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2016 • R • 1h 51m • Comedy • 20th Century Fox

Of all the guys his daughter could have chosen...

🍅 40% 51%

39

2.69

6.2

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$60.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$117.40M

$57.10M international

Domestic legs5.5x

Budget$38M

2016 rank#54

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Cast & crew

Full Hamburg filmography

John Hamburg

John Hamburg Director

Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston Starring

James Franco

James Franco Starring

Zoey Deutch

Zoey Deutch Starring

Keegan-Michael Key

Keegan-Michael Key Starring

Cedric the Entertainer

Cedric the Entertainer Starring

ScreenplayJohn Hamburg, Ian Helfer Produced byShawn Levy, Dan Levine, Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill CinematographyKris Kachikis Music byTheodore Shapiro Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 23-25 4 $11.0M — 2,970 $3,705 $11.0M

2 Dec 30-Jan 1 5 $10.0M −8.7% 3,008 $3,341 $34.6M

3 Jan 6-8 7 $6.9M −31.3% 2,904 $2,377 $49.0M

4 Jan 13-15 13 $3.6M −48.0% 1,977 $1,817 $55.4M

5 Jan 20-22 21 $1.1M −68.1% 1,034 $1,109 $58.0M

6 Jan 27-29 30 $368.0K −67.9% 365 $1,008 $58.7M

7 Feb 3-5 34 $178.8K −51.4% 244 $733 $59.1M

8 Feb 10-12 41 $108.6K −39.3% 147 $739 $59.2M

9 Feb 17-19 43 $72.6K −33.1% 123 $591 $59.4M

10 Feb 24-26 33 $129.0K +77.5% 368 $350 $59.5M

11 Mar 3-5 22 $341.6K +164.9% 99 $3,450 $59.9M

12 Mar 10-12 26 $189.9K −44.4% 68 $2,792 $60.2M

13 Mar 17-19 41 $43.4K −77.2% 16 $2,709 $60.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 22 #P $975.0K — $975.0K — — -1

