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I Love You, Man

2009 • R • 1h 45m • Comedy, Romance • DreamWorks

Are you man enough to say it?

🍅 82% 74%

70

3.36

7.0

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$17.8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$71.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$92.3M

$20.9M international

Domestic Legs4.01x

Budget$40.0M

2009 Rank#47

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Cast & Crew

Paul Rudd Starring

Jason Segel Starring

Rashida Jones Starring

Andy Samberg Starring

J.K. Simmons Starring

ScreenplayJohn Hamburg, Larry Levin Produced byDonald De Line, John Hamburg CinematographyLawrence Sher MusicTheodore Shapiro Prod. DesignAndrew Laws StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 20-22 2 $17.8M — 2,711 $6,569 $17.8M

2 Mar 27-29 4 $12.7M −28.9% 2,717 $4,663 $37.1M

3 Apr 3-5 5 $7.7M −39.1% 2,829 $2,729 $49.2M

4 Apr 10-12 6 $6.3M −18.7% 2,643 $2,376 $58.9M

5 Apr 17-19 9 $3.3M −47.0% 2,202 $1,511 $64.6M

6 Apr 24-26 11 $2.0M −41.3% 1,563 $1,249 $67.8M

7 May 1-3 14 $738.3K −62.2% 685 $1,077 $69.3M

8 May 8-10 14 $507.7K −31.2% 407 $1,247 $70.1M

9 May 15-17 16 $401.5K −20.9% 340 $1,180 $70.7M

10 May 22-24 21 $226.1K −43.7% 274 $825 $71.1M

11 May 29-31 26 $136.2K −39.7% 228 $597 $71.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 20 #2 $6.3M — $6.3M 2,711 $2,323 1

