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Released
2015 · FILM

The Wedding Ringer

Socially awkward groom Doug must secure a charismatic best man from a shady service before his wedding, forcing him to juggle a high‑stakes charade while confronting the chaos of an impostor’s antics and his own insecurities.

“He's the best man... money can buy.”

Directed by
Jeremy Garelick, Mark Anthony Little
Written by
Jeremy Garelick, Jay Lavender
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
101 min
ComedyRomance
Streaming on
  • Starz

Synopsis

Doug Harris is a likeable but socially awkward groom-to-be facing a problem: he has no best man. With less than two weeks until his wedding to the woman of his dreams, Doug is referred to Jimmy Callahan, owner and CEO of Best Man, Inc., a company that provides best men for socially challenged men in need. What follows is a comedic wedding charade as they attempt to carry off the big con, along with an unexpected friendship forming between Doug and his hired best man, Jimmy.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 286+ 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 Jeff GrothShot by Bradford LipsonScored by Christopher LennertzDesigned by Chris CornwellSound by Deb AdairCostumes by Genevieve TyrrellStunts by Jonathan ArthurVFX by Raoul Bolognini

Box Office

2015 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.5× 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

$79.8M

Budget$23.0M
Worldwide gross$79.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $64.5M — 81% of worldwide · International: $15.3M (19%)

Opening weekend: $20.6M — 32% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $28.1M — 44% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,003 theaters

Also known as

  • Die Trauzeugen AGde
  • El gurú de las bodases
  • Témoin à louerfr
  • (Bulgarian)Кум под наем ООД
Release dates around the world2 countries · show
  • United StatesJan 6, 2015
  • CroatiaJan 15, 2015

Companies

ProductionLStar Capital, Miramax, Screen Gems, Will Packer Productions
DistributionSony Pictures Releasing, Big Picture 2 Films, Columbia Pictures, InterCom, Miramax
Special effectsBubble Creations Digital Studios, G2
Other companiesAir Hollywood, American Humane Association, BT Industrial Supply, California Film Commission, Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment

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