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2006 • R • 1h 24m • Comedy • 20th Century Fox

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3.73

7.4

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$28.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$129.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$263.00M

$134.00M international

Domestic legs4.55x

Budget$18.0M

2006 rank#16

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Cast & crew

Directed byLarry Charles ScreenplayAnthony Hines, Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer Produced bySacha Baron Cohen, Jay Roach CinematographyAnthony Hardwick, Luke Geissbühler MusicErran Baron Cohen StarringSacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Pamela Anderson, Bob Barr, Alan Keyes Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 3-5 1 $26.5M — 837 $31,607 $26.5M

2 Nov 10-12 1 $28.3M +6.9% 2,566 $11,017 $67.1M

3 Nov 17-19 3 $14.6M −48.3% 2,611 $5,592 $90.8M

4 Nov 24-26 5 $10.3M −29.4% 2,552 $4,037 $109.1M

5 Dec 1-3 7 $4.7M −53.9% 2,237 $2,121 $116.2M

6 Dec 8-10 11 $2.6M −45.8% 1,594 $1,613 $120.3M

7 Dec 15-17 14 $1.5M −40.0% 951 $1,623 $122.8M

8 Dec 22-24 17 $619.1K −59.9% 458 $1,351 $124.3M

9 Dec 29-31 20 $570.7K −7.8% 399 $1,430 $125.6M

10 Jan 5-7 26 $467.0K −18.2% 353 $1,323 $126.6M

11 Jan 12-14 36 $272.7K −41.6% 263 $1,036 $127.0M

12 Jan 19-21 33 $320.3K +17.4% 266 $1,204 $127.5M

13 Jan 26-28 36 $224.8K −29.8% 240 $936 $127.8M

14 Feb 2-4 39 $157.5K −30.0% 224 $702 $128.1M

15 Feb 9-11 46 $123.5K −21.6% 167 $739 $128.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 3 #1 $9.2M — $9.2M 837 $11,032 1

