Dinner for Schmucks
Takes one to know one.
Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost.Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice.Barry's blundering but good intentions send Tim's life into a downward spiral, threatening a major business deal and possibly scuttling Tim's engagement to his fiancee.
- Director
- Jay Roach
- Worldwide
- $86M
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Cast
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Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. Barry's blundering but good intentions send Tim's life into a downward spiral, threatening a major business deal and possibly scuttling Tim's engagement to his fiancee.
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Box Office & Release
Dinner for Schmucks returned 1.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $69M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $86M
- Release date
- Jul 30, 2010
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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