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The Break-Up

2006 • PG-13 • 1h 46m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Universal Pictures

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🍅 34% 46%

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2.73

5.8

CS C+

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$39.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$119M

Final

Worldwide Total

$206M

$87.0M international

Domestic Legs3.03x

Budget$52.0M

2006 Rank#18

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Cast & Crew

Full Reed filmography

Peyton Reed Director

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston Starring

Vince Vaughn Starring

Jason Bateman Starring

ScreenplayJeremy Garelick, Jay Lavender Produced byVince Vaughn, Scott Stuber CinematographyEric Alan Edwards MusicJon Brion StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 2-4 1 $39.2M — 3,070 $12,759 $39.2M

2 Jun 9-11 2 $20.3M −48.1% 3,075 $6,610 $73.9M

3 Jun 16-18 5 $9.8M −51.6% 3,146 $3,124 $92.3M

4 Jun 23-25 7 $6.6M −32.9% 2,906 $2,270 $104.2M

5 Jun 30-Jul 2 9 $3.0M −54.7% 1,911 $1,564 $110.2M

6 Jul 7-9 10 $1.6M −45.8% 1,175 $1,379 $114.3M

7 Jul 14-16 14 $888.1K −45.2% 797 $1,114 $116.1M

8 Jul 21-23 17 $446.6K −49.7% 406 $1,100 $117.1M

9 Jul 28-30 22 $292.9K −34.4% 283 $1,035 $117.6M

10 Aug 4-6 33 $162.2K −44.6% 225 $720 $118.0M

11 Aug 11-13 35 $161.4K −0.5% 198 $814 $118.2M

12 Aug 18-20 41 $128.7K −20.2% 157 $820 $118.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 2 #1 $13.9M — $13.9M 3,067 $4,544 1

Sat Jun 3 #1 $15.0M +8% $29.0M 3,067 $4,899 2

Sun Jun 4 #1 $10.2M −32% $39.2M 3,067 $3,328 3

Mon Jun 5 #1 $3.9M −62% $43.1M 3,067 $1,276 4

Tue Jun 6 #2 $4.0M +2% $47.1M 3,070 $1,299 5

Wed Jun 7 #2 $3.4M −15% $50.5M 3,070 $1,099 6

Thu Jun 8 #1 $3.1M −7% $53.6M 3,070 $1,025 7

Fri Jun 9 #2 $6.8M +116% −51% $60.4M 3,073 $2,216 8

Sat Jun 10 #2 $8.2M +21% −45% $68.7M 3,073 $2,681 9

Sun Jun 11 #2 $5.3M −36% −48% $73.9M 3,073 $1,716 10

Mon Jun 12 #2 $2.3M −57% −42% $76.2M 3,073 $735 11

Tue Jun 13 #2 $2.2M −3% −45% $78.4M 3,073 $715 12

Wed Jun 14 #2 $2.1M −4% −38% $80.5M 3,073 $685 13

Thu Jun 15 #2 $1.9M −8% −38% $82.4M 3,073 $630 14

Fri Jun 16 #5 $3.4M +76% −50% $85.8M 3,141 $1,086 15

Sat Jun 17 #5 $4.0M +16% −52% $89.8M 3,141 $1,262 16

Sun Jun 18 #6 $2.5M −38% −53% $92.3M 3,141 $781 17

Mon Jun 19 #5 $1.3M −46% −41% $93.6M 3,141 $421 18

Tue Jun 20 #5 $1.4M +2% −38% $94.9M 3,141 $430 19

Wed Jun 21 #5 $1.4M n/c −36% $96.3M 3,146 $429 20

Thu Jun 22 #5 $1.4M n/c −30% $97.6M 3,146 $429 21

Fri Jun 23 #7 $2.0M +47% −42% $99.6M 2,909 $684 22

Sat Jun 24 #7 $2.7M +34% −33% $102.3M 2,909 $919 23

Sun Jun 25 #7 $1.9M −28% −21% $104.2M 2,909 $664 24

Mon Jun 26 #7 $871.0K −55% −34% $105.1M 2,906 $299 25

Tue Jun 27 #6 $842.7K −3% −38% $105.9M 2,906 $290 26

Wed Jun 28 #8 $644.6K −24% −52% $106.6M 2,906 $221 27

Thu Jun 29 #7 $645.4K n/c −52% $107.2M 2,906 $222 28

Fri Jun 30 #9 $860.0K +33% −57% $108.1M 1,906 $451 29

Sat Jul 1 #9 $1.1M +23% −60% $109.2M 1,906 $556 30

Sun Jul 2 #9 $1.1M +1% −45% $110.2M 1,906 $561 31

Mon Jul 3 #8 $840.8K −21% −3% $111.1M 1,906 $441 32

Tue Jul 4 #8 $649.6K −23% −23% $111.7M 1,906 $340 33

Wed Jul 5 #8 $487.3K −25% −24% $112.2M 1,906 $255 34

Thu Jul 6 #9 $450.0K −8% −30% $112.7M 1,906 $236 35

Fri Jul 7 #10 $516.8K +15% −40% $113.2M 1,175 $439 36

Sat Jul 8 #10 $663.9K +28% −37% $113.8M 1,175 $565 37

Sun Jul 9 #10 $440.6K −34% −59% $114.3M 1,175 $375 38

Mon Jul 10 #10 $205.1K −53% −76% $114.5M 1,175 $174 39

Tue Jul 11 #10 $235.6K +15% −64% $114.7M 1,175 $200 40

Wed Jul 12 #10 $252.6K +7% −48% $115.0M 1,175 $215 41

Thu Jul 13 #9 $235.0K −7% −48% $115.2M 1,175 $199 42

Fri Jul 14 #13 $270.0K +15% −48% $115.5M 797 $338 43

Sat Jul 15 #14 $365.0K +35% −45% $115.8M 797 $457 44

Sun Jul 16 #14 $254.0K −30% −42% $116.1M 797 $318 45

Mon Jul 17 #14 $123.0K −52% −40% $116.2M 797 $154 46

Tue Jul 18 #14 $135.0K +10% −43% $116.4M 797 $169 47

Wed Jul 19 #14 $127.0K −6% −50% $116.5M 797 $159 48

Thu Jul 20 #14 $135.0K +6% −43% $116.6M 797 $169 49

Mon Jul 24 $63.0K — −49% $117.1M 406 $155 53

Tue Jul 25 $71.0K +13% −47% $117.2M 406 $174 54

Wed Jul 26 $65.0K −8% −49% $117.3M 406 $160 55

Thu Jul 27 $61.0K −6% −55% $117.3M 406 $150 56

Mon Sep 4 #49 $14.5K — $118.7M 63 $230 95

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

Cumulative total$117.3M

Jun 2Jun 15Jun 28Jul 11Jul 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $162.2K

$39.2M

$20.3M

$9.8M

$6.6M

$3.0M

$1.6M

$888.1K

$446.6K

$292.9K

$162.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,146 → 406 −87.1%

3,067 open406 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −44.6%

−48.1% W1→2

−51.6% W2→3

−32.9% W3→4

−54.7% W4→5

−45.8% W5→6

−45.2% W6→7

−49.7% W7→8

−34.4% W8→9

−44.6% W9→10

Steepest −54.7%Best hold −32.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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