Name: Failure to Launch
Director: Tom Dey
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 2006
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Mar 10	#1	$8.51M		—	$8.51M	3,057	$2.8K	1
Sat Mar 11	#1	$10.28M	+21%	—	$18.79M	3,057	$3.4K	2
Sun Mar 12	#1	$5.62M	-45%	—	$24.41M	3,057	$1.8K	3
Mon Mar 13	#1	$2.04M	-64%	—	$26.45M	3,057	$666	4
Tue Mar 14	#1	$2.13M	+5%	—	$28.58M	3,057	$698	5
Wed Mar 15	#1	$2.04M	-5%	—	$30.62M	3,057	$665	6
Thu Mar 16	#1	$2.05M	+1%	—	$32.67M	3,057	$670	7
Fri Mar 17	#2	$4.68M	+128%	-45%	$37.35M	3,117	$1.5K	8
Sat Mar 18	#2	$7.33M	+57%	-29%	$44.68M	3,117	$2.4K	9
Sun Mar 19	#3	$3.59M	-51%	-36%	$48.27M	3,117	$1.2K	10
Mon Mar 20	#2	$1.12M	-69%	-45%	$49.39M	3,117	$358	11
Tue Mar 21	#2	$1.22M	+9%	-43%	$50.61M	3,117	$390	12
Wed Mar 22	#2	$1.18M	-3%	-42%	$51.78M	3,117	$377	13
Thu Mar 23	#2	$1.29M	+10%	-37%	$53.08M	3,117	$414	14
Fri Mar 24	#4	$3.42M	+165%	-27%	$56.49M	3,202	$1.1K	15
Sat Mar 25	#3	$4.75M	+39%	-35%	$61.24M	3,202	$1.5K	16
Sun Mar 26	#4	$2.30M	-52%	-36%	$63.54M	3,202	$717	17
Mon Mar 27	#3	$728K	-68%	-35%	$64.27M	3,202	$227	18
Tue Mar 28	#3	$813K	+12%	-33%	$65.08M	3,202	$253	19
Wed Mar 29	#3	$768K	-5%	-35%	$65.85M	3,202	$239	20
Thu Mar 30	#3	$778K	+1%	-40%	$66.63M	3,202	$242	21
Fri Mar 31	#4	$2.22M	+185%	-35%	$68.84M	3,074	$721	22
Sat Apr 1	#4	$2.88M	+30%	-39%	$71.72M	3,074	$937	23
Sun Apr 2	#5	$1.36M	-53%	-41%	$73.09M	3,074	$443	24
Mon Apr 3	#5	$431K	-68%	-41%	$73.52M	3,074	$140	25
Tue Apr 4	#5	$501K	+16%	-38%	$74.02M	3,074	$162	26
Wed Apr 5	#4	$480K	-4%	-38%	$74.50M	3,074	$156	27
Thu Apr 6	#4	$514K	+7%	-34%	$75.01M	3,074	$167	28
Fri Apr 7	#6	$1.29M	+151%	-42%	$76.30M	2,616	$492	29
Sat Apr 8	#6	$2.01M	+56%	-30%	$78.31M	2,616	$767	30
Sun Apr 9	#8	$835K	-58%	-39%	$79.15M	2,616	$319	31
Mon Apr 10	#7	$305K	-63%	-29%	$79.45M	2,616	$116	32
Tue Apr 11	#7	$329K	+8%	-34%	$79.78M	2,616	$125	33
Wed Apr 12	#7	$338K	+3%	-29%	$80.12M	2,616	$129	34
Thu Apr 13	#6	$454K	+34%	-12%	$80.57M	2,616	$173	35
Fri Apr 14	#9	$967K	+113%	-25%	$81.54M	1,950	$495	36
Sat Apr 15	#9	$1.02M	+6%	-49%	$82.56M	1,950	$524	37
Sun Apr 16	#9	$619K	-39%	-26%	$83.18M	1,950	$317	38
Mon Apr 17	#9	$287K	-54%	-6%	$83.47M	1,950	$147	39
Tue Apr 18	#9	$233K	-19%	-29%	$83.70M	1,950	$119	40
Wed Apr 19	#9	$244K	+5%	-28%	$83.94M	1,950	$125	41
Thu Apr 20	#9	$250K	+2%	-45%	$84.19M	1,950	$128	42
Mon May 29	#26	$60K			$88.03M	320	$186	81

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Mar 10-12	1	$24.41M	—	$24.41M	3,057	$8.0K	1
Mar 17-19	2	$15.60M	-36.1%	$48.27M	3,117	$5.0K	2
Mar 24-26	4	$10.46M	-33.0%	$63.54M	3,202	$3.3K	3
Mar 31-Apr 2	4	$6.46M	-38.2%	$73.09M	3,074	$2.1K	4
Apr 7-9	6	$4.13M	-36.1%	$79.15M	2,616	$1.6K	5
Apr 14-16	9	$2.61M	-36.9%	$83.18M	1,950	$1.3K	6
Apr 21-23	13	$1.41M	-45.9%	$85.60M	1,295	$1.1K	7
Apr 28-30	17	$615K	-56.4%	$86.63M	664	$926	8
May 5-7	19	$394K	-35.9%	$87.21M	437	$901	9
May 12-14	25	$237K	-39.9%	$87.57M	283	$837	10
May 19-21	35	$83K	-64.9%	$87.72M	156	$532	11
May 26-28	24	$211K	+153.6%	$87.97M	320	$658	12
Jun 2-4	26	$174K	-17.7%	$88.29M	280	$619	13
Jun 9-11	33	$127K	-26.7%	$88.51M	217	$585	14
Jun 16-18	35	$79K	-38.1%	$88.66M	175	$449	15

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byTom Dey

ScreenplayTom J. Astle, Matt Ember

Produced byScott Rudin, Scott Aversano

CinematographyClaudio Miranda

MusicRolfe Kent

Prod. DesignJeremy Conway

StarringMatthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Terry Bradshaw

StudioParamount Pictures

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