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The Invention of LyingFollow

2009 • PG-13 • 1h 40m • Comedy, Fantasy, Romance • Warner Bros.

In a world where everyone can only tell the truth... This guy can lie.

🍅 56% 39%

58

2.81

6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$18.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$32.70M

$14.30M international

Domestic legs2.6x

Budget$18.5M

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Cast & crew

Full Gervais filmography

Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais Director

Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Garner Starring

Louis C.K.

Louis C.K. Starring

Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe Starring

Jonah Hill

Jonah Hill Starring

Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Tambor Starring

ScreenplayRicky Gervais, Matthew Robinson Produced byRicky Gervais, Lynda Obst, Oly Obst, Dan Lin CinematographyTim Suhrstedt StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 2-4 5 $7.0M — 1,707 $4,117 $7.0M

2 Oct 9-11 7 $3.3M −52.5% 1,743 $1,916 $12.3M

3 Oct 16-18 10 $1.9M −42.9% 1,624 $1,175 $15.5M

4 Oct 23-25 15 $839.2K −56.0% 802 $1,046 $17.0M

5 Oct 30-Nov 1 18 $393.3K −53.1% 452 $870 $17.6M

6 Nov 6-8 25 $181.6K −53.8% 235 $773 $17.9M

7 Nov 13-15 35 $76.9K −57.7% 119 $646 $18.1M

8 Nov 20-22 32 $96.2K +25.1% 181 $532 $18.2M

9 Nov 27-29 40 $68.0K −29.3% 136 $500 $18.3M

10 Dec 4-6 43 $37.5K −44.9% 103 $364 $18.4M

11 Dec 11-13 48 $21.6K −42.4% 68 $317 $18.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 2 #4 $2.5M — $2.5M 1,707 $1,454 1

