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Instructions Not Included

2013 • PG-13 • 1h 55m • Comedy, Drama • Pantelion Films

Life doesn't care if you're ready.

🍅 63% 89%

55

3.78

7.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$7.8M

Limited · 348 theaters

Domestic Total

$44.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$100.5M

$56.0M international

Domestic Legs5.5x

Budget$5M

2013 Rank#73

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Cast & Crew

Directed byEugenio Derbez ScreenplayEugenio Derbez, Guillermo Ríos, Leticia López Margalli Produced byEugenio Derbez CinematographyMartín Boege MusicCarlo Siliotto Prod. DesignSandra Cabriada StarringEugenio Derbez, Loreto Peralta, Jessica Lindsey, Daniel Raymont, Hugo Stiglitz, Arcelia Ramírez StudioPantelion Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 30-Sep 1 4 $7.8M — 348 $22,547 $7.8M

2 Sep 6-8 3 $8.1M +3.9% 717 $11,366 $20.4M

3 Sep 13-15 6 $4.9M −40.3% 933 $5,212 $27.2M

4 Sep 20-22 4 $5.4M +11.0% 978 $5,518 $34.0M

5 Sep 27-29 8 $3.5M −35.8% 948 $3,655 $38.7M

6 Oct 4-6 11 $1.8M −46.8% 858 $2,147 $41.3M

7 Oct 11-13 14 $1.0M −43.4% 711 $1,465 $42.7M

8 Oct 18-20 19 $538.6K −48.3% 475 $1,134 $43.5M

9 Oct 25-27 22 $283.7K −47.3% 301 $942 $44.0M

10 Nov 1-3 30 $109.9K −61.3% 136 $808 $44.1M

11 Nov 8-10 45 $36.6K −66.6% 52 $705 $44.2M

12 Nov 15-17 46 $31.1K −15.1% 47 $662 $44.2M

13 Nov 22-24 34 $58.7K +88.8% 80 $734 $44.3M

14 Nov 29-Dec 1 35 $65.9K +12.3% 68 $969 $44.4M

15 Dec 6-8 36 $35.3K −46.5% 68 $519 $44.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 30 #4 $1.9M — $1.9M 348 $5,543 1

