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Released
2013 · FILM

What If

Wallace, a love-weary medical-school dropout, forms an unexpected bond with Chantry, an animator in a long-term relationship, forcing him to confront whether friendship or something more could finally be his key to happiness.

“...being friends has its benefits?”

Directed by
Hari Mahesh, Michael Dowse
Written by
Hari Mahesh, Elan Mastai
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
98 min
ComedyRomance

Synopsis

Wallace, a medical-school dropout with a history of bad relationships, chooses to put his love life on hold while those around him, including his roommate Allan, find romantic success. He meets Chantry, an animator who lives with her longtime boyfriend Ben. Wallace and Chantry form an instant connection, developing a close friendship. Despite their growing bond, the chemistry between them raises a question—what if the love of your life is actually your best friend?

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 42+ 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 Ballu SalujaShot by Jim CummingsScored by Mano MurthyDesigned by Lawrence Iriate

Box Office

2013 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.8× 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

$8.5M

Budget$11.0M
Worldwide gross$8.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • The F-Wordde
  • The F-Word - Von wegen gute Freunde!de
  • The F-Word – Von wegen nur gute Freunde!de
  • What Ifen
  • What Ifxx

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