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Meet the Parents(2000)
Released
2000 · FILM

Meet the Parents

A nervous nurse races against lost luggage and a suspicious future father‑in‑law to pop the perfect proposal at his girlfriend’s family wedding, where every mishap threatens to turn romance into disaster.

“First comes love. Then comes the interrogation.”

Directed by
Jay Roach, Richard Cowan
Written by
Greg Glienna, Mary Ruth Clarke
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
108 min
ComedyRomance

Synopsis

Greg Focker is preparing to propose to his girlfriend, Pam, but before doing so, he must first gain the approval of her difficult father, Jack Byrnes, a former CIA agent with a strict and humorless demeanor. This challenge takes place during the wedding of Pam.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 346+ credited

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 Greg HaydenShot by Peter JamesScored by Randy NewmanDesigned by Rusty SmithSound by George H AndersonCostumes by Daniel OrlandiStunts by G A AguilarVFX by David D Johnson

Box Office

2000 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 6.0× 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

$330.4M

Budget$55.0M
Worldwide gross$330.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $166.2M — 50% of worldwide · International: $164.2M (50%)

Opening weekend: $28.6M — 17% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $37.7M — 23% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,614 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Meine Braut, ihr Vater und ichde
  • Mon beau-père et moifr
  • Ti presento i mieiit
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • CanadaOct 6, 2000
  • United StatesOct 6, 2000
  • United KingdomNov 12, 2000
  • AustriaDec 7, 2000
  • SwitzerlandDec 7, 2000

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Universal PicturesDreamWorks PicturesNancy Tenenbaum FilmsTribeca Productions
Distributors
Universal PicturesDreamWorks DistributionParamount Films of IndiaUnited International Pictures (UIP)
Special effectsPacific Vision Productions
Other companiesAmerican Humane Association, Birds & Animals Unlimited, Conway Recording Studios, Custom Film Effects, Digital DTS Sound

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