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2016 • R • 1h 51m • Biography, Comedy, Drama • Paramount Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$23.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$25.40M

$2.30M international

Domestic legs3.1x

Budget$35M

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Cast & crew

Full Ficarra filmography

Glenn Ficarra

Glenn Ficarra Director

John Requa

John Requa Director

Tina Fey

Tina Fey Starring

Margot Robbie

Margot Robbie Starring

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton Starring

Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman Starring

ScreenplayRobert Carlock Produced byTina Fey, Lorne Michaels, Ian Bryce CinematographyXavier Grobet Prod. DesignBeth Mickle StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 4-6 4 $7.5M — 2,374 $3,138 $7.5M

2 Mar 11-13 5 $4.7M −37.4% 2,413 $1,933 $14.6M

3 Mar 18-20 7 $2.8M −39.9% 2,079 $1,348 $19.3M

4 Mar 25-27 12 $900.1K −67.9% 847 $1,063 $21.3M

5 Apr 1-3 19 $512.2K −43.1% 457 $1,121 $22.3M

6 Apr 8-10 22 $236.7K −53.8% 277 $855 $22.7M

7 Apr 15-17 26 $121.4K −48.7% 223 $544 $22.9M

8 Apr 22-24 34 $73.1K −39.8% 154 $475 $23.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 4 #4 $2.4M — $2.4M 2,374 $1,022 1

Sat Mar 5 #4 $3.2M +31.8% $5.6M 2,374 $1,347 2

Sun Mar 6 #4 $1.8M −42.8% $7.5M 2,374 $770 3

Mon Mar 7 #4 $563.1K −69.2% $8.0M 2,374 $237 4

Tue Mar 8 #4 $807.8K +43.5% $8.8M 2,374 $340 5

Wed Mar 9 #4 $585.3K −27.5% $9.4M 2,374 $247 6

Thu Mar 10 #4 $565.4K −3.4% $10.0M 2,374 $238 7

Fri Mar 11 #7 $1.3M +138.1% −44.5% $11.3M 2,413 $558 8

Sat Mar 12 #5 $2.1M +55.0% −34.7% $13.4M 2,413 $865 9

Sun Mar 13 #5 $1.2M −41.0% −32.6% $14.6M 2,413 $511 10

Mon Mar 14 #5 $420.9K −65.8% −25.2% $15.1M 2,413 $174 11

Tue Mar 15 #5 $608.5K +44.6% −24.7% $15.7M 2,413 $252 12

Wed Mar 16 #6 $441.0K −27.5% −24.7% $16.1M 2,413 $183 13

Thu Mar 17 #6 $363.5K −17.6% −35.7% $16.5M 2,413 $151 14

Fri Mar 18 #7 $766.2K +110.8% −43.1% $17.2M 2,079 $369 15

Sat Mar 19 #7 $1.3M +67.6% −38.5% $18.5M 2,079 $618 16

Sun Mar 20 #7 $751.2K −41.5% −39.0% $19.3M 2,079 $361 17

Mon Mar 21 #7 $281.3K −62.6% −33.2% $19.6M 2,079 $135 18

Tue Mar 22 #7 $365.1K +29.8% −40.0% $19.9M 2,079 $176 19

Wed Mar 23 #7 $282.7K −22.6% −35.9% $20.2M 2,079 $136 20

Thu Mar 24 #7 $224.4K −20.6% −38.3% $20.4M 2,079 $108 21

Fri Mar 25 #12 $296.2K +32.0% −61.3% $20.7M 847 $350 22

Sat Mar 26 #11 $371.6K +25.5% −71.1% $21.1M 847 $439 23

Sun Mar 27 #12 $232.3K −37.5% −69.1% $21.3M 847 $274 24

Mon Mar 28 #13 $111.5K −52.0% −60.3% $21.4M 847 $132 25

Tue Mar 29 #11 $124.2K +11.4% −66.0% $21.6M 847 $147 26

Wed Mar 30 #11 $107.3K −13.6% −62.0% $21.7M 847 $127 27

Thu Mar 31 #11 $104.5K −2.6% −53.4% $21.8M 847 $123 28

Fri Apr 1 — $150.5K +44.0% −49.2% $21.9M 457 $329 29

Sat Apr 2 #14 $235.9K +56.7% −36.5% $22.2M 457 $516 30

Sun Apr 3 — $125.8K −46.6% −45.8% $22.3M 457 $275 31

Mon Apr 4 #15 $41.8K −66.8% −62.6% $22.3M 457 $91 32

Tue Apr 5 #14 $59.0K +41.4% −52.5% $22.4M 457 $129 33

Wed Apr 6 #14 $47.8K −19.1% −55.5% $22.4M 457 $105 34

Thu Apr 7 #15 $43.2K −9.6% −58.7% $22.5M 457 $95 35

Fri Apr 8 — $65.3K +51.1% −56.6% $22.5M 277 $236 36

Sat Apr 9 — $115.9K +77.5% −50.9% $22.7M 277 $418 37

Sun Apr 10 — $55.5K −52.1% −55.9% $22.7M 277 $200 38

Mon Apr 11 — $18.6K −66.4% −55.4% $22.7M 277 $67 39

Tue Apr 12 — $28.8K +54.4% −51.3% $22.8M 277 $104 40

Wed Apr 13 — $20.5K −28.6% −57.0% $22.8M 277 $74 41

Thu Apr 14 — $17.1K −16.7% −60.4% $22.8M 277 $62 42

Fri Apr 15 — $38.1K +122.4% −41.7% $22.8M 223 $171 43

Sat Apr 16 — $54.7K +43.6% −52.8% $22.9M 223 $245 44

Sun Apr 17 — $28.7K −47.5% −48.3% $22.9M 223 $129 45

Mon Apr 18 — $12.2K −57.3% −34.3% $22.9M 223 $55 46

Tue Apr 19 — $16.4K +34.3% −42.8% $22.9M 223 $74 47

Wed Apr 20 — $12.9K −21.8% −37.4% $23.0M 223 $58 48

Thu Apr 21 — $13.9K +8.1% −18.7% $23.0M 223 $62 49

Fri Apr 22 — $21.9K +57.6% −42.4% $23.0M 154 $142 50

Sat Apr 23 — $33.9K +54.5% −38.0% $23.0M 154 $220 51

Sun Apr 24 — $17.3K −48.8% −39.6% $23.0M 154 $113 52

Mon Apr 25 — $6.5K −62.6% −47.1% $23.1M 154 $42 53

Tue Apr 26 — $10.0K +55.1% −39.0% $23.1M 154 $65 54

Wed Apr 27 — $7.7K −23.6% −40.3% $23.1M 154 $50 55

Thu Apr 28 — $9.6K +24.8% −31.1% $23.1M 154 $62 56

Cumulative total$23.1M

Mar 4Mar 18Apr 1Apr 14Apr 28

Weekend grossWk 8 · $73.1K

$7.5M

$4.7M

$2.8M

$900.1K

$512.2K

$236.7K

$121.4K

$73.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 2,413 → 154 −93.6%

2,374 open154 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −39.8%

−37.4%

W1→2

−39.9%

W2→3

−67.9%

W3→4

−43.1%

W4→5

−53.8%

W5→6

−48.7%

W6→7

−39.8%

W7→8

Steepest −67.9%Best hold −37.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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