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2015 • R • 1h 39m • Comedy • Warner Bros.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$14.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$58.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$104.90M

$46.00M international

Domestic legs3.97x

Budget$31.0M

2015 rank#45

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Cast & crew

Full Daley filmography

John Francis Daley

John Francis Daley Director

Ed Helms

Ed Helms Starring

Christina Applegate

Christina Applegate Starring

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth Starring

Leslie Mann

Leslie Mann Starring

ScreenplayJohn Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein Produced byChris Bender, David Dobkin CinematographyBarry Peterson MusicMark Mothersbaugh StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 31-33 2 $14.7M — 3,411 $4,304 $21.0M

2 Aug 7-9 4 $9.0M −39.0% 3,430 $2,611 $37.1M

3 Aug 14-16 7 $5.2M −42.1% 3,088 $1,679 $46.7M

4 Aug 21-23 11 $3.0M −41.8% 2,302 $1,311 $52.2M

5 Aug 28-30 17 $1.6M −46.1% 1,555 $1,047 $54.9M

6 Sep 4-6 19 $1.2M −25.7% 1,045 $1,157 $56.7M

7 Sep 11-13 23 $558.4K −53.8% 788 $709 $57.8M

8 Sep 18-20 28 $261.8K −53.1% 465 $563 $58.2M

9 Sep 25-27 29 $200.3K −23.5% 301 $665 $58.5M

10 Oct 2-4 31 $114.5K −42.8% 202 $567 $58.7M

11 Oct 9-11 36 $65.7K −42.6% 131 $502 $58.8M

12 Oct 16-18 47 $34.1K −48.2% 78 $437 $58.9M

13 Oct 23-25 55 $16.0K −53.0% 55 $291 $58.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue Jul 28 #P $1.2M — $1.2M 0 $0 -3

