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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

The Dictator

2012 · Larry Charles · Sacha Baron Cohen | Alec Berg | Anthony Hines | David Mandel | Scott Rudin | Jeff Schaffer | Todd Schulman · 1 hr 23 min

The heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

Cast Salaries

Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Sacha Baron Cohen 2012 $20,000,000The British comedian had the movie industry scratching its head...in a deal that will reportedly see him paid at least US$20 million.source $28,040,070 (rep)
Anna Faris 2012 $775,242 $1,086,892 (est)
Ben Kingsley 2012 $809,296 $1,134,636 (est)

Box Office Reported grosses are direct imports. Inflation-adjusted values use imported adjusted totals when available, otherwise they use the yearly U.S. CPI table you maintain in WordPress.

Inflation-adjusted values are shown in 2025 dollars when CPI data is available.

Category Year Reported Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross. 2012 $59,650,222 $83,629,819
International International theatrical box office gross. 2012 $119,729,311 $167,860,911
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2012 $179,379,533 $245,084,318

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated revenues and expenses for films based on currently imported reported and estimated fields. Inflation-adjusted values use the CPI table when direct adjusted values are not present in the export.

Category Year Reported Inflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue Estimated distributor theatrical revenue using the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2012 $77,716,835 (est) $108,959,274 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2012 $3,820,898 $5,356,913
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2012 $2,524,229 $3,538,978
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2012 $3,982,167 $5,583,011
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $4,934,045, BluRay $1,733,584 2012 $6,667,629 $9,348,039
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2012 $11,246,983 (est) $15,768,310 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2012 $105,958,741 $148,554,525
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2012 $65,000,000 $88,808,798
Print & Advertising (P&A) P&A Estimated using Machine Learning sourceSource: ML P&A estimate (peer+ridge)Machine-learned P&A estimate based on peer comps and regression inputs. Reestimate Prior Estimate | Covid Mult: 1 | Peer Count: 2 | Reg Box Pred: $39,483,657 | Reg Main Pred: $25,315,087 2012 $34,555,000 (est) $48,446,230 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2012 $0 (est) $0 (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2012 $1,864,874 (est) $2,614,560 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2012 $7,800,000 (est) $10,935,627 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2012 $109,219,874 $150,805,215
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2012 $-3,261,132 $-2,250,690

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