Fri Dec 23 #4 $3.9M — $3.9M 2,970 $1,313 1

Sat Dec 24 #6 $1.7M −55.3% $5.6M 2,970 $588 2

Sun Dec 25 #5 $5.4M +206.9% $11.0M 2,970 $1,804 3

Mon Dec 26 #6 $4.5M −15.4% $15.5M 2,970 $1,526 4

Tue Dec 27 #6 $3.4M −24.3% $19.0M 2,970 $1,156 5

Wed Dec 28 #5 $2.8M −17.1% $21.8M 2,970 $958 6

Thu Dec 29 #5 $2.7M −3.7% $24.6M 2,970 $923 7

Fri Dec 30 #6 $3.4M +23.8% −13.0% $28.0M 3,008 $1,129 8

Sat Dec 31 #7 $2.7M −21.1% +53.6% $30.6M 3,008 $891 9

Sun Jan 1 #4 $4.0M +48.2% −25.8% $34.6M 3,008 $1,321 10

Mon Jan 2 #5 $3.1M −22.7% −32.2% $37.7M 3,008 $1,022 11

Tue Jan 3 #5 $1.8M −40.5% −46.8% $39.5M 3,008 $608 12

Wed Jan 4 #6 $1.3M −26.8% −53.0% $40.8M 3,008 $445 13

Thu Jan 5 #6 $1.2M −9.2% −55.7% $42.1M 3,008 $404 14

Fri Jan 6 #7 $2.1M +75.2% −37.4% $44.2M 2,904 $732 15

Sat Jan 7 #7 $2.9M +36.0% +7.9% $47.1M 2,904 $996 16

Sun Jan 8 #8 $1.9M −34.9% −52.6% $49.0M 2,904 $649 17

Mon Jan 9 #7 $674.3K −64.2% −78.1% $49.6M 2,904 $232 18

Tue Jan 10 #7 $993.5K +47.3% −45.7% $50.6M 2,904 $342 19

Wed Jan 11 #7 $668.8K −32.7% −50.0% $51.3M 2,904 $230 20

Thu Jan 12 #8 $535.2K −20.0% −55.9% $51.8M 2,904 $184 21

Fri Jan 13 #12 $1.1M +102.1% −49.1% $52.9M 1,977 $547 22

Sat Jan 14 #13 $1.5M +39.5% −47.8% $54.4M 1,977 $763 23

Sun Jan 15 #13 $1.0M −33.6% −46.8% $55.4M 1,977 $507 24

Mon Jan 16 #14 $583.7K −41.7% −13.4% $56.0M 1,977 $295 25

Tue Jan 17 #13 $400.6K −31.4% −59.7% $56.4M 1,977 $203 26

Wed Jan 18 #12 $270.4K −32.5% −59.6% $56.7M 1,977 $137 27

Thu Jan 19 #15 $186.0K −31.2% −65.2% $56.9M 1,977 $94 28

Fri Jan 20 — $350.9K +88.7% −67.6% $57.2M 1,034 $339 29

Sat Jan 21 — $548.6K +56.3% −63.6% $57.8M 1,034 $531 30

Sun Jan 22 — $247.4K −54.9% −75.3% $58.0M 1,034 $239 31

Mon Jan 23 — $92.3K −62.7% −84.2% $58.1M 1,034 $89 32

Tue Jan 24 — $122.5K +32.7% −69.4% $58.2M 1,034 $118 33

Wed Jan 25 — $85.9K −29.8% −68.2% $58.3M 1,034 $83 34

Thu Jan 26 — $65.0K −24.3% −65.0% $58.4M 1,034 $63 35

Fri Jan 27 — $111.9K +72.1% −68.1% $58.5M 365 $306 36

Sat Jan 28 — $175.8K +57.2% −67.9% $58.7M 365 $482 37

Sun Jan 29 — $80.3K −54.3% −67.5% $58.7M 365 $220 38

Mon Jan 30 — $30.5K −62.0% −67.0% $58.8M 365 $84 39

Tue Jan 31 — $39.4K +29.2% −67.8% $58.8M 365 $108 40

Wed Feb 1 — $29.7K −24.6% −65.4% $58.8M 365 $81 41

Thu Feb 2 — $27.9K −6.1% −57.1% $58.9M 365 $76 42

Fri Feb 3 — $57.4K +105.7% −48.7% $58.9M 244 $235 43

Sat Feb 4 — $93.5K +62.9% −46.8% $59.0M 244 $383 44

Sun Feb 5 — $27.9K −70.2% −65.3% $59.1M 244 $114 45

Mon Feb 6 — $19.7K −29.4% −35.4% $59.1M 244 $81 46

Tue Feb 7 — $23.4K +18.7% −40.6% $59.1M 244 $96 47

Wed Feb 8 — $18.5K −21.0% −37.8% $59.1M 244 $76 48

Thu Feb 9 — $15.4K −16.4% −44.7% $59.1M 244 $63 49

Fri Feb 10 — $29.8K +93.2% −48.0% $59.2M 147 $203 50

Sat Feb 11 — $48.7K +63.4% −47.9% $59.2M 147 $332 51

Sun Feb 12 — $30.0K −38.4% +7.6% $59.2M 147 $204 52

Mon Feb 13 — $9.7K −67.8% −50.9% $59.2M 147 $66 53

Tue Feb 14 — $22.4K +132.3% −4.0% $59.3M 147 $153 54

Wed Feb 15 — $10.3K −53.9% −44.0% $59.3M 147 $70 55

Thu Feb 16 — $10.1K −2.3% −34.5% $59.3M 147 $69 56

Fri Feb 17 — $18.1K +78.7% −39.4% $59.3M 123 $147 57

Sat Feb 18 — $29.6K +63.6% −39.4% $59.3M 123 $240 58

Sun Feb 19 — $25.0K −15.3% −16.6% $59.4M 123 $204 59

Mon Feb 20 — $14.0K −44.1% +44.9% $59.4M 123 $114 60

Tue Feb 21 — $6.6K −52.5% −70.4% $59.4M 123 $54 61

Wed Feb 22 — $5.2K −21.6% −49.6% $59.4M 123 $42 62

Thu Feb 23 — $6.7K +28.8% −33.6% $59.4M 123 $55 63

Fri Feb 24 — $38.3K +471.0% +112.1% $59.4M 368 $104 64

Sat Feb 25 — $58.4K +52.4% +97.5% $59.5M 368 $159 65

Sun Feb 26 — $32.3K −44.7% +29.0% $59.5M 368 $88 66

Mon Feb 27 — $14.2K −56.0% +1.5% $59.5M 368 $39 67

Tue Feb 28 — $15.4K +8.7% +132.4% $59.6M 368 $42 68

Wed Mar 1 — $11.3K −26.9% +116.9% $59.6M 368 $31 69

Thu Mar 2 — $8.5K −24.9% +26.4% $59.6M 368 $23 70

Fri Mar 3 — $134.1K +1480.5% +250.0% $59.7M 99 $1,354 71

Sat Mar 4 — $145.7K +8.7% +149.6% $59.9M 99 $1,472 72

Sun Mar 5 — $61.8K −57.6% +91.5% $59.9M 99 $624 73

Mon Mar 6 — $21.9K −64.5% +54.4% $59.9M 99 $222 74

Tue Mar 7 — $23.8K +8.5% +54.1% $60.0M 99 $241 75

Wed Mar 8 — $19.8K −16.7% +75.5% $60.0M 99 $200 76

Thu Mar 9 — $20.3K +2.5% +139.6% $60.0M 99 $205 77

Fri Mar 10 — $67.7K +233.3% −49.5% $60.1M 68 $996 78

Sat Mar 11 — $85.3K +25.9% −41.5% $60.2M 68 $1,254 79

Sun Mar 12 — $36.9K −56.8% −40.4% $60.2M 68 $542 80

Mon Mar 13 — $18.5K −49.9% −15.8% $60.2M 68 $272 81

Tue Mar 14 — $20.3K +10.1% −14.6% $60.2M 68 $299 82

Wed Mar 15 — $20.2K −0.8% +1.8% $60.3M 68 $297 83

Thu Mar 16 — $19.1K −5.1% −5.8% $60.3M 68 $282 84

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

Cumulative total$59.6M

Dec 22Jan 9Jan 26Feb 13Mar 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $129.0K

$11.0M

$10.0M

$6.9M

$3.6M

$1.1M

$368.0K

$178.8K

$108.6K

$72.6K

$129.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,008 → 368 −87.8%

2,970 open368 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +77.5%

−8.7%

W1→2

−31.3%

W2→3

−48.0%

W3→4

−68.1%

W4→5

−67.9%

W5→6

−51.4%

W6→7

−39.3%

W7→8

−33.1%

W8→9

+77.5%

W9→10

Steepest −68.1%Biggest gain +77.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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