A Thousand Words (2012)

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Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $18,450,127Details
International Box Office $2,340,359Details
Worldwide Box Office $20,790,486
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $4,547,768 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $515,591 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $5,063,359
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Synopsis

Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack's life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. With every word Jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree are toast. Words have never failed Jack McCall, but now he's got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he's a goner.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$6,176,280 (33.5% of total gross)
Legs:2.99 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:88.7% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$40,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.5 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,890 opening theaters/1,895 max. theaters, 4.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $24,986,477

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: March 9th, 2012 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
International Releases: March 22nd, 2012 (Wide) (United Arab Emirates)
April 25th, 2012 (Wide) (Egypt)
May 16th, 2012 (Wide) (France)
June 21st, 2012 (Wide) (Germany)
June 21st, 2012 (Wide) (Peru)
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Video Release: June 26th, 2012 by Paramount Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual situations including dialogue, language and some drug-related humor.
(Rating bulletin 2206, 1/18/2012)
Running Time: 91 minutes
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Keywords: Curses, Religious, Writing and Writers, New Age, Therapists / Therapy, Breaking the Fourth Wall, Dysfunctional Family, Comedy Drama
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: DreamWorks Pictures, Work After Midnight, Saturn Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 9, 2012 6 $6,176,280   1,890 $3,268   $6,176,280 1
Mar 16, 2012 6 $3,632,932 -41% 1,895 $1,917   $11,985,753 2
Mar 23, 2012 6 $1,950,154 -46% 1,787 $1,091   $14,950,322 3
Mar 30, 2012 9 $902,587 -54% 1,007 $896   $16,508,068 4
Apr 6, 2012 13 $478,424 -47% 507 $944   $17,422,303 5
Apr 13, 2012 25 $200,174 -58% 277 $723   $17,827,698 6
Apr 20, 2012 44 $63,525 -68% 168 $378   $17,936,879 7
Apr 27, 2012 31 $115,949 +83% 169 $686   $18,071,001 8
May 4, 2012 35 $77,159 -33% 140 $551   $18,185,763 9
May 11, 2012 34 $78,392 +2% 127 $617   $18,292,870 10
May 18, 2012 38 $56,901 -27% 110 $517   $18,374,527 11
May 25, 2012 44 $30,963 -46% 110 $281   $18,429,081 12

