Second Act
Her talent was real. Her résumé was not.
Value Shop assistant manager Maya Vargas wants only one thing for her 43rd birthday -- a promotion.While her résumé may not scream upper management, her track record certainly does; she is an innovator who listens to her customers and delivers results.
- Director
- Peter Segal
- Worldwide
- $72M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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Value Shop assistant manager Maya Vargas wants only one thing for her 43rd birthday -- a promotion. While her résumé may not scream upper management, her track record certainly does; she is an innovator who listens to her customers and delivers results. When she loses the job to a college-educated candidate, Maya sets out to prove to Madison Avenue that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts -- and it's never too late for a second act.
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Box Office & Release
Second Act returned 4.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $16M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $72M
- Release date
- Nov 22, 2018
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- China, United States of America
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