The Best Two Years
Two pairs of Mormon missionaries from America live in a beaten-up apartment in the Dutch city of Haarlem. Their personalities are distinctly different. Appropriately, the most responsible one, Elder Johnson, is the District Leader and oversees their efforts. His companion, the vain Elder Van Pelt, seeks to become the assistant to the mission president (the top post available) as soon as possible, and he receives letters from three girlfriends he left behind. The capable Elder Rogers has become disillusioned and inattentive to his duties ever since a previous missionary companion returned to America, looked up and married Elder Rogers' girlfriend. As a result he is simply marking time until he returns home in a few weeks time. The three meet Elder Rogers' new companion, Elder Calhoun, in the train station. This new elder is a nerdy but enthusiastic "greenie" that has just arrived from the Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Utah. Unfortunately his training did not give him much fluency in the Dutch language, but as luck would have it, the first person he approaches to proselytize is a fellow American named Kyle. In the weeks that come, Elder Johnson and Van Pelt increasingly irritate each other while in contrast Elder Rogers and Calhoun begin to relate in a positive fashion as they teach Kyle about the Mormon faith.
22 theaters
Date | Rank | Weekend | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Avg | To Date | Weekend |
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Mar 19-21 | 54 | $41,766 | +7.6% | 26 | +2 | $1,606 | $463,538 | 5 |
Mar 5-7 | 53 | $60,030 | -26.7% | 25 | +2 | $2,401 | $319,935 | 3 |
Mar 12-14 | 59 | $38,809 | -35.4% | 24 | -1 | $1,617 | $392,109 | 4 |
Mar 26-28 | 63 | $36,789 | -11.9% | 24 | -2 | $1,532 | $530,094 | 6 |
Feb 27-29 | 48 | $81,843 | -11.5% | 23 | +1 | $3,558 | $221,039 | 2 |
Feb 20-22 | 47 | $92,436 | - | 22 | - | $4,201 | $92,436 | 1 |
Apr 23-25 | 58 | $30,033 | +10.3% | 22 | +7 | $1,365 | $702,464 | 10 |
Aug 27-29 Athens Olympics | 64 | $28,815 | +185.7% | 21 | +12 | $1,372 | $992,170 | 28 |
Apr 30-May 2 | 80 | $20,054 | -33.2% | 20 | -2 | $1,002 | $748,023 | 11 |
Sep 3-6 Labor Day wknd | 84 | $23,391 | - | 17 | - | $1,375 | $1,050,759 | - |
May 14-16 | 92 | $14,912 | +0.4% | 16 | - | $932 | $806,558 | 13 |
May 7-9 | 89 | $14,852 | -25.9% | 16 | -4 | $928 | $778,873 | 12 |
Apr 16-18 | 64 | $27,236 | +68% | 15 | +8 | $1,815 | $650,469 | 9 |
May 21-23 | 94 | $8,911 | -40.2% | 14 | -2 | $636 | $824,620 | 14 |
Apr 2-4 | 78 | $17,926 | -51.3% | 13 | -11 | $1,378 | $567,467 | 7 |
Sep 24-26 | 77 | $18,408 | -13% | 12 | +4 | $1,534 | $1,122,706 | 32 |
Oct 1-3 | 100 | $6,155 | -66.6% | 11 | -1 | $559 | $1,150,968 | 33 |
Jun 18-20 | 81 | $7,311 | +812.7% | 10 | +8 | $731 | $855,448 | 18 |
Aug 20-22 Athens Olympics | 89 | $10,084 | +410.8% | 9 | +6 | $1,120 | $948,485 | 27 |
Sep 17-19 | 71 | $21,158 | +862.6% | 8 | +4 | $2,644 | $1,085,754 | 31 |
May 28-31 Memorial Day wknd | 97 | $9,270 | - | 8 | - | $1,158 | $841,037 | - |
Jun 25-27 | 87 | $6,240 | -14.6% | 8 | -2 | $780 | $871,065 | 19 |
May 28-30 | 76 | $5,646 | -36.6% | 8 | -6 | $705 | $837,413 | 15 |
Apr 9-11 | 74 | $16,214 | -9.6% | 7 | -6 | $2,316 | $609,060 | 8 |
Jul 9-11 | 79 | $5,746 | - | 7 | - | $820 | $901,780 | 21 |
Jul 2-5 July 4th long wknd | 71 | $9,502 | - | 6 | - | $1,583 | $890,488 | - |
Jul 16-18 | 93 | $4,561 | -20.6% | 6 | -1 | $760 | $912,726 | 22 |
Jul 23-25 | 95 | $3,036 | -33.4% | 5 | -1 | $607 | $921,648 | 23 |
Jun 4-6 | 121 | $1,654 | -70.7% | 5 | -3 | $330 | $844,894 | 16 |
Sep 10-12 | 108 | $2,198 | - | 4 | - | $549 | $1,057,306 | 30 |
Jul 30-Aug 1 | 105 | $2,285 | -24.7% | 3 | -2 | $761 | $927,710 | 24 |
Aug 13-15 Athens Olympics | 104 | $1,974 | -2.4% | 3 | +1 | $658 | $936,660 | 26 |
Oct 15-17 | 132 | $1,601 | -36.8% | 3 | +1 | $533 | $1,163,450 | 35 |
Oct 8-10 | 111 | $2,532 | -58.9% | 2 | -9 | $1,266 | $1,160,390 | 34 |
Aug 6-8 | 97 | $2,022 | -11.5% | 2 | -1 | $1,011 | $932,173 | 25 |
Jun 11-13 | 120 | $801 | -51.6% | 2 | -3 | $400 | $847,569 | 17 |