I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2009)

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Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $1,429,299Details
International Box Office $154Details
Worldwide Box Office $1,429,453
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $1,686,164 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $1,686,164
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$366,909 (25.7% of total gross)
Legs:3.90 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$7,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.2 times production budget)
Theater counts:120 opening theaters/266 max. theaters, 3.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $2,054,377

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 25th, 2009 (Limited) by Freestyle Releasing
October 16th, 2009 (Expands Wide) by Freestyle Releasing
Video Release: January 26th, 2010 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for nudity, strong sexual content including graphic dialogue throughout, language and some crude material
Running Time: 105 minutes
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
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Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 25, 2009 26 $366,909   120 $3,058   $366,909 1
Oct 2, 2009 28 $305,465 -17% 210 $1,455   $846,103 2
Oct 9, 2009 35 $183,825 -40% 266 $691   $1,181,695 3
Oct 16, 2009 52 $56,476 -69% 132 $428   $1,357,585 4
Oct 23, 2009 69 $14,430 -74% 36 $401   $1,401,718 5
Oct 30, 2009 80 $8,211 -43% 19 $432   $1,417,669 6
Nov 6, 2009 87 $3,861 -53% 8 $483   $1,425,993 7

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 25, 2009 - $154,454     120 $1,287   $154,454 1
Sep 26, 2009 - $118,363 -23%   120 $986   $272,817 2
Sep 27, 2009 - $94,092 -21%   120 $784   $366,909 3
Sep 28, 2009 - $44,380 -53%   120 $370   $411,289 4
Sep 29, 2009 - $43,870 -1%   120 $366   $455,159 5
Sep 30, 2009 - $43,244 -1%   120 $360   $498,403 6
Oct 1, 2009 - $42,235 -2%   120 $352   $540,638 7
Oct 2, 2009 - $118,054 +180% -24% 210 $562   $658,692 8
Oct 3, 2009 - $112,744 -4% -5% 210 $537   $771,436 9
Oct 4, 2009 - $74,667 -34% -21% 210 $356   $846,103 10
Oct 5, 2009 - $35,788 -52% -19% 210 $170   $881,891 11
Oct 6, 2009 - $40,612 +13% -7% 210 $193   $922,503 12
Oct 7, 2009 - $37,922 -7% -12% 210 $181   $960,425 13
Oct 8, 2009 - $37,445 -1% -11% 210 $178   $997,870 14
Oct 9, 2009 - $63,141 +69% -47% 266 $237   $1,061,011 15
Oct 10, 2009 - $63,263 n/c -44% 266 $238   $1,124,274 16
Oct 11, 2009 - $57,421 -9% -23% 266 $216   $1,181,695 17
Oct 12, 2009 - $34,752 -39% -3% 266 $131   $1,216,447 18
Oct 13, 2009 - $29,366 -15% -28% 266 $110   $1,245,813 19
Oct 14, 2009 - $28,673 -2% -24% 266 $108   $1,274,486 20
Oct 15, 2009 - $26,623 -7% -29% 266 $100   $1,301,109 21
Oct 16, 2009 - $19,407 -27% -69% 132 $147   $1,320,516 22
Oct 17, 2009 - $20,543 +6% -68% 132 $156   $1,341,059 23
Oct 18, 2009 - $16,526 -20% -71% 132 $125   $1,357,585 24
Oct 19, 2009 - $7,315 -56% -79% 132 $55   $1,364,900 25
Oct 20, 2009 - $8,516 +16% -71% 132 $65   $1,373,416 26
Oct 21, 2009 - $6,812 -20% -76% 132 $52   $1,380,228 27
Oct 22, 2009 - $7,060 +4% -73% 132 $53   $1,387,288 28
Oct 23, 2009 - $4,455 -37% -77% 36 $124   $1,391,743 29
Oct 24, 2009 - $5,522 +24% -73% 36 $153   $1,397,265 30
Oct 25, 2009 - $4,453 -19% -73% 36 $124   $1,401,718 31
Oct 26, 2009 - $2,164 -51% -70% 36 $60   $1,403,882 32
Oct 27, 2009 - $2,351 +9% -72% 36 $65   $1,406,233 33
Oct 28, 2009 - $1,398 -41% -79% 36 $39   $1,407,631 34
Oct 29, 2009 - $1,854 +33% -74% 36 $52   $1,409,485 35
Oct 30, 2009 - $2,790 +50% -37% 19 $147   $1,412,275 36
Oct 31, 2009 - $2,450 -12% -56% 19 $129   $1,414,725 37
Nov 1, 2009 - $2,971 +21% -33% 19 $156   $1,417,696 38
Nov 2, 2009 - $1,304 -56% -40% 19 $69   $1,419,000 39
Nov 3, 2009 - $1,286 -1% -45% 19 $68   $1,420,286 40
Nov 4, 2009 - $800 -38% -43% 19 $42   $1,421,086 41
Nov 5, 2009 - $1,046 +31% -44% 19 $55   $1,422,132 42
Nov 6, 2009 - $713 -32% -74% 8 $89   $1,422,845 43
Nov 7, 2009 - $1,765 +148% -28% 8 $221   $1,424,610 44
Nov 8, 2009 - $1,383 -22% -53% 8 $173   $1,425,993 45
Nov 9, 2009 - $817 -41% -37% 8 $102   $1,426,810 46
Nov 10, 2009 - $735 -10% -43% 8 $92   $1,427,545 47
Nov 11, 2009 - $1,233 +68% +54% 8 $154   $1,428,778 48
Nov 12, 2009 - $521 -58% -50% 8 $65   $1,429,299 49

