The Man with Two Brains
“Steve Martin is a world famous surgeon. He invented screw top, zip lock brain surgery. Trust him.”
A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.
Genres
Comedy, Science Fiction
Studio
Aspen Film Society
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Man with Two Brains performed
Budget
$10.1M
Worldwide Gross
$10.0M
Gross Profit
−$100,000
Return
1.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) 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
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr
Steve Martin
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr
Dolores Benedict
Kathleen Turner
Dolores Benedict
Dr. Alfred Necessiter
David Warner
Dr. Alfred Necessiter
Butler
Paul Benedict
Butler
Dr. Pasteur
Richard Brestoff
Dr. Pasteur
Realtor
James Cromwell
Realtor
Timon
George Furth
Timon
Dr. Brandon
Peter Hobbs
Dr. Brandon
Dr. Felix Conrad
Earl Boen
Dr. Felix Conrad
Gun Seller
Bernie Hern
Gun Seller
Olsen
Francis X. McCarthy
Olsen
Inspector
William Traylor
Inspector
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