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What to Expect When You're Expecting

2012 • PG-13 • 1h 49m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Lionsgate

It's too late to pull out now.

🍅 23% 47%

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$10.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$41.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$88.5M

$47.3M international

Domestic Legs3.9x

Budget$37.5M

2012 Rank#78

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Cast & Crew

Jennifer Lopez Starring

Chace Crawford Starring

Anna Kendrick Starring

Cameron Diaz Starring

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks Starring

Brooklyn Decker

Brooklyn Decker Starring

ScreenplayHeather Hach, Shauna Cross Produced byDavid Thwaites, Arnold Messer, Mike Medavoy CinematographyXavier Grobet MusicMark Mothersbaugh Prod. DesignAndrew Laws StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 18-20 5 $10.5M — 3,021 $3,491 $10.5M

2 May 25-27 7 $7.1M −32.4% 3,021 $2,359 $22.1M

3 Jun 1-3 7 $4.4M −38.1% 2,907 $1,517 $30.7M

4 Jun 8-10 7 $2.8M −36.8% 2,087 $1,336 $35.8M

5 Jun 15-17 11 $1.2M −56.8% 1,216 $990 $38.6M

6 Jun 22-24 19 $364.3K −69.7% 411 $886 $39.8M

7 Jun 29-Jul 1 32 $135.3K −62.9% 203 $666 $40.1M

8 Jul 6-8 30 $208.3K +53.9% 236 $882 $40.4M

9 Jul 13-15 32 $176.2K −15.4% 221 $797 $40.7M

10 Jul 20-22 33 $113.4K −35.6% 192 $591 $41.0M

11 Jul 27-29 37 $69.3K −38.9% 139 $499 $41.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 18 #4 $3.8M — $3.8M 3,021 $1,274 1

