Dinner for Schmucks

Dinner for Schmucks
Steve Carell grinning maniacally stares from over Paul Rudd's shoulder
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJay Roach
Screenplay by
  • David Guion
  • Michael Handelman
Based onLe Dîner de Cons
by Francis Veber
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJim Denault
Edited by
Music byTheodore Shapiro
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • July 30, 2010 (2010-07-30)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$62.7–69 million[2]
Box office$86.9 million[3]

Dinner for Schmucks is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Jay Roach and based on Francis Veber's 1998 French film Le Dîner de Cons.

Starring Steve Carell and Paul Rudd, with Jemaine Clement, Jeff Dunham, Bruce Greenwood, and Ron Livingston in supporting roles, the film tells the story of a rising executive who finds out that his work superiors host a dinner celebrating the idiocy of their guests. He questions it when he is invited, just as he befriends a man who would be the perfect guest.

Dinner for Schmucks was released in theaters on July 30, 2010, by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures and grossed $86.9 million against a $69 million budget.

  1. ^ Zeitchik, Steven (July 25, 2010). "'Dinner for Schmucks': a long time between courses". Los Angeles Times. p. 4. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
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