Young Adult (2011)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $16,311,571Details
International Box Office $6,438,785
Worldwide Box Office $22,750,356
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $3,298,637
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $849,217
Total $4,147,854
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature, returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart. When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate who hasn’t quite gotten over high school, either.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$310,263 (1.9% of total gross)
Legs:4.79 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:71.7% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$12,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:8 opening theaters/987 max. theaters, 4.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $24,580,360

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 9th, 2011 (Exclusive) by Paramount Pictures
December 16th, 2011 (Expands Wide) by Paramount Pictures
International Releases: March 8th, 2012 (Wide) (Lebanon)
April 6th, 2012 (Wide) (Brazil)
Video Release: March 13th, 2012 by Paramount Home Video
MPA Rating: R for language and some sexual content.
(Rating bulletin 2196, 11/2/2011)
Running Time: 94 minutes
Plot point: Addiction, Delayed Adulthood, Divorcée Romance, Mid-Life Crisis, Relationships Gone Wrong, Romance, Writing and Writers, You Can't Go Home Again
Subgenre: Comedy Drama
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Paramount Pictures, Mandate Pictures, Mr. Mudd, Right of Way Films, Denver & Delilah Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 9, 2011 18 $310,263   8 $38,783   $310,263 1
Dec 16, 2011 10 $3,403,159 +997% 986 $3,451   $3,843,083 2
Dec 23, 2011 14 $1,746,450 -49% 987 $1,769   $7,155,898 3
Dec 30, 2011 13 $2,092,633 +20% 987 $2,120   $12,061,771 4
Jan 6, 2012 16 $1,281,347 -39% 830 $1,544   $14,747,851 5
Jan 13, 2012 26 $430,153 -66% 387 $1,112   $15,705,980 6
Jan 20, 2012 34 $138,213 -68% 150 $921   $16,075,448 7
Jan 27, 2012 43 $57,157 -59% 87 $657   $16,193,362 8
Feb 3, 2012 51 $20,014 -65% 58 $345   $16,234,387 9
Feb 10, 2012 64 $13,346 -33% 35 $381   $16,257,512 10
Feb 17, 2012 61 $28,822 +116% 87 $331   $16,295,033 11

