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Forgetting Sarah Marshall

2008 • R • 1h 52m • Comedy, Romance, Drama • Universal Pictures

You lose some, you get some.

🍅 84% 76%

67

3.31

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$17.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$63.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$105.5M

$42.3M international

Domestic Legs3.6x

Budget$30M

2008 Rank#49

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Cast & Crew

Jason Segel Starring

Kristen Bell Starring

Mila Kunis Starring

Russell Brand Starring

Bill Hader Starring

Jonah Hill Starring

ScreenplayJason Segel Produced byJudd Apatow, Shauna Robertson CinematographyRuss T. Alsobrook Music byLyle Workman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 18-20 2 $17.7M — 2,798 $6,335 $17.7M

2 Apr 25-27 4 $11.0M −37.8% 2,799 $3,940 $35.1M

3 May 2-4 5 $6.1M −45.1% 2,872 $2,110 $44.7M

4 May 9-11 6 $3.8M −36.7% 2,376 $1,615 $50.8M

5 May 16-18 7 $2.8M −27.4% 1,601 $1,740 $55.3M

6 May 23-25 8 $1.8M −36.5% 1,073 $1,650 $58.3M

7 May 30-Jun 1 10 $1.1M −40.1% 768 $1,380 $60.5M

8 Jun 6-8 12 $481.8K −54.5% 442 $1,090 $61.6M

9 Jun 13-15 14 $287.6K −40.3% 306 $940 $62.1M

10 Jun 20-22 17 $202.5K −29.6% 247 $820 $62.5M

11 Jun 27-29 20 $124.2K −38.7% 194 $640 $62.7M

12 Jul 4-6 31 $81.8K −34.1% 133 $615 $62.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 18 #2 $6.0M — $6.0M 2,798 $2,160 1

