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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

2015 • PG-13 • 1h 45m • Comedy, Drama • Fox Searchlight Pictures

A little friendship never killed anyone.

🍅 81% 86%

74

3.87

7.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$196K

Limited · 15 theaters

Domestic Total

$6.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$9.3M

$2.5M international

Domestic Legs5.5x

Budget$8M

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Cast & Crew

Olivia Cooke Starring

RJ Cyler Starring

Connie Britton Starring

Nick Offerman Starring

Molly Shannon Starring

Jon Bernthal Starring

ScreenplayJesse Andrews Produced byDan Fogelman, Jeremy Dawson, Steven M. Rales CinematographyChung Chung-hoon MusicBrian Eno, Nico Muhly Prod. DesignGerald Sullivan StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 12-14 21 $196.5K — 15 $13,100 $196.5K

2 Jun 19-21 16 $364.0K +85.3% 68 $5,354 $657.5K

3 Jun 26-28 14 $992.4K +172.6% 354 $2,804 $1.9M

4 Jul 3-5 9 $1.2M +25.6% 870 $1,433 $3.9M

5 Jul 10-12 14 $661.2K −47.0% 570 $1,160 $5.5M

6 Jul 17-19 22 $234.4K −64.5% 235 $997 $6.2M

7 Jul 24-26 31 $108.3K −53.8% 121 $895 $6.5M

8 Jul 31-Aug 2 38 $49.3K −54.5% 73 $675 $6.6M

9 Aug 7-9 49 $28.6K −42.0% 47 $608 $6.6M

10 Aug 14-16 55 $23.3K −18.6% 35 $665 $6.7M

11 Aug 21-23 54 $24.0K +3.1% 34 $705 $6.7M

12 Aug 28-30 67 $13.7K −43.0% 21 $652 $6.7M

13 Sep 4-7 78 $7.0K −49.0% 11 $635 $6.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 12 — $69.3K — $69.3K 15 $4,617 1

