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The Back-Up Plan

The Back-Up Plan

Apr 23, 2010
106 min
ComedyRomance
6.1/ 10
1,449 votes

Overview

When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe has to figure out how to make her two life's dreams fit with each other.

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TMDB
6.1/10
1,449 votes
IMDB
5.3/10
54,089 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
18%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
34/100
Metascore

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$35,000,000Production cost
Box Office$77,477,008Worldwide gross
Profit$42,477,008Profitable
ROI
+121.4%Return on investment
US Box Office$37,490,007Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

2 nominations total

Details

Production information

"Fall in love, get married, have a baby. Not necessarily in that order."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$35,000,000

Revenue

$77,477,008

Production Companies

Escape ArtistsCBS Films

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