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8 Mile(2002)
Released
2002 · FILM

8 Mile

A struggling Detroit rapper must win a high‑stakes battle to prove himself and escape the cycle of poverty and self‑doubt that threatens his future.

“Every moment is another chance.”

Directed by
Curtis Hanson
Written by
Scott Silver
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
111 min
DramaMusic

Synopsis

Jimmy Smith, Jr. faces life as a daily battle to maintain hope. Immersed in Detroit's dynamic music scene, he strives to discover his own voice and carve out a place in a world where rhymes dominate, legends emerge, and each moment offers another opportunity.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 51+ 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 Craig KitsonShot by Rodrigo PrietoDesigned by Philip Messina

Box Office

2002 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.9× 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

$242.9M

Budget$41.0M
Worldwide gross$242.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $116.8M — 48% of worldwide · International: $126.1M (52%)

Opening weekend: $51.2M — 44% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $65.1M — 56% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,470 theaters

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Also known as

  • 8 Milede

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ProductionImagine Entertainment

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