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2010 • PG-13 • 1h 47m • Action, Comedy, Crime • Sony Pictures Releasing

NY's finest were busy.

🍅 78% 60%

64

3.28

6.7

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$35.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$119.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$170.00M

$51.20M international

Domestic legs3.35x

Budget$100M

2010 rank#21

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Cast & crew

Full McKay filmography

Adam McKay

Adam McKay Director

Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell Starring

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg Starring

Eva Mendes

Eva Mendes Starring

Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton Starring

Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan Starring

ScreenplayAdam McKay, Chris Henchy Produced byWill Ferrell, Adam McKay, Jimmy Miller, Patrick Crowley CinematographyOliver Wood MusicJon Brion StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 6-8 1 $35.5M — 3,651 $9,735 $35.5M

2 Aug 13-15 3 $17.4M −51.0% 3,651 $4,768 $70.0M

3 Aug 20-22 5 $10.2M −41.6% 3,472 $2,927 $88.3M

4 Aug 27-29 5 $6.3M −38.2% 3,181 $1,976 $99.0M

5 Sep 3-5 7 $5.3M −15.9% 2,607 $2,028 $106.8M

6 Sep 10-12 6 $3.3M −36.7% 2,246 $1,490 $112.4M

7 Sep 17-19 8 $2.0M −41.1% 1,827 $1,079 $115.4M

8 Sep 24-26 11 $992.8K −49.7% 1,047 $948 $117.0M

9 Oct 1-3 17 $439.4K −55.7% 566 $776 $117.7M

10 Oct 8-10 26 $194.7K −55.7% 289 $673 $118.0M

11 Oct 15-17 37 $111.7K −42.6% 174 $642 $118.2M

12 Oct 22-24 27 $242.5K +117.1% 303 $800 $118.5M

13 Oct 29-31 28 $179.4K −26.0% 302 $594 $118.8M

14 Nov 5-7 32 $167.8K −6.5% 235 $713 $119.0M

15 Nov 12-14 30 $119.3K −28.9% 182 $655 $119.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 6 #1 $13.1M — $13.1M 3,651 $3,594 1

