Down to Earth (2001)

Down to Earth
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $64,172,251Details
International Box Office $7,000,000Details
Worldwide Box Office $71,172,251
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Synopsis

When amateur comedian Lance Barton finds himself at Heaven’s door, he is convinced there has been a mistake. Miraculously he is right. Since returning to his own body is not an option, a heavenly agent places him into the corpse of a rich Manhattan mogul who has just been murdered by his wife — until a more suitable replacement can be found. Ironically, it is as this new person that Lance ultimately discovers his true self, falls in love and improves his comedy act in the process.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$20,027,309 (31.2% of total gross)
Legs:3.20 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:90.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$30,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,521 opening theaters/2,524 max. theaters, 7.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $122,222,055

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 16th, 2001 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
Video Release: July 10th, 2001 by Paramount Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language, sexual humor and some drug references.
Running Time: 87 minutes
Comparisons: vs. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
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Keywords: Reincarnation, Car Accident, Relationships Gone Wrong, Hitmen, Romance, Supernatural
Source:Remake
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Village Roadshow Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Top Remake Weekend Domestic 84 $20,027,309 Feb 16, 2001 3
Washington's Birthday (All Movies, 3-Day) 41 $20,027,309 Feb 16, 2001 3
Washington's Birthday (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 29 $39,983,852 Feb 16, 2001 3
Washington's Birthday (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 44 $22,785,735 Feb 16, 2001 3
Washington's Birthday (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 30 $45,490,952 Feb 16, 2001 3
Washington's Birthday (Opening, 3-Day) 28 $20,027,309 Feb 16, 2001 3
Washington's Birthday (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 22 $39,983,852 Feb 16, 2001 3
Washington's Birthday (Opening, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 29 $22,785,735 Feb 16, 2001 3
Washington's Birthday (Opening, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 24 $45,490,952 Feb 16, 2001 3

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 16, 2001 2 $20,027,309   2,521 $7,944   $20,027,309 1
Feb 23, 2001 2 $11,211,225 -44% 2,521 $4,447   $33,971,683 2
Mar 2, 2001 4 $7,815,382 -30% 2,521 $3,100   $43,883,112 3
Mar 9, 2001 5 $5,587,061 -29% 2,521 $2,216   $51,090,387 4
Mar 16, 2001 7 $4,006,506 -28% 2,524 $1,587   $56,808,135 5
Mar 23, 2001 11 $2,436,212 -39% 2,044 $1,192   $60,175,669 6
Mar 30, 2001 13 $1,380,680 -43% 1,340 $1,030   $62,171,824 7
Apr 6, 2001 19 $622,356 -55% 755 $824   $63,095,559 8
Apr 13, 2001 31 $175,573 -72% 435 $404   $63,432,256 9
Apr 20, 2001 33 $110,109 -37% 265 $416   $63,618,030 10
Apr 27, 2001 31 $144,866 +32% 305 $475   $63,779,708 11
May 4, 2001 37 $90,863 -37% 204 $445   $63,908,127 12
May 11, 2001 44 $62,447 -31% 150 $416   $63,987,321 13
May 18, 2001 46 $59,782 -4% 102 $586   $64,067,196 14
May 25, 2001 54 $39,125 -35% 71 $551   $64,122,443 15
Jun 1, 2001 53 $29,567 -24% 63 $469   $64,172,251 16

