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The Boy Next Door

2015 • R • 1h 30m • Mystery, Thriller • Universal Pictures

A Moment She Couldn't Resist. An Obsession He Can't Control.

🍅 12% 35%

30

1.87

4.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$14.9M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$36.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$53.4M

$17.4M international

Domestic Legs2.4x

Budget$4M

2015 Rank#73

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Cast & Crew

Full Cohen filmography

Rob Cohen Director

Jennifer Lopez Starring

John Corbett Starring

Kristin Chenoweth

Kristin Chenoweth Starring

Hill Harper Starring

ScreenplayBarbara Curry Produced byJennifer Lopez, Jason Blum, Benny Medina, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas CinematographyDavid McFarland MusicRandy Edelman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 23-25 2 $14.9M — 2,602 $5,730 $14.9M

2 Jan 30-Feb 1 5 $6.1M −59.2% 2,615 $2,325 $24.7M

3 Feb 6-8 10 $4.1M −32.4% 2,193 $1,875 $30.9M

4 Feb 13-15 12 $1.8M −56.8% 1,192 $1,490 $33.8M

5 Feb 20-22 21 $497.9K −72.0% 503 $990 $34.9M

6 Feb 27-Mar 1 31 $155.1K −68.8% 217 $715 $35.2M

7 Mar 6-8 40 $78.6K −49.3% 122 $645 $35.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 23 #2 $5.7M — $5.7M 2,602 $2,200 1

Sat Jan 24 #3 $5.8M +1.8% $11.6M 2,602 $2,240 2

Sun Jan 25 #3 $3.4M −42.4% $14.9M 2,602 $1,290 3

Mon Jan 26 #2 $820.3K −75.6% $15.7M 2,602 $315 4

Tue Jan 27 #2 $1.2M +49.2% $17.0M 2,602 $470 5

Wed Jan 28 #2 $844.4K −31.0% $17.8M 2,602 $325 6

Thu Jan 29 #2 $792.4K −6.2% $18.6M 2,602 $305 7

Fri Jan 30 #4 $2.1M +169.1% −62.8% $20.7M 2,615 $815 8

Sat Jan 31 #6 $3.0M +38.6% −49.3% $23.7M 2,615 $1,130 9

Sun Feb 1 #4 $993.8K −66.4% −70.4% $24.7M 2,615 $380 10

Mon Feb 2 #5 $470.7K −52.6% −42.6% $25.1M 2,615 $180 11

Tue Feb 3 #4 $666.3K +41.6% −45.6% $25.8M 2,615 $255 12

Wed Feb 4 #4 $470.7K −29.4% −44.3% $26.3M 2,615 $180 13

Thu Feb 5 #5 $469.5K −0.3% −40.8% $26.7M 2,615 $180 14

Fri Feb 6 #9 $1.2M +161.6% −42.4% $28.0M 2,193 $560 15

Sat Feb 7 #10 $1.9M +51.9% −36.9% $29.8M 2,193 $850 16

Sun Feb 8 #10 $1.0M −45.4% +2.5% $30.9M 2,193 $465 17

Mon Feb 9 #10 $306.1K −69.9% −35.0% $31.2M 2,193 $140 18

Tue Feb 10 #8 $384.8K +25.7% −42.2% $31.6M 2,193 $175 19

Wed Feb 11 #8 $274.1K −28.8% −41.8% $31.8M 2,193 $125 20

Thu Feb 12 #11 $208.3K −24.0% −55.6% $32.0M 2,193 $95 21

Fri Feb 13 #12 $346.3K +66.2% −71.8% $32.4M 1,192 $290 22

Sat Feb 14 #12 $959.6K +177.1% −48.6% $33.3M 1,192 $805 23

Sun Feb 15 #12 $470.8K −50.9% −53.8% $33.8M 1,192 $395 24

Mon Feb 16 #13 $227.0K −51.8% −25.8% $34.0M 1,192 $190 25

Tue Feb 17 #12 $160.3K −29.4% −58.3% $34.2M 1,192 $135 26

Wed Feb 18 #13 $119.1K −25.7% −56.6% $34.3M 1,192 $100 27

Thu Feb 19 #13 $106.8K −10.3% −48.7% $34.4M 1,192 $90 28

Fri Feb 20 — $148.2K +38.7% −57.2% $34.6M 503 $295 29

Sat Feb 21 — $221.3K +49.3% −76.9% $34.8M 503 $440 30

Sun Feb 22 — $128.4K −42.0% −72.7% $34.9M 503 $255 31

Mon Feb 23 — $42.6K −66.9% −81.3% $35.0M 503 $85 32

Tue Feb 24 — $47.9K +12.5% −70.1% $35.0M 503 $95 33

Wed Feb 25 — $40.2K −16.0% −66.2% $35.1M 503 $80 34

Thu Feb 26 — $37.6K −6.5% −64.8% $35.1M 503 $75 35

Fri Feb 27 — $42.3K +12.4% −71.5% $35.1M 217 $195 36

Sat Feb 28 — $72.7K +71.9% −67.1% $35.2M 217 $335 37

Sun Mar 1 — $40.1K −44.8% −68.8% $35.2M 217 $185 38

Mon Mar 2 — $15.2K −62.1% −64.2% $35.3M 217 $70 39

Tue Mar 3 — $17.3K +13.9% −63.8% $35.3M 217 $80 40

Wed Mar 4 — $15.2K −12.4% −62.3% $35.3M 217 $70 41

Thu Mar 5 — $13.0K −14.3% −65.4% $35.3M 217 $60 42

Fri Mar 6 — $22.0K +68.7% −48.1% $35.3M 122 $180 43

Sat Mar 7 — $34.8K +58.3% −52.2% $35.4M 122 $285 44

Sun Mar 8 — $21.9K −37.0% −45.4% $35.4M 122 $180 45

Mon Mar 9 — $8.5K −61.0% −43.9% $35.4M 122 $70 46

Tue Mar 10 — $10.4K +21.4% −40.2% $35.4M 122 $85 47

Wed Mar 11 — $9.8K −5.9% −35.7% $35.4M 122 $80 48

Thu Mar 12 — $9.2K −6.2% −29.7% $35.4M 122 $75 49

Cumulative total$35.4M

Jan 23Feb 4Feb 16Feb 28Mar 12

Weekend grossWk 7 · $78.6K

$14.9M

$6.1M

$4.1M

$1.8M

$497.9K

$155.1K

$78.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 2,615 → 122 −95.3%

2,602 open122 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −49.3%

−59.2%

W1→2

−32.4%

W2→3

−56.8%

W3→4

−72.0%

W4→5

−68.8%

W5→6

−49.3%

W6→7

Steepest −72.0%Best hold −32.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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