Sat Aug 7 #1 $12.5M −5% $25.6M 3,651 $3,426 2

Sun Aug 8 #1 $9.9M −21% $35.5M 3,651 $2,714 3

Mon Aug 9 #1 $5.0M −50% $40.5M 3,651 $1,363 4

Tue Aug 10 #1 $4.8M −4% $45.3M 3,651 $1,305 5

Wed Aug 11 #1 $3.8M −21% $49.1M 3,651 $1,032 6

Thu Aug 12 #1 $3.5M −8% $52.5M 3,651 $954 7

Fri Aug 13 #3 $5.6M +61% −57% $58.2M 3,651 $1,538 8

Sat Aug 14 #3 $6.8M +21% −46% $65.0M 3,651 $1,860 9

Sun Aug 15 #3 $5.0M −26% −50% $70.0M 3,651 $1,369 10

Mon Aug 16 #3 $2.3M −55% −55% $72.2M 3,651 $619 11

Tue Aug 17 #3 $2.2M −1% −53% $74.4M 3,651 $612 12

Wed Aug 18 #4 $1.9M −14% −49% $76.4M 3,651 $528 13

Thu Aug 19 #4 $1.7M −11% −51% $78.1M 3,651 $468 14

Fri Aug 20 #6 $3.0M +77% −46% $81.1M 3,472 $871 15

Sat Aug 21 #5 $4.1M +35% −40% $85.2M 3,472 $1,173 16

Sun Aug 22 #3 $3.1M −25% −39% $88.3M 3,472 $881 17

Mon Aug 23 #4 $1.2M −59% −45% $89.5M 3,472 $357 18

Tue Aug 24 #3 $1.3M +4% −42% $90.8M 3,472 $372 19

Wed Aug 25 #3 $1.0M −19% −46% $91.8M 3,472 $300 20

Thu Aug 26 #3 $900.4K −14% −47% $92.7M 3,472 $259 21

Fri Aug 27 #5 $1.9M +113% −37% $94.6M 3,181 $602 22

Sat Aug 28 #5 $2.7M +41% −33% $97.4M 3,181 $852 23

Sun Aug 29 #5 $1.7M −39% −46% $99.0M 3,181 $521 24

Mon Aug 30 #5 $636.5K −62% −49% $99.7M 3,181 $200 25

Tue Aug 31 #5 $729.0K +15% −44% $100.4M 3,181 $229 26

Wed Sep 1 #6 $551.2K −24% −47% $100.9M 3,181 $173 27

Thu Sep 2 #6 $531.3K −4% −41% $101.5M 3,181 $167 28

Fri Sep 3 #7 $1.4M +156% −29% $102.8M 2,607 $522 29

Sat Sep 4 #7 $2.0M +43% −28% $104.8M 2,607 $748 30

Sun Sep 5 #7 $2.0M +1% +19% $106.8M 2,607 $757 31

Mon Sep 6 #7 $1.4M −30% +116% $108.1M 2,607 $528 32

Tue Sep 7 #8 $338.0K −75% −54% $108.5M 2,607 $129 33

Wed Sep 8 #8 $316.1K −6% −43% $108.8M 2,607 $121 34

Thu Sep 9 #9 $309.5K −2% −42% $109.1M 2,607 $118 35

Fri Sep 10 #7 $999.6K +223% −27% $110.1M 2,246 $445 36

Sat Sep 11 #6 $1.6M +59% −18% $111.7M 2,246 $708 37

Sun Sep 12 #8 $756.5K −52% −62% $112.4M 2,246 $336 38

Mon Sep 13 #8 $215.2K −72% −84% $112.7M 2,246 $95 39

Tue Sep 14 #8 $274.6K +28% −19% $112.9M 2,246 $122 40

Wed Sep 15 #8 $238.3K −13% −25% $113.2M 2,246 $106 41

Thu Sep 16 #8 $260.9K +10% −16% $113.4M 2,246 $116 42

Fri Sep 17 #9 $591.8K +127% −41% $114.0M 1,827 $323 43

Sat Sep 18 #8 $934.0K +58% −41% $115.0M 1,827 $511 44

Sun Sep 19 #10 $446.2K −52% −41% $115.4M 1,827 $244 45

Mon Sep 20 #11 $131.2K −71% −39% $115.5M 1,827 $71 46

Tue Sep 21 #11 $150.7K +15% −45% $115.7M 1,827 $82 47

Wed Sep 22 #11 $140.3K −7% −41% $115.8M 1,827 $76 48

Thu Sep 23 #11 $148.6K +6% −43% $116.0M 1,827 $81 49

Fri Sep 24 #11 $295.9K +99% −50% $116.3M 1,047 $282 50

Sat Sep 25 #11 $470.4K +59% −50% $116.7M 1,047 $449 51

Sun Sep 26 #11 $226.5K −52% −49% $117.0M 1,047 $216 52

Mon Sep 27 #13 $71.7K −68% −45% $117.0M 1,047 $68 53

Tue Sep 28 #13 $73.3K +2% −51% $117.1M 1,047 $70 54

Wed Sep 29 #13 $71.2K −3% −49% $117.2M 1,047 $67 55

Thu Sep 30 #14 $74.5K +5% −50% $117.3M 1,047 $71 56

Fri Oct 1 $134.2K +80% −55% $117.4M 566 $237 57

Sat Oct 2 #15 $210.3K +57% −55% $117.6M 566 $371 58

Sun Oct 3 $94.8K −55% −58% $117.7M 566 $167 59

Mon Oct 4 $31.3K −67% −56% $117.7M 566 $55 60

Tue Oct 5 $33.3K +7% −55% $117.8M 566 $58 61

Wed Oct 6 $29.8K −11% −58% $117.8M 566 $52 62

Thu Oct 7 $34.2K +15% −54% $117.8M 566 $60 63

Fri Oct 8 $57.4K +68% −57% $117.9M 289 $198 64

Sat Oct 9 $86.8K +51% −59% $118.0M 289 $300 65

Sun Oct 10 $50.6K −42% −47% $118.0M 289 $174 66

Fri Oct 15 $36.7K — −36% $118.1M 174 $210 71

Sat Oct 16 $54.8K +49% −37% $118.2M 174 $315 72

Sun Oct 17 $20.2K −63% −60% $118.2M 174 $116 73

Fri Oct 22 $76.5K — +108% $118.3M 303 $252 78

Sat Oct 23 $103.4K +35% +89% $118.4M 303 $341 79

Sun Oct 24 $62.6K −39% +210% $118.5M 303 $206 80

Fri Oct 29 $61.7K — −19% $118.6M 302 $204 85

Sat Oct 30 $76.6K +24% −26% $118.7M 302 $253 86

Sun Oct 31 $41.1K −46% −34% $118.8M 302 $135 87

Fri Nov 5 $51.0K — −17% $118.8M 235 $216 92

Sat Nov 6 $75.8K +49% −1% $118.9M 235 $322 93

Sun Nov 7 $41.0K −46% n/c $118.9M 235 $174 94

Fri Nov 12 $37.5K — −26% $119.1M 182 $206 99

Sat Nov 13 $51.5K +37% −32% $119.2M 182 $283 100

Sun Nov 14 $30.2K −41% −26% $119.2M 182 $165 101

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

Cumulative total$118.0M

Aug 6Aug 22Sep 8Sep 24Oct 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $194.7K

$35.5M

$17.4M

$10.2M

$6.3M

$5.3M

$3.3M

$2.0M

$992.8K

$439.4K

$194.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,651 → 289 −92.1%

3,651 open289 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −55.7%

−51.0%

W1→2

−41.6%

W2→3

−38.2%

W3→4

−15.9%

W4→5

−36.7%

W5→6

−41.1%

W6→7

−49.7%

W7→8

−55.7%

W8→9

−55.7%

W9→10

Steepest −55.7%Best hold −15.9%

Run milestones

$100M in 26 days

$100M

Day 26

Aug 31

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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