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2008 • PG-13 • 1h 53m • Action, Comedy • Sony Pictures Releasing

Lather. Rinse. Save the world.

🍅 37% 45%

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2.54

5.6

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$38.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$100.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$204.00M

$104.00M international

Domestic legs2.60x

Budget$90.0M

2008 rank#29

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Cast & crew

Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler Starring

Emmanuelle Chriqui

Emmanuelle Chriqui Starring

John Turturro

John Turturro Starring

Nick Swardson

Nick Swardson Starring

Lainie Kazan

Lainie Kazan Starring

Rob Schneider

Rob Schneider Starring

ScreenplayRobert Smigel, Judd Apatow, Adam Sandler Produced byAdam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo CinematographyMichael Barrett MusicRupert Gregson-Williams StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 6-8 2 $38.5M — 3,462 $11,129 $38.5M

2 Jun 13-15 4 $16.4M −57.5% 3,466 $4,723 $68.8M

3 Jun 20-22 7 $7.5M −54.5% 3,278 $2,273 $84.3M

4 Jun 27-29 10 $3.2M −57.4% 2,147 $1,478 $91.2M

5 Jul 4-6 10 $2.0M −37.6% 1,731 $1,144 $94.8M

6 Jul 11-13 13 $1.1M −45.9% 939 $1,141 $96.9M

7 Jul 18-20 18 $365.7K −65.9% 261 $1,401 $97.7M

8 Jul 25-27 18 $385.4K +5.4% 224 $1,720 $98.3M

9 Aug 1-3 23 $269.3K −30.1% 142 $1,896 $98.8M

10 Aug 8-10 28 $195.0K −27.6% 112 $1,740 $99.1M

11 Aug 15-17 28 $222.7K +14.2% 239 $931 $99.4M

12 Aug 22-24 37 $133.6K −40.0% 204 $654 $99.7M

13 Aug 29-31 40 $127.1K −4.8% 193 $658 $99.9M

14 Sep 5-7 42 $109.5K −13.8% 267 $410 $100.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 6 #2 $14.9M — $14.9M 3,462 $4,289 1

Sat Jun 7 #2 $14.0M −6% $28.8M 3,462 $4,034 2

Sun Jun 8 #2 $9.7M −30% $38.5M 3,462 $2,805 3

Mon Jun 9 #2 $4.2M −57% $42.7M 3,462 $1,216 4

Tue Jun 10 #2 $3.6M −14% $46.4M 3,462 $1,042 5

Wed Jun 11 #2 $3.2M −11% $49.6M 3,462 $926 6

Thu Jun 12 #2 $2.8M −12% $52.4M 3,462 $817 7

Fri Jun 13 #4 $5.5M +94% −63% $57.9M 3,466 $1,584 8

Sat Jun 14 #4 $6.3M +15% −55% $64.2M 3,466 $1,819 9

Sun Jun 15 #5 $4.6M −28% −53% $68.8M 3,466 $1,318 10

Mon Jun 16 #4 $2.2M −52% −48% $71.0M 3,466 $636 11

Tue Jun 17 #4 $2.0M −9% −44% $73.0M 3,466 $578 12

Wed Jun 18 #4 $2.0M −1% −38% $75.0M 3,466 $574 13

Thu Jun 19 #4 $1.9M −5% −33% $76.9M 3,466 $545 14

Fri Jun 20 #7 $2.3M +22% −58% $79.2M 3,278 $704 15

Sat Jun 21 #7 $2.9M +25% −54% $82.1M 3,278 $881 16

Sun Jun 22 #7 $2.3M −22% −51% $84.3M 3,278 $687 17

Mon Jun 23 #7 $1.0M −55% −54% $85.3M 3,278 $308 18

Tue Jun 24 #8 $950.4K −6% −53% $86.3M 3,278 $289 19

Wed Jun 25 #8 $859.0K −10% −57% $87.1M 3,278 $262 20

Thu Jun 26 #8 $885.4K +3% −53% $88.0M 3,278 $270 21

Fri Jun 27 #10 $987.2K +11% −57% $89.0M 2,147 $459 22

Sat Jun 28 #10 $1.2M +26% −57% $90.2M 2,147 $578 23

Sun Jun 29 #10 $945.2K −24% −58% $91.2M 2,147 $440 24

Mon Jun 30 #10 $486.1K −49% −52% $91.7M 2,147 $226 25

Tue Jul 1 #11 $356.1K −27% −63% $92.0M 2,147 $165 26

Wed Jul 2 #11 $332.5K −7% −61% $92.4M 2,147 $154 27

Thu Jul 3 #11 $427.0K +28% −52% $92.8M 2,147 $198 28

Fri Jul 4 #10 $494.1K +16% −50% $93.3M 1,731 $285 29

Sat Jul 5 #10 $943.0K +91% −24% $94.2M 1,731 $544 30

Sun Jul 6 #11 $544.2K −42% −42% $94.8M 1,731 $314 31

Mon Jul 7 #11 $267.3K −51% −45% $95.0M 1,731 $154 32

Tue Jul 8 #11 $275.8K +3% −23% $95.3M 1,731 $159 33

Wed Jul 9 #11 $261.0K −5% −22% $95.6M 1,731 $150 34

Thu Jul 10 #11 $261.6K n/c −39% $95.8M 1,731 $151 35

Fri Jul 11 #13 $387.7K +48% −22% $96.2M 939 $412 36

Sat Jul 12 #13 $452.0K +17% −52% $96.7M 939 $481 37

Sun Jul 13 $232.2K −49% −57% $96.9M 939 $247 38

Mon Jul 14 $120.9K −48% −55% $97.0M 939 $128 39

Tue Jul 15 #13 $124.8K +3% −55% $97.2M 939 $132 40

Wed Jul 16 $108.1K −13% −59% $97.3M 939 $115 41

Thu Jul 17 $106.5K −2% −59% $97.4M 939 $113 42

Mon Sep 1 #39 $25.5K — $100.0M 193 $132 88

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

Cumulative total$97.4M

Jun 6Jun 16Jun 27Jul 7Jul 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $195.0K

$38.5M

$16.4M

$7.5M

$3.2M

$2.0M

$1.1M

$365.7K

$385.4K

$269.3K

$195.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,466 → 939 −72.9%

3,462 open939 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.6%

−57.5%

W1→2

−54.5%

W2→3

−57.4%

W3→4

−37.6%

W4→5

−45.9%

W5→6

−65.9%

W6→7

+5.4%

W7→8

−30.1%

W8→9

−27.6%

W9→10

Steepest −65.9%Biggest gain +5.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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