Sat Aug 31 #5 $2.8M +44.4% $4.7M 348 $8,002 2

Sun Sep 1 #3 $3.1M +12.5% $7.8M 348 $9,002 3

Mon Sep 2 #5 $2.5M −19.2% $10.4M 348 $7,276 4

Tue Sep 3 #3 $683.1K −73.0% $11.1M 348 $1,963 5

Wed Sep 4 #3 $590.8K −13.5% $11.7M 348 $1,698 6

Thu Sep 5 #3 $559.1K −5.4% $12.2M 348 $1,607 7

Fri Sep 6 #4 $1.6M +193.0% −15.1% $13.9M 717 $2,285 8

Sat Sep 7 #4 $3.3M +101.5% +18.6% $17.2M 717 $4,606 9

Sun Sep 8 #2 $3.2M −2.8% +2.4% $20.4M 717 $4,475 10

Mon Sep 9 #3 $582.6K −81.8% −77.0% $20.9M 717 $813 11

Tue Sep 10 #4 $514.2K −11.7% −24.7% $21.5M 717 $717 12

Wed Sep 11 #4 $460.3K −10.5% −22.1% $21.9M 717 $642 13

Thu Sep 12 #4 $412.7K −10.3% −26.2% $22.3M 717 $576 14

Fri Sep 13 #6 $1.4M +238.3% −14.8% $23.7M 933 $1,497 15

Sat Sep 14 #7 $1.4M −1.0% −58.1% $25.1M 933 $1,482 16

Sun Sep 15 #3 $2.1M +50.7% −35.1% $27.2M 933 $2,233 17

Mon Sep 16 #6 $383.6K −81.6% −34.2% $27.6M 933 $411 18

Tue Sep 17 #6 $382.0K −0.4% −25.7% $28.0M 933 $409 19

Wed Sep 18 #6 $297.8K −22.0% −35.3% $28.3M 933 $319 20

Thu Sep 19 #6 $304.9K +2.4% −26.1% $28.6M 933 $327 21

Fri Sep 20 #5 $1.4M +350.3% −1.7% $29.9M 978 $1,404 22

Sat Sep 21 #5 $2.1M +53.4% +52.4% $32.0M 978 $2,154 23

Sun Sep 22 #3 $1.9M −9.0% −8.0% $34.0M 978 $1,960 24

Mon Sep 23 #6 $328.0K −82.9% −14.5% $34.3M 978 $335 25

Tue Sep 24 #7 $354.7K +8.1% −7.1% $34.6M 978 $363 26

Wed Sep 25 #8 $277.6K −21.8% −6.8% $34.9M 978 $284 27

Thu Sep 26 #8 $268.8K −3.2% −11.8% $35.2M 978 $275 28

Fri Sep 27 #10 $800.0K +197.6% −41.7% $36.0M 948 $844 29

Sat Sep 28 #8 $1.4M +75.7% −33.3% $37.4M 948 $1,483 30

Sun Sep 29 #7 $1.3M −10.4% −34.3% $38.7M 948 $1,329 31

Mon Sep 30 #10 $200.2K −84.1% −39.0% $38.9M 948 $211 32

Tue Oct 1 #10 $232.3K +16.0% −34.5% $39.1M 948 $245 33

Wed Oct 2 #11 $173.8K −25.2% −37.4% $39.3M 948 $183 34

Thu Oct 3 — $156.8K −9.8% −41.7% $39.4M 948 $165 35

Fri Oct 4 #13 $417.7K +166.4% −47.8% $39.8M 858 $487 36

Sat Oct 5 #12 $746.4K +78.7% −46.9% $40.6M 858 $870 37

Sun Oct 6 #10 $678.2K −9.1% −46.2% $41.3M 858 $790 38

Mon Oct 7 #14 $113.0K −83.3% −43.6% $41.4M 858 $132 39

Tue Oct 8 #14 $119.8K +6.1% −48.4% $41.5M 858 $140 40

Wed Oct 9 #14 $94.6K −21.0% −45.6% $41.6M 858 $110 41

Thu Oct 10 #14 $88.7K −6.3% −43.4% $41.7M 858 $103 42

Fri Oct 11 #14 $213.1K +140.2% −49.0% $41.9M 711 $300 43

Sat Oct 12 #14 $419.3K +96.8% −43.8% $42.3M 711 $590 44

Sun Oct 13 #13 $409.6K −2.3% −39.6% $42.7M 711 $576 45

Mon Oct 14 #15 $111.1K −72.9% −1.7% $42.8M 711 $156 46

Tue Oct 15 — $64.4K −42.0% −46.2% $42.9M 711 $91 47

Wed Oct 16 — $57.9K −10.1% −38.9% $42.9M 711 $81 48

Thu Oct 17 — $53.8K −7.1% −39.4% $43.0M 711 $76 49

Fri Oct 18 — $126.2K +134.7% −40.8% $43.1M 475 $266 50

Sat Oct 19 — $219.6K +74.0% −47.6% $43.3M 475 $462 51

Sun Oct 20 — $192.8K −12.2% −52.9% $43.5M 475 $406 52

Mon Oct 21 — $34.6K −82.0% −68.8% $43.6M 475 $73 53

Tue Oct 22 — $39.1K +12.9% −39.3% $43.6M 475 $82 54

Wed Oct 23 — $29.8K −23.8% −48.5% $43.6M 475 $63 55

Thu Oct 24 — $27.0K −9.3% −49.8% $43.7M 475 $57 56

Fri Oct 25 — $65.6K +142.7% −48.1% $43.7M 301 $218 57

Sat Oct 26 — $116.5K +77.8% −46.9% $43.9M 301 $387 58

