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Monster-in-Law

2005 PG-13 1h 41m Comedy, Romance New Line Cinema

This relationship is going to be a real mother.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$82.9M
Final
Opening Weekend
$12.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
6.48x
Opening → Total
Budget
$43.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$155M
$72.5M international
2005 Rank
#24
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 27-30 4 $12.8M $62.4M 3,230 $4K 1
Jul 1-3 20 $334K -97.4% $80.4M 366 $913 2
Jul 8-10 21 $311K -6.9% $81.0M 354 $879 3
Jul 15-17 20 $298K -4.1% $81.5M 302 $988 4
Jul 22-24 23 $256K -14.3% $82.0M 304 $840 5
Jul 29-31 27 $181K -29.0% $82.3M 258 $703 6
Aug 5-7 37 $99K -45.3% $82.5M 188 $527 7
Aug 12-14 40 $100K +0.7% $82.7M 161 $620 8
Aug 19-21 48 $58K -41.5% $82.8M 106 $551 9

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRobert Luketic
ScreenplayAnya Kochoff
Produced byChris Bender, J.C. Spink, Paula Weinstein
CinematographyRussell Carpenter
MusicDavid Newman
StarringJennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes, Adam Scott, Monet Mazur
StudioNew Line Cinema