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The Internship

2013 • PG-13 • 1h 59m • Comedy • 20th Century Fox

Hiring them was a brilliant mistake.

🍅 34% 51%

42

2.89

6.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$17.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$44.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$93.7M

$49M international

Domestic Legs2.6x

Budget$58M

2013 Rank#74

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Cast & Crew

Full Levy filmography

Shawn Levy Director

Vince Vaughn Starring

Owen Wilson Starring

Rose Byrne Starring

Max Minghella Starring

Aasif Mandvi Starring

ScreenplayVince Vaughn, Jared Stern Produced byShawn Levy, Vince Vaughn Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 7-9 4 $17.3M — 3,366 $5,147 $17.3M

2 Jun 14-16 6 $7.1M −58.7% 3,399 $2,103 $31.1M

3 Jun 21-23 8 $3.4M −52.4% 1,916 $1,775 $38.3M

4 Jun 28-30 10 $1.4M −57.9% 1,008 $1,420 $41.7M

5 Jul 5-7 16 $459.7K −67.9% 1,008 $456 $42.8M

6 Jul 12-14 23 $217.8K −52.6% 233 $935 $43.2M

7 Jul 19-21 26 $225.3K +3.5% 202 $1,115 $43.6M

8 Jul 26-28 27 $201.6K −10.5% 197 $1,023 $43.9M

9 Aug 2-4 32 $174.2K −13.6% 172 $1,013 $44.2M

10 Aug 9-11 34 $101.0K −42.0% 136 $743 $44.4M

11 Aug 16-18 41 $67.3K −33.3% 100 $673 $44.6M

12 Aug 23-25 49 $25.9K −61.5% 47 $551 $44.6M

13 Aug 30-Sep 1 62 $14.1K −45.4% 20 $706 $44.6M

14 Sep 6-8 62 $16.6K +17.4% 17 $976 $44.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 7 #2 $6.5M — $6.5M 3,366 $1,923 1

