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Dinner for Schmucks

2010 PG-13 1h 54m Comedy DreamWorks

Takes one to know one.

Compare to other movies
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

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