Sat Apr 19 #2 $6.8M +13% $12.8M 2,798 $2,430 2

Sun Apr 20 #2 $4.9M −28% $17.7M 2,798 $1,745 3

Mon Apr 21 #2 $1.7M −66% $19.4M 2,798 $600 4

Tue Apr 22 #1 $1.6M −3% $21.0M 2,798 $580 5

Wed Apr 23 #1 $1.5M −5% $22.6M 2,798 $550 6

Thu Apr 24 #1 $1.5M −3% $24.1M 2,798 $535 7

Fri Apr 25 #3 $3.4M +130% −43% $27.5M 2,799 $1,230 8

Sat Apr 26 #4 $4.5M +32% −33% $32.1M 2,799 $1,625 9

Sun Apr 27 #4 $3.0M −33% −38% $35.1M 2,799 $1,085 10

Mon Apr 28 #3 $979.6K −68% −42% $36.1M 2,799 $350 11

Tue Apr 29 #3 $950.4K −3% −41% $37.0M 2,799 $340 12

Wed Apr 30 #3 $867.7K −9% −44% $37.9M 2,799 $310 13

Thu May 1 #3 $783.7K −10% −48% $38.7M 2,799 $280 14

Fri May 2 #5 $2.0M +149% −43% $40.6M 2,869 $681 15

Sat May 3 #4 $2.6M +33% −43% $43.2M 2,869 $906 16

Sun May 4 #5 $1.5M −42% −50% $44.7M 2,869 $526 17

Mon May 5 #5 $473.9K −69% −52% $45.2M 2,869 $165 18

Tue May 6 #5 $575.2K +21% −39% $45.8M 2,869 $200 19

Wed May 7 #4 $588.8K +2% −32% $46.4M 2,869 $205 20

Thu May 8 #4 $574.3K −2% −27% $46.9M 2,869 $200 21

Fri May 9 #6 $1.2M +107% −39% $48.1M 2,379 $499 22

Sat May 10 #6 $1.6M +32% −40% $49.7M 2,379 $659 23

Sun May 11 #6 $1.1M −31% −28% $50.8M 2,379 $454 24

Mon May 12 #5 $463.3K −57% −2% $51.2M 2,379 $195 25

Tue May 13 #6 $451.0K −3% −22% $51.7M 2,379 $190 26

Wed May 14 #6 $427.7K −5% −27% $52.1M 2,379 $180 27

Thu May 15 #6 $403.4K −6% −30% $52.5M 2,379 $170 28

Fri May 16 #7 $808.5K +100% −32% $53.3M 1,604 $504 29

Sat May 17 #7 $1.1M +37% −30% $54.4M 1,604 $689 30

Sun May 18 #7 $873.0K −21% −19% $55.3M 1,604 $544 31

Mon May 19 #7 $392.2K −55% −15% $55.7M 1,604 $245 32

Tue May 20 #7 $344.0K −12% −24% $56.0M 1,604 $214 33

Wed May 21 #7 $280.2K −19% −34% $56.3M 1,604 $175 34

Thu May 22 #8 $199.2K −29% −51% $56.5M 1,601 $124 35

Fri May 23 #8 $498.9K +151% −38% $57.0M 1,072 $465 36

Sat May 24 #8 $638.4K +28% −42% $57.7M 1,072 $596 37

Sun May 25 #8 $633.1K −1% −27% $58.3M 1,072 $591 38

Mon May 26 #8 $499.3K −21% +27% $58.8M 1,072 $466 39

Tue May 27 #8 $246.9K −51% −28% $59.0M 1,072 $230 40

Wed May 28 #8 $203.5K −18% −27% $59.2M 1,072 $190 41

Thu May 29 #8 $177.0K −13% −11% $59.4M 1,072 $165 42

Fri May 30 #10 $314.9K +78% −37% $59.7M 760 $414 43

Sat May 31 #10 $445.4K +41% −30% $60.2M 760 $586 44

Sun Jun 1 #10 $299.5K −33% −53% $60.5M 760 $394 45

Mon Jun 2 #10 $138.2K −54% −72% $60.6M 760 $182 46

Tue Jun 3 #10 $157.4K +14% −36% $60.8M 760 $207 47

Wed Jun 4 #10 $153.6K −2% −25% $60.9M 760 $202 48

Thu Jun 5 #10 $134.4K −13% −24% $61.1M 760 $177 49

Fri Jun 6 #11 $141.4K +5% −55% $61.2M 442 $320 50

Sat Jun 7 #12 $192.3K +36% −57% $61.4M 442 $435 51

Sun Jun 8 #11 $148.1K −23% −51% $61.6M 442 $335 52

Mon Jun 9 #11 $70.7K −52% −49% $61.6M 442 $160 53

Tue Jun 10 #11 $68.4K −3% −57% $61.7M 442 $155 54

Wed Jun 11 #11 $68.5K — −55% $61.8M 442 $155 55

Thu Jun 12 #12 $59.8K −13% −56% $61.8M 442 $135 56

Fri Jun 13 #14 $91.8K +53% −35% $61.9M 306 $300 57

Sat Jun 14 #14 $119.3K +30% −38% $62.0M 306 $390 58

Sun Jun 15 #13 $76.5K −36% −48% $62.1M 306 $250 59

Mon Jun 16 #12 $44.4K −42% −37% $62.2M 306 $145 60

Tue Jun 17 #13 $41.3K −7% −40% $62.2M 306 $135 61

Wed Jun 18 #13 $45.9K +11% −33% $62.2M 306 $150 62

Thu Jun 19 #13 $42.9K −6% −28% $62.3M 306 $140 63

Fri Jun 20 #- $59.3K +38% −35% $62.3M 247 $240 64

Sat Jun 21 #- $79.0K +33% −34% $62.4M 247 $320 65

Sun Jun 22 #- $64.2K −19% −16% $62.5M 247 $260 66

Mon Jun 23 #- $32.1K −50% −28% $62.5M 247 $130 67

Tue Jun 24 #- $30.9K −4% −25% $62.5M 247 $125 68

Wed Jun 25 #- $27.2K −12% −41% $62.6M 247 $110 69

Thu Jun 26 #- $27.2K — −37% $62.6M 247 $110 70

Fri Jun 27 #- $36.9K +35% −38% $62.6M 194 $190 71

Sat Jun 28 #- $47.5K +29% −40% $62.7M 194 $245 72

Sun Jun 29 #- $39.8K −16% −38% $62.7M 194 $205 73

Mon Jun 30 #- $21.3K −46% −34% $62.7M 194 $110 74

Tue Jul 1 #- $18.4K −14% −40% $62.8M 194 $95 75

Wed Jul 2 #- $14.6K −21% −46% $62.8M 194 $75 76

Thu Jul 3 #- $16.1K +10% −41% $62.8M 194 $83 77

Fri Jul 4 #- $18.6K +16% −49% $62.8M 133 $140 78

Sat Jul 5 #- $37.2K +100% −22% $62.9M 133 $280 79

Sun Jul 6 #- $25.9K −30% −35% $62.9M 133 $195 80

Mon Jul 7 #- $13.3K −49% −38% $62.9M 133 $100 81

Tue Jul 8 #- $13.3K — −28% $62.9M 133 $100 82

Wed Jul 9 #- $14.6K +10% $62.9M 133 $110 83

Thu Jul 10 #- $14.0K −5% −13% $62.9M 133 $105 84

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

Cumulative total$62.6M

Apr 18May 5May 23Jun 9Jun 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $202.5K

$17.7M

$11.0M

$6.1M

$3.8M

$2.8M

$1.8M

$1.1M

$481.8K

$287.6K

$202.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,869 → 247 −91.4%

2,798 open247 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.6%

−37.8%

W1→2

−45.1%

W2→3

−36.7%

W3→4

−27.4%

W4→5

−36.5%

W5→6

−40.1%

W6→7

−54.5%

W7→8

−40.3%

W8→9

−29.6%

W9→10

Steepest −54.5%Best hold −27.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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