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2008 • R • 1h 39m • Comedy • Universal Pictures

They're about to get more than they plea-bargained for.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$67.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$94.50M

$27.20M international

Domestic legs3.51x

Budget$28.0M

2008 rank#48

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Cast & crew

Full Wain filmography

David Wain

David Wain Director

Seann William Scott

Seann William Scott Starring

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd Starring

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Christopher Mintz-Plasse Starring

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks Starring

Jane Lynch

Jane Lynch Starring

ScreenplayDavid Wain, Timothy Dowling, Paul Rudd, Ken Marino Produced byLuke Greenfield, Mary Parent, Scott Stuber CinematographyRuss T. Alsobrook MusicCraig Wedren StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 7-9 2 $19.2M — 2,792 $6,865 $19.2M

2 Nov 14-16 3 $11.2M −41.8% 2,798 $3,985 $37.6M

3 Nov 21-23 5 $7.3M −34.3% 2,733 $2,680 $48.1M

4 Nov 28-30 8 $5.3M −27.9% 2,195 $2,407 $57.8M

5 Dec 5-7 10 $2.6M −51.3% 1,907 $1,350 $61.6M

6 Dec 12-14 13 $1.5M −40.0% 1,328 $1,162 $64.1M

7 Dec 19-21 16 $645.4K −58.2% 792 $814 $65.6M

8 Dec 26-28 28 $204.7K −68.3% 225 $909 $66.2M

9 Jan 2-4 26 $247.1K +20.7% 270 $915 $66.7M

10 Jan 9-11 29 $168.2K −31.9% 251 $670 $67.0M

11 Jan 16-18 35 $104.7K −37.7% 187 $560 $67.1M

12 Jan 23-25 41 $75.7K −27.7% 147 $515 $67.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 7 #2 $6.7M — $6.7M 2,792 $2,395 1

