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2017 • R • 1h 44m • Biography, Comedy, Drama • A24

Based on the true story of one movie so bad it became infamous.

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3.58

7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$1.20M

Limited · 19 theaters

Domestic total

$21.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$28.70M

$7.60M international

Domestic legs3.3x from $6.4M first wide weekend

Budget$10M

2017 rank#111

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Cast & crew

Full Franco filmography

James Franco

James Franco Director

Dave Franco

Dave Franco Starring

Seth Rogen

Seth Rogen Starring

Alison Brie

Alison Brie Starring

Ari Graynor

Ari Graynor Starring

Josh Hutcherson

Josh Hutcherson Starring

ScreenplayScott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber Produced byJames Franco, Vince Jolivette, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver CinematographyBrandon Trost Music byDave Porter StudioA24

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 1-3 12 $1.2M — 19 $63,755 $1.2M

2 Dec 8-10 4 $6.4M +425.6% 840 $7,579 $8.0M

3 Dec 15-17 8 $2.7M −57.3% 1,010 $2,690 $13.0M

4 Dec 22-24 17 $884.6K −67.4% 517 $1,711 $15.7M

5 Dec 29-31 17 $933.0K +5.5% 507 $1,840 $17.9M

6 Jan 5-7 19 $746.0K −20.0% 478 $1,561 $19.4M

7 Jan 12-14 22 $461.5K −38.1% 371 $1,244 $20.3M

8 Jan 19-21 30 $175.0K −62.1% 147 $1,190 $20.7M

9 Jan 26-28 34 $99.1K −43.4% 84 $1,180 $20.9M

10 Feb 2-4 39 $50.9K −48.6% 65 $783 $21.0M

11 Feb 9-11 45 $28.8K −43.5% 31 $928 $21.1M

12 Feb 16-18 54 $14.4K −50.1% 23 $624 $21.1M

13 Feb 23-25 67 $6.5K −54.8% 12 $541 $21.1M

14 Mar 2-4 69 $4.3K −33.1% 8 $543 $21.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 1 #12 $501.8K — $501.8K 19 $26,409 1

