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The DilemmaFollow

2011 • PG-13 • 1h 51m • Comedy, Drama • Universal Pictures

Two best friends. Nothing could come between them... or could it?

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46

2.39

5.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$48.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$70.50M

$22.10M international

Domestic legs2.7x

Budget$70M

2011 rank#67

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Cast & crew

Full Howard filmography

Ron Howard

Ron Howard Director

Vince Vaughn

Vince Vaughn Starring

Kevin James

Kevin James Starring

Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder Starring

Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly Starring

Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah Starring

ScreenplayAllan Loeb Produced byBrian Grazer, Ron Howard, Vince Vaughn CinematographySalvatore Totino Music byHans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 14-16 2 $17.8M — 2,940 $6,060 $17.8M

2 Jan 21-23 3 $9.1M −48.9% 2,943 $3,095 $32.7M

3 Jan 28-30 7 $5.7M −37.8% 2,905 $1,950 $40.8M

4 Feb 4-6 10 $3.3M −42.1% 2,545 $1,290 $45.6M

5 Feb 11-13 15 $1.0M −68.6% 1,242 $830 $47.6M

6 Feb 18-20 36 $176.7K −82.9% 293 $603 $48.2M

7 Feb 25-27 39 $139.7K −20.9% 243 $575 $48.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 14 #2 $6.2M — $6.2M 2,940 $2,100 1

Sat Jan 15 #2 $6.8M +9.8% $13.0M 2,940 $2,305 2

Sun Jan 16 #2 $4.9M −28.2% $17.8M 2,940 $1,655 3

Mon Jan 17 #2 $2.7M −44.4% $20.5M 2,940 $920 4

Tue Jan 18 #2 $1.2M −55.4% $21.7M 2,940 $410 5

Wed Jan 19 #2 $955.3K −20.8% $22.7M 2,940 $325 6

Thu Jan 20 #2 $955.4K +0.0% $23.6M 2,940 $325 7

Fri Jan 21 #3 $3.0M +214.2% −51.4% $26.6M 2,943 $1,020 8

Sat Jan 22 #3 $4.5M +49.0% −34.0% $31.1M 2,943 $1,520 9

Sun Jan 23 #4 $1.6M −63.5% −66.4% $32.7M 2,943 $555 10

Mon Jan 24 #4 $573.9K −64.9% −78.8% $33.3M 2,943 $195 11

Tue Jan 25 #5 $691.6K +20.5% −42.6% $34.0M 2,943 $235 12

Wed Jan 26 #6 $543.4K −21.4% −43.1% $34.6M 2,943 $185 13

Thu Jan 27 #6 $603.3K +11.0% −36.9% $35.2M 2,943 $205 14

Fri Jan 28 #7 $1.7M +181.8% −43.4% $36.9M 2,905 $585 15

Sat Jan 29 #7 $2.7M +56.4% −40.6% $39.5M 2,905 $915 16

Sun Jan 30 #8 $1.3M −50.8% −20.0% $40.8M 2,905 $450 17

Mon Jan 31 #8 $334.1K −74.4% −41.8% $41.2M 2,905 $115 18

Tue Feb 1 #8 $377.6K +13.0% −45.4% $41.5M 2,905 $130 19

Wed Feb 2 #8 $378.0K +0.1% −30.4% $41.9M 2,905 $130 20

Thu Feb 3 #8 $377.6K −0.1% −37.4% $42.3M 2,905 $130 21

Fri Feb 4 #9 $1.1M +200.0% −33.4% $43.4M 2,545 $445 22

Sat Feb 5 #9 $1.7M +52.8% −34.9% $45.2M 2,545 $680 23

Sun Feb 6 #12 $420.0K −75.7% −67.9% $45.6M 2,545 $165 24

Mon Feb 7 #10 $241.8K −42.4% −27.6% $45.8M 2,545 $95 25

Tue Feb 8 #11 $279.9K +15.8% −25.9% $46.1M 2,545 $110 26

Wed Feb 9 #12 $241.3K −13.8% −36.2% $46.3M 2,545 $95 27

Thu Feb 10 #11 $267.6K +10.9% −29.1% $46.6M 2,545 $105 28

Fri Feb 11 #15 $279.4K +4.4% −75.3% $46.9M 1,242 $225 29

Sat Feb 12 #15 $503.0K +80.0% −70.9% $47.4M 1,242 $405 30

Sun Feb 13 #17 $248.6K −50.6% −40.8% $47.6M 1,242 $200 31

Mon Feb 14 — $204.9K −17.6% −15.2% $47.8M 1,242 $165 32

Tue Feb 15 — $74.5K −63.6% −73.4% $47.9M 1,242 $60 33

Wed Feb 16 #15 $62.1K −16.7% −74.3% $48.0M 1,242 $50 34

Thu Feb 17 — $67.9K +9.4% −74.6% $48.0M 1,242 $55 35

Fri Feb 18 — $49.8K −26.6% −82.2% $48.1M 293 $170 36

Sat Feb 19 — $78.2K +56.9% −84.5% $48.2M 293 $267 37

Sun Feb 20 — $48.7K −37.7% −80.4% $48.2M 293 $166 38

Mon Feb 21 #37 $27.8K −42.8% −86.4% $48.2M 293 $95 39

Tue Feb 22 — $14.7K −47.4% −80.3% $48.3M 293 $50 40

Wed Feb 23 — $13.2K −10.0% −78.8% $48.3M 293 $45 41

Thu Feb 24 — $13.2K +0.3% −80.5% $48.3M 293 $45 42

Fri Feb 25 — $43.7K +230.9% −12.2% $48.3M 243 $180 43

Sat Feb 26 — $63.2K +44.4% −19.2% $48.4M 243 $260 44

Sun Feb 27 — $32.8K −48.1% −32.6% $48.4M 243 $135 45

Mon Feb 28 — $10.9K −66.7% −60.7% $48.4M 243 $45 46

Tue Mar 1 — $12.2K +11.1% −17.1% $48.5M 243 $50 47

Wed Mar 2 — $10.9K −10.4% −17.4% $48.5M 243 $45 48

Thu Mar 3 — $11.0K +0.6% −17.1% $48.5M 243 $45 49

Cumulative total$48.5M

Jan 14Jan 26Feb 7Feb 19Mar 3

Weekend grossWk 7 · $139.7K

$17.8M

$9.1M

$5.7M

$3.3M

$1.0M

$176.7K

$139.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 2,943 → 243 −91.7%

2,940 open243 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −20.9%

−48.9%

W1→2

−37.8%

W2→3

−42.1%

W3→4

−68.6%

W4→5

−82.9%

W5→6

−20.9%

W6→7

Steepest −82.9%Best hold −20.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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