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The Three StoogesFollow

2012 • PG • 1h 32m • Comedy, Family • 20th Century Fox

All pain. No brain.

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2.55

5.2

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$44.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$54.10M

$9.70M international

Domestic legs2.6x

Budget$30M

2012 rank#75

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Cast & crew

Full Farrelly filmography

Peter Farrelly

Peter Farrelly Director

Bobby Farrelly

Bobby Farrelly Director

Jane Lynch

Jane Lynch Starring

Sofía Vergara

Sofía Vergara Starring

Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Hudson Starring

Craig Bierko

Craig Bierko Starring

ScreenplayBobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Mike Cerrone Produced byBradley Thomas, Charles B. Wessler, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti Music byJohn Debney Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 13-15 2 $17.0M — 3,477 $4,892 $17.0M

2 Apr 20-22 5 $9.8M −42.6% 3,482 $2,804 $29.9M

3 Apr 27-29 9 $5.2M −47.1% 3,105 $1,664 $36.9M

4 May 4-6 10 $1.8M −64.5% 2,174 $843 $39.7M

5 May 11-13 13 $1.1M −41.1% 1,416 $762 $41.2M

6 May 18-20 17 $436.5K −59.5% 594 $735 $41.8M

7 May 25-27 18 $322.6K −26.1% 325 $993 $42.3M

8 Jun 1-3 22 $269.4K −16.5% 285 $945 $42.7M

9 Jun 8-10 21 $255.8K −5.0% 245 $1,044 $43.1M

10 Jun 15-17 23 $204.3K −20.1% 201 $1,016 $43.4M

11 Jun 22-24 34 $114.0K −44.2% 154 $740 $43.7M

12 Jun 29-Jul 1 39 $72.6K −36.3% 117 $620 $43.8M

13 Jul 6-8 39 $51.1K −29.5% 76 $673 $43.9M

14 Jul 13-15 37 $105.6K +106.5% 72 $1,467 $44.1M

15 Jul 20-22 38 $53.4K −49.4% 53 $1,008 $44.2M

16 Jul 27-29 41 $44.3K −17.2% 39 $1,135 $44.2M

17 Aug 3-5 46 $27.5K −37.9% 32 $859 $44.3M

18 Aug 10-12 59 $13.8K −49.8% 27 $511 $44.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 13 #2 $5.6M — $5.6M 3,477 $1,617 1

