Whatever It Takes
“How low will they go to get the girls of their dreams?”
A nerdy teen, Ryan Woodman is smitten with the popular and gorgeous Ashley Grant, who apparently has no interest in him. Meanwhile, dim star athlete Chris Campbell has his eye on Ryan's brainy and beautiful friend, Maggie Carter. The two agree to help each other in their romantic quests, but, as they come closer to their goals, both Ryan and Chris suspect that they might be pursuing the wrong girls.
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Whatever It Takes performed
Budget
$15.0M
Worldwide Gross
$9.9M
Gross Profit
−$5.1M
Return
0.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
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
Ashley Grant
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Ashley Grant
Ryan Woodman
Shane West
Ryan Woodman
Maggie Carter
Marla Sokoloff
Maggie Carter
Chris Campbell
James Franco
Chris Campbell
Floyd
Aaron Paul
Floyd
Cosmo
Colin Hanks
Cosmo
Kate Woodman
Julia Sweeney
Kate Woodman
P.E. Teacher
Richard Schiff
P.E. Teacher
Harris
Kip Pardue
Harris
Chess Club Kid
Nick Cannon
Chess Club Kid
Virgil Doolittle
David Koechner
Virgil Doolittle
Cop
Jay Harrington
Cop
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