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The Five-Year Engagement

2012 R 2h 4m Comedy, Drama, Romance Universal Pictures

A comedy about the journey between popping the question and tying the knot.

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$10.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$28.7M
Final
Worldwide Total
$61.6M
$32.9M international
Domestic Legs2.7x
Budget$30M
2012 Rank#96
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Cast & Crew

Jason Segel Jason Segel Starring Emily Blunt Emily Blunt Starring Rhys Ifans Rhys Ifans Starring Chris Pratt Chris Pratt Starring Alison Brie Alison Brie Starring Jacki Weaver Jacki Weaver Starring
ScreenplayJason Segel, Nicholas Stoller Produced byJudd Apatow, Nicholas Stoller, Rodney Rothman CinematographyJavier Aguirresarobe Prod. DesignJulie Berghoff StudioUniversal Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 27-29 5 $10.6M 2,936 $3,614 $10.6M
2 May 4-6 6 $5.0M −52.6% 2,941 $1,710 $19.1M
3 May 11-13 6 $3.3M −34.1% 2,569 $1,290 $24.6M
4 May 18-20 11 $1.1M −66.5% 1,175 $945 $27.1M
5 May 25-27 19 $294.6K −73.5% 274 $1,075 $27.9M
6 Jun 1-3 25 $179.8K −38.9% 218 $825 $28.3M
7 Jun 8-10 28 $121.6K −32.4% 175 $695 $28.5M
8 Jun 15-17 32 $92.4K −24.0% 168 $550 $28.6M
Cumulative total$28.7M
Apr 27May 11May 25Jun 7Jun 21
Weekend grossWk 8 · $92.4K
$10.6M
$5.0M
$3.3M
$1.1M
$294.6K
$179.8K
$121.6K
$92.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8
Theater countPeak 2,941 → 168 −94.3%
2,936 open168 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −24.0%
−52.6%
W1→2
−34.1%
W2→3
−66.5%
W3→4
−73.5%
W4→5
−38.9%
W5→6
−32.4%
W6→7
−24.0%
W7→8
Steepest −73.5%Best hold −24.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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