Name: The Dictator
Director: Larry Charles
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2012
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, Anna Faris, Jason Mantzoukas, Sayed Badreya

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Wed May 16	#2	$4.18M		—	$4.18M	3,003	$1.4K	1
Thu May 17	#2	$2.87M	-31%	—	$7.04M	3,003	$954	2
Fri May 18	#3	$5.73M	+100%	—	$12.77M	3,008	$1.9K	3
Sat May 19	#3	$6.65M	+16%	—	$19.42M	3,008	$2.2K	4
Sun May 20	#3	$5.06M	-24%	—	$24.48M	3,008	$1.7K	5
Mon May 21	#3	$2.16M	-57%	—	$26.63M	3,008	$717	6
Tue May 22	#3	$2.15M	n/c	—	$28.79M	3,008	$715	7
Wed May 23	#3	$1.52M	-29%	-64%	$30.31M	3,008	$505	8
Thu May 24	#3	$1.54M	+1%	-46%	$31.85M	3,008	$512	9
Fri May 25	#5	$2.78M	+80%	-52%	$34.63M	3,014	$921	10
Sat May 26	#4	$3.32M	+19%	-50%	$37.94M	3,014	$1.1K	11
Sun May 27	#4	$3.18M	-4%	-37%	$41.12M	3,014	$1.1K	12
Mon May 28	#4	$2.19M	-31%	+1%	$43.31M	3,014	$726	13
Tue May 29	#3	$1.16M	-47%	-46%	$44.47M	3,014	$384	14
Wed May 30	#4	$812K	-30%	-47%	$45.28M	3,014	$269	15
Thu May 31	#4	$826K	+2%	-46%	$46.11M	3,014	$274	16
Fri Jun 1	#6	$1.40M	+70%	-49%	$47.51M	2,649	$529	17
Sat Jun 2	#6	$1.98M	+41%	-40%	$49.49M	2,649	$746	18
Sun Jun 3	#5	$1.32M	-33%	-58%	$50.81M	2,649	$498	19
Mon Jun 4	#4	$561K	-58%	-74%	$51.37M	2,649	$211	20
Tue Jun 5	#4	$670K	+19%	-42%	$52.04M	2,649	$252	21
Wed Jun 6	#7	$502K	-25%	-38%	$52.55M	2,649	$189	22
Thu Jun 7	#7	$493K	-2%	-40%	$53.04M	2,649	$186	23
Fri Jun 8	#8	$714K	+45%	-49%	$53.75M	1,651	$432	24
Sat Jun 9	#9	$849K	+19%	-57%	$54.60M	1,651	$514	25
Sun Jun 10	#8	$679K	-20%	-49%	$55.28M	1,651	$411	26
Mon Jun 11	#8	$311K	-54%	-45%	$55.59M	1,651	$188	27
Tue Jun 12	#8	$386K	+24%	-42%	$55.98M	1,651	$233	28
Wed Jun 13	#8	$318K	-18%	-37%	$56.30M	1,651	$192	29
Thu Jun 14	#8	$272K	-15%	-45%	$56.57M	1,651	$164	30
Fri Jun 15	#11	$347K	+28%	-51%	$56.92M	1,119	$310	31
Sat Jun 16	#12	$453K	+31%	-47%	$57.37M	1,119	$404	32
Sun Jun 17	#11	$309K	-32%	-54%	$57.68M	1,119	$276	33
Mon Jun 18	#11	$158K	-49%	-49%	$57.84M	1,119	$141	34
Tue Jun 19	#11	$182K	+15%	-53%	$58.02M	1,119	$162	35
Wed Jun 20	#11	$158K	-13%	-50%	$58.18M	1,119	$141	36
Thu Jun 21	#11	$148K	-6%	-46%	$58.32M	1,119	$132	37
Fri Jun 22		$120K	-19%	-65%	$58.44M	316	$380	38
Sat Jun 23		$152K	+26%	-67%	$58.60M	316	$479	39
Sun Jun 24		$109K	-28%	-65%	$58.71M	316	$344	40
Mon Jun 25		$63K	-42%	-60%	$58.77M	316	$199	41
Tue Jun 26		$73K	+16%	-60%	$58.84M	316	$232	42
Wed Jun 27		$53K	-27%	-66%	$58.89M	316	$168	43
Thu Jun 28		$47K	-11%	-68%	$58.94M	316	$149	44
Fri Jun 29		$46K	-3%	-62%	$58.99M	130	$351	45
Sat Jun 30		$57K	+24%	-62%	$59.04M	130	$437	46
Sun Jul 1		$49K	-14%	-55%	$59.09M	130	$377	47
Mon Jul 2		$23K	-54%	-64%	$59.12M	130	$175	48
Tue Jul 3		$20K	-14%	-73%	$59.14M	130	$150	49
Wed Jul 4		$15K	-22%	-71%	$59.15M	130	$117	50
Thu Jul 5		$15K	n/c	-67%	$59.17M	130	$118	51
Fri Jul 6		$45K	+191%	-2%	$59.21M	186	$240	52
Sat Jul 7		$53K	+19%	-6%	$59.26M	186	$286	53
Sun Jul 8		$46K	-14%	-7%	$59.31M	186	$246	54
Mon Jul 9		$23K	-51%	-1%	$59.33M	186	$121	55
Tue Jul 10		$24K	+8%	+24%	$59.36M	186	$130	56
Wed Jul 11		$21K	-14%	+37%	$59.38M	186	$112	57
Thu Jul 12		$23K	+8%	+47%	$59.40M	186	$121	58
Fri Jul 13		$31K	+39%	-30%	$59.43M	161	$195	59
Sat Jul 14		$38K	+21%	-29%	$59.47M	161	$235	60
Sun Jul 15		$34K	-10%	-26%	$59.50M	161	$211	61
Mon Jul 16		$16K	-54%	-31%	$59.52M	161	$96	62
Tue Jul 17		$18K	+13%	-28%	$59.54M	161	$108	63
Wed Jul 18		$17K	-4%	-20%	$59.55M	161	$104	64
Thu Jul 19		$15K	-10%	-33%	$59.57M	161	$93	65
Fri Jul 20		$14K	-6%	-55%	$59.58M	105	$134	66
Sat Jul 21		$18K	+24%	-54%	$59.60M	105	$167	67
Sun Jul 22		$16K	-9%	-53%	$59.62M	105	$152	68
Mon Jul 23		$8K	-50%	-48%	$59.63M	105	$76	69
Tue Jul 24		$9K	+8%	-51%	$59.63M	105	$82	70
Wed Jul 25		$8K	-9%	-53%	$59.64M	105	$74	71
Thu Jul 26		$9K	+10%	-42%	$59.65M	105	$82	72