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 9, 2011 - $89,660     8 $11,208   $89,660 1
Dec 10, 2011 - $125,036 +39%   8 $15,630   $214,696 2
Dec 11, 2011 - $95,567 -24%   8 $11,946   $310,263 3
Dec 12, 2011 - $35,299 -63%   8 $4,412   $345,562 4
Dec 13, 2011 - $31,839 -10%   8 $3,980   $377,401 5
Dec 14, 2011 - $31,413 -1%   8 $3,927   $408,814 6
Dec 15, 2011 - $31,110 -1%   8 $3,889   $439,924 7
Dec 16, 2011 7 $1,089,945 +3,404% +1,116% 986 $1,105   $1,529,869 8
Dec 17, 2011 11 $1,392,602 +28% +1,014% 986 $1,412   $2,922,471 9
Dec 18, 2011 10 $920,612 -34% +863% 986 $934   $3,843,083 10
Dec 19, 2011 10 $417,506 -55% +1,083% 986 $423   $4,260,589 11
Dec 20, 2011 11 $421,722 +1% +1,225% 986 $428   $4,682,311 12
Dec 21, 2011 13 $351,843 -17% +1,020% 986 $357   $5,034,154 13
Dec 22, 2011 13 $375,294 +7% +1,106% 986 $381   $5,409,448 14
Dec 23, 2011 15 $513,383 +37% -53% 987 $520   $5,922,831 15
Dec 24, 2011 13 $346,517 -33% -75% 987 $351   $6,269,348 16
Dec 25, 2011 11 $886,550 +156% -4% 987 $898   $7,155,898 17
Dec 26, 2011 13 $920,290 +4% +120% 987 $932   $8,076,188 18
Dec 27, 2011 14 $657,210 -29% +56% 987 $666   $8,733,398 19
Dec 28, 2011 14 $622,428 -5% +77% 987 $631   $9,355,826 20
Dec 29, 2011 14 $613,312 -1% +63% 987 $621   $9,969,138 21
Dec 30, 2011 14 $759,865 +24% +48% 987 $770   $10,729,003 22
Dec 31, 2011 13 $577,812 -24% +67% 987 $585   $11,306,815 23
Jan 1, 2012 12 $754,956 +31% -15% 987 $765   $12,061,771 24
Jan 2, 2012 13 $607,481 -20% -34% 987 $615   $12,669,252 25
Jan 3, 2012 11 $301,218 -50% -54% 987 $305   $12,970,470 26
Jan 4, 2012 11 $257,534 -15% -59% 987 $261   $13,228,004 27
Jan 5, 2012 12 $238,500 -7% -61% 987 $242   $13,466,504 28
Jan 6, 2012 - $397,688 +67% -48% 830 $479   $13,864,192 29
Jan 7, 2012 - $564,670 +42% -2% 830 $680   $14,428,862 30
Jan 8, 2012 - $318,989 -44% -58% 830 $384   $14,747,851 31
Jan 9, 2012 - $114,208 -64% -81% 830 $138   $14,862,059 32
Jan 10, 2012 - $151,367 +33% -50% 830 $182   $15,013,426 33
Jan 11, 2012 - $133,887 -12% -48% 830 $161   $15,147,313 34
Jan 12, 2012 - $128,514 -4% -46% 830 $155   $15,275,827 35
Jan 13, 2012 - $125,630 -2% -68% 387 $325   $15,401,457 36
Jan 14, 2012 - $171,299 +36% -70% 387 $443   $15,572,756 37
Jan 15, 2012 - $133,224 -22% -58% 387 $344   $15,705,980 38
Jan 16, 2012 - $95,730 -28% -16% 387 $247   $15,801,710 39
Jan 17, 2012 - $48,581 -49% -68% 387 $126   $15,850,291 40
Jan 18, 2012 - $43,007 -11% -68% 387 $111   $15,893,298 41
Jan 19, 2012 - $43,937 +2% -66% 387 $114   $15,937,235 42
Jan 20, 2012 - $37,891 -14% -70% 150 $253   $15,975,126 43
Jan 21, 2012 - $68,091 +80% -60% 150 $454   $16,043,217 44
Jan 22, 2012 - $32,231 -53% -76% 150 $215   $16,075,448 45
Jan 23, 2012 - $13,246 -59% -86% 150 $88   $16,088,694 46
Jan 24, 2012 - $14,800 +12% -70% 150 $99   $16,103,494 47
Jan 25, 2012 - $16,857 +14% -61% 150 $112   $16,120,351 48
Jan 26, 2012 - $15,854 -6% -64% 150 $106   $16,136,205 49
Jan 27, 2012 - $16,329 +3% -57% 87 $188   $16,152,534 50
Jan 28, 2012 - $26,658 +63% -61% 87 $306   $16,179,192 51
Jan 29, 2012 - $14,170 -47% -56% 87 $163   $16,193,362 52
Jan 30, 2012 - $4,830 -66% -64% 87 $56   $16,198,192 53
Jan 31, 2012 - $5,874 +22% -60% 87 $68   $16,204,066 54
Feb 1, 2012 - $5,329 -9% -68% 87 $61   $16,209,395 55
Feb 2, 2012 - $4,978 -7% -69% 87 $57   $16,214,373 56
Feb 3, 2012 - $6,644 +33% -59% 58 $115   $16,221,017 57
Feb 4, 2012 - $9,931 +49% -63% 58 $171   $16,230,948 58
Feb 5, 2012 - $3,439 -65% -76% 58 $59   $16,234,387 59
Feb 6, 2012 - $2,004 -42% -59% 58 $35   $16,236,391 60
Feb 7, 2012 - $2,479 +24% -58% 58 $43   $16,238,870 61
Feb 8, 2012 - $2,640 +6% -50% 58 $46   $16,241,510 62
Feb 9, 2012 - $2,656 +1% -47% 58 $46   $16,244,166 63
Feb 10, 2012 - $3,611 +36% -46% 35 $103   $16,247,777 64
Feb 11, 2012 - $6,771 +88% -32% 35 $193   $16,254,548 65
Feb 12, 2012 - $2,964 -56% -14% 35 $85   $16,257,512 66
Feb 13, 2012 - $1,227 -59% -39% 35 $35   $16,258,739 67
Feb 14, 2012 - $2,334 +90% -6% 35 $67   $16,261,073 68
Feb 15, 2012 - $2,613 +12% -1% 35 $75   $16,263,686 69
Feb 16, 2012 - $2,525 -3% -5% 35 $72   $16,266,211 70
Feb 17, 2012 - $7,884 +212% +118% 87 $91   $16,274,095 71
Feb 18, 2012 - $11,588 +47% +71% 87 $133   $16,285,683 72
Feb 19, 2012 - $9,350 -19% +215% 87 $107   $16,295,033 73
Feb 20, 2012 - $5,269 -44% +329% 87 $61   $16,300,302 74
Feb 21, 2012 - $4,021 -24% +72% 87 $46   $16,304,323 75
Feb 22, 2012 - $3,720 -7% +42% 87 $43   $16,308,043 76
Feb 23, 2012 - $3,528 -5% +40% 87 $41   $16,311,571 77

