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A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover.

Grosses

Domestic (40.5%)
$5,790,894
Summary Details
DistributorFocus Features
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Opening$141,340
5 theaters
Budget$3,200,000
Release DateJun 3, 2011 - Sep 8, 2011
MPAAR
Running Time1 hr 45 min
GenresComedy Drama Romance
In Release212 days/30 weeks
Widest Release170 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jun 3-528$141,340-5-$28,268$141,3401
Jun 10-1218$243,059+72%19+14$12,792$453,3292
Jun 17-1916$354,948+46%44+25$8,067$909,1243
Jun 24-2617$470,981+32.7%73+29$6,451$1,550,0554
Jul 1-316$598,209+27%108+35$5,538$2,364,5775
Jul 1-4
July 4th long wknd
16$740,568-108-$6,857$2,506,936-
Jul 8-1019$553,422-7.5%155+47$3,570$3,250,7496
Jul 15-1721$432,814-21.8%170+15$2,545$3,932,6877
Jul 22-2418$425,205-1.8%157-13$2,708$4,607,4188
Jul 29-3126$231,217-45.6%147-10$1,572$5,032,4059
Aug 5-729$183,659-20.6%126-21$1,457$5,344,57810
Aug 12-1440$101,331-44.8%103-23$983$5,526,44611
Aug 19-2148$56,128-44.6%69-34$813$5,640,33612
Aug 26-2854$31,144-44.5%50-19$622$5,707,60013
Sep 2-459$35,811+15%34-16$1,053$5,764,84214
Sep 2-5
Labor Day wknd
56$47,283-34-$1,390$5,776,314-