The Secret of My Success

"There's no such thing as an overnight success. Brantley Foster took two weeks."

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6.5/10

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Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$12.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$111.0M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$99.0M

ROI: +825%

Budget Recovery925% of budget

$0|Budget: $12.0M|Revenue: $111.0M

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21.1K

Daily Avg

351

7-Day Trend

+91%

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Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

New York City

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Story Setting

Set In

New York City

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Carlo Di Palma

Film Editing

Paul Hirsch

Music / Score

David Foster

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Distributors

NetflixUniversal Pictures

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch The Secret of My Success

Available in 71 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaPG-13	AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , AMC+ Amazon Channel, Philo	—	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United KingdomPG	—	—	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Canada	—	—	Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video
AustraliaM	—	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
India	—	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesPG-13

United KingdomPG

AustraliaM

Germany12

JapanR15+

BrazilL

DenmarkA

FinlandK-16

+3 more countries

Production

Director

Herbert Ross

Writers

Jack Epps Jr., Jim Cash, AJ Carothers

Production Companies

Universal PicturesRastar Productions

Cast

Michael J. Fox

Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield

Helen Slater

Christy Wills

Richard Jordan

Howard Prescott

Margaret Whitton

Vera Prescott

John Pankow

Fred Melrose

Christopher Murney

Barney Rattigan

Gerry Bamman

Art Thomas

Fred Gwynne

Donald Davenport

Carol Ann Susi

Jean

Elizabeth Franz

Grace Foster

Drew Snyder

Burt Foster

Susan Kellermann

Maureen

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dual identitymistake in personcollegesuccesswealthhilariousromanticamused

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