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The Campaign

2012 85 min English R

“May the best loser win.”

Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

Cast

112 people

Jay Roach Director · Chris Henchy Screenplay

Worldwide gross $105M · Budget $95M · United States release August 10, 2012

Box office

Budget

$95,000,000

Worldwide gross

$104,907,746

Gross vs. budget

1.1×

Production

L

Location Gourmet

Production

G

Gary Sanchez Productions

Production

E

Everyman Pictures

Production

W

Warner Bros. Pictures

Production · Studio

United States

Produced in

Dog Fight · Rivals · Southern Rivals

Working titles

Languages

Original language

English

Spoken on screen

English

Release dates

United States · August 4, 2012

Premiere · Traverse City Film Festival

United States · August 10, 2012

Theatrical

Argentina

September 27, 2012 · Theatrical

Australia

August 9, 2012 · Theatrical

Belgium

September 19, 2012 · Theatrical

Brazil

August 24, 2012 · Theatrical

Bulgaria

August 24, 2012 · Theatrical

Canada

August 10, 2012 · Theatrical

Colombia

August 24, 2012 · Theatrical

Denmark

September 20, 2012 · Theatrical

Estonia

August 31, 2012 · Theatrical

France

September 12, 2012 · Theatrical

Germany

October 4, 2012 · Theatrical

Greece

October 11, 2012 · Theatrical

January 25, 2013 · Physical · DVD

Hong Kong SAR China

August 30, 2012 · Theatrical

Hungary

December 5, 2012 · Digital

Iceland

September 14, 2012 · Theatrical

Ireland

September 28, 2012 · Theatrical

Italy

August 16, 2012 · Theatrical

Japan

November 4, 2014 · Digital

Lithuania

September 21, 2012 · Theatrical

Mexico

August 24, 2012 · Theatrical

Netherlands

October 11, 2012 · Theatrical

New Zealand

August 10, 2012 · Theatrical

Portugal

September 20, 2012 · Theatrical

Romania

September 14, 2012 · Digital

Russia

August 30, 2012 · Theatrical

Singapore

August 30, 2012 · Theatrical

Slovenia

September 20, 2012 · Theatrical

Spain

October 19, 2012 · Theatrical

Sweden

September 14, 2012 · Theatrical

January 16, 2013 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray release

Türkiye

September 28, 2012 · Theatrical

Ukraine

August 16, 2012 · Theatrical

United Kingdom

September 28, 2012 · Theatrical

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