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Feb 19, 2001 3 $2,758,426     2,521 $1,094   $20,027,309 4
Feb 20, 2001 2 $1,087,217 -61%   2,521 $431   $21,114,526 5
Feb 21, 2001 2 $802,103 -26%   2,521 $318   $21,916,629 6
Feb 22, 2001 2 $843,829 +5%   2,521 $335   $22,760,458 7
Feb 23, 2001 2 $3,421,000 +305%   2,521 $1,357   $26,181,000 8
Feb 24, 2001 2 $5,255,000 +54%   2,521 $2,084   $31,436,000 9
Feb 25, 2001 2 $2,687,000 -49%   2,521 $1,066   $33,972,000 10
Feb 26, 2001 2 $563,347 -79% -80% 2,521 $223   $34,535,030 11
Feb 27, 2001 3 $564,517 n/c -48% 2,521 $224   $35,099,547 12
Feb 28, 2001 2 $458,615 -19% -43% 2,521 $182   $35,558,162 13
Mar 1, 2001 2 $509,568 +11% -40% 2,521 $202   $36,067,730 14
Mar 2, 2001 3 $2,350,000 +361% -31% 2,521 $932   $38,418,000 15
Mar 3, 2001 4 $3,650,000 +55% -31% 2,521 $1,448   $42,068,000 16
Mar 4, 2001 4 $1,757,000 -52% -35% 2,521 $697   $43,883,112 17
Mar 5, 2001 4 $432,227 -75% -23% 2,521 $171   $44,315,339 18
Mar 6, 2001 3 $453,118 +5% -20% 2,521 $180   $44,768,457 19
Mar 7, 2001 6 $362,488 -20% -21% 2,521 $144   $45,130,945 20
Mar 8, 2001 4 $372,381 +3% -27% 2,521 $148   $45,503,326 21
Mar 9, 2001 4 $1,650,000 +343% -30% 2,521 $655   $47,153,000 22
Mar 10, 2001 5 $2,705,000 +64% -26% 2,521 $1,073   $49,858,000 23
Mar 11, 2001 5 $1,358,000 -50% -23% 2,521 $539   $51,090,000 24
Mar 12, 2001 5 $404,076 -70% -7% 2,521 $160   $51,494,463 25
Mar 13, 2001 4 $474,741 +17% +5% 2,521 $188   $51,969,204 26
Mar 14, 2001 6 $401,102 -16% +11% 2,521 $159   $52,370,306 27
Mar 15, 2001 6 $431,323 +8% +16% 2,521 $171   $52,801,629 28
Mar 16, 2001 6 $1,310,000 +204% -21% 2,524 $519   $54,112,000 29
Mar 17, 2001 6 $1,750,000 +34% -35% 2,524 $693   $55,862,000 30
Mar 18, 2001 9 $932,000 -47% -31% 2,425 $384   $56,809,000 31
Mar 19, 2001 10 $233,646 -75% -42% 2,425 $96   $57,041,781 32
Mar 20, 2001 10 $240,267 +3% -49% 2,425 $99   $57,282,048 33
Mar 21, 2001 10 $225,107 -6% -44% 2,425 $93   $57,507,155 34
Mar 22, 2001 10 $232,302 +3% -46% 2,425 $96   $57,739,457 35
Mar 25, 2001 12 $541,000   -42% 2,044 $265   $60,176,000 38
Mar 26, 2001 13 $148,445 -73% -36% 2,044 $73   $60,324,115 39
Mar 27, 2001 13 $154,827 +4% -36% 2,044 $76   $60,478,942 40
Mar 28, 2001 13 $152,004 -2% -32% 2,044 $74   $60,630,946 41
Mar 29, 2001 13 $160,198 +5% -31% 2,044 $78   $60,791,144 42
Mar 30, 2001 13 $445,000 +178%   1,340 $332   $61,236,000 43
Apr 1, 2001 14 $301,000   -44% 1,340 $225   $62,172,000 45
Apr 2, 2001 17 $69,611 -77% -53% 1,340 $52   $62,241,435 46
Apr 3, 2001 17 $79,315 +14% -49% 1,340 $59   $62,320,750 47
Apr 4, 2001 17 $75,368 -5% -50% 1,340 $56   $62,396,118 48
Apr 8, 2001 19 $134,000   -55% 755 $177   $63,095,559 52
Apr 10, 2001 19 $55,108   -31% 755 $73   $63,198,139 54