Sat Dec 2 #12 $408.0K −18.7% $909.8K 19 $21,474 2

Sun Dec 3 #12 $301.6K −26.1% $1.2M 19 $15,872 3

Mon Dec 4 #12 $99.3K −67.1% $1.3M 19 $5,225 4

Tue Dec 5 #13 $105.6K +6.4% $1.4M 19 $5,557 5

Wed Dec 6 #13 $105.8K +0.2% $1.5M 19 $5,568 6

Thu Dec 7 #13 $74.8K −29.3% $1.6M 19 $3,935 7

Fri Dec 8 #2 $2.6M +3,438.4% +427.2% $4.2M 840 $3,149 8

Sat Dec 9 #7 $2.2M −16.8% +439.2% $6.4M 840 $2,619 9

Sun Dec 10 #6 $1.5M −30.9% +404.3% $8.0M 840 $1,810 10

Mon Dec 11 #4 $590.3K −61.2% +494.6% $8.6M 840 $703 11

Tue Dec 12 #5 $730.6K +23.8% +591.9% $9.3M 840 $870 12

Wed Dec 13 #4 $594.8K −18.6% +462.2% $9.9M 840 $708 13

Thu Dec 14 #5 $416.4K −30.0% +456.9% $10.3M 840 $496 14

Fri Dec 15 #8 $764.5K +83.6% −71.1% $11.1M 1,010 $757 15

Sat Dec 16 #8 $1.1M +43.8% −50.0% $12.2M 1,010 $1,089 16

Sun Dec 17 #8 $853.1K −22.4% −43.9% $13.0M 1,010 $845 17

Mon Dec 18 #6 $461.8K −45.9% −21.8% $13.5M 1,010 $457 18

Tue Dec 19 #8 $546.4K +18.3% −25.2% $14.0M 1,010 $541 19

Wed Dec 20 #7 $431.6K −21.0% −27.4% $14.5M 1,010 $427 20

Thu Dec 21 #9 $358.3K −17.0% −14.0% $14.8M 1,010 $355 21

Fri Dec 22 #14 $333.6K −6.9% −56.4% $15.1M 517 $645 22

Sat Dec 23 - $367.5K +10.2% −66.6% $15.5M 517 $711 23

Sun Dec 24 - $183.4K −50.1% −78.5% $15.7M 517 $355 24

Mon Dec 25 - $325.1K +77.2% −29.6% $16.0M 517 $629 25

Tue Dec 26 - $315.3K −3.0% −42.3% $16.3M 517 $610 26

Wed Dec 27 - $295.2K −6.4% −31.6% $16.6M 517 $571 27

Thu Dec 28 - $298.2K +1.0% −16.8% $16.9M 517 $577 28

Fri Dec 29 - $343.9K +15.3% +3.1% $17.3M 507 $678 29

Sat Dec 30 - $388.9K +13.1% +5.8% $17.7M 507 $767 30

Sun Dec 31 - $200.1K −48.5% +9.1% $17.9M 507 $395 31

Mon Jan 1 - $308.3K +54.1% −5.1% $18.2M 507 $608 32

Tue Jan 2 - $206.6K −33.0% −34.5% $18.4M 507 $407 33

Wed Jan 3 - $175.6K −15.0% −40.5% $18.6M 507 $346 34

Thu Jan 4 - $133.5K −24.0% −55.3% $18.7M 507 $263 35

Fri Jan 5 - $229.7K +72.1% −33.2% $18.9M 478 $481 36

Sat Jan 6 - $316.5K +37.8% −18.6% $19.2M 478 $662 37

Sun Jan 7 - $199.8K −36.9% −0.2% $19.4M 478 $418 38

Mon Jan 8 - $105.6K −47.2% −65.8% $19.5M 478 $221 39

Tue Jan 9 - $128.2K +21.5% −37.9% $19.7M 478 $268 40

Wed Jan 10 - $115.4K −10.0% −34.3% $19.8M 478 $241 41

Thu Jan 11 - $83.1K −28.0% −37.7% $19.9M 478 $174 42

Fri Jan 12 - $130.8K +57.5% −43.0% $20.0M 371 $353 43

Sat Jan 13 - $183.0K +39.8% −42.2% $20.2M 371 $493 44

Sun Jan 14 - $147.7K −19.3% −26.1% $20.3M 371 $398 45

Mon Jan 15 - $88.3K −40.2% −16.4% $20.4M 371 $238 46

Tue Jan 16 - $49.4K −44.1% −61.5% $20.5M 371 $133 47

Wed Jan 17 - $45.2K −8.4% −60.8% $20.5M 371 $122 48

Thu Jan 18 - $42.6K −5.8% −48.7% $20.6M 371 $115 49

Fri Jan 19 - $54.5K +27.9% −58.4% $20.6M 147 $371 50

Sat Jan 20 - $78.3K +43.6% −57.2% $20.7M 147 $532 51

Sun Jan 21 - $42.3K −46.0% −71.4% $20.7M 147 $288 52

Mon Jan 22 - $21.9K −48.2% −75.2% $20.7M 147 $149 53

Tue Jan 23 - $23.3K +6.3% −52.8% $20.8M 147 $158 54

