Name: Why Him?
Director: John Hamburg
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2016
Cast: Bryan Cranston, James Franco, Zoey Deutch, Megan Mullally, Griffin Gluck

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Thu Dec 22	#P	$975K		—	$975K	—	—	-1
Fri Dec 23	#4	$3.90M		—	$3.90M	2,970	$1.3K	1
Sat Dec 24	#6	$1.75M	-55.3%	—	$5.65M	2,970	$588	2
Sun Dec 25	#5	$5.36M	+206.9%	—	$11.00M	2,970	$1.8K	3
Mon Dec 26	#6	$4.53M	-15.4%	—	$15.54M	2,970	$1.5K	4
Tue Dec 27	#6	$3.43M	-24.3%	—	$18.97M	2,970	$1.2K	5
Wed Dec 28	#5	$2.85M	-17.1%	—	$21.82M	2,970	$958	6
Thu Dec 29	#5	$2.74M	-3.7%	—	$24.56M	2,970	$923	7
Fri Dec 30	#6	$3.40M	+23.8%	-13.0%	$27.95M	3,008	$1.1K	8
Sat Dec 31	#7	$2.68M	-21.1%	+53.6%	$30.63M	3,008	$891	9
Sun Jan 1	#4	$3.97M	+48.2%	-25.8%	$34.61M	3,008	$1.3K	10
Mon Jan 2	#5	$3.07M	-22.7%	-32.2%	$37.68M	3,008	$1.0K	11
Tue Jan 3	#5	$1.83M	-40.5%	-46.8%	$39.51M	3,008	$608	12
Wed Jan 4	#6	$1.34M	-26.8%	-53.0%	$40.85M	3,008	$445	13
Thu Jan 5	#6	$1.21M	-9.2%	-55.7%	$42.06M	3,008	$404	14
Fri Jan 6	#7	$2.13M	+75.2%	-37.4%	$44.19M	2,904	$732	15
Sat Jan 7	#7	$2.89M	+36.0%	+7.9%	$47.08M	2,904	$996	16
Sun Jan 8	#8	$1.88M	-34.9%	-52.6%	$48.96M	2,904	$649	17
Mon Jan 9	#7	$674K	-64.2%	-78.1%	$49.64M	2,904	$232	18
Tue Jan 10	#7	$994K	+47.3%	-45.7%	$50.63M	2,904	$342	19
Wed Jan 11	#7	$669K	-32.7%	-50.0%	$51.30M	2,904	$230	20
Thu Jan 12	#8	$535K	-20.0%	-55.9%	$51.83M	2,904	$184	21
Fri Jan 13	#12	$1.08M	+102.1%	-49.1%	$52.91M	1,977	$547	22
Sat Jan 14	#13	$1.51M	+39.5%	-47.8%	$54.42M	1,977	$763	23
Sun Jan 15	#13	$1.00M	-33.6%	-46.8%	$55.42M	1,977	$507	24
Mon Jan 16	#14	$584K	-41.7%	-13.4%	$56.01M	1,977	$295	25
Tue Jan 17	#13	$401K	-31.4%	-59.7%	$56.41M	1,977	$203	26
Wed Jan 18	#12	$270K	-32.5%	-59.6%	$56.68M	1,977	$137	27
Thu Jan 19	#15	$186K	-31.2%	-65.2%	$56.87M	1,977	$94	28
Fri Jan 20	—	$351K	+88.7%	-67.6%	$57.22M	1,034	$339	29
Sat Jan 21	—	$549K	+56.3%	-63.6%	$57.76M	1,034	$531	30
Sun Jan 22	—	$247K	-54.9%	-75.3%	$58.01M	1,034	$239	31
Mon Jan 23	—	$92K	-62.7%	-84.2%	$58.10M	1,034	$89	32
Tue Jan 24	—	$122K	+32.7%	-69.4%	$58.23M	1,034	$118	33
Wed Jan 25	—	$86K	-29.8%	-68.2%	$58.31M	1,034	$83	34
Thu Jan 26	—	$65K	-24.3%	-65.0%	$58.38M	1,034	$63	35
Fri Jan 27	—	$112K	+72.1%	-68.1%	$58.49M	365	$306	36
Sat Jan 28	—	$176K	+57.2%	-67.9%	$58.67M	365	$482	37
Sun Jan 29	—	$80K	-54.3%	-67.5%	$58.75M	365	$220	38
Mon Jan 30	—	$30K	-62.0%	-67.0%	$58.78M	365	$84	39
Tue Jan 31	—	$39K	+29.2%	-67.8%	$58.82M	365	$108	40
Wed Feb 1	—	$30K	-24.6%	-65.4%	$58.85M	365	$81	41
Thu Feb 2	—	$28K	-6.1%	-57.1%	$58.87M	365	$76	42
Fri Feb 3	—	$57K	+105.7%	-48.7%	$58.93M	244	$235	43
Sat Feb 4	—	$94K	+62.9%	-46.8%	$59.02M	244	$383	44
Sun Feb 5	—	$28K	-70.2%	-65.3%	$59.05M	244	$114	45
Mon Feb 6	—	$20K	-29.4%	-35.4%	$59.07M	244	$81	46
Tue Feb 7	—	$23K	+18.7%	-40.6%	$59.10M	244	$96	47
Wed Feb 8	—	$18K	-21.0%	-37.8%	$59.11M	244	$76	48
Thu Feb 9	—	$15K	-16.4%	-44.7%	$59.13M	244	$63	49
Fri Feb 10	—	$30K	+93.2%	-48.0%	$59.16M	147	$203	50
Sat Feb 11	—	$49K	+63.4%	-47.9%	$59.21M	147	$332	51
Sun Feb 12	—	$30K	-38.4%	+7.6%	$59.24M	147	$204	52
Mon Feb 13	—	$10K	-67.8%	-50.9%	$59.25M	147	$66	53
Tue Feb 14	—	$22K	+132.3%	-4.0%	$59.27M	147	$153	54
Wed Feb 15	—	$10K	-53.9%	-44.0%	$59.28M	147	$70	55
Thu Feb 16	—	$10K	-2.3%	-34.5%	$59.29M	147	$69	56
Fri Feb 17	—	$18K	+78.7%	-39.4%	$59.31M	123	$147	57
Sat Feb 18	—	$30K	+63.6%	-39.4%	$59.34M	123	$240	58
Sun Feb 19	—	$25K	-15.3%	-16.6%	$59.36M	123	$204	59
Mon Feb 20	—	$14K	-44.1%	+44.9%	$59.38M	123	$114	60
Tue Feb 21	—	$7K	-52.5%	-70.4%	$59.38M	123	$54	61
Wed Feb 22	—	$5K	-21.6%	-49.6%	$59.39M	123	$42	62
Thu Feb 23	—	$7K	+28.8%	-33.6%	$59.40M	123	$55	63
Fri Feb 24	—	$38K	+471.0%	+112.1%	$59.43M	368	$104	64
Sat Feb 25	—	$58K	+52.4%	+97.5%	$59.49M	368	$159	65
Sun Feb 26	—	$32K	-44.7%	+29.0%	$59.52M	368	$88	66
Mon Feb 27	—	$14K	-56.0%	+1.5%	$59.54M	368	$39	67
Tue Feb 28	—	$15K	+8.7%	+132.4%	$59.55M	368	$42	68
Wed Mar 1	—	$11K	-26.9%	+116.9%	$59.57M	368	$31	69
Thu Mar 2	—	$8K	-24.9%	+26.4%	$59.57M	368	$23	70
Fri Mar 3	—	$134K	+1480.5%	+250.0%	$59.71M	99	$1.4K	71
Sat Mar 4	—	$146K	+8.7%	+149.6%	$59.85M	99	$1.5K	72
Sun Mar 5	—	$62K	-57.6%	+91.5%	$59.92M	99	$624	73
Mon Mar 6	—	$22K	-64.5%	+54.4%	$59.94M	99	$222	74
Tue Mar 7	—	$24K	+8.5%	+54.1%	$59.96M	99	$241	75
Wed Mar 8	—	$20K	-16.7%	+75.5%	$59.98M	99	$200	76
Thu Mar 9	—	$20K	+2.5%	+139.6%	$60.00M	99	$205	77
Fri Mar 10	—	$68K	+233.3%	-49.5%	$60.07M	68	$996	78
Sat Mar 11	—	$85K	+25.9%	-41.5%	$60.15M	68	$1.3K	79
Sun Mar 12	—	$37K	-56.8%	-40.4%	$60.19M	68	$542	80
Mon Mar 13	—	$18K	-49.9%	-15.8%	$60.21M	68	$272	81
Tue Mar 14	—	$20K	+10.1%	-14.6%	$60.23M	68	$299	82
Wed Mar 15	—	$20K	-0.8%	+1.8%	$60.25M	68	$297	83
Thu Mar 16	—	$19K	-5.1%	-5.8%	$60.27M	68	$282	84