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Mar 9, 2012 6 $1,913,397     1,890 $1,012   $1,913,397 1
Mar 10, 2012 5 $2,722,356 +42%   1,890 $1,440   $4,635,753 2
Mar 11, 2012 5 $1,540,527 -43%   1,890 $815   $6,176,280 3
Mar 12, 2012 5 $525,364 -66%   1,890 $278   $6,701,644 4
Mar 13, 2012 5 $652,523 +24%   1,890 $345   $7,354,167 5
Mar 14, 2012 5 $483,624 -26%   1,890 $256   $7,837,791 6
Mar 15, 2012 5 $515,030 +6%   1,890 $273   $8,352,821 7
Mar 16, 2012 6 $1,130,794 +120% -41% 1,895 $597   $9,483,615 8
Mar 17, 2012 4 $1,618,244 +43% -41% 1,895 $854   $11,101,859 9
Mar 18, 2012 6 $883,894 -45% -43% 1,895 $466   $11,985,753 10
Mar 19, 2012 7 $239,729 -73% -54% 1,895 $127   $12,225,482 11
Mar 20, 2012 6 $308,022 +28% -53% 1,895 $163   $12,533,504 12
Mar 21, 2012 6 $236,343 -23% -51% 1,895 $125   $12,769,847 13
Mar 22, 2012 6 $230,321 -3% -55% 1,895 $122   $13,000,168 14
Mar 23, 2012 8 $528,232 +129% -53% 1,787 $296   $13,528,400 15
Mar 24, 2012 6 $899,086 +70% -44% 1,787 $503   $14,427,486 16
Mar 25, 2012 6 $522,836 -42% -41% 1,787 $293   $14,950,322 17
Mar 26, 2012 7 $153,002 -71% -36% 1,787 $86   $15,103,324 18
Mar 27, 2012 7 $190,339 +24% -38% 1,787 $107   $15,293,663 19
Mar 28, 2012 7 $151,381 -20% -36% 1,787 $85   $15,445,044 20
Mar 29, 2012 7 $160,437 +6% -30% 1,787 $90   $15,605,481 21
Mar 30, 2012 10 $240,919 +50% -54% 1,007 $239   $15,846,400 22
Mar 31, 2012 9 $428,249 +78% -52% 1,007 $425   $16,274,649 23
Apr 1, 2012 10 $233,419 -45% -55% 1,007 $232   $16,508,068 24
Apr 2, 2012 9 $89,772 -62% -41% 1,007 $89   $16,597,840 25
Apr 3, 2012 9 $112,630 +25% -41% 1,007 $112   $16,710,470 26
Apr 4, 2012 10 $104,859 -7% -31% 1,007 $104   $16,815,329 27
Apr 5, 2012 9 $128,550 +23% -20% 1,007 $128   $16,943,879 28
Apr 6, 2012 13 $173,463 +35% -28% 507 $342   $17,117,342 29
Apr 7, 2012 13 $181,459 +5% -58% 507 $358   $17,298,801 30
Apr 8, 2012 12 $123,502 -32% -47% 507 $244   $17,422,303 31
Apr 9, 2012 11 $60,350 -51% -33% 507 $119   $17,482,653 32
Apr 10, 2012 14 $50,468 -16% -55% 507 $100   $17,533,121 33
Apr 11, 2012 13 $48,040 -5% -54% 507 $95   $17,581,161 34
Apr 12, 2012 13 $46,363 -3% -64% 507 $91   $17,627,524 35
Apr 13, 2012 - $55,513 +20% -68% 277 $200   $17,683,037 36
Apr 14, 2012 - $96,164 +73% -47% 277 $347   $17,779,201 37
Apr 15, 2012 - $48,497 -50% -61% 277 $175   $17,827,698 38
Apr 16, 2012 - $11,194 -77% -81% 277 $40   $17,838,892 39
Apr 17, 2012 - $12,701 +13% -75% 277 $46   $17,851,593 40
Apr 18, 2012 - $11,124 -12% -77% 277 $40   $17,862,717 41
Apr 19, 2012 - $10,637 -4% -77% 277 $38   $17,873,354 42
Apr 20, 2012 - $15,681 +47% -72% 168 $93   $17,889,035 43
Apr 21, 2012 - $30,928 +97% -68% 168 $184   $17,919,963 44
Apr 22, 2012 - $16,916 -45% -65% 168 $101   $17,936,879 45
Apr 23, 2012 - $4,231 -75% -62% 168 $25   $17,941,110 46
Apr 24, 2012 - $5,015 +19% -61% 168 $30   $17,946,125 47
Apr 25, 2012 - $3,880 -23% -65% 168 $23   $17,950,005 48
Apr 26, 2012 - $5,047 +30% -53% 168 $30   $17,955,052 49
Apr 27, 2012 - $29,794 +490% +90% 169 $176   $17,984,846 50
Apr 28, 2012 - $52,822 +77% +71% 169 $313   $18,037,668 51
Apr 29, 2012 - $33,333 -37% +97% 169 $197   $18,071,001 52
Apr 30, 2012 - $9,175 -72% +117% 169 $54   $18,080,176 53
May 1, 2012 - $11,254 +23% +124% 169 $67   $18,091,430 54
May 2, 2012 - $8,411 -25% +117% 169 $50   $18,099,841 55
May 3, 2012 - $8,763 +4% +74% 169 $52   $18,108,604 56
May 4, 2012 - $21,377 +144% -28% 140 $153   $18,129,981 57
May 5, 2012 - $35,195 +65% -33% 140 $251   $18,165,176 58
May 6, 2012 - $20,587 -42% -38% 140 $147   $18,185,763 59
May 7, 2012 - $6,862 -67% -25% 140 $49   $18,192,625 60
May 8, 2012 - $7,926 +16% -30% 140 $57   $18,200,551 61
May 9, 2012 - $6,786 -14% -19% 140 $48   $18,207,337 62
May 10, 2012 - $7,141 +5% -19% 140 $51   $18,214,478 63
May 11, 2012 - $17,898 +151% -16% 127 $141   $18,232,376 64
May 12, 2012 - $32,828 +83% -7% 127 $258   $18,265,204 65
May 13, 2012 - $27,666 -16% +34% 127 $218   $18,292,870 66
May 14, 2012 - $6,022 -78% -12% 127 $47   $18,298,892 67
May 15, 2012 - $6,747 +12% -15% 127 $53   $18,305,639 68
May 16, 2012 - $6,067 -10% -11% 127 $48   $18,311,706 69
May 17, 2012 - $5,920 -2% -17% 127 $47   $18,317,626 70
May 18, 2012 - $13,933 +135% -22% 110 $127   $18,331,559 71
May 19, 2012 - $25,560 +83% -22% 110 $232   $18,357,119 72
May 20, 2012 - $17,408 -32% -37% 110 $158   $18,374,527 73
May 21, 2012 - $5,601 -68% -7% 110 $51   $18,380,128 74
May 22, 2012 - $6,414 +15% -5% 110 $58   $18,386,542 75
May 23, 2012 - $5,401 -16% -11% 110 $49   $18,391,943 76
May 24, 2012 - $6,175 +14% +4% 110 $56   $18,398,118 77
May 25, 2012 - $7,977 +29% -43% 110 $73   $18,406,095 78
May 26, 2012 - $12,210 +53% -52% 110 $111   $18,418,305 79
May 27, 2012 - $10,776 -12% -38% 110 $98   $18,429,081 80
May 28, 2012 - $9,068 -16% +62% 110 $82   $18,438,149 81
May 29, 2012 - $3,864 -57% -40% 110 $35   $18,442,013 82
May 30, 2012 - $3,880 n/c -28% 110 $35   $18,445,893 83
May 31, 2012 - $4,234 +9% -31% 110 $38   $18,450,127 84

