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The Watch

2012 • R • 1h 27m • Comedy, Sci-Fi • 20th Century Fox

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2.59

5.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$12.8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$34.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$67.1M

$32.8M international

Domestic Legs2.7x

Budget$55M

2012 Rank#89

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Cast & Crew

Full Schaffer filmography

Akiva Schaffer Director

Ben Stiller Starring

Vince Vaughn Starring

Jonah Hill Starring

Rosemarie DeWitt

Rosemarie DeWitt Starring

ScreenplaySeth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jared Stern Produced byShawn Levy CinematographyBarry Peterson MusicChristophe Beck Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 27-29 3 $12.8M — 3,168 $4,025 $12.8M

2 Aug 3-5 5 $6.5M −48.8% 3,168 $2,061 $25.5M

3 Aug 10-12 10 $2.2M −66.0% 2,463 $902 $31.4M

4 Aug 17-19 21 $502.4K −77.4% 513 $979 $33.1M

5 Aug 24-26 28 $230.6K −54.1% 250 $922 $33.5M

6 Aug 31-Sep 2 31 $228.2K −1.0% 195 $1,170 $33.8M

7 Sep 7-9 37 $149.1K −34.7% 135 $1,104 $34.0M

8 Sep 14-16 43 $87.7K −41.2% 138 $635 $34.1M

9 Sep 21-23 51 $53.0K −39.5% 77 $688 $34.2M

10 Sep 28-30 61 $32.9K −37.9% 46 $716 $34.3M

11 Oct 5-7 54 $29.6K −10.1% 32 $925 $34.3M

12 Oct 12-14 64 $10.8K −63.4% 14 $775 $34.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 27 #3 $4.5M — $4.5M 3,168 $1,417 1

