Comedy was an enormously successful genre during the noughties. From biting political satires like Armando Iannucci‘s 2009 black comedy In the Loop to decade-defining comedies like the painfully relatable Superbad, by 2010, many of us had burned out as the comedy formula was fine-tuned, and most releases felt uninventive. Alas, that left many comedies from earlier in the previous decade to go severely underrated, even ones with casts stacked with high-profile names.
That is the fate that befell You Again, the 2010 revenge comedy starring Sigourney Weaver, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristen Bell, and Betty White. Directed by Andy Flickman, the movie stars Bell’s Marni, who “is shocked to learn that her brother is marrying her school bully from the past. When she tries to expose her, things do not go as planned.” Unfortunately, receiving just 19% from critics on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with a 43% audience score not helping to overturn poor fortune, You Again felt doomed to be forgotten almost as soon as it arrived.
That is, until now, 15 years on, with You Again officially finding unlikely streaming success and becoming one of the ten most-streamed titles on Tubi in the U.S. As of July 1, You Again has joined a stacked list of other movies proving popular on the platform, including, at #10 in the rankings, the Jack Black and Gwyneth Paltrow comedy Shallow Hal. The Edward James Olmos-led American Me sits at #9, with Gerard Butler‘s conspiracy thriller Kandahar at #8, and You Again taking seventh place. John Travolta’s 2015 flick Life on the Line is at #6, with the 2023 version of The Color Purple at #5, and the action-packed throwback Demolition Man at #4. Roland Emmerich‘s disaster classic Independence Day is at #3, with High Spirits at #2, and the 2018 romantic comedy Overboard starring Eva Longoria taking the top spot.
How Did ‘You Again’ Perform at the Box Office?
With such little fanfare surrounding the project and terrible critical and audience response, it is unsurprising to learn that You Again failed to make any lasting mark on the 2010 box office. Produced on a reported budget of $20 million, You Again only returned 1.6 times this investment, finishing its theatrical run with a global total of $32.8 million, split between a domestic haul of $25.7 million and just $7.1 million from overseas markets. The movie failed to penetrate the list of 100 highest-grossing titles of 2010 in both the U.S. and worldwide, although it came closest in the U.S., where it finished in 103rd place.
You Again is streaming now on Tubi.
You Again
Release Date
September 24, 2010
Runtime
105 minutes
Writers
Moe Jelline