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2008 • PG-13 • 1h 37m • Adventure, Comedy, Drama • Warner Bros.

Find the joy.

🍅 40% 77%

42

3.35

7.3

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$93.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$175.00M

$81.30M international

Domestic legs4.82x

Budget$45.0M

2008 rank#33

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Cast & crew

Full Reiner filmography

Rob Reiner

Rob Reiner Director

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson Starring

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman Starring

ScreenplayJustin Zackham Produced byCraig Zadan, Neil Meron, Alan Greisman, Rob Reiner CinematographyJohn Schwartzman MusicMarc Shaiman StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 11-13 1 $19.4M — 2,911 $6,661 $20.8M

2 Jan 18-20 3 $14.1M −27.4% 2,915 $4,829 $41.6M

3 Jan 25-27 6 $10.5M −25.2% 2,915 $3,613 $58.0M

4 Feb 1-3 7 $6.7M −36.1% 2,915 $2,307 $67.5M

5 Feb 8-10 7 $5.3M −21.5% 2,753 $1,916 $75.0M

6 Feb 15-17 8 $4.0M −24.4% 2,307 $1,730 $81.0M

7 Feb 22-24 11 $2.5M −37.1% 1,902 $1,320 $85.1M

8 Feb 29-Mar 2 14 $1.7M −32.6% 1,565 $1,082 $87.6M

9 Mar 7-9 18 $1.0M −39.3% 1,040 $987 $89.2M

10 Mar 14-16 19 $618.2K −39.8% 595 $1,038 $90.2M

11 Mar 21-23 23 $408.3K −34.0% 409 $998 $90.9M

12 Mar 28-30 28 $297.9K −27.0% 303 $983 $91.4M

13 Apr 4-6 30 $207.2K −30.5% 240 $863 $91.7M

14 Apr 11-13 24 $373.4K +80.2% 390 $957 $92.2M

15 Apr 18-20 22 $260.0K −30.4% 350 $742 $92.6M

16 Apr 25-27 31 $188.2K −27.6% 298 $631 $92.9M

17 May 2-4 32 $133.1K −29.3% 245 $543 $93.1M

18 May 9-11 30 $105.4K −20.8% 169 $623 $93.2M

19 May 16-18 40 $66.2K −37.2% 125 $529 $93.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue Dec 25 $161.8K — $161.8K 16 $10,115 1