Sat Mar 21 #2 $6.8M +7% $13.1M 2,711 $2,494 2

Sun Mar 22 #2 $4.7M −30% $17.8M 2,711 $1,751 3

Mon Mar 23 #2 $1.7M −64% $19.5M 2,711 $632 4

Tue Mar 24 #2 $1.8M +3% $21.3M 2,711 $653 5

Wed Mar 25 #2 $1.6M −12% $22.9M 2,711 $576 6

Thu Mar 26 #2 $1.5M −1% $24.4M 2,711 $571 7

Fri Mar 27 #4 $4.0M +157% −37% $28.4M 2,717 $1,462 8

Sat Mar 28 #4 $5.3M +32% −22% $33.6M 2,717 $1,934 9

Sun Mar 29 #4 $3.4M −35% −28% $37.1M 2,717 $1,266 10

Mon Mar 30 #3 $1.1M −68% −36% $38.2M 2,717 $403 11

Tue Mar 31 #3 $1.2M +5% −35% $39.3M 2,717 $425 12

Wed Apr 1 #3 $1.0M −11% −34% $40.4M 2,717 $378 13

Thu Apr 2 #2 $1.1M +5% −30% $41.4M 2,717 $396 14

Fri Apr 3 #5 $2.7M +153% −31% $44.2M 2,829 $965 15

Sat Apr 4 #5 $3.1M +12% −42% $47.2M 2,829 $1,084 16

Sun Apr 5 #4 $1.9M −37% −44% $49.2M 2,829 $680 17

Mon Apr 6 #4 $715.5K −63% −35% $49.9M 2,829 $252 18

Tue Apr 7 #3 $851.2K +19% −26% $50.7M 2,829 $300 19

Wed Apr 8 #3 $809.3K −5% −21% $51.5M 2,829 $286 20

Thu Apr 9 #3 $1.0M +30% −3% $52.6M 2,829 $370 21

Fri Apr 10 #7 $2.3M +115% −18% $54.8M 2,643 $851 22

Sat Apr 11 #6 $2.6M +13% −17% $57.4M 2,643 $965 23

Sun Apr 12 #6 $1.5M −42% −23% $58.9M 2,643 $559 24

Mon Apr 13 #7 $698.8K −53% −2% $59.6M 2,643 $264 25

Tue Apr 14 #6 $647.2K −7% −24% $60.2M 2,643 $244 26

Wed Apr 15 #6 $541.3K −16% −33% $60.8M 2,643 $204 27

Thu Apr 16 #5 $534.7K −1% −49% $61.3M 2,643 $202 28

Fri Apr 17 #9 $1.1M +103% −52% $62.4M 2,202 $492 29

Sat Apr 18 #9 $1.4M +27% −46% $63.7M 2,202 $625 30

Sun Apr 19 #9 $865.7K −37% −41% $64.6M 2,202 $393 31

Mon Apr 20 #8 $313.1K −64% −55% $64.9M 2,202 $142 32

Tue Apr 21 #8 $332.9K +6% −49% $65.3M 2,202 $151 33

Wed Apr 22 #9 $304.5K −9% −44% $65.6M 2,202 $138 34

Thu Apr 23 #9 $291.4K −4% −45% $65.9M 2,202 $132 35

Fri Apr 24 #11 $621.9K +113% −43% $66.5M 1,563 $397 36

Sat Apr 25 #12 $824.6K +33% −40% $67.3M 1,563 $527 37

Sun Apr 26 #11 $506.4K −39% −42% $67.8M 1,563 $324 38

Mon Apr 27 #12 $173.1K −66% −45% $68.0M 1,563 $110 39

Tue Apr 28 #11 $206.3K +19% −38% $68.2M 1,563 $131 40

Wed Apr 29 #11 $198.0K −4% −35% $68.4M 1,563 $126 41

Thu Apr 30 #11 $183.1K −8% −37% $68.6M 1,563 $117 42

Fri May 1 #14 $223.8K +22% −64% $68.8M 685 $326 43

Sat May 2 #14 $302.5K +35% −63% $69.1M 685 $441 44

Sun May 3 #13 $211.9K −30% −58% $69.3M 685 $309 45

Mon May 4 #13 $73.3K −65% −58% $69.4M 685 $106 46

Tue May 5 #12 $72.3K −1% −65% $69.5M 685 $105 47

Wed May 6 #12 $78.0K +8% −61% $69.5M 685 $113 48

Thu May 7 #13 $55.9K −28% −69% $69.6M 685 $81 49

Fri May 8 $172.8K +209% −23% $69.8M 407 $424 50

Sat May 9 $219.5K +27% −27% $70.0M 407 $539 51

Sun May 10 $115.4K −47% −46% $70.1M 407 $283 52

Mon May 11 $44.6K −61% −39% $70.1M 407 $109 53

Tue May 12 $50.6K +13% −30% $70.2M 407 $124 54

Wed May 13 $49.2K −3% −37% $70.2M 407 $120 55

Thu May 14 $44.8K −9% −20% $70.3M 407 $109 56

Fri May 15 $122.9K +175% −29% $70.4M 340 $361 57

Sat May 16 $163.2K +33% −26% $70.6M 340 $479 58

Sun May 17 $115.5K −29% n/c $70.7M 340 $339 59

Mon May 18 $53.1K −54% +19% $70.7M 340 $156 60

Tue May 19 $33.5K −37% −34% $70.8M 340 $98 61

Wed May 20 $31.7K −5% −36% $70.8M 340 $93 62

Thu May 21 $24.4K −23% −46% $70.8M 340 $71 63

Fri May 22 $65.8K +170% −46% $70.9M 274 $240 64

Sat May 23 #19 $82.4K +25% −50% $71.0M 274 $300 65

Sun May 24 #19 $77.9K −5% −33% $71.1M 274 $284 66

Mon May 25 #22 $54.2K −30% +2% $71.1M 274 $197 67

Tue May 26 $35.2K −35% +5% $71.1M 274 $128 68

Wed May 27 $32.7K −7% +3% $71.2M 274 $119 69

Thu May 28 $33.6K +3% +38% $71.2M 274 $122 70

Fri May 29 $43.0K +28% −35% $71.3M 228 $188 71

Sat May 30 $53.7K +25% −35% $71.3M 228 $235 72

Sun May 31 $39.6K −26% −49% $71.3M 228 $173 73

Mon Jun 1 $23.1K −42% −57% $71.4M 228 $101 74

Tue Jun 2 $25.3K +10% −28% $71.4M 228 $110 75

Wed Jun 3 $24.1K −5% −26% $71.4M 228 $105 76

Thu Jun 4 $20.5K −15% −39% $71.4M 228 $89 77

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

Cumulative total$71.2M

Mar 20Apr 6Apr 24May 11May 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $226.1K

$17.8M

$12.7M

$7.7M

$6.3M

$3.3M

$2.0M

$738.3K

$507.7K

$401.5K

$226.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,829 → 274 −90.3%

2,711 open274 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43.7%

−28.9% W1→2

−39.1% W2→3

−18.7% W3→4

−47.0% W4→5

−41.3% W5→6

−62.2% W6→7

−31.2% W7→8

−20.9% W8→9

−43.7% W9→10

Steepest −62.2%Best hold −18.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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