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You Don't Mess with the Zohan(2008)
Released
2008 · FILM

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

A super‑human Israeli commando deserts the battlefield to chase his dream of becoming a top New York hairstylist, but his arch‑rival Palestinian assassin resurfaces, forcing him into a high‑stakes showdown that could ruin both their futures.

“Lather. Rinse. Save the world.”

Directed by
Dennis Dugan
Written by
Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
113 min
ActionComedy
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

An Israeli counterterrorism soldier, Zohan secretly harbors a strong ambition to become a hairstylist in Manhattan. His desire is so intense that he takes extreme measures, including faking his own death and confronting an Arab cab driver, to pursue his dream.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 189+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Tom CostainShot by Michael BarrettScored by Rupert Gregson WilliamsDesigned by Perry Andelin Blake

Box Office

2008 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$204.3M

Budget$90.0M
Worldwide gross$204.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $100.0M — 49% of worldwide · International: $104.3M (51%)

Opening weekend: $38.5M — 39% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $52.4M — 52% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,462 theaters

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Also known as

  • Leg dich nicht mit Zohan ande
  • Rien que pour vos cheveuxfr
  • Zohan - Tutte le donne vengono al pettineit

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