Mon Dec 31 $115.6K — $747.4K 16 $7,227 7

Tue Jan 1 $131.1K +13% −19% $878.4K 16 $8,191 8

Wed Jan 2 $52.8K −60% $931.2K 16 $3,296 9

Thu Jan 3 $51.0K −3% $982.2K 16 $3,189 10

Fri Jan 11 #1 $6.4M — $7.8M 2,911 $2,193 18

Sat Jan 12 #1 $8.3M +30% $16.1M 2,911 $2,841 19

Sun Jan 13 #1 $4.7M −43% $20.8M 2,911 $1,626 20

Mon Jan 14 #1 $1.6M −66% $22.4M 2,911 $553 21

Tue Jan 15 #1 $1.7M +7% $24.2M 2,911 $594 22

Wed Jan 16 #1 $1.7M −4% $25.8M 2,911 $568 23

Thu Jan 17 #1 $1.7M +5% $27.6M 2,911 $599 24

Fri Jan 18 #3 $4.1M +137% −35% $31.7M 2,915 $1,419 25

Sat Jan 19 #3 $6.5M +57% −21% $38.2M 2,915 $2,231 26

Sun Jan 20 #3 $3.4M −47% −27% $41.6M 2,915 $1,178 27

Mon Jan 21 #3 $2.6M −25% +61% $44.2M 2,915 $886 28

Tue Jan 22 #3 $1.1M −58% −37% $45.3M 2,915 $375 29

Wed Jan 23 #3 $1.0M −5% −37% $46.4M 2,915 $358 30

Thu Jan 24 #3 $1.1M +7% −36% $47.5M 2,915 $381 31

Fri Jan 25 #7 $2.8M +153% −32% $50.3M 2,915 $965 32

Sat Jan 26 #5 $4.9M +74% −25% $55.2M 2,915 $1,682 33

Sun Jan 27 #6 $2.8M −43% −18% $58.0M 2,915 $965 34

Mon Jan 28 #7 $702.1K −75% −73% $58.7M 2,915 $240 35

Tue Jan 29 #3 $730.4K +4% −33% $59.4M 2,915 $250 36

Wed Jan 30 #3 $706.2K −3% −32% $60.1M 2,915 $242 37

Thu Jan 31 #3 $675.9K −4% −39% $60.8M 2,915 $231 38

Fri Feb 1 #7 $2.0M +201% −28% $62.9M 2,915 $698 39

Sat Feb 2 #5 $3.7M +80% −25% $66.5M 2,915 $1,253 40

Sun Feb 3 #7 $1.0M −72% −63% $67.5M 2,915 $355 41

Mon Feb 4 #4 $588.1K −43% −16% $68.1M 2,915 $201 42

Tue Feb 5 #5 $559.3K −5% −23% $68.7M 2,915 $191 43

Wed Feb 6 #5 $502.3K −10% −29% $69.1M 2,915 $172 44

Thu Feb 7 #4 $571.4K +14% −15% $69.7M 2,915 $196 45

Fri Feb 8 #7 $1.5M +160% −27% $71.2M 2,753 $539 46

Sat Feb 9 #6 $2.5M +68% −32% $73.7M 2,753 $906 47

Sun Feb 10 #7 $1.3M −48% +25% $75.0M 2,753 $470 48

Mon Feb 11 #8 $348.4K −73% −41% $75.3M 2,753 $126 49

Tue Feb 12 #3 $410.5K +18% −27% $75.8M 2,753 $149 50

Wed Feb 13 #4 $437.1K +6% −13% $76.2M 2,753 $158 51

Thu Feb 14 #8 $788.4K +80% +38% $77.0M 2,753 $286 52

Fri Feb 15 #8 $1.0M +33% −30% $78.0M 2,307 $453 53

Sat Feb 16 #8 $1.8M +73% −27% $79.8M 2,307 $785 54

Sun Feb 17 #8 $1.1M −38% −13% $81.0M 2,307 $490 55

Mon Feb 18 #10 $683.3K −40% +96% $81.7M 2,307 $296 56

Tue Feb 19 #8 $313.9K −54% −24% $82.0M 2,307 $136 57

Wed Feb 20 #8 $294.4K −6% −33% $82.3M 2,307 $127 58

Thu Feb 21 #8 $336.3K +14% −57% $82.6M 2,307 $145 59

Fri Feb 22 #10 $684.9K +104% −35% $83.3M 1,902 $360 60

Sat Feb 23 #11 $1.2M +77% −33% $84.5M 1,902 $636 61

Sun Feb 24 #12 $616.1K −49% −46% $85.1M 1,902 $323 62

Mon Feb 25 #12 $177.2K −71% −74% $85.3M 1,902 $93 63

Tue Feb 26 #12 $191.4K +8% −39% $85.5M 1,902 $100 64

Wed Feb 27 #11 $224.5K +17% −24% $85.7M 1,902 $118 65

Thu Feb 28 #11 $207.3K −8% −38% $85.9M 1,902 $108 66

Fri Feb 29 #14 $459.3K +122% −33% $86.4M 1,565 $293 67

Sat Mar 1 #14 $819.5K +78% −32% $87.2M 1,565 $523 68

Sun Mar 2 #15 $414.7K −49% −33% $87.6M 1,565 $264 69

Mon Mar 3 #14 $131.2K −68% −26% $87.7M 1,565 $83 70

Tue Mar 4 #12 $154.5K +18% −19% $87.9M 1,565 $98 71

Wed Mar 5 #12 $148.1K −4% −34% $88.0M 1,565 $94 72

Thu Mar 6 #12 $153.9K +4% −26% $88.2M 1,565 $98 73

Fri Mar 7 $291.5K +89% −37% $88.5M 1,565 $186 74

Sat Mar 8 $486.3K +67% −41% $89.0M 1,565 $310 75

Sun Mar 9 #17 $249.7K −49% −40% $89.2M 1,565 $159 76

Mon Mar 10 $91.1K −64% −31% $89.3M 1,565 $58 77

Tue Mar 11 $97.7K +7% −37% $89.4M 1,565 $62 78

Wed Mar 12 #15 $95.2K −3% −36% $89.5M 1,565 $60 79

Mon May 26 #40 $11.8K — $93.4M 69 $170 154

Tue May 27 $4.7K −60% $93.4M 69 $68 155

Wed May 28 $4.2K −10% $93.4M 69 $61 156

Thu May 29 $4.2K −1% $93.4M 69 $60 157

Fri May 30 $9.3K +121% $93.4M 57 $163 158

Sat May 31 $12.9K +39% $93.4M 57 $226 159

Sun Jun 1 $7.1K −45% $93.5M 57 $125 160

Mon Jun 2 $2.9K −59% −75% $93.5M 57 $51 161

Tue Jun 3 $4.1K +41% −13% $93.5M 57 $71 162

Wed Jun 4 $3.7K −9% −12% $93.5M 57 $65 163

Thu Jun 5 $3.7K +1% −11% $93.5M 57 $65 164

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

Cumulative total$87.7M

Dec 25Jan 20Feb 4Feb 18Mar 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $618.2K

$19.4M

$14.1M

$10.5M

$6.7M

$5.3M

$4.0M

$2.5M

$1.7M

$1.0M

$618.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,915 → 1,565 −46.3%

16 open1,565 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.8%

−27.4%

W1→2

−25.2%

W2→3

−36.1%

W3→4

−21.5%

W4→5

−24.4%

W5→6

−37.1%

W6→7

−32.6%

W7→8

−39.3%

W8→9

−39.8%

W9→10

Steepest −39.8%Best hold −21.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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