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2019 • R • 1h 57m • Comedy, Fantasy, Romance • Paramount Pictures

She can hear men's thoughts. Let the games begin.

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2.48

5.4

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$54.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$69.90M

$15.30M international

Domestic legs3.0x

Budget$20M

2019 rank#53

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Cast & crew

Full Shankman filmography

Adam Shankman

Adam Shankman Director

Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson Starring

Aldis Hodge

Aldis Hodge Starring

Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan Starring

Richard Roundtree

Richard Roundtree Starring

Wendi McLendon-Covey

Wendi McLendon-Covey Starring

ScreenplayTina Gordon, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck Produced byWill Packer, James Lopez CinematographyJim Denault Music byBrian Tyler StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 8-10 2 $18.2M — 2,912 $6,261 $18.2M

2 Feb 15-17 4 $10.7M −41.4% 2,912 $3,666 $35.9M

3 Feb 22-24 6 $5.2M −50.8% 2,389 $2,197 $45.1M

4 Mar 1-3 9 $2.8M −47.3% 2,018 $1,370 $49.7M

5 Mar 8-10 11 $1.2M −55.0% 1,062 $1,170 $52.0M

6 Mar 15-17 15 $720.3K −42.0% 587 $1,227 $53.4M

7 Mar 22-24 17 $310.5K −56.9% 404 $768 $54.1M

8 Mar 29-31 22 $205.2K −33.9% 309 $664 $54.4M

9 Apr 5-7 28 $75.5K −63.2% 123 $613 $54.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Feb 7 #P $1.3M — $1.3M — — -1

