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The PacifierFollow

2005 • PG • 1h 35m • Action, Comedy, Drama • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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2.73

5.6

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$113.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$199.00M

$85.50M international

Domestic legs3.70x

Budget$56.0M

2005 rank#17

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Cast & crew

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Adam Shankman

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Vin Diesel

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Lauren Graham

Lauren Graham Starring

Brittany Snow

Brittany Snow Starring

Max Thieriot

Max Thieriot Starring

ScreenplayThomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant Produced byRoger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman CinematographyPeter James MusicJohn Debney StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 4-6 1 $30.6M — 3,131 $9,758 $30.6M

2 Mar 11-13 2 $18.2M −40.6% 3,166 $5,733 $54.5M

3 Mar 18-20 3 $12.5M −31.0% 3,181 $3,939 $72.3M

4 Mar 25-27 5 $8.1M −35.5% 3,102 $2,607 $85.8M

5 Apr 1-3 6 $5.8M −28.3% 2,851 $2,034 $96.1M

6 Apr 8-10 8 $3.1M −46.3% 2,375 $1,312 $100.6M

7 Apr 15-17 9 $2.4M −22.6% 2,068 $1,165 $103.7M

8 Apr 22-24 11 $2.1M −12.6% 1,552 $1,357 $106.6M

9 Apr 29-May 1 12 $1.4M −35.8% 1,224 $1,104 $108.4M

10 May 6-8 19 $328.0K −75.7% 834 $393 $109.2M

11 May 13-15 20 $327.5K −0.1% 482 $679 $110.0M

12 May 20-22 20 $189.3K −42.2% 298 $635 $110.2M

13 May 27-29 16 $338.1K +78.6% 401 $843 $110.7M

14 Jun 3-5 17 $312.2K −7.7% 361 $864 $111.3M

15 Jun 10-12 19 $263.3K −15.7% 302 $871 $111.7M

16 Jun 17-19 21 $204.7K −22.3% 272 $752 $112.1M

17 Jun 24-26 24 $220.0K +7.5% 253 $869 $112.5M

18 Jul 1-3 28 $145.9K −33.7% 213 $685 $112.8M

19 Jul 8-10 32 $110.9K −24.0% 183 $605 $113.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 4 #1 $8.6M — $8.6M 3,131 $2,746 1