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 9, 2012 6 $8,352,821   1,890 $4,419   $8,352,821 1
Mar 16, 2012 6 $4,647,347 -44% 1,895 $2,452   $13,000,168 2
Mar 23, 2012 7 $2,605,313 -44% 1,787 $1,458   $15,605,481 3
Mar 30, 2012 10 $1,338,398 -49% 1,007 $1,329   $16,943,879 4
Apr 6, 2012 13 $683,645 -49% 507 $1,348   $17,627,524 5
Apr 13, 2012 27 $245,830 -64% 277 $887   $17,873,354 6
Apr 20, 2012 46 $81,698 -67% 168 $486   $17,955,052 7
Apr 27, 2012 33 $153,552 +88% 169 $909   $18,108,604 8
May 4, 2012 36 $105,874 -31% 140 $756   $18,214,478 9
May 11, 2012 37 $103,148 -3% 127 $812   $18,317,626 10
May 18, 2012 37 $80,492 -22% 110 $732   $18,398,118 11
May 25, 2012 42 $52,009 -35% 110 $473   $18,450,127 12

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Bolivia 8/23/2012 $6,027 4 4 7 $8,969 12/29/2018
Egypt 4/25/2012 $10,852 6 6 41 $64,869 12/29/2018
France 5/16/2012 $16,365 8 8 8 $16,365 12/10/2015
Germany 6/21/2012 $128,451 89 91 319 $467,391 12/11/2015
Nigeria 12/14/2012 $3,556 4 4 4 $3,556 12/29/2018
Peru 6/21/2012 $76,215 16 20 93 $267,354 12/29/2018
South Africa 9/28/2012 $44,616 35 35 36 $373,128 12/12/2015
United Arab Emirates 3/22/2012 $0 0 3 7 $1,138,727 12/29/2018
 
International Total$2,340,359 12/29/2018

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
Jul 1, 2012883,335 83,335$1,246,692$1,246,6921
Jul 8, 20121458,405-30% 141,740$697,940$1,944,6322
Jul 15, 20121745,590-22% 187,330$727,160$2,671,7923
Jul 22, 20123020,462-55% 207,792$311,227$2,983,0194
Jul 29, 20122819,066-7% 226,858$314,589$3,297,6085

Netflix Daily Charts

DateRankDays In
Top 10
Vierwership
Score
Jul 3, 202061 5
Jul 5, 202082 8
Jul 6, 202083 11
Jul 7, 202094 13

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Leading Cast

Eddie Murphy    Jack McCall

Supporting Cast

Kerry Washington    Caroline McCall
Cliff Curtis    Dr. Sinja
Clark Duke    Aaron Wiseberger
Ruby Dee    Annie McCall
Allison Janney    Samantha Davis
Emanuel Ragsdale    Tyler McCall
Jill Basey    Woman in Starbucks
Greg Collins    Construction Worker
Robert LeQuang    Starbucks Customer
Michael G. Wilkinson    Starbucks Customer
Lyndsey Nelson    Starbucks Customer
Michael Cody Gilbert    Starbucks Customer
Lou Saliba    Shrink
John Gatins    Valet
Mitchell Fink    Male Agent
Edi Patterson    Young Female Agent
Emily Burton    Crying Student
Tracy Mulhollad    Young Student
Brad Keimach    Sinja Aide
Dilip Jha    Sinja Aide
Jorge A. Alvarez    Mariachi Band Leader
Kayla Blake    Emily
Leonard Earl Howze    Orderly
Winston Rocha    Gaudencio
Jack McBrayer    Starbucks Barista
John Witherspoon    Blind Man
Bethany Dwyer    Mary
Alain Chabat    Christian Legeg de la Touffe
Thierry Segall    French Businessmen
Noel Courteblanche    French Businessman
Darcy Rose Byrnes    10-Year-Old Girl

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

Production and Technical Credits

Brian Robbins    Director
Steve Koren    Screenwriter
Alain Chabat    Producer
Stephanie Danan    Producer
Nicolas Cage    Producer
Norm Golightly    Producer
Sharla Sumpter Bridgett    Producer
Jane Bartelme    Executive Producer
John Debney    Composer
Lars Winther*    Co-Producer
Lars Winther*    Assistant Director
Andy Gill    Stunt Coordinator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Blu-ray Sales: Wrath of the Blu-rays

July 10th, 2012

Wrath of the Titans led a trio of new releases on top of the Blu-ray sales chart. It sold 800,000 units and generated $18.37 million in revenue, giving the film an opening week Blu-ray share of 55%. A visually-intensive action movie opening with a Blu-ray share above 50% is no longer a noteworthy event. More...

DVD Sales: 21 Leaps to the Top

July 9th, 2012

New releases dominated the DVD sales chart with four of them placing in the top five. Things were led by 21 Jump Street, which sold 869,000 units while generating $14.77 million in opening week sales. This is a fine start, but given its theatrical run, it isn't a great start. On the other hand, it didn't need a great start to break even. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for June 26th, 2012

June 25th, 2012

It's a good week on the home market, especially for this time of year. Not only do we have a first-run release that hit $100 million at the box office, 21 Jump Street, but we have an art house film that found massive success with moviegoers, critics, and even Awards Season voters, The Artist. There are also a couple of wide releases that should have some impact on the overall sales, Mirror Mirror and Wrath of the Titans, as well as some TV on DVD releases, limited releases, catalogue titles, etc. that are also of interest. As for Pick of the Week, The Artist on Blu-ray is the most obvious choice, but The 39 Steps on Blu-ray and Sound of Noise on DVD were also in the running. Finally, Phineas and Ferb: - The Perry Files arrived late, but it too is worthy of that honor. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Box Office is Stuffed