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 25, 2009 28 $540,638   120 $4,505   $540,638 1
Oct 2, 2009 27 $457,232 -15% 210 $2,177   $997,870 2
Oct 9, 2009 33 $303,239 -34% 266 $1,140   $1,301,109 3
Oct 16, 2009 52 $86,179 -72% 132 $653   $1,387,288 4
Oct 23, 2009 71 $22,197 -74% 36 $617   $1,409,485 5
Oct 30, 2009 78 $12,647 -43% 19 $666   $1,422,132 6
Nov 6, 2009 86 $7,167 -43% 8 $896   $1,429,299 7

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Feb 7, 20102235,990 35,990$719,440$719,4402

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Leading Cast

Matt Czuchry    Tucker Max

Uncategorized

Jesse Bradford   

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Bob Gosse    Director
Eve Cauley Turner*    Production Designer

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 26th, 2010

January 26th, 2010

It's a soft week at the top, as the biggest release of the week is Michael Jackson's This Is It. There are a few other wide releases hitting the home market as well, but all the rest were box office disappointments of varying degrees. This Is It is a good movie and the DVD / Blu-ray are worth picking up, but they are not Pick of the Week material. For that we have to look to a smaller Canadian film, Pontypool, which earned excellent reviews while the DVD gets a rarely-awarded Puck of the Week. More...

Featured DVD Review: I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

January 25th, 2010

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell is a lowbrow comedy that opened in limited release late in the summer. It performed better than I expected, both with critics and with moviegoers, but only because expectations were so very low. I was expecting its Tomatometer score to be mired in single-digits and its opening per theater average to be well below the Mendoza line. That said, I go into these reviews with an open mind, and perhaps it will benefit from lowered expectations. Maybe it will turn out to be a bit of mindless fun. After all, we could all use a bit of lowbrow humor now and then, right? More...

Massive Activity on the Per Theater Chart

October 13th, 2009

No less than six films broke the $10,000 per theater average barrier over the weekend. Paranormal Activity topped the per theater chart with its record-breaking weekend, earning an average of $49,379 in 160 theaters. An Education was relatively close behind with an average of $39,754 in 4 theaters, which is a spectacular result at any time. A Serious Man remained strong with an average of $21,872, which is enough to suggest further significant expansion over the coming weeks. The number one film at the box office, Couples Retreat, was next with an average of $11,429. Yes Men Fix the World and Bronson had nearly identical averages at $10,956 vs. $10,940. More...

Capitalism is a Moneymaker on the Per Theater Chart

September 29th, 2009

Capitalism - A Love Story lead the way on the per theater chart with an average of $57,991 in four theaters over the weekend, while it made nearly $300,000 in just five days. Coco Before Chanel was well back, but it still made an impressive average of $35,427 in five theaters. For both films, this is a good portent for its potential to expand. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men was the only other film in the $10,000 club after it made $18,510 in its lone theater. More...

Countdown to Limited Releases

September 25th, 2009

As September ends, we move closer to the start of Awards Season and there are a number of films that look on paper to be Awards Season contenders. There are also a lot of films that are earning terrible reviews and while likely disappear from theaters in short order. Amazingly, the widest release of the week appears to be a Canadian film, Trailer Park Boys - Countdown to Liquor Day. More...


