Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - "The Dilemma" ya kasance farkon duniya a Chicago a ranar 6 ga Janairu, 2011. An fitar da fim ɗin a cikin gidajen kallo 2,940 a Amurka da Kanada a ranar 14 ga Janairu, 2011. Ya tara jimlar dala miliyan 20.5 a cikin kwanaki huɗu a cikin hutun hutun ranar Martin Luther King, Jr., yana matsayi na biyu a ofishin akwatin bayan abokin buɗewa "The Green Hornet". Kafin sakin "The Dilemma", "Variety" ya ba da rahoton cewa tare da "The Green Hornet" yana jan hankalin matasa, "The Dilemma" ana tsammanin zai zama mai adawa da shirye-shirye, yana jan hankalin mutane masu shekaru 25 zuwa sama. Kamfanin Universal ya yi tsammanin fim din zai samu kudaden shiga a tsakiyar shekaru goma sha biyu. Binciken fitarwa ya nuna cewa kashi 60% na masu sauraro mata ne kuma kashi 58% suna da shekaru 30 zuwa sama. Dangane da CinemaScore, masu sauraro sun ba wa fim ɗin "B". Duk da yake masu sauraro masu girma suna guje wa fina-finai na budewa a karshen mako, "The Dilemma" ya yi sama da tsammanin studio. "The Dilemma" kuma an buɗe shi a yankuna huɗu a waje da Amurka da Kanada, yana samun dala miliyan 1.8. Fim ɗin ya samu dala miliyan 1.4 a lokacin da aka fara nuna shi a Ostareliya duk da ambaliyar ruwa a Queensland
kuma a Victoria yana shafar kashi 14% na gidajen wasan kwaikwayo na yankin.