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No Strings Attached

2011 • R • 1h 48m • Comedy, Romance • Paramount Pictures

Friendship has its benefits.

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2.80

6.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$19.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$70.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$149.2M

$78.6M international

Domestic Legs3.6x

Budget$25M

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Cast & Crew

Full Reitman filmography

Ivan Reitman Director

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman Starring

Ashton Kutcher Starring

Kevin Kline Starring

Cary Elwes Starring

Greta Gerwig Starring

ScreenplayElizabeth Meriwether Produced byIvan Reitman, Joe Medjuck, Jeffrey Clifford CinematographyRogier Stoffers Music byJohn Debney StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 21-23 1 $19.7M — 3,018 $6,512 $19.7M

2 Jan 28-30 2 $13.4M −31.8% 3,022 $4,438 $39.5M

3 Feb 4-6 3 $8.0M −40.3% 3,050 $2,625 $51.4M

4 Feb 11-13 7 $5.8M −27.4% 2,756 $2,108 $60.0M

5 Feb 18-20 10 $3.1M −47.0% 1,966 $1,567 $66.0M

6 Feb 25-27 14 $1.5M −52.9% 1,366 $1,062 $68.8M

7 Mar 4-6 22 $370.3K −74.5% 425 $871 $69.7M

8 Mar 11-13 26 $186.6K −49.6% 254 $735 $70.0M

9 Mar 18-20 28 $160.9K −13.8% 232 $694 $70.3M

10 Mar 25-27 34 $136.2K −15.3% 213 $640 $70.5M

11 Apr 1-3 38 $81.4K −40.3% 145 $561 $70.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 21 #1 $7.3M — $7.3M 3,018 $2,415 1