Wed Jul 29 #1 $3.8M +218.4% $3.8M 3,310 $1,154 -2

Thu Jul 30 #3 $2.5M −34.5% $6.3M 3,310 $756 -1

Fri Jul 31 #2 $4.5M +80.8% $10.8M 3,411 $1,325 1

Sat Aug 1 #2 $5.8M +28.4% $16.6M 3,411 $1,701 2

Sun Aug 2 #2 $4.4M −24.9% $21.0M 3,411 $1,277 3

Mon Aug 3 #4 $1.8M −57.7% $22.8M 3,411 $540 4

Tue Aug 4 #4 $2.2M +18.4% $25.0M 3,411 $639 5

Wed Aug 5 #3 $1.7M −23.9% $26.7M 3,411 $487 6

Thu Aug 6 #4 $1.5M −10.0% $28.2M 3,411 $438 7

Fri Aug 7 #4 $2.7M +79.7% −40.6% $30.9M 3,430 $783 8

Sat Aug 8 #4 $3.7M +38.3% −36.0% $34.6M 3,430 $1,082 9

Sun Aug 9 #4 $2.6M −31.0% −41.3% $37.1M 3,430 $746 10

Mon Aug 10 #4 $1.1M −56.2% −39.1% $38.3M 3,430 $327 11

Tue Aug 11 #6 $1.5M +31.8% −32.3% $39.7M 3,430 $431 12

Wed Aug 12 #6 $967.2K −34.5% −41.7% $40.7M 3,430 $282 13

Thu Aug 13 #6 $821.4K −15.1% −45.0% $41.5M 3,430 $239 14

Fri Aug 14 #7 $1.5M +84.6% −43.5% $43.0M 3,088 $491 15

Sat Aug 15 #7 $2.2M +46.0% −40.4% $45.3M 3,088 $717 16

Sun Aug 16 #8 $1.5M −34.3% −43.2% $46.7M 3,088 $471 17

Mon Aug 17 #8 $590.1K −59.4% −47.4% $47.3M 3,088 $191 18

Tue Aug 18 #9 $801.5K +35.8% −45.7% $48.1M 3,088 $260 19

Wed Aug 19 #9 $573.4K −28.5% −40.7% $48.7M 3,088 $186 20

Thu Aug 20 #9 $502.0K −12.4% −38.9% $49.2M 3,088 $163 21

Fri Aug 21 #11 $915.4K +82.3% −39.6% $50.1M 2,302 $398 22

Sat Aug 22 #11 $1.4M +47.6% −39.0% $51.4M 2,302 $587 23

Sun Aug 23 #12 $752.3K −44.3% −48.3% $52.2M 2,302 $327 24

Mon Aug 24 #12 $283.5K −62.3% −52.0% $52.5M 2,302 $123 25

Tue Aug 25 #12 $371.4K +31.0% −53.7% $52.8M 2,302 $161 26

Wed Aug 26 #13 $244.2K −34.3% −57.4% $53.1M 2,302 $106 27

Thu Aug 27 #14 $224.6K −8.0% −55.3% $53.3M 2,302 $98 28

Fri Aug 28 #- $459.0K +104.3% −49.9% $53.8M 1,555 $295 29

Sat Aug 29 #15 $772.3K +68.3% −42.8% $54.5M 1,555 $497 30

Sun Aug 30 #- $397.0K −48.6% −47.2% $54.9M 1,555 $255 31

Mon Aug 31 #- $138.7K −65.1% −51.1% $55.1M 1,555 $89 32

Tue Sep 1 #- $172.0K +24.0% −53.7% $55.3M 1,555 $111 33

Wed Sep 2 #- $130.7K −24.0% −46.5% $55.4M 1,555 $84 34

Thu Sep 3 #- $122.3K −6.5% −45.6% $55.5M 1,555 $79 35

Fri Sep 4 #- $273.1K +123.4% −40.5% $55.8M 1,045 $261 36

Sat Sep 5 #- $453.0K +65.9% −41.3% $56.2M 1,045 $434 37

Sun Sep 6 #- $483.5K +6.7% +21.8% $56.7M 1,045 $463 38

Mon Sep 7 #- $275.6K −43.0% +98.7% $57.0M 1,045 $264 39

Tue Sep 8 #- $87.6K −68.2% −49.1% $57.1M 1,045 $84 40

Wed Sep 9 #- $70.1K −20.0% −46.4% $57.2M 1,045 $67 41

Thu Sep 10 #- $61.7K −12.0% −49.5% $57.2M 1,045 $59 42

Fri Sep 11 #- $155.2K +151.6% −43.2% $57.4M 788 $197 43

Sat Sep 12 #- $267.1K +72.1% −41.0% $57.6M 788 $339 44

Sun Sep 13 #- $136.0K −49.1% −71.9% $57.8M 788 $173 45

Mon Sep 14 #- $41.7K −69.4% −84.9% $57.8M 788 $53 46

Tue Sep 15 #- $55.0K +32.0% −37.2% $57.9M 788 $70 47

Wed Sep 16 #- $45.1K −18.0% −35.7% $57.9M 788 $57 48

Thu Sep 17 #- $35.1K −22.2% −43.1% $57.9M 788 $45 49

Fri Sep 18 #- $76.6K +118.3% −50.7% $58.0M 465 $165 50

