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The DictatorFollow

2012 • R • 1h 23m • Comedy • Paramount Pictures

Make way for Aladeen.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$59.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$179.00M

$120.00M international

Domestic legs3.42x

Budget$65.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Charles filmography

Larry Charles

Larry Charles Director

Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Baron Cohen Starring

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley Starring

Anna Faris

Anna Faris Starring

Adeel Akhtar

Adeel Akhtar Starring

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 StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 18-20 3 $17.4M — 3,008 $5,796 $24.5M

2 May 25-27 4 $9.3M −46.8% 3,014 $3,077 $41.1M

3 Jun 1-3 5 $4.7M −49.3% 2,649 $1,775 $50.8M

4 Jun 8-10 9 $2.2M −52.3% 1,651 $1,358 $55.3M

5 Jun 15-17 12 $1.1M −50.5% 1,119 $991 $57.7M

6 Jun 22-24 18 $381.0K −65.7% 316 $1,205 $58.7M

7 Jun 29-Jul 1 30 $151.6K −60.2% 130 $1,166 $59.1M

8 Jul 6-8 33 $143.9K −5.1% 186 $773 $59.3M

9 Jul 13-15 37 $103.5K −28.1% 161 $642 $59.5M

10 Jul 20-22 40 $47.8K −53.8% 105 $455 $59.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed May 16 #2 $4.2M — $4.2M 3,003 $1,390 1