March 26th, 2012

The buzz surrounding The Hunger Games became nearly deafening by the time it opened. There were some concerns that the film couldn't possible live up to the hype. However, not only did it live up to the hype, it crushed expectations and set records. Overall the box office pulled in $214 million, which is the ninth best combined weekend total and the best non-Holiday season weekend (Summer blockbuster season and the Thanksgiving to New Years holiday run). This was 93% higher than last weekend and 76% higher than the same weekend last year. Needless to say, 2012 stretched its lead over 2011, and it now sits 19% ahead of last year's pace at $2.41 billion to $2.02 billion. This is behind 2010's running tally of $2.69 billion, but ahead of 2009, which had $2.38 billion at this point of the year, so while we are not quite on a record-breaking pace, it has been a very good year so far. More...

Weekend Predictions: How Hungry are Moviegoers?

March 22nd, 2012

At the beginning of the month, most people were expecting The Hunger Games to have one of the biggest openings of March and one of the all-time biggest openings for a non-sequel film. However, that's changed... for the better. Instead of analysts predicting $70 million to $80 million over its opening weekend, expectations have grown to the point where it could earn over $100 million over the next three days and still be considered a disappointment. In fact, there are many who are predicting The Hunger Games will make more by itself than the entire industry made last year. Needless to say, if that happened, 2012 will make up for last week's 3.6% year-over-year decline in a huge way. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: 21 Jumps High, but Overall Box Office Low

March 19th, 2012

2012's winning streak finally came to a close, but it was close. Overall the total box office was $111 million, which was 17% lower than last week and more importantly, down 3.6% compared to the same weekend last year. 21 Jump Street did hold up its end of the box office numbers, but since the only other new release in the top ten was Casa di me Padre, is wasn't enough. Year-to-date, 2012 is still ahead of 2011's pace by 16% at $2.16 billion to $1.87 billion. That lead will grow next weekend with the release of The Hunger Games, which could be record-breaking at the box office and is just as strong with critics. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Lorax has a Sustainable Run

March 12th, 2012

As expected, Doctor Seuss' The Lorax led the way at the box office, but unfortunately, it was on the low end of expectations. Unfortunately, while John Carter did land on the high end of expectations, it really wasn't able to pick up the slack. Overall, the box office fell 21% from last week to $133 million. This was higher than the same weekend last year, but by only 3%. At least the streak is still intact and has now reached ten weeks. Year-to-date, 2012 has reached $2 billion and is now ahead of 2011 by 18% at $2.01 billion to $1.70 billion. Let's hope next week is just as lucrative. More...

Weekend Estimates: Carter Disaster Gives Weekend to Lorax

March 11th, 2012

Although John Carter's opening won't be as bad as the direst predictions, an anemic $30.6 million debut will condemn the film to the record books for all the wrong reasons and (in spite of good international numbers) almost certainly cause a write-down for Disney. Or more immediate embarrassment, the film will fail to win the weekend, coming in second to The Lorax, which is set to post $39.1 million in its second weekend, according to Universal's estimate. That combination of two $30 million plus films will give 2012 another weekend win over last year. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will New Releases Be Silent?

March 8th, 2012

Three films open wide release this week, but none of them look like they will compete with the Doctor Seuss' The Lorax for top spot. John Carter is the only one with a real shot at first place, but there's a chance it won't make half as much as The Lorax does over the next three days. Silent House is the best-reviewed new release of the week, and if it can remain above 60% positive, it will be the only film in the top ten with overall positive reviews. Finally there's A Thousand Words, but the less said about that film, the better. (It's opening in under 2,000 theaters with zero positive reviews.) Last year Battle: Los Angeles opened in first place with $35 million, a figure The Lorax should top, while the rest of the top ten look about same this year as last. The winning streak should continue. More...

2012 Preview: March

March 1st, 2012

February continued 2012's winning streak, which has now reached eight weeks. Will that streak continue in March? I'm not sure it will. There are some very good signs. For instance, last March, only one film reached $100 million, Rango, while there were a couple others that cracked $75 million, Battle: Los Angeles and Limitless. Plus the final weekend of this month lines up with the first weekend of April last year, which also had a $100 million hit, Hop. This time around, things look a whole lot better at the top with a potential $200 million hit, The Hunger Games, and two more that should hit the century mark, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, and Wrath of the Titans. Plus a couple others, 21 Jump Street and John Carter of Mars, that could top $75 million. However, there are a few weeks that look soft when compared with last year. I suspect The Hunger Games will be such a huge hit that overall March 2012 will perform better than March 2011, but I also think there will be a couple weeks of year-over-year declines. On the plus side, very few films feel like filler; in fact, there are very few films, period. Over the next five weekends, only nine films are opening wide, which is odd for this time of year. In fact, it would be slow for the heart of summer, when most weeks have a blockbuster and one counter-programming film. Will this help the overall box office, as no films will be squeezed out? Or will the lack of choices hurt the box office? We will soon find out, but I remain cautiously optimistic. More...

