How to Be a Player

1997 | Comedy, Promiscuous Character, Womanizer

Synopsis

A playboy gets the tables turned on him when a party is arranged with all of the women he has been two-timing are in attendance.

Scores

Overall Score
51.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
44.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
63.0%
Review Aggregate
45.4

Critic Consensus

11.1% Fresh • 9 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 11% of 9 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, character-driven, emotional. Many reviews cite execution consistency as the main reasons it falls short.

funnycharacter-drivenemotionalvisually strikingthought-provokingrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Bill Bellamy1997$722,000$1,410,000(est)
Natalie Desselle1997$444,000$868,000(est)
Bernie Mac1997$334,000$654,000(est)
Pierre1997$273,000$534,000(est)
A.J. Johnson1997$234,000$457,000(est)
J. Anthony Brown1997$206,000$402,000(est)
Max Julien1997$185,000$361,000(est)
Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins1997$168,000$329,000(est)
Gilbert Gottfried1997$155,000$303,000(est)
Jerod Mixon1997$144,000$281,000(est)
Jamal Mixon1997$135,000$263,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score14.0
RT critic review count14
Rotten Tomatoes audience score76.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating5.3
IMDb votes9,464

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1997$14,009,368$27,381,550
International1997N/AN/A
Worldwide1997$14,009,368$27,381,550

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue1997$7,004,684$13,690,775
Digital Rentals ?1997N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1997N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1997$19,032,000$37,198,370
Physical Purchases ?1997$25,429,000$49,701,416
TV & Streaming Revenue1997$3,362,248$6,571,572
Total Revenues1997$54,827,932$107,162,133
Expenses
Budget ?1997$15,000,000$29,317,757
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1997$4,644,000 (est)$9,076,778 (est)
Participations1997$4,386,000$8,572,512
Residuals ?1997$3,443,000$6,729,402
Interest & Overhead1997$3,000,000$5,863,551
Total Expenses1997$30,473,000$59,560,001
Movie Net Profit or Loss1997$24,354,932$47,602,133

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