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2017 • PG • 1h 26m • Animation, Adventure, Comedy • Sony Pictures

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1.5

3.5

CS D-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$86.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$217.90M

$131.80M international

Domestic legs3.51x

Budget$50M

2017 rank#37

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Cast & crew

T.J. Miller

T.J. Miller Starring

James Corden

James Corden Starring

Anna Faris

Anna Faris Starring

Maya Rudolph

Maya Rudolph Starring

Jennifer Coolidge

Jennifer Coolidge Starring

ScreenplayTony Leondis StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 28-30 2 $24.5M — 4,075 $6,020 $24.5M

2 Aug 4-6 3 $12.0M −51.1% 4,075 $2,946 $49.1M

3 Aug 11-13 6 $6.5M −46.3% 3,219 $2,004 $63.4M

4 Aug 18-20 6 $4.4M −31.2% 2,791 $1,591 $71.9M

5 Aug 25-27 10 $2.5M −43.5% 2,374 $1,057 $76.6M

6 Sep 1-3 9 $2.5M −1.7% 2,108 $1,169 $80.3M

7 Sep 8-10 10 $1.1M −53.8% 1,450 $785 $82.6M

8 Sep 15-17 11 $1.0M −12.1% 1,151 $870 $83.9M

9 Sep 22-24 18 $417.7K −58.3% 573 $729 $84.6M

10 Sep 29-Oct 1 24 $260.2K −37.7% 370 $703 $84.9M

11 Oct 6-8 21 $226.9K −12.8% 254 $893 $85.2M

12 Oct 13-15 22 $181.4K −20.1% 220 $824 $85.5M

13 Oct 20-22 29 $139.2K −23.2% 186 $748 $85.7M

14 Oct 27-29 32 $97.2K −30.1% 198 $491 $85.8M

15 Nov 3-5 35 $85.7K −11.9% 133 $644 $85.9M

16 Nov 10-12 38 $78.3K −8.6% 124 $631 $86.0M

17 Nov 17-19 43 $35.6K −54.5% 101 $353 $86.1M

18 Nov 24-26 53 $14.6K −59.0% 51 $286 $86.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 27 #P $900.0K — $900.0K 0 $0 -1

