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2020 • PG • 1h 34m • Comedy, Family, Drama • 101 Studios

No rules. No mercy. Just pranks.

🍅 29% 85%

34

2.9

5.7

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$3.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$21.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$46.82M

Global release

Domestic legs5.9x

Budget$38M

2020 rank#17

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Cast & crew

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro Starring

Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman Starring

Rob Riggle

Rob Riggle Starring

ScreenplayTom J. Astle, Matt Ember · based on Robert Kimmel Smith's novel Produced byNot specified CinematographyNot specified MusicNot specified Prod. DesignNot specified

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 9-11 (opening) 1 $3.6M — 2,250 $1,610 $3.6M

2 Oct 16-18 2 $2.5M −31% 2,260 $1,109 $7.3M

3 Oct 23-25 2 $1.9M −24% 2,345 $815 $9.8M

4 Oct 30-1 3 $1.3M −34% 2,365 $537 $11.5M

5 Nov 6-8 3 $1.5M +19% 2,348 $641 $13.4M

6 Nov 13-15 3 $1.3M −12% 2,145 $615 $15.2M

7 Nov 20-22 2 $747.1K −43% 1,688 $442 $16.2M

8 Nov 27-29 3 $592.6K −21% 1,500 $395 $17.2M

9 Dec 4-6 5 $315.9K −47% 1,285 $245 $17.6M

10 Dec 11-13 5 $267.1K −15% 1,080 $247 $18.0M

11 Dec 18-20 7 $192.1K −28% 803 $239 $18.2M

12 Dec 25-27 8 $127.5K −34% 515 $247 $18.5M

13 Jan 1-3 8 $159.4K +25% 305 $522 $18.9M

14 Jan 8-10 8 $154.8K −3% 385 $402 $19.0M

15 Jan 15-17 8 $161.9K +5% 422 $383 $19.2M

16 Jan 22-24 — $160.2K −1% 507 $315 $19.5M

17 Jan 29-31 9 $141.3K −12% 525 $269 $19.6M

18 Feb 5-7 — $157.0K +11% 530 $296 $19.8M

19 Feb 12-14 10 $191.5K +22% 525 $364 $20.0M

20 Feb 19-21 10 $233.3K +22% 653 $357 $20.3M

21 Feb 26-28 — $138.0K −41% 621 $222 $20.5M

22 Mar 5-7 — $98.0K −29% 511 $191 $20.6M

23 Mar 12-14 — $87.4K −11% 435 $200 $20.7M

24 Mar 19-21 — $111.8K +28% 413 $270 $20.9M

25 Mar 26-28 — $86.9K −22% 338 $257 $21.0M

26 Apr 2-4 — $21.7K −75% 288 $75 $21.1M

27 Apr 9-11 — $25.9K +20% 255 $101 $21.1M

28 Apr 16-18 — $27.9K +8% 215 $129 $21.1M

29 Apr 23-25 — $26.1K −7% 195 $133 $21.2M

30 Apr 30-2 — $10.8K −59% 150 $71 $21.2M

31 May 7-9 — $32.8K +204% 108 $303 $21.2M

32 May 14-16 — $13.2K −60% 70 $189 $21.2M

33 May 21-23 — $15.0K +13% 62 $242 $21.3M

34 May 28-30 — $2.1K −86% 35 $60 $21.3M

35 Jun 4-6 — $1.4K −32% 25 $57 $21.3M

36 Jun 11-13 — $1.0K −30% 20 $50 $21.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 9 #1 $1.1M — $1.1M 2,250 $489 1

Sat Oct 10 #1 $1.6M +42% $2.7M 2,250 $694 2

Sun Oct 11 #1 $958.5K −39% $3.6M 2,250 $425 3

Mon Oct 12 #1 $1.0M +8% $4.7M 2,250 $459 4

Tue Oct 13 #1 $897.8K −13% $5.6M 2,250 $399 5

Wed Oct 14 #1 $584.1K −35% $6.1M 2,250 $259 6

Thu Oct 15 #1 $345.7K −41% $6.5M 2,250 $153 7

Fri Oct 16 #2 $298.1K −14% $6.8M 2,250 $132 8

Sat Oct 17 #2 $1.2M +304% $8.0M 2,250 $534 9

Sun Oct 18 #2 $1.6M +30% −28% $9.6M 2,250 $696 10

Mon Oct 19 #2 $945.7K −40% −1% $10.5M 2,250 $420 11

Tue Oct 20 #2 $398.5K −58% −32% $10.9M 2,250 $177 12

Wed Oct 21 #2 $287.3K −28% −51% $11.2M 2,250 $127 13

Thu Oct 22 #2 $156.2K −46% −58% $11.3M 2,250 $69 14

Fri Oct 23 #3 $143.6K −8% −61% $11.5M 2,250 $63 15

Sat Oct 24 #3 $423.5K +195% −47% $11.9M 2,250 $188 16

Sun Oct 25 #3 $678.2K +60% −41% $12.6M 2,250 $301 17

Mon Oct 26 #3 $456.8K −33% −52% $13.0M 2,250 $203 18

Tue Oct 27 #3 $234.6K −49% −81% $13.3M 2,250 $104 19

Wed Oct 28 #3 $123.5K −47% −81% $13.4M 2,250 $54 20

Thu Oct 29 #4 $89.3K −28% −80% $13.5M 2,000 $44 21

Fri Oct 30 #4 $234.6K +163% −45% $13.7M 2,000 $117 22

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

Cumulative total$13.7M

Oct 9Oct 14Oct 20Oct 25Oct 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $267.1K

$3.6M

$2.5M

$1.9M

$1.3M

$1.5M

$1.3M

$747.1K

$592.6K

$315.9K

$267.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,250 → 2,000 −11.1%

2,250 open2,000 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15%

−31%

W1→2

−24%

W2→3

−34%

W3→4

+19%

W4→5

−12%

W5→6

−43%

W6→7

−21%

W7→8

−47%

W8→9

−15%

W9→10

Steepest −47%Biggest gain +19%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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