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The SitterFollow

2011 • R • 1h 21m • Comedy • 20th Century Fox

Worst. Babysitter. Ever.

🍅 22% 39%

39

2.57

5.6

CS C+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$30.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$34.90M

$4.50M international

Domestic legs3.1x

Budget$25M

2011 rank#99

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Cast & crew

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David Gordon Green

David Gordon Green Director

Jonah Hill

Jonah Hill Starring

Ari Graynor

Ari Graynor Starring

Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell Starring

ScreenplayBrian Gatewood, Alessandro Tanaka Produced byMichael De Luca CinematographyTim Orr Music byDavid Wingo, Jeff McIlwain Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 9-11 2 $9.9M — 2,750 $3,582 $9.9M

2 Dec 16-18 5 $4.6M −53.2% 2,752 $1,675 $17.9M

3 Dec 23-25 15 $1.7M −62.3% 1,786 $974 $22.2M

4 Dec 30-Jan 1 15 $1.7M −3.8% 1,348 $1,242 $26.3M

5 Jan 6-8 17 $1.2M −31.0% 758 $1,524 $28.7M

6 Jan 13-15 22 $513.0K −55.6% 449 $1,143 $29.7M

7 Jan 20-22 33 $142.6K −72.2% 191 $747 $30.0M

8 Jan 27-29 36 $122.9K −13.8% 145 $848 $30.2M

9 Feb 3-5 39 $73.0K −40.6% 126 $579 $30.3M

10 Feb 10-12 49 $56.8K −22.1% 99 $574 $30.4M

11 Feb 17-19 60 $29.9K −47.4% 43 $695 $30.5M

12 Feb 24-26 67 $20.2K −32.5% 30 $672 $30.5M

13 Mar 2-4 69 $13.7K −32.3% 21 $650 $30.5M

14 Mar 9-11 78 $7.0K −49.1% 12 $580 $30.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 9 #2 $3.7M — $3.7M 2,750 $1,348 1

