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Released
1995 · FILM

It Takes Two

Two spirited nine‑year‑olds from opposite worlds swap lives at summer camp, racing to keep their secret while playing cupid for a lonely dad and his caring social worker before the truth tears their newfound families apart.

“Two identical strangers. Two different worlds. One perfect match.”

Directed by
Andy Tennant
Written by
Deborah Dean Davis
Runtime
101 min
ComedyFamilyRomance

Synopsis

Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds—orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa—meet at summer camp and decide to switch places. While doing so, they also take on the role of matchmaker between Alyssa's father, Roger, and the kind social worker who cares for Amanda.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

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 Roger BondelliShot by Kenneth ZunderScored by Sherman FooteDesigned by Edward Pisoni

Box Office

1995 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.3× 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

$19.5M

Budget$14.5M
Worldwide gross$19.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $5.6M — 29% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $7.4M — 38% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,581 theaters

Also known as

  • Eins und eins macht vierde
  • Papa, j'ai une maman pour toifr
  • Matrimonio a quattro maniit
  • Un matrimonio a quattro maniit

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