Sat Nov 4 #1 $10.1M +10% $19.4M 837 $12,114 2

Sun Nov 5 #1 $7.1M −30% $26.5M 837 $8,460 3

Mon Nov 6 #1 $3.3M −53% $29.8M 837 $3,952 4

Tue Nov 7 #1 $3.2M −5% $32.9M 837 $3,770 5

Wed Nov 8 #1 $2.8M −12% $35.7M 837 $3,302 6

Thu Nov 9 #1 $3.2M +14% $38.8M 837 $3,773 7

Fri Nov 10 #1 $9.8M +210% +6% $48.6M 2,566 $3,811 8

Sat Nov 11 #1 $11.5M +18% +14% $60.1M 2,566 $4,490 9

Sun Nov 12 #1 $7.0M −40% −2% $67.1M 2,566 $2,714 10

Mon Nov 13 #1 $2.6M −63% −23% $69.7M 2,566 $996 11

Tue Nov 14 #1 $2.4M −7% −24% $72.1M 2,566 $928 12

Wed Nov 15 #1 $2.1M −12% −24% $74.2M 2,566 $818 13

Thu Nov 16 #1 $2.0M −5% −37% $76.2M 2,566 $779 14

Fri Nov 17 #3 $5.0M +148% −49% $81.1M 2,611 $1,901 15

Sat Nov 18 #3 $5.9M +19% −49% $87.0M 2,611 $2,268 16

Sun Nov 19 #3 $3.7M −37% −47% $90.8M 2,611 $1,423 17

Mon Nov 20 #3 $1.4M −63% −46% $92.1M 2,611 $524 18

Tue Nov 21 #3 $1.7M +27% −27% $93.9M 2,611 $668 19

Wed Nov 22 #4 $2.4M +38% +15% $96.3M 2,580 $934 20

Thu Nov 23 #5 $2.5M +6% +27% $98.8M 2,580 $988 21

Fri Nov 24 #5 $4.4M +72% −11% $103.2M 2,552 $1,722 22

Sat Nov 25 #5 $4.0M −10% −33% $107.2M 2,552 $1,556 23

Sun Nov 26 #6 $1.9M −51% −48% $109.1M 2,552 $758 24

Mon Nov 27 #4 $616.3K −68% −55% $109.8M 2,552 $241 25

Tue Nov 28 #4 $616.2K n/c −65% $110.4M 2,552 $241 26

Wed Nov 29 #4 $579.3K −6% −76% $110.9M 2,552 $226 27

Thu Nov 30 #4 $546.0K −6% −79% $111.5M 2,552 $213 28

Fri Dec 1 #6 $1.5M +175% −66% $113.0M 2,237 $671 29

Sat Dec 2 #7 $2.1M +41% −47% $115.1M 2,237 $949 30

Sun Dec 3 #7 $1.1M −47% −42% $116.2M 2,237 $500 31

Mon Dec 4 #5 $360.7K −68% −41% $116.6M 2,237 $161 32

Tue Dec 5 #5 $385.6K +7% −37% $117.0M 2,237 $172 33

Wed Dec 6 #5 $356.8K −7% −38% $117.3M 2,237 $159 34

Thu Dec 7 #5 $350.0K −2% −36% $117.7M 2,237 $156 35

Fri Dec 8 #10 $794.6K +127% −47% $118.5M 1,594 $498 36

Sat Dec 9 $1.2M +45% −46% $119.6M 1,594 $724 37

Sun Dec 10 $622.3K −46% −44% $120.3M 1,594 $390 38

Mon Dec 11 #8 $227.7K −63% −37% $120.5M 1,594 $142 39

Tue Dec 12 #8 $252.7K +11% −34% $120.7M 1,594 $158 40

Wed Dec 13 #8 $260.1K +3% −27% $121.0M 1,594 $163 41

Thu Dec 14 #8 $263.1K +1% −25% $121.3M 1,594 $165 42

Fri Dec 15 $463.1K +76% −42% $121.7M 951 $486 43

Sat Dec 16 $663.5K +43% −43% $122.4M 951 $697 44

Sun Dec 17 $417.2K −37% −33% $122.8M 951 $438 45

Mon Dec 18 $218.1K −48% −4% $123.0M 951 $229 46

Tue Dec 19 $233.3K +7% −8% $123.3M 951 $245 47

Wed Dec 20 $202.1K −13% −22% $123.5M 951 $212 48

Thu Dec 21 $216.9K +7% −18% $123.7M 951 $228 49

Fri Dec 22 $209.8K −3% −55% $123.9M 458 $457 50

Sat Dec 23 $270.8K +29% −59% $124.2M 458 $591 51

Sun Dec 24 $138.5K −49% −67% $124.3M 458 $302 52

Mon Dec 25 #19 $182.2K +32% −16% $124.5M 396 $460 53

Tue Dec 26 $194.4K +7% −17% $124.7M 396 $490 54

Wed Dec 27 $180.1K −7% −11% $124.9M 396 $454 55

Thu Dec 28 $171.0K −5% −21% $125.0M 396 $431 56

Fri Dec 29 $211.0K +23% +1% $125.2M 399 $528 57

Sat Dec 30 $237.0K +12% −12% $125.5M 399 $593 58

Sun Dec 31 $122.7K −48% −11% $125.6M 399 $307 59

Mon Jan 1 $188.2K +53% +3% $125.8M 399 $471 60

Tue Jan 2 $114.9K −39% −41% $125.9M 399 $288 61

Wed Jan 3 $90.1K −22% −50% $126.0M 399 $225 62

Thu Jan 4 $95.7K +6% −44% $126.1M 399 $239 63

Fri Jan 5 $150.3K +57% −29% $126.2M 353 $425 64

Sat Jan 6 $204.9K +36% −14% $126.4M 353 $580 65

Sun Jan 7 $111.8K −45% −9% $126.6M 353 $316 66

Mon Jan 8 $41.7K −63% −78% $126.6M 353 $118 67

Tue Jan 9 $48.2K +16% −58% $126.6M 353 $136 68

Wed Jan 10 $44.9K −7% −50% $126.7M 353 $127 69

Thu Jan 11 $46.3K +3% −52% $126.7M 353 $131 70

Fri Jan 12 $78.6K +70% −48% $126.8M 353 $222 71

Sat Jan 13 $116.5K +48% −43% $126.9M 353 $330 72

Sun Jan 14 $77.7K −33% −31% $127.0M 353 $219 73

Mon Jan 15 #36 $45.8K −41% +10% $127.1M 263 $174 74

Tue Jan 16 $36.4K −21% −24% $127.1M 263 $138 75