Thu May 17 #2 $2.9M −31% $7.0M 3,003 $954 2

Fri May 18 #3 $5.7M +100% $12.8M 3,008 $1,904 3

Sat May 19 #3 $6.7M +16% $19.4M 3,008 $2,211 4

Sun May 20 #3 $5.1M −24% $24.5M 3,008 $1,680 5

Mon May 21 #3 $2.2M −57% $26.6M 3,008 $717 6

Tue May 22 #3 $2.2M n/c $28.8M 3,008 $715 7

Wed May 23 #3 $1.5M −29% −64% $30.3M 3,008 $505 8

Thu May 24 #3 $1.5M +1% −46% $31.8M 3,008 $512 9

Fri May 25 #5 $2.8M +80% −52% $34.6M 3,014 $921 10

Sat May 26 #4 $3.3M +19% −50% $37.9M 3,014 $1,101 11

Sun May 27 #4 $3.2M −4% −37% $41.1M 3,014 $1,055 12

Mon May 28 #4 $2.2M −31% +1% $43.3M 3,014 $726 13

Tue May 29 #3 $1.2M −47% −46% $44.5M 3,014 $384 14

Wed May 30 #4 $812.0K −30% −47% $45.3M 3,014 $269 15

Thu May 31 #4 $826.3K +2% −46% $46.1M 3,014 $274 16

Fri Jun 1 #6 $1.4M +70% −49% $47.5M 2,649 $529 17

Sat Jun 2 #6 $2.0M +41% −40% $49.5M 2,649 $746 18

Sun Jun 3 #5 $1.3M −33% −58% $50.8M 2,649 $498 19

Mon Jun 4 #4 $561.2K −58% −74% $51.4M 2,649 $211 20

Tue Jun 5 #4 $669.7K +19% −42% $52.0M 2,649 $252 21

Wed Jun 6 #7 $502.1K −25% −38% $52.5M 2,649 $189 22

Thu Jun 7 #7 $493.2K −2% −40% $53.0M 2,649 $186 23

Fri Jun 8 #8 $713.8K +45% −49% $53.8M 1,651 $432 24

Sat Jun 9 #9 $849.5K +19% −57% $54.6M 1,651 $514 25

Sun Jun 10 #8 $679.3K −20% −49% $55.3M 1,651 $411 26

Mon Jun 11 #8 $311.0K −54% −45% $55.6M 1,651 $188 27

Tue Jun 12 #8 $386.1K +24% −42% $56.0M 1,651 $233 28

Wed Jun 13 #8 $318.1K −18% −37% $56.3M 1,651 $192 29

Thu Jun 14 #8 $272.0K −15% −45% $56.6M 1,651 $164 30

Fri Jun 15 #11 $347.2K +28% −51% $56.9M 1,119 $310 31

Sat Jun 16 #12 $453.1K +31% −47% $57.4M 1,119 $404 32

Sun Jun 17 #11 $309.2K −32% −54% $57.7M 1,119 $276 33

Mon Jun 18 #11 $158.0K −49% −49% $57.8M 1,119 $141 34

Tue Jun 19 #11 $182.4K +15% −53% $58.0M 1,119 $162 35

Wed Jun 20 #11 $157.8K −13% −50% $58.2M 1,119 $141 36

Thu Jun 21 #11 $148.2K −6% −46% $58.3M 1,119 $132 37

Fri Jun 22 $120.4K −19% −65% $58.4M 316 $380 38

Sat Jun 23 $151.6K +26% −67% $58.6M 316 $479 39

Sun Jun 24 $109.0K −28% −65% $58.7M 316 $344 40

Mon Jun 25 $63.1K −42% −60% $58.8M 316 $199 41

Tue Jun 26 $73.4K +16% −60% $58.8M 316 $232 42

Wed Jun 27 $53.3K −27% −66% $58.9M 316 $168 43

Thu Jun 28 $47.2K −11% −68% $58.9M 316 $149 44

Fri Jun 29 $45.7K −3% −62% $59.0M 130 $351 45

Sat Jun 30 $56.9K +24% −62% $59.0M 130 $437 46

Sun Jul 1 $49.1K −14% −55% $59.1M 130 $377 47

Mon Jul 2 $22.8K −54% −64% $59.1M 130 $175 48

Tue Jul 3 $19.5K −14% −73% $59.1M 130 $150 49

Wed Jul 4 $15.3K −22% −71% $59.2M 130 $117 50

Thu Jul 5 $15.4K n/c −67% $59.2M 130 $118 51

Fri Jul 6 $44.8K +191% −2% $59.2M 186 $240 52

Sat Jul 7 $53.2K +19% −6% $59.3M 186 $286 53

Sun Jul 8 $45.8K −14% −7% $59.3M 186 $246 54

Mon Jul 9 $22.6K −51% −1% $59.3M 186 $121 55

Tue Jul 10 $24.3K +8% +24% $59.4M 186 $130 56

Wed Jul 11 $20.9K −14% +37% $59.4M 186 $112 57

Thu Jul 12 $22.6K +8% +47% $59.4M 186 $121 58

Fri Jul 13 $31.4K +39% −30% $59.4M 161 $195 59

Sat Jul 14 $38.0K +21% −29% $59.5M 161 $235 60

Sun Jul 15 $34.1K −10% −26% $59.5M 161 $211 61

Mon Jul 16 $15.5K −54% −31% $59.5M 161 $96 62

Tue Jul 17 $17.5K +13% −28% $59.5M 161 $108 63

Wed Jul 18 $16.8K −4% −20% $59.6M 161 $104 64

Thu Jul 19 $15.0K −10% −33% $59.6M 161 $93 65

Fri Jul 20 $14.2K −6% −55% $59.6M 105 $134 66

Sat Jul 21 $17.6K +24% −54% $59.6M 105 $167 67

Sun Jul 22 $16.0K −9% −53% $59.6M 105 $152 68

Mon Jul 23 $8.0K −50% −48% $59.6M 105 $76 69

Tue Jul 24 $8.7K +8% −51% $59.6M 105 $82 70

Wed Jul 25 $7.8K −9% −53% $59.6M 105 $74 71

Thu Jul 26 $8.6K +10% −42% $59.7M 105 $82 72

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

Cumulative total$59.6M

May 16Jun 2Jun 20Jul 7Jul 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $47.8K

$17.4M

$9.3M

$4.7M

$2.2M

$1.1M

$381.0K

$151.6K

$143.9K

$103.5K

$47.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,014 → 105 −96.5%

3,003 open105 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −53.8%

−46.8%

W1→2

−49.3%

W2→3

−52.3%

W3→4

−50.5%

W4→5

−65.7%

W5→6

−60.2%

W6→7

−5.1%

W7→8

−28.1%

W8→9

−53.8%

W9→10

Steepest −65.7%Best hold −5.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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