How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Donald Petrie
Screenplay by	Kristen Buckley Brian Regan Burr Steers
Based on	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days by Michele Alexander Jeannie Long
Produced by	Lynda Obst Robert Evans Christine Peters
Starring	Kate Hudson Matthew McConaughey Adam Goldberg Bebe Neuwirth Michael Michele Shalom Harlow Robert Klein Kathryn Hahn Thomas Lennon Celia Weston Annie Parisse
Cinematography	John Bailey
Edited by	Debra Neil-Fisher
Music by	David Newman
Production companies	Paramount Pictures W2 Film Production
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (United States) United International Pictures (Germany)
Release dates	February 7, 2003 (2003-02-07) (United States) April 17, 2003 (2003-04-17) (Germany)
Running time	116 minutes[1]
Countries	United States[2] Germany[2]
Language	English
Budget	$50 million
Box office	$177.5 million[3]

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is a 2003 romantic comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey. It is based on the picture book of the same name by Michele Alexander and Jeannie Long. The book has no narrative, only a list of comedic dating "don'ts", so the characters and plot were created for the film. In the film, advertising executive Benjamin Barry makes a bet that he can make any woman fall in love with him, while women's magazine writer Andie Anderson plans to write an article about how she led a man to dump her, putting them at cross-purposes after they choose each other as their quarries. Andie employs a number of the dating "don'ts" from the picture book in her efforts to get Ben to break up with her.