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 9, 2011 19 $439,924   8 $54,991   $439,924 1
Dec 16, 2011 11 $4,969,524 +1,030% 986 $5,040   $5,409,448 2
Dec 23, 2011 14 $4,559,690 -8% 987 $4,620   $9,969,138 3
Dec 30, 2011 13 $3,497,366 -23% 987 $3,543   $13,466,504 4
Jan 6, 2012 15 $1,809,323 -48% 830 $2,180   $15,275,827 5
Jan 13, 2012 26 $661,408 -63% 387 $1,709   $15,937,235 6
Jan 20, 2012 35 $198,970 -70% 150 $1,326   $16,136,205 7
Jan 27, 2012 41 $78,168 -61% 87 $898   $16,214,373 8
Feb 3, 2012 51 $29,793 -62% 58 $514   $16,244,166 9
Feb 10, 2012 61 $22,045 -26% 35 $630   $16,266,211 10
Feb 17, 2012 61 $45,360 +106% 87 $521   $16,311,571 11

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Synopsis

Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature, returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart. When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate who hasn’t quite gotten over high school, either.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$310,263 (1.9% of total gross)
Legs:4.79 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:71.7% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$12,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:8 opening theaters/987 max. theaters, 4.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $24,580,360

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 9th, 2011 (Exclusive) by Paramount Pictures
December 16th, 2011 (Expands Wide) by Paramount Pictures
International Releases: March 8th, 2012 (Wide) (Lebanon)
April 6th, 2012 (Wide) (Brazil)
Video Release: March 13th, 2012 by Paramount Home Video
MPA Rating: R for language and some sexual content.
(Rating bulletin 2196, 11/2/2011)
Running Time: 94 minutes
Plot point: Addiction, Delayed Adulthood, Divorcée Romance, Mid-Life Crisis, Relationships Gone Wrong, Romance, Writing and Writers, You Can't Go Home Again
Subgenre: Comedy Drama
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Paramount Pictures, Mandate Pictures, Mr. Mudd, Right of Way Films, Denver & Delilah Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 9, 2011 18 $310,263   8 $38,783   $310,263 1
Dec 16, 2011 10 $3,403,159 +997% 986 $3,451   $3,843,083 2
Dec 23, 2011 14 $1,746,450 -49% 987 $1,769   $7,155,898 3
Dec 30, 2011 13 $2,092,633 +20% 987 $2,120   $12,061,771 4
Jan 6, 2012 16 $1,281,347 -39% 830 $1,544   $14,747,851 5
Jan 13, 2012 26 $430,153 -66% 387 $1,112   $15,705,980 6
Jan 20, 2012 34 $138,213 -68% 150 $921   $16,075,448 7
Jan 27, 2012 43 $57,157 -59% 87 $657   $16,193,362 8
Feb 3, 2012 51 $20,014 -65% 58 $345   $16,234,387 9
Feb 10, 2012 64 $13,346 -33% 35 $381   $16,257,512 10
Feb 17, 2012 61 $28,822 +116% 87 $331   $16,295,033 11