Sat Dec 10 #2 $3.8M +3.2% $7.5M 2,750 $1,391 2

Sun Dec 11 #2 $2.3M −39.4% $9.9M 2,750 $843 3

Mon Dec 12 #2 $908.7K −60.8% $10.8M 2,750 $330 4

Tue Dec 13 #2 $1.0M +11.6% $11.8M 2,750 $369 5

Wed Dec 14 #2 $790.8K −22.0% $12.6M 2,750 $288 6

Thu Dec 15 #2 $756.5K −4.3% $13.3M 2,750 $275 7

Fri Dec 16 #5 $1.4M +91.0% −61.0% $14.8M 2,752 $525 8

Sat Dec 17 #5 $1.8M +24.5% −53.0% $16.6M 2,752 $653 9

Sun Dec 18 #5 $1.4M −24.1% −41.1% $17.9M 2,752 $496 10

Mon Dec 19 #5 $706.2K −48.3% −22.3% $18.6M 2,752 $257 11

Tue Dec 20 #7 $715.4K +1.3% −29.4% $19.4M 2,752 $260 12

Wed Dec 21 #9 $554.0K −22.6% −30.0% $19.9M 2,473 $224 13

Thu Dec 22 #11 $582.7K +5.2% −23.0% $20.5M 2,473 $236 14

Fri Dec 23 #13 $593.6K +1.9% −58.9% $21.1M 1,786 $332 15

Sat Dec 24 #15 $274.1K −53.8% −84.8% $21.4M 1,786 $153 16

Sun Dec 25 #12 $871.5K +218.0% −36.2% $22.2M 1,486 $586 17

Mon Dec 26 #15 $758.2K −13.0% +7.4% $23.0M 1,486 $510 18

Tue Dec 27 #15 $584.8K −22.9% −18.2% $23.6M 1,486 $394 19

Wed Dec 28 #15 $542.6K −7.2% −2.1% $24.1M 1,486 $365 20

Thu Dec 29 #15 $531.1K −2.1% −8.8% $24.6M 1,486 $357 21

Fri Dec 30 #15 $653.5K +23.0% +10.1% $25.3M 1,348 $485 22

Sat Dec 31 — $313.4K −52.0% +14.4% $25.6M 1,348 $233 23

Sun Jan 1 #14 $706.9K +125.5% −18.9% $26.3M 1,348 $524 24

Mon Jan 2 #15 $498.5K −29.5% −34.3% $26.8M 1,348 $370 25

Tue Jan 3 #12 $301.0K −39.6% −48.5% $27.1M 1,348 $223 26

Wed Jan 4 #13 $249.0K −17.3% −54.1% $27.4M 1,348 $185 27

Thu Jan 5 #14 $201.8K −18.9% −62.0% $27.6M 1,348 $150 28

Fri Jan 6 — $398.1K +97.3% −39.1% $28.0M 758 $525 29

Sat Jan 7 — $480.1K +20.6% +53.2% $28.4M 758 $633 30

Sun Jan 8 — $276.7K −42.4% −60.9% $28.7M 758 $365 31

Mon Jan 9 — $99.6K −64.0% −80.0% $28.8M 758 $131 32

Tue Jan 10 — $118.4K +18.8% −60.7% $28.9M 758 $156 33

Wed Jan 11 — $97.9K −17.3% −60.7% $29.0M 758 $129 34

Thu Jan 12 — $98.3K +0.3% −51.3% $29.1M 758 $130 35

Fri Jan 13 — $142.5K +45.0% −64.2% $29.3M 449 $317 36

Sat Jan 14 — $195.3K +37.0% −59.3% $29.5M 449 $435 37

Sun Jan 15 — $175.3K −10.2% −36.7% $29.7M 449 $390 38

Mon Jan 16 — $98.4K −43.8% −1.2% $29.7M 449 $219 39

Tue Jan 17 — $46.9K −52.4% −60.4% $29.8M 449 $104 40

Wed Jan 18 — $42.0K −10.4% −57.1% $29.8M 449 $94 41

Thu Jan 19 — $41.1K −2.2% −58.2% $29.9M 449 $92 42

Fri Jan 20 — $41.3K +0.4% −71.0% $29.9M 191 $216 43

Sat Jan 21 — $67.1K +62.7% −65.6% $30.0M 191 $351 44

Sun Jan 22 — $34.3K −49.0% −80.5% $30.0M 191 $179 45

Mon Jan 23 — $14.1K −58.9% −85.7% $30.0M 191 $74 46

Tue Jan 24 — $14.2K +1.2% −69.6% $30.0M 191 $75 47

Wed Jan 25 — $14.0K −1.5% −66.6% $30.1M 191 $73 48

Thu Jan 26 — $14.4K +2.6% −64.9% $30.1M 191 $75 49

Fri Jan 27 — $35.2K +144.7% −14.6% $30.1M 145 $243 50

Sat Jan 28 — $52.6K +49.1% −21.7% $30.2M 145 $362 51

Sun Jan 29 — $35.1K −33.2% +2.5% $30.2M 145 $242 52

Mon Jan 30 — $11.5K −67.3% −18.4% $30.2M 145 $79 53

Tue Jan 31 — $11.6K +1.3% −18.4% $30.2M 145 $80 54

