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Released
2010 · FILM

The Switch

A determined thirty‑something decides to conceive a child on her own terms by hiring a charismatic professor as a live sperm donor, forcing her longtime best friend—who secretly still loves her—to confront his feelings and the chaotic fallout of an unconventional insemination party.

“The most unexpected comedy ever conceived.”

Directed by
Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Written by
Jeffrey Eugenides, Allan Loeb
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
101 min
ComedyDramaRomance
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Kassie, a single woman, decides to have a baby despite objections from her neurotic best friend Waller. She arranges for a sperm donor and proceeds with the pregnancy on her own. A last‑minute switch occurs, remaining undiscovered until seven years later when Waller meets Kassie's son, who is described as cute but slightly neurotic.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 239+ 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 John AxelradShot by Jess HallScored by Alex WurmanDesigned by Adam StockhausenSound by Anna BehlmerCostumes by Kasia Walicka MaimoneStunts by Jared BurkeVFX by Jason Howey

Box Office

2010 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.6× 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

$49.8M

Budget$19.0M
Worldwide gross$49.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $27.8M — 56% of worldwide · International: $22.1M (44%)

Opening weekend: $8.4M — 30% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $11.8M — 43% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,012 theaters

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Also known as

  • Umständlich verliebtde
  • The Basteren
  • Un pequeño cambioes
  • Une famille très modernefr
  • Due cuori e una provettait
  • (French)Une famille très moderne
  • (Bulgarian)Пълно за празно
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United StatesAug 16, 2010
  • IsraelAug 19, 2010
  • RussiaAug 19, 2010
  • CanadaAug 20, 2010
  • LatviaAug 20, 2010

Companies

ProductionMandate Pictures, Bona Fide Productions, Echo Films

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