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2003 • PG • 1h 38m • Comedy, Family • 20th Century Fox

The more...the scarier!

🍅 25% 56%

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3.19

5.9

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$27.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$139.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$190.00M

$51.60M international

Domestic legs5.03x

Budget$40.0M

2003 rank#11

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Cast & crew

Full Levy filmography

Shawn Levy

Shawn Levy Director

Steve Martin

Steve Martin Starring

Bonnie Hunt

Bonnie Hunt Starring

Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff Starring

Tom Welling

Tom Welling Starring

Piper Perabo

Piper Perabo Starring

ScreenplayJoel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, Sam Harper Produced byRobert Simonds, Michael Barnathan, Ben Myron CinematographyJonathan Brown MusicChristophe Beck Prod. DesignNina Ruscio Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 26-28 2 $27.6M — 3,298 $8,355 $35.4M

2 Jan 2-4 2 $21.6M −21.5% 3,307 $6,545 $85.6M

3 Jan 9-11 3 $11.8M −45.7% 3,238 $3,629 $101.1M

4 Jan 16-18 5 $9.0M −23.4% 3,025 $2,975 $112.2M

5 Jan 23-25 6 $6.4M −29.1% 2,810 $2,270 $122.5M

6 Jan 30-Feb 1 9 $4.3M −32.8% 2,396 $1,788 $128.0M

7 Feb 6-8 14 $2.5M −41.2% 1,662 $1,516 $131.3M

8 Feb 13-15 14 $1.9M −24.3% 1,335 $1,428 $133.8M

9 Feb 20-22 19 $726.0K −61.9% 801 $906 $135.4M

10 Feb 27-29 26 $315.9K −56.5% 375 $842 $135.9M

11 Mar 5-7 27 $286.6K −9.3% 306 $936 $136.3M

12 Mar 12-14 22 $321.9K +12.3% 336 $958 $136.7M

13 Mar 19-21 20 $306.6K −4.8% 309 $992 $137.1M

14 Mar 26-28 20 $282.5K −7.9% 306 $923 $137.5M

15 Apr 2-4 21 $244.6K −13.4% 279 $876 $137.9M

16 Apr 9-11 30 $145.9K −40.4% 215 $678 $138.1M

17 Apr 16-18 35 $110.3K −24.4% 165 $668 $138.3M

18 Apr 23-25 41 $71.4K −35.3% 141 $506 $138.4M

19 Apr 30-May 2 57 $45.1K −36.8% 100 $450 $138.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 25 #2 $8.2M — $8.2M 3,298 $2,478 1

Fri Dec 26 #2 $10.0M +22% $18.2M 3,298 $3,027 2

Sat Dec 27 #2 $9.8M −1% $27.6M 3,298 $2,984 3

Sun Dec 28 #2 $7.8M −20% $35.4M 3,298 $2,373 4

Mon Dec 29 #2 $6.6M −16% $42.0M 3,298 $2,002 5

Tue Dec 30 #2 $7.0M +6% $49.0M 3,298 $2,124 6

Wed Dec 31 #2 $6.8M −3% $55.8M 3,298 $2,061 7

Thu Jan 1 #2 $8.3M +23% +2% $64.1M 3,307 $2,523 8

Fri Jan 2 #2 $8.9M +7% −11% $73.1M 3,307 $2,691 9

Sat Jan 3 #2 $8.3M −7% −16% $81.1M 3,307 $2,504 10

Sun Jan 4 #2 $4.6M −45% −42% $85.6M 3,307 $1,381 11

Mon Jan 5 #2 $1.3M −72% −80% $86.9M 3,307 $391 12

Tue Jan 6 #3 $916.0K −29% −87% $87.8M 3,307 $276 13

Wed Jan 7 #4 $819.0K −11% −88% $88.7M 3,307 $247 14

Thu Jan 8 #4 $746.0K −9% −91% $89.4M 3,307 $225 15

Fri Jan 9 #3 $3.0M +302% −66% $92.4M 3,238 $926 16

Sat Jan 10 #3 $5.6M +87% −32% $98.1M 3,238 $1,731 17

Sun Jan 11 #3 $3.1M −45% −33% $101.1M 3,238 $946 18

Mon Jan 12 #5 $483.0K −84% −63% $101.6M 3,238 $149 19

Tue Jan 13 #5 $516.0K +7% −44% $102.1M 3,238 $159 20

Wed Jan 14 #5 $469.0K −9% −43% $102.6M 3,238 $144 21

Thu Jan 15 #5 $587.0K +25% −21% $103.2M 3,238 $181 22

Fri Jan 16 #5 $2.2M +274% −27% $105.4M 3,025 $726 23

Sat Jan 17 #4 $4.1M +85% −28% $109.5M 3,025 $1,341 24

Sun Jan 18 #4 $2.7M −32% −10% $112.2M 3,025 $908 25

Mon Jan 19 #2 $2.9M +5% +495% $115.1M 3,025 $949 26

Tue Jan 20 #7 $397.0K −86% −23% $115.5M 3,025 $131 27

Wed Jan 21 #8 $312.0K −21% −33% $115.8M 3,025 $103 28

Thu Jan 22 #8 $368.0K +18% −37% $116.2M 3,025 $121 29

Fri Jan 23 #5 $1.5M +308% −32% $117.7M 2,810 $533 30

Sat Jan 24 #5 $3.2M +111% −22% $120.9M 2,810 $1,125 31

Sun Jan 25 #5 $1.7M −47% −39% $122.5M 2,810 $596 32

Mon Jan 26 #8 $305.0K −82% −89% $122.8M 2,810 $108 33

Tue Jan 27 #10 $285.0K −7% −28% $123.1M 2,810 $101 34

Wed Jan 28 #9 $344.0K +21% +10% $123.5M 2,810 $122 35

Thu Jan 29 #9 $280.0K −19% −24% $123.7M 2,810 $99 36

Sat Jan 31 #8 $2.2M — −29% $127.1M 2,396 $938 38

Sun Feb 1 #5 $917.8K −59% −45% $128.0M 2,396 $383 39

Mon Feb 16 #11 $540.2K — $134.3M 1,335 $404 54

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

Cumulative total$134.3M

Dec 25Jan 4Jan 13Jan 23Feb 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $315.9K

$27.6M

$21.6M

$11.8M

$9.0M

$6.4M

$4.3M

$2.5M

$1.9M

$726.0K

$315.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,307 → 1,335 −59.6%

3,298 open1,335 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −56.5%

−21.5%

W1→2

−45.7%

W2→3

−23.4%

W3→4

−29.1%

W4→5

−32.8%

W5→6

−41.2%

W6→7

−24.3%

W7→8

−61.9%

W8→9

−56.5%

W9→10

Steepest −61.9%Best hold −21.5%

Run milestones

$100M in 18 days

$100M

Day 18

Jan 11

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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