Sat Apr 14 #2 $7.0M +24.2% $12.6M 3,477 $2,008 2

Sun Apr 15 #2 $4.4M −36.9% $17.0M 3,477 $1,267 3

Mon Apr 16 #4 $802.7K −81.8% $17.8M 3,477 $231 4

Tue Apr 17 #4 $942.9K +17.5% $18.8M 3,477 $271 5

Wed Apr 18 #4 $708.0K −24.9% $19.5M 3,477 $204 6

Thu Apr 19 #5 $691.8K −2.3% $20.2M 3,477 $199 7

Fri Apr 20 #6 $2.3M +237.7% −58.4% $22.5M 3,482 $671 8

Sat Apr 21 #4 $4.3M +85.0% −38.1% $26.8M 3,482 $1,241 9

Sun Apr 22 #5 $3.1M −28.1% −29.5% $29.9M 3,482 $892 10

Mon Apr 23 #7 $457.2K −85.3% −43.0% $30.4M 3,482 $131 11

Tue Apr 24 #7 $549.3K +20.2% −41.7% $30.9M 3,482 $158 12

Wed Apr 25 #8 $388.6K −29.3% −45.1% $31.3M 3,482 $112 13

Thu Apr 26 #8 $425.8K +9.6% −38.4% $31.7M 3,482 $122 14

Fri Apr 27 #- $1.3M +205.1% −44.4% $33.0M 3,105 $418 15

Sat Apr 28 #- $2.5M +89.7% −43.0% $35.5M 3,105 $793 16

Sun Apr 29 #- $1.4M −43.0% −54.8% $36.9M 3,105 $452 17

Mon Apr 30 #13 $235.6K −83.2% −48.5% $37.1M 3,105 $76 18

Tue May 1 #- $276.6K +17.4% −49.6% $37.4M 3,105 $89 19

Wed May 2 #12 $214.0K −22.7% −44.9% $37.6M 3,105 $69 20

Thu May 3 #12 $202.6K −5.3% −52.4% $37.8M 3,105 $65 21

Fri May 4 #11 $477.6K +135.8% −63.2% $38.3M 2,174 $220 22

Sat May 5 #10 $800.4K +67.6% −67.5% $39.1M 2,174 $368 23

Sun May 6 #10 $554.3K −30.7% −60.5% $39.7M 2,174 $255 24

Mon May 7 #- $94.0K −83.0% −60.1% $39.8M 2,174 $43 25

Tue May 8 #- $122.7K +30.4% −55.7% $39.9M 2,174 $56 26

Wed May 9 #- $99.0K −19.2% −53.7% $40.0M 2,174 $46 27

Thu May 10 #- $90.7K −8.4% −55.2% $40.1M 2,174 $42 28

Fri May 11 #- $270.8K +198.7% −43.3% $40.3M 1,416 $191 29

Sat May 12 #12 $460.1K +69.9% −42.5% $40.8M 1,416 $325 30

Sun May 13 #13 $347.4K −24.5% −37.3% $41.2M 1,416 $245 31

Mon May 14 #- $61.6K −82.3% −34.5% $41.2M 1,416 $43 32

Tue May 15 #- $70.4K +14.3% −42.6% $41.3M 1,416 $50 33

Wed May 16 #- $53.4K −24.1% −46.1% $41.3M 1,027 $52 34

Thu May 17 #- $55.0K +2.9% −39.4% $41.4M 1,027 $54 35

Fri May 18 #- $119.2K +116.8% −56.0% $41.5M 594 $201 36

Sat May 19 #- $204.0K +71.2% −55.7% $41.7M 594 $343 37

Sun May 20 #- $113.3K −44.5% −67.4% $41.8M 594 $191 38

Mon May 21 #- $36.2K −68.0% −41.2% $41.9M 594 $61 39

Tue May 22 #- $39.0K +7.6% −44.7% $41.9M 594 $66 40

Wed May 23 #- $36.0K −7.7% −32.7% $41.9M 594 $61 41

Thu May 24 #- $39.6K +10.0% −28.0% $42.0M 594 $67 42

Fri May 25 #- $78.3K +97.9% −34.3% $42.1M 325 $241 43

Sat May 26 #- $133.1K +69.9% −34.8% $42.2M 325 $409 44

Sun May 27 #- $111.2K −16.5% −1.9% $42.3M 325 $342 45

Mon May 28 #- $81.9K −26.3% +126.3% $42.4M 325 $252 46

Tue May 29 #- $30.7K −62.5% −21.2% $42.4M 325 $94 47

Wed May 30 #- $29.7K −3.1% −17.3% $42.4M 325 $92 48

Thu May 31 #- $31.8K +6.8% −19.8% $42.5M 325 $98 49

Fri Jun 1 #- $78.4K +146.8% +0.1% $42.6M 285 $275 50

Sat Jun 2 #- $115.8K +47.8% −13.0% $42.7M 285 $406 51

Sun Jun 3 #- $75.2K −35.1% −32.4% $42.7M 285 $264 52

Mon Jun 4 #- $28.7K −61.8% −65.0% $42.8M 285 $101 53

Tue Jun 5 #- $31.0K +8.0% +0.9% $42.8M 285 $109 54

Wed Jun 6 #- $31.0K +0.1% +4.2% $42.8M 285 $109 55

Thu Jun 7 #- $29.6K −4.4% −6.7% $42.9M 285 $104 56

Fri Jun 8 #- $81.0K +173.2% +3.3% $42.9M 245 $331 57

Sat Jun 9 #- $107.3K +32.4% −7.4% $43.1M 245 $438 58

Sun Jun 10 #- $67.5K −37.0% −10.2% $43.1M 245 $276 59

Mon Jun 11 #- $27.2K −59.8% −5.4% $43.2M 245 $111 60

Tue Jun 12 #- $30.5K +12.2% −1.7% $43.2M 245 $124 61

Wed Jun 13 #- $29.1K −4.6% −6.3% $43.2M 245 $119 62

Thu Jun 14 #- $28.7K −1.2% −3.1% $43.2M 245 $117 63

Fri Jun 15 #- $63.2K +120.1% −22.0% $43.3M 201 $314 64

Sat Jun 16 #- $79.1K +25.2% −26.2% $43.4M 201 $394 65

Sun Jun 17 #- $62.0K −21.7% −8.2% $43.4M 201 $308 66

Mon Jun 18 #- $22.2K −64.2% −18.3% $43.5M 201 $110 67

Tue Jun 19 #- $26.4K +18.9% −13.4% $43.5M 201 $131 68

Wed Jun 20 #- $24.9K −5.5% −14.3% $43.5M 201 $124 69

