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(500) Days of Summer

2009 • PG-13 • 1h 35m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Fox Searchlight Pictures

Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.

🍅 86% 84%

76

3.65

7.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$835K

Limited · 27 theaters

Domestic Total

$32.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$34.5M

$2.1M international

Domestic Legs8.7x

Budget$7.5M

2009 Rank#87

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Cast & Crew

Full Webb filmography

Marc Webb Director

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Starring

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel Starring

Chloë Grace Moretz

Chloë Grace Moretz Starring

Matthew Gray Gubler

Matthew Gray Gubler Starring

ScreenplayScott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber CinematographyEric Steelberg Music byMychael Danna, Rob Simonsen StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 17-19 12 $834.5K — 27 $30,907 $837.6K

2 Jul 24-26 12 $1.6M +96.0% 85 $19,244 $3.0M

3 Jul 31-Aug 2 12 $2.8M +69.8% 266 $10,439 $6.8M

4 Aug 7-9 9 $3.7M +34.7% 817 $4,577 $12.4M

5 Aug 14-16 11 $3.0M −20.6% 1,048 $2,832 $17.9M

6 Aug 21-23 13 $2.3M −23.1% 988 $2,308 $22.1M

7 Aug 28-30 12 $2.0M −11.9% 909 $2,210 $25.2M

8 Sep 4-6 13 $1.9M −7.9% 935 $1,979 $27.9M

9 Sep 11-13 16 $1.2M −36.5% 790 $1,486 $30.0M

10 Sep 18-20 19 $644.4K −45.1% 607 $1,062 $31.0M

11 Sep 25-27 24 $389.2K −39.6% 414 $940 $31.7M

12 Oct 2-4 40 $144.1K −63.0% 218 $661 $32.0M

13 Oct 9-11 48 $89.1K −38.2% 159 $560 $32.1M

14 Oct 16-18 58 $43.2K −51.5% 71 $609 $32.2M

15 Oct 23-25 63 $25.6K −40.7% 39 $657 $32.3M

16 Oct 30-Nov 1 55 $27.3K +6.5% 43 $635 $32.3M

17 Nov 6-8 55 $26.0K −4.6% 39 $667 $32.3M

18 Nov 13-15 63 $16.5K −36.5% 28 $591 $32.4M

19 Nov 20-22 69 $10.7K −35.3% 20 $535 $32.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 17 #12 $263.2K — $263.2K 27 $9,747 1

