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Released
2006 · FILM

School for Scoundrels

A lovelorn meter reader enrolls in a secret confidence‑building class to win his dream girl, only to discover the charismatic instructor is also courting her, sparking a cutthroat battle of pranks and ego as each tries to prove he’s the ultimate “guy’s guy.”

Life's a game. Learn how to play.

Directed by
Runtime
100 min
Comedy

Synopsis

Roger Wadell, a lovelorn meter reader, enrolls in a secret confidence-building class in hopes of winning the affection of Amanda, the woman of his dreams. However, the course takes an unexpected turn when he discovers that his egomaniacal professor, Dr. P, also has his sights set on Amanda. The two men quickly develop a fierce rivalry, engaging in escalating pranks and insults as they each strive to prove themselves as the ultimate "guy's guy."

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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 Leslie JonesShot by Jonathan BrownScored by Christophe BeckDesigned by Nelson Coates

Box Office

2006 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.9× 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

$17.8M

Budget$20.0M
Worldwide gross$17.8M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Der Date Profide
  • L'École des dragueursfr
  • Scuola per canaglieit

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