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50/50(2011)
Released
2011 · FILM

50/50

A Seattle public radio journalist must battle a life‑threatening spinal tumor and the crushing side effects of chemotherapy while fighting to keep his love, friendships, and family intact before the odds turn fatal.

“It takes a pair to beat the odds.”

Directed by
Jonathan Levine, John Mckeown
Written by
Will Reiser
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
100 min
ComedyDramaRomance
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

A comedy inspired by a true story follows a 27-year-old man as he receives a cancer diagnosis and navigates the challenges of his battle with the disease.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 393+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Zene BakerShot by Terry StaceyScored by Michael GiacchinoDesigned by Annie SpitzSound by Gary C BourgeoisCostumes by Carla HetlandStunts by Scott J AteahVFX by Lauren Ritchie

Box Office

2011 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.9× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$39.2M

Budget$8.0M
Worldwide gross$39.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $35.0M — 89% of worldwide · International: $4.2M (11%)

Opening weekend: $8.6M — 25% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $11.8M — 34% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,458 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • (Alternative Title)50 50-yə
  • 50/50de
  • 50/50 – Freunde fürs (Über)Lebende
  • Live with Iten
  • 50 e 50it
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • CanadaSep 12, 2011
  • United StatesSep 28, 2011
  • SwitzerlandSep 30, 2011

Companies

ProductionSummit Entertainment, Mandate Pictures, Point Grey Pictures

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