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 9, 2011 - $89,660     8 $11,208   $89,660 1
Dec 10, 2011 - $125,036 +39%   8 $15,630   $214,696 2
Dec 11, 2011 - $95,567 -24%   8 $11,946   $310,263 3
Dec 12, 2011 - $35,299 -63%   8 $4,412   $345,562 4
Dec 13, 2011 - $31,839 -10%   8 $3,980   $377,401 5
Dec 14, 2011 - $31,413 -1%   8 $3,927   $408,814 6
Dec 15, 2011 - $31,110 -1%   8 $3,889   $439,924 7
Dec 16, 2011 7 $1,089,945 +3,404% +1,116% 986 $1,105   $1,529,869 8
Dec 17, 2011 11 $1,392,602 +28% +1,014% 986 $1,412   $2,922,471 9
Dec 18, 2011 10 $920,612 -34% +863% 986 $934   $3,843,083 10
Dec 19, 2011 10 $417,506 -55% +1,083% 986 $423   $4,260,589 11
Dec 20, 2011 11 $421,722 +1% +1,225% 986 $428   $4,682,311 12
Dec 21, 2011 13 $351,843 -17% +1,020% 986 $357   $5,034,154 13
Dec 22, 2011 13 $375,294 +7% +1,106% 986 $381   $5,409,448 14
Dec 23, 2011 15 $513,383 +37% -53% 987 $520   $5,922,831 15
Dec 24, 2011 13 $346,517 -33% -75% 987 $351   $6,269,348 16
Dec 25, 2011 11 $886,550 +156% -4% 987 $898   $7,155,898 17
Dec 26, 2011 13 $920,290 +4% +120% 987 $932   $8,076,188 18
Dec 27, 2011 14 $657,210 -29% +56% 987 $666   $8,733,398 19
Dec 28, 2011 14 $622,428 -5% +77% 987 $631   $9,355,826 20
Dec 29, 2011 14 $613,312 -1% +63% 987 $621   $9,969,138 21
Dec 30, 2011 14 $759,865 +24% +48% 987 $770   $10,729,003 22
Dec 31, 2011 13 $577,812 -24% +67% 987 $585   $11,306,815 23
Jan 1, 2012 12 $754,956 +31% -15% 987 $765   $12,061,771 24
Jan 2, 2012 13 $607,481 -20% -34% 987 $615   $12,669,252 25
Jan 3, 2012 11 $301,218 -50% -54% 987 $305   $12,970,470 26
Jan 4, 2012 11 $257,534 -15% -59% 987 $261   $13,228,004 27
Jan 5, 2012 12 $238,500 -7% -61% 987 $242   $13,466,504 28
Jan 6, 2012 - $397,688 +67% -48% 830 $479   $13,864,192 29
Jan 7, 2012 - $564,670 +42% -2% 830 $680   $14,428,862 30
Jan 8, 2012 - $318,989 -44% -58% 830 $384   $14,747,851 31
Jan 9, 2012 - $114,208 -64% -81% 830 $138   $14,862,059 32
Jan 10, 2012 - $151,367 +33% -50% 830 $182   $15,013,426 33
Jan 11, 2012 - $133,887 -12% -48% 830 $161   $15,147,313 34
Jan 12, 2012 - $128,514 -4% -46% 830 $155   $15,275,827 35
Jan 13, 2012 - $125,630 -2% -68% 387 $325   $15,401,457 36
Jan 14, 2012 - $171,299 +36% -70% 387 $443   $15,572,756 37
Jan 15, 2012 - $133,224 -22% -58% 387 $344   $15,705,980 38
Jan 16, 2012 - $95,730 -28% -16% 387 $247   $15,801,710 39
Jan 17, 2012 - $48,581 -49% -68% 387 $126   $15,850,291 40
Jan 18, 2012 - $43,007 -11% -68% 387 $111   $15,893,298 41
Jan 19, 2012 - $43,937 +2% -66% 387 $114   $15,937,235 42
Jan 20, 2012 - $37,891 -14% -70% 150 $253   $15,975,126 43