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Dec 23-25	4	$11.00M	—	$11.00M	2,970	$3.7K	1
Dec 30-Jan 1	5	$10.05M	-8.7%	$34.61M	3,008	$3.3K	2
Jan 6-8	7	$6.90M	-31.3%	$48.96M	2,904	$2.4K	3
Jan 13-15	13	$3.59M	-48.0%	$55.42M	1,977	$1.8K	4
Jan 20-22	21	$1.15M	-68.1%	$58.01M	1,034	$1.1K	5
Jan 27-29	30	$368K	-67.9%	$58.75M	365	$1.0K	6
Feb 3-5	34	$179K	-51.4%	$59.05M	244	$733	7
Feb 10-12	41	$109K	-39.3%	$59.24M	147	$739	8
Feb 17-19	43	$73K	-33.1%	$59.36M	123	$591	9
Feb 24-26	33	$129K	+77.5%	$59.52M	368	$350	10
Mar 3-5	22	$342K	+164.9%	$59.92M	99	$3.5K	11
Mar 10-12	26	$190K	-44.4%	$60.19M	68	$2.8K	12
Mar 17-19	41	$43K	-77.2%	$60.31M	16	$2.7K	13

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Hamburg

ScreenplayJohn Hamburg, Ian Helfer

Produced byShawn Levy, Dan Levine, Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill

CinematographyKris Kachikis

Music byTheodore Shapiro

StarringBryan Cranston, James Franco, Zoey Deutch, Megan Mullally, Griffin Gluck, Keegan-Michael Key, Cedric the Entertainer

Studio20th Century Fox

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