Fri Jul 28 #1 $10.0M — $10.0M 4,075 $2,460 1

Sat Jul 29 #2 $8.7M −13.0% $18.7M 4,075 $2,140 2

Sun Jul 30 #2 $5.8M −33.7% $24.5M 4,075 $1,420 3

Mon Jul 31 #2 $2.8M −51.0% $27.4M 4,075 $695 4

Tue Aug 1 #2 $4.2M +46.7% $31.5M 4,075 $1,020 5

Wed Aug 2 #2 $2.8M −32.1% $34.3M 4,075 $692 6

Thu Aug 3 #2 $2.8M −2.2% $37.1M 4,075 $677 7

Fri Aug 4 #3 $3.9M +40.5% −61.3% $41.0M 4,075 $951 8

Sat Aug 5 #3 $4.8M +24.1% −44.9% $45.8M 4,075 $1,180 9

Sun Aug 6 #3 $3.3M −30.9% −42.6% $49.1M 4,075 $815 10

Mon Aug 7 #2 $2.2M −32.8% −21.2% $51.3M 4,075 $548 11

Tue Aug 8 #2 $2.6M +15.7% −37.9% $53.9M 4,075 $634 12

Wed Aug 9 #2 $1.6M −36.9% −42.2% $55.6M 4,075 $400 13

Thu Aug 10 #2 $1.4M −12.1% −48.0% $57.0M 4,075 $352 14

Fri Aug 11 #6 $1.9M +35.0% −50.1% $58.9M 3,219 $601 15

Sat Aug 12 #5 $2.8M +43.2% −42.4% $61.7M 3,219 $861 16

Sun Aug 13 #5 $1.7M −37.0% −47.5% $63.4M 3,219 $542 17

Mon Aug 14 #4 $875.9K −49.8% −60.8% $64.3M 3,219 $272 18

Tue Aug 15 #4 $1.5M +65.9% −43.7% $65.8M 3,219 $451 19

Wed Aug 16 #4 $835.9K −42.5% −48.8% $66.6M 3,219 $260 20

Thu Aug 17 #4 $814.4K −2.6% −43.2% $67.4M 3,219 $253 21

Fri Aug 18 #6 $1.4M +66.8% −29.8% $68.8M 2,791 $487 22

Sat Aug 19 #6 $1.9M +36.5% −33.1% $70.6M 2,791 $665 23

Sun Aug 20 #6 $1.2M −33.8% −29.6% $71.9M 2,791 $440 24

Mon Aug 21 #7 $444.7K −63.8% −49.2% $72.3M 2,791 $159 25

Tue Aug 22 #6 $841.8K +89.3% −42.1% $73.1M 2,791 $302 26

Wed Aug 23 #6 $523.0K −37.9% −37.4% $73.7M 2,791 $187 27

Thu Aug 24 #7 $413.6K −20.9% −49.2% $74.1M 2,791 $148 28

Fri Aug 25 #10 $623.7K +50.8% −54.1% $74.7M 2,374 $263 29

Sat Aug 26 #9 $1.1M +70.1% −42.8% $75.8M 2,374 $447 30

Sun Aug 27 #8 $823.8K −22.4% −32.9% $76.6M 2,374 $347 31

Mon Aug 28 #8 $292.8K −64.5% −34.2% $76.9M 2,374 $123 32

Tue Aug 29 #9 $471.0K +60.9% −44.0% $77.4M 2,374 $198 33

Wed Aug 30 #8 $273.2K −42.0% −47.8% $77.6M 2,374 $115 34

Thu Aug 31 #10 $249.7K −8.6% −39.6% $77.9M 2,374 $105 35

Fri Sep 1 #10 $492.9K +97.4% −21.0% $78.4M 2,108 $234 36

Sat Sep 2 #8 $994.3K +101.7% −6.3% $79.4M 2,108 $472 37

Sun Sep 3 #9 $977.8K −1.7% +18.7% $80.3M 2,108 $464 38

Mon Sep 4 #8 $806.3K −17.5% +175.4% $81.1M 2,108 $382 39

Tue Sep 5 #12 $145.8K −81.9% −69.0% $81.3M 2,108 $69 40

Wed Sep 6 #15 $95.9K −34.2% −64.9% $81.4M 2,108 $46 41

Thu Sep 7 #- $67.2K −30.0% −73.1% $81.5M 2,108 $32 42

Fri Sep 8 #12 $195.8K +191.6% −60.3% $81.7M 1,450 $135 43

Sat Sep 9 #10 $552.0K +181.9% −44.5% $82.2M 1,450 $381 44

Sun Sep 10 #10 $390.7K −29.2% −60.0% $82.6M 1,450 $269 45

Mon Sep 11 #13 $52.4K −86.6% −93.5% $82.6M 1,450 $36 46

Tue Sep 12 #11 $109.8K +109.6% −24.7% $82.8M 1,450 $76 47

Wed Sep 13 #11 $86.2K −21.5% −10.1% $82.8M 1,450 $59 48

Thu Sep 14 #12 $66.3K −23.1% −1.3% $82.9M 1,450 $46 49

Fri Sep 15 #13 $188.8K +184.9% −3.6% $83.1M 1,151 $164 50

Sat Sep 16 #12 $472.5K +150.2% −14.4% $83.6M 1,151 $410 51

Sun Sep 17 #10 $340.0K −28.0% −13.0% $83.9M 1,151 $295 52

Mon Sep 18 #15 $49.2K −85.5% −6.1% $84.0M 1,151 $43 53

Tue Sep 19 #- $63.1K +28.4% −42.5% $84.0M 1,151 $55 54

Wed Sep 20 #14 $51.7K −18.1% −40.0% $84.1M 1,151 $45 55

Thu Sep 21 #12 $75.8K +46.7% +14.4% $84.2M 1,151 $66 56

Fri Sep 22 #- $77.9K +2.8% −58.7% $84.2M 573 $136 57

Sat Sep 23 #- $205.1K +163.2% −56.6% $84.4M 573 $358 58

Sun Sep 24 #- $134.8K −34.3% −60.4% $84.6M 573 $235 59

Mon Sep 25 #- $20.8K −84.6% −57.7% $84.6M 573 $36 60

Tue Sep 26 #- $26.1K +25.4% −58.7% $84.6M 573 $46 61

Wed Sep 27 #- $20.0K −23.2% −61.2% $84.6M 573 $35 62

Thu Sep 28 #- $16.2K −19.3% −78.7% $84.7M 573 $28 63

Fri Sep 29 #- $50.6K +212.7% −35.1% $84.7M 370 $137 64

Sat Sep 30 #- $126.9K +150.8% −38.1% $84.8M 370 $343 65

