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Life as We Know It

2010 • PG-13 • 1h 53m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Warner Bros.

A comedy about taking it one step at a time.

🍅 29% 61%

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$14.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$53.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$105.9M

$52.5M international

Domestic Legs3.7x

Budget$38M

2010 Rank#62

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Cast & Crew

Full Berlanti filmography

Greg Berlanti Director

Katherine Heigl

Katherine Heigl Starring

Josh Duhamel Starring

Josh Lucas Starring

ScreenplayKristin Rusk Robinson, Ian Deitchman Produced byBarry Josephson, Paul Brooks CinematographyAndrew Dunn MusicBlake Neely Prod. DesignMaher Ahmad StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 8-10 2 $14.5M — 3,150 $4,605 $14.5M

2 Oct 15-17 5 $9.0M −38.3% 3,150 $2,843 $28.6M

3 Oct 22-24 7 $6.1M −31.5% 3,019 $2,033 $37.6M

4 Oct 29-31 8 $4.1M −33.9% 2,860 $1,418 $43.5M

5 Nov 5-7 11 $3.1M −24.4% 1,950 $1,572 $48.5M

6 Nov 12-14 14 $1.3M −57.8% 1,239 $1,044 $50.8M

7 Nov 19-21 17 $536.4K −58.6% 558 $961 $51.6M

8 Nov 26-28 30 $154.4K −71.2% 249 $620 $52.0M

9 Dec 3-5 30 $103.0K −33.3% 208 $495 $52.1M

10 Dec 10-12 35 $58.3K −43.4% 120 $486 $52.2M

11 Dec 17-19 41 $40.5K −30.5% 75 $540 $52.3M

12 Dec 24-26 28 $111.6K +175.6% 248 $450 $52.5M

13 Dec 31-Jan 2 23 $204.6K +83.3% 248 $825 $52.9M

14 Jan 7-9 29 $152.3K −25.6% 188 $810 $53.1M

15 Jan 14-16 39 $88.5K −41.9% 132 $670 $53.3M

16 Jan 21-23 44 $49.6K −44.0% 86 $576 $53.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 8 #1 $5.2M — $5.2M 3,150 $1,659 1

