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Released
2012 · FILM

Think Like a Man

Four women put Steve Harvey’s relationship playbook into action, demanding the love they deserve while their partners scramble to turn the same advice against them.

Let the mind games begin.

Directed by
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
122 min
ComedyRomance

Synopsis

When the women in four couples begin applying the advice from Steve Harvey’s book *Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man*, the balance of power in their relationships shifts. As they gain more confidence and assertiveness in pursuing what they want from their partners, the men take notice. Upon realizing that the women have accessed their relationship "playbook," the men decide to counter by using the information to their own advantage.

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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 Peter S ElliotShot by Larry BlanfordScored by Christopher LennertzDesigned by Chris Cornwell

Box Office

2012 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 8.0× 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

$96.1M

Budget$12.0M
Worldwide gross$96.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $91.5M 95% of worldwide · International: $4.5M (5%)

Opening weekend: $33.6M 37% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $42.9M47% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,015 theaters

Also known as

  • Denk wie ein Mannde

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