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Released
2006 · FILM

Alpha Dog

A reckless teen heir to a crime family kidnaps his rival’s younger brother to force payment, igniting a desperate race against time as the victim’s family fights to rescue him before violence spirals out of control.

“One crime. 38 witnesses. No way back.”

Directed by
Nick Cassavetes, Xan Cassavetes
Written by
Nick Cassavetes
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
122 min
BiographyCrimeDrama

Synopsis

Johnny Truelove sees himself as a tough individual, the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. He tends to respond aggressively when situations do not go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay him, the situation escalates for the Mazursky family, as Johnny and his gang kidnap Jake's 15-year-old brother and take him hostage.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 260+ 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 Alan HeimShot by Robert FraisseScored by Aaron ZigmanDesigned by Dominic WatkinsSound by Kelly CabralVFX by Michael Caplan

Box Office

2006 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.4× 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

$32.4M

Budget$9.5M
Worldwide gross$32.4M
break-even (2.5×)

Versions & cuts

  • Sundance· 117 min

Also known as

  • (English)Alpha Dog
  • Alpha Dog - Tödliche Freundschaftde
  • Alpha Dog - Tödliche Freundschaftende
  • (Bulgarian)Водачът на глутницата
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJan 27, 2006
  • IsraelJan 11, 2007
  • RussiaJan 11, 2007
  • CanadaJan 12, 2007

Companies

ProductionSidney Kimmel Entertainment, A-Mark Entertainment, Alpha Dog LLC

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