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Year One

2009 • PG-13 • 1h 37m • Comedy • Sony Pictures Releasing

Meet your ancestors.

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34

2.16

5.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$19.6M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$43.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$57.6M

$14.3M international

Domestic Legs2.2x

Budget$60M

2009 Rank#69

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Cast & Crew

Full Ramis filmography

Harold Ramis Director

Jack Black Starring

Michael Cera Starring

Oliver Platt Starring

David Cross Starring

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Christopher Mintz-Plasse Starring

ScreenplayHarold Ramis, Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky Produced byHarold Ramis, Judd Apatow, Clayton Townsend CinematographyAlar Kivilo MusicTheodore Shapiro StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 19-21 4 $19.6M — 3,022 $6,489 $19.6M

2 Jun 26-28 6 $6.0M −69.3% 3,024 $1,992 $32.5M

3 Jul 3-5 9 $2.3M −61.4% 2,240 $1,037 $38.3M

4 Jul 10-12 13 $1.0M −56.9% 990 $1,011 $41.2M

5 Jul 17-19 22 $305.9K −69.4% 344 $889 $41.9M

6 Jul 24-26 24 $289.2K −5.4% 278 $1,040 $42.4M

7 Jul 31-Aug 2 28 $249.2K −13.9% 238 $1,047 $42.8M

8 Aug 7-9 35 $139.7K −43.9% 207 $675 $43.1M

9 Aug 14-16 33 $130.9K −6.3% 150 $873 $43.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 19 #2 $8.5M — $8.5M 3,022 $2,798 1

Sat Jun 20 #4 $6.5M −23.5% $14.9M 3,022 $2,140 2

Sun Jun 21 #4 $4.7M −27.5% $19.6M 3,022 $1,551 3

Mon Jun 22 #4 $2.4M −49.6% $22.0M 3,022 $781 4

Tue Jun 23 #4 $1.8M −21.7% $23.8M 3,022 $611 5

Wed Jun 24 #5 $1.5M −19.9% $25.3M 3,022 $490 6

Thu Jun 25 #5 $1.2M −18.3% $26.5M 3,022 $400 7

Fri Jun 26 #6 $2.0M +69.2% −75.8% $28.6M 3,024 $676 8

Sat Jun 27 #7 $2.2M +7.7% −65.9% $30.8M 3,024 $729 9

Sun Jun 28 #6 $1.8M −19.5% −62.1% $32.5M 3,024 $587 10

Mon Jun 29 #6 $1.0M −41.8% −56.3% $33.6M 3,024 $342 11

Tue Jun 30 #6 $1.1M +4.8% −41.4% $34.6M 3,024 $358 12

Wed Jul 1 #8 $643.0K −40.6% −56.5% $35.3M 3,024 $213 13

Thu Jul 2 #8 $692.4K +7.7% −42.7% $36.0M 3,024 $229 14

Fri Jul 3 #9 $940.1K +35.8% −54.0% $36.9M 2,240 $420 15

Sat Jul 4 #10 $554.8K −41.0% −74.8% $37.5M 2,240 $248 16

Sun Jul 5 #8 $829.0K +49.4% −53.3% $38.3M 2,240 $370 17

Mon Jul 6 #8 $509.9K −38.5% −50.6% $38.8M 2,240 $228 18

Tue Jul 7 #8 $497.1K −2.5% −54.1% $39.3M 2,240 $222 19

Wed Jul 8 #8 $463.2K −6.8% −28.0% $39.8M 2,240 $207 20

Thu Jul 9 #8 $417.2K −9.9% −39.7% $40.2M 2,240 $186 21

Fri Jul 10 #13 $357.3K −14.4% −62.0% $40.5M 990 $361 22

Sat Jul 11 #13 $366.4K +2.5% −34.0% $40.9M 990 $370 23

Sun Jul 12 #13 $276.9K −24.4% −66.6% $41.2M 990 $280 24

Mon Jul 13 #12 $154.3K −44.3% −69.7% $41.3M 990 $156 25

Tue Jul 14 #13 $129.5K −16.1% −73.9% $41.5M 990 $131 26

Wed Jul 15 — $47.9K −63.0% −89.7% $41.5M 990 $48 27

Thu Jul 16 — $50.0K +4.5% −88.0% $41.6M 990 $51 28

Fri Jul 17 — $96.3K +92.5% −73.1% $41.7M 344 $280 29

Sat Jul 18 — $123.6K +28.3% −66.3% $41.8M 344 $359 30

Sun Jul 19 — $86.1K −30.4% −68.9% $41.9M 344 $250 31

Cumulative total$41.9M

Jun 19Jun 27Jul 4Jul 12Jul 19

Weekend grossWk 9 · $130.9K

$19.6M

$6.0M

$2.3M

$1.0M

$305.9K

$289.2K

$249.2K

$139.7K

$130.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,024 → 344 −88.6%

3,022 open344 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −6.3%

−69.3%

W1→2

−61.4%

W2→3

−56.9%

W3→4

−69.4%

W4→5

−5.4%

W5→6

−13.9%

W6→7

−43.9%

W7→8

−6.3%

W8→9

Steepest −69.4%Best hold −5.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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