Marry Me (2022 film)
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Marry Me is a 2022 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Kat Coiro, with a screenplay by John Rogers, Tami Sagher, and Harper Dill. Based on the 2012 graphic novel of the same title by Bobby Crosby,[1] it stars Jennifer Lopez as Kat Valdez, a superstar, who decides to marry Charlie Gilbert (Owen Wilson), a math teacher holding a "Marry Me" sign, after learning that her on-stage bridegroom, Bastian (Maluma), has been having an affair.
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Directed by | Kat Coiro |
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Based on | Marry Me by Bobby Crosby |
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Cinematography | Florian Ballhaus |
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Music by | John Debney |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $23 million |
Box office | $50.5 million |
The film was announced in April 2019, with Lopez and Wilson set to star and Coiro joining the project as director. Universal Pictures acquired the film distribution rights in July 2019. Principal photography took place in Manhattan in October and November 2019. A soundtrack album of the same name by Lopez and Maluma was also produced. The lead single, titled "Pa' Ti", was released on September 24, 2020, and debuted at number nine on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs, marking Lopez's highest chart debut in the United States since 2017.[2]
Marry Me premiered in Los Angeles on February 9, 2022, and was released in the United States theatrically and simultaneously available on Peacock Premium on February 11. It was delayed twice from an original February 2021 release date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but underperformed at the box office, grossing $50.5 million against a budget of $23 million and break even point of $70 million.[3] On streaming, Marry Me became the most-streamed day-and-date title on Peacock.[4]