Fri Feb 8 #2 $6.6M — $6.6M 2,912 $2,263 1

Sat Feb 9 #2 $7.5M +14.1% $14.1M 2,912 $2,583 2

Sun Feb 10 #2 $4.1M −45.2% $18.2M 2,912 $1,415 3

Mon Feb 11 #2 $1.1M −74.0% $19.3M 2,912 $368 4

Tue Feb 12 #2 $1.7M +58.7% $21.0M 2,912 $584 5

Wed Feb 13 #4 $975.1K −42.6% $22.0M 2,912 $335 6

Thu Feb 14 #3 $3.3M +233.5% $25.2M 2,912 $1,117 7

Fri Feb 15 #4 $2.9M −9.9% −55.5% $28.2M 2,912 $1,006 8

Sat Feb 16 #4 $4.7M +60.4% −37.5% $32.9M 2,912 $1,614 9

Sun Feb 17 #4 $3.0M −35.2% −26.1% $35.9M 2,912 $1,046 10

Mon Feb 18 #4 $1.5M −49.6% +43.3% $37.4M 2,912 $527 11

Tue Feb 19 #4 $1.1M −25.7% −32.9% $38.6M 2,912 $392 12

Wed Feb 20 #4 $615.1K −46.0% −36.9% $39.2M 2,912 $211 13

Thu Feb 21 #4 $665.2K +8.2% −79.5% $39.9M 2,912 $228 14

Fri Feb 22 #6 $1.5M +124.4% −49.1% $41.4M 2,389 $625 15

Sat Feb 23 #6 $2.4M +61.3% −48.8% $43.8M 2,389 $1,008 16

Sun Feb 24 #6 $1.3M −44.0% −55.7% $45.1M 2,389 $564 17

Mon Feb 25 #5 $396.8K −70.6% −74.2% $45.5M 2,389 $166 18

Tue Feb 26 #5 $673.0K +69.6% −41.0% $46.2M 2,389 $282 19

Wed Feb 27 #5 $396.9K −41.0% −35.5% $46.6M 2,389 $166 20

Thu Feb 28 #6 $365.1K −8.0% −45.1% $46.9M 2,389 $153 21

Fri Mar 1 #9 $770.3K +111.0% −48.4% $47.7M 2,018 $382 22

Sat Mar 2 #9 $1.3M +64.5% −47.4% $49.0M 2,018 $628 23

Sun Mar 3 #9 $726.4K −42.7% −46.1% $49.7M 2,018 $360 24

Mon Mar 4 #9 $249.8K −65.6% −37.0% $50.0M 2,018 $124 25

Tue Mar 5 #9 $400.3K +60.2% −40.5% $50.4M 2,018 $198 26

Wed Mar 6 #10 $255.6K −36.1% −35.6% $50.6M 2,018 $127 27

Thu Mar 7 #9 $186.6K −27.0% −48.9% $50.8M 2,018 $92 28

Fri Mar 8 #10 $338.2K +81.3% −56.1% $51.1M 1,062 $318 29

Sat Mar 9 #10 $557.2K +64.8% −56.0% $51.7M 1,062 $525 30

Sun Mar 10 #11 $347.1K −37.7% −52.2% $52.0M 1,062 $327 31

Mon Mar 11 #10 $151.0K −56.5% −39.6% $52.2M 1,062 $142 32

Tue Mar 12 #10 $224.5K +48.7% −43.9% $52.4M 1,062 $211 33

Wed Mar 13 #10 $160.8K −28.4% −37.1% $52.6M 1,062 $151 34

Thu Mar 14 #11 $131.0K −18.5% −29.8% $52.7M 1,062 $123 35

Fri Mar 15 #15 $209.9K +60.2% −37.9% $52.9M 587 $358 36

Sat Mar 16 #15 $320.4K +52.7% −42.5% $53.2M 587 $546 37

Sun Mar 17 #15 $190.0K −40.7% −45.3% $53.4M 587 $324 38

Mon Mar 18 #- $75.1K −60.5% −50.2% $53.5M 587 $128 39

Tue Mar 19 #15 $114.1K +51.9% −49.2% $53.6M 587 $194 40

Wed Mar 20 #- $71.8K −37.1% −55.3% $53.7M 587 $122 41

Thu Mar 21 #15 $52.8K −26.5% −59.7% $53.7M 587 $90 42

Fri Mar 22 #- $90.4K +71.2% −56.9% $53.8M 404 $224 43

Sat Mar 23 #- $138.0K +52.7% −56.9% $54.0M 404 $342 44

Sun Mar 24 #- $82.1K −40.5% −56.8% $54.1M 404 $203 45

Mon Mar 25 #- $33.8K −58.8% −55.0% $54.1M 404 $84 46

Tue Mar 26 #- $51.4K +51.9% −55.0% $54.1M 404 $127 47

Wed Mar 27 #- $37.0K −28.0% −48.5% $54.2M 404 $92 48

Thu Mar 28 #- $30.0K −19.0% −43.2% $54.2M 404 $74 49

Fri Mar 29 #- $55.4K +84.7% −38.8% $54.3M 309 $179 50

Sat Mar 30 #- $92.6K +67.3% −32.9% $54.4M 309 $300 51

Sun Mar 31 #- $57.3K −38.2% −30.2% $54.4M 309 $185 52

Mon Apr 1 #- $24.0K −58.0% −29.0% $54.4M 309 $78 53

Tue Apr 2 #- $33.5K +39.3% −34.9% $54.5M 309 $108 54

Wed Apr 3 #- $22.0K −34.4% −40.6% $54.5M 309 $71 55

Thu Apr 4 #- $20.2K −7.9% −32.5% $54.5M 309 $65 56

Fri Apr 5 #- $22.9K +13.4% −58.6% $54.5M 123 $186 57

Sat Apr 6 #- $35.3K +53.8% −61.9% $54.6M 123 $287 58

Sun Apr 7 #- $17.3K −51.0% −69.8% $54.6M 123 $140 59

Mon Apr 8 #- $6.5K −62.2% −72.8% $54.6M 123 $53 60

Tue Apr 9 #- $9.4K +43.7% −72.0% $54.6M 123 $76 61

Wed Apr 10 #- $6.5K −30.3% −70.2% $54.6M 123 $53 62

Thu Apr 11 #- $5.3K −18.2% −73.6% $54.6M 123 $43 63

Cumulative total$54.6M

Feb 7Feb 23Mar 11Mar 26Apr 11

Weekend grossWk 9 · $75.5K

$18.2M

$10.7M

$5.2M

$2.8M

$1.2M

$720.3K

$310.5K

$205.2K

$75.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,912 → 123 −95.8%

2,912 open123 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −63.2%

−41.4%

W1→2

−50.8%

W2→3

−47.3%

W3→4

−55.0%

W4→5

−42.0%

W5→6

−56.9%

W6→7

−33.9%

W7→8

−63.2%

W8→9

Steepest −63.2%Best hold −33.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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