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The Best of Me

2014 • PG-13 • 1h 58m • Drama, Romance • Relativity Media

You never forget your first love.

🍅 12% 59%

29

3.07

6.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$10.0M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$26.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$41.1M

$14.3M international

Domestic Legs2.7x

Budget$26M

2014 Rank#96

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Cast & Crew

Michelle Monaghan

Michelle Monaghan Starring

James Marsden Starring

Luke Bracey Starring

Gerald McRaney Starring

Caroline Goodall

Caroline Goodall Starring

ScreenplayWill Fetters, J. Mills Goodloe Produced byNicholas Sparks, Denise Di Novi, Ryan Kavanaugh, Russ Kavanaugh CinematographyOliver Stapleton MusicAaron Zigman Prod. DesignPatrizia von Brandenstein StudioRelativity Media

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 17-19 5 $10.0M — 2,936 $3,407 $10.0M

2 Oct 24-26 8 $4.6M −53.8% 2,936 $1,575 $17.6M

3 Oct 31-Nov 2 11 $2.7M −40.8% 2,327 $1,176 $21.9M

4 Nov 7-9 13 $1.4M −48.8% 1,110 $1,263 $24.5M

5 Nov 14-16 19 $692.6K −50.6% 722 $959 $25.7M

6 Nov 21-23 24 $272.6K −60.6% 432 $631 $26.2M

7 Nov 28-30 29 $101.4K −62.8% 165 $614 $26.4M

8 Dec 5-7 38 $56.4K −44.3% 123 $459 $26.5M

9 Dec 12-14 37 $38.8K −31.2% 90 $431 $26.6M

10 Dec 19-21 39 $35.0K −9.8% 91 $385 $26.6M

11 Dec 26-28 47 $27.1K −22.6% 55 $493 $26.7M

12 Jan 2-4 51 $26.2K −3.4% 42 $623 $26.7M

13 Jan 9-11 60 $12.8K −50.9% 31 $414 $26.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Oct 16 — $525.0K — $525.0K — — -1

