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Director · Actor · age 72

Donald Petrie

Best rated: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (6.9)

Films
13
Avg rating
6.06
Peak run
1994’03
Every film, by TMDB rating

The career

Donald Petrie, directing career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak era
Peak 1994 to 2003, 6.2545678199019952000200520102015How to Lose a Guy in 10 D… 6.9My Favorite Martian 5.7Career avg 6.06

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Donald Petrie's career barcodecoolhot
198813 films2018
Current formLast 5: 6.17 vs career 6.06 (+0.11)
  1. WHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days2003 · 6.9+0.8
  2. LWelcome to Mooseport2004 · 5.1−1.0
  3. WJust My Luck2006 · 6.2+0.1
  4. WMy Life in Ruins2009 · 6.10.0
  5. WLittle Italy2018 · 6.6+0.5
As a director, films with 25+ votes

Donald by the numbers

Average
6.06
13 rated films
Vote weighted
6.15
bigger films count more
Median
6.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.60
rating spread
Career
31y
1988 to 2018
Total votes
17.1K
across every film
Best
6.9
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Worst
5.7
My Favorite Martian
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
2018Little Italy posterLittle Italy6.6721
2009My Life in Ruins posterMy Life in Ruins6.1448
2006Just My Luck posterJust My Luck6.22,061
2004Welcome to Mooseport posterWelcome to Mooseport5.1198
2003How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days posterHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days6.94,643
2000Miss Congeniality posterMiss Congeniality6.54,376
1999My Favorite Martian posterMy Favorite Martian5.7368
1996The Associate posterThe Associate6.2245
1994Ri¢hie Ri¢h posterRi¢hie Ri¢h6.02,499
1994The Favor4.958
1993Grumpy Old Men posterGrumpy Old Men6.7791
1990Opportunity Knocks5.656
1988Mystic Pizza posterMystic Pizza6.3607
Better together?

Donald Petrie's regulars

Takes

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Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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