Sat May 19 #5 $4.1M +6.2% $7.9M 3,021 $1,353 2

Sun May 20 #5 $2.6M −36.1% $10.5M 3,021 $864 3

Mon May 21 #5 $1.1M −56.4% $11.7M 3,021 $377 4

Tue May 22 #5 $1.3M +14.0% $13.0M 3,021 $430 5

Wed May 23 #5 $986.2K −24.0% $14.0M 3,021 $326 6

Thu May 24 #5 $1.1M +6.6% $15.0M 3,021 $348 7

Fri May 25 #6 $2.2M +113.1% −41.8% $17.3M 3,021 $742 8

Sat May 26 #6 $2.6M +16.9% −35.9% $19.9M 3,021 $867 9

Sun May 27 #6 $2.3M −13.5% −13.2% $22.1M 3,021 $750 10

Mon May 28 #7 $1.7M −26.0% +47.4% $23.8M 3,021 $555 11

Tue May 29 #5 $933.7K −44.3% −28.1% $24.8M 3,021 $309 12

Wed May 30 #6 $750.3K −19.6% −23.9% $25.5M 3,021 $248 13

Thu May 31 #5 $782.5K +4.3% −25.6% $26.3M 3,021 $259 14

Fri Jun 1 #4 $1.4M +84.8% −35.4% $27.7M 2,907 $498 15

Sat Jun 2 #7 $1.8M +27.1% −29.9% $29.6M 2,907 $632 16

Sun Jun 3 #7 $1.1M −38.8% −50.4% $30.7M 2,907 $387 17

Mon Jun 4 #6 $524.1K −53.4% −68.8% $31.2M 2,907 $180 18

Tue Jun 5 #6 $669.2K +27.7% −28.3% $31.9M 2,907 $230 19

Wed Jun 6 #5 $563.1K −15.9% −25.0% $32.5M 2,907 $194 20

Thu Jun 7 #5 $576.9K +2.5% −26.3% $33.0M 2,907 $198 21

Fri Jun 8 #7 $923.8K +60.1% −36.1% $34.0M 2,087 $443 22

Sat Jun 9 #7 $1.1M +20.0% −39.7% $35.1M 2,087 $531 23

Sun Jun 10 #7 $756.0K −31.8% −32.8% $35.8M 2,087 $362 24

Mon Jun 11 #7 $382.4K −49.4% −27.0% $36.2M 2,087 $183 25

Tue Jun 12 #7 $467.7K +22.3% −30.1% $36.7M 2,087 $224 26

Wed Jun 13 #7 $394.9K −15.6% −29.9% $37.1M 2,087 $189 27

Thu Jun 14 #7 $367.5K −6.9% −36.3% $37.4M 2,087 $176 28

Fri Jun 15 #10 $424.2K +15.4% −54.1% $37.9M 1,216 $349 29

Sat Jun 16 #10 $507.7K +19.7% −54.2% $38.4M 1,216 $418 30

Sun Jun 17 #12 $271.5K −46.5% −64.1% $38.6M 1,216 $223 31

Mon Jun 18 #10 $184.5K −32.0% −51.7% $38.8M 1,216 $152 32

Tue Jun 19 #10 $219.1K +18.7% −53.2% $39.0M 1,216 $180 33

Wed Jun 20 #10 $203.4K −7.2% −48.5% $39.2M 1,216 $167 34

Thu Jun 21 #10 $187.3K −7.9% −49.0% $39.4M 1,216 $154 35

Fri Jun 22 — $120.8K −35.5% −71.5% $39.6M 411 $294 36

Sat Jun 23 — $150.3K +24.4% −70.4% $39.7M 411 $366 37

Sun Jun 24 — $93.1K −38.0% −65.7% $39.8M 411 $227 38

Mon Jun 25 — $50.5K −45.7% −72.6% $39.8M 411 $123 39

Tue Jun 26 — $56.5K +11.7% −74.2% $39.9M 411 $137 40

Wed Jun 27 — $46.8K −17.2% −77.0% $40.0M 411 $114 41

Thu Jun 28 — $48.9K +4.6% −73.9% $40.0M 411 $119 42

Fri Jun 29 — $46.2K −5.7% −61.8% $40.0M 203 $227 43

Sat Jun 30 — $52.4K +13.4% −65.2% $40.1M 203 $258 44

Sun Jul 1 — $36.8K −29.7% −60.5% $40.1M 203 $181 45

Mon Jul 2 — $22.7K −38.2% −55.0% $40.2M 203 $112 46

Tue Jul 3 — $20.0K −12.1% −64.6% $40.2M 203 $98 47

Wed Jul 4 — $16.7K −16.3% −64.2% $40.2M 203 $82 48

Thu Jul 5 — $16.8K +0.7% −65.6% $40.2M 203 $83 49

Fri Jul 6 — $67.9K +303.0% +47.1% $40.3M 236 $288 50

Sat Jul 7 — $82.5K +21.5% +57.6% $40.4M 236 $350 51

Sun Jul 8 — $57.8K −29.9% +57.2% $40.4M 236 $245 52

Mon Jul 9 — $30.5K −47.2% +34.3% $40.5M 236 $129 53

Tue Jul 10 — $35.8K +17.4% +79.3% $40.5M 236 $152 54

Wed Jul 11 — $32.0K −10.7% +91.3% $40.5M 236 $136 55

Thu Jul 12 — $34.7K +8.5% +106.1% $40.6M 236 $147 56

Fri Jul 13 — $56.6K +63.1% −16.6% $40.6M 221 $256 57

Sat Jul 14 — $69.7K +23.1% −15.5% $40.7M 221 $316 58

Sun Jul 15 — $49.9K −28.5% −13.8% $40.7M 221 $226 59

Mon Jul 16 — $25.8K −48.3% −15.6% $40.8M 221 $117 60

Tue Jul 17 — $30.7K +19.1% −14.3% $40.8M 221 $139 61

Wed Jul 18 — $27.9K −9.1% −12.8% $40.8M 221 $126 62

Thu Jul 19 — $26.5K −5.2% −23.8% $40.8M 221 $120 63

Fri Jul 20 — $36.1K +36.3% −36.3% $40.9M 192 $188 64

Sat Jul 21 — $46.0K +27.6% −34.0% $40.9M 192 $240 65

Sun Jul 22 — $31.3K −31.9% −37.1% $41.0M 192 $163 66

Mon Jul 23 — $18.3K −41.5% −28.8% $41.0M 192 $96 67

Tue Jul 24 — $21.0K +14.7% −31.5% $41.0M 192 $110 68

Wed Jul 25 — $19.2K −8.6% −31.1% $41.0M 192 $100 69

Thu Jul 26 — $20.1K +4.4% −24.1% $41.0M 192 $105 70

Fri Jul 27 — $20.6K +2.6% −42.9% $41.1M 139 $148 71

Sat Jul 28 — $27.8K +34.6% −39.7% $41.1M 139 $200 72

Sun Jul 29 — $20.9K −24.6% −33.2% $41.1M 139 $151 73

Mon Jul 30 — $11.3K −46.1% −38.5% $41.1M 139 $81 74

Tue Jul 31 — $13.2K +17.3% −37.1% $41.1M 139 $95 75

Wed Aug 1 — $12.3K −6.7% −35.8% $41.1M 139 $89 76

Thu Aug 2 — $13.2K +6.6% −34.5% $41.2M 139 $95 77

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

Cumulative total$41.0M

May 18Jun 4Jun 22Jul 9Jul 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $113.4K

$10.5M

$7.1M

$4.4M

$2.8M

$1.2M

$364.3K

$135.3K

$208.3K

$176.2K

$113.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,021 → 192 −93.6%

3,021 open192 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.6%

−32.4%

W1→2

−38.1%

W2→3

−36.8%

W3→4

−56.8%

W4→5

−69.7%

W5→6

−62.9%

W6→7

+53.9%

W7→8

−15.4%

W8→9

−35.6%

W9→10

Steepest −69.7%Biggest gain +53.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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