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2012 • R • 1h 38m • Comedy, Romance • Universal Pictures

Leave your baggage behind

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2.68

5.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$6.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$17.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$24.20M

$6.90M international

Domestic legs2.6x

Budget$32.5M

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Cast & crew

Full Wain filmography

David Wain

David Wain Director

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd Starring

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston Starring

Malin Åkerman

Malin Åkerman Starring

Justin Theroux

Justin Theroux Starring

Alan Alda

Alan Alda Starring

ScreenplayKen Marino, David Wain Produced byPaul Rudd, Ken Marino, Judd Apatow, David Wain CinematographyMichael Bonvillain StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 24-26 8 $6.5M — 2,002 $3,260 $6.5M

2 Mar 2-4 10 $3.8M −41.1% 2,002 $1,920 $12.5M

3 Mar 9-11 15 $1.7M −57.0% 1,220 $1,355 $15.5M

4 Mar 16-18 18 $520.0K −68.6% 698 $745 $16.7M

5 Mar 23-25 33 $141.0K −72.9% 235 $600 $17.1M

6 Mar 30-Apr 1 42 $74.2K −47.4% 116 $640 $17.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 24 #8 $2.2M — $2.2M 2,002 $1,085 1

Sat Feb 25 #8 $2.9M +34.6% $5.1M 2,002 $1,460 2

Sun Feb 26 #8 $1.4M −51.0% $6.5M 2,002 $715 3

Mon Feb 27 #7 $513.1K −64.2% $7.0M 2,002 $256 4

Tue Feb 28 #7 $620.6K +21.0% $7.7M 2,002 $310 5

Wed Feb 29 #6 $490.5K −21.0% $8.2M 2,002 $245 6

Thu Mar 1 #7 $490.0K −0.1% $8.6M 2,002 $245 7

Fri Mar 2 #10 $1.1M +126.8% −48.8% $9.8M 2,002 $555 8

Sat Mar 3 #10 $1.8M +57.7% −40.1% $11.5M 2,002 $875 9

Sun Mar 4 #11 $981.0K −44.0% −31.5% $12.5M 2,002 $490 10

Mon Mar 5 #10 $309.3K −68.5% −39.7% $12.8M 2,002 $155 11

Tue Mar 6 #9 $419.5K +35.6% −32.4% $13.2M 2,002 $210 12

Wed Mar 7 #10 $320.3K −23.6% −34.7% $13.5M 2,002 $160 13

Thu Mar 8 #9 $330.3K +3.1% −32.6% $13.9M 2,002 $165 14

Fri Mar 9 — $499.8K +51.3% −55.0% $14.4M 1,220 $410 15

Sat Mar 10 — $750.7K +50.2% −57.1% $15.1M 1,220 $615 16

Sun Mar 11 — $403.2K −46.3% −58.9% $15.5M 1,220 $330 17

Mon Mar 12 — $164.1K −59.3% −47.0% $15.7M 1,220 $134 18

Tue Mar 13 — $214.1K +30.4% −49.0% $15.9M 1,220 $175 19

Wed Mar 14 — $158.0K −26.2% −50.7% $16.1M 1,220 $130 20

Thu Mar 15 — $170.2K +7.7% −48.5% $16.2M 1,220 $140 21

Fri Mar 16 — $171.0K +0.5% −65.8% $16.4M 698 $245 22

Sat Mar 17 — $212.9K +24.5% −71.6% $16.6M 698 $305 23

Sun Mar 18 — $136.1K −36.1% −66.2% $16.7M 698 $195 24

Mon Mar 19 — $52.4K −61.5% −68.1% $16.8M 698 $75 25

Tue Mar 20 — $73.3K +40.0% −65.8% $16.9M 698 $105 26

Wed Mar 21 — $52.5K −28.4% −66.8% $16.9M 698 $75 27

Thu Mar 22 — $52.4K −0.3% −69.2% $17.0M 698 $75 28

Fri Mar 23 — $43.5K −17.0% −74.6% $17.0M 235 $185 29

Sat Mar 24 — $64.7K +48.7% −69.6% $17.1M 235 $275 30

Sun Mar 25 — $32.9K −49.1% −75.8% $17.1M 235 $140 31

Mon Mar 26 — $12.9K −60.7% −75.3% $17.1M 235 $55 32

Tue Mar 27 — $21.3K +64.5% −71.0% $17.1M 235 $90 33

Wed Mar 28 — $15.3K −28.2% −70.9% $17.2M 235 $65 34

Thu Mar 29 — $16.3K +6.9% −68.8% $17.2M 235 $70 35

Fri Mar 30 — $22.6K +38.5% −48.0% $17.2M 235 $96 36

Sat Mar 31 — $34.8K +53.8% −46.2% $17.2M 235 $148 37

Sun Apr 1 — $16.8K −51.6% −48.9% $17.3M 235 $72 38

Mon Apr 2 — $6.4K −62.1% −50.6% $17.3M 235 $27 39

Tue Apr 3 — $9.9K +54.5% −53.6% $17.3M 235 $42 40

Wed Apr 4 — $7.0K −29.4% −54.4% $17.3M 235 $30 41

Thu Apr 5 — $9.3K +33.3% −43.2% $17.3M 235 $39 42

Cumulative total$17.3M

Feb 24Mar 5Mar 16Mar 26Apr 5

Weekend grossWk 6 · $74.2K

$6.5M

$3.8M

$1.7M

$520.0K

$141.0K

$74.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6

Theater countPeak 2,002 → 235 −88.3%

2,002 open235 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −47.4%

−41.1%

W1→2

−57.0%

W2→3

−68.6%

W3→4

−72.9%

W4→5

−47.4%

W5→6

Steepest −72.9%Best hold −41.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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