United Kingdom Box Office for What Men Want (2019)

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What Men Want
Theatrical Performance (US$)
United Kingdom Box Office $3,624,737Details
Worldwide Box Office $69,911,903Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $1,815,963 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $1,493,026 Details
Total North America Video Sales $3,308,989
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Synopsis

Ali Davis is a successful sports agent who’s constantly boxed out by her male colleagues. When Ali is passed up for a well-deserved promotion, she questions what else she needs to do to succeed in a man’s world… until she gains the ability to hear men’s thoughts! With her newfound power, Ali looks to outsmart her colleagues as she races to sign the next basketball superstar, but the lengths she has to go to will put her relationship with her best friends and a potential new love interest to the test.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$20,000,000
United Kingdom Releases: March 15th, 2019 (Wide)
Video Release: April 23rd, 2019 by Paramount Home Video
MPAA Rating: R for language and sexual content throughout, and some drug material.
(Rating bulletin 2561 (Cert #51763), 1/16/2019)
Running Time: 117 minutes
Keywords: Woman in a Male Dominated Profession, Psychics, Narcotics, Accidental Injury, Remake, Genderbending Casting, Romantic Comedy
Source:Based on Movie
Genre:Romantic Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Will Packer Productions, Paramount Players, Paramount Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Home Market Releases for May 7th, 2019

May 8th, 2019

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part

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Home Market Releases for April 23rd, 2019

April 24th, 2019

A Face in the Crowd

It is another slow week on the home market, but that gave me a chance to complete a couple of late reviews. The best release on this week’s list is A Face in the Crowd and it is the Pick of the Week. However, both of the late reviews, On the Basis of Sex and Willie Dynamite, are worth picking up. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Alita Battles Disbelievers and Wins

February 20th, 2019

Alita: Battle Angel

The weekend wasn’t as bad as it could have been, at least not at the top. Alita: Battle Angel topped all but the most bullish expectations with $42.25 million from Thursday through Sunday. Isn’t It Romantic matched expectations nearly perfectly, while Happy Death Day 2U struggled, but should still break even, eventually. Overall, the box office rose 8.4% from last weekend, but plummet 57% from the same weekend last year. On the positive side, that was the weekend Black Panther debuted, so we knew a drop-off like this was to be expected. On the negative side, as of the end of business on Monday, 2019 was behind 2018’s pace by a margin of over $350 million or nearly 23%. 2019 will need to turn things around soon if it wants any chance of completing a comeback. Hell, it will need to turn things around soon if it wants any chance to avoid a worst-in-a-decade end result. More...

Weekend Estimates: Alita Wins Battle for Top Spot, but Production Budget is Winning the War

February 17th, 2019

Alita: Battle Angel

Alita: Battle Angel is topping the weekend chart with an estimated $27.8 million over the three-day weekend and $33.0 million over four. Adding in Thursday’s result gives us a total opening of $41.7 million, which is more than we predicted and we were already a little more bullish than most. Its reviews were bouncing above then sinking below the overall positive level throughout the week, but they seem to have settled on the south side at 58% positive. We won’t get the CinemaScore until Monday, but I suspect it will be substantially better than this and be in the B plus / A minus range. We don’t have solid numbers for its international weekend, but estimates have it in the $40 million range during its second weekend of release. This would have been a great run so far, had the film not cost so much to make. More...

Friday Estimates: Alita Battles it’s Way to the Top

February 16th, 2019

Alita: Battle Angel

Alita: Battle Angel started strong on Thursday with $8.72 million and held on well on Friday down just 14% to $7.53 million. Granted, this was the worst decline of the three new releases, but it was also the only one to open on Thursday, so I think this is a strong showing. The reviews remain right on the edge of the overall positive level, so it should have acceptable legs. Look for between $25 million and $26 million over the three-day weekend and $30 million over four. This would be a good start, if the film cost $100 million to make. However, with a budget between $160 million and $170 million, depending on tax breaks, even getting to $100 million domestically will just be saving face. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will there be a Lot of Love At the Box Office this week?

