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Friends with Benefits

2011 • R • 1h 49m • Comedy, Romance • Sony Pictures

Some friends come with a happy ending.

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3.02

6.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$18.6M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$55.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$146.6M

$90.8M international

Domestic Legs3.0x

Budget$35M

2011 Rank#57

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Cast & Crew

Full Gluck filmography

Will Gluck Director

Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake Starring

Mila Kunis Starring

Jenna Elfman Starring

Patricia Clarkson

Patricia Clarkson Starring

Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson Starring

ScreenplayKeith Merryman, David A. Newman, Will Gluck Produced byWill Gluck, Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer, Jerry Zucker, Janet Zucker CinematographyMichael Grady StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 22-24 3 $18.6M — 2,926 $6,364 $18.6M

2 Jul 29-31 6 $9.3M −50.2% 2,926 $3,170 $38.2M

3 Aug 5-7 8 $4.7M −49.5% 2,398 $1,955 $48.5M

4 Aug 12-14 13 $1.8M −60.6% 1,294 $1,427 $53.1M

5 Aug 19-21 20 $533.7K −71.1% 413 $1,292 $54.7M

6 Aug 26-28 30 $213.3K −60.0% 214 $997 $55.2M

7 Sep 2-4 39 $192.7K −9.7% 161 $1,197 $55.5M

8 Sep 9-11 48 $78.4K −59.3% 114 $688 $55.7M

9 Sep 16-18 47 $62.7K −20.1% 96 $653 $55.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 22 #3 $6.8M — $6.8M 2,926 $2,325 1

Sat Jul 23 #3 $6.6M −2.7% $13.4M 2,926 $2,262 2

Sun Jul 24 #3 $5.2M −21.4% $18.6M 2,926 $1,778 3

Mon Jul 25 #3 $2.7M −47.9% $21.3M 2,926 $927 4

Tue Jul 26 #3 $2.9M +8.5% $24.3M 2,926 $1,005 5

Wed Jul 27 #3 $2.4M −19.6% $26.6M 2,926 $808 6

Thu Jul 28 #3 $2.3M −4.4% $28.9M 2,926 $772 7

Fri Jul 29 #6 $3.2M +40.3% −53.4% $32.1M 2,926 $1,083 8

Sat Jul 30 #6 $3.4M +8.4% −48.1% $35.5M 2,926 $1,174 9

Sun Jul 31 #6 $2.7M −22.3% −48.7% $38.2M 2,926 $913 10

Mon Aug 1 #6 $1.4M −45.8% −46.7% $39.6M 2,926 $494 11

Tue Aug 2 #6 $1.6M +12.9% −44.5% $41.3M 2,926 $558 12

Wed Aug 3 #6 $1.4M −14.1% −40.7% $42.7M 2,926 $479 13

Thu Aug 4 #6 $1.2M −15.9% −47.8% $43.8M 2,926 $403 14

Fri Aug 5 #8 $1.5M +25.1% −53.4% $45.3M 2,398 $616 15

Sat Aug 6 #9 $1.8M +22.0% −47.6% $47.1M 2,398 $751 16

Sun Aug 7 #8 $1.4M −21.7% −47.2% $48.5M 2,398 $588 17

Mon Aug 8 #8 $717.5K −49.1% −50.4% $49.2M 2,398 $299 18

Tue Aug 9 #8 $862.6K +20.2% −47.2% $50.1M 2,398 $360 19

Wed Aug 10 #9 $598.0K −30.7% −57.4% $50.7M 2,398 $249 20

Thu Aug 11 #9 $528.5K −11.6% −55.2% $51.2M 2,398 $220 21

Fri Aug 12 #13 $582.1K +10.1% −60.6% $51.8M 1,294 $450 22

Sat Aug 13 #13 $718.4K +23.4% −60.1% $52.5M 1,294 $555 23

Sun Aug 14 #13 $545.9K −24.0% −61.3% $53.1M 1,294 $422 24

Mon Aug 15 #13 $279.5K −48.8% −61.0% $53.4M 1,294 $216 25

Tue Aug 16 #13 $326.9K +17.0% −62.1% $53.7M 1,294 $253 26

Wed Aug 17 #13 $252.8K −22.7% −57.7% $53.9M 1,294 $195 27

Thu Aug 18 #13 $239.9K −5.1% −54.6% $54.2M 1,294 $185 28

Fri Aug 19 — $168.2K −29.9% −71.1% $54.3M 413 $407 29

Sat Aug 20 — $219.0K +30.2% −69.5% $54.6M 413 $530 30

Sun Aug 21 — $146.5K −33.1% −73.2% $54.7M 413 $355 31

Mon Aug 22 — $71.3K −51.3% −74.5% $54.8M 413 $173 32

Tue Aug 23 — $85.3K +19.7% −73.9% $54.9M 413 $207 33

Wed Aug 24 — $66.2K −22.4% −73.8% $54.9M 413 $160 34

Thu Aug 25 — $68.5K +3.5% −71.5% $55.0M 413 $166 35

Fri Aug 26 — $72.6K +6.0% −56.9% $55.1M 214 $339 36

Sat Aug 27 — $90.1K +24.1% −58.9% $55.2M 214 $421 37

Sun Aug 28 — $50.7K −43.7% −65.4% $55.2M 214 $237 38

Cumulative total$55.2M

Jul 22Jul 31Aug 10Aug 19Aug 28

Weekend grossWk 9 · $62.7K

$18.6M

$9.3M

$4.7M

$1.8M

$533.7K

$213.3K

$192.7K

$78.4K

$62.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,926 → 214 −92.7%

2,926 open214 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −20.1%

−50.2%

W1→2

−49.5%

W2→3

−60.6%

W3→4

−71.1%

W4→5

−60.0%

W5→6

−9.7%

W6→7

−59.3%

W7→8

−20.1%

W8→9

Steepest −71.1%Best hold −9.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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