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
May 18-20	3	$17.44M	—	$24.48M	3,008	$5.8K	1
May 25-27	4	$9.28M	-46.8%	$41.12M	3,014	$3.1K	2
Jun 1-3	5	$4.70M	-49.3%	$50.81M	2,649	$1.8K	3
Jun 8-10	9	$2.24M	-52.3%	$55.28M	1,651	$1.4K	4
Jun 15-17	12	$1.11M	-50.5%	$57.68M	1,119	$991	5
Jun 22-24	18	$381K	-65.7%	$58.71M	316	$1.2K	6
Jun 29-Jul 1	30	$152K	-60.2%	$59.09M	130	$1.2K	7
Jul 6-8	33	$144K	-5.1%	$59.31M	186	$773	8
Jul 13-15	37	$103K	-28.1%	$59.50M	161	$642	9
Jul 20-22	40	$48K	-53.8%	$59.62M	105	$455	10

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 byLarry Charles

ScreenplaySacha Baron Cohen, Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, David Mandel

Produced bySacha Baron Cohen, Alec Berg, Anthony Hines, David Mandel, Scott Rudin

CinematographyLawrence Sher

MusicErran Baron Cohen

StarringSacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, Anna Faris, Jason Mantzoukas, Sayed Badreya, Adeel Akhtar

StudioParamount Pictures

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