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The Night Before

2015 • R • 1h 41m • Comedy, Fantasy • Sony Pictures Releasing

Their past, present and future. All in one night.

🍅 69% 61%

58

3.09

6.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$9.9M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$43.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$52.6M

$9.5M international

Domestic Legs4.4x

Budget$25M

2015 Rank#67

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Cast & Crew

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Starring

Seth Rogen Starring

Anthony Mackie Starring

Lizzy Caplan Starring

Mindy Kaling Starring

Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon Starring

ScreenplayEvan Goldberg, Ariel Shaffir, Jonathan Levine, Kyle Hunter Produced bySeth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver CinematographyBrandon Trost MusicMarco Beltrami StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 20-22 4 $9.9M — 2,960 $3,338 $9.9M

2 Nov 27-29 6 $8.4M −15.2% 2,960 $2,830 $24.3M

3 Dec 4-6 6 $5.0M −40.0% 2,794 $1,800 $32.1M

4 Dec 11-13 6 $4.1M −17.8% 2,674 $1,546 $38.4M

5 Dec 18-20 14 $1.2M −72.1% 1,235 $933 $41.5M

6 Dec 25-27 28 $224.6K −80.5% 214 $1,049 $42.8M

7 Jan 1-3 37 $92.4K −58.8% 132 $700 $43.0M

8 Jan 8-10 47 $22.1K −76.0% 64 $346 $43.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Nov 19 — $550.0K — $550.0K — — -1

Fri Nov 20 #3 $3.6M +547.5% $3.6M 2,960 $1,203 1

Sat Nov 21 #4 $3.8M +6.7% $7.4M 2,960 $1,284 2

Sun Nov 22 #4 $2.5M −33.7% $9.9M 2,960 $851 3

Mon Nov 23 #4 $1.1M −55.0% $11.0M 2,960 $383 4

Tue Nov 24 #4 $1.5M +36.1% $12.6M 2,960 $521 5

Wed Nov 25 #6 $1.7M +8.7% $14.2M 2,960 $566 6

Thu Nov 26 #5 $1.7M −0.5% $15.9M 2,960 $564 7

Fri Nov 27 #6 $3.2M +92.8% −9.7% $19.1M 2,960 $1,087 8

Sat Nov 28 #6 $3.4M +5.9% −10.4% $22.5M 2,960 $1,151 9

Sun Nov 29 #6 $1.8M −48.5% −30.4% $24.3M 2,960 $592 10

Mon Nov 30 #5 $642.3K −63.4% −43.4% $24.9M 2,960 $217 11

Tue Dec 1 #5 $866.4K +34.9% −43.9% $25.8M 2,960 $293 12

Wed Dec 2 #5 $652.4K −24.7% −61.1% $26.4M 2,960 $220 13

Thu Dec 3 #5 $628.4K −3.7% −62.3% $27.1M 2,960 $212 14

Fri Dec 4 #6 $1.6M +152.6% −50.7% $28.7M 2,794 $568 15

Sat Dec 5 #6 $2.2M +36.5% −36.4% $30.8M 2,794 $776 16

Sun Dec 6 #6 $1.3M −41.2% −27.3% $32.1M 2,794 $456 17

Mon Dec 7 #5 $491.2K −61.5% −23.5% $32.6M 2,794 $176 18

Tue Dec 8 #5 $674.7K +37.4% −22.1% $33.3M 2,794 $241 19

Wed Dec 9 #5 $524.8K −22.2% −19.6% $33.8M 2,794 $188 20

Thu Dec 10 #5 $517.7K −1.4% −17.6% $34.3M 2,794 $185 21

Fri Dec 11 #6 $1.3M +141.7% −21.2% $35.6M 2,674 $468 22

Sat Dec 12 #7 $1.7M +38.4% −20.1% $37.3M 2,674 $648 23

Sun Dec 13 #6 $1.2M −33.5% −9.7% $38.4M 2,674 $430 24

Mon Dec 14 #6 $500.2K −56.5% +1.9% $38.9M 2,674 $187 25

Tue Dec 15 #6 $636.3K +27.2% −5.7% $39.6M 2,674 $238 26

Wed Dec 16 #6 $506.2K −20.5% −3.6% $40.1M 2,674 $189 27

Thu Dec 17 #7 $228.0K −55.0% −56.0% $40.3M 2,674 $85 28

Fri Dec 18 #13 $318.5K +39.7% −74.5% $40.6M 1,235 $258 29

Sat Dec 19 #13 $460.9K +44.7% −73.4% $41.1M 1,235 $373 30

Sun Dec 20 #12 $372.6K −19.1% −67.6% $41.5M 1,235 $302 31

Mon Dec 21 #10 $297.1K −20.3% −40.6% $41.8M 1,235 $241 32

Tue Dec 22 #10 $318.4K +7.1% −50.0% $42.1M 1,235 $258 33

Wed Dec 23 #11 $273.3K −14.2% −46.0% $42.4M 1,081 $253 34

Thu Dec 24 #14 $184.9K −32.3% −18.9% $42.5M 1,081 $171 35

Fri Dec 25 — $98.6K −46.7% −69.1% $42.6M 214 $461 36

Sat Dec 26 — $70.6K −28.3% −84.7% $42.7M 214 $330 37

Sun Dec 27 — $55.4K −21.6% −85.1% $42.8M 214 $259 38

Mon Dec 28 — $38.7K −30.2% −87.0% $42.8M 214 $181 39

Tue Dec 29 — $40.1K +3.6% −87.4% $42.8M 214 $187 40

Wed Dec 30 — $30.0K −25.1% −89.0% $42.9M 214 $140 41

Thu Dec 31 — $15.7K −47.7% −91.5% $42.9M 214 $73 42

Fri Jan 1 — $37.7K +140.1% −61.7% $42.9M 132 $286 43

Sat Jan 2 — $35.9K −4.9% −49.2% $43.0M 132 $272 44

Sun Jan 3 — $18.8K −47.6% −66.0% $43.0M 132 $143 45

Mon Jan 4 — $10.3K −45.4% −73.4% $43.0M 132 $78 46

Tue Jan 5 — $10.4K +1.2% −74.1% $43.0M 132 $79 47

Wed Jan 6 — $8.2K −21.0% −72.6% $43.0M 132 $62 48

Thu Jan 7 — $7.4K −9.4% −52.6% $43.0M 132 $56 49

Cumulative total$43.0M

Nov 19Dec 1Dec 14Dec 26Jan 7

Weekend grossWk 8 · $22.1K

$9.9M

$8.4M

$5.0M

$4.1M

$1.2M

$224.6K

$92.4K

$22.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 2,960 → 132 −95.5%

2,960 open132 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −76.0%

−15.2%

W1→2

−40.0%

W2→3

−17.8%

W3→4

−72.1%

W4→5

−80.5%

W5→6

−58.8%

W6→7

−76.0%

W7→8

Steepest −80.5%Best hold −15.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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