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Released
2006 · FILM

ATL

Rashad, a street-smart teen from Atlanta, navigates the chaos of his final year of high school, balancing family struggles, friendship, and first love, all under the bright lights of his local roller rink.

“A New American Story”

Directed by
Chris Robinson
Written by
Tina Gordon, Antwone Fisher
Runtime
107 min
ComedyCrimeDrama
Streaming on
  • Starz

Synopsis

Four friends navigate the challenges of life after high school, with pivotal moments shaping their individual journeys. Their stories unfold and find resolution at Cascade, a local rollerskating rink.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 24

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 David BlackburnShot by Karsten GopinathScored by Aaron ZigmanDesigned by Robb Buono

Box Office

2006 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.1× 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

$21.2M

Budget$20.0M
Worldwide gross$21.2M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $11.6M — 55% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $13.5M — 64% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,602 theaters

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