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Released
2006 · FILM

Man of the Year

A sharp‑tongued satirical TV host launches a presidential campaign to blow the lid off Washington’s corruption, only to actually win and face a crisis when a tech whiz suspects a computer glitch may have rigged the election, threatening both his credibility and the nation's trust.

“Elections are made to be broken.”

Directed by
Barry Levinson
Written by
Barry Levinson
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
115 min
ComedyDramaRomance
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

A host of a political satire talk show, known for his irreverent style, decides to run for president with the goal of exposing corruption in Washington. His campaign, initially perceived as a stunt, takes an unexpected turn when he actually wins the election. A software engineer begins to suspect that a computer glitch may be responsible for the surprising outcome.

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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 Blair DailyShot by Dick PopeScored by Graeme RevellDesigned by Stefania Cella

Box Office

2006 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.1× 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

$42.5M

Budget$20.0M
Worldwide gross$42.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $37.3M — 88% of worldwide · International: $5.2M (12%)

Opening weekend: $12.3M — 33% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $15.5M — 41% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,515 theaters

Also known as

  • Man of the Yearde
  • El hombre del añoes
  • L'uomo dell'annoit

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