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The Benchwarmers

2006 PG-13 1h 25m Comedy, Sport Columbia Pictures

Get off the bench and get into the game.

The Benchwarmers Box Office

Opening Weekend
$19.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$59.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$65.1M
$5.2M international
Domestic Legs3.0x
Budget$35M
2006 Rank#52
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Apr 7-9 2 $19.66M $19.66M 3,274 $6.0K 1
Apr 14-16 3 $9.91M -49.6% $35.88M 3,282 $3.0K 2
Apr 21-23 6 $7.26M -26.8% $47.10M 3,094 $2.3K 3
Apr 28-30 10 $4.39M -39.6% $52.77M 2,695 $1.6K 4
May 5-7 13 $2.04M -53.5% $55.64M 1,835 $1.1K 5
May 12-14 17 $1.02M -50.1% $57.12M 969 $1.1K 6
May 19-21 24 $274K -73.0% $57.65M 321 $855 7

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byDennis Dugan
ScreenplayAllen Covert, Nick Swardson
Produced byAdam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo
CinematographyThomas E. Ackerman
Music byWaddy Wachtel
StarringRob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz, Craig Kilborn, Molly Sims, Tim Meadows

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