Sat Jul 28 #3 $4.7M +4.9% $9.2M 3,168 $1,486 2

Sun Jul 29 #3 $3.6M −24.4% $12.8M 3,168 $1,123 3

Mon Jul 30 #3 $1.6M −55.3% $14.3M 3,168 $502 4

Tue Jul 31 #4 $1.9M +18.6% $16.2M 3,168 $595 5

Wed Aug 1 #3 $1.5M −22.6% $17.7M 3,168 $460 6

Thu Aug 2 #4 $1.3M −8.8% $19.0M 3,168 $420 7

Fri Aug 3 #5 $1.9M +45.0% −57.0% $20.9M 3,168 $609 8

Sat Aug 4 #5 $2.5M +32.1% −45.8% $23.5M 3,168 $804 9

Sun Aug 5 #5 $2.0M −19.6% −42.4% $25.5M 3,168 $647 10

Mon Aug 6 #5 $972.8K −52.5% −38.8% $26.5M 3,168 $307 11

Tue Aug 7 #6 $1.1M +12.4% −42.0% $27.6M 3,168 $345 12

Wed Aug 8 #6 $816.9K −25.3% −44.0% $28.4M 3,168 $258 13

Thu Aug 9 #7 $750.9K −8.1% −43.6% $29.2M 3,168 $237 14

Fri Aug 10 #10 $689.1K −8.2% −64.3% $29.9M 2,463 $280 15

Sat Aug 11 #10 $887.0K +28.7% −65.2% $30.8M 2,463 $360 16

Sun Aug 12 #10 $645.3K −27.3% −68.5% $31.4M 2,463 $262 17

Mon Aug 13 #10 $306.7K −52.5% −68.5% $31.7M 2,463 $125 18

Tue Aug 14 #11 $368.7K +20.2% −66.3% $32.1M 2,463 $150 19

Wed Aug 15 #12 $255.0K −30.9% −68.8% $32.3M 2,008 $127 20

Thu Aug 16 #12 $233.6K −8.4% −68.9% $32.6M 2,008 $116 21

Fri Aug 17 — $164.8K −29.5% −76.1% $32.7M 513 $321 22

Sat Aug 18 — $216.8K +31.6% −75.6% $32.9M 513 $423 23

Sun Aug 19 — $120.8K −44.3% −81.3% $33.1M 513 $236 24

Mon Aug 20 — $49.6K −59.0% −83.8% $33.1M 513 $97 25

Tue Aug 21 — $56.5K +13.9% −84.7% $33.2M 513 $110 26

Wed Aug 22 — $31.9K −43.6% −87.5% $33.2M 395 $81 27

Thu Aug 23 — $34.1K +7.1% −85.4% $33.2M 395 $86 28

Fri Aug 24 — $70.8K +107.5% −57.0% $33.3M 250 $283 29

Sat Aug 25 — $108.3K +53.0% −50.0% $33.4M 250 $433 30

Sun Aug 26 — $51.4K −52.6% −57.5% $33.5M 250 $206 31

Mon Aug 27 — $18.1K −64.8% −63.5% $33.5M 250 $72 32

Tue Aug 28 — $19.0K +4.9% −66.4% $33.5M 250 $76 33

Wed Aug 29 — $15.9K −16.4% −50.2% $33.5M 250 $63 34

Thu Aug 30 — $16.0K +1.0% −53.1% $33.5M 250 $64 35

Fri Aug 31 — $51.3K +220.2% −27.6% $33.6M 195 $263 36

Sat Sep 1 — $85.5K +66.6% −21.1% $33.7M 195 $438 37

Sun Sep 2 — $91.4K +7.0% +77.9% $33.8M 195 $469 38

Mon Sep 3 — $42.8K −53.2% +136.4% $33.8M 195 $219 39

Tue Sep 4 — $15.8K −63.1% −16.9% $33.8M 195 $81 40

Wed Sep 5 — $14.0K −11.5% −12.0% $33.8M 195 $72 41

Thu Sep 6 — $14.9K +6.7% −7.0% $33.8M 195 $76 42

Fri Sep 7 — $43.0K +188.5% −16.2% $33.9M 135 $318 43

Sat Sep 8 — $67.2K +56.5% −21.3% $34.0M 135 $498 44

Sun Sep 9 — $38.9K −42.2% −57.5% $34.0M 135 $288 45

Mon Sep 10 — $13.3K −65.7% −68.9% $34.0M 135 $99 46

Tue Sep 11 — $14.5K +9.0% −7.9% $34.0M 135 $108 47

Wed Sep 12 — $13.3K −8.7% −5.0% $34.0M 135 $98 48

Thu Sep 13 — $12.4K −6.3% −16.6% $34.1M 135 $92 49

Fri Sep 14 — $25.2K +102.7% −41.4% $34.1M 138 $182 50

Sat Sep 15 — $36.9K +46.6% −45.1% $34.1M 138 $268 51

Sun Sep 16 — $25.6K −30.7% −34.2% $34.1M 138 $185 52

Mon Sep 17 — $9.7K −62.0% −27.1% $34.1M 138 $70 53

Tue Sep 18 — $11.0K +13.4% −24.2% $34.2M 138 $80 54

Wed Sep 19 — $9.6K −13.1% −27.8% $34.2M 138 $69 55

Thu Sep 20 — $9.2K −3.4% −25.7% $34.2M 138 $67 56

Fri Sep 21 — $14.9K +61.1% −40.9% $34.2M 77 $193 57

Sat Sep 22 — $24.6K +65.5% −33.3% $34.2M 77 $320 58

Sun Sep 23 — $13.5K −45.1% −47.2% $34.2M 77 $176 59

Mon Sep 24 — $5.2K −61.8% −46.9% $34.2M 77 $67 60

Tue Sep 25 — $5.6K +9.5% −48.7% $34.2M 77 $73 61

Wed Sep 26 — $5.8K +2.9% −39.2% $34.2M 77 $76 62

Thu Sep 27 — $5.1K −12.8% −45.1% $34.3M 77 $66 63

Fri Sep 28 — $9.2K +82.3% −37.9% $34.3M 46 $201 64

Sat Sep 29 — $15.3K +65.4% −37.9% $34.3M 46 $332 65

Sun Sep 30 — $8.4K −44.8% −37.6% $34.3M 46 $183 66

Mon Oct 1 — $3.9K −54.1% −25.0% $34.3M 46 $84 67

Tue Oct 2 — $3.8K −1.4% −32.5% $34.3M 46 $83 68

Wed Oct 3 — $3.6K −6.0% −38.3% $34.3M 46 $78 69

Thu Oct 4 — $3.7K +4.5% −26.0% $34.3M 46 $81 70

Fri Oct 5 — $10.0K +165.9% +7.9% $34.3M 32 $311 71

Sat Oct 6 — $13.7K +37.7% −10.2% $34.3M 32 $429 72

Sun Oct 7 — $5.9K −56.9% −29.9% $34.3M 32 $185 73

Mon Oct 8 — $2.5K −57.7% −35.3% $34.3M 32 $78 74

Tue Oct 9 — $2.3K −9.2% −40.4% $34.3M 32 $71 75

Wed Oct 10 — $1.7K −24.4% −52.1% $34.3M 32 $54 76

Thu Oct 11 — $1.3K −23.5% −65.0% $34.3M 32 $41 77

Fri Oct 12 — $4.6K +253.5% −53.4% $34.3M 14 $332 78

Sat Oct 13 — $4.1K −10.7% −69.8% $34.3M 14 $296 79

Sun Oct 14 — $2.1K −50.4% −65.2% $34.4M 14 $147 80

Mon Oct 15 — $726 −64.7% −71.0% $34.4M 14 $52 81

Tue Oct 16 — $456 −37.2% −79.9% $34.4M 14 $33 82

Wed Oct 17 — $687 +50.7% −60.0% $34.4M 14 $49 83

Thu Oct 18 — $578 −15.9% −56.0% $34.4M 14 $41 84

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

Cumulative total$34.3M

Jul 27Aug 13Aug 31Sep 17Oct 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $32.9K

$12.8M

$6.5M

$2.2M

$502.4K

$230.6K

$228.2K

$149.1K

$87.7K

$53.0K

$32.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,168 → 46 −98.5%

3,168 open46 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.9%

−48.8%

W1→2

−66.0%

W2→3

−77.4%

W3→4

−54.1%

W4→5

−1.0%

W5→6

−34.7%

W6→7

−41.2%

W7→8

−39.5%

W8→9

−37.9%

W9→10

Steepest −77.4%Best hold −1.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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