Sat Sep 19 #- $125.5K +63.9% −53.0% $58.1M 465 $270 51

Sun Sep 20 #- $59.7K −52.4% −56.1% $58.2M 465 $128 52

Mon Sep 21 #- $21.1K −64.7% −49.4% $58.2M 465 $45 53

Tue Sep 22 #- $27.8K +32.0% −49.4% $58.3M 465 $60 54

Wed Sep 23 #- $21.4K −23.0% −52.5% $58.3M 465 $46 55

Thu Sep 24 #- $21.9K +2.0% −37.7% $58.3M 465 $47 56

Fri Sep 25 #- $54.8K +150.8% −28.4% $58.4M 301 $182 57

Sat Sep 26 #- $92.5K +68.8% −26.3% $58.4M 301 $307 58

Sun Sep 27 #- $52.9K −42.9% −11.4% $58.5M 301 $176 59

Mon Sep 28 #- $16.6K −68.7% −21.5% $58.5M 301 $55 60

Tue Sep 29 #- $20.5K +24.0% −26.3% $58.5M 301 $68 61

Wed Sep 30 #- $16.0K −21.9% −25.2% $58.6M 301 $53 62

Thu Oct 1 #- $15.7K −2.0% −28.1% $58.6M 301 $52 63

Fri Oct 2 #- $31.2K +98.4% −43.2% $58.6M 202 $154 64

Sat Oct 3 #- $54.9K +76.3% −40.6% $58.7M 202 $272 65

Sun Oct 4 #- $28.4K −48.4% −46.4% $58.7M 202 $140 66

Mon Oct 5 #- $8.8K −69.1% −47.0% $58.7M 202 $43 67

Tue Oct 6 #- $10.4K +18.0% −49.5% $58.7M 202 $51 68

Wed Oct 7 #- $8.9K −13.9% −44.4% $58.7M 202 $44 69

Thu Oct 8 #- $9.4K +5.0% −40.4% $58.7M 202 $46 70

Fri Oct 9 #- $17.2K +84.1% −44.7% $58.7M 131 $132 71

Sat Oct 10 #- $28.1K +63.2% −48.8% $58.8M 131 $215 72

Sun Oct 11 #- $20.4K −27.5% −28.2% $58.8M 131 $156 73

Mon Oct 12 #- $9.6K −53.0% +9.1% $58.8M 131 $73 74

Tue Oct 13 #- $6.9K −28.0% −33.4% $58.8M 131 $53 75

Wed Oct 14 #- $6.5K −5.0% −26.5% $58.8M 131 $50 76

Thu Oct 15 #- $6.9K +5.0% −26.5% $58.8M 131 $52 77

Fri Oct 16 #- $9.2K +33.8% −46.6% $58.8M 78 $118 78

Sat Oct 17 #- $15.2K +64.7% −46.1% $58.8M 78 $194 79

Sun Oct 18 #- $9.7K −36.0% −52.4% $58.9M 78 $124 80

Mon Oct 19 #- $2.5K −74.0% −73.6% $58.9M 78 $32 81

Tue Oct 20 #- $3.0K +17.0% −57.2% $58.9M 78 $38 82

Wed Oct 21 #- $2.8K −6.0% −57.6% $58.9M 78 $36 83

Thu Oct 22 #- $3.1K +12.0% −54.8% $58.9M 78 $40 84

Fri Oct 23 #- $4.6K +47.6% −50.1% $58.9M 55 $83 85

Sat Oct 24 #- $7.4K +60.3% −51.5% $58.9M 55 $134 86

Sun Oct 25 #- $4.1K −44.9% −58.2% $58.9M 55 $74 87

Mon Oct 26 #- $1.5K −63.0% −40.6% $58.9M 55 $27 88

Tue Oct 27 #- $1.3K −16.0% −57.4% $58.9M 55 $23 89

Wed Oct 28 #- $1.1K −9.1% −58.8% $58.9M 55 $21 90

Thu Oct 29 #- $1.2K +1.0% −62.8% $58.9M 55 $21 91

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

Cumulative total$58.7M

Jul 28Aug 15Sep 2Sep 20Oct 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $114.5K

$14.7M

$9.0M

$5.2M

$3.0M

$1.6M

$1.2M

$558.4K

$261.8K

$200.3K

$114.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,430 → 202 −94.1%

3,310 open202 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.8%

−39.0%

W1→2

−42.1%

W2→3

−41.8%

W3→4

−46.1%

W4→5

−25.7%

W5→6

−53.8%

W6→7

−53.1%

W7→8

−23.5%

W8→9

−42.8%

W9→10

Steepest −53.8%Best hold −23.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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