What Women Want
“He has the power to hear everything women are thinking. Finally... a man is listening.”
Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's thoughts, he puts his newfound talent to work against Darcy, his new boss, who seems to be infatuated with him.
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How What Women Want performed
Budget
$70.0M
Worldwide Gross
$374.1M
Gross Profit
$304.1M
Return
5.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$54M
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
Nick Marshall
Mel Gibson
Nick Marshall
Darcy McGuire
Helen Hunt
Darcy McGuire
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Dan Wanamaker
Alan Alda
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Alex Marshall
Ashley Johnson
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Morgan Farwell
Mark Feuerstein
Morgan Farwell
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Lauren Holly
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Eve
Delta Burke
Eve
Margo
Valerie Perrine
Margo
Erin
Judy Greer
Erin
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Sarah Paulson
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Sue Cranston
Ana Gasteyer
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