Name: What Women Want
Director: Nancy Meyers
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Released: 2000
Cast: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda, Ashley Johnson

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Dec 15	#1	$11.33M			$11.33M	3,012	$3.8K	1
Sat Dec 16	#1	$13.51M	+19.2%		$24.83M	3,012	$4.5K	2
Sun Dec 17	#1	$8.78M	-35%		$33.61M	3,012	$2.9K	3
Mon Dec 18	#1	$3.30M	-62.5%		$36.91M	3,012	$1.1K	4
Tue Dec 19	#1	$3.82M	+15.8%		$40.73M	3,012	$1.3K	5
Wed Dec 20	#1	$3.69M	-3.3%		$44.42M	3,012	$1.2K	6
Thu Dec 21	#1	$4.15M	+12.3%		$48.57M	3,012	$1.4K	7
Fri Dec 22	#2	$6.12M	+47.6%	-46%	$54.69M	3,044	$2.0K	8
Sat Dec 23	#2	$6.90M	+12.7%	-48.9%	$61.58M	3,044	$2.3K	9
Sun Dec 24	#3	$2.87M	-58.4%	-67.3%	$64.46M	3,044	$944	10
Mon Dec 25	#2	$5.74M	+99.9%	+74.2%	$70.20M	3,044	$1.9K	11
Tue Dec 26	#2	$6.90M	+20.2%	+80.9%	$77.10M	3,044	$2.3K	12
Wed Dec 27	#2	$6.10M	-11.6%	+65.3%	$83.20M	3,044	$2.0K	13
Thu Dec 28	#2	$6.15M	+0.7%	+48.3%	$89.35M	3,044	$2.0K	14
Fri Dec 29	#2	$7.63M	+24%	+24.6%	$96.98M	3,046	$2.5K	15
Sat Dec 30	#2	$8.25M	+8.2%	+19.7%	$105.23M	3,046	$2.7K	16
Sun Dec 31	#2	$4.96M	-40%	+72.5%	$110.19M	3,046	$1.6K	17
Mon Jan 1	#2	$5.58M	+12.5%	-2.9%	$115.76M	3,046	$1.8K	18
Tue Jan 2	#1	$2.70M	-51.5%	-60.8%	$118.47M	3,046	$887	19
Wed Jan 3	#1	$1.94M	-28.4%	-68.3%	$120.40M	3,046	$635	20
Thu Jan 4	#1	$1.94M	+0.4%	-68.4%	$122.34M	3,046	$638	21
Fri Jan 5	#1	$4.68M	+140.9%	-38.6%	$127.02M	3,052	$1.5K	22
Sat Jan 6	#1	$7.22M	+54.3%	-12.5%	$134.24M	3,052	$2.4K	23
Sun Jan 7	#2	$3.65M	-49.4%	-26.3%	$137.90M	3,052	$1.2K	24
Mon Jan 8	#2	$953K	-73.9%	-82.9%	$138.85M	3,052	$312	25
Tue Jan 9	#2	$1.12M	+17.2%	-58.7%	$139.97M	3,052	$366	26
Wed Jan 10	#2	$949K	-15.1%	-51%	$140.92M	3,052	$311	27
Thu Jan 11	#2	$1.00M	+5.7%	-48.4%	$141.92M	3,052	$329	28
Fri Jan 12	#3	$2.98M	+197.2%	-36.3%	$144.90M	3,092	$964	29
Sat Jan 13	#3	$4.63M	+55.2%	-36%	$149.52M	3,092	$1.5K	30
Sun Jan 14	#5	$2.67M	-42.2%	-26.9%	$152.20M	3,092	$864	31
Mon Jan 15	#6	$1.36M	-49.2%	+42.3%	$153.55M	3,092	$439	32
Tue Jan 16	#3	$676K	-50.1%	-39.5%	$154.23M	3,092	$219	33
Wed Jan 17	#3	$582K	-14%	-38.7%	$154.81M	3,092	$188	34
Thu Jan 18	#3	$579K	-0.4%	-42.2%	$155.39M	3,092	$187	35
Fri Jan 19	#3	$1.90M	+227.2%	-36.4%	$157.28M	3,025	$626	36
Sat Jan 20	#3	$3.32M	+75%	-28.3%	$160.60M	3,025	$1.1K	37
Sun Jan 21	#5	$1.64M	-50.5%	-38.6%	$162.24M	3,025	$543	38
Mon Jan 22	#5	$394K	-76%	-70.9%	$162.64M	3,025	$130	39
Tue Jan 23	#4	$497K	+26.2%	-26.5%	$163.13M	3,025	$164	40

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Dec 15-17	1	$33.61M	—	$33.61M	3,012	$11.2K	1
Dec 22-24	2	$15.89M	-52.7%	$64.46M	3,044	$5.2K	2
Dec 29-31	2	$20.83M	+31.1%	$110.19M	3,046	$6.8K	3
Jan 5-7	2	$15.56M	-25.3%	$137.90M	3,052	$5.1K	4
Jan 12-14	3	$10.28M	-33.9%	$152.20M	3,092	$3.3K	5
Jan 19-21	5	$6.85M	-33.3%	$162.24M	3,025	$2.3K	6
Jan 26-28	9	$4.37M	-36.2%	$168.37M	2,611	$1.7K	7
Feb 2-4	13	$3.25M	-25.6%	$172.79M	1,932	$1.7K	8
Feb 9-11	13	$2.11M	-35%	$175.63M	1,542	$1.4K	9
Feb 16-19	16	$1.52M		$177.80M	984	$1.5K	10
Feb 23-25	16	$904K		$178.93M	746	$1.2K	11
Mar 2-4	20	$523K	-42.1%	$179.69M	512	$1.0K	12
Mar 9-11	20	$373K	-28.7%	$180.19M	395	$945	13
Mar 16-18	23	$314K	-15.9%	$180.63M	322	$974	14
Mar 23-25	28	$207K	-34.1%	$180.95M	240	$862	15
Mar 30-Apr 1	33	$126K	-39.1%	$181.14M	175	$720	16
Apr 6-8	24	$313K	+148.7%	$181.48M	355	$883	17
Apr 13-15	27	$260K	-17.1%	$181.88M	332	$782	18
Apr 20-22	28	$232K	-10.7%	$182.23M	302	$768	19
Apr 27-29	32	$144K	-37.8%	$182.43M	241	$598	20
May 4-6	35	$116K	-19.6%	$182.59M	206	$562	21
May 11-13	44	$61K	-47.3%	$182.67M	144	$424	22
May 18-20	48	$43K	-29.2%	$182.74M	115	$376	23

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

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Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byNancy Meyers

ScreenplayJosh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa

Produced bySusan Cartsonis, Bruce Davey, Gina Matthews, Nancy Meyers, Matt Williams

CinematographyDean Cundey

MusicAlan Silvestri

StarringMel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda, Ashley Johnson, Mark Feuerstein

StudioParamount Pictures

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