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 16, 2001 2 $22,760,458   2,521 $9,028   $22,760,458 1
Feb 23, 2001 2 $13,307,272 -42% 2,521 $5,279   $36,067,730 2
Mar 2, 2001 4 $9,435,596 -29% 2,521 $3,743   $45,503,326 3
Mar 9, 2001 5 $7,298,303 -23% 2,521 $2,895   $52,801,629 4
Mar 16, 2001 7 $4,937,828 -32% 2,524 $1,956   $57,739,457 5
Mar 23, 2001 11 $3,051,687 -38% 2,044 $1,493   $60,791,144 6
Mar 30, 2001 13 $1,682,059 -45% 1,340 $1,255   $62,473,203 7
Apr 6, 2001 19 $783,480 -53% 755 $1,038   $63,256,683 8
Apr 13, 2001 31 $251,238 -68% 435 $578   $63,507,921 9
Apr 20, 2001 35 $126,921 -49% 265 $479   $63,634,842 10
Apr 27, 2001 36 $182,422 +44% 305 $598   $63,817,264 11
May 4, 2001 41 $107,610 -41% 204 $528   $63,924,874 12
May 11, 2001 47 $82,540 -23% 150 $550   $64,007,414 13
May 18, 2001 46 $75,904 -8% 102 $744   $64,083,318 14
May 25, 2001 52 $59,366 -22% 71 $836   $64,142,684 15
Jun 1, 2001 57 $29,567 -50% 63 $469   $64,172,251 16

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Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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Leading Cast

Chris Rock    Lance Barton

Supporting Cast

Regina King    Suntee
Mark Addy    Cisco
Eugene Levy    Keyes
Frankie Faison    Whitney
Greg Germann    Sklar
Jennifer Coolidge    Mrs. Wellington
Chazz Palminteri    Mr. King
Jimmy DellaValle    Hot Dog Vendor
Wanda Sykes    Wanda
John Cho    Phil Quon
Laz Alonso    BET Announcer

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

Production and Technical Credits

Chris Weitz    Director
Paul Weitz    Director

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  8. Trailer

Synopsis

When amateur comedian Lance Barton finds himself at Heaven’s door, he is convinced there has been a mistake. Miraculously he is right. Since returning to his own body is not an option, a heavenly agent places him into the corpse of a rich Manhattan mogul who has just been murdered by his wife — until a more suitable replacement can be found. Ironically, it is as this new person that Lance ultimately discovers his true self, falls in love and improves his comedy act in the process.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$20,027,309 (31.2% of total gross)
Legs:3.20 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:90.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$30,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,521 opening theaters/2,524 max. theaters, 7.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $122,222,055

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iTunes:iTunes
Vudu:Vudu, Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 16th, 2001 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
Video Release: July 10th, 2001 by Paramount Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language, sexual humor and some drug references.
Running Time: 87 minutes
Comparisons: vs. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
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Keywords: Reincarnation, Car Accident, Relationships Gone Wrong, Hitmen, Romance, Supernatural
Source:Remake
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Village Roadshow Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Top Remake Weekend Domestic 84 $20,027,309 Feb 16, 2001 3
Washington's Birthday (All Movies, 3-Day) 41 $20,027,309 Feb 16, 2001 3
Washington's Birthday (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 29 $39,983,852 Feb 16, 2001 3
Washington's Birthday (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 44 $22,785,735 Feb 16, 2001 3
Washington's Birthday (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 30 $45,490,952 Feb 16, 2001 3
Washington's Birthday (Opening, 3-Day) 28 $20,027,309 Feb 16, 2001 3
Washington's Birthday (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 22 $39,983,852 Feb 16, 2001 3
Washington's Birthday (Opening, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 29 $22,785,735 Feb 16, 2001 3
Washington's Birthday (Opening, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 24 $45,490,952 Feb 16, 2001 3