Sat Jun 8 #4 $6.6M +3% $13.1M 3,366 $1,975 2

Sun Jun 9 #4 $4.2M −37% $17.3M 3,366 $1,249 3

Mon Jun 10 #4 $2.0M −52% $19.4M 3,366 $603 4

Tue Jun 11 #4 $1.8M −11% $21.2M 3,366 $539 5

Wed Jun 12 #5 $1.4M −23% $22.6M 3,366 $416 6

Thu Jun 13 #6 $1.4M −2% $24.0M 3,366 $410 7

Fri Jun 14 #6 $2.4M +73% −63% $26.3M 3,399 $701 8

Sat Jun 15 #6 $2.7M +14% −59% $29.0M 3,399 $798 9

Sun Jun 16 #8 $2.1M −24% −51% $31.1M 3,399 $604 10

Mon Jun 17 #6 $975.7K −52% −52% $32.1M 3,399 $287 11

Tue Jun 18 #6 $1.1M +16% −37% $33.2M 3,399 $334 12

Wed Jun 19 #4 $993.4K −13% −29% $34.2M 3,399 $292 13

Thu Jun 20 #5 $734.0K −26% −47% $34.9M 3,399 $216 14

Fri Jun 21 #8 $1.1M +47% −55% $36.0M 1,916 $563 15

Sat Jun 22 #8 $1.3M +24% −51% $37.4M 1,916 $699 16

Sun Jun 23 #9 $983.4K −27% −52% $38.3M 1,916 $513 17

Mon Jun 24 #8 $462.4K −53% −53% $38.8M 1,916 $241 18

Tue Jun 25 #8 $571.7K +24% −50% $39.4M 1,916 $298 19

Wed Jun 26 #7 $510.4K −11% −49% $39.9M 1,916 $266 20

Thu Jun 27 #9 $395.7K −22% −46% $40.3M 1,916 $207 21

Fri Jun 28 #10 $423.9K +7% −61% $40.7M 1,008 $421 22

Sat Jun 29 #11 $582.6K +37% −56% $41.3M 1,008 $578 23

Sun Jun 30 #10 $425.2K −27% −57% $41.7M 1,008 $422 24

Mon Jul 1 #10 $241.2K −43% −48% $42.0M 1,008 $239 25

Tue Jul 2 #10 $173.5K −28% −70% $42.1M 1,008 $172 26

Wed Jul 3 #- $81.3K −53% −84% $42.2M 1,008 $81 27

Thu Jul 4 #- $95.1K +17% −76% $42.3M 1,008 $94 28

Fri Jul 5 #- $162.7K +71% −62% $42.5M 379 $429 29

Sat Jul 6 #- $173.3K +6% −70% $42.6M 379 $457 30

Sun Jul 7 #- $123.7K −29% −71% $42.8M 379 $326 31

Mon Jul 8 #- $60.5K −51% −75% $42.8M 379 $160 32

Tue Jul 9 #- $69.3K +14% −60% $42.9M 379 $183 33

Wed Jul 10 #- $58.6K −15% −28% $43.0M 379 $155 34

Thu Jul 11 #- $52.0K −11% −45% $43.0M 379 $137 35

Fri Jul 12 #- $67.5K +30% −59% $43.1M 233 $290 36

Sat Jul 13 #- $90.1K +33% −48% $43.2M 233 $387 37

Sun Jul 14 #- $60.2K −33% −51% $43.2M 233 $258 38

Mon Jul 15 #- $31.7K −47% −48% $43.3M 233 $136 39

Tue Jul 16 #- $36.6K +16% −47% $43.3M 233 $157 40

Wed Jul 17 #- $33.7K −8% −42% $43.3M 233 $145 41

Thu Jul 18 #- $34.1K +1% −34% $43.4M 233 $146 42

Fri Jul 19 #- $68.9K +102% +2% $43.4M 202 $341 43

Sat Jul 20 #- $93.8K +36% +4% $43.5M 202 $464 44

Sun Jul 21 #- $62.6K −33% +4% $43.6M 202 $310 45

Mon Jul 22 #- $33.1K −47% +5% $43.6M 202 $164 46

Tue Jul 23 #- $38.3K +16% +5% $43.7M 202 $189 47

Wed Jul 24 #- $34.0K −11% +1% $43.7M 202 $169 48

Thu Jul 25 #- $34.0K — $43.7M 202 $169 49

Fri Jul 26 #- $63.3K +86% −8% $43.8M 197 $321 50

Sat Jul 27 #- $80.8K +28% −14% $43.9M 197 $410 51

Sun Jul 28 #- $57.5K −29% −8% $43.9M 197 $292 52

Mon Jul 29 #- $29.6K −49% −11% $44.0M 197 $150 53

Tue Jul 30 #- $32.0K +8% −16% $44.0M 197 $163 54

Wed Jul 31 #- $31.4K −2% −8% $44.0M 197 $160 55

Thu Aug 1 #- $31.3K — −8% $44.0M 197 $159 56

Fri Aug 2 #- $48.1K +54% −24% $44.1M 172 $280 57

Sat Aug 3 #- $60.8K +27% −25% $44.2M 172 $354 58

Sun Aug 4 #- $65.3K +7% +13% $44.2M 172 $379 59

Mon Aug 5 #- $25.1K −62% −15% $44.2M 172 $146 60

Tue Aug 6 #- $26.5K +6% −17% $44.3M 172 $154 61

Wed Aug 7 #- $24.1K −9% −23% $44.3M 163 $148 62

Thu Aug 8 #- $24.3K +1% −22% $44.3M 163 $149 63

Fri Aug 9 #- $31.3K +29% −35% $44.4M 136 $230 64

Sat Aug 10 #- $40.8K +30% −33% $44.4M 136 $300 65

Sun Aug 11 #- $28.8K −29% −56% $44.4M 136 $212 66

Mon Aug 12 #- $15.8K −45% −37% $44.4M 136 $117 67

Tue Aug 13 #- $16.1K +2% −39% $44.5M 136 $119 68

Wed Aug 14 #- $15.7K −3% −35% $44.5M 136 $115 69

Thu Aug 15 #- $15.3K −2% −37% $44.5M 136 $113 70

Fri Aug 16 #- $19.8K +29% −37% $44.5M 100 $198 71

Sat Aug 17 #- $28.2K +43% −31% $44.5M 100 $282 72

Sun Aug 18 #- $19.3K −32% −33% $44.6M 100 $193 73

Mon Aug 19 #- $9.1K −53% −42% $44.6M 100 $91 74

Tue Aug 20 #- $9.2K +1% −43% $44.6M 100 $92 75

Wed Aug 21 #- $8.9K −3% −43% $44.6M 100 $89 76

Thu Aug 22 #- $9.6K +7% −38% $44.6M 100 $96 77

Fri Aug 23 #- $8.0K −16% −59% $44.6M 47 $171 78

Sat Aug 24 #- $11.4K +41% −60% $44.6M 47 $242 79

Sun Aug 25 #- $6.5K −43% −66% $44.6M 47 $138 80

Mon Aug 26 #- $3.1K −53% −67% $44.6M 47 $65 81

Tue Aug 27 #- $2.8K −9% −70% $44.6M 47 $59 82

Wed Aug 28 #- $2.6K −6% −71% $44.6M 47 $56 83

Thu Aug 29 #- $2.8K +7% −71% $44.6M 47 $60 84

Fri Aug 30 #- $3.7K +30% −54% $44.6M 20 $183 85

Sat Aug 31 #- $5.1K +38% −56% $44.6M 20 $253 86

Sun Sep 1 #- $5.4K +7% −17% $44.6M 20 $271 87

Mon Sep 2 #- $4.4K −20% +42% $44.6M 20 $218 88

Tue Sep 3 #- $1.2K −72% −57% $44.6M 20 $61 89

Wed Sep 4 #- $1.2K −2% −54% $44.6M 20 $60 90

Thu Sep 5 #- $1.5K +23% −48% $44.6M 20 $73 91

Fri Sep 6 #- $5.0K +238% +35% $44.7M 17 $292 92

Sat Sep 7 #- $7.1K +42% +40% $44.7M 17 $415 93

Sun Sep 8 #- $4.6K −35% −16% $44.7M 17 $269 94

Mon Sep 9 #- $1.4K −69% −68% $44.7M 17 $83 95

Tue Sep 10 #- $1.7K +21% +41% $44.7M 17 $100 96

Wed Sep 11 #- $1.9K +10% +57% $44.7M 17 $110 97

Thu Sep 12 #- $1.8K −3% +24% $44.7M 17 $107 98

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

Cumulative total$44.5M

Jun 7Jun 24Jul 12Jul 29Aug 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $101.0K

$17.3M

$7.1M

$3.4M

$1.4M

$459.7K

$217.8K

$225.3K

$201.6K

$174.2K

$101.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,399 → 136 −96.0%

3,366 open136 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.0%

−58.7%

W1→2

−52.4%

W2→3

−57.9%

W3→4

−67.9%

W4→5

−52.6%

W5→6

+3.5%

W6→7

−10.5%

W7→8

−13.6%

W8→9

−42.0%

W9→10

Steepest −67.9%Biggest gain +3.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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