Sun Oct 1 #- $82.8K −34.8% −38.6% $84.9M 370 $224 66

Mon Oct 2 #- $12.1K −85.4% −41.9% $84.9M 370 $33 67

Tue Oct 3 #- $16.3K +34.6% −37.7% $84.9M 370 $44 68

Wed Oct 4 #- $13.5K −16.9% −32.6% $85.0M 370 $37 69

Thu Oct 5 #- $13.7K +1.3% −15.4% $85.0M 370 $37 70

Fri Oct 6 #- $49.5K +261.6% −2.1% $85.0M 254 $195 71

Sat Oct 7 #- $100.5K +102.9% −20.8% $85.1M 254 $395 72

Sun Oct 8 #- $77.0K −23.4% −7.0% $85.2M 254 $303 73

Mon Oct 9 #- $58.5K −24.0% +383.9% $85.3M 254 $230 74

Tue Oct 10 #- $21.7K −62.9% +33.5% $85.3M 254 $85 75

Wed Oct 11 #- $15.2K −30.1% +12.3% $85.3M 254 $60 76

Thu Oct 12 #- $16.4K +7.8% +19.6% $85.3M 254 $64 77

Fri Oct 13 #- $40.4K +146.6% −18.4% $85.3M 220 $184 78

Sat Oct 14 #- $85.6K +112.1% −14.7% $85.4M 220 $389 79

Sun Oct 15 #- $55.3K −35.4% −28.1% $85.5M 220 $252 80

Mon Oct 16 #- $11.3K −79.6% −80.7% $85.5M 220 $51 81

Tue Oct 17 #- $11.0K −2.7% −49.3% $85.5M 220 $50 82

Wed Oct 18 #- $9.6K −12.9% −36.9% $85.5M 220 $44 83

Thu Oct 19 #- $15.1K +57.5% −7.8% $85.5M 220 $69 84

Fri Oct 20 #- $33.8K +123.9% −16.3% $85.6M 186 $182 85

Sat Oct 21 #- $62.6K +85.1% −26.9% $85.6M 186 $336 86

Sun Oct 22 #- $42.8K −31.6% −22.6% $85.7M 186 $230 87

Mon Oct 23 #- $7.3K −83.0% −35.7% $85.7M 186 $39 88

Tue Oct 24 #- $7.5K +2.6% −32.2% $85.7M 186 $40 89

Wed Oct 25 #- $6.9K −7.9% −28.2% $85.7M 186 $37 90

Thu Oct 26 #- $6.7K −2.0% −55.3% $85.7M 186 $36 91

Fri Oct 27 #- $22.3K +230.4% −34.1% $85.7M 198 $113 92

Sat Oct 28 #- $44.0K +97.4% −29.7% $85.8M 198 $222 93

Sun Oct 29 #- $31.0K −29.6% −27.6% $85.8M 198 $156 94

Mon Oct 30 #- $5.0K −83.8% −31.2% $85.8M 198 $25 95

Tue Oct 31 #- $5.5K +10.4% −25.9% $85.8M 198 $28 96

Wed Nov 1 #- $7.5K +35.8% +9.2% $85.8M 198 $38 97

Thu Nov 2 #- $5.1K −31.6% −23.8% $85.8M 198 $26 98

Fri Nov 3 #- $15.6K +202.9% −30.1% $85.8M 133 $117 99

Sat Nov 4 #- $41.6K +167.1% −5.4% $85.9M 133 $313 100

Sun Nov 5 #- $28.5K −31.4% −7.9% $85.9M 133 $214 101

Mon Nov 6 #- $3.4K −88.0% −31.8% $85.9M 133 $26 102

Tue Nov 7 #- $6.2K +81.7% +12.1% $85.9M 133 $47 103

Wed Nov 8 #- $3.1K −50.4% −59.1% $85.9M 133 $23 104

Thu Nov 9 #- $5.3K +73.0% +3.4% $85.9M 133 $40 105

Fri Nov 10 #- $23.6K +343.1% +51.3% $86.0M 124 $190 106

Sat Nov 11 #- $33.1K +40.6% −20.3% $86.0M 124 $267 107

Sun Nov 12 #- $21.6K −34.9% −24.3% $86.0M 124 $174 108

Mon Nov 13 #- $4.1K −81.1% +19.2% $86.0M 124 $33 109

Tue Nov 14 #- $2.8K −30.6% −54.5% $86.0M 124 $23 110

Wed Nov 15 #- $3.1K +10.7% +1.7% $86.0M 124 $25 111

Thu Nov 16 #- $3.0K −5.0% −44.2% $86.0M 124 $24 112

Fri Nov 17 #- $7.4K +148.7% −68.7% $86.0M 101 $73 113

Sat Nov 18 #- $16.9K +129.5% −48.9% $86.0M 101 $168 114

Sun Nov 19 #- $11.3K −33.3% −47.6% $86.1M 101 $112 115

Wed Nov 22 #- $4.0K −64.9% +27.0% $86.1M 68 $58 118

Thu Nov 23 #- $2.5K −36.8% −15.6% $86.1M 68 $37 119

Fri Nov 24 #- $5.3K +109.3% −28.9% $86.1M 51 $103 120

Sat Nov 25 #- $6.0K +14.0% −64.7% $86.1M 51 $117 121

Sun Nov 26 #- $3.4K −43.8% −70.3% $86.1M 51 $66 122

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

Cumulative total$85.0M

Jul 27Aug 14Aug 31Sep 18Oct 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $260.2K

$24.5M

$12.0M

$6.5M

$4.4M

$2.5M

$2.5M

$1.1M

$1.0M

$417.7K

$260.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,075 → 370 −90.9%

4,075 open370 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.7%

−51.1%

W1→2

−46.3%

W2→3

−31.2%

W3→4

−43.5%

W4→5

−1.7%

W5→6

−53.8%

W6→7

−12.1%

W7→8

−58.3%

W8→9

−37.7%

W9→10

Steepest −58.3%Best hold −1.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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