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Released
2008 · FILM

An American Carol

WARNING! This Movie might be offensive to Righties, All Lefties, Retards, Terrorists, Pacifists, War-Mongers, Believers, the ACLU, Conservatives, Republicans, Democrats, People of Color, Non-Speakers, & Ivy League Profs., Native Americans should be Okay.

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Runtime
82 min
ComedyFantasy

Synopsis

A jaded Hollywood filmmaker with a strong anti-American stance embarks on a mission to eliminate the 4th of July holiday. During his journey, he is visited by three spirits who guide him through a humorous and eye-opening experience intended to reveal the genuine essence of America.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

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 Vashi NedomanskyShot by Brian BaughScored by James L VenableDesigned by Patrick M Sullivan Jr

Box Office

2008 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.3× 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

$7.0M

Budget$20.0M
Worldwide gross$7.0M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $4.6M

Peak 1,639 theaters

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