Name: You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Director: Dennis Dugan
Genre: Action, Comedy
Released: 2008
Cast: Adam Sandler, Emmanuelle Chriqui, John Turturro, Nick Swardson, Lainie Kazan

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jun 6	#2	$14.85M		—	$14.85M	3,462	$4.3K	1
Sat Jun 7	#2	$13.97M	-6%	—	$28.82M	3,462	$4.0K	2
Sun Jun 8	#2	$9.71M	-30%	—	$38.53M	3,462	$2.8K	3
Mon Jun 9	#2	$4.21M	-57%	—	$42.74M	3,462	$1.2K	4
Tue Jun 10	#2	$3.61M	-14%	—	$46.35M	3,462	$1.0K	5
Wed Jun 11	#2	$3.21M	-11%	—	$49.56M	3,462	$926	6
Thu Jun 12	#2	$2.83M	-12%	—	$52.39M	3,462	$817	7
Fri Jun 13	#4	$5.49M	+94%	-63%	$57.88M	3,466	$1.6K	8
Sat Jun 14	#4	$6.31M	+15%	-55%	$64.19M	3,466	$1.8K	9
Sun Jun 15	#5	$4.57M	-28%	-53%	$68.76M	3,466	$1.3K	10
Mon Jun 16	#4	$2.21M	-52%	-48%	$70.97M	3,466	$636	11
Tue Jun 17	#4	$2.01M	-9%	-44%	$72.97M	3,466	$578	12
Wed Jun 18	#4	$1.99M	-1%	-38%	$74.96M	3,466	$574	13
Thu Jun 19	#4	$1.89M	-5%	-33%	$76.86M	3,466	$545	14
Fri Jun 20	#7	$2.31M	+22%	-58%	$79.17M	3,278	$704	15
Sat Jun 21	#7	$2.89M	+25%	-54%	$82.05M	3,278	$881	16
Sun Jun 22	#7	$2.25M	-22%	-51%	$84.31M	3,278	$687	17
Mon Jun 23	#7	$1.01M	-55%	-54%	$85.32M	3,278	$308	18
Tue Jun 24	#8	$950K	-6%	-53%	$86.27M	3,278	$289	19
Wed Jun 25	#8	$859K	-10%	-57%	$87.13M	3,278	$262	20
Thu Jun 26	#8	$885K	+3%	-53%	$88.01M	3,278	$270	21
Fri Jun 27	#10	$987K	+11%	-57%	$89.00M	2,147	$459	22
Sat Jun 28	#10	$1.24M	+26%	-57%	$90.24M	2,147	$578	23
Sun Jun 29	#10	$945K	-24%	-58%	$91.19M	2,147	$440	24
Mon Jun 30	#10	$486K	-49%	-52%	$91.68M	2,147	$226	25
Tue Jul 1	#11	$356K	-27%	-63%	$92.03M	2,147	$165	26
Wed Jul 2	#11	$333K	-7%	-61%	$92.36M	2,147	$154	27
Thu Jul 3	#11	$427K	+28%	-52%	$92.79M	2,147	$198	28
Fri Jul 4	#10	$494K	+16%	-50%	$93.29M	1,731	$285	29
Sat Jul 5	#10	$943K	+91%	-24%	$94.23M	1,731	$544	30
Sun Jul 6	#11	$544K	-42%	-42%	$94.77M	1,731	$314	31
Mon Jul 7	#11	$267K	-51%	-45%	$95.04M	1,731	$154	32
Tue Jul 8	#11	$276K	+3%	-23%	$95.32M	1,731	$159	33
Wed Jul 9	#11	$261K	-5%	-22%	$95.58M	1,731	$150	34
Thu Jul 10	#11	$262K	n/c	-39%	$95.84M	1,731	$151	35
Fri Jul 11	#13	$388K	+48%	-22%	$96.23M	939	$412	36
Sat Jul 12	#13	$452K	+17%	-52%	$96.68M	939	$481	37
Sun Jul 13		$232K	-49%	-57%	$96.91M	939	$247	38
Mon Jul 14		$121K	-48%	-55%	$97.03M	939	$128	39
Tue Jul 15	#13	$125K	+3%	-55%	$97.16M	939	$132	40
Wed Jul 16		$108K	-13%	-59%	$97.26M	939	$115	41
Thu Jul 17		$106K	-2%	-59%	$97.37M	939	$113	42
Mon Sep 1	#39	$25K			$99.98M	193	$132	88

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jun 6-8	2	$38.53M	—	$38.53M	3,462	$11.1K	1
Jun 13-15	4	$16.37M	-57.5%	$68.76M	3,466	$4.7K	2
Jun 20-22	7	$7.45M	-54.5%	$84.31M	3,278	$2.3K	3
Jun 27-29	10	$3.18M	-57.4%	$91.19M	2,147	$1.5K	4
Jul 4-6	10	$1.98M	-37.6%	$94.77M	1,731	$1.1K	5
Jul 11-13	13	$1.07M	-45.9%	$96.91M	939	$1.1K	6
Jul 18-20	18	$366K	-65.9%	$97.74M	261	$1.4K	7
Jul 25-27	18	$385K	+5.4%	$98.32M	224	$1.7K	8
Aug 1-3	23	$269K	-30.1%	$98.79M	142	$1.9K	9
Aug 8-10	28	$195K	-27.6%	$99.12M	112	$1.7K	10
Aug 15-17	28	$223K	+14.2%	$99.44M	239	$931	11
Aug 22-24	37	$134K	-40.0%	$99.68M	204	$654	12
Aug 29-31	40	$127K	-4.8%	$99.86M	193	$658	13
Sep 5-7	42	$110K	-13.8%	$100.02M	267	$410	14

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byDennis Dugan

ScreenplayRobert Smigel, Judd Apatow, Adam Sandler

Produced byAdam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo

CinematographyMichael Barrett

MusicRupert Gregson-Williams

StarringAdam Sandler, Emmanuelle Chriqui, John Turturro, Nick Swardson, Lainie Kazan, Rob Schneider

StudioSony Pictures Releasing

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