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Released
1993 · FILM

Dazed and Confused

A group of freshmen in a small Texas town must outwit and outlast their sadistic senior tormentors during a brutal final day of school, before the hazing escalates into a violent reckoning.

“It was the last day of school in 1976. A time they'd never forget. (If only they could remember)”

Directed by
Richard Linklater
Written by
Richard Linklater
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
103 min
Comedy

Synopsis

The film follows a group of Texas teenagers on their last day of school in 1976, with a focus on student Randall Floyd, who moves comfortably among stoners, jocks, and geeks. Floyd is a standout athlete, but he also enjoys smoking weed, which creates a dilemma when his football coach insists he sign a drug-free pledge.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 161+ 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 Sandra AdairShot by Lee DanielDesigned by John Frick

Box Office

1993 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.2× 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

$8.3M

Budget$6.9M
Worldwide gross$8.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $8.2M — 100% of worldwide · International: $10K (0%)

Opening weekend: $918K — 11% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $1.3M — 15% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 183 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Confusion - Sommer der Ausgepflipptende
  • Confusion – Sommer der Ausgeflipptende
  • Dazed and Confuseden
  • Génération rebellefr
  • La vita è un sognoit
  • (Bulgarian)Заслепени и объркани
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJun 4, 1993
  • SwitzerlandAug 1, 1993
  • CanadaSep 10, 1993
  • ArgentinaFeb 10, 1994

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