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Whip ItFollow

2009 • PG-13 • 1h 51m • Drama, Sport • Fox Searchlight Pictures

Be Your Own Hero

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68

3.65

6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$4.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$13.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$18.90M

$5.80M international

Domestic legs2.8x

Budget$15M

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Cast & crew

Full Barrymore filmography

Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore Director

Elliot Page

Elliot Page Starring

Alia Shawkat

Alia Shawkat Starring

Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden Starring

Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig Starring

Juliette Lewis

Juliette Lewis Starring

ScreenplayShauna Cross Produced byDrew Barrymore, Barry Mendel CinematographyRobert D. Yeoman MusicEric Gorfain Prod. DesignKevin Kavanaugh StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 2-4 6 $4.7M — 1,721 $2,702 $4.7M

2 Oct 9-11 8 $2.8M −39.2% 1,738 $1,627 $8.8M

3 Oct 16-18 11 $1.5M −46.7% 1,482 $1,017 $11.4M

4 Oct 23-25 18 $466.0K −69.1% 435 $1,071 $12.3M

5 Oct 30-Nov 1 24 $196.1K −57.9% 260 $754 $12.6M

6 Nov 6-8 34 $101.7K −48.1% 138 $737 $12.8M

7 Nov 13-15 38 $68.6K −32.5% 116 $592 $12.9M

8 Nov 20-22 43 $41.8K −39.1% 83 $504 $13.0M

9 Nov 27-29 71 $9.6K −77.1% 30 $319 $13.0M

10 Dec 4-6 65 $9.4K −1.9% 30 $313 $13.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 25 #5 $1.6M — $1.6M 1,721 $929 1