Leading Cast

Chris Rock    Lance Barton

Supporting Cast

Regina King    Suntee
Mark Addy    Cisco
Eugene Levy    Keyes
Frankie Faison    Whitney
Greg Germann    Sklar
Jennifer Coolidge    Mrs. Wellington
Chazz Palminteri    Mr. King
Jimmy DellaValle    Hot Dog Vendor
Wanda Sykes    Wanda
John Cho    Phil Quon
Laz Alonso    BET Announcer

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

Production and Technical Credits

Chris Weitz    Director
Paul Weitz    Director

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 16, 2001 2 $20,027,309   2,521 $7,944   $20,027,309 1
Feb 23, 2001 2 $11,211,225 -44% 2,521 $4,447   $33,971,683 2
Mar 2, 2001 4 $7,815,382 -30% 2,521 $3,100   $43,883,112 3
Mar 9, 2001 5 $5,587,061 -29% 2,521 $2,216   $51,090,387 4
Mar 16, 2001 7 $4,006,506 -28% 2,524 $1,587   $56,808,135 5
Mar 23, 2001 11 $2,436,212 -39% 2,044 $1,192   $60,175,669 6
Mar 30, 2001 13 $1,380,680 -43% 1,340 $1,030   $62,171,824 7
Apr 6, 2001 19 $622,356 -55% 755 $824   $63,095,559 8
Apr 13, 2001 31 $175,573 -72% 435 $404   $63,432,256 9
Apr 20, 2001 33 $110,109 -37% 265 $416   $63,618,030 10
Apr 27, 2001 31 $144,866 +32% 305 $475   $63,779,708 11
May 4, 2001 37 $90,863 -37% 204 $445   $63,908,127 12
May 11, 2001 44 $62,447 -31% 150 $416   $63,987,321 13
May 18, 2001 46 $59,782 -4% 102 $586   $64,067,196 14
May 25, 2001 54 $39,125 -35% 71 $551   $64,122,443 15
Jun 1, 2001 53 $29,567 -24% 63 $469   $64,172,251 16

