A Thousand Words
“He only has 1000 words left to discover what matters the most.”
Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack’s life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. With every word Jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree are toast. Words have never failed Jack McCall, but now he’s got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he’s a goner.
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How A Thousand Words performed
Budget
$40.0M
Worldwide Gross
$22.0M
Gross Profit
−$18.0M
Return
0.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$3M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Jack McCall
Eddie Murphy
Jack McCall
Caroline McCall
Kerry Washington
Caroline McCall
Dr. Sinja
Cliff Curtis
Dr. Sinja
Aaron Wiseberger
Clark Duke
Aaron Wiseberger
Samantha Davis
Allison Janney
Samantha Davis
Tyler McCall
Emanuel Ragsdale
Tyler McCall
Annie McCall
Ruby Dee
Annie McCall
Christian Leger de la Touffe
Alain Chabat
Christian Leger de la Touffe
Woman in Starbucks
Jill Basey
Woman in Starbucks
Construction Worker
Greg Collins
Construction Worker
Starbucks Customer
Robert LeQuang
Starbucks Customer
Starbucks Customer
Michael G. Wilkinson
Starbucks Customer
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