Fri Oct 2 #6 $1.6M — +0.0% $1.6M 1,721 $929 8

Sat Oct 3 #7 $2.0M +23.6% $3.6M 1,721 $1,148 9

Sun Oct 4 #7 $1.1M −45.5% $4.7M 1,721 $625 10

Mon Oct 5 #7 $313.4K −70.9% $5.0M 1,721 $182 11

Tue Oct 6 #7 $366.1K +16.8% $5.3M 1,721 $213 12

Wed Oct 7 #7 $315.5K −13.8% $5.6M 1,721 $183 13

Thu Oct 8 #7 $320.2K +1.5% $6.0M 1,721 $186 14

Fri Oct 9 #8 $893.4K +179.0% −44.1% $6.9M 1,738 $514 15

Sat Oct 10 #8 $1.2M +31.7% −40.4% $8.0M 1,738 $677 16

Sun Oct 11 #8 $757.1K −35.7% −29.6% $8.8M 1,738 $436 17

Mon Oct 12 #9 $391.5K −48.3% +24.9% $9.2M 1,738 $225 18

Tue Oct 13 #9 $232.0K −40.8% −36.6% $9.4M 1,738 $133 19

Wed Oct 14 #9 $219.6K −5.4% −30.4% $9.6M 1,721 $128 20

Thu Oct 15 #9 $216.8K −1.2% −32.3% $9.9M 1,721 $126 21

Fri Oct 16 #11 $478.5K +120.7% −46.4% $10.3M 1,482 $323 22

Sat Oct 17 #11 $667.3K +39.5% −43.3% $11.0M 1,721 $388 23

Sun Oct 18 #12 $361.5K −45.8% −52.2% $11.4M 1,721 $210 24

Mon Oct 19 #12 $110.4K −69.5% −71.8% $11.5M 1,482 $74 25

Tue Oct 20 #12 $123.1K +11.5% −46.9% $11.6M 1,482 $83 26

Wed Oct 21 #12 $115.6K −6.1% −47.3% $11.7M 1,482 $78 27

Thu Oct 22 #12 $118.0K +2.0% −45.6% $11.8M 1,482 $80 28

Fri Oct 23 — $151.1K +28.1% −68.4% $12.0M 435 $347 29

Sat Oct 24 — $202.8K +34.2% −69.6% $12.2M 435 $466 30

Sun Oct 25 — $112.2K −44.7% −69.0% $12.3M 435 $258 31

Mon Oct 26 — $36.0K −67.9% −67.4% $12.3M 435 $83 32

Tue Oct 27 — $37.3K +3.5% −69.7% $12.4M 435 $86 33

Wed Oct 28 — $23.5K −37.0% −79.7% $12.4M 435 $54 34

Thu Oct 29 — $24.0K +2.1% −79.7% $12.4M 435 $55 35

Fri Oct 30 — $64.8K +170.2% −57.1% $12.5M 260 $249 36

Sat Oct 31 — $65.5K +1.0% −67.7% $12.5M 260 $252 37

Sun Nov 1 — $65.8K +0.5% −41.3% $12.6M 260 $253 38

Mon Nov 2 — $21.1K −67.9% −41.4% $12.6M 260 $81 39

Tue Nov 3 — $25.8K +22.3% −30.7% $12.7M 260 $99 40

Wed Nov 4 — $21.4K −17.0% −8.7% $12.7M 260 $82 41

Thu Nov 5 — $25.0K +16.7% +4.3% $12.7M 260 $96 42

Fri Nov 6 — $30.4K +21.6% −53.1% $12.7M 138 $220 43

Sat Nov 7 — $46.7K +53.5% −28.7% $12.8M 138 $338 44

Sun Nov 8 — $24.6K −47.3% −62.6% $12.8M 138 $178 45

Mon Nov 9 — $8.1K −66.9% −61.5% $12.8M 138 $59 46

Tue Nov 10 — $13.0K +59.8% −49.7% $12.8M 138 $94 47

Wed Nov 11 — $19.8K +52.7% −7.4% $12.8M 138 $144 48

Thu Nov 12 — $9.3K −53.4% −63.0% $12.9M 138 $67 49

Fri Nov 13 — $20.0K +115.9% −34.3% $12.9M 116 $172 50

Sat Nov 14 — $30.8K +54.0% −34.0% $12.9M 116 $265 51

Sun Nov 15 — $17.9K −42.0% −27.4% $12.9M 116 $154 52

Mon Nov 16 — $6.0K −66.5% −26.5% $12.9M 116 $52 53

Tue Nov 17 — $8.8K +47.3% −32.2% $12.9M 116 $76 54

Wed Nov 18 — $7.2K −18.0% −63.6% $12.9M 116 $62 55

Thu Nov 19 — $6.3K −12.6% −31.8% $13.0M 116 $54 56

Fri Nov 20 — $12.8K +102.1% −36.1% $13.0M 83 $154 57

Sat Nov 21 — $18.8K +47.1% −39.0% $13.0M 83 $226 58

Sun Nov 22 — $10.3K −45.2% −42.4% $13.0M 83 $124 59

Mon Nov 23 — $4.2K −59.0% −29.5% $13.0M 83 $51 60

Tue Nov 24 — $5.8K +37.3% −34.3% $13.0M 83 $70 61

Wed Nov 25 — $3.1K −46.4% −57.1% $13.0M 44 $70 62

Thu Nov 26 — $3.8K +23.7% −39.3% $13.0M 44 $87 63

Fri Nov 27 — $3.6K −7.3% −72.2% $13.0M 30 $118 64

Sat Nov 28 — $4.0K +11.9% −78.8% $13.0M 30 $133 65

Sun Nov 29 — $2.0K −48.5% −80.1% $13.0M 30 $68 66

Mon Nov 30 — $642 −68.7% −84.8% $13.0M 30 $21 67

Tue Dec 1 — $1.2K +84.7% −79.5% $13.0M 30 $40 68

Wed Dec 2 — $906 −23.6% −70.8% $13.0M 30 $30 69

Thu Dec 3 — $851 −6.1% −77.8% $13.0M 30 $28 70

Cumulative total$13.0M

Sep 25Oct 17Nov 2Nov 17Dec 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $9.4K

$4.7M

$2.8M

$1.5M

$466.0K

$196.1K

$101.7K

$68.6K

$41.8K

$9.6K

$9.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,738 → 30 −98.3%

1,721 open30 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −1.9%

−39.2%

W1→2

−46.7%

W2→3

−69.1%

W3→4

−57.9%

W4→5

−48.1%

W5→6

−32.5%

W6→7

−39.1%

W7→8

−77.1%

W8→9

−1.9%

W9→10

Steepest −77.1%Best hold −1.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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