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Paul

2011 R 1h 44m Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi Universal Pictures

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Paul Box Office

Opening Weekend
$13M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$37.4M
Final
Worldwide Total
$101.2M
$63.7M international
Domestic Legs2.9x
Budget$40M
2011 Rank#86
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Mar 18-20 5 $13.04M $13.04M 2,802 $4.7K 1
Mar 25-27 6 $7.86M -40.0% $24.96M 2,806 $2.8K 2
Apr 1-3 9 $4.25M -46.0% $31.84M 2,550 $1.7K 3
Apr 8-10 13 $1.74M -59.0% $35.08M 1,667 $1.0K 4
Apr 15-17 21 $485K -72.0% $36.10M 536 $905 5
Apr 22-24 26 $243K -50.0% $36.55M 245 $990 6
Apr 29-May 1 25 $299K +23.0% $36.94M 224 $1.3K 7
May 6-8 30 $202K -32.0% $37.21M 204 $990 8
May 13-15 42 $105K -48.0% $37.37M 181 $580 9

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byGreg Mottola
ScreenplaySimon Pegg, Nick Frost
Music byDavid Arnold
StarringSimon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader
StudioUniversal Pictures

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