Sat Jan 22 #2 $8.2M +13% $15.5M 3,018 $2,724 2

Sun Jan 23 #1 $4.1M −50% $19.7M 3,018 $1,372 3

Mon Jan 24 #1 $1.5M −63% $21.2M 3,018 $511 4

Tue Jan 25 #1 $1.9M +21% $23.1M 3,018 $621 5

Wed Jan 26 #1 $1.4M −24% $24.5M 3,018 $469 6

Thu Jan 27 #1 $1.6M +14% $26.1M 3,018 $533 7

Fri Jan 28 #2 $4.4M +172% −40% $30.5M 3,022 $1,446 8

Sat Jan 29 #2 $5.8M +32% −30% $36.2M 3,022 $1,906 9

Sun Jan 30 #2 $3.3M −43% −21% $39.5M 3,022 $1,086 10

Mon Jan 31 #3 $908.4K −72% −41% $40.4M 3,022 $301 11

Tue Feb 1 #1 $976.1K +7% −48% $41.4M 3,022 $323 12

Wed Feb 2 #1 $982.1K +1% −31% $42.4M 3,022 $325 13

Thu Feb 3 #1 $1.0M +4% −37% $43.4M 3,022 $337 14

Fri Feb 4 #3 $2.9M +189% −33% $46.3M 3,050 $965 15

Sat Feb 5 #4 $3.9M +33% −32% $50.3M 3,050 $1,287 16

Sun Feb 6 #4 $1.1M −71% −65% $51.4M 3,050 $373 17

Mon Feb 7 #3 $653.4K −42% −28% $52.0M 3,050 $214 18

Tue Feb 8 #3 $796.0K +22% −18% $52.8M 3,050 $261 19

Wed Feb 9 #3 $665.9K −16% −32% $53.5M 3,050 $218 20

Thu Feb 10 #2 $712.7K +7% −30% $54.2M 3,050 $234 21

Fri Feb 11 #7 $1.7M +137% −43% $55.9M 2,756 $612 22

Sat Feb 12 #7 $2.6M +56% −33% $58.5M 2,756 $953 23

Sun Feb 13 #8 $1.5M −43% +32% $60.0M 2,756 $544 24

Mon Feb 14 #5 $1.5M +2% +134% $61.6M 2,756 $555 25

Tue Feb 15 #6 $502.5K −67% −37% $62.1M 2,756 $182 26

Wed Feb 16 #6 $415.4K −17% −38% $62.5M 2,756 $151 27

Thu Feb 17 #6 $435.4K +5% −39% $62.9M 2,756 $158 28

Fri Feb 18 #10 $897.6K +106% −47% $63.8M 1,966 $457 29

Sat Feb 19 #10 $1.3M +42% −52% $65.1M 1,966 $647 30

Sun Feb 20 #10 $909.8K −29% −39% $66.0M 1,966 $463 31

Mon Feb 21 #10 $496.8K −45% −68% $66.5M 1,966 $253 32

Tue Feb 22 #10 $295.0K −41% −41% $66.8M 1,966 $150 33

Wed Feb 23 #9 $258.1K −13% −38% $67.0M 1,966 $131 34

Thu Feb 24 #9 $266.2K +3% −39% $67.3M 1,966 $135 35

Fri Feb 25 #12 $469.0K +76% −48% $67.8M 1,366 $343 36

Sat Feb 26 #15 $661.9K +41% −48% $68.4M 1,366 $485 37

Sun Feb 27 #14 $319.7K −52% −65% $68.8M 1,366 $234 38

Mon Feb 28 #14 $120.1K −62% −76% $68.9M 1,366 $88 39

Tue Mar 1 #12 $145.9K +21% −51% $69.0M 1,366 $107 40

Wed Mar 2 #12 $127.5K −13% −51% $69.2M 1,366 $93 41

Thu Mar 3 #12 $135.9K +7% −49% $69.3M 1,366 $100 42

Fri Mar 4 #- $116.5K −14% −75% $69.4M 425 $274 43

Sat Mar 5 #- $162.3K +39% −75% $69.6M 425 $382 44

Sun Mar 6 #- $91.5K −44% −71% $69.7M 425 $215 45

Mon Mar 7 #- $35.2K −62% −71% $69.7M 425 $83 46

Tue Mar 8 #- $42.0K +19% −71% $69.7M 425 $99 47

Wed Mar 9 #- $39.2K −7% −69% $69.8M 425 $92 48

Thu Mar 10 #- $39.7K +1% −71% $69.8M 425 $93 49

Fri Mar 11 #- $55.9K +41% −52% $69.9M 254 $220 50

Sat Mar 12 #- $84.3K +51% −48% $70.0M 254 $332 51

Sun Mar 13 #- $46.5K −45% −49% $70.0M 254 $183 52

Mon Mar 14 #- $21.5K −54% −39% $70.0M 254 $85 53

Tue Mar 15 #- $28.8K +34% −31% $70.1M 254 $113 54

Wed Mar 16 #- $24.6K −14% −37% $70.1M 254 $97 55

Thu Mar 17 #- $19.6K −20% −51% $70.1M 254 $77 56

Fri Mar 18 #- $53.0K +171% −5% $70.1M 232 $228 57

Sat Mar 19 #- $66.6K +26% −21% $70.2M 232 $287 58

Sun Mar 20 #- $41.4K −38% −11% $70.3M 232 $178 59

Mon Mar 21 #- $19.5K −53% −9% $70.3M 232 $84 60

Tue Mar 22 #- $22.9K +17% −20% $70.3M 232 $99 61

Wed Mar 23 #- $20.4K −11% −17% $70.3M 232 $88 62

Thu Mar 24 #- $21.0K +3% +7% $70.3M 232 $91 63

Fri Mar 25 #- $42.1K +101% −20% $70.4M 213 $198 64

Sat Mar 26 #- $57.9K +37% −13% $70.4M 213 $272 65

Sun Mar 27 #- $36.2K −37% −12% $70.5M 213 $170 66

Mon Mar 28 #- $15.0K −59% −23% $70.5M 213 $71 67

Tue Mar 29 #- $18.3K +22% −20% $70.5M 213 $86 68

Wed Mar 30 #- $16.4K −10% −19% $70.5M 213 $77 69

Thu Mar 31 #- $17.0K +3% −19% $70.5M 213 $80 70

Fri Apr 1 #- $26.4K +55% −37% $70.6M 145 $182 71

Sat Apr 2 #- $33.8K +28% −42% $70.6M 145 $233 72

Sun Apr 3 #- $21.2K −37% −41% $70.6M 145 $146 73

Mon Apr 4 #- $7.4K −65% −51% $70.6M 145 $51 74

Tue Apr 5 #- $10.3K +39% −44% $70.6M 145 $71 75

Wed Apr 6 #- $8.7K −15% −47% $70.7M 145 $60 76

Thu Apr 7 #- $9.9K +14% −42% $70.7M 145 $68 77

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

Cumulative total$70.5M

Jan 21Feb 7Feb 25Mar 14Mar 31

Weekend grossWk 10 · $136.2K

$19.7M

$13.4M

$8.0M

$5.8M

$3.1M

$1.5M

$370.3K

$186.6K

$160.9K

$136.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,050 → 213 −93.0%

3,018 open213 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.3%

−31.8%

W1→2

−40.3%

W2→3

−27.4%

W3→4

−47.0%

W4→5

−52.9%

W5→6

−74.5%

W6→7

−49.6%

W7→8

−13.8%

W8→9

−15.3%

W9→10

Steepest −74.5%Best hold −13.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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