Wed Jan 24 - $21.3K −8.3% −52.8% $20.8M 147 $145 55

Thu Jan 25 - $19.3K −9.6% −54.7% $20.8M 147 $131 56

Fri Jan 26 - $30.6K +58.8% −43.8% $20.8M 84 $365 57

Sat Jan 27 - $40.2K +31.3% −48.6% $20.9M 84 $479 58

Sun Jan 28 - $28.2K −29.8% −33.2% $20.9M 84 $336 59

Mon Jan 29 - $9.2K −67.4% −58.0% $20.9M 84 $109 60

Tue Jan 30 - $9.2K +0.1% −60.5% $20.9M 84 $110 61

Wed Jan 31 - $9.4K +2.0% −56.0% $20.9M 84 $112 62

Thu Feb 1 - $10.7K +13.5% −44.8% $20.9M 84 $127 63

Fri Feb 2 - $15.8K +48.4% −48.4% $21.0M 65 $243 64

Sat Feb 3 - $25.9K +63.6% −35.7% $21.0M 65 $398 65

Sun Feb 4 - $9.2K −64.3% −67.3% $21.0M 65 $142 66

Mon Feb 5 - $8.0K −13.3% −13.0% $21.0M 65 $123 67

Tue Feb 6 - $9.1K +14.0% −0.9% $21.0M 65 $140 68

Wed Feb 7 - $10.0K +10.0% +6.9% $21.0M 65 $154 69

Thu Feb 8 - $7.8K −22.0% −26.5% $21.0M 65 $120 70

Fri Feb 9 - $7.8K −0.5% −50.8% $21.0M 31 $251 71

Sat Feb 10 - $11.6K +49.1% −55.1% $21.1M 31 $375 72

Sun Feb 11 - $9.4K −19.3% +1.5% $21.1M 31 $302 73

Mon Feb 12 - $3.8K −60.0% −53.1% $21.1M 31 $121 74

Tue Feb 13 - $4.1K +10.0% −54.8% $21.1M 31 $133 75

Wed Feb 14 - $5.4K +31.0% −46.1% $21.1M 31 $174 76

Thu Feb 15 - $3.2K −40.0% −58.6% $21.1M 31 $105 77

Fri Feb 16 - $5.5K +70.3% −29.1% $21.1M 23 $240 78

Sat Feb 17 - $4.4K −20.4% −62.1% $21.1M 23 $191 79

Sun Feb 18 - $4.4K +0.9% −52.7% $21.1M 23 $193 80

Mon Feb 19 - $2.8K −36.2% −24.6% $21.1M 23 $123 81

Tue Feb 20 - $1.2K −57.3% −70.7% $21.1M 23 $52 82

Wed Feb 21 - $1.4K +14.5% −74.4% $21.1M 23 $60 83

Thu Feb 22 - $1.3K −3.0% −58.6% $21.1M 23 $58 84

Fri Feb 23 - $2.2K +64.7% −60.0% $21.1M 12 $184 85

Sat Feb 24 - $2.6K +19.2% −40.1% $21.1M 12 $219 86

Sun Feb 25 - $1.7K −37.2% −62.7% $21.1M 12 $138 87

Mon Feb 26 - $912 −44.9% −67.8% $21.1M 12 $76 88

Tue Feb 27 - $1.3K +45.0% +9.5% $21.1M 12 $110 89

Wed Feb 28 - $1.1K −15.0% −18.7% $21.1M 12 $94 90

Thu Mar 1 - $1.7K +50.0% +25.7% $21.1M 12 $141 91

Fri Mar 2 - $2.0K +17.1% −10.6% $21.1M 8 $247 92

Sat Mar 3 - $1.6K −18.3% −38.7% $21.1M 8 $202 93

Sun Mar 4 - $755 −53.2% −54.4% $21.1M 8 $94 94

Mon Mar 5 - $505 −33.1% −44.6% $21.1M 8 $63 95

Tue Mar 6 - $550 +8.9% −58.4% $21.1M 8 $69 96

Wed Mar 7 - $881 +60.2% −21.6% $21.1M 8 $110 97

Thu Mar 8 - $1.1K +21.9% −36.3% $21.1M 8 $134 98

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

Cumulative total$21.0M

Dec 1Dec 18Jan 5Jan 22Feb 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $50.9K

$1.2M

$6.4M

$2.7M

$884.6K

$933.0K

$746.0K

$461.5K

$175.0K

$99.1K

$50.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,010 → 65 −93.6%

19 open65 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.6%

+425.6%

W1→2

−57.3%

W2→3

−67.4%

W3→4

+5.5%

W4→5

−20.0%

W5→6

−38.1%

W6→7

−62.1%

W7→8

−43.4%

W8→9

−48.6%

W9→10

Steepest −67.4%Biggest gain +425.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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