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Released
1992 · FILM

Boomerang

A charismatic ad exec who’s built his empire on charming women must survive a power play when his new female boss starts treating him exactly like his own conquests—risking both his reputation and his career.

“A player who's about to be played.”

Directed by
Reginald Hudlin
Written by
Barry W Blaustein, David Sheffield
Runtime
117 min
ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

Marcus is a successful advertising executive who attracts and seduces women with ease. Following a company merger, he discovers that his new boss, Jacqueline, is now pursuing him in the same manner. Deeply unsettled by the situation, Marcus's performance at work begins to decline significantly.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

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 John CarterShot by Woody OmensScored by Marcus MillerDesigned by Jane Musky

Box Office

1992 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.3× 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

$131.1M

Budget$40.0M
Worldwide gross$131.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $70.1M — 53% of worldwide · International: $61.0M (47%)

Opening weekend: $13.6M — 19% of its US run.

Peak 2,127 theaters

Also known as

  • Il principe delle donneit

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ProductionImagine Entertainment

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