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2001 • PG-13 • 1h 43m • Comedy, Romance • Sony Pictures Releasing

A romantic comedy about love, destiny and other events you just can't plan for.

🍅 17% 59%

33

2.69

5.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$60.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$94.70M

$34.30M international

Domestic legs4.47x

Budget$35.0M

2001 rank#39

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Cast & crew

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Adam Shankman

Adam Shankman Director

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez Starring

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey Starring

Kathy Najimy

Kathy Najimy Starring

ScreenplayPamela Falk, Michael Ellis Produced byPeter Abrams, Robert L. Levy, Gigi Pritzker, Deborah Del Prete, Jennifer Gibgot CinematographyJulio Macat MusicMervyn Warren StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 26-28 1 $13.5M — 2,785 $4,851 $13.5M

2 Feb 2-4 1 $10.6M −21.5% 2,785 $3,808 $27.8M

3 Feb 9-11 2 $7.7M −27.4% 2,726 $2,826 $37.9M

4 Feb 16-18 6 $5.7M −25.9% 2,354 $2,423 $46.0M

5 Feb 23-25 9 $4.0M −30.7% 2,064 $1,915 $52.2M

6 Mar 2-4 11 $2.2M −44.2% 1,708 $1,290 $55.3M

7 Mar 9-11 13 $1.4M −36.1% 1,223 $1,150 $57.3M

8 Mar 16-18 15 $902.8K −35.8% 885 $1,020 $58.7M

9 Mar 23-25 20 $471.0K −47.8% 483 $975 $59.5M

10 Mar 30-Apr 1 25 $285.1K −39.5% 321 $888 $59.9M

11 Apr 6-8 32 $147.7K −48.2% 205 $720 $60.1M

12 Apr 13-15 36 $95.9K −35.1% 143 $670 $60.2M

13 Apr 20-22 41 $78.4K −18.2% 121 $648 $60.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 26 #1 $4.8M — $4.8M 2,785 $1,730 1

Sat Jan 27 #1 $5.6M +16% $10.4M 2,785 $2,008 2

Sun Jan 28 #1 $2.5M −56% $13.5M 2,785 $893 3

Mon Jan 29 #1 $906.9K −64% $14.4M 2,785 $325 4

Tue Jan 30 #1 $1.1M +16% $15.5M 2,785 $379 5

Wed Jan 31 #1 $808.6K −23% $16.3M 2,785 $290 6

Thu Feb 1 #1 $876.6K +8% $17.2M 2,785 $314 7

Fri Feb 2 #2 $3.2M +268% −33% $20.4M 2,785 $1,156 8

Sat Feb 3 #1 $4.4M +38% −21% $24.8M 2,785 $1,594 9

Sun Feb 4 #1 $2.7M −40% +8% $27.8M 2,785 $964 10

Mon Feb 5 #1 $552.2K −79% −39% $28.3M 2,785 $198 11

Tue Feb 6 #1 $744.3K +35% −30% $29.1M 2,785 $267 12

Wed Feb 7 #1 $566.2K −24% −30% $29.6M 2,785 $203 13

Thu Feb 8 #1 $587.6K +4% −33% $30.2M 2,785 $210 14

Fri Feb 9 #3 $2.1M +259% −34% $32.3M 2,785 $757 15

Sat Feb 10 #2 $3.6M +73% −18% $36.0M 2,785 $1,310 16

Sun Feb 11 #2 $1.9M −47% −28% $37.9M 2,726 $713 17

Mon Feb 12 #3 $469.0K −76% −15% $38.4M 2,726 $172 18

Tue Feb 13 #3 $455.1K −3% −39% $38.8M 2,726 $166 19

Wed Feb 14 #2 $1.0M +121% +77% $39.8M 2,726 $368 20

Thu Feb 15 #3 $477.4K −52% −19% $40.3M 2,726 $175 21

Mon Feb 19 #7 $1.0M — +114% $47.0M 2,354 $425 25

Tue Feb 20 #7 $471.2K −53% +4% $47.5M 2,354 $200 26

Wed Feb 21 #8 $347.9K −26% −65% $47.9M 2,354 $147 27

Thu Feb 22 #6 $373.9K +7% −22% $48.2M 2,354 $158 28

Fri Feb 23 #9 $1.2M +220% $49.4M 2,064 $578 29

Sat Feb 24 #9 $1.9M +59% $51.3M 2,064 $918 30

Sun Feb 25 #9 $950.0K −50% $52.2M 2,064 $460 31

Mon Feb 26 #9 $222.6K −77% −78% $52.4M 2,064 $107 32

Tue Feb 27 #8 $255.3K +15% −46% $52.7M 2,064 $123 33

Wed Feb 28 #9 $197.5K −23% −43% $52.9M 2,064 $95 34

Thu Mar 1 #9 $223.7K +13% −40% $53.1M 2,064 $108 35

Sun Mar 4 #11 $496.0K — −48% $55.3M 1,708 $290 38

Mon Mar 5 #13 $126.9K −74% −43% $55.4M 1,708 $74 39

Tue Mar 6 #12 $154.8K +22% −39% $55.6M 1,708 $90 40

Wed Mar 7 #12 $138.6K −10% −30% $55.7M 1,708 $81 41

Thu Mar 8 #11 $146.0K +5% −35% $55.8M 1,708 $85 42

Sun Mar 11 #13 $353.0K — −29% $57.3M 1,223 $288 45

Mon Mar 12 #13 $118.4K −66% −7% $57.4M 1,223 $96 46

Tue Mar 13 #12 $144.6K +22% −7% $57.5M 1,223 $118 47

Wed Mar 14 #13 $131.3K −9% −5% $57.6M 1,223 $107 48

Thu Mar 15 #12 $152.3K +16% +4% $57.8M 1,223 $124 49

Mon Mar 19 #15 $70.9K — −40% $58.8M 885 $80 53

Tue Mar 20 #16 $74.7K +5% −48% $58.8M 885 $84 54

Wed Mar 21 #16 $71.3K −5% −46% $58.9M 885 $80 55

Thu Mar 22 #16 $79.2K +11% −48% $59.0M 885 $89 56

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

Cumulative total$59.0M

Jan 26Feb 6Feb 21Mar 6Mar 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $285.1K

$13.5M

$10.6M

$7.7M

$5.7M

$4.0M

$2.2M

$1.4M

$902.8K

$471.0K

$285.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,785 → 885 −68.2%

2,785 open885 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.5%

−21.5%

W1→2

−27.4%

W2→3

−25.9%

W3→4

−30.7%

W4→5

−44.2%

W5→6

−36.1%

W6→7

−35.8%

W7→8

−47.8%

W8→9

−39.5%

W9→10

Steepest −47.8%Best hold −21.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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