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Released
2007 · FILM

The Heartbreak Kid

A commitment-phobic bachelor finally ties the knot, only to discover his dream bride is a marital nightmare on their Mexican honeymoon, forcing him to decide whether love—or freedom—is worth the ultimate risk.

“He waited all his life to get married. Too bad he didn't wait another week.”

Directed by
Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Written by
Scot Armstrong, Leslie Dixon
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
116 min
ComedyRomance

Synopsis

Eddie, a 40-year-old confirmed bachelor, finally says "I do" to the beautiful and sexy Lila. However, during their honeymoon in Mexico, the woman of his dreams turns out to be a total nightmare, and the guy who could never pull the trigger realizes he’s jumped the gun.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 446+ 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 Alan BaumgartenShot by Matthew F LeonettiScored by Bill RyanDesigned by Sydney J Bartholomew JrSound by Steve CantamessaCostumes by Louise MingenbachVFX by Jamie Dixon

Box Office

2007 · 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

$128.5M

Budget$60.0M
Worldwide gross$128.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $36.8M — 29% of worldwide · International: $91.7M (71%)

Opening weekend: $14.0M — 38% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $18.6M — 50% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,229 theaters

Also known as

  • Nach 7 Tagen - Ausgeflittertde
  • Les Femmes de ses rêvesfr
  • Lo spaccacuoriit
  • (French)Les femmes de ses rêves
  • (Bulgarian)Хем боли, хем сърби
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United StatesSep 27, 2007
  • PortugalOct 4, 2007
  • RussiaOct 4, 2007
  • UkraineOct 4, 2007
  • CanadaOct 5, 2007

Companies

ProductionDreamWorks Pictures, Radar Pictures, Davis Entertainment, Conundrum Entertainment, Comisión Nacional De Filmaciones
DistributionParamount Pictures, Paramount Pictures UK, Finnkino, Paramount Films, Paramount Films of Italy
Special effectsAlterian, Furious FX, Hammerhead Productions, Lund Background Pictures
Other companiesArt In Motion, Asics, Asociación Nacional de Actores (ANDA), Beau Bonneau Casting, California State Park System

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