Sat Jun 13 — $76.5K +10.4% $145.7K 15 $5,098 2

Sun Jun 14 — $50.8K −33.6% $196.5K 15 $3,385 3

Mon Jun 15 — $26.1K −48.6% $222.6K 15 $1,740 4

Tue Jun 16 — $23.0K −11.8% $245.6K 15 $1,535 5

Wed Jun 17 — $25.6K +11.2% $271.2K 15 $1,707 6

Thu Jun 18 — $22.2K −13.3% $293.4K 15 $1,479 7

Fri Jun 19 #15 $114.8K +417.3% +65.7% $408.2K 68 $1,688 8

Sat Jun 20 #15 $143.9K +25.4% +88.2% $552.1K 68 $2,116 9

Sun Jun 21 — $105.4K −26.8% +107.5% $657.5K 68 $1,549 10

Mon Jun 22 — $49.2K −53.3% +88.4% $706.6K 68 $723 11

Tue Jun 23 — $52.0K +5.7% +125.7% $758.6K 68 $764 12

Wed Jun 24 — $53.7K +3.3% +109.7% $812.3K 68 $789 13

Thu Jun 25 — $51.8K −3.5% +133.4% $864.1K 68 $762 14

Fri Jun 26 #14 $291.5K +462.9% +154.0% $1.2M 354 $824 15

Sat Jun 27 #14 $409.0K +40.3% +184.2% $1.6M 354 $1,155 16

Sun Jun 28 #13 $291.9K −28.6% +177.1% $1.9M 354 $825 17

Mon Jun 29 #14 $133.4K −54.3% +171.2% $2.0M 354 $377 18

Tue Jun 30 #12 $145.3K +9.0% +179.5% $2.1M 354 $410 19

Wed Jul 1 #9 $262.1K +80.4% +388.4% $2.4M 843 $311 20

Thu Jul 2 #10 $287.8K +9.8% +455.7% $2.7M 843 $341 21

Fri Jul 3 #9 $490.0K +70.3% +68.1% $3.2M 870 $563 22

Sat Jul 4 #9 $381.7K −22.1% −6.7% $3.6M 870 $439 23

Sun Jul 5 #10 $375.0K −1.7% +28.5% $3.9M 870 $431 24

Mon Jul 6 #9 $228.7K −39.0% +71.5% $4.2M 870 $263 25

Tue Jul 7 #9 $282.5K +23.5% +94.5% $4.4M 870 $325 26

Wed Jul 8 #9 $244.8K −13.3% −6.6% $4.7M 870 $281 27

Thu Jul 9 #9 $192.8K −21.2% −33.0% $4.9M 870 $222 28

Fri Jul 10 #13 $198.7K +3.0% −59.5% $5.1M 570 $349 29

Sat Jul 11 #13 $269.7K +35.8% −29.3% $5.3M 570 $473 30

Sun Jul 12 #14 $192.7K −28.6% −48.6% $5.5M 570 $338 31

Mon Jul 13 #13 $101.3K −47.4% −55.7% $5.6M 570 $178 32

Tue Jul 14 #13 $125.9K +24.2% −55.4% $5.8M 570 $221 33

Wed Jul 15 #13 $106.3K −15.6% −56.6% $5.9M 570 $186 34

Thu Jul 16 #13 $89.6K −15.7% −53.6% $6.0M 570 $157 35

Fri Jul 17 — $65.2K −27.2% −67.2% $6.0M 235 $278 36

Sat Jul 18 — $98.5K +50.9% −63.5% $6.1M 235 $419 37

Sun Jul 19 — $70.7K −28.2% −63.3% $6.2M 235 $301 38

Mon Jul 20 — $34.4K −51.3% −66.0% $6.2M 235 $146 39

Tue Jul 21 — $39.4K +14.6% −68.7% $6.3M 235 $168 40

Wed Jul 22 — $36.3K −8.1% −65.9% $6.3M 235 $154 41

Thu Jul 23 — $35.8K −1.2% −60.0% $6.3M 235 $152 42

Fri Jul 24 — $29.8K −16.7% −54.3% $6.4M 121 $247 43

Sat Jul 25 — $43.8K +46.8% −55.5% $6.4M 121 $362 44

Sun Jul 26 — $34.6K −21.0% −51.0% $6.5M 121 $286 45

Mon Jul 27 — $15.8K −54.3% −54.1% $6.5M 121 $131 46

Tue Jul 28 — $16.7K +5.8% −57.6% $6.5M 121 $138 47

Wed Jul 29 — $15.6K −6.6% −56.9% $6.5M 121 $129 48

Thu Jul 30 — $15.4K −1.6% −57.1% $6.5M 121 $127 49

Fri Jul 31 — $12.8K −16.5% −57.0% $6.5M 73 $176 50

Sat Aug 1 — $20.9K +62.7% −52.3% $6.6M 73 $286 51

Sun Aug 2 — $15.6K −25.5% −55.1% $6.6M 73 $213 52

Mon Aug 3 — $8.9K −42.5% −43.4% $6.6M 73 $122 53

Tue Aug 4 — $8.4K −6.0% −49.8% $6.6M 73 $115 54

Wed Aug 5 — $9.3K +10.6% −40.5% $6.6M 73 $127 55

Thu Aug 6 — $8.1K −12.6% −47.2% $6.6M 73 $111 56

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

Cumulative total$6.6M

Jun 12Jun 26Jul 10Jul 23Aug 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $23.3K

$196.5K

$364.0K

$992.4K

$1.2M

$661.2K

$234.4K

$108.3K

$49.3K

$28.6K

$23.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 870 → 73 −91.6%

15 open73 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −18.6%

+85.3%

W1→2

+172.6%

W2→3

+25.6%

W3→4

−47.0%

W4→5

−64.5%

W5→6

−53.8%

W6→7

−54.5%

W7→8

−42.0%

W8→9

−18.6%

W9→10

Steepest −64.5%Biggest gain +172.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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