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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$366,909 (25.7% of total gross)
Legs:3.90 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$7,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.2 times production budget)
Theater counts:120 opening theaters/266 max. theaters, 3.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $2,054,377

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 25th, 2009 (Limited) by Freestyle Releasing
October 16th, 2009 (Expands Wide) by Freestyle Releasing
Video Release: January 26th, 2010 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for nudity, strong sexual content including graphic dialogue throughout, language and some crude material
Running Time: 105 minutes
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
Create your own comparison chart…
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Leading Cast

Matt Czuchry    Tucker Max

Uncategorized

Jesse Bradford   

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Bob Gosse    Director
Eve Cauley Turner*    Production Designer

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 26th, 2010

January 26th, 2010

It's a soft week at the top, as the biggest release of the week is Michael Jackson's This Is It. There are a few other wide releases hitting the home market as well, but all the rest were box office disappointments of varying degrees. This Is It is a good movie and the DVD / Blu-ray are worth picking up, but they are not Pick of the Week material. For that we have to look to a smaller Canadian film, Pontypool, which earned excellent reviews while the DVD gets a rarely-awarded Puck of the Week. More...

Featured DVD Review: I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

January 25th, 2010

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell is a lowbrow comedy that opened in limited release late in the summer. It performed better than I expected, both with critics and with moviegoers, but only because expectations were so very low. I was expecting its Tomatometer score to be mired in single-digits and its opening per theater average to be well below the Mendoza line. That said, I go into these reviews with an open mind, and perhaps it will benefit from lowered expectations. Maybe it will turn out to be a bit of mindless fun. After all, we could all use a bit of lowbrow humor now and then, right? More...

Massive Activity on the Per Theater Chart

October 13th, 2009

No less than six films broke the $10,000 per theater average barrier over the weekend. Paranormal Activity topped the per theater chart with its record-breaking weekend, earning an average of $49,379 in 160 theaters. An Education was relatively close behind with an average of $39,754 in 4 theaters, which is a spectacular result at any time. A Serious Man remained strong with an average of $21,872, which is enough to suggest further significant expansion over the coming weeks. The number one film at the box office, Couples Retreat, was next with an average of $11,429. Yes Men Fix the World and Bronson had nearly identical averages at $10,956 vs. $10,940. More...

Capitalism is a Moneymaker on the Per Theater Chart

September 29th, 2009

Capitalism - A Love Story lead the way on the per theater chart with an average of $57,991 in four theaters over the weekend, while it made nearly $300,000 in just five days. Coco Before Chanel was well back, but it still made an impressive average of $35,427 in five theaters. For both films, this is a good portent for its potential to expand. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men was the only other film in the $10,000 club after it made $18,510 in its lone theater. More...

Countdown to Limited Releases

September 25th, 2009

As September ends, we move closer to the start of Awards Season and there are a number of films that look on paper to be Awards Season contenders. There are also a lot of films that are earning terrible reviews and while likely disappear from theaters in short order. Amazingly, the widest release of the week appears to be a Canadian film, Trailer Park Boys - Countdown to Liquor Day. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 25, 2009 26 $366,909   120 $3,058   $366,909 1
Oct 2, 2009 28 $305,465 -17% 210 $1,455   $846,103 2
Oct 9, 2009 35 $183,825 -40% 266 $691   $1,181,695 3
Oct 16, 2009 52 $56,476 -69% 132 $428   $1,357,585 4
Oct 23, 2009 69 $14,430 -74% 36 $401   $1,401,718 5
Oct 30, 2009 80 $8,211 -43% 19 $432   $1,417,669 6
Nov 6, 2009 87 $3,861 -53% 8 $483   $1,425,993 7