Wed Feb 1 — $10.9K −6.4% −22.4% $30.2M 145 $75 55

Thu Feb 2 — $12.2K +12.5% −15.0% $30.2M 145 $84 56

Fri Feb 3 — $21.9K +79.0% −37.8% $30.3M 126 $174 57

Sat Feb 4 — $36.2K +65.1% −31.1% $30.3M 126 $287 58

Sun Feb 5 — $14.9K −58.9% −57.6% $30.3M 126 $118 59

Mon Feb 6 — $8.8K −40.7% −23.1% $30.3M 126 $70 60

Tue Feb 7 — $9.6K +9.0% −17.2% $30.3M 126 $76 61

Wed Feb 8 — $8.4K −13.0% −23.1% $30.3M 126 $66 62

Thu Feb 9 — $8.1K −3.3% −33.9% $30.4M 126 $64 63

Fri Feb 10 — $14.4K +78.0% −34.3% $30.4M 99 $146 64

Sat Feb 11 — $25.0K +73.4% −30.9% $30.4M 99 $252 65

Sun Feb 12 — $17.4K −30.2% +17.2% $30.4M 99 $176 66

Mon Feb 13 — $6.1K −65.2% −31.3% $30.4M 99 $61 67

Tue Feb 14 — $10.7K +75.6% +10.7% $30.4M 99 $108 68

Wed Feb 15 — $6.3K −41.1% −25.0% $30.4M 99 $63 69

Thu Feb 16 — $6.4K +1.6% −21.2% $30.4M 99 $64 70

Fri Feb 17 — $7.0K +10.3% −51.2% $30.4M 43 $164 71

Sat Feb 18 — $11.5K +62.9% −54.1% $30.5M 43 $266 72

Sun Feb 19 — $11.4K −0.6% −34.7% $30.5M 43 $265 73

Mon Feb 20 — $5.6K −50.6% −7.2% $30.5M 43 $131 74

Tue Feb 21 — $3.0K −47.3% −72.2% $30.5M 43 $69 75

Wed Feb 22 — $2.3K −21.3% −62.8% $30.5M 43 $54 76

Thu Feb 23 — $2.9K +24.3% −54.5% $30.5M 43 $68 77

Fri Feb 24 — $5.7K +97.3% −18.6% $30.5M 30 $191 78

Sat Feb 25 — $8.3K +44.2% −27.9% $30.5M 30 $275 79

Sun Feb 26 — $6.2K −25.2% −45.8% $30.5M 30 $206 80

Mon Feb 27 — $2.0K −68.1% −65.0% $30.5M 30 $66 81

Tue Feb 28 — $2.3K +15.6% −23.2% $30.5M 30 $76 82

Wed Feb 29 — $2.1K −9.8% −11.9% $30.5M 30 $69 83

Thu Mar 1 — $1.8K −10.8% −36.8% $30.5M 30 $61 84

Fri Mar 2 — $3.8K +105.3% −34.2% $30.5M 21 $179 85

Sat Mar 3 — $6.1K +61.7% −26.3% $30.5M 21 $290 86

Sun Mar 4 — $3.8K −37.7% −38.6% $30.5M 21 $181 87

Mon Mar 5 — $1.2K −67.5% −37.4% $30.5M 21 $59 88

Tue Mar 6 — $1.2K −4.3% −48.2% $30.5M 21 $56 89

Wed Mar 7 — $1.2K −0.5% −42.8% $30.5M 21 $56 90

Thu Mar 8 — $1.1K −5.6% −39.5% $30.5M 21 $53 91

Fri Mar 9 — $1.8K +63.6% −51.8% $30.5M 12 $151 92

Sat Mar 10 — $3.2K +76.8% −47.3% $30.5M 12 $268 93

Sun Mar 11 — $1.9K −39.9% −49.2% $30.5M 12 $161 94

Mon Mar 12 — $872 −54.8% −29.4% $30.5M 12 $73 95

Tue Mar 13 — $974 +11.7% −17.6% $30.5M 12 $81 96

Wed Mar 14 — $1.2K +19.6% −0.9% $30.5M 12 $97 97

Thu Mar 15 — $896 −23.1% −19.3% $30.5M 12 $75 98

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

Cumulative total$30.4M

Dec 9Dec 26Jan 13Jan 30Feb 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $56.8K

$9.9M

$4.6M

$1.7M

$1.7M

$1.2M

$513.0K

$142.6K

$122.9K

$73.0K

$56.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,752 → 99 −96.4%

2,750 open99 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −22.1%

−53.2%

W1→2

−62.3%

W2→3

−3.8%

W3→4

−31.0%

W4→5

−55.6%

W5→6

−72.2%

W6→7

−13.8%

W7→8

−40.6%

W8→9

−22.1%

W9→10

Steepest −72.2%Best hold −3.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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