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The Love GuruFollow

2008 • PG-13 • 1h 27m • Comedy, Romance, Sport • Paramount Pictures

His karma is huge.

🍅 13% 33%

24

1.56

3.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$32.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$40.20M

$7.90M international

Domestic legs2.3x

Budget$62M

2008 rank#88

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Cast & crew

Mike Myers

Mike Myers Starring

Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba Starring

Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake Starring

Romany Malco

Romany Malco Starring

Meagan Good

Meagan Good Starring

ScreenplayMike Myers, Graham Gordy Produced byMike Myers, Michael De Luca CinematographyPeter Deming Prod. DesignCharles Wood StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 20-22 4 $13.9M — 3,012 $4,617 $13.9M

2 Jun 27-29 6 $5.3M −61.6% 3,012 $1,773 $25.2M

3 Jul 4-6 11 $1.8M −66.2% 2,648 $682 $29.4M

4 Jul 11-13 15 $549.9K −69.6% 909 $605 $31.4M

5 Jul 18-20 33 $86.5K −84.3% 183 $472 $31.8M

6 Jul 25-27 43 $38.6K −55.4% 107 $360 $31.9M

7 Aug 1-3 60 $18.6K −51.8% 50 $372 $31.9M

8 Aug 8-10 70 $12.0K −35.3% 30 $401 $32.0M

9 Aug 15-17 38 $110.7K +821.1% 151 $733 $32.1M

10 Aug 22-24 49 $49.8K −55.0% 120 $415 $32.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 20 #4 $5.3M — $5.3M 3,012 $1,771 1

