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The Dictator

2012 R 1h 23m Comedy Paramount Pictures

Make way for Aladeen.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$59.7M
Final
Opening Weekend
$17.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.42x
Opening → Total
Budget
$65.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$179M
$120M international

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 18-20 3 $17.4M $24.5M 3,008 $6K 1
May 25-27 4 $9.3M -46.8% $41.1M 3,014 $3K 2
Jun 1-3 5 $4.7M -49.3% $50.8M 2,649 $2K 3
Jun 8-10 9 $2.2M -52.3% $55.3M 1,651 $1K 4
Jun 15-17 12 $1.1M -50.5% $57.7M 1,119 $991 5
Jun 22-24 18 $381K -65.7% $58.7M 316 $1K 6
Jun 29-Jul 1 30 $152K -60.2% $59.1M 130 $1K 7
Jul 6-8 33 $144K -5.1% $59.3M 186 $773 8
Jul 13-15 37 $103K -28.1% $59.5M 161 $642 9
Jul 20-22 40 $48K -53.8% $59.6M 105 $455 10

Performance Charts

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Cumulative Total

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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 byLarry Charles
ScreenplaySacha Baron Cohen, Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, David Mandel
StarringSacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, Anna Faris, Jason Mantzoukas, Sayed Badreya, Adeel Akhtar
StudioParamount Pictures