<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $26 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $183.3 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Paul Blart: Mall Cop is a 2009 American action comedy film directed by Steve Carr and co-written by Kevin James, who stars as the title character, Paul Blart . Filming began in February 2008 with most of the shooting taking place at the Burlington Mall in Burlington, Massachusetts . The film opened in the United States on January 16, 2009, distributed by Columbia Pictures . Against a budget of $26 million, it grossed $31.8 million in its opening weekend and finished with a gross of more than $146 million in North America and a worldwide total exceeded $183 million . Paul Blart: Mall Cop was released on DVD, Blu - ray, and UMD on May 19, 2009 . A sequel, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, was released on April 17, 2015 . </P> <P> Paul Blart lives in West Orange, New Jersey with his teenage daughter, Maya, and elderly mother, Margaret . Aspiring to join the New Jersey State Police, he trains at the police academy, but his hypoglycemic medical condition causes him to collapse, therefore failing the exam . To shape things up for his career, Blart works as a security guard at the West Orange Pavilion Mall . </P>

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