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Man of the Year

2006 • PG-13 • 1h 55m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Universal Pictures

Elections are made to be broken.

🍅 22% 45%

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$12.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$37.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$41.3M

$3.9M international

Domestic Legs3.0x

Budget$20M

2006 Rank#85

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Cast & Crew

Full Levinson filmography

Barry Levinson Director

Robin Williams Starring

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken Starring

Laura Linney Starring

Jeff Goldblum Starring

Tina Fey Starring

ScreenplayBarry Levinson Produced byDavid Robinson, James G. Robinson CinematographyDick Pope MusicGraeme Revell Prod. DesignStefania Cella StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 13-15 3 $12.3M — 2,515 $4,890 $12.3M

2 Oct 20-22 7 $6.9M −43.6% 2,522 $2,750 $22.4M

3 Oct 27-29 7 $4.7M −31.8% 2,626 $1,800 $28.9M

4 Nov 3-5 8 $3.7M −22.5% 2,388 $1,535 $33.8M

5 Nov 10-12 14 $1.6M −57.2% 1,552 $1,010 $36.5M

6 Nov 17-19 24 $271.3K −82.7% 464 $585 $37.1M

7 Nov 24-26 37 $106.7K −60.7% 208 $513 $37.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 13 #3 $4.1M — $4.1M 2,516 $1,624 1

Sat Oct 14 #3 $5.3M +29.2% $9.4M 2,516 $2,099 2

Sun Oct 15 #4 $2.9M −44.5% $12.3M 2,516 $1,165 3

Mon Oct 16 #3 $829.0K −71.7% $13.1M 2,516 $329 4

Tue Oct 17 #2 $856.1K +3.3% $14.0M 2,515 $340 5

Wed Oct 18 #2 $754.5K −11.9% $14.7M 2,515 $300 6

Thu Oct 19 #2 $741.9K −1.7% $15.5M 2,515 $295 7

Fri Oct 20 #6 $2.2M +197.4% −46.0% $17.7M 2,522 $875 8

Sat Oct 21 #7 $3.1M +39.4% −41.7% $20.8M 2,522 $1,220 9

Sun Oct 22 #6 $1.7M −46.3% −43.6% $22.4M 2,522 $655 10

Mon Oct 23 #4 $419.6K −74.6% −49.4% $22.8M 2,522 $166 11

Tue Oct 24 #4 $453.2K +8.0% −47.1% $23.3M 2,522 $180 12

Wed Oct 25 #4 $427.6K −5.7% −43.3% $23.7M 2,522 $170 13

Thu Oct 26 #4 $429.7K +0.5% −42.1% $24.1M 2,522 $170 14

Fri Oct 27 #6 $1.4M +233.2% −35.1% $25.6M 2,626 $545 15

Sat Oct 28 #6 $2.2M +53.1% −28.7% $27.8M 2,626 $835 16

Sun Oct 29 #7 $1.1M −49.7% −33.2% $28.9M 2,626 $420 17

Mon Oct 30 #5 $262.6K −76.2% −37.4% $29.1M 2,626 $100 18

Tue Oct 31 #5 $367.6K +40.0% −18.9% $29.5M 2,626 $140 19

Wed Nov 1 #5 $328.3K −10.7% −23.2% $29.8M 2,626 $125 20

Thu Nov 2 #5 $340.2K +3.6% −20.8% $30.2M 2,626 $130 21

Fri Nov 3 #8 $1.2M +243.9% −18.3% $31.3M 2,388 $490 22

Sat Nov 4 #8 $1.7M +48.0% −21.0% $33.1M 2,388 $725 23

Sun Nov 5 #10 $764.2K −55.9% −30.7% $33.8M 2,388 $320 24

Mon Nov 6 #9 $250.7K −67.2% −4.5% $34.1M 2,388 $105 25

Tue Nov 7 #10 $286.6K +14.3% −22.1% $34.4M 2,388 $120 26

Wed Nov 8 #9 $227.5K −20.6% −30.7% $34.6M 2,388 $95 27

Thu Nov 9 #9 $310.4K +36.4% −8.8% $34.9M 2,388 $130 28

Cumulative total$34.9M

Oct 13Oct 20Oct 27Nov 2Nov 9

Weekend grossWk 7 · $106.7K

$12.3M

$6.9M

$4.7M

$3.7M

$1.6M

$271.3K

$106.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 2,626 → 2,388 −9.1%

2,516 open2,388 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −60.7%

−43.6%

W1→2

−31.8%

W2→3

−22.5%

W3→4

−57.2%

W4→5

−82.7%

W5→6

−60.7%

W6→7

Steepest −82.7%Best hold −22.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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