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2011 • R • 1h 34m • Comedy, Drama • Paramount Pictures

Everyone gets old. Not everyone grows up.

3.23

6.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$310K

Limited · 8 theaters

Domestic total

$16.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$22.80M

$6.40M international

Domestic legs4.8x from $3.4M first wide weekend

Budget$12M

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Full Reitman filmography

Jason Reitman

Jason Reitman Director

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron Starring

Patton Oswalt

Patton Oswalt Starring

Patrick Wilson

Patrick Wilson Starring

Mary Beth Hurt

Mary Beth Hurt Starring

ScreenplayDiablo Cody Produced byJason Reitman, Diablo Cody, Mason Novick, Russell Smith CinematographyEric Steelberg MusicMateo Messina StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 9-11 18 $310.3K — 8 $38,783 $310.3K

2 Dec 16-18 10 $3.4M +996.9% 986 $3,451 $3.8M

3 Dec 23-25 14 $1.7M −48.7% 987 $1,769 $7.2M

4 Dec 30-Jan 1 13 $2.1M +19.8% 987 $2,120 $12.1M

5 Jan 6-8 16 $1.3M −38.8% 830 $1,544 $14.7M

6 Jan 13-15 26 $430.2K −66.4% 387 $1,112 $15.7M

7 Jan 20-22 34 $138.2K −67.9% 150 $921 $16.1M

8 Jan 27-29 43 $57.2K −58.6% 87 $657 $16.2M

9 Feb 3-5 51 $20.0K −65.0% 58 $345 $16.2M

10 Feb 10-12 64 $13.3K −33.3% 35 $381 $16.3M

11 Feb 17-19 61 $28.8K +116.0% 87 $331 $16.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 9 — $89.7K — $89.7K 8 $11,208 1