Jan 21, 2012 - $68,091 +80% -60% 150 $454   $16,043,217 44
Jan 22, 2012 - $32,231 -53% -76% 150 $215   $16,075,448 45
Jan 23, 2012 - $13,246 -59% -86% 150 $88   $16,088,694 46
Jan 24, 2012 - $14,800 +12% -70% 150 $99   $16,103,494 47
Jan 25, 2012 - $16,857 +14% -61% 150 $112   $16,120,351 48
Jan 26, 2012 - $15,854 -6% -64% 150 $106   $16,136,205 49
Jan 27, 2012 - $16,329 +3% -57% 87 $188   $16,152,534 50
Jan 28, 2012 - $26,658 +63% -61% 87 $306   $16,179,192 51
Jan 29, 2012 - $14,170 -47% -56% 87 $163   $16,193,362 52
Jan 30, 2012 - $4,830 -66% -64% 87 $56   $16,198,192 53
Jan 31, 2012 - $5,874 +22% -60% 87 $68   $16,204,066 54
Feb 1, 2012 - $5,329 -9% -68% 87 $61   $16,209,395 55
Feb 2, 2012 - $4,978 -7% -69% 87 $57   $16,214,373 56
Feb 3, 2012 - $6,644 +33% -59% 58 $115   $16,221,017 57
Feb 4, 2012 - $9,931 +49% -63% 58 $171   $16,230,948 58
Feb 5, 2012 - $3,439 -65% -76% 58 $59   $16,234,387 59
Feb 6, 2012 - $2,004 -42% -59% 58 $35   $16,236,391 60
Feb 7, 2012 - $2,479 +24% -58% 58 $43   $16,238,870 61
Feb 8, 2012 - $2,640 +6% -50% 58 $46   $16,241,510 62
Feb 9, 2012 - $2,656 +1% -47% 58 $46   $16,244,166 63
Feb 10, 2012 - $3,611 +36% -46% 35 $103   $16,247,777 64
Feb 11, 2012 - $6,771 +88% -32% 35 $193   $16,254,548 65
Feb 12, 2012 - $2,964 -56% -14% 35 $85   $16,257,512 66
Feb 13, 2012 - $1,227 -59% -39% 35 $35   $16,258,739 67
Feb 14, 2012 - $2,334 +90% -6% 35 $67   $16,261,073 68
Feb 15, 2012 - $2,613 +12% -1% 35 $75   $16,263,686 69
Feb 16, 2012 - $2,525 -3% -5% 35 $72   $16,266,211 70
Feb 17, 2012 - $7,884 +212% +118% 87 $91   $16,274,095 71
Feb 18, 2012 - $11,588 +47% +71% 87 $133   $16,285,683 72
Feb 19, 2012 - $9,350 -19% +215% 87 $107   $16,295,033 73
Feb 20, 2012 - $5,269 -44% +329% 87 $61   $16,300,302 74
Feb 21, 2012 - $4,021 -24% +72% 87 $46   $16,304,323 75
Feb 22, 2012 - $3,720 -7% +42% 87 $43   $16,308,043 76
Feb 23, 2012 - $3,528 -5% +40% 87 $41   $16,311,571 77

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 9, 2011 19 $439,924   8 $54,991   $439,924 1
Dec 16, 2011 11 $4,969,524 +1,030% 986 $5,040   $5,409,448 2
Dec 23, 2011 14 $4,559,690 -8% 987 $4,620   $9,969,138 3
Dec 30, 2011 13 $3,497,366 -23% 987 $3,543   $13,466,504 4
Jan 6, 2012 15 $1,809,323 -48% 830 $2,180   $15,275,827 5
Jan 13, 2012 26 $661,408 -63% 387 $1,709   $15,937,235 6
Jan 20, 2012 35 $198,970 -70% 150 $1,326   $16,136,205 7
Jan 27, 2012 41 $78,168 -61% 87 $898   $16,214,373 8
Feb 3, 2012 51 $29,793 -62% 58 $514   $16,244,166 9
Feb 10, 2012 61 $22,045 -26% 35 $630   $16,266,211 10
Feb 17, 2012 61 $45,360 +106% 87 $521   $16,311,571 11

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.