Thu Jun 21 #- $26.7K +7.3% −6.9% $43.5M 201 $133 70

Fri Jun 22 #- $34.5K +28.9% −45.5% $43.6M 154 $224 71

Sat Jun 23 #- $44.5K +29.0% −43.8% $43.6M 154 $289 72

Sun Jun 24 #- $35.1K −21.1% −43.4% $43.7M 154 $228 73

Mon Jun 25 #- $17.9K −48.9% −19.1% $43.7M 154 $117 74

Tue Jun 26 #- $20.1K +11.7% −24.0% $43.7M 154 $130 75

Wed Jun 27 #- $20.6K +2.5% −17.5% $43.7M 154 $133 76

Thu Jun 28 #- $21.3K +3.8% −20.2% $43.7M 154 $138 77

Fri Jun 29 #- $21.8K +2.2% −36.8% $43.8M 117 $186 78

Sat Jun 30 #- $28.1K +29.2% −36.7% $43.8M 117 $241 79

Sun Jul 1 #- $22.6K −19.6% −35.5% $43.8M 117 $193 80

Mon Jul 2 #- $11.5K −49.2% −35.9% $43.8M 117 $98 81

Tue Jul 3 #- $12.0K +4.5% −40.0% $43.8M 117 $103 82

Wed Jul 4 #- $14.9K +24.1% −27.4% $43.8M 117 $127 83

Thu Jul 5 #- $14.3K −4.2% −33.0% $43.9M 117 $122 84

Fri Jul 6 #- $16.3K +14.0% −25.2% $43.9M 76 $214 85

Sat Jul 7 #- $21.3K +30.6% −24.4% $43.9M 76 $280 86

Sun Jul 8 #- $13.6K −36.3% −40.1% $43.9M 76 $178 87

Mon Jul 9 #- $6.3K −53.8% −45.5% $43.9M 76 $82 88

Tue Jul 10 #- $10.1K +61.9% −15.6% $43.9M 76 $134 89

Wed Jul 11 #- $8.4K −16.9% −43.5% $43.9M 76 $111 90

Thu Jul 12 #- $9.4K +11.5% −34.3% $43.9M 76 $124 91

Fri Jul 13 #- $40.1K +327.2% +146.3% $44.0M 72 $557 92

Sat Jul 14 #- $45.8K +14.1% +115.1% $44.0M 72 $636 93

Sun Jul 15 #- $19.7K −57.0% +45.1% $44.1M 72 $273 94

Mon Jul 16 #- $11.8K −40.0% +88.2% $44.1M 72 $164 95

Tue Jul 17 #- $12.3K +4.5% +21.4% $44.1M 72 $171 96

Wed Jul 18 #- $16.2K +31.3% +91.9% $44.1M 72 $225 97

Thu Jul 19 #- $13.5K −16.3% +44.0% $44.1M 72 $188 98

Fri Jul 20 #- $17.4K +28.5% −56.7% $44.1M 53 $328 99

Sat Jul 21 #- $22.7K +30.5% −50.5% $44.1M 53 $428 100

Sun Jul 22 #- $13.4K −41.0% −32.0% $44.2M 53 $252 101

Mon Jul 23 #- $5.1K −62.1% −57.0% $44.2M 53 $96 102

Tue Jul 24 #- $12.0K +136.2% −2.9% $44.2M 53 $226 103

Wed Jul 25 #- $9.9K −17.6% −39.0% $44.2M 53 $186 104

Thu Jul 26 #- $8.4K −14.3% −37.6% $44.2M 53 $159 105

Fri Jul 27 #- $14.4K +70.7% −17.1% $44.2M 39 $370 106

Sat Jul 28 #- $19.3K +33.5% −15.1% $44.2M 39 $494 107

Sun Jul 29 #- $10.6K −45.0% −20.9% $44.2M 39 $271 108

Mon Jul 30 #- $6.8K −35.7% +34.4% $44.2M 39 $175 109

Tue Jul 31 #- $7.5K +10.3% −37.2% $44.3M 39 $193 110

Wed Aug 1 #- $8.0K +7.1% −18.4% $44.3M 39 $206 111

Thu Aug 2 #- $7.9K −1.9% −6.6% $44.3M 39 $202 112

Fri Aug 3 #- $10.3K +31.1% −28.2% $44.3M 32 $323 113

Sat Aug 4 #- $12.4K +19.5% −35.8% $44.3M 32 $386 114

Sun Aug 5 #- $4.8K −61.2% −54.7% $44.3M 32 $150 115

Mon Aug 6 #- $4.3K −10.6% −37.1% $44.3M 32 $134 116

Tue Aug 7 #- $5.5K +27.6% −27.3% $44.3M 32 $171 117

Wed Aug 8 #- $4.3K −22.0% −47.0% $44.3M 32 $133 118

Thu Aug 9 #- $2.8K −34.9% −64.9% $44.3M 32 $87 119

Fri Aug 10 #- $3.7K +32.6% −64.5% $44.3M 27 $136 120

Sat Aug 11 #- $5.4K +47.3% −56.2% $44.3M 27 $201 121

Sun Aug 12 #- $4.7K −13.2% −1.8% $44.3M 27 $174 122

Mon Aug 13 #- $2.3K −50.6% −45.7% $44.3M 27 $86 123

Tue Aug 14 #- $2.7K +17.1% −50.2% $44.3M 27 $101 124

Wed Aug 15 #- $2.3K −14.2% −45.2% $44.3M 27 $86 125

Thu Aug 16 #- $2.6K +11.6% −6.1% $44.3M 27 $96 126

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

Cumulative total$43.5M

Apr 13Apr 30May 18Jun 4Jun 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $204.3K

$17.0M

$9.8M

$5.2M

$1.8M

$1.1M

$436.5K

$322.6K

$269.4K

$255.8K

$204.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,482 → 201 −94.2%

3,477 open201 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.1%

−42.6%

W1→2

−47.1%

W2→3

−64.5%

W3→4

−41.1%

W4→5

−59.5%

W5→6

−26.1%

W6→7

−16.5%

W7→8

−5.0%

W8→9

−20.1%

W9→10

Steepest −64.5%Best hold −5.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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