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Dan in Real Life

Dan in Real Life

Oct 26, 2007
98 min
ComedyRomanceDrama
6.6/ 10
1,294 votes

Overview

Advice columnist Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls in love with is actually his brother's new girlfriend.

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TMDB
6.6/10
1,294 votes
IMDB
6.8/10
109,153 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
65%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
65/100
Metascore

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$25,000,000Production cost
Box Office$68,474,305Worldwide gross
Profit$43,474,305Profitable
ROI
+173.9%Return on investment
US Box Office$47,642,963Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

4 nominations total

Details

Production information

"Something's happening to Dan. It's confusing. It's awkward. It's family."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$68,474,305

Production Companies

Touchstone PicturesFocus FeaturesJon Shestack Productions

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