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 25, 2009 - $154,454     120 $1,287   $154,454 1
Sep 26, 2009 - $118,363 -23%   120 $986   $272,817 2
Sep 27, 2009 - $94,092 -21%   120 $784   $366,909 3
Sep 28, 2009 - $44,380 -53%   120 $370   $411,289 4
Sep 29, 2009 - $43,870 -1%   120 $366   $455,159 5
Sep 30, 2009 - $43,244 -1%   120 $360   $498,403 6
Oct 1, 2009 - $42,235 -2%   120 $352   $540,638 7
Oct 2, 2009 - $118,054 +180% -24% 210 $562   $658,692 8
Oct 3, 2009 - $112,744 -4% -5% 210 $537   $771,436 9
Oct 4, 2009 - $74,667 -34% -21% 210 $356   $846,103 10
Oct 5, 2009 - $35,788 -52% -19% 210 $170   $881,891 11
Oct 6, 2009 - $40,612 +13% -7% 210 $193   $922,503 12
Oct 7, 2009 - $37,922 -7% -12% 210 $181   $960,425 13
Oct 8, 2009 - $37,445 -1% -11% 210 $178   $997,870 14
Oct 9, 2009 - $63,141 +69% -47% 266 $237   $1,061,011 15
Oct 10, 2009 - $63,263 n/c -44% 266 $238   $1,124,274 16
Oct 11, 2009 - $57,421 -9% -23% 266 $216   $1,181,695 17
Oct 12, 2009 - $34,752 -39% -3% 266 $131   $1,216,447 18
Oct 13, 2009 - $29,366 -15% -28% 266 $110   $1,245,813 19
Oct 14, 2009 - $28,673 -2% -24% 266 $108   $1,274,486 20
Oct 15, 2009 - $26,623 -7% -29% 266 $100   $1,301,109 21
Oct 16, 2009 - $19,407 -27% -69% 132 $147   $1,320,516 22
Oct 17, 2009 - $20,543 +6% -68% 132 $156   $1,341,059 23
Oct 18, 2009 - $16,526 -20% -71% 132 $125   $1,357,585 24
Oct 19, 2009 - $7,315 -56% -79% 132 $55   $1,364,900 25
Oct 20, 2009 - $8,516 +16% -71% 132 $65   $1,373,416 26
Oct 21, 2009 - $6,812 -20% -76% 132 $52   $1,380,228 27
Oct 22, 2009 - $7,060 +4% -73% 132 $53   $1,387,288 28
Oct 23, 2009 - $4,455 -37% -77% 36 $124   $1,391,743 29
Oct 24, 2009 - $5,522 +24% -73% 36 $153   $1,397,265 30
Oct 25, 2009 - $4,453 -19% -73% 36 $124   $1,401,718 31
Oct 26, 2009 - $2,164 -51% -70% 36 $60   $1,403,882 32
Oct 27, 2009 - $2,351 +9% -72% 36 $65   $1,406,233 33
Oct 28, 2009 - $1,398 -41% -79% 36 $39   $1,407,631 34
Oct 29, 2009 - $1,854 +33% -74% 36 $52   $1,409,485 35
Oct 30, 2009 - $2,790 +50% -37% 19 $147   $1,412,275 36
Oct 31, 2009 - $2,450 -12% -56% 19 $129   $1,414,725 37
Nov 1, 2009 - $2,971 +21% -33% 19 $156   $1,417,696 38
Nov 2, 2009 - $1,304 -56% -40% 19 $69   $1,419,000 39
Nov 3, 2009 - $1,286 -1% -45% 19 $68   $1,420,286 40
Nov 4, 2009 - $800 -38% -43% 19 $42   $1,421,086 41
Nov 5, 2009 - $1,046 +31% -44% 19 $55   $1,422,132 42
Nov 6, 2009 - $713 -32% -74% 8 $89   $1,422,845 43
Nov 7, 2009 - $1,765 +148% -28% 8 $221   $1,424,610 44
Nov 8, 2009 - $1,383 -22% -53% 8 $173   $1,425,993 45
Nov 9, 2009 - $817 -41% -37% 8 $102   $1,426,810 46
Nov 10, 2009 - $735 -10% -43% 8 $92   $1,427,545 47
Nov 11, 2009 - $1,233 +68% +54% 8 $154   $1,428,778 48
Nov 12, 2009 - $521 -58% -50% 8 $65   $1,429,299 49

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 25, 2009 28 $540,638   120 $4,505   $540,638 1
Oct 2, 2009 27 $457,232 -15% 210 $2,177   $997,870 2
Oct 9, 2009 33 $303,239 -34% 266 $1,140   $1,301,109 3
Oct 16, 2009 52 $86,179 -72% 132 $653   $1,387,288 4
Oct 23, 2009 71 $22,197 -74% 36 $617   $1,409,485 5
Oct 30, 2009 78 $12,647 -43% 19 $666   $1,422,132 6
Nov 6, 2009 86 $7,167 -43% 8 $896   $1,429,299 7

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Feb 7, 20102235,990 35,990$719,440$719,4402

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.