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2008 • R • 1h 47m • Action, Comedy, War • DreamWorks

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3.64

7.1

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$25.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$111.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$196.00M

$85.20M international

Domestic legs4.28x

Budget$92.0M

2008 rank#23

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Cast & crew

Full Stiller filmography

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller Director

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. Starring

Jack Black

Jack Black Starring

Jay Baruchel

Jay Baruchel Starring

Brandon T. Jackson

Brandon T. Jackson Starring

ScreenplayBen Stiller, Justin Theroux, Etan Cohen Produced byStuart Cornfeld, Ben Stiller, Eric McLeod CinematographyJohn Toll MusicTheodore Shapiro StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 15-17 1 $25.8M — 3,319 $7,777 $36.8M

2 Aug 22-24 1 $16.3M −37.0% 3,352 $4,854 $65.8M

3 Aug 29-31 1 $11.5M −29.2% 3,473 $3,316 $83.9M

4 Sep 5-7 2 $7.2M −37.2% 3,446 $2,098 $96.5M

5 Sep 12-14 5 $4.2M −42.1% 2,927 $1,429 $103.0M

6 Sep 19-21 11 $2.6M −38.9% 2,333 $1,095 $106.8M

7 Sep 26-28 16 $1.2M −53.6% 1,354 $875 $108.8M

8 Oct 3-5 26 $326.6K −72.4% 485 $673 $109.5M

9 Oct 10-12 33 $150.8K −53.8% 250 $603 $109.7M

10 Oct 17-19 39 $89.3K −40.8% 179 $498 $109.9M

11 Oct 24-26 31 $172.0K +92.7% 228 $754 $110.1M

12 Oct 31-Nov 2 34 $120.1K −30.2% 220 $545 $110.3M

13 Nov 7-9 37 $95.9K −20.1% 165 $581 $110.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Aug 13 #1 $6.5M — $6.5M 3,319 $1,959 1