Fri Oct 17 #4 $4.1M +687.0% $4.1M 2,936 $1,407 1

Sat Oct 18 #6 $3.8M −8.2% $7.9M 2,936 $1,291 2

Sun Oct 19 #6 $2.1M −45.1% $10.0M 2,936 $709 3

Mon Oct 20 #6 $677.3K −67.4% $10.7M 2,936 $231 4

Tue Oct 21 #6 $900.5K +32.9% $11.6M 2,936 $307 5

Wed Oct 22 #5 $665.0K −26.2% $12.2M 2,936 $226 6

Thu Oct 23 #4 $680.1K +2.3% $12.9M 2,936 $232 7

Fri Oct 24 #8 $1.6M +132.5% −61.7% $14.5M 2,936 $539 8

Sat Oct 25 #8 $1.9M +22.7% −48.8% $16.4M 2,936 $661 9

Sun Oct 26 #10 $1.1M −43.2% −47.0% $17.6M 2,936 $375 10

Mon Oct 27 #10 $345.4K −68.7% −49.0% $17.9M 2,936 $118 11

Tue Oct 28 #8 $508.9K +47.3% −43.5% $18.4M 2,936 $173 12

Wed Oct 29 #8 $379.2K −25.5% −43.0% $18.8M 2,936 $129 13

Thu Oct 30 #8 $374.7K −1.2% −44.9% $19.2M 2,936 $128 14

Fri Oct 31 #13 $540.4K +44.2% −65.8% $19.7M 2,327 $232 15

Sat Nov 1 #10 $1.4M +161.9% −27.0% $21.1M 2,327 $608 16

Sun Nov 2 #11 $780.4K −44.9% −29.2% $21.9M 2,327 $335 17

Mon Nov 3 #9 $283.0K −63.7% −18.1% $22.2M 2,327 $122 18

Tue Nov 4 #10 $379.7K +34.1% −25.4% $22.6M 2,327 $163 19

Wed Nov 5 #11 $250.8K −33.9% −33.9% $22.8M 2,327 $108 20

Thu Nov 6 #11 $280.2K +11.7% −25.2% $23.1M 2,327 $120 21

Fri Nov 7 #13 $452.5K +61.5% −16.3% $23.5M 1,110 $408 22

Sat Nov 8 #13 $617.9K +36.5% −56.3% $24.2M 1,110 $557 23

Sun Nov 9 #13 $331.6K −46.3% −57.5% $24.5M 1,110 $299 24

Mon Nov 10 #14 $151.4K −54.3% −46.5% $24.6M 1,110 $136 25

Tue Nov 11 #14 $204.2K +34.9% −46.2% $24.8M 1,110 $184 26

Wed Nov 12 #13 $99.6K −51.2% −60.3% $24.9M 1,110 $90 27

Thu Nov 13 #13 $102.1K +2.5% −63.6% $25.0M 1,110 $92 28

Fri Nov 14 — $243.0K +138.0% −46.3% $25.3M 722 $337 29

Sat Nov 15 — $297.6K +22.5% −51.8% $25.6M 722 $412 30

Sun Nov 16 — $152.0K −48.9% −54.2% $25.7M 722 $211 31

Mon Nov 17 — $46.0K −69.8% −69.7% $25.8M 722 $64 32

Tue Nov 18 — $64.0K +39.2% −68.7% $25.9M 722 $89 33

Wed Nov 19 — $53.3K −16.8% −46.5% $25.9M 722 $74 34

Thu Nov 20 — $38.2K −28.3% −62.6% $25.9M 722 $53 35

Fri Nov 21 — $88.6K +132.0% −63.5% $26.0M 432 $205 36

Sat Nov 22 #20 $114.7K +29.4% −61.5% $26.1M 432 $265 37

Sun Nov 23 — $69.4K −39.5% −54.4% $26.2M 432 $161 38

Mon Nov 24 — $31.3K −54.9% −31.9% $26.2M 432 $72 39

Tue Nov 25 — $44.0K +40.7% −31.2% $26.3M 432 $102 40

Wed Nov 26 — $22.2K −49.5% −58.3% $26.3M 432 $51 41

Thu Nov 27 — $19.9K −10.3% −47.8% $26.3M 432 $46 42

Fri Nov 28 — $37.1K +86.0% −58.1% $26.4M 165 $225 43

Sat Nov 29 — $42.5K +14.7% −62.9% $26.4M 165 $258 44

Sun Nov 30 — $21.8K −48.8% −68.6% $26.4M 165 $132 45

Mon Dec 1 — $6.9K −68.1% −77.8% $26.4M 165 $42 46

Tue Dec 2 — $9.2K +32.6% −79.1% $26.4M 165 $56 47

Wed Dec 3 — $7.4K −19.4% −66.6% $26.5M 165 $45 48

Thu Dec 4 — $7.9K +6.1% −60.5% $26.5M 165 $48 49

Fri Dec 5 — $18.4K +133.4% −50.4% $26.5M 123 $150 50

Sat Dec 6 — $24.0K +30.6% −43.5% $26.5M 123 $195 51

Sun Dec 7 — $14.0K −41.6% −35.5% $26.5M 123 $114 52

Mon Dec 8 — $5.4K −61.7% −22.7% $26.5M 123 $44 53

Tue Dec 9 — $6.6K +23.4% −28.1% $26.5M 123 $54 54

Wed Dec 10 — $6.5K −1.6% −12.2% $26.5M 123 $53 55

Thu Dec 11 — $6.1K −5.9% −22.1% $26.5M 123 $50 56

Fri Dec 12 — $12.5K +103.9% −32.0% $26.6M 90 $139 57

Sat Dec 13 — $17.6K +40.6% −26.7% $26.6M 90 $196 58

Sun Dec 14 — $8.7K −50.5% −38.0% $26.6M 90 $97 59

Mon Dec 15 — $4.1K −53.3% −24.2% $26.6M 90 $45 60

Tue Dec 16 — $5.4K +33.6% −17.9% $26.6M 90 $60 61

Wed Dec 17 — $3.4K −36.7% −47.2% $26.6M 90 $38 62

Thu Dec 18 — $3.7K +6.9% −40.0% $26.6M 90 $41 63

Fri Dec 19 — $11.2K +203.0% −10.9% $26.6M 91 $123 64

Sat Dec 20 — $13.4K +20.1% −23.9% $26.6M 91 $147 65

Sun Dec 21 — $10.5K −21.8% +20.4% $26.6M 91 $115 66

Mon Dec 22 — $7.4K −29.7% +81.0% $26.6M 91 $81 67

Tue Dec 23 — $7.5K +2.4% +38.7% $26.7M 91 $83 68

Wed Dec 24 — $3.0K −60.6% −13.7% $26.7M 91 $33 69

Thu Dec 25 — $5.5K +84.6% +49.0% $26.7M 91 $60 70

Fri Dec 26 — $8.5K +54.3% −24.1% $26.7M 55 $154 71

Sat Dec 27 — $10.6K +25.6% −20.6% $26.7M 55 $193 72

Sun Dec 28 — $8.0K −24.6% −23.5% $26.7M 55 $146 73

Mon Dec 29 — $6.1K −23.7% −16.9% $26.7M 55 $111 74

Tue Dec 30 — $6.4K +4.6% −15.1% $26.7M 55 $116 75

Wed Dec 31 — $4.4K −31.7% +47.1% $26.7M 55 $79 76

Thu Jan 1 — $10.0K +128.6% +82.2% $26.7M 55 $182 77

Fri Jan 2 — $9.9K −1.4% +16.4% $26.7M 42 $235 78

Sat Jan 3 — $10.5K +6.9% −1.0% $26.7M 42 $251 79

Sun Jan 4 — $5.8K −44.9% −27.7% $26.7M 42 $138 80

Mon Jan 5 — $2.1K −63.2% −65.1% $26.7M 42 $51 81

Tue Jan 6 — $2.5K +17.4% −60.9% $26.7M 42 $60 82

Wed Jan 7 — $1.9K −26.1% −57.6% $26.7M 42 $44 83

Thu Jan 8 — $2.2K +17.9% −78.1% $26.7M 42 $52 84

Fri Jan 9 — $4.0K +83.8% −59.2% $26.8M 31 $130 85

Sat Jan 10 — $6.0K +50.2% −42.7% $26.8M 31 $195 86

Sun Jan 11 — $2.8K −53.7% −51.9% $26.8M 31 $90 87

Mon Jan 12 — $1.0K −63.5% −52.3% $26.8M 31 $33 88

Tue Jan 13 — $1.3K +27.8% −48.1% $26.8M 31 $42 89

Wed Jan 14 — $1.1K −16.7% −41.4% $26.8M 31 $35 90

Thu Jan 15 — $1.5K +40.5% −30.3% $26.8M 31 $49 91

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

Cumulative total$26.7M

Oct 16Nov 3Nov 20Dec 8Dec 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $35.0K

$10.0M

$4.6M

$2.7M

$1.4M

$692.6K

$272.6K

$101.4K

$56.4K

$38.8K

$35.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,936 → 91 −96.9%

2,936 open91 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −9.8%

−53.8%

W1→2

−40.8%

W2→3

−48.8%

W3→4

−50.6%

W4→5

−60.6%

W5→6

−62.8%

W6→7

−44.3%

W7→8

−31.2%

W8→9

−9.8%

W9→10

Steepest −62.8%Best hold −9.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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