Sat Jun 21 #4 $4.7M −11.2% $10.1M 3,012 $1,573 2

Sun Jun 22 #4 $3.8M −19.0% $13.9M 3,012 $1,274 3

Mon Jun 23 #4 $1.8M −53.3% $15.7M 3,012 $594 4

Tue Jun 24 #4 $1.5M −14.0% $17.2M 3,012 $511 5

Wed Jun 25 #4 $1.3M −13.4% $18.6M 3,012 $443 6

Thu Jun 26 #4 $1.3M −1.8% $19.9M 3,012 $435 7

Fri Jun 27 #6 $1.9M +43.7% −64.7% $21.8M 3,012 $625 8

Sat Jun 28 #7 $1.9M +3.5% −58.9% $23.7M 3,012 $647 9

Sun Jun 29 #7 $1.5M −22.6% −60.7% $25.2M 3,012 $501 10

Mon Jun 30 #6 $880.7K −41.6% −50.8% $26.1M 3,012 $292 11

Tue Jul 1 #7 $604.0K −31.4% −60.8% $26.7M 3,012 $201 12

Wed Jul 2 #10 $420.3K −30.4% −68.5% $27.1M 3,012 $140 13

Thu Jul 3 #10 $493.9K +17.5% −62.3% $27.6M 3,012 $164 14

Fri Jul 4 #11 $417.0K −15.6% −77.9% $28.0M 2,648 $157 15

Sat Jul 5 #11 $777.7K +86.5% −60.1% $28.8M 2,648 $294 16

Sun Jul 6 #10 $611.8K −21.3% −59.4% $29.4M 2,648 $231 17

Mon Jul 7 #9 $363.6K −40.6% −58.7% $29.8M 2,648 $137 18

Tue Jul 8 #10 $374.7K +3.1% −38.0% $30.2M 2,648 $142 19

Wed Jul 9 #10 $360.4K −3.8% −14.3% $30.5M 2,648 $136 20

Thu Jul 10 #10 $334.7K −7.1% −32.2% $30.9M 2,648 $126 21

Fri Jul 11 — $186.9K −44.2% −55.2% $31.0M 909 $206 22

Sat Jul 12 — $215.8K +15.4% −72.3% $31.3M 909 $237 23

Sun Jul 13 — $147.2K −31.8% −75.9% $31.4M 909 $162 24

Mon Jul 14 — $81.1K −44.9% −77.7% $31.5M 909 $89 25

Tue Jul 15 — $82.4K +1.6% −78.0% $31.6M 909 $91 26

Wed Jul 16 — $79.6K −3.4% −77.9% $31.7M 909 $88 27

Thu Jul 17 — $64.9K −18.4% −80.6% $31.7M 909 $71 28

Fri Jul 18 — $30.8K −52.6% −83.5% $31.7M 183 $168 29

Sat Jul 19 — $31.5K +2.4% −85.4% $31.8M 183 $172 30

Sun Jul 20 — $24.2K −23.4% −83.6% $31.8M 183 $132 31

Mon Jul 21 — $12.9K −46.6% −84.1% $31.8M 183 $70 32

Tue Jul 22 — $13.8K +6.7% −83.3% $31.8M 183 $75 33

Wed Jul 23 — $11.8K −14.2% −85.2% $31.8M 183 $65 34

Thu Jul 24 — $10.8K −8.9% −83.4% $31.9M 183 $59 35

Fri Jul 25 — $13.2K +22.7% −57.1% $31.9M 107 $123 36

Sat Jul 26 — $14.8K +12.0% −53.1% $31.9M 107 $138 37

Sun Jul 27 — $10.6K −28.6% −56.3% $31.9M 107 $99 38

Mon Jul 28 — $4.7K −55.5% −63.5% $31.9M 107 $44 39

Tue Jul 29 — $5.9K +25.0% −57.3% $31.9M 107 $55 40

Wed Jul 30 — $5.4K −7.8% −54.1% $31.9M 107 $51 41

Thu Jul 31 — $5.6K +3.3% −48.0% $31.9M 107 $52 42

Fri Aug 1 — $6.7K +19.1% −49.5% $31.9M 50 $133 43

Sat Aug 2 — $7.6K +13.6% −48.8% $31.9M 50 $151 44

Sun Aug 3 — $4.3K −42.7% −58.9% $31.9M 50 $87 45

Mon Aug 4 — $2.0K −54.5% −58.0% $31.9M 50 $40 46

Tue Aug 5 — $2.3K +16.1% −61.0% $31.9M 50 $46 47

Wed Aug 6 — $2.3K −0.6% −57.9% $31.9M 50 $46 48

Thu Aug 7 — $1.4K −37.4% −74.5% $31.9M 50 $29 49

Fri Aug 8 — $3.3K +134.4% −49.8% $31.9M 30 $112 50

Sat Aug 9 — $6.9K +106.9% −8.6% $32.0M 30 $231 51

Sun Aug 10 — $1.8K −74.6% −59.5% $32.0M 30 $58 52

Mon Aug 11 — $993 −43.4% −49.7% $32.0M 30 $33 53

Tue Aug 12 — $913 −8.1% −60.2% $32.0M 30 $30 54

Wed Aug 13 — $3.0K +225.7% +30.5% $32.0M 30 $99 55

Thu Aug 14 — $5.1K +71.8% +258.1% $32.0M 30 $170 56

Fri Aug 15 — $33.6K +557.7% +904.7% $32.0M 151 $223 57

Sat Aug 16 — $47.9K +42.6% +592.7% $32.0M 151 $317 58

Sun Aug 17 — $29.2K −39.1% +1562.5% $32.1M 151 $193 59

Mon Aug 18 — $12.5K −57.3% +1155.6% $32.1M 151 $83 60

Tue Aug 19 — $13.7K +10.2% +1404.6% $32.1M 151 $91 61

Wed Aug 20 — $14.6K +5.9% +389.4% $32.1M 151 $96 62

Thu Aug 21 — $14.0K −3.7% +174.3% $32.1M 151 $93 63

Fri Aug 22 — $14.9K +6.5% −55.6% $32.1M 120 $124 64

Sat Aug 23 — $23.6K +58.5% −50.7% $32.2M 120 $197 65

Sun Aug 24 — $11.3K −52.4% −61.4% $32.2M 120 $94 66

Mon Aug 25 — $4.8K −57.7% −61.8% $32.2M 120 $40 67

Tue Aug 26 — $6.8K +42.2% −50.7% $32.2M 120 $56 68

Wed Aug 27 — $5.3K −22.5% −63.9% $32.2M 120 $44 69

Thu Aug 28 — $4.6K −13.2% −67.5% $32.2M 120 $38 70

Cumulative total$32.2M

Jun 20Jul 7Jul 25Aug 11Aug 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $49.8K

$13.9M

$5.3M

$1.8M

$549.9K

$86.5K

$38.6K

$18.6K

$12.0K

$110.7K

$49.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,012 → 120 −96.0%

3,012 open120 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −55.0%

−61.6%

W1→2

−66.2%

W2→3

−69.6%

W3→4

−84.3%

W4→5

−55.4%

W5→6

−51.8%

W6→7

−35.3%

W7→8

+821.1%

W8→9

−55.0%

W9→10

Steepest −84.3%Biggest gain +821.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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