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2004 • PG-13 • 1h 30m • Comedy, Romance • Universal Pictures

For the most cautious man on Earth, life is about to get interesting.

🍅 27% 47%

44

2.87

6.0

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$27.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$88.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$178.00M

$90.20M international

Domestic legs3.18x

Budget$42.0M

2004 rank#26

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Cast & crew

Full Hamburg filmography

John Hamburg

John Hamburg Director

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller Starring

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston Starring

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman Starring

Debra Messing

Debra Messing Starring

Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin Starring

ScreenplayJohn Hamburg Produced byDanny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher CinematographySeamus McGarvey MusicTheodore Shapiro Prod. DesignAndrew Laws StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 16-18 1 $27.7M — 2,984 $9,289 $27.7M

2 Jan 23-25 2 $16.4M −41.0% 2,995 $5,459 $53.3M

3 Jan 30-Feb 1 3 $9.3M −43.1% 3,052 $3,050 $66.0M

4 Feb 6-8 4 $6.8M −26.5% 2,958 $2,314 $75.0M

5 Feb 13-15 6 $4.8M −29.4% 2,543 $1,900 $81.4M

6 Feb 20-22 14 $2.1M −55.7% 1,714 $1,250 $85.0M

7 Feb 27-29 19 $690.6K −67.8% 664 $1,040 $86.1M

8 Mar 5-7 24 $365.1K −47.1% 408 $894 $86.7M

9 Mar 12-14 31 $248.0K −32.1% 312 $795 $87.1M

10 Mar 19-21 26 $208.3K −16.0% 252 $826 $87.4M

11 Mar 26-28 30 $142.1K −31.8% 209 $680 $87.6M

12 Apr 2-4 35 $100.9K −29.0% 164 $615 $87.8M

13 Apr 9-11 46 $61.9K −38.6% 119 $520 $87.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 16 #1 $8.9M — $8.9M 2,984 $2,974 1

Sat Jan 17 #1 $11.4M +28% $20.2M 2,984 $3,805 2

Sun Jan 18 #1 $7.5M −34% $27.7M 2,984 $2,510 3

Mon Jan 19 #1 $4.7M −37% $32.5M 2,984 $1,585 4

Tue Jan 20 #1 $1.7M −65% $34.1M 2,984 $559 5

Wed Jan 21 #1 $1.3M −20% $35.4M 2,984 $445 6

Thu Jan 22 #1 $1.6M +24% $36.9M 2,984 $550 7

Fri Jan 23 #2 $5.0M +205% −44% $41.9M 2,995 $1,669 8

Sat Jan 24 #1 $7.6M +52% −33% $49.5M 2,995 $2,535 9

Sun Jan 25 #2 $3.7M −51% −50% $53.3M 2,995 $1,245 10

Mon Jan 26 #2 $840.0K −77% −82% $54.1M 2,995 $280 11

Tue Jan 27 #2 $855.0K +2% −49% $55.0M 2,995 $285 12

Wed Jan 28 #2 $882.0K +3% −34% $55.8M 2,995 $294 13

Thu Jan 29 #2 $852.0K −3% −48% $56.7M 2,995 $284 14

Fri Jan 30 #3 $3.0M +252% −40% $59.7M 3,050 $983 15

Sat Jan 31 #2 $4.8M +59% −37% $64.6M 3,052 $1,564 16

Sun Feb 1 #2 $2.1M −55% −43% $66.0M 3,052 $700 17

Mon Feb 2 #3 $549.0K −74% −35% $66.6M 3,052 $179 18

Tue Feb 3 #2 $594.0K +8% −31% $67.1M 3,052 $194 19

Wed Feb 4 #2 $534.0K −10% −39% $67.7M 3,052 $174 20

Thu Feb 5 #2 $520.0K −3% −39% $68.2M 3,052 $170 21

Fri Feb 6 #5 $2.0M +285% −33% $70.2M 2,955 $676 22

Sat Feb 7 #4 $3.2M +61% −32% $73.4M 2,958 $1,090 23

Sun Feb 8 #6 $1.6M −50% −24% $75.0M 2,958 $549 24

Mon Feb 9 #4 $370.0K −77% −33% $75.4M 2,958 $125 25

Tue Feb 10 #4 $386.0K +4% −35% $75.8M 2,958 $130 26

Wed Feb 11 #4 $355.0K −8% −34% $76.2M 2,958 $120 27

Thu Feb 12 #4 $400.0K +13% −23% $76.6M 2,958 $135 28

Fri Feb 13 #6 $1.0M +150% −50% $77.6M 2,545 $392 29

Sat Feb 14 #5 $2.6M +163% −18% $80.2M 2,543 $1,035 30

Sun Feb 15 #8 $1.2M −55% −26% $81.4M 2,543 $470 31

Mon Feb 16 #8 $623.0K −48% +68% $82.0M 2,543 $245 32

Tue Feb 17 #9 $281.0K −55% −27% $82.3M 2,543 $110 33

Wed Feb 18 #9 $267.0K −5% −25% $82.6M 2,543 $104 34

Thu Feb 19 #10 $254.0K −5% −37% $82.8M 2,543 $99 35

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

Cumulative total$82.8M

Jan 16Jan 25Feb 2Feb 11Feb 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $208.3K

$27.7M

$16.4M

$9.3M

$6.8M

$4.8M

$2.1M

$690.6K

$365.1K

$248.0K

$208.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,052 → 2,543 −16.7%

2,984 open2,543 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.0%

−41.0%

W1→2

−43.1%

W2→3

−26.5%

W3→4

−29.4%

W4→5

−55.7%

W5→6

−67.8%

W6→7

−47.1%

W7→8

−32.1%

W8→9

−16.0%

W9→10

Steepest −67.8%Best hold −16.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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