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  6. Full Financials
  7. Cast & Crew
  8. Trailer

Synopsis

Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack's life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. With every word Jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree are toast. Words have never failed Jack McCall, but now he's got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he's a goner.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$6,176,280 (33.5% of total gross)
Legs:2.99 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:88.7% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$40,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.5 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,890 opening theaters/1,895 max. theaters, 4.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $24,986,477

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: March 9th, 2012 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
International Releases: March 22nd, 2012 (Wide) (United Arab Emirates)
April 25th, 2012 (Wide) (Egypt)
May 16th, 2012 (Wide) (France)
June 21st, 2012 (Wide) (Germany)
June 21st, 2012 (Wide) (Peru)
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Video Release: June 26th, 2012 by Paramount Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual situations including dialogue, language and some drug-related humor.
(Rating bulletin 2206, 1/18/2012)
Running Time: 91 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Ri¢hie Ri¢h
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Keywords: Curses, Religious, Writing and Writers, New Age, Therapists / Therapy, Breaking the Fourth Wall, Dysfunctional Family, Comedy Drama
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: DreamWorks Pictures, Work After Midnight, Saturn Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Leading Cast

Eddie Murphy    Jack McCall

Supporting Cast

Kerry Washington    Caroline McCall
Cliff Curtis    Dr. Sinja
Clark Duke    Aaron Wiseberger
Ruby Dee    Annie McCall
Allison Janney    Samantha Davis
Emanuel Ragsdale    Tyler McCall
Jill Basey    Woman in Starbucks
Greg Collins    Construction Worker
Robert LeQuang    Starbucks Customer
Michael G. Wilkinson    Starbucks Customer
Lyndsey Nelson    Starbucks Customer
Michael Cody Gilbert    Starbucks Customer
Lou Saliba    Shrink
John Gatins    Valet
Mitchell Fink    Male Agent
Edi Patterson    Young Female Agent
Emily Burton    Crying Student
Tracy Mulhollad    Young Student
Brad Keimach    Sinja Aide
Dilip Jha    Sinja Aide
Jorge A. Alvarez    Mariachi Band Leader
Kayla Blake    Emily
Leonard Earl Howze    Orderly
Winston Rocha    Gaudencio
Jack McBrayer    Starbucks Barista
John Witherspoon    Blind Man
Bethany Dwyer    Mary
Alain Chabat    Christian Legeg de la Touffe
Thierry Segall    French Businessmen
Noel Courteblanche    French Businessman
Darcy Rose Byrnes    10-Year-Old Girl

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

Production and Technical Credits

Brian Robbins    Director
Steve Koren    Screenwriter
Alain Chabat    Producer
Stephanie Danan    Producer
Nicolas Cage    Producer
Norm Golightly    Producer
Sharla Sumpter Bridgett    Producer
Jane Bartelme    Executive Producer
John Debney    Composer
Lars Winther*    Co-Producer
Lars Winther*    Assistant Director
Andy Gill    Stunt Coordinator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Blu-ray Sales: Wrath of the Blu-rays

July 10th, 2012

Wrath of the Titans led a trio of new releases on top of the Blu-ray sales chart. It sold 800,000 units and generated $18.37 million in revenue, giving the film an opening week Blu-ray share of 55%. A visually-intensive action movie opening with a Blu-ray share above 50% is no longer a noteworthy event. More...

DVD Sales: 21 Leaps to the Top

July 9th, 2012

New releases dominated the DVD sales chart with four of them placing in the top five. Things were led by 21 Jump Street, which sold 869,000 units while generating $14.77 million in opening week sales. This is a fine start, but given its theatrical run, it isn't a great start. On the other hand, it didn't need a great start to break even. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for June 26th, 2012

June 25th, 2012

It's a good week on the home market, especially for this time of year. Not only do we have a first-run release that hit $100 million at the box office, 21 Jump Street, but we have an art house film that found massive success with moviegoers, critics, and even Awards Season voters, The Artist. There are also a couple of wide releases that should have some impact on the overall sales, Mirror Mirror and Wrath of the Titans, as well as some TV on DVD releases, limited releases, catalogue titles, etc. that are also of interest. As for Pick of the Week, The Artist on Blu-ray is the most obvious choice, but The 39 Steps on Blu-ray and Sound of Noise on DVD were also in the running. Finally, Phineas and Ferb: - The Perry Files arrived late, but it too is worthy of that honor. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Box Office is Stuffed

March 26th, 2012

The buzz surrounding The Hunger Games became nearly deafening by the time it opened. There were some concerns that the film couldn't possible live up to the hype. However, not only did it live up to the hype, it crushed expectations and set records. Overall the box office pulled in $214 million, which is the ninth best combined weekend total and the best non-Holiday season weekend (Summer blockbuster season and the Thanksgiving to New Years holiday run). This was 93% higher than last weekend and 76% higher than the same weekend last year. Needless to say, 2012 stretched its lead over 2011, and it now sits 19% ahead of last year's pace at $2.41 billion to $2.02 billion. This is behind 2010's running tally of $2.69 billion, but ahead of 2009, which had $2.38 billion at this point of the year, so while we are not quite on a record-breaking pace, it has been a very good year so far. More...

Weekend Predictions: How Hungry are Moviegoers?

