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Released
2006 · FILM

American Dreamz

A talented Midwestern singer and a flamboyant Orange County musical nerd battle for fame on a nation‑obsessed TV talent show, while a re‑elected president hijacks the finale to prove his own star power, turning the competition into a high‑stakes satire of celebrity and politics.

Imagine a country where more people vote for a pop idol than they do for their next President.

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Written by
Runtime
107 min
ComedyMusic

Synopsis

The new season of *American Dreamz*, a popular television singing contest, has drawn national attention, with the competition appearing to center on a young woman from the Midwest and a young man from Orange County with a passion for show tunes. Recently re-elected President Staton has also expressed interest in the phenomenon, signing up to participate in the potentially explosive season finale.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Myron KersteinShot by Robert ElswitScored by Stephen TraskDesigned by William Arnold

Box Office

2006 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 1.0× 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

$16.7M

Budget$17.0M
Worldwide gross$16.7M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $4.6M

Peak 1,500 theaters

Also known as

  • American Dreamz - Alles nur Showde

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