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Feb 19, 2001 3 $2,758,426     2,521 $1,094   $20,027,309 4
Feb 20, 2001 2 $1,087,217 -61%   2,521 $431   $21,114,526 5
Feb 21, 2001 2 $802,103 -26%   2,521 $318   $21,916,629 6
Feb 22, 2001 2 $843,829 +5%   2,521 $335   $22,760,458 7
Feb 23, 2001 2 $3,421,000 +305%   2,521 $1,357   $26,181,000 8
Feb 24, 2001 2 $5,255,000 +54%   2,521 $2,084   $31,436,000 9
Feb 25, 2001 2 $2,687,000 -49%   2,521 $1,066   $33,972,000 10
Feb 26, 2001 2 $563,347 -79% -80% 2,521 $223   $34,535,030 11
Feb 27, 2001 3 $564,517 n/c -48% 2,521 $224   $35,099,547 12
Feb 28, 2001 2 $458,615 -19% -43% 2,521 $182   $35,558,162 13
Mar 1, 2001 2 $509,568 +11% -40% 2,521 $202   $36,067,730 14
Mar 2, 2001 3 $2,350,000 +361% -31% 2,521 $932   $38,418,000 15
Mar 3, 2001 4 $3,650,000 +55% -31% 2,521 $1,448   $42,068,000 16
Mar 4, 2001 4 $1,757,000 -52% -35% 2,521 $697   $43,883,112 17
Mar 5, 2001 4 $432,227 -75% -23% 2,521 $171   $44,315,339 18
Mar 6, 2001 3 $453,118 +5% -20% 2,521 $180   $44,768,457 19
Mar 7, 2001 6 $362,488 -20% -21% 2,521 $144   $45,130,945 20
Mar 8, 2001 4 $372,381 +3% -27% 2,521 $148   $45,503,326 21
Mar 9, 2001 4 $1,650,000 +343% -30% 2,521 $655   $47,153,000 22
Mar 10, 2001 5 $2,705,000 +64% -26% 2,521 $1,073   $49,858,000 23
Mar 11, 2001 5 $1,358,000 -50% -23% 2,521 $539   $51,090,000 24
Mar 12, 2001 5 $404,076 -70% -7% 2,521 $160   $51,494,463 25
Mar 13, 2001 4 $474,741 +17% +5% 2,521 $188   $51,969,204 26
Mar 14, 2001 6 $401,102 -16% +11% 2,521 $159   $52,370,306 27
Mar 15, 2001 6 $431,323 +8% +16% 2,521 $171   $52,801,629 28
Mar 16, 2001 6 $1,310,000 +204% -21% 2,524 $519   $54,112,000 29
Mar 17, 2001 6 $1,750,000 +34% -35% 2,524 $693   $55,862,000 30
Mar 18, 2001 9 $932,000 -47% -31% 2,425 $384   $56,809,000 31
Mar 19, 2001 10 $233,646 -75% -42% 2,425 $96   $57,041,781 32
Mar 20, 2001 10 $240,267 +3% -49% 2,425 $99   $57,282,048 33
Mar 21, 2001 10 $225,107 -6% -44% 2,425 $93   $57,507,155 34
Mar 22, 2001 10 $232,302 +3% -46% 2,425 $96   $57,739,457 35
Mar 25, 2001 12 $541,000   -42% 2,044 $265   $60,176,000 38
Mar 26, 2001 13 $148,445 -73% -36% 2,044 $73   $60,324,115 39
Mar 27, 2001 13 $154,827 +4% -36% 2,044 $76   $60,478,942 40
Mar 28, 2001 13 $152,004 -2% -32% 2,044 $74   $60,630,946 41
Mar 29, 2001 13 $160,198 +5% -31% 2,044 $78   $60,791,144 42
Mar 30, 2001 13 $445,000 +178%   1,340 $332   $61,236,000 43
Apr 1, 2001 14 $301,000   -44% 1,340 $225   $62,172,000 45
Apr 2, 2001 17 $69,611 -77% -53% 1,340 $52   $62,241,435 46
Apr 3, 2001 17 $79,315 +14% -49% 1,340 $59   $62,320,750 47
Apr 4, 2001 17 $75,368 -5% -50% 1,340 $56   $62,396,118 48
Apr 8, 2001 19 $134,000   -55% 755 $177   $63,095,559 52
Apr 10, 2001 19 $55,108   -31% 755 $73   $63,198,139 54

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 16, 2001 2 $22,760,458   2,521 $9,028   $22,760,458 1
Feb 23, 2001 2 $13,307,272 -42% 2,521 $5,279   $36,067,730 2
Mar 2, 2001 4 $9,435,596 -29% 2,521 $3,743   $45,503,326 3
Mar 9, 2001 5 $7,298,303 -23% 2,521 $2,895   $52,801,629 4
Mar 16, 2001 7 $4,937,828 -32% 2,524 $1,956   $57,739,457 5
Mar 23, 2001 11 $3,051,687 -38% 2,044 $1,493   $60,791,144 6
Mar 30, 2001 13 $1,682,059 -45% 1,340 $1,255   $62,473,203 7
Apr 6, 2001 19 $783,480 -53% 755 $1,038   $63,256,683 8
Apr 13, 2001 31 $251,238 -68% 435 $578   $63,507,921 9
Apr 20, 2001 35 $126,921 -49% 265 $479   $63,634,842 10
Apr 27, 2001 36 $182,422 +44% 305 $598   $63,817,264 11
May 4, 2001 41 $107,610 -41% 204 $528   $63,924,874 12
May 11, 2001 47 $82,540 -23% 150 $550   $64,007,414 13
May 18, 2001 46 $75,904 -8% 102 $744   $64,083,318 14
May 25, 2001 52 $59,366 -22% 71 $836   $64,142,684 15
Jun 1, 2001 57 $29,567 -50% 63 $469   $64,172,251 16

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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.