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2001 • PG-13 • 1h 41m • Comedy, Sci-Fi • DreamWorks Distribution

Coming to wipe that silly smile off your planet.

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2.86

6.1

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$38.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$98.40M

$60.00M international

Domestic legs2.86x

Budget$80.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Reitman filmography

Ivan Reitman

Ivan Reitman Director

David Duchovny

David Duchovny Starring

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore Starring

Orlando Jones

Orlando Jones Starring

Seann William Scott

Seann William Scott Starring

Ted Levine

Ted Levine Starring

ScreenplayDavid Weissman, Don Jakoby, David Diamond Produced byDaniel Goldberg, Joe Medjuck, Ivan Reitman CinematographyMichael Chapman MusicJohn Powell Prod. DesignJ. Michael Riva StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 8-10 4 $13.4M — 2,611 $5,135 $13.4M

2 Jun 15-17 6 $6.6M −50.7% 2,613 $2,531 $25.6M

3 Jun 22-24 9 $3.3M −50.3% 2,258 $1,456 $32.3M

4 Jun 29-Jul 1 13 $1.4M −57.9% 1,376 $1,006 $35.4M

5 Jul 6-8 20 $415.8K −70.0% 457 $909 $36.7M

6 Jul 13-15 24 $172.3K −58.6% 256 $673 $37.1M

7 Jul 20-22 35 $72.0K −58.2% 175 $411 $37.3M

8 Jul 27-29 24 $248.4K +244.9% 356 $697 $37.6M

9 Aug 3-5 30 $171.4K −31.0% 288 $595 $37.9M

10 Aug 10-12 35 $121.1K −29.4% 236 $512 $38.2M

11 Aug 17-19 40 $79.7K −34.2% 170 $468 $38.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 8 #2 $4.5M — $4.5M 2,611 $1,704 1

Sat Jun 9 #4 $5.3M +19% $9.7M 2,611 $2,024 2

Sun Jun 10 #4 $3.7M −30% $13.4M 2,611 $1,422 3

Mon Jun 11 #4 $1.5M −59% $14.9M 2,611 $583 4

Tue Jun 12 #4 $1.5M −5% $16.4M 2,611 $555 5

Wed Jun 13 #4 $1.2M −14% $17.6M 2,611 $478 6

Thu Jun 14 #4 $1.3M +5% $18.9M 2,611 $503 7

Fri Jun 15 #6 $1.9M +46% −57% $20.9M 2,613 $734 8

Sat Jun 16 #6 $2.5M +32% −52% $23.4M 2,613 $972 9

Sun Jun 17 #6 $2.1M −19% −44% $25.6M 2,613 $790 10

Mon Jun 18 #6 $847.5K −59% −44% $26.4M 2,613 $324 11

Tue Jun 19 #6 $867.3K +2% −40% $27.3M 2,613 $331 12

Wed Jun 20 #6 $860.3K −1% −31% $28.1M 2,613 $329 13

Thu Jun 21 #6 $894.3K +4% −32% $29.0M 2,613 $342 14

Fri Jun 22 #8 $1.2M +29% −40% $30.2M 2,258 $510 15

Sat Jun 23 #9 $1.3M +12% −49% $31.5M 2,258 $573 16

Sun Jun 24 #9 $908.0K −30% −56% $32.3M 2,258 $402 17

Mon Jun 25 #9 $417.9K −54% −51% $32.7M 2,258 $185 18

Tue Jun 26 #9 $438.1K +5% −49% $33.2M 2,258 $194 19

Wed Jun 27 #10 $424.8K −3% −51% $33.6M 2,258 $188 20

Thu Jun 28 #10 $434.0K +2% −51% $34.0M 2,258 $192 21

Sun Jul 1 #12 $439.0K — −52% $35.4M 1,376 $319 24

Mon Jul 2 #12 $217.3K −50% −48% $35.6M 1,376 $157 25

Tue Jul 3 #12 $277.1K +28% −37% $35.9M 1,376 $201 26

Wed Jul 4 #14 $277.4K n/c −35% $36.2M 1,376 $201 27

Thu Jul 5 #15 $126.4K −54% −71% $36.3M 1,376 $91 28

Sun Jul 8 #19 $121.0K — −72% $36.7M 457 $264 31

Mon Jul 9 #18 $57.4K −53% −74% $36.8M 457 $125 32

Tue Jul 10 #18 $58.4K +2% −79% $36.8M 457 $127 33

Wed Jul 11 #19 $50.3K −14% −82% $36.9M 457 $109 34

Thu Jul 12 #18 $49.9K −1% −61% $36.9M 457 $109 35

Tue Jul 31 #20 $50.0K — $37.7M 356 $140 54

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

Cumulative total$37.7M

Jun 8Jun 16Jun 24Jul 3Jul 31

Weekend grossWk 10 · $121.1K

$13.4M

$6.6M

$3.3M

$1.4M

$415.8K

$172.3K

$72.0K

$248.4K

$171.4K

$121.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,613 → 356 −86.4%

2,611 open356 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.4%

−50.7%

W1→2

−50.3%

W2→3

−57.9%

W3→4

−70.0%

W4→5

−58.6%

W5→6

−58.2%

W6→7

+244.9%

W7→8

−31.0%

W8→9

−29.4%

W9→10

Steepest −70.0%Biggest gain +244.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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