Name: Dinner for Schmucks
Director: Jay Roach
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2010
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, Stephanie Szostak, Jemaine Clement, Zach Galifianakis

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jul 30	#1	$8.40M		—	$8.40M	2,911	$2.9K	1
Sat Jul 31	#2	$8.34M	-1%	—	$16.74M	2,911	$2.9K	2
Sun Aug 1	#2	$6.79M	-19%	—	$23.53M	2,911	$2.3K	3
Mon Aug 2	#2	$3.55M	-48%	—	$27.08M	2,911	$1.2K	4
Tue Aug 3	#2	$3.42M	-4%	—	$30.50M	2,911	$1.2K	5
Wed Aug 4	#2	$3.00M	-12%	—	$33.50M	2,911	$1.0K	6
Thu Aug 5	#2	$2.74M	-9%	—	$36.25M	2,911	$942	7
Fri Aug 6	#4	$3.37M	+23%	-60%	$39.62M	3,004	$1.1K	8
Sat Aug 7	#5	$3.93M	+17%	-53%	$43.55M	3,004	$1.3K	9
Sun Aug 8	#5	$3.07M	-22%	-55%	$46.62M	3,004	$1.0K	10
Mon Aug 9	#4	$1.59M	-48%	-55%	$48.21M	3,004	$528	11
Tue Aug 10	#5	$1.62M	+2%	-53%	$49.83M	3,004	$538	12
Wed Aug 11	#5	$1.35M	-17%	-55%	$51.17M	3,004	$447	13
Thu Aug 12	#5	$1.33M	-1%	-52%	$52.50M	3,004	$442	14
Fri Aug 13	#8	$2.01M	+51%	-40%	$54.51M	3,004	$670	15
Sat Aug 14	#9	$2.46M	+22%	-37%	$56.97M	3,004	$818	16
Sun Aug 15	#8	$1.81M	-26%	-41%	$58.79M	3,004	$603	17
Mon Aug 16	#8	$957K	-47%	-40%	$59.74M	3,004	$318	18
Tue Aug 17	#8	$970K	+1%	-40%	$60.71M	3,004	$322	19
Wed Aug 18	#9	$818K	-16%	-39%	$61.53M	3,004	$272	20
Thu Aug 19	#9	$750K	-8%	-44%	$62.28M	3,004	$249	21
Fri Aug 20	#12	$1.09M	+45%	-46%	$63.37M	2,149	$506	22
Sat Aug 21	#13	$1.42M	+30%	-42%	$64.79M	2,149	$659	23
Sun Aug 22	#12	$1.01M	-28%	-44%	$65.80M	2,149	$472	24
Mon Aug 23	#12	$451K	-56%	-53%	$66.25M	2,149	$209	25
Tue Aug 24	#13	$456K	+1%	-53%	$66.71M	2,149	$212	26
Wed Aug 25	#12	$379K	-17%	-54%	$67.09M	2,149	$176	27
Thu Aug 26	#12	$337K	-11%	-55%	$67.42M	2,149	$157	28
Fri Aug 27	#16	$553K	+64%	-49%	$67.98M	1,501	$368	29
Sat Aug 28		$779K	+41%	-45%	$68.76M	1,501	$519	30
Sun Aug 29		$448K	-43%	-56%	$69.20M	1,501	$298	31
Mon Aug 30	#15	$185K	-59%	-59%	$69.39M	1,501	$123	32
Tue Aug 31	#16	$203K	+10%	-56%	$69.59M	1,501	$134	33
Wed Sep 1	#16	$151K	-25%	-60%	$69.74M	1,501	$100	34
Thu Sep 2	#17	$148K	-2%	-56%	$69.89M	1,501	$98	35
Fri Sep 3		$262K	+77%	-53%	$70.15M	804	$326	36
Sat Sep 4		$380K	+45%	-51%	$70.53M	804	$473	37
Sun Sep 5		$389K	+2%	-13%	$70.92M	804	$483	38
Mon Sep 6	#21	$244K	-37%	+32%	$71.17M	804	$303	39
Tue Sep 7		$65K	-73%	-68%	$71.23M	804	$80	40
Wed Sep 8		$61K	-6%	-60%	$71.29M	804	$75	41
Thu Sep 9		$60K	-2%	-60%	$71.35M	804	$74	42
Fri Sep 10		$150K	+151%	-43%	$71.50M	536	$279	43
Sat Sep 11		$230K	+54%	-39%	$71.73M	536	$429	44
Sun Sep 12		$100K	-56%	-74%	$71.83M	536	$186	45
Mon Sep 13		$33K	-67%	-87%	$71.87M	536	$60	46
Tue Sep 14		$41K	+25%	-37%	$71.91M	536	$76	47
Wed Sep 15		$37K	-9%	-39%	$71.94M	536	$69	48
Thu Sep 16		$41K	+11%	-31%	$71.98M	536	$76	49
Fri Sep 17		$72K	+75%	-52%	$72.06M	313	$231	50
Sat Sep 18		$99K	+37%	-57%	$72.16M	313	$316	51
Sun Sep 19		$49K	-51%	-51%	$72.20M	313	$155	52
Mon Sep 20		$18K	-63%	-45%	$72.22M	313	$56	53
Tue Sep 21		$20K	+11%	-52%	$72.24M	313	$63	54
Wed Sep 22		$19K	-5%	-50%	$72.26M	313	$59	55
Thu Sep 23		$18K	-2%	-56%	$72.28M	313	$58	56
Fri Sep 24		$79K	+331%	+9%	$72.36M	323	$243	57
Sat Sep 25		$112K	+43%	+13%	$72.47M	323	$347	58
Sun Sep 26		$69K	-38%	+42%	$72.54M	323	$214	59
Mon Sep 27		$26K	-62%	+46%	$72.57M	323	$80	60
Tue Sep 28		$29K	+12%	+47%	$72.59M	323	$89	61
Wed Sep 29		$26K	-12%	+37%	$72.62M	323	$79	62
Thu Sep 30		$25K	-3%	+35%	$72.64M	323	$76	63
Fri Oct 1		$51K	+107%	-35%	$72.70M	261	$195	64
Sat Oct 2		$74K	+44%	-35%	$72.77M	261	$281	65
Sun Oct 3		$41K	-44%	-41%	$72.81M	261	$157	66
Mon Oct 4		$16K	-61%	-38%	$72.83M	261	$61	67
Tue Oct 5		$18K	+12%	-38%	$72.84M	261	$69	68
Wed Oct 6		$18K	-2%	-31%	$72.86M	261	$67	69
Thu Oct 7		$18K	-1%	-29%	$72.88M	261	$67	70
Fri Oct 8		$32K	+81%	-38%	$72.91M	159	$200	71
Sat Oct 9		$42K	+33%	-42%	$72.95M	159	$266	72
Sun Oct 10		$26K	-38%	-36%	$72.98M	159	$164	73
Mon Oct 11		$13K	-50%	-18%	$72.99M	159	$82	74
Tue Oct 12		$11K	-16%	-39%	$73.00M	159	$69	75
Wed Oct 13		$10K	-7%	-42%	$73.01M	159	$64	76
Thu Oct 14		$12K	+15%	-33%	$73.03M	159	$74	77

