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Released
2000 · FILM

The Ladies Man

A crass, womanizing radio host loses his job for on-air indiscretions and embarks on a wild road trip with his producer to reclaim his life—before his past catches up to him.

“He's cool. He's clean. He's a love machine.”

Directed by
Reginald Hudlin
Written by
Tim Meadows, Dennis Mcnicholas
Runtime
84 min
Comedy

Synopsis

After using explicit and inappropriate language on air, Leon Phelps, a late-night radio advice-show host, and his devoted producer, Julie, are let go from their positions in Chicago. Leon receives a letter from an ex-lover offering him a life of financial security, but he does not accept it.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

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 Earl WatsonShot by Johnny E JensenScored by Marcus MillerDesigned by Franco De Cotiis

Box Office

2000 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.6× 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

$13.7M

Budget$24.0M
Worldwide gross$13.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $13.6M — 99% of worldwide · International: $83K (1%)

Opening weekend: $5.4M — 40% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $6.8M — 50% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,022 theaters

Also known as

  • The Ladies Mande
  • Un homme à femmesfr

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