The Break-Up

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The Break-Up
Promotional poster The Break-Up
Directed by	Peyton Reed
Produced by	Stuart M. Besser Vince Vaughn
Written by	Vince Vaughn Jeremy Garelick Jay Lavender
Starring	Vince Vaughn Jennifer Aniston Joey Lauren Adams Jon Favreau Vincent D'Onofrio
Music by	Jon Brion
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	June 2, 2006 (USA)
Language	English
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The Break-Up is a Universal Pictures film that was released on June 2, 2006. The Break-Up stars Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Favreau, Ann-Margret, Vincent D'Onofrio, Cole Hauser, Jason Bateman, Justin Long and Judy Davis. It was written by Jay Lavender and Jeremy Garelick.

1 Plot
2 Responses
3 Box Office
4 Music
5 Trivia
6 Notes
7 External links

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

A bickering couple (Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston) live in a wonderful condo in Chicago. Both driven in their careers with Gary (Vaughn), a Poland-loving man running a thriving city tour business with his brothers (Vincent D'Onofrio and Cole Hauser), while Brooke (Aniston) works as a representative for her boss' (Judy Davis) art gallery. Early in the movie, their conflicts cause them to separate after a bitter argument. Although Gary believes he's fighting for the condo, it's Brooke who is fighting for their relationship to stay alive. However, the condo ends up becoming the subject of a war in which both try to outwit and outdo each other through blind dates, obnoxious parties and broken promises. In the end, both mutually agree to separate, selling the condo; Gary continues to run his business which is booming while Brooke (Aniston) travels the world, eventually finding her way back to Chicago. At the end of the movie, they meet again on the streets of Chicago uneventfully. After some words, they part ways, glancing at one another while smiling.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Responses

The original ending didn't go down well with test audience in which Aniston fans found upsetting. As a result Universal Studios had to re-shoot. According to the Chicago Tribune: "the first ending made basically the same point in a slightly different way".

Criticism for the movie comes from a scene where Jennifer Aniston appears nude, with most of her body being blocked by parts of Vince. However, there is one brief shot of her blurry fully nude buttocks that many have criticized as being a ploy to get people to come see the movie.[1]

[edit] Box Office

The romance/comedy film has proven to be very successful grossing $128 million world-wide. It is currently the 12th highest-grossing film of 2006. It is also at #245 in the All Time American Box Office. It is the 298th highest grossing film of all-time (world-wide). It is the 16th highest grossing romantic/comedy in America. The Break-Up is also the 9th highest grossing movie world-wide (2006). The Break-Up has grossed over $1 million in 16 countries (if the United States, Australia , and UK was included it would total 19).

It has grossed a total of $118,703,275 in the American box-office.

American Box-Office
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Position	1	2	5	7	9	10	14	17	22	33	35	41	46	50	51	OUT

It has grossed a total of $9,754,475 in Australia.

Australian Box-Office
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08
Position	2	3	5	6	9	8	13	OUT

It has grossed a total of $19,133,146 in the UK.

UK Box-Office
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07
Position	2	3	4	7	10	13	OUT

Nacho Libre was originally scheduled for release the same date as this film, but was delayed, and instead, opened on June 16, 2006 in the USA.

[edit] Music

The first song selection, coupled with snapshots of the then-happy couple, was Queen's "You're My Best Friend." Also featured in the film are the songs "Story of My Life" by Social Distortion, "Boogie Nights" by Heatwave, "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette, "Time Bomb" by the Old 97's, and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" sung by Dwight Yoakam. The closing song, which may portend the future of their relationship, is Johnny Nash's, "I Can See Clearly Now", a hit of 1972.

One of the film's scenes is set at a concert performed by alternative country band, Old 97's in Chicago's Riviera Theater.

The song "Timebomb" by the Old 97's was also featured in the movie "Clay Pigeons", which also starred Vince Vaughn.

The Tone Rangers" is the name of an actual a cappella group in Washington DC, who are thanked in the credits. --Official site

[edit] Trivia

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In some scenes, Gary plays video games on his PlayStation 2. The list of games he plays includes Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Fight Night: Round 3, and likely the 2006 edition of Madden NFL.
Vince Vaughn gained 26 pounds for the role. However, the intentions of this are not certain, as Vaughn was reported to have gained weight as a result of his recent decision to quit smoking.
Brad Ausmus, Todd Hollandsworth, Rickie Weeks, and Derrek Lee are a few of the actual Major League Baseball players seen throughout the movie at Wrigley Field or on Gary's television.
In the scene where Gary is playing a game on his PlayStation 2 with Brooke's date, Jennifer Aniston's character can be seen reading a magazine with Angelina Jolie's face on the cover. At the time, Aniston had just divorced Brad Pitt who left her for Jolie.
Jennifer Aniston wore Generra Jean throughout the film.
Gary talks about getting hopped up and making bad decisions on the Three Brothers boat. In Wedding Crashers, Vince Vaughn's character Jeremy Gray says, in a rant about blind dates, that he's just wondering if he and his date will get hopped up enough to make a bad decision.
Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau also starred in the movie Swingers, Made and Rudy together.
In the club, Lupus sarcastically asks Gary if he will arrested for "being awesome". In a deleted scene from Old School, Vince Vaughn asks Owen Wilson the same thing.