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The Campaign

2012 R 1h 25m Comedy Warner Bros.

May the best loser win.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$86.9M
Final
Opening Weekend
$26.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.27x
Opening → Total
Budget
$95.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$105M
$18.0M international
2012 Rank
#34
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Aug 10-12 London Olympics 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

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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
StarringWill Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Katherine LaNasa, Dylan McDermott, Sarah Baker
StudioWarner Bros.