Thu Aug 14 #1 $4.5M −30% $11.0M 3,319 $1,364 2

Fri Aug 15 #1 $8.2M +81% $19.2M 3,319 $2,473 3

Sat Aug 16 #1 $9.6M +17% $28.8M 3,319 $2,887 4

Sun Aug 17 #1 $8.0M −16% $36.8M 3,319 $2,416 5

Mon Aug 18 #1 $3.6M −55% $40.4M 3,319 $1,081 6

Tue Aug 19 #1 $3.5M −2% $44.0M 3,319 $1,062 7

Wed Aug 20 #1 $2.9M −18% −55% $46.9M 3,319 $875 8

Thu Aug 21 #1 $2.7M −7% −40% $49.6M 3,319 $813 9

Fri Aug 22 #2 $4.9M +81% −40% $54.5M 3,352 $1,457 10

Sat Aug 23 #1 $6.5M +33% −32% $60.9M 3,352 $1,932 11

Sun Aug 24 #1 $5.0M −24% −38% $65.9M 3,352 $1,476 12

Mon Aug 25 #1 $1.9M −62% −47% $67.8M 3,352 $566 13

Tue Aug 26 #1 $1.8M −6% −49% $69.6M 3,352 $534 14

Wed Aug 27 #1 $1.4M −20% −50% $71.0M 3,352 $429 15

Thu Aug 28 #1 $1.4M −5% −49% $72.3M 3,352 $407 16

Fri Aug 29 #2 $3.0M +121% −38% $75.3M 3,473 $867 17

Sat Aug 30 #1 $4.2M +39% −35% $79.5M 3,473 $1,209 18

Sun Aug 31 #1 $4.3M +2% −13% $83.9M 3,473 $1,239 19

Mon Sep 1 #1 $3.1M −28% +62% $86.9M 3,473 $887 20

Tue Sep 2 #1 $899.6K −71% −50% $87.8M 3,473 $259 21

Wed Sep 3 #1 $751.9K −16% −48% $88.6M 3,473 $216 22

Thu Sep 4 #1 $723.5K −4% −47% $89.3M 3,473 $208 23

Fri Sep 5 #2 $2.1M +191% −30% $91.4M 3,446 $610 24

Sat Sep 6 #1 $3.4M +62% −19% $94.8M 3,446 $985 25

Sun Sep 7 #2 $1.7M −49% −60% $96.5M 3,446 $501 26

Mon Sep 8 #2 $529.0K −69% −83% $97.1M 3,446 $153 27

Tue Sep 9 #2 $641.5K +21% −29% $97.7M 3,446 $186 28

Wed Sep 10 #2 $535.7K −16% −29% $98.2M 3,446 $155 29

Thu Sep 11 #1 $543.0K +1% −25% $98.8M 3,446 $157 30

Fri Sep 12 #6 $1.2M +124% −42% $100.0M 2,927 $416 31

Sat Sep 13 #7 $1.9M +56% −44% $101.9M 2,927 $649 32

Sun Sep 14 #5 $1.1M −44% −39% $103.0M 2,927 $363 33

Mon Sep 15 #5 $314.0K −70% −41% $103.3M 2,927 $107 34

Tue Sep 16 #5 $337.9K +8% −47% $103.6M 2,927 $115 35

Wed Sep 17 #5 $305.2K −10% −43% $103.9M 2,927 $104 36

Thu Sep 18 #5 $318.4K +4% −41% $104.2M 2,927 $108 37

Fri Sep 19 #11 $750.1K +136% −38% $105.0M 2,333 $321 38

Sat Sep 20 #11 $1.2M +57% −38% $106.2M 2,333 $505 39

Sun Sep 21 #10 $625.8K −47% −41% $106.8M 2,333 $268 40

Mon Sep 22 #10 $186.6K −70% −41% $107.0M 2,333 $79 41

Tue Sep 23 #10 $206.9K +11% −39% $107.2M 2,333 $88 42

Wed Sep 24 #10 $192.1K −7% −37% $107.4M 2,333 $82 43

Thu Sep 25 #10 $192.3K n/c −40% $107.6M 2,333 $82 44

Fri Sep 26 $322.8K +68% −57% $107.9M 1,354 $238 45

Sat Sep 27 $572.1K +77% −52% $108.5M 1,354 $422 46

Sun Sep 28 $290.0K −49% −54% $108.8M 1,354 $214 47

Mon Sep 29 $91.7K −68% −51% $108.9M 1,354 $67 48

Tue Sep 30 $107.6K +17% −48% $109.0M 1,354 $79 49

Wed Oct 1 $95.2K −12% −50% $109.1M 1,354 $70 50

Thu Oct 2 $82.4K −13% −57% $109.1M 1,354 $60 51

Fri Oct 3 $102.0K +24% −68% $109.2M 485 $210 52

Sat Oct 4 $142.4K +40% −75% $109.4M 485 $293 53

Sun Oct 5 $82.2K −42% −72% $109.5M 485 $169 54

Mon Oct 6 $24.1K −71% −74% $109.5M 485 $49 55

Tue Oct 7 $27.8K +15% −74% $109.5M 485 $57 56

Wed Oct 8 $27.9K n/c −71% $109.6M 485 $57 57

Thu Oct 9 $28.9K +4% −65% $109.6M 485 $59 58

Fri Oct 10 $47.2K +63% −54% $109.6M 250 $188 59

Sat Oct 11 $65.3K +38% −54% $109.7M 250 $261 60

Sun Oct 12 $38.2K −41% −53% $109.7M 250 $152 61

Mon Oct 13 $16.8K −56% −30% $109.7M 250 $67 62

Tue Oct 14 $13.5K −19% −51% $109.8M 250 $54 63

Wed Oct 15 $11.5K −15% −59% $109.8M 250 $46 64

Thu Oct 16 $13.3K +15% −54% $109.8M 250 $53 65

Fri Oct 17 $28.8K +117% −39% $109.8M 179 $160 66

Sat Oct 18 $40.1K +40% −39% $109.9M 179 $224 67

Sun Oct 19 $20.4K −49% −47% $109.9M 179 $113 68

Mon Oct 20 $7.0K −66% −58% $109.9M 179 $39 69

Tue Oct 21 $9.2K +32% −32% $109.9M 179 $51 70

Wed Oct 22 $8.5K −8% −26% $109.9M 179 $47 71

Thu Oct 23 $7.3K −14% −45% $109.9M 179 $40 72

Fri Oct 24 $56.7K +673% +97% $110.0M 228 $248 73

Sat Oct 25 $69.6K +23% +73% $110.0M 228 $305 74

Sun Oct 26 $45.7K −34% +124% $110.1M 228 $200 75

Mon Oct 27 $16.2K −64% +132% $110.1M 228 $71 76

Tue Oct 28 $19.1K +18% +107% $110.1M 228 $83 77

Wed Oct 29 $17.3K −10% +103% $110.1M 228 $75 78

Thu Oct 30 $15.9K −8% +116% $110.1M 228 $69 79

Fri Oct 31 $22.0K +39% −61% $110.2M 228 $96 80

Sat Nov 1 $59.5K +170% −15% $110.2M 228 $260 81

Sun Nov 2 $38.5K −35% −16% $110.3M 228 $168 82

Mon Nov 3 $10.9K −72% −33% $110.3M 228 $47 83

Tue Nov 4 $13.3K +22% −30% $110.3M 228 $58 84

Wed Nov 5 $14.0K +5% −19% $110.3M 228 $61 85

Thu Nov 6 $13.9K n/c −12% $110.3M 228 $60 86

Fri Nov 7 $28.3K +104% +29% $110.3M 165 $171 87

Sat Nov 8 $41.8K +48% −30% $110.4M 165 $253 88

Sun Nov 9 $25.7K −38% −33% $110.4M 165 $155 89

Mon Nov 10 $11.3K −56% +4% $110.4M 165 $68 90

Tue Nov 11 $14.9K +32% +12% $110.4M 165 $90 91

Wed Nov 12 $9.0K −40% −35% $110.5M 165 $54 92

Thu Nov 13 $9.3K +4% −33% $110.5M 165 $56 93

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

Cumulative total$109.9M

Aug 13Aug 30Sep 17Oct 4Oct 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $89.3K

$25.8M

$16.3M

$11.5M

$7.2M

$4.2M

$2.6M

$1.2M

$326.6K

$150.8K

$89.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,473 → 179 −94.8%

3,319 open179 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.8%

−37.0%

W1→2

−29.2%

W2→3

−37.2%

W3→4

−42.1%

W4→5

−38.9%

W5→6

−53.6%

W6→7

−72.4%

W7→8

−53.8%

W8→9

−40.8%

W9→10

Steepest −72.4%Best hold −29.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 31 days

$100M

Day 31

Sep 12

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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