 The film premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on February 16, 2007. Paterson, an alumnus of The Catholic University of America, held a special advance screening of the film for members of the CUA community at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland on February 1, 2007. The film opened in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2007, and in New Zealand June 7, 2007. The film had a strong second place domestic opening over the Presidents' Day weekend, grossing "a higher-than-expected" $ 28,536,717 from 2,284 screens, earning an average of $ 9,885 per screen. The opening Friday box office was $ 6.3 million. The film has a worldwide gross of US $ 137 million, taking in $ 82 million in the US and Canada alone.
