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Released
2023 · FILM

Cocaine Bear

A reckless drug smuggler’s lost cocaine ignites a deadly frenzy when a black bear ingests it, forcing a determined detective and a grieving kingpin’s son to race against time to stop the rampaging beast before it turns a quiet mountain town into a blood-soaked nightmare.

“Get in line.”

Directed by
Elizabeth Banks, Amy Burke
Written by
Jimmy Warden
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
95 min
ComedyCrimeThriller
Streaming on
  • Peacock

Synopsis

An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists, and teens converges in a Georgia forest when a 500-pound black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine. Inspired by a true story, the film brings together an eclectic cast of characters in the midst of the chaotic event.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 262+ 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 Joel NegronShot by John GuleserianScored by Mark MothersbaughDesigned by Aaron HayeSound by Erik AadahlCostumes by Tiziana CorvisieriStunts by Jeffrey G Barnett

Box Office

2023 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.7× 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

$88.3M

Budget$32.5M
Worldwide gross$88.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $64.7M — 73% of worldwide · International: $23.6M (27%)

Opening weekend: $23.3M — 36% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $30.3M — 47% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,534 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Cocaine Bearde
  • Crazy Bearfr
  • Cocainorsoit
  • (Bosnian)Medvjed na kokainu
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • BelgiumFeb 22, 2023
  • EgyptFeb 22, 2023
  • Saudi ArabiaFeb 22, 2023
  • SwedenFeb 22, 2023
  • United Arab EmiratesFeb 23, 2023

Companies

ProductionUniversal Pictures, Brownstone Productions (II), Jurassic Party Productions

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