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The ProposalFollow

2009 • PG-13 • 1h 48m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Here comes the bribe...

🍅 45% 68%

48

3.37

6.8

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$33.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$164.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$317.00M

$153.00M international

Domestic legs4.88x

Budget$40.0M

2009 rank#16

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Cast & crew

Full Fletcher filmography

Anne Fletcher

Anne Fletcher Director

Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock Starring

Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds Starring

Malin Åkerman

Malin Åkerman Starring

Craig T. Nelson

Craig T. Nelson Starring

Mary Steenburgen

Mary Steenburgen Starring

ScreenplayPeter Chiarelli Produced byDavid Hoberman, Todd Lieberman CinematographyOliver Stapleton MusicAaron Zigman StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 19-21 1 $33.6M — 3,056 $11,003 $33.6M

2 Jun 26-28 2 $18.6M −44.8% 3,058 $6,075 $69.2M

3 Jul 3-5 4 $12.9M −30.8% 3,099 $4,148 $94.3M

4 Jul 10-12 5 $10.6M −17.5% 3,158 $3,357 $113.9M

5 Jul 17-19 5 $8.3M −21.8% 3,043 $2,724 $128.1M

6 Jul 24-26 8 $6.4M −23.0% 2,779 $2,295 $140.0M

7 Jul 31-Aug 2 9 $4.9M −22.7% 2,435 $2,025 $149.0M

8 Aug 7-9 13 $2.8M −42.7% 1,870 $1,510 $154.8M

9 Aug 14-16 18 $1.3M −53.9% 1,084 $1,200 $157.7M

10 Aug 21-23 21 $791.4K −39.2% 642 $1,232 $159.2M

11 Aug 28-30 18 $664.4K −16.0% 520 $1,277 $160.2M

12 Sep 4-6 22 $597.7K −10.0% 441 $1,355 $161.0M

13 Sep 11-13 23 $377.9K −36.8% 392 $963 $161.6M

14 Sep 18-20 20 $480.5K +27.2% 468 $1,026 $162.3M

15 Sep 25-27 23 $402.7K −16.2% 401 $1,004 $162.8M

16 Oct 2-4 29 $286.7K −28.8% 316 $907 $163.3M

17 Oct 9-11 31 $210.4K −26.6% 260 $809 $163.6M

18 Oct 16-18 38 $119.8K −43.1% 173 $692 $163.8M

19 Oct 23-25 45 $60.6K −49.4% 102 $594 $163.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 19 #1 $12.7M — $12.7M 3,056 $4,164 1