February 14th, 2019

Alita: Battle Angel

It’s a very odd weekend at the box office. Not only is it a long weekend with most people having Monday off, but Valentine’s Day is Thursday and two of the three wide releases opened on Wednesday. The biggest new release is Alita: Battle Angel, but the film reportedly cost as much as $200 million to make and there’s a chance it will open with less than $20 million over the three-day portion of the weekend. Isn’t It Romantic should get the biggest boost thanks to Valentine’s Day. Meanwhile, Happy Death Day 2U is hoping to top the original. As for this weekend last year, it was the weekend Black Panther debuted. 2019 is going to get destroyed at the year-over-year comparison, again. If it loses by less than 50%, I will be happy. That’s how bad things have gotten. More...

Weekend Wrap-up: 2019 Continues its Slump

February 12th, 2019

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part missed expectations over the weekend, leading to yet another disappointing overall performance at the box office. Granted, the box office did climb by 55% from last weekend to $112 million. However, last weekend was the worst weekend at the box office in more than a year. Additionally, $112 million is still 20% lower than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2019 has pulled in $1.01 billion; however, this is still 15% lower than last year’s pace and the slowest pace since 2011, in terms of raw dollars. If we go by ticket sales, we have to look all the way back to 1999 to find a slower start to the year. More...

Weekend Estimates: Lego Tops Chart, but Fails to Match the Original

February 10th, 2019

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part reportedly cost $99 million to make and it will earn that much domestically, so it will very likely make a profit and Warner Bros. will be fine. That said, it is estimated to only manage $34.4 million over the weekend, which is about 40% lower than expectations and almost exactly 50% lower than the first film opened with. Its reviews are 84% positive, while it managed an A minus from CinemaScore, so it really should have done better than this. This hopefully isn’t a sign that the overall box office is unhealthy, but just a sign that WB has pushed the franchise too much too soon. Internationally, the film started with $18.1 million in 63 markets. This includes a first place, $5.2 million on 1,301 screens in the U.K. It also managed first place in Russia with $1.7 million on 2,493 screens. On the other hand, it only managed fourth place in Brazil with just $707,000 on 854 screens, which is the weakest start in the franchise. More...

Friday Estimates: New Releases Receive a Cold Welcome

February 9th, 2019

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Friday’s box office can best be described as “What happened?” Thursday previews looked promising, but then the Friday numbers arrived and it looks like most of the new releases will miss expectations. This includes The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, which opened with $8.5 million on Friday, $9.1 million including its paid previews from January. This is well below expectations and puts the film on pace for about $32 million over the weekend. Its reviews are 85% positive, but its early CinemaScore is just A minus, which isn’t particularly good for a family film. Next weekend is a long weekend, so I think it will still get to $100 million domestically, which is more than it cost to make. However, a lot of people thought it had a real shot at $200 million domestically, so this is a real disappointment. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Lego Lifts Off with $2.1 million in Combined Previews

February 8th, 2019

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part got off to a solid start with $2.1 million in previews. This includes $1.5 million last night and $600,000 from the January paid preview. This is a good result for a family film opening without the benefit of a school holiday. Granted, The Lego Batman Movie opened with $2.2 million during its previews in 2017, but as a comic book movie, it had more drawing power with adults and would be slightly more front-loaded. We don’t know for sure if The Second Part will make up the difference over the full weekend and match our $55 million prediction, but we will have a better idea tomorrow when the Friday estimates show up. More...

Weekend Predictions: Can Lego Save 2019?

February 8th, 2019

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

I’m of two minds when it comes to this weekend. On the one hand, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part should be the biggest hit of the year so far and could be the first true monster hit of the year. On the other hand, it might not be enough to keep pace with last year. Only one other new release, What Men Want, has a shot at $20 million, while the other two releases, Cold Pursuit and The Prodigy, might not reach $10 million. This weekend last year, wasn’t quite as strong when it came to new releases, but it had a massive advantage when it came to holdovers. I think 2019 has a small advantage here, but I’ve been burned before, so I won’t be too surprised if 2019 loses in the year-over-year comparison, again. More...