Sat Oct 9 #2 $5.7M +8.6% $10.9M 3,150 $1,802 2

Sun Oct 10 #2 $3.6M −36.5% $14.5M 3,150 $1,144 3

Mon Oct 11 #3 $1.7M −52.7% $16.2M 3,150 $541 4

Tue Oct 12 #2 $1.2M −27.3% $17.5M 3,150 $393 5

Wed Oct 13 #2 $1.1M −12.8% $18.5M 3,150 $343 6

Thu Oct 14 #3 $1.1M +4.9% $19.7M 3,150 $360 7

Fri Oct 15 #4 $3.1M +169.4% −41.6% $22.7M 3,150 $969 8

Sat Oct 16 #5 $3.9M +26.3% −32.1% $26.6M 3,150 $1,224 9

Sun Oct 17 #5 $2.0M −46.9% −43.2% $28.6M 3,150 $650 10

Mon Oct 18 #5 $636.2K −68.9% −62.7% $29.3M 3,150 $202 11

Tue Oct 19 #5 $808.3K +27.1% −34.8% $30.1M 3,150 $257 12

Wed Oct 20 #5 $682.3K −15.6% −36.8% $30.7M 3,150 $217 13

Thu Oct 21 #5 $718.5K +5.3% −36.6% $31.5M 3,150 $228 14

Fri Oct 22 #6 $2.0M +178.6% −34.4% $33.5M 3,019 $663 15

Sat Oct 23 #7 $2.7M +34.6% −30.1% $36.2M 3,019 $893 16

Sun Oct 24 #7 $1.4M −46.6% −29.6% $37.6M 3,019 $477 17

Mon Oct 25 #7 $418.4K −70.9% −34.2% $38.0M 3,019 $139 18

Tue Oct 26 #7 $524.1K +25.3% −35.2% $38.5M 3,019 $174 19

Wed Oct 27 #7 $451.3K −13.9% −33.9% $39.0M 3,019 $149 20

Thu Oct 28 #7 $482.2K +6.8% −32.9% $39.5M 3,019 $160 21

Fri Oct 29 #8 $1.4M +200.3% −27.7% $40.9M 2,860 $506 22

Sat Oct 30 #8 $1.7M +20.4% −35.3% $42.7M 2,860 $609 23

Sun Oct 31 #8 $864.5K −50.4% −40.0% $43.5M 2,860 $302 24

Mon Nov 1 #8 $441.3K −48.9% +5.5% $44.0M 2,860 $154 25

Tue Nov 2 #7 $559.2K +26.7% +6.7% $44.5M 2,860 $196 26

Wed Nov 3 #8 $421.2K −24.7% −6.7% $45.0M 2,860 $147 27

Thu Nov 4 #8 $485.0K +15.2% +0.6% $45.4M 2,860 $170 28

Fri Nov 5 #11 $1.0M +107.8% −30.4% $46.4M 1,950 $517 29

Sat Nov 6 #11 $1.4M +40.6% −18.7% $47.9M 1,950 $726 30

Sun Nov 7 #11 $641.9K −54.7% −25.7% $48.5M 1,950 $329 31

Mon Nov 8 #11 $164.0K −74.5% −62.8% $48.7M 1,950 $84 32

Tue Nov 9 #11 $212.0K +29.3% −62.1% $48.9M 1,950 $109 33

Wed Nov 10 #12 $214.2K +1.0% −49.1% $49.1M 1,725 $124 34

Thu Nov 11 #12 $364.1K +70.0% −24.9% $49.5M 1,725 $211 35

Fri Nov 12 #13 $442.1K +21.4% −56.1% $49.9M 1,239 $357 36

Sat Nov 13 #14 $583.4K +32.0% −58.8% $50.5M 1,239 $471 37

Sun Nov 14 #14 $268.6K −54.0% −58.2% $50.8M 1,239 $217 38

Mon Nov 15 #15 $72.3K −73.1% −55.9% $50.8M 1,239 $58 39

Tue Nov 16 #14 $100.1K +38.4% −52.8% $50.9M 1,239 $81 40

Wed Nov 17 #15 $84.1K −16.0% −60.7% $51.0M 1,239 $68 41

Thu Nov 18 #15 $83.3K −0.9% −77.1% $51.1M 1,239 $67 42

Fri Nov 19 — $171.4K +105.7% −61.2% $51.3M 558 $307 43

Sat Nov 20 — $241.4K +40.8% −58.6% $51.5M 558 $433 44

Sun Nov 21 — $123.6K −48.8% −54.0% $51.6M 558 $221 45

Mon Nov 22 — $54.6K −55.8% −24.5% $51.7M 558 $98 46

Tue Nov 23 — $77.3K +41.5% −22.8% $51.8M 558 $139 47

Wed Nov 24 — $29.5K −61.9% −65.0% $51.8M 301 $98 48

Thu Nov 25 — $33.3K +13.1% −60.0% $51.8M 301 $111 49

Fri Nov 26 — $60.2K +80.7% −64.9% $51.9M 249 $242 50

Sat Nov 27 — $68.1K +13.1% −71.8% $52.0M 249 $273 51

Sun Nov 28 — $26.1K −61.7% −78.9% $52.0M 249 $105 52

Mon Nov 29 — $8.9K −66.0% −83.8% $52.0M 249 $36 53

Tue Nov 30 — $10.4K +17.0% −86.6% $52.0M 249 $42 54

Wed Dec 1 — $9.2K −11.0% −68.7% $52.0M 249 $37 55

Thu Dec 2 — $11.0K +19.0% −67.1% $52.0M 249 $44 56

Fri Dec 3 — $35.5K +223.1% −41.1% $52.1M 208 $171 57

Sat Dec 4 — $43.1K +21.5% −36.7% $52.1M 208 $207 58

Sun Dec 5 — $24.4K −43.3% −6.3% $52.1M 208 $117 59

Mon Dec 6 — $6.1K −75.1% −31.5% $52.1M 208 $29 60

Tue Dec 7 — $8.0K +31.2% −23.2% $52.1M 208 $38 61

Wed Dec 8 — $7.3K −8.0% −20.6% $52.1M 208 $35 62