Sat Jun 20 #1 $12.6M −1% $25.3M 3,056 $4,130 2

Sun Jun 21 #2 $8.3M −34% $33.6M 3,056 $2,708 3

Mon Jun 22 #1 $4.7M −44% $38.3M 3,056 $1,522 4

Tue Jun 23 #1 $4.7M n/c $42.9M 3,056 $1,525 5

Wed Jun 24 #2 $4.0M −14% $46.9M 3,056 $1,309 6

Thu Jun 25 #2 $3.6M −9% $50.6M 3,056 $1,191 7

Fri Jun 26 #2 $6.1M +68% −52% $56.7M 3,058 $1,997 8

Sat Jun 27 #2 $7.2M +17% −43% $63.9M 3,058 $2,341 9

Sun Jun 28 #2 $5.3M −26% −36% $69.2M 3,058 $1,736 10

Mon Jun 29 #2 $2.8M −48% −41% $71.9M 3,058 $901 11

Tue Jun 30 #2 $3.3M +19% −30% $75.2M 3,058 $1,074 12

Wed Jul 1 #4 $2.8M −14% −29% $78.0M 3,058 $923 13

Thu Jul 2 #4 $3.4M +22% −5% $81.5M 3,058 $1,127 14

Fri Jul 3 #4 $5.2M +51% −15% $86.7M 3,099 $1,676 15

Sat Jul 4 #4 $3.6M −31% −50% $90.3M 3,099 $1,155 16

Sun Jul 5 #4 $4.1M +14% −23% $94.3M 3,099 $1,317 17

Mon Jul 6 #4 $2.2M −47% −21% $96.5M 3,099 $700 18

Tue Jul 7 #4 $2.4M +12% −26% $98.9M 3,099 $782 19

Wed Jul 8 #4 $2.2M −9% −22% $101.1M 3,099 $711 20

Thu Jul 9 #4 $2.1M −4% −38% $103.3M 3,099 $685 21

Fri Jul 10 #5 $3.5M +66% −32% $106.8M 3,158 $1,112 22

Sat Jul 11 #5 $4.2M +21% +19% $111.0M 3,158 $1,343 23

Sun Jul 12 #6 $2.8M −33% −30% $113.9M 3,158 $901 24

Mon Jul 13 #5 $1.5M −49% −33% $115.3M 3,158 $459 25

Tue Jul 14 #4 $1.6M +12% −33% $116.9M 3,158 $515 26

Wed Jul 15 #5 $1.4M −14% −36% $118.3M 3,158 $444 27

Thu Jul 16 #5 $1.5M +4% −32% $119.8M 3,158 $459 28

Fri Jul 17 #5 $2.7M +87% −23% $122.5M 3,043 $891 29

Sat Jul 18 #4 $3.4M +24% −20% $125.9M 3,043 $1,108 30

Sun Jul 19 #7 $2.2M −35% −23% $128.1M 3,043 $723 31

Mon Jul 20 #4 $1.2M −45% −17% $129.3M 3,043 $394 32

Tue Jul 21 #4 $1.6M +31% −4% $130.9M 3,043 $515 33

Wed Jul 22 #4 $1.4M −13% −2% $132.2M 3,043 $450 34

Thu Jul 23 #4 $1.4M +5% −1% $133.7M 3,043 $473 35

Fri Jul 24 #7 $2.1M +49% −21% $135.8M 2,779 $773 36

Sat Jul 25 #8 $2.5M +18% −25% $138.4M 2,779 $915 37

Sun Jul 26 #8 $1.7M −34% −23% $140.0M 2,779 $606 38

Mon Jul 27 #7 $876.4K −48% −27% $140.9M 2,779 $315 39

Tue Jul 28 #7 $1.0M +19% −34% $142.0M 2,779 $374 40

Wed Jul 29 #6 $1.1M +2% −23% $143.0M 2,779 $382 41

Thu Jul 30 #6 $1.0M −5% −30% $144.0M 2,779 $364 42

Fri Jul 31 #8 $1.6M +60% −25% $145.7M 2,435 $665 43

Sat Aug 1 #9 $1.9M +20% −24% $147.6M 2,435 $796 44

Sun Aug 2 #10 $1.4M −29% −19% $149.0M 2,435 $563 45

Mon Aug 3 #8 $720.2K −48% −18% $149.7M 2,435 $295 46

Tue Aug 4 #8 $781.1K +8% −25% $150.5M 2,435 $320 47

Wed Aug 5 #8 $725.9K −7% −32% $151.2M 2,435 $298 48

Thu Aug 6 #8 $733.9K +1% −27% $151.9M 2,435 $301 49

Fri Aug 7 #13 $948.1K +29% −41% $152.9M 1,870 $506 50

Sat Aug 8 #13 $1.2M +22% −40% $154.0M 1,870 $619 51

Sun Aug 9 #14 $718.5K −38% −48% $154.8M 1,870 $384 52

Mon Aug 10 #13 $396.3K −45% −45% $155.1M 1,870 $211 53

Tue Aug 11 #13 $429.7K +8% −45% $155.6M 1,870 $229 54

Wed Aug 12 #12 $406.7K −5% −44% $156.0M 1,870 $217 55

Thu Aug 13 #13 $407.4K n/c −44% $156.4M 1,870 $217 56

Mon Sep 7 #22 $159.2K — $161.1M 441 $360 81

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

Cumulative total$156.4M

Jun 19Jul 3Jul 17Jul 30Aug 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $791.4K

$33.6M

$18.6M

$12.9M

$10.6M

$8.3M

$6.4M

$4.9M

$2.8M

$1.3M

$791.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,158 → 1,870 −40.8%

3,056 open1,870 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.2%

−44.8%

W1→2

−30.8%

W2→3

−17.5%

W3→4

−21.8%

W4→5

−23.0%

W5→6

−22.7%

W6→7

−42.7%

W7→8

−53.9%

W8→9

−39.2%

W9→10

Steepest −53.9%Best hold −17.5%

Run milestones

$100M in 20 days

$100M

Day 20

Jul 8

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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