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2006 • PG-13 • 2h 16m • Comedy, Romance • Sony Pictures Releasing

It's Christmas Eve and we are going to go celebrate being young and being alive.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$63.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$205.00M

$142.00M international

Domestic legs4.95x

Budget$85.0M

2006 rank#45

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Cast & crew

Full Meyers filmography

Nancy Meyers

Nancy Meyers Director

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz Starring

Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet Starring

Jude Law

Jude Law Starring

Jack Black

Jack Black Starring

Eli Wallach

Eli Wallach Starring

ScreenplayNancy Meyers Produced byNancy Meyers, Bruce A. Block CinematographyDean Cundey MusicHans Zimmer StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 8-10 3 $12.8M — 2,610 $4,896 $12.8M

2 Dec 15-17 5 $8.0M −37.3% 2,614 $3,066 $25.1M

3 Dec 22-24 9 $4.8M −39.6% 2,635 $1,836 $34.9M

4 Dec 29-31 10 $6.7M +38.8% 2,698 $2,490 $50.0M

5 Jan 5-7 14 $3.8M −42.8% 2,320 $1,657 $58.8M

6 Jan 12-14 23 $1.5M −61.0% 1,337 $1,120 $61.5M

7 Jan 19-21 28 $682.1K −54.5% 719 $948 $62.8M

8 Jan 26-28 41 $176.9K −74.1% 243 $728 $63.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 8 #2 $4.4M — $4.4M 2,610 $1,701 1

Sat Dec 9 #3 $5.2M +18% $9.7M 2,610 $2,009 2

Sun Dec 10 #3 $3.1M −41% $12.8M 2,610 $1,184 3

Mon Dec 11 #2 $1.0M −66% $13.8M 2,610 $397 4

Tue Dec 12 #2 $1.1M +10% $15.0M 2,610 $436 5

Wed Dec 13 #2 $1.1M −5% $16.0M 2,610 $416 6

Thu Dec 14 #2 $1.1M −2% $17.1M 2,610 $409 7

Fri Dec 15 #4 $2.6M +140% −42% $19.7M 2,614 $982 8

Sat Dec 16 #5 $3.2M +25% −39% $22.9M 2,614 $1,231 9

Sun Dec 17 #6 $2.2M −31% −28% $25.1M 2,614 $851 10

Mon Dec 18 #4 $1.1M −50% +7% $26.2M 2,614 $422 11

Tue Dec 19 #4 $1.2M +9% +6% $27.4M 2,614 $460 12

Wed Dec 20 #5 $1.3M +4% +15% $28.7M 2,614 $479 13

Thu Dec 21 #6 $1.4M +12% +32% $30.1M 2,614 $538 14

Fri Dec 22 #8 $1.8M +28% −30% $31.9M 2,617 $687 15

Sat Dec 23 #9 $2.1M +17% −35% $34.0M 2,617 $802 16

Sun Dec 24 #9 $950.0K −55% −57% $35.0M 2,617 $363 17

Mon Dec 25 #9 $2.0M +112% +82% $36.9M 2,617 $770 18

Tue Dec 26 #10 $2.3M +12% +88% $39.2M 2,617 $862 19

Wed Dec 27 #10 $2.1M −9% +64% $41.3M 2,617 $784 20

Thu Dec 28 #10 $2.1M n/c +46% $43.3M 2,617 $783 21

Fri Dec 29 #10 $2.4M +18% +35% $45.7M 2,698 $897 22

Sat Dec 30 #10 $2.6M +8% +24% $48.3M 2,698 $966 23

Sun Dec 31 #10 $1.7M −35% +78% $50.0M 2,698 $626 24

Mon Jan 1 #10 $2.1M +25% +5% $52.1M 2,698 $785 25

Tue Jan 2 #10 $1.1M −46% −50% $53.3M 2,698 $421 26

Wed Jan 3 #9 $857.9K −25% −58% $54.1M 2,698 $317 27

Thu Jan 4 #9 $826.4K −4% −60% $55.0M 2,698 $306 28

Mon Jan 8 #12 $281.3K — −87% $59.1M 2,320 $121 32

Tue Jan 9 #10 $326.8K +16% −71% $59.4M 2,320 $140 33

Wed Jan 10 #10 $314.6K −4% −63% $59.7M 2,320 $135 34

Thu Jan 11 #11 $301.8K −4% −63% $60.0M 2,320 $130 35

Mon Jan 15 #23 $246.8K — −12% $61.8M 1,337 $184 39

Fri Jan 19 #27 $190.0K — $62.3M 719 $264 43

Cumulative total$62.3M

Dec 8Dec 16Dec 25Jan 2Jan 19

Weekend grossWk 8 · $176.9K

$12.8M

$8.0M

$4.8M

$6.7M

$3.8M

$1.5M

$682.1K

$176.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 2,698 → 719 −73.4%

2,610 open719 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −74.1%

−37.3%

W1→2

−39.6%

W2→3

+38.8%

W3→4

−42.8%

W4→5

−61.0%

W5→6

−54.5%

W6→7

−74.1%

W7→8

Steepest −74.1%Biggest gain +38.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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