Sat Dec 10 — $125.0K +39.5% $214.7K 8 $15,630 2

Sun Dec 11 — $95.6K −23.6% $310.3K 8 $11,946 3

Mon Dec 12 — $35.3K −63.1% $345.6K 8 $4,412 4

Tue Dec 13 — $31.8K −9.8% $377.4K 8 $3,980 5

Wed Dec 14 — $31.4K −1.3% $408.8K 8 $3,927 6

Thu Dec 15 — $31.1K −1.0% $439.9K 8 $3,889 7

Fri Dec 16 #7 $1.1M +3403.5% +1115.6% $1.5M 986 $1,105 8

Sat Dec 17 #11 $1.4M +27.8% +1013.8% $2.9M 986 $1,412 9

Sun Dec 18 #10 $920.6K −33.9% +863.3% $3.8M 986 $934 10

Mon Dec 19 #10 $417.5K −54.6% +1082.8% $4.3M 986 $423 11

Tue Dec 20 #11 $421.7K +1.0% +1224.5% $4.7M 986 $428 12

Wed Dec 21 #13 $351.8K −16.6% +1020.1% $5.0M 986 $357 13

Thu Dec 22 #13 $375.3K +6.7% +1106.3% $5.4M 986 $381 14

Fri Dec 23 #15 $513.4K +36.8% −52.9% $5.9M 987 $520 15

Sat Dec 24 #13 $346.5K −32.5% −75.1% $6.3M 987 $351 16

Sun Dec 25 #11 $886.5K +155.8% −3.7% $7.2M 987 $898 17

Mon Dec 26 #13 $920.3K +3.8% +120.4% $8.1M 987 $932 18

Tue Dec 27 #14 $657.2K −28.6% +55.8% $8.7M 987 $666 19

Wed Dec 28 #14 $622.4K −5.3% +76.9% $9.4M 987 $631 20

Thu Dec 29 #14 $613.3K −1.5% +63.4% $10.0M 987 $621 21

Fri Dec 30 #14 $759.9K +23.9% +48.0% $10.7M 987 $770 22

Sat Dec 31 #13 $577.8K −24.0% +66.7% $11.3M 987 $585 23

Sun Jan 1 #12 $755.0K +30.7% −14.8% $12.1M 987 $765 24

Mon Jan 2 #13 $607.5K −19.5% −34.0% $12.7M 987 $615 25

Tue Jan 3 #11 $301.2K −50.4% −54.2% $13.0M 987 $305 26

Wed Jan 4 #11 $257.5K −14.5% −58.6% $13.2M 987 $261 27

Thu Jan 5 #12 $238.5K −7.4% −61.1% $13.5M 987 $242 28

Fri Jan 6 — $397.7K +66.7% −47.7% $13.9M 830 $479 29

Sat Jan 7 — $564.7K +42.0% −2.3% $14.4M 830 $680 30

Sun Jan 8 — $319.0K −43.5% −57.7% $14.7M 830 $384 31

Mon Jan 9 — $114.2K −64.2% −81.2% $14.9M 830 $138 32

Tue Jan 10 — $151.4K +32.5% −49.7% $15.0M 830 $182 33

Wed Jan 11 — $133.9K −11.5% −48.0% $15.1M 830 $161 34

Thu Jan 12 — $128.5K −4.0% −46.1% $15.3M 830 $155 35

Fri Jan 13 — $125.6K −2.2% −68.4% $15.4M 387 $325 36

Sat Jan 14 — $171.3K +36.4% −69.7% $15.6M 387 $443 37

Sun Jan 15 — $133.2K −22.2% −58.2% $15.7M 387 $344 38

Mon Jan 16 — $95.7K −28.1% −16.2% $15.8M 387 $247 39

Tue Jan 17 — $48.6K −49.3% −67.9% $15.9M 387 $126 40

Wed Jan 18 — $43.0K −11.5% −67.9% $15.9M 387 $111 41

Thu Jan 19 — $43.9K +2.2% −65.8% $15.9M 387 $114 42

Fri Jan 20 — $37.9K −13.8% −69.8% $16.0M 150 $253 43

Sat Jan 21 — $68.1K +79.7% −60.3% $16.0M 150 $454 44

Sun Jan 22 — $32.2K −52.7% −75.8% $16.1M 150 $215 45

Mon Jan 23 — $13.2K −58.9% −86.2% $16.1M 150 $88 46

Tue Jan 24 — $14.8K +11.7% −69.5% $16.1M 150 $99 47

Wed Jan 25 — $16.9K +13.9% −60.8% $16.1M 150 $112 48

Thu Jan 26 — $15.9K −6.0% −63.9% $16.1M 150 $106 49

Fri Jan 27 — $16.3K +3.0% −56.9% $16.2M 87 $188 50

Sat Jan 28 — $26.7K +63.3% −60.8% $16.2M 87 $306 51

Sun Jan 29 — $14.2K −46.8% −56.0% $16.2M 87 $163 52

Mon Jan 30 — $4.8K −65.9% −63.5% $16.2M 87 $56 53

Tue Jan 31 — $5.9K +21.6% −60.3% $16.2M 87 $68 54

Wed Feb 1 — $5.3K −9.3% −68.4% $16.2M 87 $61 55

Thu Feb 2 — $5.0K −6.6% −68.6% $16.2M 87 $57 56

Fri Feb 3 — $6.6K +33.5% −59.3% $16.2M 58 $115 57

Sat Feb 4 — $9.9K +49.5% −62.7% $16.2M 58 $171 58

Sun Feb 5 — $3.4K −65.4% −75.7% $16.2M 58 $59 59

Mon Feb 6 — $2.0K −41.7% −58.5% $16.2M 58 $35 60

Tue Feb 7 — $2.5K +23.7% −57.8% $16.2M 58 $43 61

Wed Feb 8 — $2.6K +6.5% −50.5% $16.2M 58 $46 62

Thu Feb 9 — $2.7K +0.6% −46.6% $16.2M 58 $46 63

Fri Feb 10 — $3.6K +36.0% −45.7% $16.2M 35 $103 64

Sat Feb 11 — $6.8K +87.5% −31.8% $16.3M 35 $193 65

Sun Feb 12 — $3.0K −56.2% −13.8% $16.3M 35 $85 66

Mon Feb 13 — $1.2K −58.6% −38.8% $16.3M 35 $35 67

Tue Feb 14 — $2.3K +90.2% −5.8% $16.3M 35 $67 68

Wed Feb 15 — $2.6K +12.0% −1.0% $16.3M 35 $75 69

Thu Feb 16 — $2.5K −3.4% −4.9% $16.3M 35 $72 70

Fri Feb 17 — $7.9K +212.2% +118.3% $16.3M 87 $91 71

Sat Feb 18 — $11.6K +47.0% +71.1% $16.3M 87 $133 72

Sun Feb 19 — $9.3K −19.3% +215.5% $16.3M 87 $107 73

Mon Feb 20 — $5.3K −43.6% +329.4% $16.3M 87 $61 74

Tue Feb 21 — $4.0K −23.7% +72.3% $16.3M 87 $46 75

Wed Feb 22 — $3.7K −7.5% +42.4% $16.3M 87 $43 76

Thu Feb 23 — $3.5K −5.2% +39.7% $16.3M 87 $41 77

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

Cumulative total$16.3M

Dec 9Dec 26Jan 13Jan 30Feb 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $13.3K

$310.3K

$3.4M

$1.7M

$2.1M

$1.3M

$430.2K

$138.2K

$57.2K

$20.0K

$13.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 987 → 35 −96.5%

8 open35 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.3%

+996.9%

W1→2

−48.7%

W2→3

+19.8%

W3→4

−38.8%

W4→5

−66.4%

W5→6

−67.9%

W6→7

−58.6%

W7→8

−65.0%

W8→9

−33.3%

W9→10

Steepest −67.9%Biggest gain +996.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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