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Dinner for Schmucks

2010 PG-13 1h 54m Comedy DreamWorks

Takes one to know one.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$73.0M
Final
Opening Weekend
$23.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.10x
Opening → Total
Budget
$69.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$86.8M
$13.8M international
2010 Rank
#46
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 30-Aug 1 2 $23.5M $23.5M 2,911 $8K 1
Aug 6-8 5 $10.4M -55.9% $46.6M 3,004 $3K 2
Aug 13-15 8 $6.3M -39.4% $58.8M 3,046 $2K 3
Aug 20-22 12 $3.5M -44.0% $65.8M 2,149 $2K 4
Aug 27-29 16 $1.8M -49.5% $69.2M 1,501 $1K 5
Sep 3-5 21 $1.0M -42.0% $70.9M 804 $1K 6
Sep 10-12 25 $480K -53.4% $71.8M 536 $895 7
Sep 17-19 31 $220K -54.2% $72.2M 313 $702 8
Sep 24-26 26 $260K +18.3% $72.5M 323 $805 9
Oct 1-3 31 $166K -36.3% $72.8M 261 $635 10
Oct 8-10 37 $100K -39.4% $73.0M 159 $631 11

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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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