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

Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Mar 10	#1	$8.5M		—	$8.5M	3,057	$3K	1
Sat Mar 11	#1	$10.3M	+21%	—	$18.8M	3,057	$3K	2
Sun Mar 12	#1	$5.6M	-45%	—	$24.4M	3,057	$2K	3
Mon Mar 13	#1	$2.0M	-64%	—	$26.4M	3,057	$666	4
Tue Mar 14	#1	$2.1M	+5%	—	$28.6M	3,057	$698	5
Wed Mar 15	#1	$2.0M	-5%	—	$30.6M	3,057	$665	6
Thu Mar 16	#1	$2.1M	+1%	—	$32.7M	3,057	$670	7
Fri Mar 17	#2	$4.7M	+128%	-45%	$37.4M	3,117	$2K	8
Sat Mar 18	#2	$7.3M	+57%	-29%	$44.7M	3,117	$2K	9
Sun Mar 19	#3	$3.6M	-51%	-36%	$48.3M	3,117	$1K	10
Mon Mar 20	#2	$1.1M	-69%	-45%	$49.4M	3,117	$358	11
Tue Mar 21	#2	$1.2M	+9%	-43%	$50.6M	3,117	$390	12
Wed Mar 22	#2	$1.2M	-3%	-42%	$51.8M	3,117	$377	13
Thu Mar 23	#2	$1.3M	+10%	-37%	$53.1M	3,117	$414	14
Fri Mar 24	#4	$3.4M	+165%	-27%	$56.5M	3,202	$1K	15
Sat Mar 25	#3	$4.7M	+39%	-35%	$61.2M	3,202	$1K	16
Sun Mar 26	#4	$2.3M	-52%	-36%	$63.5M	3,202	$717	17
Mon Mar 27	#3	$728K	-68%	-35%	$64.3M	3,202	$227	18
Tue Mar 28	#3	$813K	+12%	-33%	$65.1M	3,202	$253	19
Wed Mar 29	#3	$768K	-5%	-35%	$65.8M	3,202	$239	20
Thu Mar 30	#3	$778K	+1%	-40%	$66.6M	3,202	$242	21
Fri Mar 31	#4	$2.2M	+185%	-35%	$68.8M	3,074	$721	22
Sat Apr 1	#4	$2.9M	+30%	-39%	$71.7M	3,074	$937	23
Sun Apr 2	#5	$1.4M	-53%	-41%	$73.1M	3,074	$443	24
Mon Apr 3	#5	$431K	-68%	-41%	$73.5M	3,074	$140	25
Tue Apr 4	#5	$501K	+16%	-38%	$74.0M	3,074	$162	26
Wed Apr 5	#4	$480K	-4%	-38%	$74.5M	3,074	$156	27
Thu Apr 6	#4	$514K	+7%	-34%	$75.0M	3,074	$167	28
Fri Apr 7	#6	$1.3M	+151%	-42%	$76.3M	2,616	$492	29
Sat Apr 8	#6	$2.0M	+56%	-30%	$78.3M	2,616	$767	30
Sun Apr 9	#8	$835K	-58%	-39%	$79.1M	2,616	$319	31
Mon Apr 10	#7	$305K	-63%	-29%	$79.5M	2,616	$116	32
Tue Apr 11	#7	$329K	+8%	-34%	$79.8M	2,616	$125	33
Wed Apr 12	#7	$338K	+3%	-29%	$80.1M	2,616	$129	34
Thu Apr 13	#6	$454K	+34%	-12%	$80.6M	2,616	$173	35
Fri Apr 14	#9	$967K	+113%	-25%	$81.5M	1,950	$495	36
Sat Apr 15	#9	$1.0M	+6%	-49%	$82.6M	1,950	$524	37
Sun Apr 16	#9	$619K	-39%	-26%	$83.2M	1,950	$317	38
Mon Apr 17	#9	$287K	-54%	-6%	$83.5M	1,950	$147	39
Tue Apr 18	#9	$233K	-19%	-29%	$83.7M	1,950	$119	40
Wed Apr 19	#9	$244K	+5%	-28%	$83.9M	1,950	$125	41
Thu Apr 20	#9	$250K	+2%	-45%	$84.2M	1,950	$128	42
Mon May 29	#26	$60K			$88.0M	320	$186	81

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Mar 10-12	1	$24.4M	—	$24.4M	3,057	$8K	1
Mar 17-19	2	$15.6M	-36.1%	$48.3M	3,117	$5K	2
Mar 24-26	4	$10.5M	-33.0%	$63.5M	3,202	$3K	3
Mar 31-Apr 2	4	$6.5M	-38.2%	$73.1M	3,074	$2K	4
Apr 7-9	6	$4.1M	-36.1%	$79.1M	2,616	$2K	5
Apr 14-16	9	$2.6M	-36.9%	$83.2M	1,950	$1K	6
Apr 21-23	13	$1.4M	-45.9%	$85.6M	1,295	$1K	7
Apr 28-30	17	$615K	-56.4%	$86.6M	664	$926	8
May 5-7	19	$394K	-35.9%	$87.2M	437	$901	9
May 12-14	25	$237K	-39.9%	$87.6M	283	$837	10
May 19-21	35	$83K	-64.9%	$87.7M	156	$532	11
May 26-28	24	$211K	+153.6%	$88.0M	320	$658	12
Jun 2-4	26	$174K	-17.7%	$88.3M	280	$619	13
Jun 9-11 World Cup (Germany)	33	$127K	-26.7%	$88.5M	217	$585	14
Jun 16-18 World Cup (Germany)	35	$79K	-38.1%	$88.7M	175	$449	15

Performance Charts

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

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byTom Dey

ScreenplayTom J. Astle, Matt Ember

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

StudioParamount Pictures