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 $1,712,840 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $1,712,840
OpusData ID: 112680100
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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 $2,155,381

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


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. Wish I Was Here
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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 at a cost. 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 $2,155,381

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


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. Wish I Was Here
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 at a cost. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.