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Must Love Dogs

2005 • PG-13 • 1h 38m • Comedy, Romance • Warner Bros.

The hardest trick is making them stay.

🍅 37% 50% MC 46 LB 2.84 IMDb 6.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$12.9M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$43.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$58.4M
$14.5M international
Domestic Legs3.4x
Budget$35M
2005 Rank#66
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Cast & Crew

Diane Lane Diane Lane Starring John Cusack John Cusack Starring Elizabeth Perkins Elizabeth Perkins Starring Christopher Plummer Christopher Plummer Starring Dermot Mulroney Dermot Mulroney Starring Stockard Channing Stockard Channing Starring
ScreenplayGary David Goldberg Produced byGary David Goldberg, Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd CinematographyJohn Bailey MusicCraig Armstrong Prod. DesignNaomi Shohan StudioWarner Bros.
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 29-31 5 $12.9M — 2,505 $5,132 $12.9M
2 Aug 5-7 5 $7.4M −42.8% 2,505 $2,937 $26.2M
3 Aug 12-14 9 $4.6M −37.8% 2,420 $1,891 $34.6M
4 Aug 19-21 13 $2.2M −51.0% 1,809 $1,239 $39.0M
5 Aug 26-28 15 $1.3M −43.8% 1,232 $1,023 $41.2M
6 Sep 2-5 18 $698.8K −44.5% 788 $887 $42.4M
7 Sep 9-11 22 $418.5K −40.1% 566 $739 $43.2M
8 Sep 16-18 34 $204.4K −51.1% 349 $586 $43.5M
9 Sep 23-25 49 $54.6K −73.3% 110 $497 $43.6M
10 Sep 30-Oct 2 55 $38.0K −30.4% 77 $494 $43.7M
11 Oct 7-9 70 $13.9K −63.6% 38 $364 $43.7M
12 Oct 14-16 45 $85.4K +516.4% 239 $357 $43.8M
13 Oct 21-23 59 $38.4K −55.0% 113 $340 $43.9M
14 Oct 28-30 70 $18.9K −50.7% 46 $412 $43.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $38.0K
$12.9M
$7.4M
$4.6M
$2.2M
$1.3M
$698.8K
$418.5K
$204.4K
$54.6K
$38.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.4%
−42.8%
W1→2
−37.8%
W2→3
−51.0%
W3→4
−43.8%
W4→5
−44.5%
W5→6
−40.1%
W6→7
−51.1%
W7→8
−73.3%
W8→9
−30.4%
W9→10
Steepest −73.3%Best hold −30.4%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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