Thu Dec 9 — $7.8K +7.0% −28.6% $52.2M 208 $38 63

Fri Dec 10 — $20.3K +159.3% −42.7% $52.2M 120 $169 64

Sat Dec 11 — $24.0K +18.2% −44.2% $52.2M 120 $200 65

Sun Dec 12 — $14.0K −41.8% −42.7% $52.2M 120 $116 66

Mon Dec 13 — $5.6K −59.9% −7.7% $52.2M 120 $47 67

Tue Dec 14 — $6.2K +10.6% −22.2% $52.2M 120 $52 68

Wed Dec 15 — $6.1K −1.0% −16.2% $52.2M 120 $51 69

Thu Dec 16 — $7.7K +25.0% −2.1% $52.2M 120 $64 70

Fri Dec 17 — $12.0K +56.2% −41.1% $52.2M 75 $160 71

Sat Dec 18 — $16.1K +34.6% −32.9% $52.3M 75 $215 72

Sun Dec 19 — $12.4K −22.9% −11.1% $52.3M 75 $166 73

Mon Dec 20 — $7.4K −40.8% +31.3% $52.3M 75 $98 74

Tue Dec 21 — $8.3K +13.4% +34.5% $52.3M 75 $111 75

Wed Dec 22 — $25.9K +210.3% +321.6% $52.3M 248 $104 76

Thu Dec 23 — $28.5K +10.1% +271.4% $52.3M 248 $115 77

Fri Dec 24 — $15.3K −46.3% +27.8% $52.4M 248 $62 78

Sat Dec 25 — $38.3K +150.1% +137.6% $52.4M 248 $154 79

Sun Dec 26 — $58.0K +51.6% +367.1% $52.5M 248 $234 80

Mon Dec 27 — $52.1K −10.2% +608.5% $52.5M 248 $210 81

Tue Dec 28 — $56.5K +8.5% +578.4% $52.6M 248 $228 82

Wed Dec 29 — $56.5K −0.1% +118.5% $52.6M 248 $228 83

Thu Dec 30 — $59.3K +4.9% +108.2% $52.7M 248 $239 84

Fri Dec 31 — $45.4K −23.4% +196.8% $52.7M 248 $183 85

Sat Jan 1 — $96.2K +111.8% +151.3% $52.8M 248 $388 86

Sun Jan 2 — $63.0K −34.5% +8.6% $52.9M 248 $254 87

Mon Jan 3 — $26.6K −57.8% −48.9% $52.9M 248 $107 88

Tue Jan 4 — $24.8K −6.7% −56.1% $52.9M 248 $100 89

Wed Jan 5 — $22.1K −11.0% −60.9% $53.0M 248 $89 90

Thu Jan 6 — $21.4K −3.0% −63.8% $53.0M 248 $86 91

Fri Jan 7 — $46.6K +117.4% +2.6% $53.0M 188 $248 92

Sat Jan 8 — $68.0K +46.0% −29.3% $53.1M 188 $362 93

Sun Jan 9 — $37.7K −44.5% −40.1% $53.1M 188 $201 94

Mon Jan 10 — $10.2K −73.0% −61.8% $53.1M 188 $54 95

Tue Jan 11 — $13.3K +31.0% −46.3% $53.2M 188 $71 96

Wed Jan 12 — $13.1K −2.0% −40.9% $53.2M 188 $69 97

Thu Jan 13 — $14.6K +12.0% −31.8% $53.2M 188 $78 98

Fri Jan 14 — $25.0K +71.1% −46.3% $53.2M 132 $190 99

Sat Jan 15 — $36.3K +45.0% −46.7% $53.2M 132 $275 100

Sun Jan 16 — $27.2K −25.0% −27.9% $53.3M 132 $206 101

Mon Jan 17 #39 $17.0K −37.6% +66.9% $53.3M 132 $129 102

Tue Jan 18 — $6.3K −63.0% −52.9% $53.3M 132 $48 103

Wed Jan 19 — $6.2K −1.9% −52.8% $53.3M 132 $47 104

Thu Jan 20 — $6.7K +8.0% −54.5% $53.3M 132 $50 105

Fri Jan 21 — $15.0K +125.2% −40.1% $53.3M 86 $174 106

Sat Jan 22 — $23.7K +58.1% −34.7% $53.3M 86 $275 107

Sun Jan 23 — $10.9K −54.0% −60.0% $53.4M 86 $127 108

Mon Jan 24 — $3.5K −67.9% −79.4% $53.4M 86 $41 109

Tue Jan 25 — $3.8K +9.4% −39.1% $53.4M 86 $44 110

Wed Jan 26 — $3.7K −3.2% −39.9% $53.4M 86 $43 111

Thu Jan 27 — $4.7K +26.7% −29.4% $53.4M 86 $55 112

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

Cumulative total$52.2M

Oct 8Oct 25Nov 12Nov 29Dec 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $58.3K

$14.5M

$9.0M

$6.1M

$4.1M

$3.1M

$1.3M

$536.4K

$154.4K

$103.0K

$58.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,150 → 120 −96.2%

3,150 open120 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43.4%

−38.3%

W1→2

−31.5%

W2→3

−33.9%

W3→4

−24.4%

W4→5

−57.8%

W5→6

−58.6%

W6→7

−71.2%

W7→8

−33.3%

W8→9

−43.4%

W9→10

Steepest −71.2%Best hold −24.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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