Preview: February

February 1st, 2019

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

2019 got off to a slow start as the biggest release of January, Glass, missed expectations and as a result, 2019 lost every weekend in the year-over-year comparison. Unfortunately, 2019 isn’t going to turn things around this month, as last February, Black Panther broke all of the records. That doesn’t mean there are no bright spots this month. Both The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World are virtually guaranteed to reach $100 million domestically, while I wouldn’t be too surprised if one or both hit $200 million. Meanwhile, there are several midlevel hits, one of which could turn into a surprise $100 million hit. That said, there’s a chance all nine movies opening this month combined will earn less than Black Panther did last year. More...

What Men Want Trailer

January 3rd, 2019

Comedy starring Taraji P. Henson opens February 8 ... Full Movie Details.

Ali Davis is a successful sports agent who’s constantly boxed out by her male colleagues. When Ali is passed up for a well-deserved promotion, she questions what else she needs to do to succeed in a man’s world… until she gains the ability to hear men’s thoughts! With her newfound power, Ali looks to outsmart her colleagues as she races to sign the next basketball superstar, but the lengths she has to go to will put her relationship with her best friends and a potential new love interest to the test. More...

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2019/03/15 3 $1,110,891   495 $2,244   $1,110,891 1
2019/03/22 4 $681,309 -39% 479 $1,422   $2,449,755 2
2019/03/29 5 $391,817 -42% 391 $1,002   $3,177,412 3
2019/04/05 10 $179,549 -54% 197 $911   $3,624,737 4

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 2/15/2019 $1,341,017 258 261 1250 $3,877,355 4/2/2019
Netherlands 3/15/2019 $485,124 85 96 671 $2,175,924 5/14/2019
North America 2/8/2019 $18,232,087 2,912 2,912 12,716 $54,611,903
Romania 10/4/2019 $0 0 1 3 $656,602 7/21/2022
South Africa 2/22/2019 $0 0 0 0 $836,000 3/4/2019
United Kingdom 3/15/2019 $1,110,891 495 495 1562 $3,624,737 4/10/2019
 
Rest of World $4,129,382
 
Worldwide Total$69,911,903 7/21/2022

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Leading Cast

Taraji P. Henson    Ali Davis
Tracy Morgan    Joe “Dolla” Barry

Supporting Cast

Aldis Hodge    Will
Wendi McLendon-Covey    Olivia
Max Greenfield    Kevin
Tamala Jones    Mari
Jason Jones    Ethan
Josh Brener    Brandon
Brian Bosworth    Nick
Chris Witaske    Eddie
Richard Roundtree    Skip
Phoebe Robinson    Ciarra
Kellan Lutz    Captain Fucktastic
Erykah Badu    Sister
Charles Green    Dr. Wilson
Ashani Roberts    Gabby
Deja Dee    Hairstylist
Michael Pierino Miller    Sports Agent
Ashley Uecker    Agent
Chris Ward    Hawks Fan/Nightclub Guest
Mystie Smith    Denise
Kausar Mohammed    Jenna
David Dunston    Street Guy
George Lott    The Hipster
Charles D. Clark    Bouncer
Jay DeVon Johnson    Pastor Bates
Elgin Lee    Security
Frank David Monroe    Security Guard
Damita Jane Howard    Tasha
Roshawn Franklin    James
Mathias Alvarez    Valet Guy
Vinny Fazio    Core Sports Agent
Leon Croom    Wedding Guest
Marcus Lewis    Boxer
Haley Hansen    Waitress
John Thelan Reece    VIP Suite Guest
AnQunn Daniel    Wedding Guest
JoAnna Lorene    Woman in the Crowd
Cristian Gonzalez    Louis

Cameos

Shaquille O'Neal    Himself
Grant Hill    Himself
Mark Cuban    Himself

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Adam Shankman    Director
Tina Gordon Chism    Screenwriter
Alex Gregory    Screenwriter
Peter Huyck    Screenwriter
Chris Spain    Screenwriter
Jon Zack    Screenwriter
Tina Gordon Chism    Story by
Jas Waters    Story by
Josh Goldsmith    Story based on “What Women Want” by
Cathy Yuspa    Story based on “What Women Want” by
Diane Drake    Story based on “What Women Want” by
Will Packer    Producer
James Lopez    Producer
Emma E. Hickox    Editor
Brian Tyler    Composer
Jim Denault    Director of Photography