How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
He's across the pond, and out of his depth.
Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist.Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attracting the attention of Clayton Harding, editor of New York-based glossy magazine 'Sharps', and landing the holy grail of journalism jobs.The Brit jets off to the Big Apple and moves from one blunder to the next.
- Director
- Robert B. Weide
- Worldwide
- $17M
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Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attracting the attention of Clayton Harding, editor of New York-based glossy magazine 'Sharps', and landing the holy grail of journalism jobs. The Brit jets off to the Big Apple and moves from one blunder to the next.
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Box Office & Release
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People returned 0.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $28M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $17M
- Release date
- Oct 2, 2008
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
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