March 22nd, 2012

At the beginning of the month, most people were expecting The Hunger Games to have one of the biggest openings of March and one of the all-time biggest openings for a non-sequel film. However, that's changed... for the better. Instead of analysts predicting $70 million to $80 million over its opening weekend, expectations have grown to the point where it could earn over $100 million over the next three days and still be considered a disappointment. In fact, there are many who are predicting The Hunger Games will make more by itself than the entire industry made last year. Needless to say, if that happened, 2012 will make up for last week's 3.6% year-over-year decline in a huge way. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: 21 Jumps High, but Overall Box Office Low

March 19th, 2012

2012's winning streak finally came to a close, but it was close. Overall the total box office was $111 million, which was 17% lower than last week and more importantly, down 3.6% compared to the same weekend last year. 21 Jump Street did hold up its end of the box office numbers, but since the only other new release in the top ten was Casa di me Padre, is wasn't enough. Year-to-date, 2012 is still ahead of 2011's pace by 16% at $2.16 billion to $1.87 billion. That lead will grow next weekend with the release of The Hunger Games, which could be record-breaking at the box office and is just as strong with critics. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Lorax has a Sustainable Run

March 12th, 2012

As expected, Doctor Seuss' The Lorax led the way at the box office, but unfortunately, it was on the low end of expectations. Unfortunately, while John Carter did land on the high end of expectations, it really wasn't able to pick up the slack. Overall, the box office fell 21% from last week to $133 million. This was higher than the same weekend last year, but by only 3%. At least the streak is still intact and has now reached ten weeks. Year-to-date, 2012 has reached $2 billion and is now ahead of 2011 by 18% at $2.01 billion to $1.70 billion. Let's hope next week is just as lucrative. More...

Weekend Estimates: Carter Disaster Gives Weekend to Lorax

March 11th, 2012

Although John Carter's opening won't be as bad as the direst predictions, an anemic $30.6 million debut will condemn the film to the record books for all the wrong reasons and (in spite of good international numbers) almost certainly cause a write-down for Disney. Or more immediate embarrassment, the film will fail to win the weekend, coming in second to The Lorax, which is set to post $39.1 million in its second weekend, according to Universal's estimate. That combination of two $30 million plus films will give 2012 another weekend win over last year. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will New Releases Be Silent?

March 8th, 2012

Three films open wide release this week, but none of them look like they will compete with the Doctor Seuss' The Lorax for top spot. John Carter is the only one with a real shot at first place, but there's a chance it won't make half as much as The Lorax does over the next three days. Silent House is the best-reviewed new release of the week, and if it can remain above 60% positive, it will be the only film in the top ten with overall positive reviews. Finally there's A Thousand Words, but the less said about that film, the better. (It's opening in under 2,000 theaters with zero positive reviews.) Last year Battle: Los Angeles opened in first place with $35 million, a figure The Lorax should top, while the rest of the top ten look about same this year as last. The winning streak should continue. More...

2012 Preview: March

March 1st, 2012

February continued 2012's winning streak, which has now reached eight weeks. Will that streak continue in March? I'm not sure it will. There are some very good signs. For instance, last March, only one film reached $100 million, Rango, while there were a couple others that cracked $75 million, Battle: Los Angeles and Limitless. Plus the final weekend of this month lines up with the first weekend of April last year, which also had a $100 million hit, Hop. This time around, things look a whole lot better at the top with a potential $200 million hit, The Hunger Games, and two more that should hit the century mark, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, and Wrath of the Titans. Plus a couple others, 21 Jump Street and John Carter of Mars, that could top $75 million. However, there are a few weeks that look soft when compared with last year. I suspect The Hunger Games will be such a huge hit that overall March 2012 will perform better than March 2011, but I also think there will be a couple weeks of year-over-year declines. On the plus side, very few films feel like filler; in fact, there are very few films, period. Over the next five weekends, only nine films are opening wide, which is odd for this time of year. In fact, it would be slow for the heart of summer, when most weeks have a blockbuster and one counter-programming film. Will this help the overall box office, as no films will be squeezed out? Or will the lack of choices hurt the box office? We will soon find out, but I remain cautiously optimistic. More...

Cast Updates - June 19, 2008

June 19th, 2008

This week's round of new casting information contains updates for 2012, Public Enemies, Transformers 2, and more! More...

Cast Updates - May 22, 2008

May 22nd, 2008

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New Movie Announcements, Stars and Directors - April 22, 2008

April 22nd, 2008

This week another number of upcoming movies, new stars and directors have been added to our archive! More...

Cast Updates - April 17, 2008

April 17th, 2008

This week's round of new casting information contains updates for Mardi Gras, The Uninvited, A Thousand Words, and more! More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 9, 2012 6 $6,176,280   1,890 $3,268   $6,176,280 1
Mar 16, 2012 6 $3,632,932 -41% 1,895 $1,917   $11,985,753 2
Mar 23, 2012 6 $1,950,154 -46% 1,787 $1,091   $14,950,322 3
Mar 30, 2012 9 $902,587 -54% 1,007 $896   $16,508,068 4
Apr 6, 2012 13 $478,424 -47% 507 $944   $17,422,303 5
Apr 13, 2012 25 $200,174 -58% 277 $723   $17,827,698 6
Apr 20, 2012 44 $63,525 -68% 168 $378   $17,936,879 7
Apr 27, 2012 31 $115,949 +83% 169 $686   $18,071,001 8
May 4, 2012 35 $77,159 -33% 140 $551   $18,185,763 9
May 11, 2012 34 $78,392 +2% 127 $617   $18,292,870 10
May 18, 2012 38 $56,901 -27% 110 $517   $18,374,527 11
May 25, 2012 44 $30,963 -46% 110 $281   $18,429,081 12