Wed Jan 17 $35.1K −4% −22% $127.1M 263 $133 76

Thu Jan 18 $35.1K n/c −24% $127.2M 263 $133 77

Fri Jan 19 $99.1K +182% +26% $127.3M 266 $372 78

Sat Jan 20 $158.5K +60% +36% $127.4M 266 $595 79

Sun Jan 21 $62.7K −60% −19% $127.5M 266 $235 80

Mon Jan 22 $27.7K −56% −39% $127.5M 266 $104 81

Tue Jan 23 $32.2K +16% −11% $127.5M 266 $121 82

Wed Jan 24 $29.2K −9% −17% $127.6M 266 $109 83

Thu Jan 25 $29.3K n/c −16% $127.6M 266 $110 84

Fri Jan 26 $62.2K +112% −37% $127.7M 240 $259 85

Sat Jan 27 $104.2K +68% −34% $127.8M 240 $434 86

Sun Jan 28 $58.4K −44% −7% $127.8M 240 $243 87

Mon Jan 29 $17.6K −70% −36% $127.8M 240 $73 88

Tue Jan 30 $20.2K +15% −37% $127.9M 240 $84 89

Wed Jan 31 $22.0K +9% −25% $127.9M 240 $91 90

Thu Feb 1 $18.4K −17% −37% $127.9M 240 $76 91

Fri Feb 2 $52.1K +184% −16% $128.0M 240 $217 92

Sat Feb 3 $79.0K +52% −24% $128.0M 240 $329 93

Sun Feb 4 $26.4K −67% −55% $128.1M 240 $109 94

Mon Feb 5 $18.1K −31% +3% $128.1M 240 $75 95

Tue Feb 6 $19.5K +8% −3% $128.1M 224 $87 96

Wed Feb 7 $19.3K −1% −12% $128.1M 224 $86 97

Thu Feb 8 $19.1K −1% +4% $128.1M 224 $85 98

Fri Feb 9 $35.5K +86% −32% $128.2M 167 $212 99

Sat Feb 10 $57.8K +63% −27% $128.2M 167 $346 100

Sun Feb 11 $30.2K −48% +15% $128.3M 167 $181 101

Mon Feb 12 $13.0K −57% −28% $128.3M 167 $77 102

Tue Feb 13 $12.9K n/c −34% $128.3M 167 $77 103

Wed Feb 14 $15.5K +19% −20% $128.3M 167 $92 104

Thu Feb 15 $13.8K −11% −28% $128.3M 167 $82 105

Fri Feb 16 $14.7K +6% −59% $128.3M 94 $156 106

Sat Feb 17 $25.1K +71% −57% $128.4M 94 $266 107

Sun Feb 18 $20.2K −19% −33% $128.4M 94 $215 108

Mon Feb 19 #46 $10.4K −48% −20% $128.4M 94 $110 109

Tue Feb 20 $6.8K −35% −47% $128.4M 94 $72 110

Wed Feb 21 $5.6K −17% −63% $128.4M 94 $60 111

Thu Feb 22 $5.9K +5% −57% $128.4M 94 $62 112

Fri Feb 23 $13.7K +131% −7% $128.4M 70 $195 113

Sat Feb 24 $20.0K +47% −20% $128.4M 70 $286 114

Sun Feb 25 $9.5K −53% −53% $128.4M 70 $135 115

Mon Feb 26 $3.6K −62% −65% $128.5M 70 $51 116

Tue Feb 27 $3.9K +8% −43% $128.5M 70 $55 117

Wed Feb 28 $3.9K n/c −31% $128.5M 70 $55 118

Thu Mar 1 $3.7K −4% −37% $128.5M 70 $53 119

Fri Mar 2 $5.2K +38% −62% $128.5M 35 $147 120

Sat Mar 3 $10.0K +94% −50% $128.5M 35 $286 121

Sun Mar 4 $4.3K −57% −55% $128.5M 35 $123 122

Mon Mar 5 $952 −78% −74% $128.5M 35 $27 123

Tue Mar 6 $1.4K +45% −65% $128.5M 35 $39 124

Wed Mar 7 $1.0K −27% −74% $128.5M 35 $28 125

Thu Mar 8 $1.1K +10% −70% $128.5M 35 $31 126

Fri Mar 9 $3.0K +173% −42% $128.5M 19 $158 127

Sat Mar 10 $4.5K +50% −55% $128.5M 19 $238 128

Sun Mar 11 $2.3K −50% −47% $128.5M 19 $120 129

Mon Mar 12 $700 −69% −26% $128.5M 19 $36 130

Tue Mar 13 $952 +36% −31% $128.5M 19 $50 131

Wed Mar 14 $847 −11% −16% $128.5M 19 $44 132

Thu Mar 15 $912 +8% −18% $128.5M 19 $48 133

Fri Mar 16 $594 −35% −80% $128.5M 6 $99 134

Sat Mar 17 $769 +29% −83% $128.5M 6 $128 135

Sun Mar 18 $417 −46% −82% $128.5M 6 $69 136

Mon Mar 19 $226 −46% −68% $128.5M 6 $37 137

Tue Mar 20 $197 −13% −79% $128.5M 6 $32 138

Wed Mar 21 $138 −30% −84% $128.5M 6 $23 139

Thu Mar 22 $401 +191% −56% $128.5M 6 $66 140

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$126.7M

Nov 3Nov 20Dec 8Dec 25Jan 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $467.0K

$26.5M

$28.3M

$14.6M

$10.3M

$4.7M

$2.6M

$1.5M

$619.1K

$570.7K

$467.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,611 → 353 −86.5%

837 open353 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −18.2%

+6.9%

W1→2

−48.3%

W2→3

−29.4%

W3→4

−53.9%

W4→5

−45.8%

W5→6

−40.0%

W6→7

−59.9%

W7→8

−7.8%

W8→9

−18.2%

W9→10

Steepest −59.9%Biggest gain +6.9%

Run milestones

$100M in 22 days

$100M

Day 22

Nov 24

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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