7% −88.5% $14.6M 208 $101 21

Fri Nov 27 — $38.6K +83.8% −78.1% $14.7M 144 $268 22

Sat Nov 28 — $39.5K +2.5% −81.5% $14.7M 144 $274 23

Sun Nov 29 — $17.3K −56.2% −83.5% $14.7M 144 $120 24

Mon Nov 30 — $5.7K −67.0% −87.9% $14.8M 144 $40 25

Tue Dec 1 — $5.8K +2.5% −90.5% $14.8M 144 $41 26

Wed Dec 2 — $5.9K +0.5% −65.9% $14.8M 144 $41 27

Thu Dec 3 — $4.9K −16.6% −76.6% $14.8M 144 $34 28

Fri Dec 4 — $7.5K +53.4% −80.5% $14.8M 75 $100 29

Sat Dec 5 — $9.3K +23.9% −76.4% $14.8M 75 $124 30

Sun Dec 6 — $5.3K −43.1% −69.3% $14.8M 75 $71 31

Mon Dec 7 — $2.4K −54.9% −58.1% $14.8M 75 $32 32

Tue Dec 8 — $2.8K +19.0% −51.3% $14.8M 75 $38 33

Wed Dec 9 — $2.6K −7.8% −55.3% $14.8M 75 $35 34

Thu Dec 10 — $3.5K +34.0% −28.3% $14.8M 75 $47 35

Fri Dec 11 — $24.2K +588.1% +221.7% $14.8M 203 $119 36

Sat Dec 12 — $34.7K +43.2% +271.6% $14.9M 203 $171 37

Sun Dec 13 — $22.8K −34.3% +328.6% $14.9M 203 $112 38

Mon Dec 14 — $9.6K −58.0% +299.3% $14.9M 203 $47 39

Tue Dec 15 — $10.4K +8.7% +264.9% $14.9M 203 $51 40

Wed Dec 16 — $9.3K −10.9% +252.5% $14.9M 203 $46 41

Thu Dec 17 — $9.5K +2.2% +168.8% $14.9M 203 $47 42

Fri Dec 18 — $12.5K +32.5% −48.2% $14.9M 131 $96 43

Sat Dec 19 — $15.5K +24.0% −55.2% $14.9M 131 $119 44

Sun Dec 20 — $12.6K −18.8% −44.5% $15.0M 131 $96 45

Mon Dec 21 — $8.5K −32.5% −10.8% $15.0M 131 $65 46

Tue Dec 22 — $9.1K +6.3% −12.8% $15.0M 131 $69 47

Wed Dec 23 — $8.2K −9.4% −11.4% $15.0M 129 $64 48

Thu Dec 24 — $3.5K −57.9% −63.5% $15.0M 129 $27 49

Fri Dec 25 — $4.4K +27.0% −65.0% $15.0M 50 $88 50

Sat Dec 26 — $7.7K +75.0% −50.6% $15.0M 50 $153 51

Sun Dec 27 — $5.6K −27.0% −55.6% $15.0M 50 $112 52

Mon Dec 28 — $4.5K −20.0% −47.4% $15.0M 50 $90 53

Tue Dec 29 — $4.4K −1.0% −51.1% $15.0M 50 $89 54

Wed Dec 30 — $4.9K +10.0% −40.6% $15.0M 50 $98 55

Thu Dec 31 — $2.7K −45.0% −22.3% $15.0M 50 $54 56

Fri Jan 1 — $8.3K +210.0% +89.6% $15.0M 50 $166 57

Sat Jan 2 — $8.2K −1.0% +7.2% $15.0M 50 $164 58

Sun Jan 3 — $3.9K −53.0% −31.0% $15.0M 50 $77 59

Mon Jan 4 — $1.8K −54.0% −60.3% $15.0M 50 $36 60

Tue Jan 5 — $1.6K −8.3% −63.2% $15.0M 50 $33 61

Wed Jan 6 — $1.6K +0.4% −66.4% $15.1M 50 $33 62

Thu Jan 7 — $1.3K −23.3% −53.2% $15.1M 50 $25 63

Cumulative total$15.1M

Nov 6Nov 22Dec 7Dec 23Jan 7

Weekend grossWk 9 · $20.4K

$7.6M

$3.2M

$494.3K

$95.4K

$22.2K

$81.6K

$40.7K

$17.6K

$20.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,635 → 50 −98.1%

2,635 open50 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · +15.6%

−58.3%

W1→2

−84.3%

W2→3

−80.7%

W3→4

−76.8%

W4→5

+268.3%

W5→6

−50.1%

W6→7

−56.6%

W7→8

+15.6%

W8→9

Steepest −84.3%Biggest gain +268.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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