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Released
2014 · FILM

Beyond the Lights

A rising pop star battles the crushing demands of sudden fame, risking her career and sanity as she fights to rediscover her true artistic voice while navigating a fraught romance with the bodyguard assigned to protect her.

“Open your heart, find your voice.”

Directed by
Gina Prince Bythewood
Written by
Gina Prince Bythewood
Runtime
116 min
DramaMusicRomance
Streaming on
  • Tubi

Synopsis

Noni Jean is an emerging young star experiencing the pressures of sudden fame. Struggling with the challenges that come with her rising status, she begins to unravel—until she meets Kaz Nicol, a young police officer and aspiring politician assigned to her protection. As their relationship develops, Kaz's support may help Noni regain her confidence and discover her true artistic identity.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

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 Terilyn A ShropshireShot by Tami ReikerScored by Mark IshamDesigned by Cecilia Montiel

Box Office

2014 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.1× 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

$14.6M

Budget$7.0M
Worldwide gross$14.6M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $7.5M

Peak 1,789 theaters

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  • Beyond the Lightsde

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