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Mar 9, 2012 6 $1,913,397     1,890 $1,012   $1,913,397 1
Mar 10, 2012 5 $2,722,356 +42%   1,890 $1,440   $4,635,753 2
Mar 11, 2012 5 $1,540,527 -43%   1,890 $815   $6,176,280 3
Mar 12, 2012 5 $525,364 -66%   1,890 $278   $6,701,644 4
Mar 13, 2012 5 $652,523 +24%   1,890 $345   $7,354,167 5
Mar 14, 2012 5 $483,624 -26%   1,890 $256   $7,837,791 6
Mar 15, 2012 5 $515,030 +6%   1,890 $273   $8,352,821 7
Mar 16, 2012 6 $1,130,794 +120% -41% 1,895 $597   $9,483,615 8
Mar 17, 2012 4 $1,618,244 +43% -41% 1,895 $854   $11,101,859 9
Mar 18, 2012 6 $883,894 -45% -43% 1,895 $466   $11,985,753 10
Mar 19, 2012 7 $239,729 -73% -54% 1,895 $127   $12,225,482 11
Mar 20, 2012 6 $308,022 +28% -53% 1,895 $163   $12,533,504 12
Mar 21, 2012 6 $236,343 -23% -51% 1,895 $125   $12,769,847 13
Mar 22, 2012 6 $230,321 -3% -55% 1,895 $122   $13,000,168 14
Mar 23, 2012 8 $528,232 +129% -53% 1,787 $296   $13,528,400 15
Mar 24, 2012 6 $899,086 +70% -44% 1,787 $503   $14,427,486 16
Mar 25, 2012 6 $522,836 -42% -41% 1,787 $293   $14,950,322 17
Mar 26, 2012 7 $153,002 -71% -36% 1,787 $86   $15,103,324 18
Mar 27, 2012 7 $190,339 +24% -38% 1,787 $107   $15,293,663 19
Mar 28, 2012 7 $151,381 -20% -36% 1,787 $85   $15,445,044 20
Mar 29, 2012 7 $160,437 +6% -30% 1,787 $90   $15,605,481 21
Mar 30, 2012 10 $240,919 +50% -54% 1,007 $239   $15,846,400 22
Mar 31, 2012 9 $428,249 +78% -52% 1,007 $425   $16,274,649 23
Apr 1, 2012 10 $233,419 -45% -55% 1,007 $232   $16,508,068 24
Apr 2, 2012 9 $89,772 -62% -41% 1,007 $89   $16,597,840 25
Apr 3, 2012 9 $112,630 +25% -41% 1,007 $112   $16,710,470 26
Apr 4, 2012 10 $104,859 -7% -31% 1,007 $104   $16,815,329 27
Apr 5, 2012 9 $128,550 +23% -20% 1,007 $128   $16,943,879 28
Apr 6, 2012 13 $173,463 +35% -28% 507 $342   $17,117,342 29
Apr 7, 2012 13 $181,459 +5% -58% 507 $358   $17,298,801 30
Apr 8, 2012 12 $123,502 -32% -47% 507 $244   $17,422,303 31
Apr 9, 2012 11 $60,350 -51% -33% 507 $119   $17,482,653 32
Apr 10, 2012 14 $50,468 -16% -55% 507 $100   $17,533,121 33
Apr 11, 2012 13 $48,040 -5% -54% 507 $95   $17,581,161 34
Apr 12, 2012 13 $46,363 -3% -64% 507 $91   $17,627,524 35
Apr 13, 2012 - $55,513 +20% -68% 277 $200   $17,683,037 36
Apr 14, 2012 - $96,164 +73% -47% 277 $347   $17,779,201 37
Apr 15, 2012 - $48,497 -50% -61% 277 $175   $17,827,698 38
Apr 16, 2012 - $11,194 -77% -81% 277 $40   $17,838,892 39
Apr 17, 2012 - $12,701 +13% -75% 277 $46   $17,851,593 40
Apr 18, 2012 - $11,124 -12% -77% 277 $40   $17,862,717 41
Apr 19, 2012 - $10,637 -4% -77% 277 $38   $17,873,354 42
Apr 20, 2012 - $15,681 +47% -72% 168 $93   $17,889,035 43
Apr 21, 2012 - $30,928 +97% -68% 168 $184   $17,919,963 44
Apr 22, 2012 - $16,916 -45% -65% 168 $101   $17,936,879 45
Apr 23, 2012 - $4,231 -75% -62% 168 $25   $17,941,110 46
Apr 24, 2012 - $5,015 +19% -61% 168 $30   $17,946,125 47
Apr 25, 2012 - $3,880 -23% -65% 168 $23   $17,950,005 48
Apr 26, 2012 - $5,047 +30% -53% 168 $30   $17,955,052 49
Apr 27, 2012 - $29,794 +490% +90% 169 $176   $17,984,846 50
Apr 28, 2012 - $52,822 +77% +71% 169 $313   $18,037,668 51
Apr 29, 2012 - $33,333 -37% +97% 169 $197   $18,071,001 52
Apr 30, 2012 - $9,175 -72% +117% 169 $54   $18,080,176 53
May 1, 2012 - $11,254 +23% +124% 169 $67   $18,091,430 54
May 2, 2012 - $8,411 -25% +117% 169 $50   $18,099,841 55
May 3, 2012 - $8,763 +4% +74% 169 $52   $18,108,604 56
May 4, 2012 - $21,377 +144% -28% 140 $153   $18,129,981 57
May 5, 2012 - $35,195 +65% -33% 140 $251   $18,165,176 58
May 6, 2012 - $20,587 -42% -38% 140 $147   $18,185,763 59
May 7, 2012 - $6,862 -67% -25% 140 $49   $18,192,625 60
May 8, 2012 - $7,926 +16% -30% 140 $57   $18,200,551 61
May 9, 2012 - $6,786 -14% -19% 140 $48   $18,207,337 62
May 10, 2012 - $7,141 +5% -19% 140 $51   $18,214,478 63
May 11, 2012 - $17,898 +151% -16% 127 $141   $18,232,376 64
May 12, 2012 - $32,828 +83% -7% 127 $258   $18,265,204 65
May 13, 2012 - $27,666 -16% +34% 127 $218   $18,292,870 66
May 14, 2012 - $6,022 -78% -12% 127 $47   $18,298,892 67
May 15, 2012 - $6,747 +12% -15% 127 $53   $18,305,639 68
May 16, 2012 - $6,067 -10% -11% 127 $48   $18,311,706 69
May 17, 2012 - $5,920 -2% -17% 127 $47   $18,317,626 70
May 18, 2012 - $13,933 +135% -22% 110 $127   $18,331,559 71
May 19, 2012 - $25,560 +83% -22% 110 $232   $18,357,119 72
May 20, 2012 - $17,408 -32% -37% 110 $158   $18,374,527 73
May 21, 2012 - $5,601 -68% -7% 110 $51   $18,380,128 74
May 22, 2012 - $6,414 +15% -5% 110 $58   $18,386,542 75
May 23, 2012 - $5,401 -16% -11% 110 $49   $18,391,943 76
May 24, 2012 - $6,175 +14% +4% 110 $56   $18,398,118 77
May 25, 2012 - $7,977 +29% -43% 110 $73   $18,406,095 78
May 26, 2012 - $12,210 +53% -52% 110 $111   $18,418,305 79
May 27, 2012 - $10,776 -12% -38% 110 $98   $18,429,081 80
May 28, 2012 - $9,068 -16% +62% 110 $82   $18,438,149 81
May 29, 2012 - $3,864 -57% -40% 110 $35   $18,442,013 82
May 30, 2012 - $3,880 n/c -28% 110 $35   $18,445,893 83
May 31, 2012 - $4,234 +9% -31% 110 $38   $18,450,127 84