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jul 30-Aug 1	2	$23.53M	—	$23.53M	2,911	$8.1K	1
Aug 6-8	5	$10.38M	-55.9%	$46.62M	3,004	$3.5K	2
Aug 13-15	8	$6.29M	-39.4%	$58.79M	3,046	$2.1K	3
Aug 20-22	12	$3.52M	-44.0%	$65.80M	2,149	$1.6K	4
Aug 27-29	16	$1.78M	-49.5%	$69.20M	1,501	$1.2K	5
Sep 3-5	21	$1.03M	-42.0%	$70.92M	804	$1.3K	6
Sep 10-12	25	$480K	-53.4%	$71.83M	536	$895	7
Sep 17-19	31	$220K	-54.2%	$72.20M	313	$702	8
Sep 24-26	26	$260K	+18.3%	$72.54M	323	$805	9
Oct 1-3	31	$166K	-36.3%	$72.81M	261	$635	10
Oct 8-10	37	$100K	-39.4%	$72.98M	159	$631	11

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Cumulative Total

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byJay Roach

ScreenplayDavid Guion, Michael Handelman

Produced byWalter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Jay Roach

CinematographyJim Denault

MusicTheodore Shapiro

Prod. DesignMichael Corenblith

StarringPaul Rudd, Steve Carell, Stephanie Szostak, Jemaine Clement, Zach Galifianakis, Lucy Punch

StudioDreamWorks

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