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Released
1987 · FILM

Baby Boom

Ambitious New York exec J.C. Wiatt must prove she can climb the corporate ladder while raising an unexpected infant, battling a hostile boss and office politics that threaten both her career and newfound motherhood.

“JC Wiatt, corporate powerhouse, just received an inheritance. And it sucks.”

Directed by
Charles Shyer
Written by
Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer
Runtime
110 min
ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

J.C. Wiatt is a driven New York City career woman focused on advancing in her firm and becoming a partner. She is in a live-in relationship with Steven, a successful investment broker, and both have agreed not to have children. J.C.'s life changes unexpectedly when a distant relative passes away and names her the caretaker of their infant daughter, Elizabeth. The baby's arrival leads to Steven leaving and ending their relationship. As J.C. navigates the challenges of balancing work and motherhood, she faces setbacks at the office from a scheming colleague and a prejudiced boss. Determined, she sets out to prove that a woman can achieve success on her own terms.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Lynzee KlingmanShot by William A FrakerScored by Bill ContiDesigned by Jeffrey Howard

Box Office

1987 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.8× 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

$26.7M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$26.7M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $1.9M — 7% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $1.9M — 7% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 195 theaters

Also known as

  • Baby Boom - Eine schöne Bescherungde
  • Baby, tú vales muchoes

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