Sat Mar 5 #1 $13.6M +58% $22.2M 3,131 $4,339 2

Sun Mar 6 #1 $8.4M −38% $30.6M 3,131 $2,674 3

Mon Mar 7 #1 $1.6M −81% $32.1M 3,131 $501 4

Tue Mar 8 #1 $1.4M −13% $33.5M 3,131 $435 5

Wed Mar 9 #1 $1.4M +6% $34.9M 3,131 $459 6

Thu Mar 10 #1 $1.4M −3% $36.3M 3,131 $447 7

Fri Mar 11 #2 $4.7M +235% −45% $41.0M 3,166 $1,484 8

Sat Mar 12 #2 $8.2M +74% −40% $49.4M 3,166 $2,580 9

Sun Mar 13 #2 $5.1M −38% −40% $54.5M 3,166 $1,597 10

Mon Mar 14 #2 $1.2M −75% −20% $55.7M 3,166 $394 11

Tue Mar 15 #2 $1.3M +7% −2% $57.1M 3,166 $421 12

Wed Mar 16 #2 $1.3M −1% −8% $58.4M 3,166 $416 13

Thu Mar 17 #2 $1.4M +3% −3% $59.7M 3,166 $429 14

Fri Mar 18 #3 $3.6M +165% −23% $63.3M 3,181 $1,131 15

Sat Mar 19 #3 $5.5M +54% −32% $68.8M 3,181 $1,743 16

Sun Mar 20 #3 $3.4M −38% −32% $72.3M 3,181 $1,079 17

Mon Mar 21 #3 $1.2M −66% −8% $73.4M 3,181 $363 18

Tue Mar 22 #3 $1.3M +14% −1% $74.7M 3,181 $415 19

Wed Mar 23 #3 $1.4M +5% +5% $76.1M 3,181 $437 20

Thu Mar 24 #4 $1.6M +16% +18% $77.7M 3,181 $505 21

Fri Mar 25 #5 $3.3M +105% −8% $81.0M 3,102 $1,063 22

Sat Mar 26 #5 $3.0M −8% −46% $84.0M 3,102 $973 23

Sun Mar 27 #5 $1.9M −38% −45% $85.8M 3,102 $604 24

Mon Mar 28 #4 $1.6M −14% +39% $87.4M 3,102 $519 25

Tue Mar 29 #5 $978.0K −39% −26% $88.4M 3,102 $315 26

Wed Mar 30 #6 $876.0K −10% −37% $89.3M 3,102 $282 27

Thu Mar 31 #5 $1.0M +16% −37% $90.3M 3,102 $328 28

Fri Apr 1 #7 $1.9M +86% −42% $92.2M 2,851 $666 29

Sat Apr 2 #6 $2.6M +35% −15% $94.8M 2,851 $900 30

Sun Apr 3 #6 $1.4M −47% −28% $96.1M 2,851 $476 31

Mon Apr 4 #7 $290.0K −79% −82% $96.4M 2,851 $101 32

Tue Apr 5 #8 $299.0K +3% −69% $96.7M 2,851 $104 33

Wed Apr 6 #8 $321.0K +7% −63% $97.0M 2,851 $112 34

Thu Apr 7 #6 $422.0K +31% −59% $97.4M 2,851 $148 35

Fri Apr 8 #9 $900.0K +113% −53% $98.4M 2,375 $378 36

Sat Apr 9 #8 $1.4M +58% −45% $99.8M 2,375 $598 37

Sun Apr 10 #8 $739.6K −48% −46% $100.6M 2,375 $311 38

Mon Apr 11 #10 $186.0K −75% −36% $100.8M 2,375 $78 39

Tue Apr 12 #9 $186.0K n/c −38% $100.9M 2,375 $78 40

Wed Apr 13 #10 $185.0K −1% −42% $101.1M 2,375 $77 41

Thu Apr 14 #9 $173.0K −6% −59% $101.3M 2,375 $72 42

Fri Apr 15 #9 $700.0K +305% −22% $102.0M 2,068 $338 43

Sat Apr 16 #9 $1.1M +60% −21% $103.1M 2,068 $541 44

Sun Apr 17 #9 $613.6K −45% −17% $103.7M 2,068 $296 45

Mon Apr 18 #9 $166.0K −73% −11% $103.9M 2,068 $80 46

Tue Apr 19 #10 $166.0K n/c −11% $104.1M 2,068 $80 47

Wed Apr 20 #9 $189.0K +14% +2% $104.2M 2,068 $91 48

Thu Apr 21 #9 $213.0K +13% +23% $104.5M 2,068 $102 49

Sat Apr 23 #10 $1.0M — −10% $106.0M 1,552 $646 51

Sun Apr 24 #10 $606.1K −40% −1% $106.6M 1,552 $390 52

Mon May 30 #13 $110.2K — $110.8M 401 $274 88

Mon Jul 4 #27 $28.0K — $112.8M 213 $131 123

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

Cumulative total$106.6M

Mar 4Mar 17Mar 29Apr 11Apr 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $328.0K

$30.6M

$18.2M

$12.5M

$8.1M

$5.8M

$3.1M

$2.4M

$2.1M

$1.4M

$328.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,181 → 1,552 −51.2%

3,131 open1,552 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −75.7%

−40.6%

W1→2

−31.0%

W2→3

−35.5%

W3→4

−28.3%

W4→5

−46.3%

W5→6

−22.6%

W6→7

−12.6%

W7→8

−35.8%

W8→9

−75.7%

W9→10

Steepest −75.7%Best hold −12.6%

Run milestones

$100M in 38 days

$100M

Day 38

Apr 10

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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