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2010 • PG-13 • 1h 41m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Miramax

The most unexpected comedy ever conceived.

🍅 54% 44%

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2.83

6.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$27.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$49.90M

$22.10M international

Domestic legs3.3x

Budget$19M

2010 rank#98

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Cast & crew

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston Starring

Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman Starring

Patrick Wilson

Patrick Wilson Starring

Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Goldblum Starring

Juliette Lewis

Juliette Lewis Starring

ScreenplayAllan Loeb Produced byAlbert Berger, Ron Yerxa CinematographyJess Hall MusicAlex Wurman Prod. DesignAdam Stockhausen StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 20-22 7 $8.4M — 2,012 $4,193 $8.4M

2 Aug 27-29 9 $4.6M −45.7% 2,017 $2,272 $14.8M

3 Sep 3-5 12 $3.1M −31.9% 1,885 $1,655 $21.5M

4 Sep 10-12 12 $2.0M −35.9% 1,595 $1,255 $25.0M

5 Sep 17-19 16 $930.0K −53.5% 1,158 $803 $26.6M

6 Sep 24-26 24 $293.4K −68.4% 511 $574 $27.2M

7 Oct 1-3 41 $98.2K −66.5% 242 $406 $27.4M

8 Oct 8-10 54 $36.4K −62.9% 103 $354 $27.5M

9 Oct 15-17 57 $21.1K −42.2% 58 $363 $27.5M

10 Oct 22-24 69 $11.2K −46.9% 26 $430 $27.6M

11 Oct 29-31 78 $6.6K −40.7% 17 $390 $27.6M

12 Nov 5-7 37 $82.2K +1138.5% 120 $685 $27.7M

13 Nov 12-14 39 $57.4K −30.1% 118 $487 $27.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 20 #7 $2.7M — $2.7M 2,012 $1,343 1

Sat Aug 21 #7 $3.3M +23.3% $6.0M 2,012 $1,656 2

Sun Aug 22 #9 $2.4M −27.9% $8.4M 2,012 $1,194 3

Mon Aug 23 #8 $888.5K −63.0% $9.3M 2,012 $442 4

Tue Aug 24 #7 $1.0M +15.7% $10.4M 2,012 $511 5

Wed Aug 25 #8 $789.3K −23.2% $11.1M 2,012 $392 6

Thu Aug 26 #7 $684.4K −13.3% $11.8M 2,012 $340 7

Fri Aug 27 #7 $1.5M +113.3% −46.0% $13.3M 2,017 $724 8

Sat Aug 28 #9 $2.0M +33.7% −41.4% $15.2M 2,017 $967 9

Sun Aug 29 #11 $1.2M −39.9% −51.2% $16.4M 2,017 $582 10

Mon Aug 30 #8 $450.8K −61.6% −49.3% $16.9M 2,017 $224 11

Tue Aug 31 #6 $623.2K +38.2% −39.4% $17.5M 2,017 $309 12

Wed Sep 1 #8 $447.2K −28.2% −43.3% $17.9M 2,017 $222 13

Thu Sep 2 #8 $443.9K −0.7% −35.1% $18.4M 2,017 $220 14

Fri Sep 3 #11 $851.6K +91.9% −41.7% $19.2M 1,885 $452 15

Sat Sep 4 #13 $1.2M +35.2% −41.0% $20.4M 1,885 $611 16

Sun Sep 5 #12 $1.1M −3.0% −4.8% $21.5M 1,885 $592 17

Mon Sep 6 #12 $797.5K −28.6% +76.9% $22.3M 1,885 $423 18

Tue Sep 7 #10 $253.3K −68.2% −59.4% $22.5M 1,885 $134 19

Wed Sep 8 #10 $221.7K −12.5% −50.4% $22.8M 1,885 $118 20

Thu Sep 9 #10 $237.5K +7.1% −46.5% $23.0M 1,885 $126 21

Fri Sep 10 #11 $632.7K +166.4% −25.7% $23.6M 1,595 $397 22

Sat Sep 11 #12 $920.5K +45.5% −20.0% $24.6M 1,595 $577 23

Sun Sep 12 #13 $447.9K −51.3% −59.9% $25.0M 1,595 $281 24

Mon Sep 13 #11 $135.3K −69.8% −83.0% $25.1M 1,595 $85 25

Tue Sep 14 #11 $192.9K +42.6% −23.8% $25.3M 1,595 $121 26

Wed Sep 15 #11 $162.2K −15.9% −26.8% $25.5M 1,595 $102 27

Thu Sep 16 #11 $173.8K +7.1% −26.8% $25.7M 1,595 $109 28

Fri Sep 17 #15 $297.3K +71.1% −53.0% $26.0M 1,158 $257 29

Sat Sep 18 #17 $418.1K +40.6% −54.6% $26.4M 1,158 $361 30

Sun Sep 19 #17 $214.6K −48.7% −52.1% $26.6M 1,158 $185 31

Mon Sep 20 — $67.2K −68.7% −50.4% $26.7M 1,158 $58 32

Tue Sep 21 — $86.7K +29.1% −55.1% $26.8M 1,158 $75 33

Wed Sep 22 — $78.7K −9.3% −51.5% $26.8M 1,158 $68 34

Thu Sep 23 — $81.6K +3.7% −53.0% $26.9M 1,158 $70 35

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

Cumulative total$26.9M

Aug 20Aug 29Sep 6Sep 15Sep 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $11.2K

$8.4M

$4.6M

$3.1M

$2.0M

$930.0K

$293.4K

$98.2K

$36.4K

$21.1K

$11.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,017 → 1,158 −42.6%

2,012 open1,158 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −46.9%

−45.7%

W1→2

−31.9%

W2→3

−35.9%

W3→4

−53.5%

W4→5

−68.4%

W5→6

−66.5%

W6→7

−62.9%

W7→8

−42.2%

W8→9

−46.9%

W9→10

Steepest −68.4%Best hold −31.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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