Sat Jul 18 #14 $310.2K +18% $573.4K 27 $11,489 2

Sun Jul 19 #11 $261.1K −16% $834.5K 27 $9,671 3

Mon Jul 20 #11 $125.9K −52% $960.4K 27 $4,663 4

Tue Jul 21 #12 $141.2K +12% $1.1M 27 $5,229 5

Wed Jul 22 #12 $135.6K −4% $1.2M 27 $5,021 6

Thu Jul 23 #12 $136.6K +1% $1.4M 27 $5,059 7

Fri Jul 24 #12 $498.8K +265% +90% $1.9M 85 $5,868 8

Sat Jul 25 #12 $625.8K +25% +102% $2.5M 85 $7,363 9

Sun Jul 26 #12 $511.2K −18% +96% $3.0M 85 $6,014 10

Mon Jul 27 #12 $253.8K −50% +102% $3.3M 85 $2,985 11

Tue Jul 28 #12 $270.0K +6% +91% $3.5M 85 $3,177 12

Wed Jul 29 #12 $277.7K +3% +105% $3.8M 85 $3,267 13

Thu Jul 30 #12 $259.6K −6% +90% $4.1M 85 $3,054 14

Fri Jul 31 #12 $873.1K +236% +75% $4.9M 266 $3,282 15

Sat Aug 1 #13 $1.0M +16% +62% $6.0M 266 $3,811 16

Sun Aug 2 #12 $890.0K −12% +74% $6.8M 266 $3,346 17

Mon Aug 3 #11 $447.8K −50% +76% $7.3M 266 $1,684 18

Tue Aug 4 #11 $462.8K +3% +71% $7.8M 266 $1,740 19

Wed Aug 5 #11 $437.1K −6% +57% $8.2M 266 $1,643 20

Thu Aug 6 #11 $422.3K −3% +63% $8.6M 266 $1,588 21

Fri Aug 7 #10 $1.2M +182% +36% $9.8M 817 $1,456 22

Sat Aug 8 #11 $1.4M +16% +37% $11.2M 817 $1,695 23

Sun Aug 9 #9 $1.2M −16% +31% $12.4M 817 $1,427 24

Mon Aug 10 #8 $654.5K −44% +46% $13.0M 817 $801 25

Tue Aug 11 #9 $675.9K +3% +46% $13.7M 817 $827 26

Wed Aug 12 #9 $629.1K −7% +44% $14.3M 817 $770 27

Thu Aug 13 #8 $613.2K −3% +45% $14.9M 817 $751 28

Fri Aug 14 #11 $942.1K +54% −21% $15.9M 1,048 $899 29

Sat Aug 15 #11 $1.1M +22% −17% $17.0M 1,048 $1,096 30

Sun Aug 16 #11 $876.6K −24% −25% $17.9M 1,048 $836 31

Mon Aug 17 #10 $501.4K −43% −23% $18.4M 1,048 $478 32

Tue Aug 18 #10 $516.4K +3% −24% $18.9M 1,048 $493 33

Wed Aug 19 #10 $459.2K −11% −27% $19.4M 1,048 $438 34

Thu Aug 20 #10 $421.9K −8% −31% $19.8M 1,048 $403 35

Fri Aug 21 #12 $735.9K +74% −22% $20.5M 988 $745 36

Sat Aug 22 #13 $938.8K +28% −18% $21.5M 988 $950 37

Sun Aug 23 #13 $606.0K −35% −31% $22.1M 988 $613 38

Mon Aug 24 #12 $277.4K −54% −45% $22.4M 988 $281 39

Tue Aug 25 #12 $299.6K +8% −42% $22.7M 988 $303 40

Wed Aug 26 #11 $278.6K −7% −39% $22.9M 988 $282 41

Thu Aug 27 #11 $262.3K −6% −38% $23.2M 988 $265 42

Fri Aug 28 #12 $625.4K +138% −15% $23.8M 909 $688 43

Sat Aug 29 #12 $888.9K +42% −5% $24.7M 909 $978 44

Sun Aug 30 #13 $494.6K −44% −18% $25.2M 909 $544 45

Mon Aug 31 #12 $205.8K −58% −26% $25.4M 909 $226 46

Tue Sep 1 #11 $232.6K +13% −22% $25.6M 909 $256 47

Wed Sep 2 #10 $205.4K −12% −26% $25.8M 909 $226 48

Thu Sep 3 #9 $220.5K +7% −16% $26.1M 909 $243 49

Fri Sep 4 #12 $508.6K +131% −19% $26.6M 935 $544 50

Sat Sep 5 #14 $668.6K +31% −25% $27.2M 935 $715 51

Sun Sep 6 #14 $673.1K +1% +36% $27.9M 935 $720 52

Mon Sep 7 #15 $530.9K −21% +158% $28.4M 935 $568 53

Tue Sep 8 #11 $138.0K −74% −41% $28.6M 935 $148 54

Wed Sep 9 #12 $116.5K −16% −43% $28.7M 935 $125 55

Thu Sep 10 #12 $123.4K +6% −44% $28.8M 935 $132 56

Fri Sep 11 #- $379.8K +208% −25% $29.2M 790 $481 57

Sat Sep 12 #- $542.9K +43% −19% $29.7M 790 $687 58

Sun Sep 13 #- $251.5K −54% −63% $30.0M 790 $318 59

Mon Sep 14 #- $83.2K −67% −84% $30.1M 790 $105 60

Tue Sep 15 #- $104.6K +26% −24% $30.2M 790 $132 61

