Dinner for Schmucks

Dinner for Schmucks
Dinner for Schmucks
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jay Roach
Screenplay by	David Guion; Michael Handelman;
Based on	Le Dîner de Cons; by Francis Veber
Produced by	Walter F. Parkes; Laurie MacDonald; Jay Roach;
Starring	Steve Carell; Paul Rudd; Jemaine Clement; Jeff Dunham; Bruce Greenwood; Ron Livingston;
Cinematography	Jim Denault
Edited by	Alan Baumgarten; Jon Poll;
Music by	Theodore Shapiro
Production; companies	DreamWorks Pictures; Spyglass Entertainment; Parkes + MacDonald Productions; Everyman Pictures; Reliance Entertainment;
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 30, 2010;
Running time	114 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$62.7–69 million
Box office	$86.9 million

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.

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