Name: What Men Want
Director: Adam Shankman
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Released: 2019
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Aldis Hodge, Josh Brener, Tracy Morgan, Erykah Badu

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Thu Feb 7	#P	$1.25M		—	$1.25M	—	—	-1
Fri Feb 8	#2	$6.59M		—	$6.59M	2,912	$2.3K	1
Sat Feb 9	#2	$7.52M	+14.1%	—	$14.11M	2,912	$2.6K	2
Sun Feb 10	#2	$4.12M	-45.2%	—	$18.23M	2,912	$1.4K	3
Mon Feb 11	#2	$1.07M	-74.0%	—	$19.30M	2,912	$368	4
Tue Feb 12	#2	$1.70M	+58.7%	—	$21.00M	2,912	$584	5
Wed Feb 13	#4	$975K	-42.6%	—	$21.98M	2,912	$335	6
Thu Feb 14	#3	$3.25M	+233.5%	—	$25.23M	2,912	$1.1K	7
Fri Feb 15	#4	$2.93M	-9.9%	-55.5%	$28.16M	2,912	$1.0K	8
Sat Feb 16	#4	$4.70M	+60.4%	-37.5%	$32.86M	2,912	$1.6K	9
Sun Feb 17	#4	$3.05M	-35.2%	-26.1%	$35.91M	2,912	$1.0K	10
Mon Feb 18	#4	$1.54M	-49.6%	+43.3%	$37.44M	2,912	$527	11
Tue Feb 19	#4	$1.14M	-25.7%	-32.9%	$38.58M	2,912	$392	12
Wed Feb 20	#4	$615K	-46.0%	-36.9%	$39.20M	2,912	$211	13
Thu Feb 21	#4	$665K	+8.2%	-79.5%	$39.86M	2,912	$228	14
Fri Feb 22	#6	$1.49M	+124.4%	-49.1%	$41.35M	2,389	$625	15
Sat Feb 23	#6	$2.41M	+61.3%	-48.8%	$43.76M	2,389	$1.0K	16
Sun Feb 24	#6	$1.35M	-44.0%	-55.7%	$45.11M	2,389	$564	17
Mon Feb 25	#5	$397K	-70.6%	-74.2%	$45.51M	2,389	$166	18
Tue Feb 26	#5	$673K	+69.6%	-41.0%	$46.18M	2,389	$282	19
Wed Feb 27	#5	$397K	-41.0%	-35.5%	$46.58M	2,389	$166	20
Thu Feb 28	#6	$365K	-8.0%	-45.1%	$46.94M	2,389	$153	21
Fri Mar 1	#9	$770K	+111.0%	-48.4%	$47.71M	2,018	$382	22
Sat Mar 2	#9	$1.27M	+64.5%	-47.4%	$48.98M	2,018	$628	23
Sun Mar 3	#9	$726K	-42.7%	-46.1%	$49.70M	2,018	$360	24
Mon Mar 4	#9	$250K	-65.6%	-37.0%	$49.95M	2,018	$124	25
Tue Mar 5	#9	$400K	+60.2%	-40.5%	$50.35M	2,018	$198	26
Wed Mar 6	#10	$256K	-36.1%	-35.6%	$50.61M	2,018	$127	27
Thu Mar 7	#9	$187K	-27.0%	-48.9%	$50.80M	2,018	$92	28
Fri Mar 8	#10	$338K	+81.3%	-56.1%	$51.14M	1,062	$318	29
Sat Mar 9	#10	$557K	+64.8%	-56.0%	$51.69M	1,062	$525	30
Sun Mar 10	#11	$347K	-37.7%	-52.2%	$52.04M	1,062	$327	31
Mon Mar 11	#10	$151K	-56.5%	-39.6%	$52.19M	1,062	$142	32
Tue Mar 12	#10	$225K	+48.7%	-43.9%	$52.42M	1,062	$211	33
Wed Mar 13	#10	$161K	-28.4%	-37.1%	$52.58M	1,062	$151	34
Thu Mar 14	#11	$131K	-18.5%	-29.8%	$52.71M	1,062	$123	35
Fri Mar 15	#15	$210K	+60.2%	-37.9%	$52.92M	587	$358	36
Sat Mar 16	#15	$320K	+52.7%	-42.5%	$53.24M	587	$546	37
