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What Women WantFollow

2000 • PG-13 • 2h 7m • Comedy, Fantasy, Romance • Paramount Pictures

He has the power to hear everything women are thinking. Finally... a man is listening.

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2.85

6.5

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$33.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$183.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$374.00M

$191.00M international

Domestic legs5.44x

Budget$70.0M

2000 rank#5

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Cast & crew

Full Meyers filmography

Nancy Meyers

Nancy Meyers Director

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson Starring

Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt Starring

Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei Starring

Alan Alda

Alan Alda Starring

Mark Feuerstein

Mark Feuerstein Starring

ScreenplayJosh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa Produced bySusan Cartsonis, Bruce Davey, Gina Matthews, Nancy Meyers, Matt Williams CinematographyDean Cundey MusicAlan Silvestri StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 15-17 1 $33.6M — 3,012 $11,160 $33.6M

2 Dec 22-24 2 $15.9M −52.7% 3,044 $5,220 $64.5M

3 Dec 29-31 2 $20.8M +31.1% 3,046 $6,840 $110.2M

4 Jan 5-7 2 $15.6M −25.3% 3,052 $5,097 $137.9M

5 Jan 12-14 3 $10.3M −33.9% 3,092 $3,323 $152.2M

6 Jan 19-21 5 $6.9M −33.3% 3,025 $2,266 $162.2M

7 Jan 26-28 9 $4.4M −36.2% 2,611 $1,674 $168.4M

8 Feb 2-4 13 $3.3M −25.6% 1,932 $1,684 $172.8M

9 Feb 9-11 13 $2.1M −35% 1,542 $1,371 $175.6M

10 Feb 16-19 16 $1.5M — 984 $1,548 $177.8M

11 Feb 23-25 16 $903.6K — 746 $1,211 $178.9M

12 Mar 2-4 20 $523.2K −42.1% 512 $1,022 $179.7M

13 Mar 9-11 20 $373.2K −28.7% 395 $945 $180.2M

14 Mar 16-18 23 $313.8K −15.9% 322 $974 $180.6M

15 Mar 23-25 28 $206.9K −34.1% 240 $862 $180.9M

16 Mar 30-Apr 1 33 $126.0K −39.1% 175 $720 $181.1M

17 Apr 6-8 24 $313.3K +148.7% 355 $883 $181.5M

18 Apr 13-15 27 $259.7K −17.1% 332 $782 $181.9M

19 Apr 20-22 28 $231.9K −10.7% 302 $768 $182.2M

20 Apr 27-29 32 $144.2K −37.8% 241 $598 $182.4M

21 May 4-6 35 $115.9K −19.6% 206 $562 $182.6M

22 May 11-13 44 $61.1K −47.3% 144 $424 $182.7M

23 May 18-20 48 $43.3K −29.2% 115 $376 $182.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 15 #1 $11.3M — $11.3M 3,012 $3,761 1

Sat Dec 16 #1 $13.5M +19.2% $24.8M 3,012 $4,484 2

Sun Dec 17 #1 $8.8M −35% $33.6M 3,012 $2,915 3

Mon Dec 18 #1 $3.3M −62.5% $36.9M 3,012 $1,094 4

Tue Dec 19 #1 $3.8M +15.8% $40.7M 3,012 $1,267 5

Wed Dec 20 #1 $3.7M −3.3% $44.4M 3,012 $1,226 6

Thu Dec 21 #1 $4.1M +12.3% $48.6M 3,012 $1,377 7

Fri Dec 22 #2 $6.1M +47.6% −46% $54.7M 3,044 $2,011 8

Sat Dec 23 #2 $6.9M +12.7% −48.9% $61.6M 3,044 $2,266 9

Sun Dec 24 #3 $2.9M −58.4% −67.3% $64.5M 3,044 $944 10

Mon Dec 25 #2 $5.7M +99.9% +74.2% $70.2M 3,044 $1,887 11

Tue Dec 26 #2 $6.9M +20.2% +80.9% $77.1M 3,044 $2,268 12

Wed Dec 27 #2 $6.1M −11.6% +65.3% $83.2M 3,044 $2,005 13

Thu Dec 28 #2 $6.1M +0.7% +48.3% $89.4M 3,044 $2,020 14

Fri Dec 29 #2 $7.6M +24% +24.6% $97.0M 3,046 $2,503 15

Sat Dec 30 #2 $8.3M +8.2% +19.7% $105.2M 3,046 $2,710 16

Sun Dec 31 #2 $5.0M −40% +72.5% $110.2M 3,046 $1,627 17

Mon Jan 1 #2 $5.6M +12.5% −2.9% $115.8M 3,046 $1,831 18

Tue Jan 2 #1 $2.7M −51.5% −60.8% $118.5M 3,046 $887 19

Wed Jan 3 #1 $1.9M −28.4% −68.3% $120.4M 3,046 $635 20

Thu Jan 4 #1 $1.9M +0.4% −68.4% $122.3M 3,046 $638 21

Fri Jan 5 #1 $4.7M +140.9% −38.6% $127.0M 3,052 $1,533 22

Sat Jan 6 #1 $7.2M +54.3% −12.5% $134.2M 3,052 $2,366 23

Sun Jan 7 #2 $3.7M −49.4% −26.3% $137.9M 3,052 $1,197 24

Mon Jan 8 #2 $953.5K −73.9% −82.9% $138.9M 3,052 $312 25

Tue Jan 9 #2 $1.1M +17.2% −58.7% $140.0M 3,052 $366 26

Wed Jan 10 #2 $948.6K −15.1% −51% $140.9M 3,052 $311 27

Thu Jan 11 #2 $1.0M +5.7% −48.4% $141.9M 3,052 $329 28

Fri Jan 12 #3 $3.0M +197.2% −36.3% $144.9M 3,092 $964 29

Sat Jan 13 #3 $4.6M +55.2% −36% $149.5M 3,092 $1,496 30

Sun Jan 14 #5 $2.7M −42.2% −26.9% $152.2M 3,092 $864 31

Mon Jan 15 #6 $1.4M −49.2% +42.3% $153.6M 3,092 $439 32

Tue Jan 16 #3 $676.5K −50.1% −39.5% $154.2M 3,092 $219 33

Wed Jan 17 #3 $581.7K −14% −38.7% $154.8M 3,092 $188 34

Thu Jan 18 #3 $579.2K −0.4% −42.2% $155.4M 3,092 $187 35

Fri Jan 19 #3 $1.9M +227.2% −36.4% $157.3M 3,025 $626 36

Sat Jan 20 #3 $3.3M +75% −28.3% $160.6M 3,025 $1,097 37

Sun Jan 21 #5 $1.6M −50.5% −38.6% $162.2M 3,025 $543 38

Mon Jan 22 #5 $394.2K −76% −70.9% $162.6M 3,025 $130 39

Tue Jan 23 #4 $497.3K +26.2% −26.5% $163.1M 3,025 $164 40

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$163.1M

Dec 15Dec 25Jan 4Jan 13Jan 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M

$33.6M

$15.9M

$20.8M

$15.6M

$10.3M

$6.9M

$4.4M

$3.3M

$2.1M

$1.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,092 → 3,025 −2.2%

3,012 open3,025 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35%

−52.7%

W1→2

+31.1%

W2→3

−25.3%

W3→4

−33.9%

W4→5

−33.3%

W5→6

−36.2%

W6→7

−25.6%

W7→8

−35%

W8→9

Steepest −52.7%Biggest gain +31.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 16 days

$100M

Day 16

Dec 30

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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