Sun Oct 27 — $101.6K −12.8% −47.3% $44.0M 301 $337 59

Mon Oct 28 — $19.0K −81.3% −45.1% $44.0M 301 $63 60

Tue Oct 29 — $20.0K +5.4% −48.8% $44.0M 301 $67 61

Wed Oct 30 — $14.9K −25.4% −49.9% $44.0M 301 $50 62

Thu Oct 31 — $12.6K −15.9% −53.5% $44.0M 301 $42 63

Fri Nov 1 — $22.9K +82.3% −65.1% $44.0M 136 $168 64

Sat Nov 2 — $49.2K +115.2% −57.7% $44.1M 136 $362 65

Sun Nov 3 — $37.8K −23.3% −62.8% $44.1M 136 $278 66

Mon Nov 4 — $6.3K −83.2% −66.6% $44.1M 136 $47 67

Tue Nov 5 — $7.3K +15.8% −63.3% $44.1M 136 $54 68

Wed Nov 6 — $6.6K −10.0% −55.7% $44.2M 136 $49 69

Thu Nov 7 — $5.4K −18.8% −57.2% $44.2M 136 $40 70

Fri Nov 8 — $7.4K +38.5% −67.5% $44.2M 52 $143 71

Sat Nov 9 — $15.2K +104.4% −69.1% $44.2M 52 $292 72

Sun Nov 10 — $14.0K −7.9% −62.9% $44.2M 52 $269 73

Mon Nov 11 — $5.9K −57.8% −6.9% $44.2M 52 $114 74

Tue Nov 12 — $3.2K −46.0% −56.6% $44.2M 52 $61 75

Wed Nov 13 — $2.0K −36.9% −69.6% $44.2M 52 $39 76

Thu Nov 14 — $2.2K +8.6% −59.3% $44.2M 52 $42 77

Fri Nov 15 — $6.5K +197.6% −12.6% $44.2M 47 $138 78

Sat Nov 16 — $13.9K +113.2% −8.8% $44.2M 47 $295 79

Sun Nov 17 — $10.7K −22.7% −23.4% $44.2M 47 $228 80

Mon Nov 18 — $2.1K −80.6% −64.7% $44.2M 47 $44 81

Tue Nov 19 — $2.5K +20.0% −21.6% $44.2M 47 $53 82

Wed Nov 20 — $1.8K −27.2% −9.6% $44.2M 47 $39 83

Thu Nov 21 — $1.4K −22.3% −35.4% $44.2M 47 $30 84

Fri Nov 22 — $12.3K +770.9% +89.1% $44.3M 80 $154 85

Sat Nov 23 — $23.7K +92.6% +70.9% $44.3M 80 $296 86

Sun Nov 24 — $22.7K −4.2% +111.7% $44.3M 80 $284 87

Mon Nov 25 — $7.9K −65.0% +281.5% $44.3M 80 $99 88

Tue Nov 26 — $10.1K +27.7% +305.8% $44.3M 80 $127 89

Wed Nov 27 — $10.4K +2.6% +472.4% $44.3M 80 $130 90

Thu Nov 28 — $7.1K −31.9% +402.1% $44.3M 80 $89 91

Fri Nov 29 — $22.0K +210.5% +79.0% $44.4M 68 $324 92

Sat Nov 30 — $25.9K +17.5% +9.1% $44.4M 68 $380 93

Sun Dec 1 — $18.0K −30.4% −20.7% $44.4M 68 $265 94

Mon Dec 2 — $3.4K −80.9% −56.6% $44.4M 68 $51 95

Tue Dec 3 — $3.8K +11.3% −62.2% $44.4M 68 $56 96

Wed Dec 4 — $3.6K −5.1% −65.0% $44.4M 68 $54 97

Thu Dec 5 — $2.9K −20.7% −59.3% $44.4M 68 $42 98

Fri Dec 6 — $8.4K +192.6% −61.7% $44.4M 46 $183 99

Sat Dec 7 — $14.2K +68.2% −45.1% $44.4M 46 $309 100

Sun Dec 8 — $12.6K −10.9% −29.8% $44.5M 46 $275 101

Mon Dec 9 — $2.8K −78.2% −20.1% $44.5M 46 $60 102

Tue Dec 10 — $2.9K +4.8% −24.7% $44.5M 46 $63 103

Wed Dec 11 — $2.7K −5.2% −24.8% $44.5M 46 $59 104

Thu Dec 12 — $2.3K −15.1% −19.5% $44.5M 46 $50 105

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

Cumulative total$44.2M

Aug 30Sep 16Oct 4Oct 21Nov 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $109.9K

$7.8M

$8.1M

$4.9M

$5.4M

$3.5M

$1.8M

$1.0M

$538.6K

$283.7K

$109.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 978 → 136 −86.1%

348 open136 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −61.3%

+3.9%

W1→2

−40.3%

W2→3

+11.0%

W3→4

−35.8%

W4→5

−46.8%

W5→6

−43.4%

W6→7

−48.3%

W7→8

−47.3%

W8→9

−61.3%

W9→10

Steepest −61.3%Biggest gain +11.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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