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The Change-UpFollow

2011 • R • 1h 52m • Comedy, Fantasy • Universal Pictures

Who says men can't change?

🍅 26% 47%

39

2.60

6.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$37.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$76.00M

$38.80M international

Domestic legs2.8x

Budget$52M

2011 rank#89

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Cast & crew

Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds Starring

Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman Starring

Leslie Mann

Leslie Mann Starring

Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde Starring

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin Starring

ScreenplayJon Lucas, Scott Moore Produced byDavid Dobkin, Neal H. Moritz CinematographyEric Edwards Music byJohn Debney StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 5 4 $13.5M — 2,913 $4,645 $13.5M

2 Aug 12 10 $6.3M −53.0% 2,913 $2,165 $25.8M

3 Aug 19 14 $2.8M −55.0% 1,633 $1,730 $32.0M

4 Aug 26 17 $1.2M −57.0% 904 $1,330 $34.5M

5 Sep 2 23 $776.2K −35.0% 539 $1,440 $35.8M

6 Sep 9 30 $321.6K −59.0% 374 $860 $36.5M

7 Sep 16 31 $228.7K −29.0% 307 $745 $36.8M

8 Sep 23 38 $105.6K −54.0% 169 $625 $37.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 5 #3 $4.8M — $4.8M 2,913 $1,640 1

Sat Aug 6 #5 $5.0M +5.0% $9.8M 2,913 $1,715 2

Sun Aug 7 #6 $3.8M −25.0% $13.5M 2,913 $1,290 3

Mon Aug 8 #7 $1.6M −57.0% $15.2M 2,913 $560 4

Tue Aug 9 #7 $1.9M +15.0% $17.0M 2,913 $645 5

Wed Aug 10 #8 $1.3M −29.0% $18.4M 2,913 $460 6

Thu Aug 11 #8 $1.2M −14.0% $19.5M 2,913 $395 7

Fri Aug 12 #10 $1.9M +68.0% −59.0% $21.5M 2,913 $665 8

Sat Aug 13 #10 $2.5M +28.0% −50.0% $23.9M 2,913 $850 9

Sun Aug 14 #10 $1.9M −24.0% −50.0% $25.8M 2,913 $650 10

Mon Aug 15 #10 $859.3K −55.0% −47.0% $26.7M 2,913 $295 11

Tue Aug 16 #10 $1.0M +17.0% −47.0% $27.7M 2,913 $345 12

Wed Aug 17 #10 $728.3K −28.0% −46.0% $28.4M 2,913 $250 13

Thu Aug 18 #10 $713.7K −2.0% −38.0% $29.1M 2,913 $245 14

Fri Aug 19 - $865.2K +21.0% −55.0% $30.0M 1,633 $530 15

Sat Aug 20 - $1.2M +36.0% −53.0% $31.2M 1,633 $720 16

Sun Aug 21 - $784.0K −33.0% −59.0% $32.0M 1,633 $480 17

Mon Aug 22 - $318.6K −59.0% −63.0% $32.3M 1,633 $195 18

Tue Aug 23 #14 $391.9K +23.0% −61.0% $32.7M 1,633 $240 19

Wed Aug 24 #14 $310.3K −21.0% −57.0% $33.0M 1,633 $190 20

Thu Aug 25 #14 $302.1K −3.0% −58.0% $33.3M 1,633 $185 21

Fri Aug 26 - $384.3K +27.0% −56.0% $33.7M 904 $425 22

Sat Aug 27 - $497.2K +29.0% −58.0% $34.2M 904 $550 23

Sun Aug 28 - $320.9K −35.0% −59.0% $34.5M 904 $355 24

Mon Aug 29 - $126.6K −61.0% −60.0% $34.6M 904 $140 25

Tue Aug 30 - $149.2K +18.0% −62.0% $34.8M 904 $165 26

Wed Aug 31 - $126.6K −15.0% −59.0% $34.9M 904 $140 27

Thu Sep 1 - $117.5K −7.0% −61.0% $35.0M 904 $130 28

Fri Sep 2 - $204.8K +74.0% −47.0% $35.2M 539 $380 29

Sat Sep 3 - $274.9K +34.0% −45.0% $35.5M 539 $510 30

Sun Sep 4 - $296.4K +8.0% −8.0% $35.8M 539 $550 31

Mon Sep 5 #25 $194.0K −35.0% +53.0% $36.0M 539 $360 32

Tue Sep 6 - $70.1K −64.0% −53.0% $36.1M 539 $130 33

Wed Sep 7 - $56.7K −19.0% −55.0% $36.1M 539 $105 34

Thu Sep 8 - $51.3K −10.0% −56.0% $36.2M 539 $95 35

Fri Sep 9 - $101.0K +97.0% −51.0% $36.3M 374 $270 36

Sat Sep 10 - $144.0K +43.0% −48.0% $36.4M 374 $385 37

Sun Sep 11 - $76.7K −47.0% −74.0% $36.5M 374 $205 38

Mon Sep 12 - $28.0K −63.0% −86.0% $36.5M 374 $75 39

Tue Sep 13 - $39.3K +40.0% −44.0% $36.6M 374 $105 40

Wed Sep 14 - $29.9K −24.0% −47.0% $36.6M 374 $80 41

Thu Sep 15 - $30.0K — −42.0% $36.6M 374 $80 42

Fri Sep 16 - $72.1K +140.0% −29.0% $36.7M 307 $235 43

Sat Sep 17 - $102.8K +43.0% −29.0% $36.8M 307 $335 44

Sun Sep 18 - $53.7K −48.0% −30.0% $36.8M 307 $175 45

Mon Sep 19 - $18.6K −65.0% −34.0% $36.9M 307 $60 46

Tue Sep 20 - $27.5K +48.0% −30.0% $36.9M 307 $90 47

Wed Sep 21 - $21.3K −22.0% −29.0% $36.9M 307 $70 48

Thu Sep 22 - $21.6K +1.0% −28.0% $36.9M 307 $70 49

Fri Sep 23 - $33.8K +56.0% −53.0% $37.0M 169 $200 50

Sat Sep 24 - $47.3K +40.0% −54.0% $37.0M 169 $280 51

Sun Sep 25 - $24.5K −48.0% −54.0% $37.0M 169 $145 52

Mon Sep 26 - $9.3K −62.0% −50.0% $37.0M 169 $55 53

Tue Sep 27 - $13.5K +45.0% −51.0% $37.1M 169 $80 54

Wed Sep 28 - $11.0K −19.0% −49.0% $37.1M 169 $65 55

Thu Sep 29 - $11.8K +8.0% −45.0% $37.1M 169 $70 56

Cumulative total$37.1M

Aug 5Aug 19Sep 2Sep 15Sep 29

Weekend grossWk 8 · $105.6K

$13.5M

$6.3M

$2.8M

$1.2M

$776.2K

$321.6K

$228.7K

$105.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 2,913 → 169 −94.2%

2,913 open169 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −54.0%

−53.0%

W1→2

−55.0%

W2→3

−57.0%

W3→4

−35.0%

W4→5

−59.0%

W5→6

−29.0%

W6→7

−54.0%

W7→8

Steepest −59.0%Best hold −29.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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