Sat Nov 8 #2 $7.7M +15% $14.4M 2,792 $2,765 2

Sun Nov 9 #2 $4.8M −38% $19.2M 2,792 $1,705 3

Mon Nov 10 #2 $2.2M −54% $21.4M 2,792 $785 4

Tue Nov 11 #2 $2.5M +15% $23.9M 2,792 $900 5

Wed Nov 12 #2 $1.3M −49% $25.2M 2,792 $459 6

Thu Nov 13 #2 $1.3M −1% $26.4M 2,792 $455 7

Fri Nov 14 #3 $3.8M +198% −43% $30.2M 2,798 $1,355 8

Sat Nov 15 #3 $4.7M +25% −39% $35.0M 2,798 $1,695 9

Sun Nov 16 #3 $2.6M −45% −45% $37.6M 2,798 $935 10

Mon Nov 17 #3 $811.4K −69% −63% $38.4M 2,798 $290 11

Tue Nov 18 #3 $881.0K +9% −65% $39.3M 2,798 $314 12

Wed Nov 19 #3 $783.4K −11% −39% $40.1M 2,798 $280 13

Thu Nov 20 #3 $755.5K −4% −41% $40.8M 2,798 $270 14

Fri Nov 21 #5 $2.4M +218% −37% $43.2M 2,733 $880 15

Sat Nov 22 #5 $3.1M +30% −34% $46.3M 2,733 $1,140 16

Sun Nov 23 #5 $1.8M −42% −31% $48.1M 2,733 $660 17

Mon Nov 24 #5 $820.1K −55% +1% $49.0M 2,733 $300 18

Tue Nov 25 #5 $1.1M +38% +29% $50.1M 2,733 $415 19

Wed Nov 26 #8 $1.2M +4% +50% $51.3M 2,195 $535 20

Thu Nov 27 #8 $1.3M +13% +76% $52.6M 2,195 $605 21

Fri Nov 28 #8 $2.1M +59% −12% $54.7M 2,195 $960 22

Sat Nov 29 #8 $2.1M −1% −33% $56.8M 2,195 $955 23

Sun Nov 30 #7 $987.8K −53% −45% $57.8M 2,195 $450 24

Mon Dec 1 #8 $329.3K −67% −60% $58.1M 2,195 $150 25

Tue Dec 2 #8 $329.8K n/c −71% $58.4M 2,195 $150 26

Wed Dec 3 #8 $296.5K −10% −75% $58.7M 2,195 $135 27

Thu Dec 4 #8 $307.0K +4% −77% $59.0M 2,195 $139 28

Fri Dec 5 #10 $896.3K +192% −57% $59.9M 1,907 $470 29

Sat Dec 6 #10 $1.0M +17% −50% $61.0M 1,907 $550 30

Sun Dec 7 #10 $629.3K −40% −36% $61.6M 1,907 $330 31

Mon Dec 8 #10 $237.4K −62% −28% $61.9M 1,907 $124 32

Tue Dec 9 #9 $239.0K +1% −28% $62.1M 1,907 $125 33

Wed Dec 10 #9 $247.0K +3% −17% $62.3M 1,907 $129 34

Thu Dec 11 #9 $248.6K +1% −19% $62.6M 1,907 $130 35

Fri Dec 12 #12 $490.3K +97% −45% $63.1M 1,325 $370 36

Sat Dec 13 #13 $669.1K +36% −36% $63.7M 1,325 $505 37

Sun Dec 14 #14 $384.3K −43% −39% $64.1M 1,325 $290 38

Mon Dec 15 #11 $205.4K −47% −14% $64.3M 1,325 $155 39

Tue Dec 16 #12 $198.8K −3% −17% $64.5M 1,325 $150 40

Wed Dec 17 #12 $205.2K +3% −17% $64.7M 1,325 $154 41

Thu Dec 18 #12 $205.8K n/c −17% $64.9M 1,325 $155 42

Fri Dec 19 #14 $190.0K −8% −61% $65.1M 792 $239 43

Sat Dec 20 $241.6K +27% −64% $65.4M 792 $305 44

Sun Dec 21 #14 $213.8K −11% −44% $65.6M 792 $270 45

Mon Dec 22 #14 $158.4K −26% −23% $65.8M 792 $199 46

Tue Dec 23 #14 $146.5K −7% −26% $65.9M 792 $185 47

Wed Dec 24 $75.2K −49% −63% $66.0M 792 $95 48

Thu Dec 25 $59.6K −21% −71% $66.0M 792 $75 49

Fri Dec 26 $67.5K +13% −64% $66.1M 225 $299 50

Sat Dec 27 $74.3K +10% −69% $66.2M 225 $330 51

Sun Dec 28 $63.0K −15% −71% $66.2M 225 $279 52

Mon Dec 29 $52.9K −16% −67% $66.3M 225 $235 53

Tue Dec 30 $48.4K −9% −67% $66.3M 225 $215 54

Wed Dec 31 $28.1K −42% −63% $66.4M 225 $125 55

Thu Jan 1 $88.9K +216% +49% $66.5M 225 $395 56

Fri Jan 2 $95.8K +8% +42% $66.6M 270 $355 57

Sat Jan 3 $93.1K −3% +25% $66.6M 270 $344 58

Sun Jan 4 $58.1K −38% −8% $66.7M 270 $215 59

Mon Jan 5 $25.6K −56% −51% $66.7M 270 $95 60

Tue Jan 6 $27.0K +5% −44% $66.8M 270 $99 61

Wed Jan 7 $24.2K −10% −14% $66.8M 270 $89 62

Thu Jan 8 $22.9K −5% −74% $66.8M 270 $84 63

Fri Jan 9 $52.7K +130% −45% $66.9M 251 $210 64

Sat Jan 10 $72.8K +38% −22% $66.9M 251 $290 65

Sun Jan 11 $42.7K −41% −27% $67.0M 251 $170 66

Mon Jan 12 $16.3K −62% −36% $67.0M 251 $65 67

Tue Jan 13 $17.5K +8% −35% $67.0M 251 $69 68

Wed Jan 14 $16.3K −7% −33% $67.0M 251 $64 69

Thu Jan 15 $16.3K n/c −29% $67.0M 251 $65 70

Fri Jan 16 $30.9K +89% −41% $67.1M 187 $165 71

Sat Jan 17 $43.9K +42% −40% $67.1M 187 $235 72

Sun Jan 18 $29.9K −32% −30% $67.1M 187 $160 73

Mon Jan 19 #37 $17.8K −41% +9% $67.2M 187 $95 74

Tue Jan 20 $10.2K −42% −42% $67.2M 187 $54 75

Wed Jan 21 $9.3K −9% −43% $67.2M 187 $50 76

Thu Jan 22 $10.3K +11% −37% $67.2M 187 $55 77

Fri Jan 23 $22.8K +120% −26% $67.2M 147 $155 78

Sat Jan 24 $33.1K +45% −25% $67.2M 147 $225 79

Sun Jan 25 $19.8K −40% −34% $67.3M 147 $135 80

Mon Jan 26 $6.6K −67% −63% $67.3M 147 $45 81

Tue Jan 27 $6.7K +1% −35% $67.3M 147 $45 82

Wed Jan 28 $7.4K +11% −21% $67.3M 147 $50 83

Thu Jan 29 $7.3K −1% −29% $67.3M 147 $49 84

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

Cumulative total$67.0M

Nov 7Nov 24Dec 12Dec 29Jan 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $168.2K

$19.2M

$11.2M

$7.3M

$5.3M

$2.6M

$1.5M

$645.4K

$204.7K

$247.1K

$168.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,798 → 251 −91.0%

2,792 open251 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.9%

−41.8%

W1→2

−34.3%

W2→3

−27.9%

W3→4

−51.3%

W4→5

−40.0%

W5→6

−58.2%

W6→7

−68.3%

W7→8

+20.7%

W8→9

−31.9%

W9→10

Steepest −68.3%Biggest gain +20.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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