Sat Oct 3 #5 $3.0M +22.0% $5.5M 1,707 $1,774 2

Sun Oct 4 #5 $1.5M −49.9% $7.0M 1,707 $889 3

Mon Oct 5 #5 $463.2K −69.5% $7.5M 1,707 $271 4

Tue Oct 6 #5 $536.4K +15.8% $8.0M 1,707 $314 5

Wed Oct 7 #5 $474.3K −11.6% $8.5M 1,707 $278 6

Thu Oct 8 #5 $455.3K −4.0% $9.0M 1,707 $267 7

Fri Oct 9 #7 $1.1M +136.9% −56.5% $10.0M 1,743 $619 8

Sat Oct 10 #7 $1.4M +32.3% −52.9% $11.5M 1,743 $819 9

Sun Oct 11 #7 $833.7K −41.6% −45.0% $12.3M 1,743 $478 10

Mon Oct 12 #7 $458.1K −45.1% −1.1% $12.8M 1,743 $263 11

Tue Oct 13 #7 $288.2K −37.1% −46.3% $13.0M 1,743 $165 12

Wed Oct 14 #7 $273.2K −5.2% −42.4% $13.3M 1,743 $157 13

Thu Oct 15 #7 $274.4K +0.5% −39.7% $13.6M 1,743 $157 14

Fri Oct 16 #9 $613.1K +123.4% −43.2% $14.2M 1,624 $378 15

Sat Oct 17 #9 $867.0K +41.4% −39.2% $15.1M 1,624 $534 16

Sun Oct 18 #10 $427.3K −50.7% −48.7% $15.5M 1,624 $263 17

Mon Oct 19 #11 $137.2K −67.9% −70.1% $15.6M 1,624 $84 18

Tue Oct 20 #9 $163.3K +19.1% −43.3% $15.8M 1,624 $101 19

Wed Oct 21 #10 $153.4K −6.1% −43.8% $16.0M 1,624 $94 20

Thu Oct 22 #9 $166.1K +8.3% −39.5% $16.1M 1,624 $102 21

Fri Oct 23 #14 $281.5K +69.5% −54.1% $16.4M 802 $351 22

Sat Oct 24 — $380.9K +35.3% −56.1% $16.8M 802 $475 23

Sun Oct 25 — $176.7K −53.6% −58.6% $17.0M 802 $220 24

Mon Oct 26 — $63.7K −64.0% −53.6% $17.0M 802 $79 25

Tue Oct 27 — $74.0K +16.2% −54.7% $17.1M 802 $92 26

Wed Oct 28 — $47.5K −35.7% −69.0% $17.1M 545 $87 27

Thu Oct 29 — $54.4K +14.4% −67.2% $17.2M 545 $100 28

Fri Oct 30 — $135.3K +148.7% −51.9% $17.3M 452 $299 29

Sat Oct 31 — $140.2K +3.6% −63.2% $17.5M 452 $310 30

Sun Nov 1 — $117.7K −16.0% −33.4% $17.6M 452 $260 31

Mon Nov 2 — $41.2K −65.0% −35.3% $17.6M 452 $91 32

Tue Nov 3 — $44.5K +8.0% −39.8% $17.7M 452 $98 33

Wed Nov 4 — $43.0K −3.3% −9.5% $17.7M 452 $95 34

Thu Nov 5 — $46.5K +8.0% −14.6% $17.8M 452 $103 35

Fri Nov 6 — $59.9K +28.8% −55.8% $17.8M 235 $255 36

Sat Nov 7 — $83.8K +40.0% −40.2% $17.9M 235 $357 37

Sun Nov 8 — $38.0K −54.7% −67.8% $17.9M 235 $162 38

Mon Nov 9 — $12.9K −66.0% −68.7% $18.0M 235 $55 39

Tue Nov 10 — $21.1K +63.8% −52.5% $18.0M 235 $90 40

Wed Nov 11 — $27.2K +28.5% −36.9% $18.0M 235 $116 41

Thu Nov 12 — $13.9K −49.0% −70.2% $18.0M 235 $59 42

Fri Nov 13 — $25.2K +81.8% −57.9% $18.0M 119 $212 43

Sat Nov 14 — $35.7K +41.6% −57.4% $18.1M 119 $300 44

Sun Nov 15 — $16.0K −55.1% −57.8% $18.1M 119 $135 45

Mon Nov 16 — $5.4K −66.4% −58.3% $18.1M 119 $45 46

Tue Nov 17 — $6.9K +28.2% −67.3% $18.1M 119 $58 47

Wed Nov 18 — $6.3K −9.4% −77.0% $18.1M 119 $53 48

Thu Nov 19 — $6.4K +1.8% −54.1% $18.1M 119 $53 49

Fri Nov 20 — $30.9K +385.9% +22.8% $18.2M 181 $171 50

Sat Nov 21 — $41.9K +35.5% +17.4% $18.2M 181 $232 51

Sun Nov 22 — $23.4K −44.2% +46.0% $18.2M 181 $129 52

Mon Nov 23 — $12.2K −48.0% +125.8% $18.2M 181 $67 53

Tue Nov 24 — $14.7K +21.0% +113.0% $18.2M 181 $81 54

Wed Nov 25 — $13.7K −6.9% +119.1% $18.3M 143 $96 55

Thu Nov 26 — $11.8K −14.0% +85.0% $18.3M 143 $82 56

Fri Nov 27 — $25.5K +116.3% −17.6% $18.3M 136 $187 57

Sat Nov 28 — $28.8K +13.0% −31.3% $18.3M 136 $212 58

Sun Nov 29 — $13.8K −52.2% −41.1% $18.3M 136 $101 59

Mon Nov 30 — $5.6K −59.0% −53.6% $18.3M 136 $41 60

Tue Dec 1 — $6.3K +11.7% −57.2% $18.4M 136 $46 61

Wed Dec 2 — $6.2K −2.0% −54.9% $18.4M 136 $45 62

Thu Dec 3 — $6.2K +0.3% −47.4% $18.4M 136 $46 63

Fri Dec 4 — $12.8K +106.4% −49.8% $18.4M 103 $124 64

Sat Dec 5 — $16.2K +26.8% −43.7% $18.4M 103 $157 65

Sun Dec 6 — $8.4K −47.9% −38.6% $18.4M 103 $82 66

Mon Dec 7 — $3.9K −54.1% −31.3% $18.4M 103 $38 67

Tue Dec 8 — $4.2K +8.4% −33.3% $18.4M 103 $41 68

Wed Dec 9 — $3.9K −6.9% −36.7% $18.4M 103 $38 69

Thu Dec 10 — $4.2K +6.8% −32.6% $18.4M 103 $41 70

Fri Dec 11 — $6.8K +62.0% −47.1% $18.4M 68 $99 71

Sat Dec 12 — $9.3K +38.1% −42.4% $18.4M 68 $137 72

Sun Dec 13 — $5.5K −41.6% −35.4% $18.4M 68 $80 73

Mon Dec 14 — $3.0K −45.0% −22.6% $18.4M 68 $44 74

Tue Dec 15 — $3.1K +4.3% −25.5% $18.4M 68 $46 75

Wed Dec 16 — $2.9K −8.2% −26.5% $18.4M 68 $42 76

Thu Dec 17 — $3.2K +10.0% −24.3% $18.5M 68 $46 77

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

Cumulative total$18.4M

Oct 2Oct 19Nov 6Nov 23Dec 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $37.5K

$7.0M

$3.3M

$1.9M

$839.2K

$393.3K

$181.6K

$76.9K

$96.2K

$68.0K

$37.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,743 → 103 −94.1%

1,707 open103 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −44.9%

−52.5%

W1→2

−42.9%

W2→3

−56.0%

W3→4

−53.1%

W4→5

−53.8%

W5→6

−57.7%

W6→7

+25.1%

W7→8

−29.3%

W8→9

−44.9%

W9→10

Steepest −57.7%Biggest gain +25.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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