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The Spy Next Door

2010 • PG • 1h 34m • Action, Comedy, Family • Lionsgate

Part spy. Part babysitter. All hero.

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27

2.61

5.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$9.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$24.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$46.8M

$22.4M international

Domestic Legs2.5x

Budget$28M

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBrian Levant ScreenplayJonathan Bernstein, Gregory Poirier, James Greer Produced byRobert Simonds CinematographyDean Cundey MusicDavid Newman Prod. DesignStephen J. Lineweaver StarringJackie Chan, Amber Valletta, Madeline Carroll, Will Shadley, Alina Foley, Magnús Scheving, George López StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 15-17 6 $9.7M — 2,924 $3,326 $9.7M

2 Jan 22-24 10 $4.6M −52.9% 2,924 $1,568 $18.5M

3 Jan 29-31 15 $2.1M −54.7% 1,851 $1,121 $21.5M

4 Feb 5-7 16 $918.8K −55.7% 1,007 $912 $22.9M

5 Feb 12-14 25 $412.2K −55.1% 403 $1,023 $23.5M

6 Feb 19-21 27 $257.4K −37.5% 215 $1,197 $24.0M

7 Feb 26-28 32 $196.7K −23.6% 195 $1,009 $24.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 15 #6 $2.4M — $2.4M 2,924 $824 1

Sat Jan 16 #6 $4.1M +68.1% $6.5M 2,924 $1,386 2

Sun Jan 17 #5 $3.3M −19.5% $9.7M 2,924 $1,116 3

Mon Jan 18 #4 $3.2M −3.4% $12.9M 2,924 $1,078 4

Tue Jan 19 #8 $472.6K −85.0% $13.3M 2,924 $162 5

Wed Jan 20 #11 $297.8K −37.0% $13.6M 2,924 $102 6

Thu Jan 21 #11 $312.7K +5.0% $14.0M 2,924 $107 7

Fri Jan 22 #12 $1.0M +233.1% −56.8% $15.0M 2,924 $356 8

Sat Jan 23 #10 $2.2M +114.2% −45.0% $17.2M 2,924 $763 9

Sun Jan 24 #8 $1.3M −41.1% −59.8% $18.5M 2,924 $449 10

Mon Jan 25 #12 $262.6K −80.0% −91.7% $18.8M 2,924 $90 11

Tue Jan 26 #12 $249.4K −5.0% −47.2% $19.1M 2,924 $85 12

Wed Jan 27 #13 $202.0K −19.0% −32.1% $19.3M 2,924 $69 13

Thu Jan 28 #13 $206.1K +2.0% −34.1% $19.5M 2,924 $70 14

Fri Jan 29 #15 $402.1K +95.1% −61.4% $19.9M 1,851 $217 15

Sat Jan 30 #15 $955.1K +137.5% −57.2% $20.8M 1,851 $516 16

Sun Jan 31 #13 $717.9K −24.8% −45.3% $21.5M 1,851 $388 17

Mon Feb 1 — $119.3K −83.4% −54.6% $21.7M 1,851 $64 18

Tue Feb 2 — $110.5K −7.4% −55.7% $21.8M 1,851 $60 19

Wed Feb 3 — $90.5K −18.1% −55.2% $21.9M 1,851 $49 20

Thu Feb 4 — $79.0K −12.6% −61.6% $21.9M 1,851 $43 21

Fri Feb 5 — $190.5K +141.1% −52.6% $22.1M 1,007 $189 22

Sat Feb 6 — $468.7K +146.0% −50.9% $22.6M 1,007 $465 23

Sun Feb 7 — $259.7K −44.6% −63.8% $22.9M 1,007 $258 24

Mon Feb 8 — $73.4K −71.7% −38.5% $22.9M 1,007 $73 25

Tue Feb 9 — $53.2K −27.5% −51.8% $23.0M 1,007 $53 26

Wed Feb 10 — $50.2K −5.7% −44.5% $23.0M 1,007 $50 27

Thu Feb 11 — $54.4K +8.4% −31.1% $23.1M 1,007 $54 28

Fri Feb 12 — $72.1K +32.4% −62.2% $23.2M 403 $179 29

Sat Feb 13 — $149.9K +107.9% −68.0% $23.3M 403 $372 30

Sun Feb 14 — $190.2K +26.9% −26.8% $23.5M 403 $472 31

Mon Feb 15 #20 $164.5K −13.5% +123.9% $23.7M 403 $408 32

Tue Feb 16 — $41.7K −74.6% −21.7% $23.7M 403 $103 33

Wed Feb 17 — $29.9K −28.3% −40.5% $23.7M 403 $74 34

Thu Feb 18 — $31.1K +4.2% −42.8% $23.8M 403 $77 35

Fri Feb 19 — $55.9K +79.7% −22.4% $23.8M 215 $260 36

Sat Feb 20 — $118.0K +110.9% −21.3% $23.9M 215 $549 37

Sun Feb 21 — $83.5K −29.3% −56.1% $24.0M 215 $388 38

Mon Feb 22 — $12.1K −85.5% −92.6% $24.0M 215 $56 39

Tue Feb 23 — $11.4K −6.3% −72.7% $24.0M 215 $53 40

Wed Feb 24 — $11.8K +3.7% −60.5% $24.1M 215 $55 41

Thu Feb 25 — $10.7K −9.5% −65.7% $24.1M 215 $50 42

Fri Feb 26 — $38.4K +259.8% −31.3% $24.1M 195 $197 43

Sat Feb 27 — $98.5K +156.4% −16.5% $24.2M 195 $505 44

Sun Feb 28 — $59.8K −39.3% −28.4% $24.3M 195 $306 45

Mon Mar 1 — $10.7K −82.0% −11.5% $24.3M 195 $55 46

Tue Mar 2 — $10.0K −6.5% −11.7% $24.3M 195 $52 47

Wed Mar 3 — $8.9K −11.9% −24.9% $24.3M 195 $45 48

Thu Mar 4 — $8.6K −2.4% −19.1% $24.3M 195 $44 49

Cumulative total$24.3M

Jan 15Jan 27Feb 8Feb 20Mar 4

Weekend grossWk 7 · $196.7K

$9.7M

$4.6M

$2.1M

$918.8K

$412.2K

$257.4K

$196.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 2,924 → 195 −93.3%

2,924 open195 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −23.6%

−52.9%

W1→2

−54.7%

W2→3

−55.7%

W3→4

−55.1%

W4→5

−37.5%

W5→6

−23.6%

W6→7

Steepest −55.7%Best hold −23.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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