Wed Sep 16 #- $104.4K — −10% $30.3M 790 $132 62

Thu Sep 17 #- $103.8K −1% −16% $30.4M 790 $131 63

Fri Sep 18 #- $212.8K +105% −44% $30.6M 607 $350 64

Sat Sep 19 #- $285.0K +34% −48% $30.9M 607 $469 65

Sun Sep 20 #- $146.7K −49% −42% $31.0M 607 $242 66

Mon Sep 21 #- $51.6K −65% −38% $31.1M 607 $85 67

Tue Sep 22 #- $62.3K +21% −40% $31.2M 607 $103 68

Wed Sep 23 #- $60.8K −2% −42% $31.2M 607 $100 69

Thu Sep 24 #- $57.8K −5% −44% $31.3M 607 $95 70

Fri Sep 25 #- $122.4K +112% −42% $31.4M 414 $296 71

Sat Sep 26 #- $172.4K +41% −40% $31.6M 414 $416 72

Sun Sep 27 #- $35.0K −80% −76% $32.0M 414 $85 73

Mon Sep 28 #- $40.8K +17% −21% $31.7M 414 $99 74

Tue Sep 29 #- $39.2K −4% −37% $31.7M 414 $95 75

Wed Sep 30 #- $39.7K +1% −35% $31.8M 414 $96 76

Thu Oct 1 #- $41.6K +5% −28% $31.8M 414 $100 77

Fri Oct 2 #- $44.8K +8% −63% $31.9M 218 $206 78

Sat Oct 3 #- $64.3K +43% −63% $31.9M 218 $295 79

Sun Oct 4 #- $35.0K −46% $32.0M 218 $161 80

Mon Oct 5 #- $14.2K −59% −65% $32.0M 218 $65 81

Tue Oct 6 #- $15.3K +8% −61% $32.0M 218 $70 82

Wed Oct 7 #- $16.8K +10% −58% $32.0M 218 $77 83

Thu Oct 8 #- $14.3K −15% −66% $32.0M 218 $65 84

Fri Oct 9 #- $27.3K +91% −39% $32.1M 159 $172 85

Sat Oct 10 #- $39.1K +43% −39% $32.1M 159 $246 86

Sun Oct 11 #- $22.7K −42% −35% $32.1M 159 $143 87

Mon Oct 12 #- $13.4K −41% −6% $32.1M 159 $84 88

Tue Oct 13 #- $9.0K −33% −41% $32.1M 159 $57 89

Wed Oct 14 #- $9.7K +7% −42% $32.2M 218 $44 90

Thu Oct 15 #- $10.0K +3% −30% $32.2M 218 $46 91

Fri Oct 16 #- $12.8K +28% −53% $32.2M 71 $180 92

Sat Oct 17 #- $19.6K +53% −50% $32.2M 218 $90 93

Sun Oct 18 #- $10.9K −44% −52% $32.2M 218 $50 94

Mon Oct 19 #- $4.9K −55% −63% $32.2M 71 $70 95

Tue Oct 20 #- $6.0K +22% −33% $32.2M 71 $85 96

Wed Oct 21 #- $6.4K +5% −34% $32.2M 71 $90 97

Thu Oct 22 #- $6.0K −6% −40% $32.2M 71 $84 98

Fri Oct 23 #- $8.9K +50% −30% $32.2M 39 $229 99

Sat Oct 24 #- $10.2K +14% −48% $32.2M 39 $262 100

Sun Oct 25 #- $6.5K −36% −41% $32.3M 39 $166 101

Mon Oct 26 #- $3.9K −39% −20% $32.3M 39 $101 102

Tue Oct 27 #- $4.8K +22% −21% $32.3M 39 $123 103

Wed Oct 28 #- $4.4K −9% −32% $32.3M 39 $112 104

Thu Oct 29 #- $4.3K — −27% $32.3M 39 $111 105

Fri Oct 30 #- $10.2K +135% +14% $32.3M 43 $237 106

Sat Oct 31 #- $8.5K −16% −16% $32.3M 43 $199 107

Sun Nov 1 #- $8.5K — +31% $32.3M 43 $198 108

Mon Nov 2 #- $4.1K −52% +5% $32.3M 43 $96 109

Tue Nov 3 #- $5.0K +21% +4% $32.3M 43 $116 110

Wed Nov 4 #- $4.8K −4% +10% $32.3M 43 $112 111

Thu Nov 5 #- $5.8K +20% +32% $32.3M 43 $134 112

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

Cumulative total$31.3M

Jul 17Aug 3Aug 21Sep 7Sep 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $644.4K

$834.5K

$1.6M

$2.8M

$3.7M

$3.0M

$2.3M

$2.0M

$1.9M

$1.2M

$644.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,048 → 607 −42.1%

27 open607 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −45.1%

+96.0%

W1→2

+69.8%

W2→3

+34.7%

W3→4

−20.6%

W4→5

−23.1%

W5→6

−11.9%

W6→7

−7.9%

W7→8

−36.5%

W8→9

−45.1%

W9→10

Steepest −45.1%Biggest gain +96.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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