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The Campaign

2012 R 1h 25m Comedy Warner Bros.

May the best loser win.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$26.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$86.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$105M
$18.0M international
Domestic Legs3.27x
Budget$95.0M
2012 Rank#34
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Aug 10-12 2 $26.6M $26.6M 3,205 $8K 1
Aug 17-19 4 $13.1M -50.6% $51.4M 3,255 $4K 2
Aug 24-26 4 $7.5M -43.1% $64.6M 3,302 $2K 3
Aug 31-Sep 2 8 $5.7M -23.6% $73.3M 2,941 $2K 4
Sep 7-9 8 $3.4M -40.9% $79.3M 2,542 $1K 5
Sep 14-16 10 $2.4M -28.4% $82.9M 2,002 $1K 6
Sep 21-23 15 $1.2M -50.2% $85.0M 1,250 $964 7
Sep 28-30 21 $488K -59.5% $85.9M 630 $774 8
Oct 5-7 27 $176K -64.0% $86.3M 303 $580 9
Oct 12-14 46 $44K -74.8% $86.4M 101 $438 10
Oct 26-28 30 $131K +195.1% $86.6M 222 $588 11
Nov 2-4 32 $104K -20.2% $86.7M 188 $554 12
Nov 9-11 38 $61K -41.9% $86.8M 138 $438 13
Nov 16-18 51 $29K -51.5% $86.9M 101 $290 14

Performance Charts

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

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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJay Roach
ScreenplayShawn Harwell, Chris Henchy
Produced byJay Roach, Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis
CinematographyJim Denault
MusicTheodore Shapiro
StarringWill Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Katherine LaNasa, Dylan McDermott, Sarah Baker
StudioWarner Bros.