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 9, 2012 6 $8,352,821   1,890 $4,419   $8,352,821 1
Mar 16, 2012 6 $4,647,347 -44% 1,895 $2,452   $13,000,168 2
Mar 23, 2012 7 $2,605,313 -44% 1,787 $1,458   $15,605,481 3
Mar 30, 2012 10 $1,338,398 -49% 1,007 $1,329   $16,943,879 4
Apr 6, 2012 13 $683,645 -49% 507 $1,348   $17,627,524 5
Apr 13, 2012 27 $245,830 -64% 277 $887   $17,873,354 6
Apr 20, 2012 46 $81,698 -67% 168 $486   $17,955,052 7
Apr 27, 2012 33 $153,552 +88% 169 $909   $18,108,604 8
May 4, 2012 36 $105,874 -31% 140 $756   $18,214,478 9
May 11, 2012 37 $103,148 -3% 127 $812   $18,317,626 10
May 18, 2012 37 $80,492 -22% 110 $732   $18,398,118 11
May 25, 2012 42 $52,009 -35% 110 $473   $18,450,127 12

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Bolivia 8/23/2012 $6,027 4 4 7 $8,969 12/29/2018
Egypt 4/25/2012 $10,852 6 6 41 $64,869 12/29/2018
France 5/16/2012 $16,365 8 8 8 $16,365 12/10/2015
Germany 6/21/2012 $128,451 89 91 319 $467,391 12/11/2015
Nigeria 12/14/2012 $3,556 4 4 4 $3,556 12/29/2018
Peru 6/21/2012 $76,215 16 20 93 $267,354 12/29/2018
South Africa 9/28/2012 $44,616 35 35 36 $373,128 12/12/2015
United Arab Emirates 3/22/2012 $0 0 3 7 $1,138,727 12/29/2018
 
International Total$2,340,359 12/29/2018

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
Jul 1, 2012883,335 83,335$1,246,692$1,246,6921
Jul 8, 20121458,405-30% 141,740$697,940$1,944,6322
Jul 15, 20121745,590-22% 187,330$727,160$2,671,7923
Jul 22, 20123020,462-55% 207,792$311,227$2,983,0194
Jul 29, 20122819,066-7% 226,858$314,589$3,297,6085

Netflix Daily Charts

DateRankDays In
Top 10
Vierwership
Score
Jul 3, 202061 5
Jul 5, 202082 8
Jul 6, 202083 11
Jul 7, 202094 13

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