Playing for Keeps | |
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Directed by | Gabriele Muccino |
Written by | Robbie Fox |
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Cinematography | Peter Menzies Jr. |
Edited by | Padraic McKinley |
Music by | Andrea Guerra |
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Distributed by | FilmDistrict |
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Running time | 106 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $35-55 million[2][3] |
Box office | $27.8 million[4] |
Playing for Keeps is a 2012 American romantic comedy film directed by Gabriele Muccino, starring Gerard Butler with Jessica Biel, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Dennis Quaid, Uma Thurman and Judy Greer in supporting roles.
Once professional athlete George moves to Virginia to win back his ex Stacie and their son Lewis.
The film was released on December 7, 2012, in the United States and Canada by FilmDistrict. It received negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing just $27.8 million on a $55 million budget.
how did this effort secure its reported $35 million for production?