Sun Mar 17	#15	$190K	-40.7%	-45.3%	$53.43M	587	$324	38
Mon Mar 18	#-	$75K	-60.5%	-50.2%	$53.50M	587	$128	39
Tue Mar 19	#15	$114K	+51.9%	-49.2%	$53.62M	587	$194	40
Wed Mar 20	#-	$72K	-37.1%	-55.3%	$53.69M	587	$122	41
Thu Mar 21	#15	$53K	-26.5%	-59.7%	$53.74M	587	$90	42
Fri Mar 22	#-	$90K	+71.2%	-56.9%	$53.83M	404	$224	43
Sat Mar 23	#-	$138K	+52.7%	-56.9%	$53.97M	404	$342	44
Sun Mar 24	#-	$82K	-40.5%	-56.8%	$54.05M	404	$203	45
Mon Mar 25	#-	$34K	-58.8%	-55.0%	$54.09M	404	$84	46
Tue Mar 26	#-	$51K	+51.9%	-55.0%	$54.14M	404	$127	47
Wed Mar 27	#-	$37K	-28.0%	-48.5%	$54.17M	404	$92	48
Thu Mar 28	#-	$30K	-19.0%	-43.2%	$54.20M	404	$74	49
Fri Mar 29	#-	$55K	+84.7%	-38.8%	$54.26M	309	$179	50
Sat Mar 30	#-	$93K	+67.3%	-32.9%	$54.35M	309	$300	51
Sun Mar 31	#-	$57K	-38.2%	-30.2%	$54.41M	309	$185	52
Mon Apr 1	#-	$24K	-58.0%	-29.0%	$54.43M	309	$78	53
Tue Apr 2	#-	$33K	+39.3%	-34.9%	$54.47M	309	$108	54
Wed Apr 3	#-	$22K	-34.4%	-40.6%	$54.49M	309	$71	55
Thu Apr 4	#-	$20K	-7.9%	-32.5%	$54.51M	309	$65	56
Fri Apr 5	#-	$23K	+13.4%	-58.6%	$54.53M	123	$186	57
Sat Apr 6	#-	$35K	+53.8%	-61.9%	$54.57M	123	$287	58
Sun Apr 7	#-	$17K	-51.0%	-69.8%	$54.58M	123	$140	59
Mon Apr 8	#-	$7K	-62.2%	-72.8%	$54.59M	123	$53	60
Tue Apr 9	#-	$9K	+43.7%	-72.0%	$54.60M	123	$76	61
Wed Apr 10	#-	$7K	-30.3%	-70.2%	$54.61M	123	$53	62
Thu Apr 11	#-	$5K	-18.2%	-73.6%	$54.61M	123	$43	63

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Feb 8-10	2	$18.23M	—	$18.23M	2,912	$6.3K	1
Feb 15-17	4	$10.68M	-41.4%	$35.91M	2,912	$3.7K	2
Feb 22-24	6	$5.25M	-50.8%	$45.11M	2,389	$2.2K	3
Mar 1-3	9	$2.76M	-47.3%	$49.70M	2,018	$1.4K	4
Mar 8-10	11	$1.24M	-55.0%	$52.04M	1,062	$1.2K	5
Mar 15-17	15	$720K	-42.0%	$53.43M	587	$1.2K	6
Mar 22-24	17	$310K	-56.9%	$54.05M	404	$768	7
Mar 29-31	22	$205K	-33.9%	$54.41M	309	$664	8
Apr 5-7	28	$75K	-63.2%	$54.58M	123	$613	9

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAdam Shankman

ScreenplayTina Gordon, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck

Produced byWill Packer, James Lopez

CinematographyJim Denault

Music byBrian Tyler

StarringTaraji P. Henson, Aldis Hodge, Josh Brener, Tracy Morgan, Erykah Badu, Richard Roundtree, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Tamala Jones

StudioParamount Pictures

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