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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Feb 20-22 | 47 | $92,436 | - | 22 | - | $4,201 | $92,436 | 1 |
Feb 27-29 | 48 | $81,843 | -11.5% | 23 | +1 | $3,558 | $221,039 | 2 |
Sep 17-19 | 71 | $21,158 | +862.6% | 8 | +4 | $2,644 | $1,085,754 | 31 |
Mar 5-7 | 53 | $60,030 | -26.7% | 25 | +2 | $2,401 | $319,935 | 3 |
Apr 9-11 | 74 | $16,214 | -9.6% | 7 | -6 | $2,316 | $609,060 | 8 |
Apr 16-18 | 64 | $27,236 | +68% | 15 | +8 | $1,815 | $650,469 | 9 |
Mar 12-14 | 59 | $38,809 | -35.4% | 24 | -1 | $1,617 | $392,109 | 4 |
Mar 19-21 | 54 | $41,766 | +7.6% | 26 | +2 | $1,606 | $463,538 | 5 |
Jul 2-5 July 4th long wknd | 71 | $9,502 | - | 6 | - | $1,583 | $890,488 | - |
Sep 24-26 | 77 | $18,408 | -13% | 12 | +4 | $1,534 | $1,122,706 | 32 |
Mar 26-28 | 63 | $36,789 | -11.9% | 24 | -2 | $1,532 | $530,094 | 6 |
Apr 2-4 | 78 | $17,926 | -51.3% | 13 | -11 | $1,378 | $567,467 | 7 |
Sep 3-6 Labor Day wknd | 84 | $23,391 | - | 17 | - | $1,375 | $1,050,759 | - |
Aug 27-29 Athens Olympics | 64 | $28,815 | +185.7% | 21 | +12 | $1,372 | $992,170 | 28 |
Apr 23-25 | 58 | $30,033 | +10.3% | 22 | +7 | $1,365 | $702,464 | 10 |
Oct 8-10 | 111 | $2,532 | -58.9% | 2 | -9 | $1,266 | $1,160,390 | 34 |
May 28-31 Memorial Day wknd | 97 | $9,270 | - | 8 | - | $1,158 | $841,037 | - |
Aug 20-22 Athens Olympics | 89 | $10,084 | +410.8% | 9 | +6 | $1,120 | $948,485 | 27 |
Aug 6-8 | 97 | $2,022 | -11.5% | 2 | -1 | $1,011 | $932,173 | 25 |
Apr 30-May 2 | 80 | $20,054 | -33.2% | 20 | -2 | $1,002 | $748,023 | 11 |
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 |
Jul 9-11 | 79 | $5,746 | - | 7 | - | $820 | $901,780 | 21 |
Jun 25-27 | 87 | $6,240 | -14.6% | 8 | -2 | $780 | $871,065 | 19 |
Jul 30-Aug 1 | 105 | $2,285 | -24.7% | 3 | -2 | $761 | $927,710 | 24 |
Jul 16-18 | 93 | $4,561 | -20.6% | 6 | -1 | $760 | $912,726 | 22 |
Jun 18-20 | 81 | $7,311 | +812.7% | 10 | +8 | $731 | $855,448 | 18 |
May 28-30 | 76 | $5,646 | -36.6% | 8 | -6 | $705 | $837,413 | 15 |
Aug 13-15 Athens Olympics | 104 | $1,974 | -2.4% | 3 | +1 | $658 | $936,660 | 26 |
May 21-23 | 94 | $8,911 | -40.2% | 14 | -2 | $636 | $824,620 | 14 |
Jul 23-25 | 95 | $3,036 | -33.4% | 5 | -1 | $607 | $921,648 | 23 |
Oct 1-3 | 100 | $6,155 | -66.6% | 11 | -1 | $559 | $1,150,968 | 33 |
Sep 10-12 | 108 | $2,198 | - | 4 | - | $549 | $1,057,306 | 30 |
Oct 15-17 | 132 | $1,601 | -36.8% | 3 | +1 | $533 | $1,163,450 | 35 |
Jun 11-13 | 120 | $801 | -51.6% | 2 | -3 | $400 | $847,569 | 17 |
Jun 4-6 | 121 | $1,654 | -70.7% | 5 | -3 | $330 | $844,894 | 16 |